I am an aspiring singer-songwriter named Michael Clay Morrison. I reside in Seattle, WA.
If you have received my first promotional calendars in the mail, it is because you are special to me for one reason or another. I work a little on this website every day, as well as my music projects, so please check back from time to time. I have alot of interesting ideas and history to share with you.
Stay tuned for some great pics too, which I have had locked away for quite some time now.
There are so many thousands of new musicians releasing songs every single day, and so much social media, it is beyond mind-boggling. Up to a few years ago, I had so many jobs that I tried to love, but never really did. I am finally happy that I am no longer doing those jobs. It is exciting to be a tiny part of the music world, even my own little music world. Me, you, and a couple of billion established and unestablished musicians.
Thank you for your love, encouragement and patience. You can contact me a number of ways. Please visit the ContactMe page for my information. Send me your ideas, feedback, or just say “hi”. Would love to hear from you. I am also looking for collaborators for covers as well as new songs.
Michael Clay Morrison
Tribute to Pegge Keller
Who is Pegge Keller? Her real name is “Margaret Alice Jean (Pegge) Morrison Keller. She is my mother. Born in Indiana in 1935, Pegge learned piano from age four, and ended up in a band as a singer at age sixteen. She quit the band at eighteen when she got married and eventually had three children. Pegge, then in her late 20’s, ditched her secretary job with an insurance company, and started playing the piano and singing in the lounge at the “Orange Bowl”. She would practice during the day and work at night. Her son, Michael Clay Morrison grew up in Rialto, CA. “To this day, I remember the music and lyrics to most of the songs Pegge played when I was a kid.”
Pegge learned what a “tip jar” was, and the rest is history! “She loved those tips, and we traveled the world with the money.” From there, Pegge went on to work at “The Gourmet” and “The Uptowner” in San Bernardino, CA. Then in her own establishment “The Piano Bar”, in Rockdale Texas. From there she moved to San Diego and was a lounge pianist and singer for six years at the “The Westgate”, in San Diego, CA. Finally, she entertained for several years at the Ahwanee Hotel Lounge at Yosemite, until she retired in the late nineties.
A lounge singer of her caliber is a dying breed, although Ms. Keller is very much alive. “She could play everything by ear. And people sometimes would dance up a storm.”
Please listen to “The Glory of Love”. I hope you enjoy it. Even if its not for you, I would still love to hear from you. Tell me what you really think: Leave me a message at 31miketips, (316) 453-8477. Let me know what other songs I should try. I will be providing a glimpse of what’s to come very soon!”.
Here is a 2006 picture of Pegge, although there are more glamorous pics coming soon.
Thank you!
Sincerely, Michael Clay Morrison