Tom Morrell

TOM MORRELL

FOR OVER 50 YEARS THIS TOURING SIDEMAN AND SESSION PLAYER
DELIVERED WESTERN SWING, JAZZ AND COUNTRY WITH ARTFUL SKILL
ON MOTION PICTURE  SOUND TRACKS AND ON THE RECORDINGS OF
INNUMERABLE ARTISTS, INCLUDING BOB WILLS' TEXAS PLAYBOYS. LATER AS
A BANDLEADER, HE ARRANGED AND PRODUCED DOZENS OF ALBUMS. DURING THE
1990s HE PROVED TO BE A MAJOR FORCE IN THE RESURGENCE OF NON-PEDAL
STEEL THROUGH TOURING, ARRANGING AND RECORDING  BESIDES HIS BRANDS OF
MORRELL AND THE MORRELL-SHIELDS STEELS. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS
AND DESIGNERS OF MSA PEDAL GUITARS.

BORN: OCTOBER 31, 1938 DALLAS, TEXAS
DIED: JANUARY 29, 2007
INDUCTED STEEL GUITAR HALL OF FAME: 2001