Blue Corn Music
2007
Diamonds To Dust
About This Album
Gurf Morlix is a guitarist/producer probably best known for his collaborations with Lucinda Williams, although he also has worked with folks like Robert Earl Keen, Ian McLagan, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Buddy & Julie Miller. The busy Austin-based musician doesn't get a lot of time to do his solo work, with Diamonds to Dust being just his fourth album; however, it is his strongest overall effort. A sense of morality courses through this disc, starting with the powerful prison-cell set opener, "Killin' Time in Texas." On "Madalyn's Bones," he explores the mysterious death of the atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair, while "Food, Water, Shelter & Love" offers his stark take on the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. Death plays a central role, too, in the haunting "Windows Open, Windows Close," which refers to the late Texas songwriter Blaze Foley, as well as in the spare and stirring "Blanket," a tune partially inspired by Warren Zevon's death. "Blanket" is also one of the tunes that features Patty Griffin's harmony singing; her gorgeous soaring voice provides a nice contrast to Morlix's more earthbound vocals.
Track List (try tracks 2,4,5,6,7,9,10 and 11)

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