Rich Morey

Singer, Songwriter & Picker

photo by Sam Kessler

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New Project

Michael Occhionero and I have joined forces for a new duo project, Two The Hard Way. We play tasty originals and covers, and now we're twice as loud!



MASC 2023 Award

I'm thrilled to have won an Honorable Mention from the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest in the Adult Contemporary category for More Time. It's the first single from my new EP, coming later this year.

New EP on the way

This has been a long time coming...I'm releasing an EP in 2024! I'm excited to share these songs with you. 

shows

7pm, April 25 Two The Hard Way at Restaurant 198, Burtonsville, MD

7:30pm, March 29 Two The Hard Way opening for The Marsh Brothers and Friends, American Legion Post 268, Wheaton, MD

7pm, March 8 Olney Beer & Wine, 18316 Village Center Drive, Olney, MD with Michael Occhionero

7pm, February 28 Live from the Lair Livestream (watch on YouTube)

7pm, February 2 Olney Beer & Wine, 18316 Village Center Drive, Olney, MD with Michael Occhionero

7pm, January 22 Songwriter Night, Vine Alley Kentlands, Gaithersburg, MD

4pm, January 10 Private Show -- Vitality St. Simons

Songs

More Time at the Cactus Cafe

What a joy to play the Songwriter's Open Mic at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas, where so many songwriters who inspire me have played.


Song of the Mourning Dove

I've been fascinated by the Mourning Dove's song since I was a kid. I first remember hearing them at my Grandma's house on Swan Point in Maryland. Recorded and mixed in my home studio.


Live from the Lair

Good times playing music in Rob and Kristen's basement with Sharif!

Through it all

"I will love you through it all."

I wrote Through It All for my amazing, beautiful wife Holly. She is my muse and keeps me motivated when I lose focus. I couldn't ask for a better partner, lover, and friend. Performed in Rehoboth, Delaware. 

Mattawoman Creek

"Life is a gift only fools waste."

I'm thrilled to have won 1st place in the Mattawoman Forever Song Contest! Mattawoman Creek is one of Maryland's biggest protected natural resource areas. Proposed airport expansion will hurt this area and the wildlife that thrives there. I have something to say about that. Performed at the Mattawoman Creek Arts Center.

Can't Find My way Home

"Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home."

I've always loved this song, but I really connected with with it while grieving the loss of my Mom. Feeling a little lost, "unmoored" as I called it. Such a beautiful song written by Steve Winwood (Blind Faith, 1969).

No Fealty

"All the poets and the prophets are starving for the truth."

A song about integrity & standing up for what's right. A song for our times.

Ocean Grove

"Do you know, Ocean Grove?"

For more than 100 years, people have traveled to this sleepy coastal town in New Jersey seeking wisdom and spiritual guidance. Did they find it? Can I?

Sunshine in Virginia

"Since you're gone the sunshine ain't the same."

A tribute to my wonderful mom who passed in 2017. One of the most difficult songs I've written.

Times Gone By

Instrumental

I like to think of this one as a soundtrack for cherished memories.