Neal Morgan was born on March 7,1979 and is an American drummer, arranger of drums and percussion, and singer-songwriter.
16 Facts About Neal Morgan
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The first three of Neal Morgan's albums were composed of only his own drumming and singing.
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On May 5,2017 Neal Morgan released his fourth full-length album, Sketchbook March 2015 - March 2016 digitally, with a cassette release by Portland label Beacon Sound.
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Neal Morgan began drumming for Joanna Newsom in 2006 for the touring cycle in support of her second album Ys.
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Neal Morgan contributed singing as well as performing his drum and percussion arrangements on Newsom's 2007 EP Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band.
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Neal Morgan arranged and performed the drums and percussion on Newsom's third record, the triple album Have One On Me, released in 2010, and accompanied Newsom in live performance for the tour cycle for that record, often opening shows with solo sets of drumming and singing.
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Neal Morgan arranged and performed drums and percussion for the songs Sapokanikan, Goose Eggs, and Waltz of the 101st Lightborne from Newsom's 2015 LP Divers.
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Neal Morgan began drumming for Bill Callahan in 2009 at the tail end of Callahan's touring for his second self-titled album Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle.
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Neal Morgan arranged drums and percussion on Callahan's third self-titled record, Apocalypse, released in 2011, and along with guitarist Matt Kinsey accompanied Callahan for the tour cycle in support of that album.
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Neal Morgan was featured in the 2012 Hanly Banks documentary Apocalypse, which followed a 2011 Bill Callahan tour in the United States.
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Neal Morgan has lectured on the painter Philip Guston since 2012.
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Neal Morgan gave four lectures on the west coast of the United States on the occasion of Guston's 100th birthday in June, 2013.
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Neal Morgan arranged and performed and was the recording engineer for drums and percussion for Roy Harper's Man Or Myth, a September 23,2013 release on Bella Union.
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On October 22,2013, Neal Morgan performed the song Corduroy from Pearl Jam's album Vitalogy with Robin Pecknold and Daniel Rossen on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, as a part of that show's "Pearl Jam Week".
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Neal Morgan arranged and performed drums and percussion for composer Brocker Way's score of The Battered Bastards of Baseball, a Netflix Original Documentary released July 11,2014.
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Neal Morgan lives in Portland, OR and was born and raised in Nevada City, CA.