Alan Morphew has been quite busy these past years. With extensive touring (playing Los Angeles and the Midwest regularly, as well as East Coast and southern tours) you'd wonder how he has time for recording.

Alan released his first solo album, a 5-song EP in 2005 and a second EP in early 2007. This past year, Alan has been in the recording studio getting ready to release a full-length album. Not only did Alan write all 13 songs for the album (with the exception of a stunning version of John Lennon's, "Imagine"), he also produced, engineered, and lent his performance skills on lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar and horns (trumpet, french horn and trombone). The album features a wide variety of songs from full-band rock songs to simple, acoustic ballads. Alan writes songs on several topics, such as love, life, death, politics, and hope for the future. Lyrically, you might compare Alan to an early Bob Dylan. Vocally, Alan has been most commonly compared to Jeff Buckley.

Featured on the album with Alan is keyboardist Edward Harris Roth (Maya, CTA), guitarist J.J. Farris (The Tories), cellist John Krovoza (Dixie Chicks, Live), bassist Frank Garrett, and drummer / percussionist Voyce McGinley III. "It feels great to have such awesome players on my CDs. Each player knows how to contribute just what each individual song calls for. They all really do it right. They all play for the song," says Morphew.

Most of the album was recorded at one of L.A.'s finest recording studios, Track Record, a recording facility very familiar to Alan. He says, "After managing the studio for so many years, it is truly an honor and pleasure to come back as a recording artist. I love the staff, the vibe, and the history behind the studio. And, of course, the sound you get when you record there." The remaining tracks for the album are being finished in a cabin at the edge of the woods in the Midwest. The album will be mixed at Track Record by Andy Hayes and James "Jimbo" Barton (Matchbox 20, Eric Clapton Unplugged).

Alan Morphew's upcoming album is highly anticipated and is clearly Alan's best work yet.