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Born | Cary Lewis Morin Billings, Montana, U.S. |
Education | Charles M. Russell High School |
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Years active | 1978–present |
Spouse | Celeste Di Iorio [1] |
Children | 3 |
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Website | carymorin |
Cary Morin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Dockside Saints, released in 2021, peaked at #7 on the Roots Music Chart. [2] Morin won an Independent Music Award [3] and Indigenous Music Award [4] for Best Blues Album. His songs were featured in Resident Alien and Earl Biss - The Spirit Who Walks Among His People. [5] He has performed at the Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, the Vancouver Olympics, and Paris Jazz Festival, and he has toured the US and internationally.
Cary Lewis Morin was born in Billings, Montana. [6] His father was an Air Force officer and his mother, Anita (née Yellowtail) Morin, was an artist. He is the grandson of Robert Yellowtail. [7] [8] He is a Crow tribal member and Assiniboine man.
He took piano lessons as a child and played in local country, rock, and bluegrass bands as a teenager. He taught pottery workshops as a senior studio student at CMR High School, [9] and graduated from high school in 1981. After graduating he formed a three-piece dance band, The Atoll, who were featured on Denver's KMGH-TV as the "Best of Colorado". [10]
Morin is a singer, songwriter, and musician who is known for his acoustic picking style. [11] [12] His musical style has been characterized as roots-infused Native Americana with hints of bluegrass, folk, blues, and rock. In addition to being a solo artist, he is in the Cary Morin Duo as well as being a member of the band Cary Morin & Ghost Dog, both which include his wife, Celeste Di Iorio. [13] [14] He is a former member of the Pura Fé Trio, [15] The Atoll, and the Young Ancients. His musical influences have been cited as Neil Young, Bob Marley, and Jimi Hendrix. [16]
Morin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fort Collins Music Association and has received Fellowship awards from First Peoples Fund and the National Artist Fellowship. [17] [18] [19]
He has toured the US, Japan, Belgium, France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. He has performed at the Vancouver Olympics, Paris Jazz Festival, Folk Alliance International, and the Kerrville Folk Festival. [20] [21] Morin performed as part of the Pura Fé Trio, whose stage credits include Tribe at the Celebrity Theater and well as co-authoring Turtle Island, a 50-member production that played two consecutive years to sold-out audiences in Northern Colorado. [22]
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