With a bunch of shows coming up this Summer, I wanted to take a minute to introduce you to the new band in town... The Alan Morphew Band.
Yes, that says Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at The Inn at Okoboji.
We will be playing poolside from 5 to 7pm.
And yes, it also says Friday, May 29, 2015 at The Barefoot Bar in Okoboji, IA.
We'll be out among the Iowa palm trees playing from 7 to 10pm.
GREAT Lineup!
Alan Morphew - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Jennifer Johnson - Keyboards
Gary Lambert - Drums
Sarah Morphew - Percussion
Tim Schumacher - Bass Guitar
Please come check out one or both of these shows if you're in the area.
We sure hope to see you there!
These will be very fun shows.
Don't miss out!
I thought it was about time to get some things back in order, so here we are. Hopefully you are reading this latest blog post from the new blog page at the all new updated alanmorphew.com website.
If you are there, I hope you enjoy the new website. I am going to try to keep it interesting, so please keep an eye on it.
I think this blog page will be a good one. Over the next several months I plan to not only keep you posted on what is happening in my life and music, but also tell the story of how I got here.
Watch out. You'll be reading all the dirt. Everything fit for press and some that's probably not. Starting out in the heartland of the midwest and going, from there, through the Hollywood years and beyond.
But today is a good day to talk about today. It only comes once, you know.
The story begins here...
Sarah and I are taking our son, Dylan Gabriel Morphew on a big journey to the East Coast. Maybe kind of like some of the tours we did over the last several years, but most likely not like that at all.
I have been ready for a new adventure for a while now. And what could be a better adventure than driving to Boston to write songs with my dear friend Stephen Ferrara.
Stevo and I go back quite a ways.
First, I was a huge fan of his band, Wonderland. They had recorded at Track Record when I was there and I was always in awe of Stephen's ability to make his guitar come to life and speak to me.
The critically acclaimed Wonderland "The End of Bliss" CD is still a favorite of mine. Billboard and Rolling Stone compared it to Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy and Queen's A Night at the Opera. It's one of those rare releases that doesn't seem to have any "filler". When it goes into the CD player, it plays straight through to the last notes and nothing ever seems to satisfy me as a chaser to that one. Stunning work. Great songwriting, playing and singing.
One day at the studio he invited me into the control room to hear this monster Jimmy Page-type riff he had been working on. I loved it and asked him to come up to my office to, in turn, hear some tracks I had been working on. He asked me "what kind of diabolical madness was I brewing up there" and agreed to come check out the recordings.
He said he liked what I was working on and that maybe he could "add a little danger to it". Sounded good to me. So we scheduled some time to record him playing guitar on my first two solo CDs (Alan Morphew and 4 More).
Oh Happy Day!
Years later, after Stephen had returned to the east coast and I to the midwest, I caught back up with him and we played a show together at The Boulevard in Revere, Ma. Great times!
So there's a little history for ya...
A bit of the past...
Now on to the future...
And most importantly, the present... The NOW.
