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<\/p>\nSinger-songwriter Lorrie Morgan likes to say that her whole life is a country song. Her accumulated life experiences have enhanced her finely-tuned ability to get inside of the songs she sings. \u201cTo reach people, you have to be true to the song,\u201d she says. \u201cYou’ve got to be able to live it.\u201d The four-times married Morgan says, \u201cMy life has proven that I have lived all those songs.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to writing her own songs, Morgan has developed a reputation as an effective interpreter of songs written by others. Her reggae-flavored reading of Bob Dylan’s \u201cLay Lady Lay\u201d from her most recent album, 2016’s Let Go \u2026 Slow<\/i> is a recent example. She says that when a songwriter presents their work, they like it done in a style fairly close to the original. \u201cA little tweaking is acceptable,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I try to do it the way they wrote it. But of course when you put someone’s voice in a song, that changes it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Commercial considerations aren’t what they once were, Morgan says. \u201cBack then, we were real chart-heavy,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was very competitive for me.\u201d The focus in those days, she says was \u201cto get the best songs in Nashville, and get ’em out there quick. It was always a pressurized situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
These days she’s signed to a smaller, independent label. \u201cNow, my approach to recording is more relaxed,\u201d she says. \u201cI do songs that I feel I need to record for me<\/i>, and for my fans.\u201d Morgan considers herself fortunate that her albums sell, largely without the benefit of radio exposure. \u201cWe’re still selling out crowds and having a good time on the road,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Morgan faces an enviable challenge when working to put together a concert set list. With a dozen solo albums plus several collaborative efforts, she has a wealth of material from which to draw. \u201cI could go on and on and on and on,\u201d she says with a laugh. \u201cBut we have to pick the songs that the people are coming out to hear.\u201d On dates in intimate venues, she often takes requests from the audience.<\/p>\n
Over the course of her now 45-plus years in the spotlight, Morgan says that she has aimed to follow the advice her father \u2013 Country Music Hall of Famer George Morgan \u2013 gave her years ago during one of her first studio sessions. \u201cDon’t ever say you can’t until you try.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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