After leaving Old Settler's we headed to a little Cajun cafe close to home to wind down the night. This was a $5 cover. Can you stand it? I really wanted to see Gurf Morlix doing his own music because the only times I've ever seen him has been as the lead guitarist for somebody else. Plus, he produced BettySoo's latest record that is coming out in early June! Both of them playing together, I thought, would be a great time, and it was.
This again, was a song swap format. Gurf, however, played with all. He is an amazing guitarist. With the music he wasn't familiar with, Jim would tell him, "come in at the end & do a solo" and Gurf would just take it away and go! Very cool.
But when it was his turn and he played his stuff, oh man, it was great. For one thing, Evangeline Cafe is so small, it's like they're sitting in your kitchen playing for you. Gurf has a stage presence. You either have it or you don't and he has it. He starts picking that little guitar of his, hitting the bass lines and breaks into "Walkin' To New Orleans" and you are hooked!
He did at least 5 or 6 songs from his new record, Last Exit To Happyland. This cd, if you don't have it, put it on your list. Gosh, it is good. Patty Griffin sings on 3 of the songs and Ruthie Foster also sings on it.
Another BIG surprise about Gurf, he can sing in a nice voice! He harmonized with BettySoo and if I hadn't been there, I wouldn't have believed it. Who knew??
As for BettySoo, it was nice to hear her this time without echo! Again, she sold the most cds after the show. Everybody who bought cds raved about her.
Jim and Sherry are a duo who play and sing songs about colorful characters. This was my first time seeing them. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in Austin. Their songs are those that by the time they end, you feel like you've met all these different people and know where they came from, where they went, everything that happened along the way. Story songs. I like that.
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