Gurf Morlix

Gurf Morlix (born 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and music producer.

Gurf Morlix
Background information
Born1951
Associated actsBlaze Foley, Lucinda Williams
Websitewww.gurfmorlix.com

Career

Born in Buffalo, New York, Morlix moved to Texas in 1975 and performed with Blaze Foley. He moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and joined Lucinda Williams's band. He accompanied her from 1985 to 1996 and produced two of her records, Lucinda Williams and its follow-up, Sweet Old World.[1]

Morlix has produced albums for Slaid Cleaves, Mary Gauthier, Robert Earl Keen and Ray Wylie Hubbard.[2]

Awards
  • He is a member of The Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame(2003-2004)[3]
  • The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame (2005)[4]
  • The Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year in 2009.[5]

Discography
  • Toad of Titicaca (Catamount Records, 2000)
  • Fishin' in the Muddy (Catamount Records, 2002)
  • Cut 'n Shoot (Blue Corn Music, 2004)
  • Diamonds to Dust (Blue Corn Music, 2007)
  • Birth to Boneyard (Rootball, 2008), an instrumental version of Diamonds to Dust
  • Last Exit to Happyland (Rootball, 2009)
  • Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream (Rootball, 2011)
  • Finds the Present Tense (Rootball, 2013)
  • Eatin' At Me (Rootball, 2015)
  • The Soul & the Heal (Rootball, February 3, 2017)
  • Impossible Blue (Rootball, February 8, 2019)
  • Kiss of the Diamondback (Rootball, July 24, 2020)

References
  1. Texas Monthly Magazine, February 2009, p. 44. Interview with Gurf Marlin.
  2. Poet, J. (March 19, 2015). The Bluegrass Station http://www.thebluegrasssituation.com/read/gurf-morlix-artist-search-perfection. Retrieved Dec 2, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Austin Music Awards 2003-2004 Winner: Gurf Morlix".
  4. "Gurf Morlix's entry at Buffalo Music Hall of Fame".
  5. "Gurf Morlix's award entry at The American Music Association".
Awards
Preceded by
Buddy Miller		 AMA Instrumentalist of the Year
2009		 Succeeded by
Buddy Miller
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