Greg Morrow
Greg Morrow | |
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Born | Ripley, Tennessee |
Genres | Rock, country |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums, vocals |
Years active | 1982–present |
Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist.
Biography
[edit]Morrow was born in Ripley, Tennessee and raised in Memphis. At age 11, Morrow and his band performed on a local TV show, and he participated in his first recording session.[1]
While working as a teen at the Drum Stand, Morrow's mentor was Dave Patrick, who taught him about drums and drum construction.[2]
In the 1980s, Morrow toured and recorded with the Christian ensemble DeGarmo and Key. Morrow then was a part of Amy Grant's touring band.[1][3]
Morrow moved from Memphis in 1996 after encouragement from Norbert Putnam and Chad Cromwell.[2]
Morrow is a member of Big Al Anderson’s band The World Famous Headliners, along with Shawn Camp, Pat McLaughlin, and Michael Rhodes.[4][5]
Morrow has performed and recorded with Blake Shelton,[6] Don Henley,[7] Joe Bonamassa,[8] Billy Gibbons,[9] Bob Seger,[10] Luke Bryan,[11] the Dixie Chicks,[12] Kacey Musgraves,[13] Steve Earle,[14] and others.
Awards
[edit]In 2008 and 2015, Morrow won the Academy of Country Music Studio Recording Award for Drummer of the Year.[15]
Discography
[edit]With DeGarmo and Key
- 1982: No Turning Back: Live (Lamb & Lion)
- 1993: Mission of Mercy (Power Discs)
- 1984: Communication (Power Discs)
- 1985: Commander Sozo and the Charge of the Light Brigade (Power Discs)
- 1986: "Streetlight" Power Discs)
- 1987: D & K (Power Discs)
- 1988: Rock Solid: Absolutely Live (Power Discs)
With Amy Grant
- 1981: In Concert (Myrrh / A&M)
- 1981: In Concert Volume Two (Myrrh / Word)
- 1989: A Moment in Time (Tretorn) with Michael W. Smith and Gary Chapman
Also appears on
[edit]1990–1994
[edit]- 1990: Dreams So Real – Gloryline (Arista)
- 1991: Deborah Conway – String of Pearls (Mushroom)
- 1992: Toy Caldwell – Toy Caldwell (Cabin Fever)
- 1993: Don Nix – Back to the Well (Appaloosa)
- 1994: David Lynn Jones – Play by Ear (Liberty)
- 1994: Sonny Landreth – Exit 103A EP (Zoo)
- 1994: Barbara Lynn – So Good (Bullseye Blue
- 1994: Primal Scream – Give Out But Don't Give Up (Creation)
1995–1996
[edit]- 1995: Deana Carter – Did I Shave My Legs for This? (Capitol Nashville)
- 1995: Francis Dunnery – Tall Blonde Helicopter (Atlantic)
- 1995: Dana Key – Part of the Mystery (ForeFront)
- 1995: Sonny Landreth – South of I-10 (Zoo / Praxis)
- 1995: Billy Pilgrim – Bloom (Atlantic)
- 1996: Bad Company – Stories Told & Untold (EastWest)
- 1996: Steve Earle – I Feel Alright (Warner Bros.)
- 1996: LeAnn Rimes – Blue (Curb)
- 1996: Tony Spinner – Crosstown Sessions (Blues Bureau)
1997–1998
[edit]- 1997: 38 Special – Resolution (Razor & Tie)
- 1997: The Cicadas – The Cicadas (Warner Bros.)
- 1997: David Allan Coe – LIVE: If That Ain't Country... (Columbia)
- 1997: Leo Kottke – Standing in My Shoes (Private Music)
- 1997: RB Morris – ...Take That Ride... (Oh Boy)
- 1997: LeAnn Rimes – You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (Curb)
- 1998: Toy Caldwell – Can't You See (Pet Rock)
- 1998: Deana Carter – Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Capitol Nashville)
- 1998: Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces (Monument)
- 1998: Allison Moorer – Alabama Song (MCA Nashville)
- 1998: Suzy Ragsdale – Future Past (VNS)
- 1998: LeAnn Rimes – Sittin' on Top of the World (Curb)
- 1998: Van Zant – Brother to Brother (CMC International)
- 1998: Marie Wilson – Real Life (Atlantic)
1999–2000
[edit]- 1999: Trace Adkins – More... (Capitol Nashville)
- 1999: Dixie Chicks – Fly (Monument)
- 1999: Steve Forbert – Evergreen Boy (Koch)
- 1999: John Jorgenson – Emotional Savant (J2)
- 1999: Lace – Lace (Warner Bros.)
- 1999: The Warren Brothers – Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World (BMG / Ariola)
- 1999: Hank Williams III – Risin' Outlaw (Curb)
- 2000: Alabama – When It All Goes South (RCA)
- 2000: Eddy Raven – Living in Black and White (RMG)
- 2000: John Wesley Harding – The Confessions of St. Ace (Mammoth)
- 2000: Trisha Yearwood – Real Live Woman (MCA Nashville)
2001–2003
[edit]- 2001: Billy Gilman – Dare to Dream (Epic)
- 2001: Chris Knight – A Pretty Good Guy (Dualtone)
- 2001: Scott Miller and the Commonwealth – Thus Always to Tyrants (Sugar Hill)
- 2001: Earl Scruggs – Earl Scruggs and Friends (MCA Nashville)
- 2002: Montgomery Gentry – My Town (Columbia)
- 2003: Trace Adkins – Comin' On Strong (Capitol Nashville)
- 2003: Rodney Crowell – Fate's Right Hand (Epic)
- 2003: Billy Ray Cyrus – The Other Side (Warner Bros.)
- 2003: Chris Knight – The Jealous Kind (Dualtone)
- 2003: Lynyrd Skynyrd – Vicious Cycle (Sanctuary)
- 2003: Blake Shelton – The Dreamer (Warner Bros. Nashville)
2004–2006
[edit]- 2004: 38 Special – Drivetrain (Sanctuary)
- 2004: Peter Cetera – You Just Gotta Love Christmas (Viastar)
- 2004: Montgomery Gentry – You Do Your Thing (Columbia)
- 2004: Andy Griggs – This I Gotta See (RCA)
- 2004: Carolyn Dawn Johnson – Dress Rehearsal (Arista Nashville)
- 2004: Jason Ringenberg – Empire Builders (Bittersweet)
- 2004: Sugarland – Twice the Speed of Life (Mercury)
- 2004: Gretchen Wilson – Here for the Party (Epic)
- 2005: Trace Adkins – Songs About Me (Capitol Nashville)
- 2005: Brooks & Dunn – Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista Nashville)
- 2005: Kim Carnes – Chasin' Wild Trains (Corazong)
- 2005: Van Zant – Get Right with the Man (Columbia)
- 2005: 4Him – Encore..For Future Generations (INO Records/Epic Records)
- 2006: Trace Adkins – Dangerous Man (Capitol Nashville)
- 2006: Carolina Rain – Weather the Storm (Equity Music Group)
- 2006: Jon Christopher Davis – Jon Christopher Davis (Palo Duro)
- 2006: Sugarland – Enjoy the Ride (Mercury)
2007–2010
[edit]- 2007: John Anderson – Easy Money (Warner Bros.)
- 2007: Brooks & Dunn – Cowboy Town (Arista Nashville)
- 2007: Halfway to Hazard – Halfway to Hazard (StyleSonic)
- 2007: Ty Herndon – Right About Now (Pyramid)
- 2007: Van Zant – My Kind of Country (Sony BMG)
- 2007: Trisha Yearwood – Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love (Big Machine)
- 2008: Trace Adkins – X (Capitol Nashville)
- 2008: Catherine Britt – Little Wildflower (ABC Music)
- 2008: Chris Cagle – My Life's Been a Country Song (Capitol Nashville)
- 2008: Darius Rucker – Learn to Live (Capitol Nashville)
- 2008: Sugarland – Love on the Inside (Mercury)
- 2009: Luke Bryan – Doin' My Thing (Capitol Nashville)
- 2009: Steve Earle – Townes (New West)
- 2009: Lynyrd Skynyrd – God & Guns (Roadrunner)
- 2010: Trace Adkins – Cowboy's Back in Town (Show Dog-Universal)
- 2010: Trailer Choir – Tailgate (Show Dog-Universal)
- 2010: Jimmy Webb – Just Across the River (Victor)
- 2010: Amy Grant – Somewhere Down the Road (EMI CMG/Sparrow Records)
2011–2014
[edit]- 2011: Trace Adkins – Proud to Be Here (Show Dog Nashville)
- 2011: Matraca Berg – The Dreaming Fields (Dualton
- 2011: Luke Bryan – Tailgates & Tanlines (Capitol Nashville)
- 2011: Sara Evans – Stronger (Sony Music)
- 2011: Kellie Pickler – 100 Proof (BNA)
- 2012: Big & Rich – Hillbilly Jedi (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- 2012: Kix Brooks – New to This Town (Arista Nashville)
- 2012: Lynyrd Skynyrd – Last of a Dyin' Breed (Roadrunner)
- 2012: Hank Williams Jr. – Old School New Rules (Bocephus)
- 2013: Danielle Bradbery – Danielle Bradbery (Republic Nashville)
- 2013: Sheryl Crow – Feels Like Home (Warner Bros.)
- 2013: Sara Evans – Slow Me Down (RCA)
- 2013: John Fogerty – Wrote a Song for Everyone (Vanguard)
- 2013: Vince Gill and Paul Franklin – Bakersfield (MCA Nashville)
- 2013: Tom Keifer – The Way Life Goes (Merovee)
- 2013: Neal McCoy – Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride (Slate Creek)
- 2013: Ashley Monroe – Like a Rose (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- 2013: Kellie Pickler – The Woman I Am (Black River Entertainment)
- 2013: Kenny Rogers – You Can't Make Old Friends (Warner Bros.)
- 2013: Blake Shelton – Based on a True Story... (Warner Bros.)
- 2013: Tate Stevens – Tate Stevens (RCA)
- 2013: Steve Wariner – It Ain't All Bad (SelecTone Records)
- 2013: Amy Grant – How Mercy Looks from Here (EMI CMG/Sparrow)
2014–2015
[edit]- 2014: Alabama – Angels Among Us: Hymns and Gospel Favorites (Universal)
- 2014: Jimmy Barnes – 30:30 Hindsight (Mushroom)
- 2014: Big & Rich – Gravity (B$R)
- 2014: Garth Brooks – Man Against Machine (RCA)
- 2014: Jerrod Niemann – High Noon (Sea Gayle)
- 2014: John Oates – Good Road to Follow (Elektra Nashville)
- 2014: Eric Paslay – Eric Paslay (EMI Nashville)
- 2014: Dolly Parton – Blue Smoke (Dolly / Masterworks)
- 2014: Cole Swindell – Cole Swindell (Warner Bros.)
- 2014: The Waterboys – Modern Blues (Harlequin And Clown)
- 2014: Eli Young Band – 10,000 Towns (Big Machine)
- 2015: Alabama – Southern Drawl (BMG)
- 2015: Jim Ed Brown – In Style Again (Plowboy)
- 2015: Luke Bryan – Kill the Lights (Capitol / Decca)
- 2015: The Cox Family – Gone Like the Cotton (Rounder)
- 2015: Billy Gibbons and the BFG's – Perfectamundo (Concord)
- 2015: Don Henley – Cass County (Capitol)
- 2015: Reba McEntire – Love Somebody (Starstruck / Nash Icon)
- 2015: Darius Rucker – Southern Style (Capitol Nashville)
- 2015: George Strait – Cold Beer Conversation (MCA Nashville)
2016 – present
[edit]- 2016: Joe Bonamassa – Blues of Desperation (J&R Adventures)
- 2016: Kenny Chesney – Cosmic Hallelujah (Blue Chair / Columbia)
- 2016: Amy Grant – Tennessee Christmas (Universal)
- 2016: Amy Holland – Light on My Path (Chonin)
- 2016: Cyndi Lauper – Detour (Sire)
- 2016: Midland – Midland EP (Big Machine)
- 2016: Mo Pitney – Behind This Guitar (Curb)
- 2016: Joanne Shaw Taylor – Wild (Axehouse Music)
- 2016: Cole Swindell – Down Home Sessions II EP (Warner Bros.)
- 2016: Cole Swindell – Down Home Sessions III EP (Warner Bros.)
- 2016: Cole Swindell – You Should Be Here (Warner Bros.)
- 2017: Reba McEntire – Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope (Nash Icon)
- 2017: Jerrod Niemann – This Ride (Curb)
- 2017: Leon Russell – On a Distant Shore (Sony)
- 2017: Selah – Unbreakable (Curb)
- 2017: Gretchen Wilson – Ready To Get Rowdy (Redneck)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "029 – Greg Morrow: ACM Drummer of the Year, Giving Engineers What They Want, Touring to Sessions, Head Combinations". Working Drummer Podcast. September 3, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ a b Rich Redmond (February 1, 2015). "Greg Morrow". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ Cusic, Don (November 12, 2009). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship: Pop, Rock, and Worship. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9780313344268. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "About the World Famous Headliners". World Famous Headliners. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "CD Review: World Famous Headliners - S/T (Big Yellow Dog, 2012)". No Depression. September 6, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "Blake Shelton Album: "The Dreamer"". Best Country Singers. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ Tom Roland (September 3, 2015). "Don Henley, Martina McBride Make Big Statement In Short Bursts -- Behind Their Newest Single". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ Alan Sculley (July 14, 2016). "Two drummers, one beat". Boulder Weekly. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ Martin Popoff (December 9, 2015). "ZZ Top's Mud Metal Master Billy Gibbons Goes to Cuba". Brave Words. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ Gary Graff (August 25, 2017). "Bob Seger Rolls Out Hit-Packed Set at Runaway Train Tour Opener". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ Carl Lamarre (November 12, 2017). "Travis Scott Fearlessly Raps 'Butterfly Effect' From a Flying Bird at the 2017 MTV EMAs". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ Dickerson, James L. (2000). Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 9780878331895. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ Briona Arradondo (December 9, 2015). "Grammy-nominated artists record at Studio A". WSMV. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ McGee, David (2005). Steve Earle: Fearless Heart, Outlaw Poet. Backbeat Books. ISBN 9780879308421. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "Studio Recording Awards". Academy of Country Music. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Greg Morrow at AllMusic
- Greg Morrow discography at Discogs
- Living people
- American rock drummers
- American session musicians
- 20th-century American drummers
- American male drummers
- 21st-century American drummers
- People from Ripley, Tennessee
- Musicians from Memphis, Tennessee
- American country drummers
- Country musicians from Tennessee
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians