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Drunken Prayer is Morgan Geer's picture from life's other side.
After fronting one of the South's heaviest psychedelic rock bands (The Merle), Geer found himself in Asheville, N.C.'s Unholy Trio (along with current members of Freakwater and the Reigning Sound). The Trio is notable for their hilarious and disturbing cover of Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise" on the Bloodshot Records 5th year anniversary compilation (the video by Mark Miks of the Austin, TX design firm Action Figure is not to be missed). After a stint in Nashville, TN, where he worked closely with Ed Pettersen (Janet Reno's Song of America), Morgan moved on to Portland, OR to settle down and do his own thing. That thing is Drunken Prayer.
Live and on record, Drunken Prayer's dynamic glides between laid back and sincere to guttural and aggressive. Personnel ranges from the solo Geer to a full six-piece band including Scott McPherson (Elliot Smith, Bright Eyes, Earlimart), David Lipkind (I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, Spigot), Allen Hunter (Eels) and Sam Henry (The Wipers, Napalm Beach). The lovely Miss Audra is a frequent guest on piano. She learned her chops on the organ at Blessed Redeemer Baptist Church in Bristol, Tennessee.
Morgan's an in-demand side man too, working with the likes of Catherine Irwin (Freakwater) for Thrill Jockey Records , Fernando Viciconte and Michael Dean Damron (I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House).

Morgan lives and works in Portland, OR. He occasionally leaves the house for cat food and air.



Miss Audra (keys, sing) began singing and playing piano when she was 3, in her daddy's Baptist church back in Bristol, TN. Fun fact: Little Miss Sullivan County was a clogger at Dollywood. How about that?
David Lipkind (harp, acoustic guitar)
Keith Richard McCarthy (bass)
Kevin James Still (drums)
Unholy Trio Lance Wille (Reigning Sound), David Wayne Gay (Freakwater), Morgan
The Merle Jamie Stirling, Chris Yountz, Morgan
Fernando Viciconte (Morgan plays guitar for this very nice man sometimes)
Lana Rebel tourmate, fronts Juanita Family kindred souls from Portland, OR
Michael Dean Damron (I Can Lick Any SOB in the House) Morgan plays guitar in his band, Thee Loyal Bastards w/ Allen Hunter (Eels) and Sam Henry (the Wipers, Napalm Beach)
The Meredith Brothers Band two shitheads and a dumbass, Morgan plays drums
Gerry Livers friend
The Deer Lodge SE Portland recording studio where the new DP record was produced
Reigning Sound Greg Cartwright, Lance Wille, David Wayne Gay
Freakwater Catherine Irwin, Janet Bean, David Wayne Gay
Thrill Jockey Records Morgan and Audra play on Catherine Irwin's Cut Yourself a Switch
Bloodshot Records Released the Unholy Trio's version of "Bring the Noise"
Ezra Meredith engineer, owner of the Deer Lodge
Alt.Country.NL we like their taste in music
Greasy Beans good friends and one Hell of a great traditional Bluegrass band from Asheville, NC
$2 Pistols pals from Chapel Hill, NC- authentic shitkicker Honky Tonk
Heavy Rebel Weekender our fav-o-rite music festival, Winston-Salem, NC
Sean "Rat" Garrison Louisville, KY legend
Willis Alan Ramsey the best


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