The Cosmic Gospel of Drunken Prayer

   Morgan Geer writes songs that could emerge from a highly blissed-out biker bar or a swampy ashram. Touring with Bobby Matt Patton of Drive-by Truckers on bass, and Claude Coleman Jr. from Ween on drums, Drunken Prayer transcends the bounds of “Americana”.

   On Thy Burdens, the new Drunken Prayer record, Morgan partnered up with Patton, who grew up playing in Pentecostal church. The pair recorded their album in North Mississippi with friends from Appalachia and the Delta, including members of Wednesday, Band of Heathens, and Jimbo Mathis’ group. 

   In 2026 The Deslondes from New Orleans included Geer’s “Cordelia” on their covers album of influential songs. Alongside like minded artists as Johnny Cash, Swamp Dogg, and Clifton Chenier, Glide Magazine says ”That song alone justifies this album’s existence.”

   Geer is the current guitarist in Americana’s goth pioneers, Freakwater and has collaborated with members of Reigning Sound, Dead Moon, Dirty Three, The Levon Helm Band, Butthole Surfers, The Handsome Family, The Sadies, Murder By Death, and the Firecracker Jazz Band.

   Morgan landed on the name “Drunken Prayer” after a chance conversation with Tom Waits at a Bodega Coast fish market about rats.