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Steve J. Morse (born July 28, 1954) is an American guitarist, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the guitarist for Deep Purple from 1994 to 2022. Morse has also enjoyed a successful solo career and was a member of the group Kansas in the mid-1980s.
Steve is in the middle of a rare Dixie Dregs reunion (featuring Steve Morse Band) and we speak in depth about their origins and early influences as Steve reveals the many different types of gigs he survived as an up and coming guit-slinger, how he approaches composing for The Dregs and The Steve Morse Band and the value of instrumental music in ...
- The Beatles - Meet The Beatles (1964) “The Beatles’ appearance on Ed Sullivan happened to coincide with my getting a little battery-operated tape recorder for Christmas.
- The Who – I Can’t Explain (1965) “I loved that song. I would listen to it on our record player in the basement. My dad had built this amplifier for it from a Heathkit.
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? (1967) “This was a real eye-opener. When Jimi did the backwards guitar solos and used all those cool effects, I just said, ‘This guy is a magician.’
- Cream – Disraeli Gears (1967) “Another one of those perfect albums. The songs were great, the singing was cool, and everything Clapton played was incredible.
Apr 20, 2023 · Steve Morse Band announces first tour in 10 years. By Matt Owen. published 20 April 2023. Following his departure from Deep Purple, Morse will reunite with Dave LaRue and Van Romaine for a handful of dates across April and May this year. (Image credit: Jim Bennett/Getty Images)
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Jul 23, 2022 · Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse has announced that he is stepping away from the band on a permanent basis. In April, Morse announced that he'd be going on hiatus from Deep Purple to look after his wife Janine, who is battling cancer, but would not be leaving the band.
Sep 13, 2022 · Steve Morse has a long history with Guitar Player. Back in 1981, readers voted Dixie Dregs’ Industry Standard the year’s Best Guitar Album, while Morse himself received Best Overall Guitarist, an accolade he won for five years in a row, at which point he entered the Guitar Player Gallery of Greats.
