PJ Morton will be at Houston's House of Blues this Friday. PJMORTON HOBHouston
, June 17 — in a ballcap, beanie, haute bucket hat or some other variety of chic headgear. Morton is a veteran musician, singer, songwriter and producer with multiple Grammys, but it seems too simple to infer that he’s into so many different hats because he wears so many as an artist.
“For me, it’s just a charmed life, man, I just feel really blessed to be able to experience and feel both of those things because I like them all the same - producing, writing, playing background, playing the leader - I think all of them are necessary for me.”Photo by Laiken Joy, courtesy of Shore Fire Media
Morton said getting his music start in that setting helped because “that environment is so supportive, but it’s also honest.” Miss a note on a solo and you’ll get a “keep working at it,” along with a pat on the back. He also said his father’s church “was my first audience. It was my first time watching my dad as a preacher do call and response with the audience. It’s no different than what I do at my concerts now.
“I heard an artist talk about being an artist versus being an entertainer and I think I fall somewhere between. I think the entertainer is supposed to distract you from all that’s going on, make you forget about your troubles, dance your troubles away,” he said. “And then, an artist is supposed to make you look at those things and when we do it in song form, enough for you to be able to chew on something that may be difficult to chew on.
Lots of somebodies have needed what Morton provides as an artist and vice versa. Stevie Wonder, Nas, Jill Scott, Wale - he’s worked with them all, just onalone. Even El DeBarge sings on a track that lovingly sounds like a DeBarge song. We ask who else he’d want to work with in his career.
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