In his unassuming way, Gurf Morlix has spent the majority of his career in the shadows — as a top-notch producer, songwriter, and sideman, Gurf has been the “man behind the curtain” for the amazing records’ of the stars, legends and up-and-comers of Americana, Roots Rock, and Alternative Country music. And though he’s enjoyed the mystique that comes with the “behind the scenes” lifestyle, every soul he’s touched has soared to incredible heights. Gurf Morlix has always had that magic touch that allows him to put his unique stamp on every project he takes on to create a one of a kind stand-out record. This ability has launched and enhanced the careers of Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen, Blaze Foley, Mary Gauthier, Slaid Cleaves, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and many more…
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2024
Gurf Morlix – In Love at Zero Degrees (Rootball Records) – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Steve Forbert – Daylight Savings Time (Blue Rose) – Electric guitar
Gurf Morlix – Melt Into You (Rootball Records) – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
2023
Buddy & Julie Miller – In The Throes (New West Records) – Vocals
Gurf Morlix – I Challenge The Beast (Rootball Records) – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Grant Peeples – A Murder of Songs (Leftneck Music) – Electric guitar on Liberal With A Gun
2022
Gurf Morlix – Caveman (Rootball Records) – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Co-Starring Too (Big Machine Records) – Guitar, bass, vocals
Steve Forbert – Moving Through America (Blue Rose Music) – Lead electric guitar on Fried Oysters
2021
Gurf Morlix – The Tightening Of The Screws (Rootball Records) – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
2020
Gurf Morlix – Kiss Of The Diamondback (Rootball Records) – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Jeff Porter – Daylight (Adjective Records) – Gurf wrote the song “Deeper Down”
2019
Gurf Morlix – Impossible Blue (Rootball Records) – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
2018
Grant Peeples & the Peeples Republik – Settling Scores Vol. II (Gatorbone Records) – Produced, engineered, mixed, guitars, keyboards, bass and vocals
Ray Bonneville – At King Electric (Stonefly Records) – Guitar on one track, bass on one track
Roy Schneider & Kim Mayfield – Reckless Saints (Shiny Gnu Records) – Vocals and lead guitar on one track
Patterson Barrett – Give ‘Em What They Want (So’Fish Records) – Guitar, vocals
2017
Gurf Morlix – The Soul & The Heal (Rootball) – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, most of the instruments, vocals
Amber Cross – Savage On The Downhill (Self released) – Bass, electric guitars
Eric Westbury – Atomic Wilderness (Self released) – Bass on one song
2016
Blackie Farrell – Cold Country Blues
(Self released)
Co-produced, bass, guitars, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
Bill Kirchen & Austin DeLone – Transatlanticana (Red House)
Guitar
Grant Peeples – A Congress of Treasons (Gatorbone
Records)
Backing vocals
2015
Gurf Morlix – Eatin’ At Me
(Rootball Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Tom Russell – The Rose of Roscrae (Frontier Music)
bass, guitars and vocals
Linda McRae – Shadow Trails
(Borealis)
Backing vocals
2014
Robyn Ludwick – Little Rain
(Indie)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, guitars, keyboards, banjo, pedal steel, percussion and background vocals
Ray Bonneville – Easy Gone
(Red House Records)
Bass and Guitar
Grant Peeples – Punishing the Myth
(GatorBone Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, guitars, bass, pedal steel, B3, vocals
Secret Sisters – Put Your Needle Down
(Universal Republic)
Guitars
Linda McRae – Fifty Shades Of Red (Borealis Records) Acoustic & electric guitars, upright bass, vocals
Mark Jungers – I’ll See You Again
(American Rural Records)
Pedal steel, baritone guitar
Craig Moreau – The Daredevil Kid
(Indie)
Pedal Steel, harmony vocals on one song
Richie Parsons – Honey and Tears
(Indie)
Guitar on one song
2013
Gurf Morlix – Finds The Present Tense
(Rootball Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Brennen Leigh & Noel McKay – Before The World Was Made
(Independent)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments
2012
Grant Peeples – Prior Convictions
(Gatorbone)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, bg vocals
2011
Gurf Morlix – Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream
(Rootball Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, vocals, various instruments
Robyn Ludwick – Out Of These Blues
(Late Show Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, bg vocals
Grant Peeples – Okra & Ecclesiastes
(Gatorbone Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, background vocals, co-wrote one song
2009
Gurf Morlix – Last Exit To Happyland
(Rootball Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments
Romi Mayes – Achin’ In Yer Bones
(Self released)
Produced, bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals
BettySoo – Heat Sin Water Skin
(Self released)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments and vocals
Porterdavis – Porterdavis
(Self released)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, bass, guitar and vocals
Slaid Cleaves – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
(Music Road Records)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments and vocals
2008
Ray Bonneville – Goin’ By Feel
(Red House)
Co-produced, guitars, banjo, bass, and harmony vocals
Gurf Morlix – Birth To Boneyard
(Self Released)
instrumental version of Diamonds To Dust – Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments
2007
Gurf Morlix – Diamonds To Dust
(Blue Corn Music)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, vocals, various instruments
Scott Nolan – Receiver/Reflector
(Transistor 66)
Coproduced, various instruments, vocals
2006
Blaze Foley – Cold, Cold World
(Lost Art Records)
Produced, mixed, various instruments, vocals
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Snake Farm
(Sustain)
Produced, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
A Case for Case – Peter Case tribute –
(Hungry for Music)
Produced, engineered, mixed, guitars, bass, vocals on Gurf Morlix track
Tom Russell – Love and Fear
(Hightone)
Produced, engineered and mixed 7 songs, bass, guitars and vocals
Romi Mayes – Sweet Somethin’ Steady
(Self Released)
Produced, guitars, vocals
Troy Campbell – Long in the Sun
(M-Ray)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals, cowrote 2 songs
Jennie Stearns – Birds Fall
(Self Released)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
2005
Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now (Lost Highway)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Delirium Tremolos (Philo)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Darryl Lee Rush – Llano Avenue (Shiner)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Dime Store Poets – Electric Rhymes
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered
2004
Gurf Morlix – Cut ‘n Shoot (Blue Corn)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, vocals, various instruments
Blaze Foley – Oval Room (Lost Art)
Produced, mixed, mastered, guitars, bass, vocals
Slaid Cleaves – Wishbones (Philo)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
2003
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Growl (Philo/Rounder)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Eric Westbury – Burnt Tongues and Blue Truths (Barreltown)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Troy Campbell – American Breakdown (Loudhouse)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals, cowrote one song
McKay Brothers – McKay Brothers (Texas Archipelago)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, guitar, pedal steel guitar
Jeff Plankenhorn – Plank (Blue Corn)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
A Tribute to the Songs of Fred Eaglesmith (Twangoff)
Produced, engineered, mixed vocals, various instruments on Gurf Morlix track and Mary Gauthier track
2002
Gurf Morlix – Fishin’ in the Muddy (Catamount)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, vocals, various instruments
Hot Club of Cowtown – Ghost Train (Hightone)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered
Mary Gauthier – Filth & Fire (Signature Sounds)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Linda McRae – Cryin’ Out Loud (Black Hen)
Produced, mixed, mastered, guitar, vocals, cowrote one song
Jason Eklund – Jason Eklund (Self Released)
Produced, mixed, mastered, various instruments, vocals
Eliza Gilkyson – Lost and Found (Red House Records) Played slide guitar on one song
2001
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Eternal & Lowdown (Philo/Rounder)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, bass, guitars, vocals, organ, percussion, mandolin, octofone
Robert Earl Keen – Gravitational Forces (Mercury/Lost Highway)
Produced, mixed, guitars, steel, harmonium, vocals
Tom Russell – Borderland (Hightone)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, bass, guitar, steel guitar, Weissenborn, harmonium, vocals
Slaid Cleaves – Holiday Sampler EP (Philo)
Produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, guitars, vocals
2000
Gurf Morlix – Toad of Titicaca (Catamount)
Produced, engineered, mixed, vocals, various instruments
Slaid Cleaves – Broke Down (Philo)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals
Ian McLagan – Best of British (Gadfly)
Produced, mixed, guitars, vocals
Jim Whitford – Poison In The Well (Self Released)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals
One Fell Swoop – Crazy Time (Brambus)
Produced overdubs, engineered, mixed, various instruments
Rod Moag – Ah-Haa! Goes Grass (Textracs)
Co-produced, engineered, mixed, vocals
Blaze Foley Inside BFI Volume 3 – Blaze Foley Tribute (Deep South)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals on Gurf Morlix track
1999
Happy, Texas – Motion Picture soundtrack (Arista)
Produced Robert Earl Keen track
1998
Robert Earl Keen – Walking Distance (Arista)
Produced, mixed, various instruments, vocals
1997
Slaid Cleaves – No Angel Knows (Philo)
Produced, mixed, various instruments, vocals
1995
Butch Hancock – Eats Away The Night (Sugar Hill)
Produced, mixed, guitar, lap steel, vocals
1994
Tulare Dust – Merle Haggard Tribute (HighTone)
Produced, mixed, guitar, mandolin, vocal on Lucinda Williams track
1993
Victoria Williams Benefit Album – Sweet Relief (Chaos/Columbia)
Produced, mixed, guitar on Lucinda Williams track
1992
Lucinda Williams – Sweet Old World (Chameleon)
Produced, mixed, guitars, Dobro, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals
The Setters – The Setters (Watermelon / Blue Million Miles)
Produced, mixed, guitar, vocals
The Pine Dogs – Going Away Party (Das Kapital)
Produced, mixed
1989
Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams (Rough Trade/Koch)
Produced, mixed, various instruments, vocals
Compilation Albums
True Voices (Demon)
Lucinda Williams track – Produced, guitar
Born To Choose (Ryko)
Lucinda Williams track – Produced, mixed, guitar
Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt (Free Falls)
Produced, mixed, various instruments on Robert Earl Keen track
Roots Music: An American Journey (Rounder)
Produced, engineered, mixed, various instruments, vocals on Ray Wylie Hubbard track and Slaid Cleaves track