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Gurf Morlix performs in the Radio Heartland studio

Gurf Morlix performing live in the Radio Heartland studio
Gurf Morlix performing live in the Radio Heartland studioMPR / Leah Garaas
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by Mike Pengra

November 07, 2016

Gurf Morlix - Blue Smoke (live on Radio Heartland)
by MPR
Gurf Morlix - Deeper Down (live on Radio Heartland)
by MPR
Gurf Morlix - Love Remains Unbroken (live on Radio Heartland)
by MPR

There's a long list of album credits in the "Who's Who in Americana" category that all sing the same praises of Gurf Morlix. Since the late 1980s, Morlix has either produced, arranged and/or played guitars on albums from the likes of Lucinda Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Slaid Cleaves, Mary Gauthier, Ray Bonneville, Robert Earl Keen and many, many more. But Morlix also has his own recordings and his own catalogue of original songs, too.

His most recent album is Eatin' At Me from 2015, but there's new one being manufactured as I write, called The Soul and The Heal, scheduled to come out in February 2017.

Besides meeting the "man behind the legends," so to speak, it was fascinating to chat with Morlix about how he pulls from his experiences producing all of these iconic albums and applies that knowledge, or not, to his own recordings.

Gurf Morlix is on a mini-tour of the central United States, and he stopped by to chat and to play a few songs in the Radio Heartland studio.

Songs Performed


"Blue Smoke"
"Deeper Down"
"Love Remains Unbroken"
The first song is from Gurf Morlix's 2015 album, Eatin' At Me, released on Rootball Records. The second and third songs are from Gurf Morlix's forthcoming album, The Soul and the Heal, anticipated for release in February 2017.

Hosted and produced by Mike Pengra
Engineered by Michael DeMark
Visuals by Leah Garaas

Resources

Gurf Morlix - official site