Originally written and recorded for GENE MORRIS‘ sophomore album with collaborator and yacht-rock legend Christopher Cross, the track “Time” was shelved shortly after recording it due to a shift in the performers lives.
Morris explains, “The whole world changed. Chris’s career took off and he won 5 Grammys. I became a father to 4 boys while Chris became a legend.
Time” is recorded with Christopher Cross on guitar, Tommy Taylor on drums, Andy Salmon on bass, and Rob Meurer on synthesizer. That is basically the entire core of the Grammy winning Christopher Cross Band.”
Profound in its lyrical wordplay, “Time” is a reflection of the burden of time we must bear and how it is eventually taken away. Folks who abuse themselves and others through their actions and in consuming substances are the one who truly lose. Building in intensity as Morris’ frustrations at those who misuse their gifts and betray the trust of friends culminates into a near scream in the apex of the song’s vocal delivery, Morris shares, “I’ve lost way too many friends through drugs or substances. My older sister through chain smoking and band mates whose bodies gave out to drug addiction. Then there are those that abuse others by greed or narcissism. So came the words to the stanza “Users are Losers”, that phrase is spoken as a warning.”
Adding to the track’s intensity, Morris had a specific request of Cross for the delivery of the guitar solo, “Chris asked me how he should play the solo. I just said: “I want it to bleed, I want it angry, I want it to cry, I want you to put everything into it. Wow! Did I get blown away and swept off of my feet! To this day I have never heard a more powerful and dynamic lead. It’s truly a benchmark of Chris’ legacy.”
GENE MORRIS will release “Time” digitally on Friday July 25th, 2025.
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 Fast Eddy.
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.
link to “Colorado Voices” PBS documentary on GENE MORRIS: https://www.pbs.org/video/gene-morris-story-2wksbc/
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