Gurf Morlix - Diamonds to Dust

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Release Date:: 04/10/2007
Label:: Blue Corn Music
UPC:: 677967070126

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Gurf Morlix is a guitarist/producer probably best known for his collaborations with Lucinda Williams, although he also has worked with folks like Robert Earl Keen, Ian McLagan, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Buddy Julie Miller. The busy Austinbased musician doesn't get a lot of time to do his solo work with Diamonds To Dust being just his fourth album; however, it is his strongest overall effort. A sense of morality courses through this disc, starting with the powerful prison cellset opener Killin' Time In Texas. On Madalyn's Bones, he explores the mysterious death of the Atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair, while Food, Water, Shelter Love offers his stark take on the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. Death plays a central role too in the haunting Windows Open, Windows Close which refers to the late Texas songwriter Blaze Foley as well as in the spare and stirring Blanket, a tune partially inspired by Warren Zevon's death. Blanket also is one of the tunes that features Patty Griffin's harmony singing; her gorgeous, soaring voice provides a nice contrast to Morlix's more earthbound vocals. His parched voice, however, does lend an appropriate worldweariness to his cover of Dylan's With God On Our Side. The title track, a roots rock workout, offers more dark ruminations but Morlix includes some wry fatalism ("Birth to boneyard/Boon to bust/Everything falls apart when it must"). His dark sense of humor surfaces later in the disc on a delightfully twisted love song Worth Dyin' For. Although the disc maintains a dark mood, it isn't pitch black. The simple, bluesy I've Got A Passion offers a bit of hope through the power of love. The disc closer Need You Now is an even stronger love song, although this heartfelt plea to a missing lover can't be called an uplifting tune. This song, along with the rattling, ramshackle blues of Up Against It number among the tracks that evoke his times with Lucinda Williams. For someone who is a soughtafter guitarist, Morlix never resorts showboating. He colors Up Against It with some roadhouse bluesiness without slipping into meandering soloing. Similarly, his swampy guitar work enhances the noirish mystery of Madalyn's Bones. Somewhat bleak but thoroughly compelling, Diamond to Dust is a roughhewn, little gem of Americana.

- Michael Berick, All Music Guide

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After making a name for himself as a record producer for a roster of other artists that includes Robert Earl Keen and Lucinda Williams, Gurf Morlix struck out on his own with a solo effort when Catamount Records issued Toad of Titicaca in 2000. Morli...Full Gurf Morlix Biography

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