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Morphine were a three piece band from Boston in the early 90s. Led by vocalist/2-string slide bassist Mark Sandman withsaxophonist Dana Colley anddrummer Billy Conway, the band would play their unique blend of rock, jazz, and blues for 5full length LPs (one released after the bands fallout), acollection of b-sides, and a live album. The band were togetheruntil July 1999 when at a festival in Rome and performing live, Sandman collapsed liveon stage and died of a heartattack. Since then Colley and Conway have gone on tour with various musicians as Orchesta Morphine who playMorphinesongs as a tribute. Since his death, the Mark Sandman Music Education Foundation has been established tohelp music teachers in Massachusetts.
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