Gurf was Lucinda’s guitarist/harmony singer/bandleader/producer (along with Dusty Wakeman, partner with Dwight Yoakam’s guitarist Pete Anderson of a recording studio in Burbank. Wakeman is also a very good bassist. He had Fender make him a 3-string bass ;-) from the time of her s/t album on Rough Trade (she had two earlier albums on Folkways Records---Ramblin’ and Happy Woman Blues) through her breakout album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. I saw she and Gurf and their small band (drummer David Lindley and upright bassist John Ciambotti, along with an accordion player) a number of times in the late-80’s and into the 90's on small stages around L.A. (one time in a pizza parlour!).
The recording of CWOAGR was so grueling (Lucinda recorded the album three times before she was satisfied with the results) Gurf left Lucinda’s employ and relocated to Austin to live and work. He has produced two fantastic albums for Mary Gauthier---Mercy Now and Filth & Fire, and has recorded and released a number of his own solo albums (I have two of them, gotta get the rest). @stuartk is absolutely correct; Gurf Morlix is an unusually tasteful musician.
