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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@4
“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”.l
– Uwe, I noticed that humbled disposition too!
He is a magnificent man and I sincerely hope the very best for him 😊
And that said:
December 11th, 2025 at 08:04Have been listening A LOT to the Morse years compared to =1, and yes, Simon McB is a terrific choice for Purple these days!
Can’t wait to see them next year – twice ☺️☺️☺️
@4
– and forgot to add:
Maybe it’s because I have listened so much to Whitesnake lately, and please remember I am a complete moron according to know and understand about music, all I can I tell you is how it makes my head brighten up in various colours and how happy I feel….. BUT: even though I really like Steve Morse and the way he plays and everything, when he was with Purple, the genre became more soft rock, and – oh do I dare? Well, pop almost.
– and YES, please bring all the examples where Steve indeed plays Rock’n’Roll… 😄
With Simon McB we’re back (well almost back) to the happy Mark ll days 🤩 when RB was the emperor and decided a lot.
Not that I don’t like the Morse years, because I do, but Purple are for me a ROCK ensemble more than anything else!
And re Whitesnake, yes, MacGregor once mentioned to be aware of the ‘hairy metal’ years and Max said he preferred the period with the 3 M’s and Lord and Paice, and I agree completely!
– however, it’s charming ‘hairy metal’ in all its glory. And yes I can now listen to the great David Coverdale without feeling the urge to cure his health problems! Mostly because he sounded PHENOMENAL in this:
https://youtu.be/lt32a42_dHQ
And this:
https://youtu.be/3OJL_rIjXlg
Finally I can hear what you all have been gushing about 😃
And I thank you! (And NO will never be able to appreciate Elvis….. have my own very personal reasons for that, but just trust me: in my ears that is not a nice sound 😄)
I will say though that in his later years his voice was not healthy….
This reminds me so much of a combination of Whitesnake, Purple and Rainbow:
https://youtu.be/Rm-J4OWyucY
even though I am aware that (not this one) they were often produced by a DuranDuran person 😄
I think this is an example:
https://youtu.be/AZ31DQyuWv4
where Andy Taylor has his very nice paws involved.
Have a lovely day everybody 👋🏼👋🏼
December 11th, 2025 at 08:38@3
Hello Uwe, did you notice that Steve wears his “shoulderfree garments” only on stage?
In some videos of the last gigs of the tour you can see him wear even longsleeves (10/26/25 in Ridgefield CT), seems he caught his cold on the last days of the tour.
December 11th, 2025 at 13:00Zieh dir verdammt noch mal was an, Stevie, es ist kalt draußen!
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Nobody ever listens to me. 😑
December 12th, 2025 at 01:52