Performance
Dates
Monday,
June 7
Sundown
Concert - Threadgill Theater
John
Vandiver Tribute
Tempting
as it may be, don't just judge Gurf Morlix by the
company he keeps, even if it does provide a fine
starting point: eminent musical artists like Lucinda
Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Warren Zevon, Ian
McLagan, Patty Griffin, Robert Earl Keen, Michael
Penn, Buddy Miller, Mary Gauthier, Tom Russell, Jim
Lauderdale and Slaid Cleaves, to name but a few.
Instead, listen to Last Exit to Happyland, his fifth
solo album, and understand why his blue-ribbon
associations as a producer, guitarist and
multi-instrumentalist have led Morlix to a similar
level
of excellence as a singer, songwriter and artist in
his own right.
As
critic Henry Cabot Beck notes on Amazon.com,
"If anybody is still looking for a candidate to
replace Robbie Robertson in The Band, look no
further. Morlix can write, sing, produce, and play
nearly every instrument (mostly stringed) and has a
bottomless (albeit muddy) range of American musical
idioms from which to draw." Through more than
four decades of professional music endeavors, Morlix
has distinguished himself with his innate
musicality, exquisite taste, keen creative
instincts, and well-honed ear for not only
songwriting but also the elements that bring songs
to their fullest fruition.
For
more information on Gurf, visit www.gurfmorlix.com
