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Portnoy reports from the studio

The “Dregs meets Transatlantic” project has finished it’s first studio session. They’ve recorded demos of 11 songs. Mike Portnoy was reporting daily on his forum. About Steve Morse: And Steve is absolutely the greatest…I’ve known him forever (DT [Dream Theater] opening for Deep Purple in 98, The Dregs opening for DT in 00), but to […]

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Steve Morse at the NAMM

Steve Morse together with Craig Goldy, Chris Impellitteri and Victor Smolski (Rage) will be at the National Association of Music Merchants show on January 14th to do a signing session. The session is organized by Engl. The convention is held this year on January 13th to 15th at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Thanks […]

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Morse + Morse + LaRue + Portnoy + McPherson

Steve “can’t just be sitting around” Morse has teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse (no relation), his old buddy Dave LaRue, ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, and vocalist Casey McPherson for a brand new, yet unnamed project which just has entered the studio to begin working on an album. Blabbermouth has some quotes from Neal […]

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Steve Morse on Iron City Rocks

Pittsburgh’s online outlet Iron City Rocks has an extended interview with Steve Morse which he gave in early December while being on tour in Southern France. The interview covers a lot of ground — from Dixie Grits — to Deep Purple — to Angelfire. In the groundbreaking news department, Steve said that Deep Purple have […]

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Drummer’s album finally out

“Stay Tuned” is the title of Austrian drummer Bernhard Welz’ first solo album released on December 18 2010. It features a slew of prominent guest musicians, including Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey, Ian Paice (live drum solo 2002) and Jon Lord – along with Neil Murray, Steve Lukather, Mike Stern, Mark King, Katrina (Ex-Katrina […]

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Callouses and Christmas shopping

Steve Morse writes in his blog: Well, it’s been a long time on the road. I’ve been able to use up every minute of every day without ever catching up on all the things I should get done. This tour seems like 2 lifetimes ago that it started, and indeed it’s close to 2 months […]

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Steve Morse on More Metal

During their stay in berlin on November 22, Steve Morse gave a video interview to More Metal. The questions ranged from his motivation to play music, to his opinion on live albums, to Joe Satriani, to the inevitable topic of a new album: Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.

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Swinging to Sweet Georgia Brown

Last weekend Steve Morse did a 3-night stint in New York City with his own band, plus sitting in with the Les Paul Trio on the fourth night. Guitar Player magazine has met him which resulted in a brief interview: What is the difference between the way you play with Deep Purple and with your […]

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No spandex required

An article published today on Guitar International starts with Steve Morse is sitting in a studio on the outskirts of Orlando, Florida, chewing on a chocolate chip cookie and waiting patiently for the members of his band to show up for rehearsal. The band that’s he’s waiting for, though, is not made up of his […]

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Gear Run: Steve Morse and Don Airey

Guitar effects company TC Electronic has posted a couple of videos providing inside look into the effect setup for both Steve Morse and Don Airey.

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