Guitar, Songwriting
Geof Morgan was raised in New England. After college he spent nine years in Nashville as a commercial songwriter, writing for artists like Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap, and Dickey Lee before moving to Bellingham in 1982. He recorded four albums of original folk-country style songs between 1981 and 1988, with themes of social justice and changing roles of men. He continued to write and play music and often incorporated it in his work as a community organizer. Just a few influences - Doc Watson, Diana Krall, John Prine, Molly Tuttle, Marie Eaton, Richard Scholtz, Pierre Bensusan, Lori McKenna, Teri Clark, David Olney, Nina Gerber, and numerous local writers and musicians in the Northwest. “I know I have to write every day, whether I feel like it or not.”
