Gurf Morlix is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and record producer residing for many years in Austin, Texas. He has worked with many of the best known performers of Americana, roots rock and alternative country music. His most notable works include albums by Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen, Mary Gauthier, Ian McLagan, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Slaid Cleaves. The instruments that he plays include guitar, bass, mandolin, mandocello, dobro, pedal steel, Weissenborn, banjo, harmonica, and drums. Morlix is a member of the Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame and the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, and is the Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year for 2009. [More at Wikipedia]

January 1st, 1951 in Buffalo (Age 73)