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If you’re a fan of the G-man I can highly, highly, highly recommend an album he’s produced for Jennie Stearns called ‘Birds Fall’ – it came out in Jan this year and is (bar Lucinda’s cd đ ) my favourite album of the year.
The sound he gets for Jennie is just something incredible. On the album Gurf plays guitars, bass, pedal steel, lap steel, keys, mandocello and something called a Weissenborn (?) Listen to the album on headphones and you will be blown away 8)
If you like Lu, you will like Jennie too, she has a voice that combines sweetness and purity with nice cracks at the edges that just sounds gorgeous.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/stearns3 – you can get samples of every song on the album here
Thanx guys, just had a taster on iTunes. Interestingly there’s an instrumental version of
‘Diamonds to Dust’ ‘Birth to Boneyard’ 8)per Hickory Wind
December 18, 2008
Gurf Morlixâs âLast Exit To Happylandâ
Posted by Hal Bogerd at December 18, 2008 9:04 PMIf youâre a HickoryWind reader youâve probably heard of Gurf Morlix, the ultimate sideman, and if you have not it is time to go read some liner notes from your music collection because you do have a cd Gurf played on and/or produced! Helpful hint on where to start: Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen, Mary Gauthier, Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, Butch Hancock and Blaze Foley to name a few.
Gurfâs solo disc âLast Exit To Happylandâ puts him center stage with ten tracks he either wrote or co-wrote and he certainly doesnât sound like a sideman. Patty Griffin and Ruthie Foster add nice vocal support, the âMighty Rick Richardsâ plays drums and Gurf does the rest (strings and some funky bluesy organ). Morlixâs low gravelly growl is the perfect voice for these generally somber moody tunes. Gurfâs muddy mix of blues/folk/country makes for some great late night listening for fans of Jon Dee Graham / Tom Waits.
“Last Exit To Happyland” won’t be released until early 2009 but until then you can check out Gurf’s MySpace page and sample some tracks from his other solo releases.
Recommended!
http://www.hickorywind.org/001926.php
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