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Monday, September 3, 2007
Sorta’s Carter Albrecht shot to death
Sad news comes from Dallas where Carter Albrecht, keyboardist, guitarist and singer for rising alternative country band Sorta, as well as Edie Brickell’s band, died at the scene of a shooting 4 a.m. Monday in the White Rock Lake neighborhood of Dallas. Albrecht, 34, was shot in the head by a neighbor who believed Albrecht was trying to break into his house, according to police. After an argument with his girlfriend, Albrecht had been pounding on the neighbor’s door when he was shot.
Just weeks ago, Sorta was named Best Overall Act by readers of the Dallas Observer; Albrecht had taken Musician of the Year honors three years previously. The group was scheduled to play the Hill Country Mess Around in San Marcos Saturday with Todd Snider, Carolyn Wonderland and other acts.
“I had been waiting so long for find a musical mate like Carter,” says Austin’s Charlie Sexton, who called the keyboardist his right hand man. “When I was playing piano next to Carter playing organ, it’s the most relaxed I’ve ever been onstage.” Sexton called Albrecht a natural musician who could figure out his parts “n about two seconds.”
Funeral services are pending. No charges have been filed in the shooting.
