Gurf Morlix

Gurf Morlix

Gurf Morlix has been a professional musician since 1966. He plays guitar, bass, mandolin, mandocello, dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel, Weissenborn guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica, drums, and just about anything else he might find lying around.

Gurf has produced, recorded with, or performed with a veritable "Who's Who" of the music business. The list includes Warren Zevon, Mary Gauthier, Robert Earl Keen, Slaid Cleaves, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Buddy Miller, Julie Miller, Ian McLagan, Lucinda Williams, Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson, Hot Club of Cowtown, Guy Clark, Emmylou Harris, Michelle Shocked, Blaze Foley, Jimmy LaFave, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Mojo Nixon, Jim Lauderdale, Michael Penn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Case, Bob Neuwirth, Don Walser, Jon Langford, Troy Campbell, Bob Schneider, Steve Earle, Harry Dean Stanton, Syd Straw, B.W. Stevenson, Billy Swan, Charlie Sexton, The Plimsouls, Victoria Williams, James McMurtry, Sonny Landreth, Doyle Bramhall, Flaco Jimenez, Steve Forbert, Bill Kirchen, Lazy Lester, Rosanne Cash, David Byrne, Kevin Welch, C.C. Adcock, John Prine, Dave Alvin and many more.

He worked with Lucinda Williams for eleven years, serving as guitarist, vocalist and bandleader, as well as producing her critically acclaimed albums Lucinda Williams (Rough Trade/Koch) and Sweet Old World (Chameleon/Elektra).

He has released three solo albums, Toad Of Titicaca, Fishin' In The Muddy, and his latest, Cut 'N Shoot .

Gurf spends most of his time holed up in his home studio, producing albums for many well known artists, but he gets out once in a while to tour on his own or with some of his famous friends.

Gurf currently can be seen playing in the Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers, a sort of superstar gospel group, who perform every Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas and donate all the proceeds to local charities.

Gurf Morlix Discography

• 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

  Darryl Lee Rush, Llano Avenue, (Shiner)

  Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

  Troy Campbell, Oklahoma Speedway, Pending

  Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals, cowrote 2 songs

  Bob Schneider, Pending

  Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

  Jennie Stearns, Pending

  Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals

• 2004

  Gurf Morlix, Cut 'n Shoot, (Blue Corn)

  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

• 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)

  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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

  Lucinda Williams track - Produced, mixed, guitar, mandolin, vocal

• 1993

  Victoria Williams Benefit Album, Sweet Relief, (Chaos/Columbia)

  Produced, mixed, guitar - Lucinda Williams track

  Jim Lauderdale, Pretty Close to the Truth, (Atlantic)

  Guitar, pedal steel

  Michael Fracasso, Love and Trust, (Dejadisc)

  Guitar

• 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

• 1989

  Jerry Lee Lewis, Great Balls of Fire, Motion Picture soundtrack, (Polydor)

  Guitar on four tracks

• 1988

  Lucinda Williams, Lucinda Williams, (Rough Trade/Koch)

  Produced, mixed, various instruments, vocals

• 1986

  Peter Case, Peter Case, (Geffen)

  Vocals

• 1984

  Blaze Foley, Blaze Foley, (Vital)

  Bass

• 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

Diamonds To Dust

Cut 'n Shoot