On tour celebrating the release of his latest album, “Innocent Victims and Evil Companions,”Austin, Texas-based singer/songwriter Bill Carter will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Treehouse Café.

Carter is a talent music fans know, even if they don’t recognize his name right off.

Carter broke into the national music scene as the writer of “Why Get Up?”, as heard on the Fabulous Thunderbirds’ breakout album “Tuff Enuff.”

He and his wife/writing partner Ruth Ellsworth received the Broadcast Music, Inc. Million-Air Award for over 2 million airplays of their Stevie Ray Vaughan mega hit “Crossfire.” In March of 2000, the track won the “Decade Award for Best Song” at the Austin Music Awards.

And don’t forget about his “Anything Made of Paper,” penned for the notorious West Memphis Three’s Damien Echols, which Carter recorded with his pal Johnny Depp and performed on the “Late Show With David Letterman.”

Carter’s songs have been covered by scores of major artists, from John Mayall and Ruth Brown to Robert Palmer and Waylon Jennings. Among his accolades is a BMI Million-Air award for more than 3 million “Crossfire” spins, but Carter has also released several albums of his own, including this latest one back in February on Forty Below Records.

On “Innocent Victims and Evil Companions,” the artist takes blues, soul, country and rock into realms both far-reaching and familiar, aided by several A-team Austin players, including guitarists Charlie Sexton, Denny Freeman and David Holt, drummer Dony Wynn, keyboardist Mike Thompson, fiddler Richard Bowden, the Tosca String Quartet and brass/woodwind player/string arranger John Mills.

Though Carter just about holds native son status in Austin, his roots actually trace back to Kentucky, where his father, Cash Carter, was born. The elder Carter was the son of William Henry Carter, whose first cousin was A.P. Carter, scion of country royals the Carter family. Bill’s bluegrass-loving father, a Navy petty officer, raised his sons in Washington.

Like so many kids of his generation, Carter picked up a guitar after hearing the work of Bob Dylan and joined a band after discovering the Beatles. He made is way to Austin in 1976, and met his wife not long after. They’ve been partners and collaborators ever since.

“Innocent Victims and Evil Companions” is Carter’s ninth self-produced album.

Tickets for Carter’s turn at the Treehouse are on sale. The cost is $20 per person. The show is 21-and-older only. Visit www.treehousebainbridge.com to purchase.