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It is fitting that a south of the border gamble nearly two decades ago would ultimately yield an
acclaimed Texas troubadour. Cory Morrow’s humble artistic beginnings read like the gritty lyric of an unwritten Townes
Van Zandt song. This straight-shooting musician, who drops his ninth solo release Vagrants And Kings on May 20th through Sustain
Records, a branch of Universal Music, started strumming at the age of 15. "My stepfather Joe brought
home my first guitar after visiting a little Mexican border town," Morrow remembers. After quibbling with the shop owner
over the price of the guitar, Morrow says Joe laid down $80 on the table, twice what the guitar was worth. "He took out
a quarter and asked the shopkeeper, ‘Are you a gambling man?’ The guy said, ‘Yes.’ Joe said, ‘Call
it. If it lands on what you call, then you take the money and keep the guitar. If it’s the opposite of what you call,
I take the money and the guitar,’" Morrow recalls. (read more...)
Check out Cory's new album Vagrants and Kings by visiting his official
website.
SPECIAL OPENING ACT BY GARY HERMAN
Gary Herman, bass player for Kevin Fowler, will be our special opening act for Hats Off For Hospice.
Gary began working his way up through the ranks of Austin’s music scene. He honed his skills with groups like Extreme
Heat, Bliss, Alien Spies, Monte Montgomery, and the Lifters, playing and writing songs all along the way. In 1998, he
began working with the great Joe Ely and, through that association, also with the critically acclaimed Flatlanders. He has
shared the stage with some of Texas’ finest including Houston Marchman, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Gary
P. Nunn, Butch Hancock and most recently Kevin Fowler.
After many years of backing some of the best it was time to step out on his own. Between tours he
began work on a series of home demos, playing all the instruments himself,
including drums, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, and harmonica. In time, these demo’s would become his solo
debut. The most recent project, called ”Everything Waves” encapsulates a lifetime of musical searching.
For more information about Gary, click here.
