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Aged by typhoons and sweat
Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse that appears to be a revised and expanded version of the one we reported a couple of weeks ago.
Is there any style or technique that you find hardest to get under your fingertips?
Anything that’s written on keyboards is gonna have some difficult stretches in them. In the past, it was not so much of a problem, where I could cross-pick, like an upstroke on the G string, downstroke on the B string, very quickly, as I’m going across the strings. And I don’t want to suddenly turn into a sweeping guitarist, so things involve big intervallic jumps are harder than they used to be.
And things where you trill, like in some traditional Irish music, I can write things in that style, but if I was to play piece for hornpipe or something, in order to get those little mordents and trills, the fingering may not always lay out good for guitar. Those kind of challenges.
Read more in Music Radar.
For another interview, Steve has appeared on the Boomerocity podcast:
Boomerocity sits down with guitar legend Steve Morse to talk about his brand-new album, Triangulation. In this exclusive interview, Steve dives deep into the inspiration behind the record, the creative process, and what it means to him at this stage of his remarkable career. Fans of the Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, Flying Colors, and the Steve Morse Band won’t want to miss this conversation!
Thanks to Ultimate Guitar for the heads-up on the Boomerocity interview.
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Steve has caught a cold – gute Besserung!
December 9th, 2025 at 00:35@1
Now we have the proof that Steve is a “real human being” who becomes sick and tired as we “normalos” 😉
But what is much more remarkable and again shows that he is so much down to earth: in the last part he mentions that we would rather be the guy unloading the truck than a rock star – rockstars don’t have the clue.
I have nothing to add…
December 10th, 2025 at 07:55Just one thing: It was always clear to me that this incessant wearing of shoulderfree garments would lead to nowhere good from a health perspective too.
Wear something, Stevie, it’s cold outside!
December 10th, 2025 at 14:38A very somber, but moving interview – with lots of deeper subjects.
Steve is a humble man and his adoration for John Petrucci is sincere – I wonder though whether a young John P ever thought as a young guitar player that Steve Morse of all people would call him one day the better guitarist! Some accolade.
Steve says he wants to redefine himself “possibly like Eric Clapton, that slowhand thing” and mentions that he “can’t play like a 40-year-old anymore … and I don’t need to …”, wanting to move on to music “that requires less repetition of movement”. I hope he’s successful on that path.
December 10th, 2025 at 16:14