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Friday, May 09, 2008

Singer Seeks Spotlight Outside Texas Borders

By Nathalie Baret
For the Journal
      Texas has offered up some raw, talented mavericks these last 10 years. Think Jack Ingram. Think Pat Green. Both singer/songwriters have fashioned edgy, barroom roots-country/rock that has made them music royalty in their own state and earned them country cred elsewhere.
       Texas troubadour Corey Morrow, who's been digging his heels firmly in the Austin, Dallas and Houston music scenes for over a decade now, certainly has the goods to be the next Lone Star stalwart.
       Revered along with his Texas Tech buddy Green, Morrow is a preservationist of the unconventional and is one popular entertainer who's built a fierce loyalty in his fans. His raw Texas sound is a churn of Merle Haggard and Bob Schneider-type country with strains of blues, swing and bluegrass along with a generous heaping of classic rock that's influenced by Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and The Doors.
       Heck, he's been at it since 1997, playing gigs continuously while honing his guitar compositions and plain-spoken lyrics.
       And, like Green, who sold nearly 200,000 self-released albums before Nashville came a callin' and signed him to a major recording deal, Morrow has built his career independently through word-of-mouth buzz and sold more than 200,000 discs through his label WriteOn.
       Now, Morrow has a new album in the wings, which marks his ninth output and second recording for Austin-based indie label, Sustain, a branch of Universal Music. The raw-voiced country rocker hopes “Vagrants and Kings” will be his ticket into the national country charts as well as wishes to make a dent in the Christian market, where the disc will be pushed to 1,500 Christian radio stations.
       “This album, by far, is my most solid and well-rounded work,” Morrow said, calling from his home in Austin.
       “Each album for me is a snapshot of my life,” he said. “My last record, ‘Nothing Left to Hide' (2005), was made during a real bumpy time. I was going through all kinds of craziness and the world letting me do whatever I wanted. I got careless and selfish, and it all came and bit me on the rear end.”
       The offering showcased a man coming to grips with issues of forgiveness and recovery from a 2005 arrest, which he called a “serious mistake.”
   

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Corey Morrow WHEN: 8 tonight. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
       WHERE: Cowboys, 9800-4 Montgomery NE
       HOW MUCH: Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door. Call 299-4559 or visit www.cowboysabq.com for more information

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