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Jeff Morris is a self-motivated, passionate guitar player from Newburyport, Massachusetts (U.S.A.) who expresses his style as reverb drenched, 5-alarm rock 'n' roll, as can be heard on his latest release, "Tri-State Killing Spree".  His favorite guitar is a Gretsch 6120 ("The color of a Mexican sunset"). Morris has played guitar since 1984, and plainly confirms his career goal, "Writing and recording music for use in movies, commercials etc."
When asked to reveal his ideal effect for the guitar, Morris countered with, "Re-freakin-verb," and then detailed his musicial goals, "That elusive feel. Music that makes you feel like whatever you're doing is dramatic and exciting. Dusty road music that makes you squint and check your rear view mirror as you accelerate past 90 MPH." He would like to someday study well, nothing in particular ("Sounds too much like work. I wouldn't mind figuring out how to get the sound of a '65 Fender Showman out of a Champ so I can stop breaking my back at gigs"), and is at this time listening to Jim Campilongo, Duke Levine, Danny Gatton and Ronnie Earl. His utmost satisfaction? "I don't want to scare the ladies, so let's just say that when you see the butts-a-boogie-ing in the crowd, you know you're doing your job. It almost makes me smile," he answers decidedly.
Morris mentions continuing and future projects in his own words, "We're recording some new tracks in a month or so and we'll be releasing a second CD soon after. Things have gone very well for our first release, and we're expecting to do even better with this one."
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