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