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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 longest serving 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.
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.
“Guitar playing is the ultimate form of communication. There’s different languages but one thing that is universal is music.” Watch as our dear friend and legendary guitarist Steve Morse discusses his Ernie Ball Music Man Signature guitar and his history with music in the latest episode of Ernie Ball String Theory!
Steve Morse is a guitarist renowned for his intricate compositions, innovative techniques, and versatility across musical genres. Having started playing the guitar around the age of 11, he later attended the University of Miami’s School of Music, where he studied classical guitar and jazz.
Jan 3, 2024 · Steve Morse has spent decades wowing guitarists with his precise, light-speed fret-work. In a new interview with YouTuber Rick Beato, though, Morse revealed that that very right-hand precision has taken a significant physical toll.
Jul 28, 2021 · Deep Purple guitar virtuoso Steve Morse didn’t include Crosby, Stills & Nash’s debut album on his list of the 10 records that changed his life – it narrowly missed the cut, along with a handful of others – but he says that the disc had a dramatic impact on him.
Mar 11, 2020 · As one of the original and most prolific American guitar virtuosos, founding member of the Dixie Dregs, lead guitarist of both Deep Purple and Flying Colors and even a brief member of Kansas in the mid '80s, the shockwaves of Steve Morse's influence on generations of guitar players have been indisputably far-reaching.
Having jammed on tunes from Yes, Hendrix, Deep Purple, and other rock artists, Morse made it a priority to learn to also play classical guitar after being blown away by the head of the guitar department at the University of Miami, who had perform in his hometown in Georgia.
“Guitar playing is the ultimate form of communication. There’s different languages but one thing that is universal is music.” Watch as our dear friend and legendary guitarist Steve Morse discusses his Ernie Ball Music Man Signature guitar and his history with music in the latest episode of Ernie Ball String Theory!
Sep 13, 2022 · Steve Morse. Even though What If failed to ascend higher than number 182 on the Billboard Hot 100, “Take It Off the Top” became an instant favorite among Dixie Dregs devotees. As Morse notes, “My style is what it is. I’ll go along for a few bars, but then I’ll veer off into jazz guitar or classical.
