Gurf Morlix Finds the Present Tense

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Lucinda's ex-guitarist "wallow[s] in 'em all night long" and wrote the one about "guns in schools" long before it had a news hook ("My Life's Been Taken," "Bang Bang Bang") **---Robert Christgau

"He tackles social problems with scorched honesty, "Bang Bang Bang" offering a tongue firmly in cheek while riffing on the nation's gun problem. He gets into the desperate mind of someone on death row with the bleak "My Life's Been Taken." Guest turns come from locals Ian McLagan and Eliza Gilkyson, but Morlix's songs are the stars here – 10 dirt-encrusted jewels that serve as a master's course in songwriting."
---Jim Caligiuri, The Austin Chronicle

Tracks:
1) My Life's Been Taken
2) Lookin' for You
3) Series of Closin' Doors
4) Small Window
5) Present Tense
6) Gasoline
7) Bang Bang Bang
8) You Walk Away
9) These Are My Blues
10) Empty Cup

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"He tackles social problems with scorched honesty, "Bang Bang Bang" offering a tongue firmly in cheek while riffing on the nation's gun problem. He gets into the desperate mind of someone on death row with the bleak "My Life's Been Taken." Guest turns come from locals Ian McLagan and Eliza Gilkyson, but Morlix's songs are the stars here – 10 dirt-encrusted jewels that serve as a master's course in songwriting."
---Jim Caligiuri, The Austin Chronicle

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1.	My Life's Been Taken 04:32	info	buy track
2.	Lookin' for You 05:09	info	buy track
3.	Series of Closin' Doors 04:33	info	buy track
4.	Small Window 04:27	info	buy track
5.	Present Tense 03:49	info	buy track
6.	Gasoline 04:21	info	buy track
7.	Bang Bang Bang 03:52	info	buy track
8.	You Walk Away 04:30	info	buy track
9.	These Are My Blues 07:58	info	buy track
10.	Empty Cup 04:10	info	buy track

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Lucinda's ex-guitarist "wallow[s] in 'em all night long" and wrote the one about "guns in schools" long before it had a news hook ("My Life's Been Taken," "Bang Bang Bang") **---Robert Christgau

"He tackles social problems with scorched honesty, "Bang Bang Bang" offering a tongue firmly in cheek while riffing on the nation's gun problem. He gets into the desperate mind of someone on death row with the bleak "My Life's Been Taken." Guest turns come from locals Ian McLagan and Eliza Gilkyson, but Morlix's songs are the stars here – 10 dirt-encrusted jewels that serve as a master's course in songwriting."
---Jim Caligiuri, The Austin Chronicle

Tracks:
1) My Life's Been Taken
2) Lookin' for You
3) Series of Closin' Doors
4) Small Window
5) Present Tense
6) Gasoline
7) Bang Bang Bang
8) You Walk Away
9) These Are My Blues
10) Empty Cup

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released February 1, 2013

Produced by Gurf Morlix
Engineered by Gurf Morlix & Andrew Crosby
All songs written by Gurf Morlix (Crankbait Music/SESAC) / Administered by Bug Music Except: Empty Cup By Gurf Morlix & Grant Peeples (Leftneck Music, BMI)

The Incomparable Rick Richards on Drums
Ian McClagan on B3
Nick Connolly on B3
Patterson Barrett on B3
Gene Elders on Violin
Ray Bonneville on Harmonica
Eliza Gilkyson on Harmony Vocals

Gurf uses and flat out loves Elixir Strings.

Photography and design by Brende Fuller.

www.gurfmorlix.com

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Gurf Morlix Austin, Texas

Gurf Morlix has been inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, the Austin Music Hall of Fame and was named Instrumentalist of the Year by the Americana Association. He has produced records for many Americana icons such as Lucinda Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mary Gauthier, Slaid Cleaves, Robert Earl Keen and more. He has produced 15 solo albums which have received global critical acclaim. ... more

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