Learning his craft and honing his abilities through his formative years in the Austin, Texas music scene while performing with luminaries like Eric Johnson, Christopher Cross and many others, Denver artist GENE MORRIS is releasing a pair of new singles in time for both Valentine’s Day and anti-Valentine’s Day celebrations.
In keeping in spirit with the upcoming holday, Morris states, “All of us have experienced rejection of some sort and disappointment in relationships. For many of us that has happened during Valentine’s season. This song goes out to all of us that have been let loose during that celebration. The song “I’m On My Own” rallies from ground zero in fallen relationships, reminding us of our individualism. We still matter as individuals and knowing that makes us stronger.
Morris shares the vision for the release by saying, “One of the wisest men in history, King Solomon wrote the book of Ecclesiastes. He said ‘The more the words, the less the meaning.’ With that in mind I wrote “I Love You” and let the music just pour out of me!”
Christopher Cross and the original Christopher Cross band recorded this song with Morris. Featuring Cross on lead guitar, Tommy Taylor on drums, Andy Salmon on bass and Rob Meurer on synth, with Morris himself performing on grand piano.
Multi-instrumentalist GENE MORRIS started playing music at 3 years of age on a ukulele in South Texas, his first song being “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue”. As a young prodigy in a musically inclined family, Morris began receiving piano instruction from his mother until it was discovered that he was actually playing by ear and not sight reading at all.
As an avid fan of classical music and a true creative at heart, Morris formed his first band “The Joyous Cemetery” with friends in Junior High, where he also took up trumpet and violin. An early mentor and collaborator for Gene in his professional career was his friend and yacht rock legend Christopher Cross.
Cross worked with Morris as a producer on Gene’s self-titled debut album as well as his follow up release “Buried Cables”. Austin, Texas guitar legend Eric Johnson was the guitarist on these sessions that were also performed with Tommy Taylor on drumming duties.
When Morris found himself as a patriarch of a growing family, he moved his career toward his other passion in coaching competitive tennis, including working with champions Martina Navratilova, Andy Roddick, Mats Wilander and Jimmy Conners as well as serving as private coach to Gov. John Connally.
Never completely losing the music bug, Morris has produced several gospel releases and has continued to perform live at events ranging from Mile High Stadium to many prestigious private events, including performing for NFL Hall Of Famers John Elway and Frank Gifford, and in concert supporting his son Micah Morris’s power-pop band MICAH & THE MIRRORS.
An innovative pioneer of recording technology, Morris invented THE WAVE, a cutting edge microphone that performs well for stringed instruments including violin, viola, cello and has also been used extensively to track guitar, vocals and piano to great effect.
GENE MORRIS currently makes his home in the wide open mountain spaces outside of Denver, Colorado with his wife, famed fine-arts painter Pixie Glore Morris. He is currently planning regional touring dates in the Rocky Mountain states and Southwest US throughout the remainder of the year.
Visit GENE MORRIS online:
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Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/gene-morris/1580668146
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0yjOIQtT5cUsaZFnscwhjw?si=pE6FqIkrRGGf7IGzlqsgxA
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