Rare Steve Morse stuff - part 1 

Such an amazingly humble genius...Thanks Steve for so much great music and playing over the years,,,and thank you Marije for posting

Very exciting music, thanks for the vid. God bless all.

Great player Steve....seen him a few times and he always knocks me out.And a very very nice guy too.Power lines to you Steve.

Great footage! I remember hearing Dixie Dregs 'What If' album for the first time as a young teenager learning to play guitar. One of the greatest albums of all time! Every note, riff and beat on that album is perfect! I Consider Steve untouchable! He's always willing to impart knowledge to anyone in any interview I've seen, the type of guy rock and roll needs more of! Thanks!

I remember Guitar Player doing an article on Morse right around the time he was doing the pilot thing. I guess after Kansas dissolved, he got fed up with "the biz", so he quit music, got a hair cut, and went to work at the airline. I remember they asked him if anyone at his workplace knew about his musical career. He said at first nobody knew, until Lynyrd Skynyrd through town on that first reunion tour (which would date this to sometime in mid 1987 I guess), and he got invited to sit in on a couple songs, and some of the guys at one of the airports he flew out of were at the show, and they were STUNNED that this guy they knew only as a pilot who also played guitar "on the side" was "famous" enough to get onstage and play with Skynyrd! I guess he didn't go aroudn telling people about being on American Bandstand, Tom Snyder, Don Kirshner, or MTV. lol

I saw Steve open and then join John, Al and Paco in 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler in Los Angeles for an encore. Steve blew everyone away when he opened, then got a standing O for his solo with the trio. I recorded it on a Walkman, snipped his solo and rerecorded for an hour long play...one of the finest musicians ever, thanks for posting this!

Always loved Steve's obvious joy in making incomparably great music in the company of other great musicians.

“The Introduction” was an actuality for me. Steve and the other superlative guitarists make one feel great to be living in an era filled with such. Long live Steve! Also, RIP to Jeff Beck😢 EDIT* Thanks for sharing. Part 2?

Steve Morse: The modern day Bach of our time!

Thanks for posting! Great videos.

信じられない。デキシードレッグスをビデオで見られるなんて❗ 1982年に貸しレコード屋に行って借りた。今でも最高の1枚。すごいバンドだったことは嬉しい🎵😍🎵

Imo,thee greatest guitar player EVA !

the 80's was such a crazy time in music (in a good way). You had SRV bringing back the blues, steve morse was getting voted best guitar player by guitar player magazine, Van Halen was in full swing, the hair metal thing was going on, you had pop icons (couldn't think of a better term) like Madonna, Michael Jackson, janet jackson, lionel ritchie out there. guns n roses came out and were new and fresh. and then other 60's/70's bands were still out there performing too (the who, clapton, etc.)....and this was all getting played on pop radio (for the most part) and on MTV. damn. we were spoiled.

Thank you , Steve, I would have been proud to meet you then, Music Man, you are the essence of Musicianship and all your different group members , watching you playing Highland wedding, also What If, Industry Standards, Deep Purple, Kansas, to today “ Flying Colours “ , I really loved your interpretations of Blue Grass , Scottish / Celtic & and your classical music, Bach, Jesu joy of man’s desiring, Little Kid’s, Up in the Air, playing with Dave, and at first people interpretation of why, Dixie Dregs, Christmas 2020, thanks , may you continue an inspiration, your friends, all your past band mates. ❤☮️🇨🇦, Merry 😊Christmas , to mine. I would not be in Thunder Bay. unclean city.

So humble yet so untouchable

I am proud to be American having Steve as our own. God bless yah Steve.

I remember seeing them on Tom Snyder. It was completely by accident. I had no idea they were going to appear on the show and when they came on I was totally blown away.

Wow, love this old stuff. Thanks for posting Marije!

I am a huge fan of Steve Morse. Starting with the Dixie Dregs. I first heard, Unsung Heroes. Worked my way back through their previous albums. I get everything new of his, as well. Master guitarist, obviously. Also a stellar writer. I've seen him with Dregs, Kansas, Deep Purple, and the Steve Morse Band. His work with all these greats, is nothing short of miraculous. These Days, I listen to his incredible playing with, Deep Purple, and a new band called, Flying Colors. The great thing about being a Morse, fan is, he so prolific. With his music. You get the benefit of two or three releases a year. Add this amount up, and you have an almost unfathomable catalog of fantastic music. Plus I have to give a shout out to Allen Sloan, he owned the violin in the Dregs. RIP T Lavitz. Thank you for posting.

I first heard about steve morse back in the late eighties about the same time as joe satriani and I still listen to these guys today without ever getting tired of them

Steve Morse a genius of a musician. I was a sophomore in high school. I was learning a lot about Rock & Roll music I. Like 84. This friend of mine who turned me on to the real musicians of the Day. I had a well man. Paul gives me a bootleg live tape cassette. Dixie Drags live at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. I could not even pronounce the band's name correctly. He was like this the best band nobody really knows about. The Dixie Drags? Realky! Played it after school and into the night. They did this Led Zepplin medley that was mind blowing. Fan for life experienced the Diie Drags and mostly the Steve Morse Band about six times.

Amazing how much Van Romaine looks like Phil Erhart from Kansas. The album was High Tension Wires that Steve neglected to plug for himself.

I have seen most of this but never in this format. Thank you so much, My hero!

Thanks so much! This is some of the best footage I have seen on RU-vid, I thought I had seen all the Steve Morse footage out there!

Amazing (the set of 3 Rare specials) ~ thank you SO much Marije! BIG fan here! :D

Thanks for this one!

Wow, lucky you, spending so much time with him! He definitely is very kind and humble, and funny too :-) He is simply wesome and amazing, both as a musician and as a human being!

Thanks for this. If you happen to have any live footage from "I'll just pick" that would be fkn awesome. I worked as a roadie in Munich and got to do backstage security, as well as hump and load..lol - for Steve and the SMB - then with Jerry Peek and Rod Morgenstein. Steve is an unbelievably down to earth guy, and, since I am a guitar player, I thought I would get on his nerves asking "how did you do this etc.." Not at all. He picks up his guitar and shows me anything I want. Dont know how much I was able to absorb, but his attitude was as much of an inspiration as his talent.

JJ Jackson!Way to interview.R.I.P!

Thanks Marije. I didn't realise that this was here. All the best for Easter. P.

What an original player. It’s nice to hear guitarists like Ian Thornley pay homage by incorporating some of Steve’s style in a respectful way.

Cruise Control, airline liquor bottles and a Muscle Car.

Thanks for posting! !! This shows steve early and hungry he was amazing to the point it's considered insane:)!

Thanks for posting 🎉soooooo gooood

Glad to hear that you are all enjoying this :-) Great stuff and great guy!

Thank you, I will definitely. Check out Steve's, fan page.

One of greate guitar players evere. I was doubt about plasement of Ritchie in Deep Purple and now like Steve.))

great set of videos underlining Steve Morse and his incredible career that's still going strong ....

Timeless.....and thanks.

Here kinda late thx for sharing

Indeed! Apart from the Montreux DVD, there`s basically no decent video from pre-90s available.

Crank it up, Steve..

Highland Wedding is the best😊

I didn't know Steve was ever on Country Music Television.

That guitar he's playing in the Kansas video was the original guitar that Ernie Ball built for him back in the mid 80's. He was getting interested in guitar synths, and wanted a guitar that he could use with the Roland GR-700, so they built him that particular guitar. I remember seeing it in a Guitar Player article on whichever NAMM show, I guess he played at the Ernie Ball booth that year, and they had a really good photo of that guitar.

Yeah, humble indeed, amazing guy :-)

Morse is the best

what a humble guy

Bizzare!

MTV used to be a music channel.

Mullet heaven

EXCELLENT!!!!

Thank you for the info!

You're very welcome! And if you are such a big fan, you might want to check out the Steve Morse fan page on Facebook that I am co-admin of ;-) Lots of cool stuff there, especially in the photo section.

Awesome!!!

13:33 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ so good ❤❤❤❤❤❤

The first interviewer was JJ Jackson, one of MTV’s original VJ’s. I think the program was called “120 Minutes.” The second is Ralph Emery “Nashville Now.”

The Steve Morse/Kansas union was a dark time for both.

Don`t know where you got this, but it`s priceless

What a shame that Pride of the Farm was so rudely interrupted :-(

"Cruise Control" on Tomorrow show with great sound at 13:30! - 'nuff sed!

Thank you so much,this is great. Do you have any video with Jerry peak playing base with Steve .

yep

You are all very welcome! I got this from a friend, from an old videotape transferred to dvd.

Like to see a video about that Tele!

Tq

Allen Sloan probably the best violinist of rock n roll ever.

Steve is the best guitar player on the planet now that Les Paul and Mary Ford are gone. Needs to look at the audience more. Doesn't need to look at his hands because he obviously knows what he is doing.

This is very good. However for over 30 years I have been trying to find this recording of cruise control to get the VERY VERY VERY rear Steve Morse Solo to it. And then I see I had found it...until ... the drum solo about over waiting to finially see it and your video ended before it got there ... Dang ... that was disappointing but thanks for posting. PLEASE see if you have the whole video thanks

I have Steves plectrum.

Reminding me of Garth Algar.

total omG moment from 13:00 to 19:00..... insanely TIGHT....!

@ 20:30 Nice job Don Kirshner - introducing Steve Morse as Steve Walsh. :-/

yea, the old leadII

4:27!!!!!

There is stuff around here on YT, but a lot is very bad quality.

What is the piece Steve is playing at the end of the JJ Jackson interview? Thanks!

That probably is the official page. Search for Steve Morse fan page (technically it's a group, not a page). I am not allowed to post a link here..

JJ Jackson? What was that first interview from?

If yours is the one with 87,000+ likes, then, I'm there already! haha ~ thanks again! :D

I will bet Steve was NOT into drugs or booze.

There is something psychological about the fact that I love to see this guy play but yet there is nothing musically entertaining about it . It sounds so cheesy yet people like lady Gaga are absolutely popular.

i miss the 80s more then ever...now we have terror and isis and pop music with auto tune..

Shoot...it turns out Kansas did DO stadium rock,... crud....that 80's fashion ruined everything with power ballads.

There is a girl on yt Dana Marie Ulbrich. You and Steve need to see her Deep Purple covers you will be glad you did thanks. Steve jumped out my parents window as a teenager ask him as a favor for me the best should see the best

sorry, but talking ALL over his playing is definitely insulting and he should not ask him to play if he's then going to talk 30 seconds into it. He should tell him hey, we got 30 seconds so just stop after 20 seconds and let me yak for the last 10 seconds

super talented and i dont think he knows it!]

I'm sorry Mr. Morse, you're just too talented to make it big in the music biz. You're music is too complex to be grasped by small minds that gravitate toward Justin Bieber.