Cory Morrow-Live From Austin, TX (2007-VBR-Country)

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-=AMG Review=- by Mark Deming



It's not an especially good sign when a singer/songwriter releases a live album and the two best songs (by a considerable margin) are the two covers. Cory Morrow is a popular draw in his home state of Texas, enough so to merit an appearance on the long-running PBS roots music showcase Austin City Limits, and this 11-song set was recorded during a 2002 taping for that series. Morrow is often cited as a rising member of the Texas singer/songwriter community, and on his song "Nashville Blues" he name-checks Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, and Kris Kristofferson as influences, but significantly he frequently gigs with Pat Green, and as a songwriter he most closely resembles Green ? which is to say that where his supposed influences are thoughtful and literate, Morrow is often thuddingly obvious. (No matter how much Morrow thinks he's learned from Townes Van Zandt, Townes would never have written a song like "Texas Time Travelin'" or "Drinkin' Alone.") Morrow is a good enough singer, he clearly knows how to work a crowd, and his band sounds sharp and enthusiastic on this date (especially Glenn Shankle on Dobro and pedal steel); the audience is with Morrow all the way on Live from Austin, TX, and everyone involved seems to be having a fine time. But the truth is, Morrow sounds best here when he's singing the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil" and Waylon Jennings' "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?," largely because on those two songs the material is as good as Morrow's big-league aspirations for a change.







Cory Morrow - Live From Austin, TX





Rip Info

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Artist: Cory Morrow

Album Title: Live From Austin, TX

Record Label: New West Records

Rip Date: 2008-03-20

Catalog Number:

Genre: Country

Year: 2007

Source: CD

Encoder: LAME 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new

Quality: 170 kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo





Track List

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01 Just Along For The Ride 9:37

02 Friend Of The Devil 3:38

03 Always And Forever 4:09

04 Nashville Blues 4:30

05 (Love Me) Like You Used To Do 3:45

06 Twenty One Days 3:55

07 Drinkin' Alone 5:27

08 Highway 3:45

09 Preacher 5:16

10 Texas Time Travelin' 4:30

11 Are You Sure Hank Dont It This Way? (With Pat 3:40

Green)

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00:52:12

65.74 megs



Rip Notes

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From the vaults of the award-winning PBS Austin City Limits TV show, this is the

latest release in the acclaimed Live From Austin, TX series.



Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett, Cindy Walker, Nanci

Griffith, Jerry Jeff Walker, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green... the list of Texas

songwriting giants goes on. Joining the club is Cory Morrow, who, like many

others before him got his start in Lubbock. This performance from November 22,

2002, captures Cory shortly after the release of his fourth album, Outside the

Lines. He and Green had earlier recorded an album of cover songs called Songs We

Wish We d Written, which paid tribute to the masters while demonstrating their

respect for the past with an eye to what s going on in the present.



Many see Morrow and Green at the forefront of a new youth-oriented Texas country

scene, but continuing the combination of insightful lyrics and plenty of hooks.

As Cory says, To anyone who honors me by listening to my music, I encourage them

to go out and listen to the artists who are our heroes. When I was growing up, I

heard the Highwaymen and Robert Earl Keen and really listened to their words and

music. Hopefully a new generation of fans look upon us to carry on this

tradition and it s something we take seriously.