Published: December 18, 2008 1:45 AM EST
By: Isaac Davis Jr., MBA
(Juniorscave.com)

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Tim Morrow

	Matt & Tim's Acoustic Set, C&B

Our next artist, Tim Morrow, was born in 1952 in Battle Creek, Michigan where he was raised in the country outside a small town called Delton. For Tim, he enjoyed life's simplest pleasure while growing up on the lake; playing ball and going to school. Tim's musical influences were the stuff that his dad would listen to including Fats Domino and Ray Charles. But what really set Tim off was the Beatles. With the British invasion led by the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Dave Clark 5 and Hermans Hermits, Tim knew he wanted to be a part of the music industry. The rest as they say is history.

Here is a recent interview that Tim completed with our online publication, and I think you will enjoy the outcome.

Isaac: Thanks for taking the time to speak with our online magazine. Let's talk about how you first got your start. You were born in Battle Creek, Michigan. Expound a little about your upbringing and would lead you to want to perform.

Tim: I was raised in the country in Michigan. My dad worked on the railroad and my mom stayed at home taking care of the kids and house. I had 2 brothers Cal who was older and Jim who was younger and sister Janis as well and she was the baby. I first remember listening to some Ray Charles and Fats Domino records that my dad had and I thought those were great. And then the Beatles came along and I remember seeing them on the Ed Sullivan TV show in Feb 64 and I thought it was really cool watching people sing and play music and how people reacted to it. I didn't really think about performing at that time but I was in love with music from that point on and when I was 17 I finally got a guitar and started to learn the basic chords. I also started to find little melodies to sing over that and that's how I became a songwriter and then I had to play them for someone so that is how I ended up performing.

Isaac: How would you describe your music?

Tim: I would describe it as Power Pop/Rock with a dash of country and folk mixed in. The great band Traffic led by Stevie Winwood had a song called Rock and Roll Stew. Rock and Roll Stew would be an accurate description for my music.

Isaac: What kinds of music are you influenced by?

Tim: Lots of different music. Mainly the 60's music that I grew up with from The Beatles and Beach Boys to Motown to Neil Young and into the 70's and Led Zeppelin, Yes, and Steely Dan. Ray Charles and Fats Domino and the Everly Brothers were big influences as well.

These days I think there is a lot of fabulous music as well and in particular I like Amy Winehouse who I feel is one of the greatest voices ever as well as Coldplay, Maroon 5, and John Mayer. I could go on but I won't.

Isaac: What can fans expect from the release of your new solo CD?

Tim: A bunch of good songs that I hope will deserve more than one listen. I am proud of the music on "Back To Delton". I crammed quite a few tunes on there but I had been gathering the songs for quite awhile and wanted to release as many as I could. The original idea for the album was to do a double album but being indie costs come into focus and I decided to nix that idea and go with one CD with 22 songs on it. I actually recorded 29 and I had to leave 7 in the can for a later date.

Isaac: You have had a ton of experiences including guitar for acoustic Rock band called USS kind of like Yes. How has that experience and others like that one helped you as a solo artist?

Tim: USS was an acoustic trio I was in back in Battle Creek, Michigan in the early 70's. We were acoustic and we rocked it up pretty good. I was in a period then that Yes was heavily influencing me and the other 2 guys in the band Jay Hill and the late Marty Hunter. Jon Anderson was one of my favorite singers and Steve Howe likewise on guitar and they were both from Yes. So we didn't sound anything like that but we liked them so much that we called the group USS with just 3 letters like Yes.

I also played in a group The Most when I came to California from about 1976 to 1980 and then The Shamus Twins from 1996 to 2007. I played bass in both groups with the fabulous Jerry Juden who is still at the helm of the Shamus Twins. He is the best musician I have ever played with and a great friend. The Shamus Twins released a self titled CD in 2004 and that got a lot of good reviews and even made Southern Californian rock impresario David Bash's top 100 list that year which was a great honor.

Sorry to take so long to get to the point here. Playing in both those groups and just being around some really good musicians gave me the confidence that I now have to be able to carry on as a solo artist.

Isaac: How do you feel about the music industry today and about being an Indie artist in general?

Tim: The industry has totally changed from when I grew up. Back then the only way you could get heard was to be signed by a label and hope that you could sell enough records to build a career and make a living doing music. A lot of talented people never got heard. Today with the technology of the Internet there is a chance for everyone to get heard if they want and for an older musician like me it is awesome to be able to make music and have places such as CD Baby and iTunes and Juniors Cave to let people know I'm out there if anyone is interested in my music.

Isaac: What do you feel that you will bring differently to music?

Tim: To be honest Isaac, I don't think I am bringing anything different. Just some good music that I hope my friends and fans will enjoy and enjoy enough to tell their friends about it.

Isaac: What are some other projects that you are working on now?

Tim: The only other project I am working on right now is just trying to survive this game of life.

Isaac: Where can fans locate you on the Internet?

Tim: I can be found at www.timmorrow.net and at www.myspacemusic.com/timmorrowmusic

Isaac: Give some shout-outs to your family, friends, and fans.

Tim: Thanks to my family especially my wife Crystal for putting up with my musical endeavors all these years and thanks to my son Neil and daughter Brittney. Oh yeah my mom Joyce Cabiness in Lake Worth, Florida and dad Oliver Morrow and stepmom Jane in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Isaac: Final words....

Tim: Thank you Isaac for taking the time to talk to me and doing what you do. I appreciate the work you do. Take care.



Tim Morrow

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