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Shayne Morrison and Clint Williams knew they were
a perfect musical match when they began
collaborating six years ago after being introduced
by a record shop owner in Tyler, Texas.

Back then, they channeled their efforts toward
writing songs for bassist Morrison’s band,
Perfect Stranger. Those songs never made it onto a
Perfect Stranger disc, though Williams eventually
joined the band as its lead singer.

The pair kept writing together sporadically, and
submitted a song for the soundtrack to the 2004
film, The Alamo. When producers chose to use an
all-instrumental score instead, Morrison and
Williams decided it was time to record those tunes
on their own.

The result is Morrison-Williams’ self-titled
debut on Palo Duro Records. The disc of easy
country rockers and soulful ballads could catapult
them beyond the level of fame Perfect Stranger
earned with its indie hits, the Vince Gill-penned
“Ridin’ the Rodeo,” and “You Have the
Right to Remain Silent,” which became the title
of the band’s 1995 Curb Records release. That
album reached No. 4 and stayed on Billboard’s
country chart for 40-some weeks.

Williams confesses, “I can only write about
things I’ve sort of experienced. So if there’s
anything on the record that I’ve got anything to
do with, I’ve probably seen it or been through
it.”

Morrison, a native of Carthage, Texas (population:
5,000), got his first paying music gig at age 14.

“I haven’t stopped since,” he says. “They
were sneaking me into the VFW and American Legion.
I played with all the old dudes. When you’re 14,
and someone hands you a lot of money to play for
one night, you think ‘Ooh, that’s it. I’m
doing this for the rest of my life.’”

As for how they’d describe their decidedly
non-redneck music, Morrison, who now lives in
Palestine, admits, “I know we’re supposed to
say country. But I don’t know what kind of
country to call it.”

It could wear a progressive country tag, if
strong, radio-friendly melodies featuring the
occasional guitar reference to the Allman Brothers
and other southern rockers, augmented by mandolin,
fiddle, dobro and the singers’ tight harmonies,
can be considered progressive.

==Albums==
*Morrison-Williams (Palo Duro Records, 2005 in
music|2005)

==See Also==

==External links==
*http://www.morrison-williams.com
Morrison-Williams