kbaim
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Hey all,
Q. What's better than a deep purple concert, and on par with a dixie dregs show?
A. A Steve Morse guitar clinic.
On Valentine's day, Steve was in LA for a DP show and swung by GIT (guitar institue of technology) to give a clinic.
I'll be posting a review a little later today when there's more time.
Lemme just say that back in 1982 I was a student at git and my biggest influences at that time were PAGE, BECK, and Alex Lifeson. Another student who went there lived a few blocks away from me. I went over to jam with him one day and he puts on this record (yup, vinyl) that immediately changed everything I thought possible with the guitar.
The compositions were full of twist and turns, and just amazing guitar playing. I couldn't even begin to identify the kind of music. One song was even country. Another was classical, with violin and keyboards and bass. What the hell is going on here??
That album was "UNSUNG HEROES" by the (dixie) dregs. The guitarist was Steve Morse. And 22 years (and a helluva lot of listening) later, I saw him do a clinic at the same place I discovered his music (though the location has since moved a few blocks from where it was back in the day).
FULL CIRCLE indeed.
KEITH
Q. What's better than a deep purple concert, and on par with a dixie dregs show?
A. A Steve Morse guitar clinic.
On Valentine's day, Steve was in LA for a DP show and swung by GIT (guitar institue of technology) to give a clinic.
I'll be posting a review a little later today when there's more time.
Lemme just say that back in 1982 I was a student at git and my biggest influences at that time were PAGE, BECK, and Alex Lifeson. Another student who went there lived a few blocks away from me. I went over to jam with him one day and he puts on this record (yup, vinyl) that immediately changed everything I thought possible with the guitar.
The compositions were full of twist and turns, and just amazing guitar playing. I couldn't even begin to identify the kind of music. One song was even country. Another was classical, with violin and keyboards and bass. What the hell is going on here??
That album was "UNSUNG HEROES" by the (dixie) dregs. The guitarist was Steve Morse. And 22 years (and a helluva lot of listening) later, I saw him do a clinic at the same place I discovered his music (though the location has since moved a few blocks from where it was back in the day).
FULL CIRCLE indeed.
KEITH