Alan Morphew and The Hit

That's right. You heard it. My new band is up and running and ready to bring on the party.

While travelling around and playing my music for the last few years, I sure have gotten to play with a lot of great musicians. But it was time for me to find the right bunch of guys and work hard with them to build the very best band around.  

Alan Morphew and The Hit is:  

Alan Morphew - Lead vocals, bass guitar
Peter Dotson - Lead guitar, vocals
Mariano Flores - Drums, percussion 

- Additional players are available.  

Alan Morphew and The Hit is available to perform as a 3 to 7 piece band.  

And yes, you will still find me playing my solo acoustic shows. I love the raw intimacy of a solo acoustic performance. But I also want to do higher energy shows that keep the room dancing and the party flowing.  So let me tell you more about Peter and Mariano.  

Peter Dotson... Peter was raised in Iowa, like myself.  And, like myself, he lives for his music.  A respected guitar teacher and player in the Minneapolis area, Peter is fluent in many styles of music and can add some nice flow or a little extra edge, depending on the song.  He prides himself in playing for the song - something that I believe is very important.  

Peter also prides himself in his role as a Minneapolis recording engineer.  Considering the number of hours I personally spend engineering and producing my CDs, I am thinking that having another "studio rat" on board should be a big help on the next one.  He already has been recording the band live at rehearsals to make our live band demo.  

Mariano Flores was raised in Mexico City and started his career drumming in the resorts of beautiful Cozumel. He now resides in Minneapolis and is a well-respected and sought-after drummer and latin percussionist in the MSP area.  

Always on.  Never makes a mistake.  And when the rest of us get lost in an extended jam and we can't find our way back out, Mariano is there to guide us back to the song.  

This is a great band.  I really hope you enjoy what we're doing.  For original songs, we are playing all of your favorites from my CDs.  For cover songs, you can expect to hear a good variety of very familiar songs that you just don't hear bands do every day.  Of course plenty of Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd.  But also everything from Prince to Johnny Cash.  From Jane's Addiction to David Bowie.  From Maroon 5 to Elvis.  All smokin' arrangements.  All high energy and fun.  

I am blessed to have found these guys and we're ready to play some music for you.

Click "play" to hear us jamming through some songs at rehearsal (some of my originals followed by some classic covers).  And let's book some shows.  If you love live music, I think you'll agree that it doesn't get any better than this.  

Listen below to these live performances from recent rehearsals.  All Completely Live... no studio tricks.  This is Alan Morphew and The Hit in the raw.  

Band promo photos by Sarah Morphew  

hear "The American Dream" on a radio station near you

Well, my new CD "The American Dream" is now playing on a growing number of radio stations across the US.  I don't have the list of internet stations yet, but at the bottom of this post you will find the ever-growing list of "terrestrial" radio stations that have added "The American Dream" by Alan Morphew to their playlist.    

You don't have to try to call all the stations and request my songs over and over... radio stations have caught on to that trick.  But if you are near one of these cities and happen to be a listener of one of the stations... radio stations do love to hear from their listeners.  

So, if you find a station on this list that you listen to, feel free to call them and let them know you'd like to hear songs from "The American Dream" by Alan Morphew.  

Here are 74 stations (from here to Kalamazoo) for you to start with:   

station: Location:

ACRN Athens, OH

KASF Alamosa, CO
KAYL Storm Lake, IA
KCCQ Ames, IA
KCHA Charles City, IA
KCHE Cherokee, IA
KFAI Minneapolis, MN
KGRR Dubuque, IA
KICG Oskaloosa, IA
KJAN Atlantic, IA
KKMI Burlington, IA
KLKK Mason City, IA
KMAQ Maquoketa, IA
KRVS Lafayette, LA
KSDB Manhattan, KS
KUNI Cedar Falls, IA
KUOO Spirit Lake, IA
KUYY Spencer, IA
KVSC St. Cloud, MN
KWUR St. Louis, MO
WARC Meadville, PA
WBRS Waltham, MA
WCCM Randolph, NJ
WCFM Williamstown, MA
WCLH Wilkes-Barre, PA
WCVF Fredonia, NY
WCWM Williamsburg, VA
WCWS Wooster, OH
WDBK Blackwood, NJ
WDJM Framingham, MA
WECS Willimantic, CT
WECX St. Petersburg, FL
WERG Erie, PA
WFCS New Britain, CT
WGLS Glassboro, NJ
WGSU Geneseo, NY
WHFR Dearborn, MI
WHRW Binghamton, NY
WIDR Kalamazoo, MI
WJJW North Adams, MA
WKNH Keene, NH
WKPS University Park, PA
WLVR Bethlehem, PA
WMHC South Hadley, MA
WMSE Milwaukee, WI
WMUC College Park, MD
WMUH Allentown, PA
WMWM Salem, MA
WNHU West Haven, CT
WNMC Traverse City, MI
WNMH Northfield, MA
WNYO Oswego, NY
WOUB Athens, OH
WQSU Selinsgrove, PA
WRBB Boston, MA
WRFW River Falls, WI
WRHU Hempstead, NY
WRKC Wilkes-Barre, PA
WRPI Troy, NY
WRRG River Grove, IL
WRUV Burlington, VT
WSCW Worcester, MA
WSDP Canton, MI
WSHL North Easton, MA
WSPN Saratoga Springs, NY
WSYC Shippensberg, PA
WTSR Ewing, Trenton, NJ
WUSO Springfield, OH
WUSR Scranton, PA
WVKC Galesburg, IL
WVMW Scranton, PA
WWSU Dayton, OH
WXCI Danbury, CT
WXOU Rochester, MI

Love and Peace, 

Alan Morphew 

Radio Promotion by:  

Flanagan Radio Promotions (National) 

and Music Associates (Midwest) 

CD cover art by:  

Sarah Morphew

"The American Dream" nomanated "Best Americana Album of the Year" - 2009 LA Music Awards

"The American Dream" by Alan Morphew 

has been nominated "Best Americana Album of the Year" 

in the 2009 Los Angeles Music Awards!  

The final voting event is Thurs, Oct 8 at The Whiskey in Hollywood, CA.  

Los Angeles Music Awards event is Thurs, Nov 12 at The Music Box Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.  

Love and Peace, 

Alan Morphew   

The Alan Morphew Band now booking

Rehearsals up in Minneapolis have been great and The Alan Morphew Band is now booking shows for Spring and Summer '09.  

I still love playing solo acoustic shows, and you will still see me out there doing that.  But I also wanted to get out there with a high-energy band and rock, too.  Let's party and dance and have us a good time!  

The guys I've been working with are all great players and cool to hang with, too.  It's inspiring to me how much they add to the music.  They sound great on my songs AND we are working up some choice covers.  Songs you'll want to hear again and again.  Classic Rock, 90's Rock, current stuff, and more than a few surprises.  This band is definitely a "must-see, must-hear, must-enjoy" experience!  

More info, photos, videos, songlists, etc. will be posted soon!  

And check the schedule at AlanMorphew.com for updates.  

If you are (or know someone else that is) on the entertainment committee for your local street dance, county fair dance, or summer concert, etc, please contact us for booking info.  We'd love to add your show to our schedule!  

Looking forward to (and currently enjoying) a great year!  

Love and Peace, 

Alan Morphew 

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Peace and Love, 

Alan Morphew

New info on H.R. 875

Not sure if I passed on any misleading and untrue information to you in my previous post.  Looks like some of the info on the internet about H.R. 875 is untrue.  

Apparently Rep. Rosa DeLauro's Husband does not work for Monsanto.  The bill is supposed to focus on ensuring the safety of food in interstate commerce.  And Rep DeLauro has been meeting with organic farmers and is drawing up a proposed list of amendments to H.R. 875 based on those meetings.  

Here is a link to the story that I found about it.  Thank you Nonny Mouse!

And here is the full text of the bill.  

I still say keep an eye on this one, though.  It's about the food we eat.  Something big is going on here.  

I am happy that they are meeting with organic farmers and writing amendments based on those meetings.  But I am still going to let them know I am keeping an eye on this very important legislation (that SHOULD actually make our food safer by putting tougher restrictions on imported foods.  This SHOULD make farmer's markets even stronger.)  

Check out this video about H.R. 875:

And here is a new petition against H.R. 875 that I found.  

Peace and Love, 

Alan Morphew

About our food and HR 875 - Act Now!

"If you control oil, you control nations.  

If you control food, you control people." 

                          -Henry Kissinger  

So what's up with House Resolution 875?...

...Here is the full text of the bill.  

(The full text of this post is coming back soon.  After I check out the info presented.)  

Love and Peace, 

Alan  Morphew 

West Coast 12/08 to 03/09

I love my job...  

We got out of Iowa just in time to miss a major snow-blanketing of the area.  As usual, we didn't get out of NW IA nearly as early in the day as we had planned.  Drove straight from Estherville, IA to Fort Collins, CO.  Got to see Jeff and Mindy, then went with them to see Alex and Rachael in Boulder.  Enjoyed our meal while we watched some cops beat up a guy on the street.  

Then we took off and drove straight from Fort Collins, CO to Glendale, CA. Hey, that was twenty-some hours straight... not complaining at all... a little used to this kind of thing by now... maybe a little tired, though...

(oh, by the way, this is near the spot on Glenoaks Bl in Glendale, CA where I would have bit it - if I was meant to be taken out by a flying car or two, immediately following their collision.)  

December was great for spending some time with family and friends.  And again this year, I sang with the "National In-Choir".  As is tradition with the group, we went around to different charities to sing Christmas Carols for people.  Sarah also joined the choir for some performances this year.  What a great way to end the year.  And what a great bunch of singers to get to sing with.  

We had ourselves a happy holiday season and even got to be amateur dog-walkers for a friend.   

January was good for getting out to a few music industry panels.  Those can be good for new ideas and for helping to keep up on your game.  They are also good for networking.  Met some new artists there and also ran into many people I already knew.  Thank you Music Connection, COSMO, Pitch-a-thon, NARIP, Discmakers, ASCAP, West LA Music, Conscious Life Expo, etc.  And thank you, panelists.  

My show on Jan. 20 at Room 5 was a blast... Until I broke a string.  Finished the set with a few songs that I figured wouldn't sound too bad on the 5-string guitar I was currently playing.  Sarah and I had a fun time after the show with Rachel and Vinnie until I figured out that my next show, scheduled for Feb. 1 at The Mint was scheduled to take place on Superbowl Sunday...  This was very bad news...  

In all my years of booking at the studio, I always joked that the order of importance of modern holidays is:  

#1 - Christmas... the classic numero uno.  Nearly impossible to get the average American to leave the comfort of his own home during this holiday.  

#2 - Superbowl Sunday... Second only to Christmas.  This is one holiday that is not to be taken lightly!  

#3 - Sadly... all the rest of the holidays on the calendar.  

And my next show was scheduled for Superbowl Sunday at The Mint.  I can't take it.  Does the fun never end?  

Made it through the Superbowl Sunday show at The Mint. Thanks to "Cosmic" Carl Breitweiser on percussion. And to people like Vinnie, Sarah, Rachel, Reena, Kristy, Jeremiah, Kate, Vinnie, Leah, Grams, Lisa & Phil, Phyllis, and Judd (to name a very notable few).  And Moshav, a great LA band from Israel, tore it up after my set.  Was the Super Bowl really all that? 

No broken strings tonight... but notice I am well-prepared with the new backup guitar that I picked up for $20 on craigslist.

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Look closely at Carl (the percussionist)... recognize him from the Dirty Hippie lighters?... "How 'bout it?"...  

With the coming of Feb, I started getting CDs out to some music industry people while my radio promoters started a national radio promotion campaign.  Jon Flanagan Radio Promotions in Hollywood, CA is running the national radio campaign and Music Associates is focusing heavily on select midwestern states.  By the middle of Feb, Jon Flanagan had reported to me that "The American Dream" was getting spins on over 50 stations, nationwide... and with more being added all the time.  Great news!  I'll take some more.  

I slowly started building my facebook page...

and soon figured out that Facebook seems to be the way that people want to communicate this year.  Old bandmates, old schoolmates, old friends from when I ran the studio... they all seem to be on Facebook now.  Another networking website.  That is some good news.  How about a little more?  

And it came... my songs were accepted with a company that will help me to get my songs placed in television and movies.  Finally a company that is non-exclusive and does not charge me any up-front fees.  More great news!  But I'd take even more...

Then my phone rang... it was Al Bowman from the Los Angeles Music Awards.  He said something to the effect of "Alan, I really think you hit the nail on the head with this CD.  I am going to nominate 'The American Dream' for 'Best Americana Album of the Year' in the 2009 LA Music Awards.  Alan, don't give up the dream."  

Sweet!  

My show at Room 5 on Feb 20 was some of the most fun I've had so far this year.  And again, it was because of the people.  Thanks Sarah, Rachel, Reena, Jon, Jessica, Aris, Phyllis, Faith, Fesh, Lisa, Phil, Cari, Peter, Hoagie, Sue, Berdo, Amy, Alex, Freddy, Travis, Rob, Carla, and everyone else who helped make it a great night.  Voyce McGinley III (drums and percussion on "The American Dream") did his usual excellent job on percussion.  

And here's a little more fun from the night:

Next stop Sarah and I were special in-classroom guests at Jefferson Elementary in Glendale, CA. We got to sing some songs with the students in Ms. Miller's class. They sounded great. It really was a good time. But with songs like Blowin' In the Wind, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, This Land is Your Land, etc. you just can't lose. I was especially pleased to find out that most of the students are already starting to learn a musical instrument. 

Spent a little more time with family, then packed up the minivan, pulled over long enough to let a massive high-speed chase pass us by, and headed down the freeway.  Highlights on this leg of the journey include stopping in at radio stations KBCO, KCSU, KRFC, KVCU, and KRNU as well as getting a little more time in Colorado with Jeff, Mindy, Alex & Rachel (with no adjacent police violence this time).   

Looks like the snow-blanketing that we conveniently missed out on as we drove from the Heartland to the West Coast way back in November was the same type of snow-blanketing that we had in store for our trip back to the Heartland.  Only it melted before we got all the way back here...  And it's not coming back anytime soon... right... right?  

Love and Peace, 

Alan Morphew

Photos by Sarah Morphew

look mommy, there's an airplane up in the sky...

Last week, I looked up in the sky and saw an airplane painting a huge stripe across the sky.  My friend, Reed had just been telling me a bit about Chemtrails so I called to Sarah and told her to bring the camera.  

No big deal, right?  We've all seen airplanes leaving these cloud stripes across the sky for like at least the last 10 years or so, right?  

Then we saw an airplane spraying another stripe across the sky.  

The plane kept fogging the sky until he almost came into contact with the previous chemtrail and he suddenly and abruptly turned off his foggers.  

Then, shortly after the plane passed through the original  chemtrail the foggers went back on at low force and they left a short thin tail behind the plane in the evening sky.  

No, they are NOT contrails...  A contrail cannot be turned on and off like what you see happening here.  These are chemicals and heavy metals that are being sprayed into the air we breathe.  You can watch as the airplane personnel turns the fogger off just before crossing through the existing chemtrail.  

Is this something you want in the air you breathe? I don't even know for sure what it is. Researchers have found that areas regularly being sprayed are higher in Barium, Aluminum, and other heavy metals. Heavy metals, Barium, and aluminum are heavier than our air and, therefore would fall from the air.  So it is no surprise that researchers have found higher occurrence of respiratory ailments, skin ailments, cancer and birth defects in these highly sprayed areas.  

People who have checked with the FAA to try and identify these flights have found that no FAA record exists.  So these are clearly military flights.  When asked about the flights, the military claims they do not exist and that nothing of the sort is going on.  So we can assume these are covert military flights.  

So what are they doing.  They are clearly doing something.  We've all seen it in the sky.  Across the US and in other parts of the world.  Is it for population control?  Weather manipulation?  It has been said that perhaps they are conditioning us so we are used to seeing this scene in the sky.  Then, whenever they want, they can spray anything they want on an unquestioning public.  Either way, I don't think I want them spraying it on me.  What do you think?  

Here are a few videos I found on Youtube about chemtrails:  

And here is the chemtrails petition.  

Love and Peace,

Alan Morphew

photos by Sarah Morphew