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Also this page dedicated to the memory of Donald Lindley (1951-1999) and Blaze Foley (1949-1989) - great musicians and best friends of Gurf Morlix.

Gurf Morlix is one of the best guitar players and producers of Americana music in the whole world. He is also a great singer songwriter. You might know that he once a guitar player and producer for Lucinda Williams.... Born 1951 in a small town of 8000 near Buffalo, New York, and grew up with Peter Case. Gurf is now living in Austin, Texas. He didn't come from musical family like many other professional musicians, but he took interest in music in his childhood and started lessons on the bass when he was in elementary school. In the mid 60's, the Beatles came to the States and changed rock music forever. Later, many British bands invaded the States. This was called the British Invasion. It made million of teenagers crazy and effected Gurf, too. He grew up listening to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and a lot of other British bands. He also started to play guitar at around 13. And he started his professional career when he was only 16 years old at little night clubs and biker bars in the local area.

Gurf had played such places for many years. And he started to discover various music other than rock'n roll such as country, folk and blues music. Soon Buffalo's scene was not big enough for him. He couldn't find musicians to play with. And he asked Commander Cody what he should do and he said, "Austin or Boston." Gurf choose Austin and moved there in 1975. He started to play in Austin and Houston for years but later moved to Los Angeles and found a circle of friends who played country-based Americana music. He met a lot of great musicians like Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale, Duane Jarvis and Lucinda Williams. Gurf went and forth between Austin and Los Angeles, but settled down in Austin finally. In 1981, He started his recording career as a bass player on Eric Taylor's record called Shameless Love. Then in 1988, he produced and played on Lucinda Williams' that third record. Gurf had worked with her for a long time and his talent had become known but he decided to part ways with her in 1996. As a result, he has been in collaboration with a lot of musicians.

Gurf started his own studio called Rootball in Austin around the end of 1999. His first record was the first album made there, but Broke Down by Slaid Cleaves was the first one to be released. Gurf's surprised first record Toad of Titicaca came out in 2000. He then made his own records called Fishin' in the Muddy (2002) and Cut 'N' Shoot (2004). Gurf has mainly been working for a lot of musicians as a producer, engineer, mixer and instrument player in his studio. As a producer, he brings out the best in musicians. He always tries to stay everything is just simple. In fact, there aren't big systems in his studio. But he makes great records.

About the producing, Gurf says,
"I hope that they already on the right track and I don't like to shape it too much. You just steer a little, here and there. I don't wanna change anything. I don't wanna tell them what to do."

He also plays a lot of various instruments--acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, lap steel guitar, keyboards and percussions by his own view. He's also a great bass player. As a guitar player, he's also not technical player. He doesn't play all that fast but his guitar playing is truly original. His guitar sound has a really cool tone, you might call it "Twangy." And his guitar playing is perfect to sing. That's the most important thing.

About the guitar playing, Gurf says,
"I think it just comes out of me. When I sing, it sounds like when I play the guitar. It should all be the same. It's just force coming out of you if it works right. It's pure. And it's kind of what I'm aiming for."

Gurf has worked with a lot of excellent singer songwriters, so he's humble about himself as a singer songwriter. However, his way of writing songs is unique; it has his own humor. It's the same thing with his singing and also playing; he's not a technical singer but he has his own style which is great, and that's why he invited as a harmony singer, too. And his own music, I want to call it "Americana" music, contains elements from traditional American roots music like rock 'n roll, country, folk, and blues in addition to his own cosmic sense of style.

Gurf says,
"I got into country music in 1975; I found Hank Williams and I flipped out, and then I found Lefty Frizzell and others and I started to play steel guitar. I was writing those kinds of songs and they didn't fit in; I could have done half-swamp and half-country, or saved them."

Nowadays, Gurf has worked in his studio a lot and he's rarely on the road, but sometimes plays in Austin. He plays solo, or with his own band. He also plays with Ray Wylie Hubbard whenever he can. Gurf is a member of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame and the Austin Music Hall of Fame


The Work of Gurf Morlix (The list will be going on....)

in 2009

Gurf Morlix - Last Exit To Happyland - (Rootball)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments

BettySoo - Heat Sin Water Skin - (Self Released)

Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away - (Music Road Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals


Porterdavis - Porterdavis - (Self Released)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

Buddy and Julie Miller - Written In Chalk - (New West)
lap steel

Romi Mayes - Achin' In Yer Bones - (Self Released)
Produced, bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals

in 2008

Gurf Morlix - Birth To Boneyard - (Self Released)
instrumental version of Diamonds To Dust - Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments

Ray Bonneville - Goin' By Feel (Red House)
Co-produced, engineered, bass, banjo, guitar, vocal

Ralston Bowles - Rally At The Texas Hotel (Wildflower)
Guitars, pedal steel, vocals

Beansprouts - Happy Go Lucky - (Self Released)
Pedal steel guitar

The Band Of Heathens - The Band Of Heathens - (Self Released)
Pump organ, mastered

in 2007

Gurf Morlix - Diamonds To Dust - (Blue Corn Music)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, vocals, various instruments

Sam Baker - Pretty World (Blue Limestone)
Guitar, vocal

Scott Nolan - Receiver / Reflector (Transistor 66)
Co-produced, engineered, mixed, mastered ,various instruments
and vocals.

Ruthie Foster - the Phenomenal Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn)
Lap Steel

in 2006

Blaze Foley & The Beaver Valley Boys - Cold Cold World (Lost Art)
Produced, mixed, mastered

Romi Mayes - Sweet Somethin Steady (Self Released)
Produced, various instruments, vocals

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Snake Farm (Sustain)
Produced, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

A Case for Case - Peter Case tribute - (Hungry for Music)
Produced, engineered, mixed, guitars, bass, vocals on Gurf Morlix track

Tom Russell - Love and Fear (Hightone)
Produced, engineered and mixed 7 songs, bass, guitars and vocals

Troy Campbell - Long in the Sun (M-Ray)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals, co-wrote 2 songs

Jennie Stearns - Birds Fall (Self Released)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

The Western States (Dollartone)
Guitars

in 2005

Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now (Lost Highway)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Delerium Tremolos (Philo)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

Jimmy Lafave - Blue Nightfall (Red House)
Guitar

Darryl Lee Rush - Llano Avenue (Shiner)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

Dime Store Poets - Electric Rhymes
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered

in 2004


Gurf Morlix - Cut N' Shoot (Blue Corn Music)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, vocals, various instruments

Blaze Foley - Oval Room (Lost Art)
Produced, mixed, mastered, guitars, bass, vocals

Slaid Cleaves - Wishbones (Philo)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

Ian McLagan - Rise and Shine (Gaff)
Guitar, vocals

in 2003

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Growl (Philo/Rounder)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

Eric Westbury - Burnt Tongues and Blue Truths (Barreltown)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

Mike Martt - Tomorrow Shines Bright (Superscope)
Guitar, slide guitar

Troy Campbell - American Breakdown (Loudhouse)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals, cowrote one song

McKay Brothers - McKay Brothers (Texas Archipelago)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, guitar, pedal steel guitar

Jeff Plankenhorn - Plank (Blue Corn Music)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

A Tribute to the Songs of Fred Eaglesmith (Twangoff)
Produced, engineered, mixed vocals, various instruments on Gurf Morlix track and Mary Gauthier track

Executioner's Last Songs Vol. 2 & 3 - Anti-Death Penalty Benefit (Bloodshot)
Vocals, guitars & steel guitar on Gurf Morlix track

Tom Russell - Modern Art (HighTone)
Pedal steel guitar

in 2002


Gurf Morlix - Fishin' In The Muddy (Catamount)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, vocals, various instruments

Hot Club of Cowtown - Ghost Train (Hightone)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered

Mary Gauthier - Filth & Fire (Signature Sounds)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

Linda McRae - Cryin' Out Loud (Black Hen)
Produced, mixed, mastered, guitar, vocals, cowrote one song

Eliza Gilkyson - Lost and Found (Red House)
Slide guitar

Ivan Brown - Fortune Wheel (Tin Foil)
Mixed, mastered, engineered, cowrote one song, guitars, vocals

Jason Eklund - Jason Eklund (Self Released)
Produced, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

Loose Affiliation of Saints & Sinners - Sessions at the San Jose Rm. 50 (Lasas)
Bass, backing vocals, foot stomp

Hayseed - In Other Words (Artist Friendly)
Cowrote one song

in 2001

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Eternal & Lowdown (Philo/Rounder)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, bass, guitars, vocals, organ, percussion, mandolin, octofone

Robert Earl Keen - Gravitational Forces (Mercury/Lost Highway)
Produced, mixed, guitars, steel, harmonium, vocals

Tom Russell - Borderland (Hightone)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, bass, guitar, steel guitar, Weissenborn, harmonium, vocals

Slaid Cleaves - Holiday Sampler EP (Philo)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, guitars, vocals

Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers - Self Titled (Catamount)
Mixed, vocals, guitar, lap steel

Rod Picott - Tiger Tom Dixon's Blues (Welding Rod)
Co-wrote the song Torn In Two

Rainravens - One Last Saturday Night (RR)
Guitars

John Sieger - El Supremo (Catamount)
Mandolin, vocals

Libbi Bosworth - Libbiville (Ramble)
Vocals

Karen Poston - Real Bad (Music Room)
Guitar

Mandy Mercier - Wild Dreams of the Shy Boys (Wild Cantinas)
Mixed, guitar, lap steel

in 2000


Gurf Morlix - Toad Of Titicaca (Catamount)
Produced, engineered, mixed, vocals, various instruments

Slaid Cleaves - Broke Down (Philo)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals

Ian McLagan - Best of British (Gadfly)
Produced, mixed, guitars, vocals

Jim Whitford - Poison In The Well (Self Released)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals

One Fell Swoop - Crazy Time (Brambus)
Produced overdubs, engineered, mixed, various instruments

Rod Moag - Ah-Haa! Goes Grass (Textracs)
Co-produced, engineered, mixed, vocals

Blaze Foley Inside BFI Volume 3 - Blaze Foley Tribute (Deep South)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals on Gurf Morlix track

Chris Montgomery - You Know You Want It (Big Pants Records)
Pedal Steel, lap steel, vocals

Ana Egge - 101 Sundays
Pedal steel guitar

in 1999

Jimmy LaFave - Trails (Bohemia Beat)
Steel Guitar on one track

Tom Freund - Sympatico (Surf Road)
Guitar, lap steel

Julie Miller - Broken Things (Hightone)
Engineered Patty Griffin's vocal

Mojo Nixon - Sock Ray Blue (Shanachie)
Guitar, lap steel, hillbilly vocals

Rainravens - Rose of Jericho (Blue Rose)
Guitar, pedal steel, lap steel

Happy, Texas - Motion Picture soundtrack (Arista)
Produced Robert Earl Keen track

Jim Roll - Luna (New West)
Electric guitar

Return of the Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons Tribute Album (Almo)
Lap steel on Rolling Creekdippers track

in 1998

Robert Earl Keen - Walking Distance (Arista)
Produced, mixed, various instruments, vocals

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)
Guitars, vocals

Beaver Nelson - The Last Hurrah (Freedom)
Vocals

Trish Murphy - Crooked Mile (Raven)
Guitar

Andrew Hardin - Lunchtime at an Alligator Farm (Round Tower)
Steel guitar on one track

The Kennedys - Angel Fire (Philo)
Guitar

in 1997

Slaid Cleaves - No Angel Knows (Philo)
Produced, mixed, various instruments, vocals

Buddy Miller - Poison Love (HighTone)
Bass

Robert Earl Keen - Picnic (Arista)
Guitar

Linda McRae - Flying Jenning (Stony Plain)
Guitar, mandocello, vocals

Libbi Bosworth - Outskirts of You (Freedom)
Vocals

William James IV - 9 (Prufrock)
Guitar, mandolin

in 1996

Teddy Morgan - Louisiana Rain (Antones)
Mixed, guitar, bass, lap steel, vocals

Bob Neuwirth - Look Up (Watermelon)
Engineered, dobro

Rig Rock Deluxe - A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver (Diesel Only)
6 string bass on Don Walser track and Rig Rock Deluxe track

in 1995

Butch Hancock - Eats Away The Night (Sugar Hill)
Produced, mixed, guitar, lap steel, vocals

Buddy Miller - Your Love and Other Lies (HighTone)
Bass, guitar, vocals, cowrote one song

Michael Elwood and Beth Galiger - Rolling Valentine (Dejadisc)
Bass, guitar, mandolin, lap steel

Danny Tate - Nobody's Perfect (Charisma)
Guitar, mandolin

Marvin Etzioni - Communication Hoedown (Marvin)
Bass, vocals

in 1994

Robert Earl Keen - Gringo Honeymoon (Sugar Hill)
Guitar

Jim Lauderdale - Pretty Close to the Truth (Atlantic)
Guitar, pedal steel

Tulare Dust - Merle Haggard Tribute (HighTone)
Produced, mixed, guitar, mandolin, vocal on Lucinda Williams track

in 1993

Victoria Williams Benefit Album - Sweet Relief (Chaos/Columbia)
Produced, mixed, guitar on Lucinda Williams track

Jim Lauderdale - Pretty Close to the Truth (Atlantic)
Guitar, pedal steel

Michael Fracasso - Love and Trust (Dejadisc)
Guitar

in 1992

Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World (Chameleon)
Produced, mixed, guitars, Dobro, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals

The Setters - The Setters (Watermelon / Blue Million Miles)
Produced, mixed, guitar, vocals

The Pine Dogs - Going Away Party (Das Kapital)
Produced, mixed

Michael Penn - Free for All (RCA)
Pedal steel, vocals

Marvin Etzioni - Bone (Restless)
Bass, vocals

in 1989

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire - Motion Picture soundtrack (Polydor)
Guitar on four tracks

in 1988

Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (Rough Trade/Koch)
Produced, mixed, various instruments, vocals

in 1986

Peter Case - Peter Case (Geffen)
Vocals

in 1984

Blaze Foley - Blaze Foley (Vital)
Bass

in 1981

Eric Taylor - Shameless Love (Featherbed)
Bass

Compilation Albums

True Voices (Demon)
Lucinda Williams track - Produced, guitar

Born To Choose (Ryko)
Lucinda Williams track - Produced, mixed, guitar

Don Walser - Dare to Dream (Texas Music Group)
6 string bass

Austin Country Nights (Watermelon)
Libbi Bosworth track - Bass

Uprooted - Various artists (Shanachie)
Guitar, vocals on Libby Bosworth track

Kerrville Folk Festival 25th Anniversary Album (Silverwolf)
Guitar on Butch Hancock track

Folkscene Collection Vol. 2 (Red House)
Guitar, vocal on Lucinda Williams track

Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt (Free Falls)
Produced, mixed, various instruments on Robert Earl Keen track

Roots Music: An American Journey (Rounder)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals on Ray Wylie Hubbard track and Slaid Cleaves track

From Hell to Breakfast (Sugar Hill)
Guitar on Robert Earl Keen track

Kerrville Folk Festival 2000 (Silverwolf)
Guitar on Butch Hancock track

Town South of Bakersfield Vol. 2 (Restless)
Guitar on Jeff Steele track

Town South of Bakersfield Vol. 3 (Restless)
Guitar on Steve Kolander track