Marques Morel (from the album Tales and Tellings

Marques Morel (from the album Tales and Tellings

Marques Morel (from the album Tales and Tellings available on Edgewater Music Group) (by Danny McCloskey)
More than a troubadour, Marques Morel uses the stage as a DIY podium promoting guides for life. Borrowing an Eric Burden-descriptor when he meets a ‘long-haired leaping gnome’ Marques Morel opens Tales and Tellings, his latest release, on a tangle on guitar notes leading into “Crazy Out There”, his words issuing a warning against political voices (’deceitful kings’) and minute-by-minute marketing clickbait (‘don’t let your spirit get stolen by them thieves’). A slow trudge comfortably wraps around the goodbye and family history of “Strong Love” as Tales and Tellings introduces “Gas Station Girls” on a caffeinated groove and makes use of a string band to deliver “Back at the Cabin”.
Recorded in Nashville at Bomb Shelter Studios, the process was unique for Marques Morel who shared that Tales and Tellings ’is an album that was a long time coming. Some of these songs I’ve been performing for many years, but I never found a home for them on a record. This is that record, the one where most of my prodigal sons have come together to live under one roof. This was my first time ever working with a producer, and I must say that Andrija Tokic (Tales and Tellings producer) far exceeded the faith I had in him during pre-production. He is an absolute wizard in the studio. We recorded the entirety of the album in three days, recording everything live with very minimal overdubs. I believe that’s what gives it such a loose and groovy feel’. “Lone Rooster Blues” crows a sad tale as a winding guitar line traces white lines across “Drive All Night” while Marques Morel speaks/sings a campfire tale for “Cactus Blues” and turns a waltz to spin the story in “Litter of 3”. (by Danny McCloskey)
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