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Flying Colors chat aftermath

Flying Colors have appeared on Reddit Ask Me Anything this Friday, November 27. It is just too bad apparently nobody has realized until the last moment that 3pm EST is 9pm CET, which is just about the time Steve is supposed to hit the stage with Purple in Frankfurt. His postfactum contributions, however, were quite […]

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Live chat with Flying Colors

Flying Colors will be answering questions on Reddit’s Ask Me Anything today, November 27, between 3 and 4 pm EST. What: A live interview with the full band on Reddit’s IAmA forum, where you ask the questions. Well, not just you. And not you if you’re not there. So be there! Ask Mike about his […]

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Another Second Flight preview

Another preview track — Kayla — from the upcoming second Flying Colors live DVD, once again in 4k video. (watch inside)

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Tune-o-matic bridges and lipstick pickups

Steve Morse was a featured guest on the latest episode of Guit Cast. The interview opens with promoting the recent Flying Colors’ live DVD Second Flight: Live at the Z7. Then, this being a guitar podcast, conversation shifted to Steve’s gear (which part would probably only be of interest to those our readers who can […]

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Moar pixels!

A new promo clip from the upcoming Flying Colors’ Second Flight: Live At The Z7 DVD. This one is in fabulous 2160p resolution (a.k.a. 4K). You’ll have to toggle it fullscreen to see the difference (if you have the equipment to see the difference, that is). (watch inside)

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Flying Colors’ Second Flight

Flying Colors will be releasing their second live video album Second Flight: Live At The Z7 on November 13 via Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group. Recorded at the Konzertfabrik Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland, on October 12, 2014, the set will come out (as is usual these days) in multiple of formats: 4K UltraHD, Blu-ray, DVD, […]

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Guitars, amps, cabinets, pedals, and picks

Steve Morse takes you on an extensive video tour of his rig: the Musicman #1, the Y2D, Engl heads and cabinets, and TC Electronics pedals. On a side note, the video also reveals that the glove he’s been wearing recently on his right hand helps him to control inflammation from arthritis.

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The sacred fire

Le Soleil in Quebec City has published not only an excellent review of the Deep Purple performance at the Festival d’été de Québec, but also did a great feature on the band in the days leading to the show. Written by Nicolas Houle, a rock journalist, longtime DP enthusiast and also a longtime THS reader. […]

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Fury of My Love

Flying Colors have been nominated for the 2015 Progressive Music Awards in the Band of the Year category, as well as their Second Nature album for the Album of the Year. To celebrate this, they have released a live-in-the-studio music video for Fury of My Love: The band is also running a contest through their […]

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Steve Morse on US radio

Steve Morse will guest on the WVOX Metal Mayhem radio show this Friday, July 17, at 9:30pm EDT. WVOX is a New York City area community radio station that broadcasts locally at 1460 kHz AM and worldwide through their website.

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