photo shows Lee Morgan, left, with 3 members of the Amazing Rhythm Aces
Award winning Shipwreck coast country soul singer Lee Morgan has overcome the loss and recovery of his cherished Akita hunting dog to land a plum performing role. Lee will play guitar with Lost In Suburbia when they open the show tomorrow night (ie 11th Feb. 1999) for the legendary Amazing Rhythm Aces at the Lady Bay Hotel in Warrnambool. Morgan was voted best male vocalist in the Australian Roots Music Awards in Warrnambool for his song Midnight Train from debut disc Laura Lee And The Stranger. That was shortly after his prize hound disappeared from his East Malvern city digs and was found five weeks later in Box Hill. Morgan, grandson of the famed Framlingham elder Banjo Clarke, was a member of heavy metal band Talisen before choosing to write more roots material. The soulful singer penned a brace a country and soul tunes while juggling a solo career with a role in Koorie band Jarrah who have also released an album of original material. Lee has sourced much of his best original material from the grandeur of the Great Southern Ocean, the coastal suburbs of Warrnambool and his Gunditjamara Land ancestral roots. Morgan’s inspired writing and performing landed him a summer season at the Seanchai Irish pub - a noisy but cosy bar opposite Francis Neoh’s world famous Malaysia Restaurant in the bowels of the tourist strip in the bible belt capital. Lee is guest guitarist with Lost In Suburbia, founded by Nevada bassist Peter Bird and axeman Trevor McKenzie, and once featuring former T-Bones and original Slap N The Cats drummer Rohan Keert. The band, who have the luxury of Bird’s award winning studio for recording, blame their pedal steel player Murray McDowell for their infrequent gigs. McDowell, a milk tanker driver, is only available when the Aussie dairy season slackens off - yes, the lower milk yields in summer have made this gig possible. And, with a user friendly cover charge of $12.50, the Lady Bay promoter is likely to clean up. Country fans have long shown a resistance to prohibitive door fees. It must be the real estate that prompts high city charges - luckily the Lady Bay only has to pay rates on a couple of ocean acres. Morgan, a guest DJ on Nu Country last week, will return soon to host a homegrown and international show at the controversial Beer Can Hill station. The Aces also appear the Continental Café in downtown Prahran on Friday and Saturday to promote 11th album Chock Full Of Country Goodness which has won widespread airplay on Nu Country and the more discerning shows on PBS and RRR. Members of the band are likely to return for live interviews on all three stations this week - their final gig is at a Lancefield winery on Sunday.
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