In his 40-plus years of playing the instrument, Carl has created a wildly successful, multi-faceted career. He is a critically-acclaimed musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and educator with 11 CDs and two DVDs released worldwide and is commonly regarded as a guitar virtuoso capable of playing any style of music with remarkable mastery and conviction. He has been one of LA’s elite “first call” session players for the past 25 years, playing on hundreds of records, movie soundtracks and television shows. Carl has graced the pages of countless industry publications and been the subject of numerous articles chronicling his rise to the forefront of the modern day guitar scene. Carl has won numerous polls and musical honors in the US, Germany, France, Italy and the UK.

A member of the smash hit British rock group Supertramp since 1985, Carl has played to millions of enthusiastic fans in sold out arenas worldwide. As the creative force behind The Carl Verheyen Band, he has released an impressive and eclectic discography that showcases his endless talents across a wide array of musical genres.

A much sought after studio musician, Carl plays on other artists’ CDs whenever his busy schedule permits. He has recorded and played with a virtual who’s who of the music industry. His vast collection of movie soundtrack and television credits are enviable. Carl was heard by 67,000,000 people as a featured soloist at the 2009 Academy Awards. He will also be heavily featured in the forthcoming film documentary about the electric guitar, Turn It Up!

On the educational front, Carl has produced two instructional videos called Intervallic Rock Guitar and Forward Motion as well as various on-line lessons. He also has a book/CD detailing his unique “intervallic” style called Improvising without Scales. Another book entitled Studio City is a compilation of all the columns Carl wrote for Guitar Magazine between 1996 and 1999. He has written a monthly column for Chitarre, Italy’s #1 guitar publication as well as Guitar World and Guitar Jam Daily, a website devoted to serious guitarists. He currently writes a monthly column for Guitar Player magazine, contributes to other guitar publications and blogs regularly for GuitarPlayer.com and his own site. Carl also lectures and teaches at clinics regularly when not on the road.

As if that weren’t enough, working closely with Dean Markley Carl developed a line of signature strings for the electric guitar that perfectly balance the tremolo bridge of the Fender Stratocaster, the Carl Verheyen “Balanced Bridge” Helix electric string set. He also helped design the LsL Instruments “CV Special” and “CV Studio” signature guitars, in addition to his numerous existing endorsements.

“Best Guitarist 1998” LA Music Awards
Chosen as one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time Classic Rock Magazine 9/09

“ Best Studio Guitarist” Guitar Player Readers’ Choice Awards

2005 release Rumor Mill nominated for four DVD Entertainment Awards (“Best Musical Performance,” “Best Audio Presentation,” “Best Dual Disc,” “Best Authoring Design”). Win for “Best Dual Disc.”

“Best Additional Features” Surround Sound Award for Rumor Mill

Featured in dozens of magazines: Guitar Player, Guitar World, Rhythm, Vintage Guitar, Gig, Guitar Shop, Musician, Premier Guitar, 20th Century Guitar, Jazztimes, Chitarre, Jazziz. Cover of 1998 Guitar Techniques with his long time idol B.B. King. Cover of Axe Magazine twice.

Motion Pictures : Star Trek, UP, Land of the Lost, The Crow, The Negotiator, Strange Days, LA Story, Gladiator, Blow, Walking Tall, Titan AD, True Lies, The Usual Suspects, Collateral Damage, Scrooged, The Big Hit, Forces of Nature, Mad Love, Idle Hands, Race the Sun, Ratatouille, Speed Racer, Cars 2, Mission: Impossible IV and numerous more.

Television Shows : Cheers, Scrubs, Samantha Who, Frasier, Married…with Children, Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld, Happy Days, Murphy Brown, The Tonight Show, The Gary Shandling Show, The Martin Short Show and many more.

Performed/Recorded with: Robben Ford, Albert Lee, Joe Bonamassa, Rick Vito, Scott Henderson, Guthrie Govan, Glenn Frey, John Fogerty, B.B. King and countless more.

The Kurt Michaels Continuum featuring Alain Quinn is band whose resumes include live performances with many legendary acts including The Temptations, The Drifters The Platters, Bobby Vinton, Badfinger, Spencer Davis, Wolfman Jack, The Shirelles, The Syn (featuring Chris Squire and Alan White of Yes) and Denny Laine of The Moody Blues and Wings (Paul McCartney). Recent performances include opening a sold out show at Reggies for Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy. Singer songwriters Kurt Michaels and Alain Quinn provide an original and engaging landscape of new and original music that crosses into multiple genres and coming straight from the heart. The Kurt Michaels Continuum featuring Alain Quinn is: Kurt Michaels – guitar and vocals Alain Quinn – vocals Jeff Sandler – drums Bruce Gordon – bass ‘Jim Gully – keyboards & vocals Another feature of our shows includes live mixing by Jim Nudd who did the house sound at Park West for many years, making us sound so good! The Continuum family of musicians that have lent their talents to our shows along the way include: Wynn Kanten – bass &acoustic guitar; Mike Lundin – keyboard bass; Jackie Mudd – Singer Emeritus (we love you Jackie); Dean Milano – bass; Christ Andronis – bass; Len Szymanski – drums The group of musicians who appear on my latest release “Soaring Back To Earth” are: Kurt Michaels – guitar, synth, lead and background vocals Jim Gully – keyboards Len Szymanski – percussion Christ Andronis – bass Steve Vining – co-producer and engineer, background vocals, bass, percussion & keyboards Special guests on “Soaring Back To Earth” include: Billy Sherwood – drums and bass Michael Sherwood – keyboards & special string arrangement on “Didn’t Get To Say Goodbye” Tom Brislin – keyboards Special thanks goes out to: Eric Rapier who did some singing with us on the early Soaring sessions. Krista Wallhagen who did the first class artwork & layout for the cd and album cover. No man is an island, and it is because of these people, that I have been able to continue on chasing my musical dreams. Thanks again to all of you for helping to make it real!