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Jerome Deupree (August 2005 Issue)
Orchestra MorphineLast summer ('99),
after finishing their
new record, The Night, the Boston-based group
Morphine left for Europe to play several festival dates. A few days
into the
tour, on July 3, in Palestrina, Italy, singer/songwriter Mark
Sandman suffered a fatal heart attack on stage.
"Mark wanted to be
known as a songwriter," explains Orchestra Morphine
drummer Billy Conway. "So when we did a memorial concert for him,
we
did songs from the new record as well as some old ones." Hence a new
line-up, an ensemble that is more than a tribute to
the prolific
Sandman.
"We put together a group made up of friends who had played with Mark,"
Billy explains. Joining
Conway, saxist Dana Colley, and original
drummer Jerome Deupree, who came back into the fold during the Night
sessions,
are a keyboardist, bassist, two horn players, and a male and
female singer. "The whole thing is such a family affair,"
Conway
enthuses. "Everybody goes back a long time." "Being in a room with
people breathing life into the songs feels
healthy," Conway adds.
"We're musicians, so what better way to express how you feel than to
play the
music""
Fran Azzarto
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