MARK MORTON - Without The Pain - CD [APR 11]

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Twenty-five years into a music career that has seen five Grammy nominations, two RIAA certified Gold records and, most recently, the publication of ‘Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir’, an honest reflection on his life in music and beyond, Mark Morton’s creative energy is at an all-time high.

‘Without The Pain’, his second solo outing and a paean to his longstanding love of southern rock is produced by longtime collaborator Josh Wilbur, the album features a world class list of contributors, including some of Americana, rock and country’s biggest names… Outlaw country star Cody Jinks delivers two powerful songs, including the haunting ‘Brother’; Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr teams up with Americana superstar Jason Isbell on ‘Come December’, while Jaren Johnston (The Cadillac Three) delivers an attitude packed performance on opening track, ‘Hell & Back’.

Meanwhile, country hitmaker Travis Denning – a Georgia-born artist with a previous No. 1 on the US country airplay chart – collaborates on two moving numbers, both featuring subtle and delicate guitar textures that showcase a different dimension of Morton’s songwriting.

Troy Sanders (Mastodon) steps up to sing ‘Nocturnal Sun’, a thunderous doom dirge and the heaviest track on the album, while blues guitar phenomenon Tyler Bryant teams up with Morton for a fireworks-filled guitar duel on throwback psychedelic blues romp, ‘Forever In The Light’.

FOR FANS OF: Lamb of God, The Cadillac Three, Whiskey Myers, Travis Denning, Clutch, Brothers Osbourne, Blackberry Smoke, Black Stone Cherry, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tracklist: 

1. Hell & Back (feat. Jaren Johnston)
2. Brother (feat. Cody Jinks)
3. Without the Pain (feat. Matt James)
4. Kite String (feat. Travis Denning)
5. Come December (feat. Charlie Starr & Jason Isbell)
6. Dust (feat. Cody Jinks & Grace Bowers)
7. Forever In The Light (feat. Tyler Bryant)
8. Nocturnal Sun (feat. Troy Sanders & Jared James Nichols)
9. The Needle And The Spoon (feat. Neil Fallon)
10. Home (feat. Travis Denning)