Season 7: Sam Morrow Turns Up the Grit on Southern Boogie

Singer-songwriter Sam Morrow made his third appearance on The Load Out Music Podcast this week, joining host Aaron Perlut to talk about his new album, Southern Boogie — a record that trades the polish of contemporary Americana for something rawer, funkier, and unapologetically loud. Morrow, who relocated from California to Nashville, recorded the album in Austin with Jonathan Tyler, tracking live with two guitars, bass, keys, and drums through all-tube amps. Tyler mixed it "out of the box," on a physical board rather than in a computer — forcing the band to commit to takes instead of endlessly tweaking them. "The most important thing about this record is the attitude of it," Morrow said. "Rock and roll brings an attitude where not a lot of music does that." The conversation covered standout tracks — including "Saturday Night" and "Lucretia," named for the L.A. street where he wrote it — Morrow's admiration for genre-defying artists like Sturgill Simpson and Elvis Costello, and the realities of touring in 2025, from rising costs to what he called "blue dot fever," a wave of cancellations hitting artists industry-wide. Despite the headwinds, Morrow says the record marks a sound he's chased for years: "I've been looking for my sound for a long time. Rock and roll just feels like me, the most me possible." Southern Boogie is out now, and Morrow is on the road the rest of the year. Hear the full episode at loadoutmusic.com.