The music business has had ups and downs for Houston native Sam Morrow. He’s bounced around geographically and within his own sound through a decade or more and a half dozen studio albums. But his recent return to his home state of Texas, reconnecting with an old flame who is now his wife, and his clarity on what he wants to do musically produced a dandy of a Southern rock offering called Southern Boogie.
Morrow joined us on Roots Music Rambler to dig into the changes in latitude and attitude that produced the record, his journey from Texas to L.A. to Nashville and back, and how life is different now with all the changes.
Morrow has migrated from country to singer-songwriter to Southern rock throughout his career, but with Boogie, his sixth studio album, he seems to be where he should be – making bangers about life and love, all while bringing out his own spin on the sound of a Texas rocker.
Frank and Falls also catch up on Frank’s experience at American Music Fest at Chicago’s heralded music venue Fitzgeralds, and some fun live music plans for Falls’ July trip to the Windy City. (Spoiler: Lucia’s plans with her dad fell through and she got to see Lucy Dacus with the RMR crew and family!)
Frank and Falls also have their normal pickin’ the grinnin’ choices for music recommendations this week. Frank raved about Les Greene and the Swayzees, who performed at American Music Fest. Falls pointed folks to an Otis Gibbs documentary featuring the late Todd Snyder, who reminisced about one of his mentors, John Prine, before Snyder passed away last year. The film is called A Love Letter to Handsome John.
Find the picks on Spotify and YouTube. Sam Morrow is online at sammorrowmusic.com, on Spotify, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
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Notes and links:
Sam Morrow Online
Southern Boogie on Spotify
Sam Morrow on Spotify
Sam Morrow on Instagram
Sam Morrow on YouTube
Sam Morrow on Facebook
American Music Fest online
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Pickin’ the Grinnin’ picks:
Les Greene and the Swayzees on Spotify
A Love Letter to Handsome John by Otis Gibbs on YouTube
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