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Carly Thomas Smith
Backup Vocals
Carly Thomas Smith began singing professionally as teenager in Minneapolis, Minnesota before moving to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence College on a music scholarship.
She sang on a jazz quintet she started, but she was also singing with many bands in such prestigious venues as Birdland, The Bitter End, The Rainbow Room and The Plaza. She had a role in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning Broadway musical RENT and the short-lived Oliver Platt vehicle Deadline.
Relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a television acting career, Carly also kept herself in the music scene as a singer in L.A. She has worked with Patti Austin, Phil Perry, The Temptation’s Ali “Ollie” Woodson, Lee Ritenour, Don & Dave Grusin, Queen’s Brian May, Don Felder of The Eagles, American Idol’s Tamyra Gray & Constantine Maroulis, Ellis Hall, and blues band JD and the Slingshot.
Carly joined The Starlights for the promotion tour during the early RED era in 2012. However, she has since not returned and has never toured with Taylor.
Relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a television acting career, Carly also kept herself in the music scene as a singer in L.A. She has worked with Patti Austin, Phil Perry, The Temptation’s Ali “Ollie” Woodson, Lee Ritenour, Don & Dave Grusin, Queen’s Brian May, Don Felder of The Eagles, American Idol’s Tamyra Gray & Constantine Maroulis, Ellis Hall, and blues band JD and the Slingshot.
Carly joined The Starlights for the promotion tour during the early RED era in 2012. However, she has since not returned and has never toured with Taylor.
