September 13
Steve did a clinic at Music Villa in Bozeman, MT on July 2. Dimarzio were there to capture the event and also did a Q&A with Steve. Check out the clips below.

August 13
Steve will be introducing the new ENGL Steve Morse Signature 100 amp at a clinic in Köln, Germany on July 26, 2008.

Location:
Underground
Vogelsanger Str. 200
50825 Köln (Ehrenfeld)

Doors: 15.00
Begin: 16.00

Free entrance!

Reservations: info@beyers-music.de
or call +49-(0)2327-3939 / +49-(0)221-2827540

June 16
Good news for SMB fans! Progress is being made on the new CD. Here's what Steve has to say about the projects he's currently working on:

The new Steve Morse Band CD is shaping up nicely. We have 10 songs, ranging from a classical guitar/bass piece to a Bluegrass instrumental, and of course, many tracks reminiscent of the style on 'Southern Steel'. Van will be recording his final drum parts next week, and we should have enough put together to send some song excerpts to the record labels interested in releasing the project.

The solo album that I recorded with Sarah Spencer, called 'Angelfire' is planned to be released by early Fall on Radiant records. This is a label affiliated with Neal Morse and Kerry Livgren, administered by Bill Evans. There will be I tunes style downloads available, physical CD's delivered, and the usual stock in audiophile recording stores only. We will have a preview section available and linked up as soon as Bill Evans says it's ready. Sarah has the kind of smooth, beautiful voice that makes for a welcome contrast to the harsh realities of life, but she can really sing anything. I simply chose to write the type of music that I would like to hear her sing, and it still blows me away with how good she sounds.

Please stay tuned to this page for more updates!

April 13
Steve appears on a Led Zeppelin tribute album called 'Led Box - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute'. Other musicians include Steve Lukather, Albert Lee, Dweezil Zappa, Rick Derringer, Pat Travers and several others. Steve can be heard on the song 'Heartbreaker'.

January 8
Steve will appear at NAMM to do a signing session at the Engl booth Saturday January 19th at 1 pm. The details are:

2008 Winter Namm Show
Anaheim Convention Center California
Hall E, Booth 14 54

August 21
The 'Power Lines' instructional video has been released on DVD by the Alfred Publishing company.

August 13
T Lavitz has just announced that a new album called 'School of the Arts' will be released on October 9. The album will also feature Dave Weckl, Frank Gambale, Jerry Goodman, John Patitucci and... Steve Morse. Visit T's MySpace page for song samples.

July 16
The Deep Purple show originally scheduled for the Hudson Theater in San Bernardino, CA on August 13, will now take place at the Majestic Ventura Theater in Ventura, CA instead.

May 18
Steve Morse will appear on a Jeff Beck tribute album for the Tone Center label, produced by guitarist Jeff Richman. The album is called Freeway Jam - To Beck And Back. Other guests guitarists are John Scofield, Eric Johnson, Adam Rogers, Mike Stern, Warren Haynes, Chris Duarte, Greg Howe and Walter Trout. The album will be released on July 17.

January 20
Unfortunately, due to personal reasons the shows scheduled for San Diego, CA (tonight) and Tempe, AZ (tomorrow) have been cancelled. Please contact your ticket outlet for a full refund.

October 19
Steve, Dave and Van have recently been recording tracks for the upcoming album from Sarah Spencer, the talented teen vocalist Steve's been writing and recording with. Although Dave and Van will be playing on this album, it's not a typically high energy SMB project. The album will be mostly acoustic, but much of it defies a label. The main goal is to make beautiful music that suits Sarah's incredible vocals.

The guys are still planning to record a new SMB project that will be closer in style to something like "Stressfest", but have only mapped out a few track ideas at the moment.

Further news on both projects will follow.

July 19
Andy West will be playing some shows in August with his band fwap. More details can be found here.

May 20
Steve contributes a solo to the song "Jason" on a new album by Deacon Street. More info on the album here.

May 8
Steve will do a clinic in Sydney tomorrow, May 9. The name of the venue is The Forum and doors will open at 3pm.

May 8
If all goes according to the plan, the first proper Steve Morse career retrospective will see the light of day as a CD release later in the year. The producers are currently facing the difficult task of assembling a tracklist tracing Steve's career all the way back to the early days of the Dixie Dregs up until present time. A tracklist that is sure to please both old and new fans.

We would like you to be part of the process. Please send us a list of the 30 tracks you would like to see featured on the release. All suggestions will be considered, but we are told the plan is to predominantly feature Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band & solo tracks on the release. Please have your lists sent to us by May 31. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have in the meantime.

May 5
Steve will start doing monthly columns for Guitar World shortly. More details as they become available.

May 3
Cherry Lane has recently released a new book with guitar transcriptions called 'Best of Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs' featuring 13 songs including 'Cruise Control,' 'Highland Wedding,' 'Point Counterpoint,' 'Refried Funky Chicken,' 'Southern Steel' and many more. It also includes a bio and excerpts from Steve's Open Ears column.

April 23
Steve joined Joe Satriani and special guest Eric Johnson for the encore at their show at the House of Blues in Orlando, FL on April 21. One of the songs they jammed on was "Red House".

April 9
The months of April and May will see some new releases featuring Steve Morse. On April 18 Ian Gillan's new solo album 'Gillan's Inn' will be released. Steve plays on three songs, 'Men Of War', 'Smoke On The Water' and 'Loving On Borrowed Time'. The Steely Dan tribute 'The Royal Dan' will be released on May 9 with Steve appearing on the song 'Bodhisattva'. Deep Purple's appearance at the 1996 Montreux Jazz Festival will be released on CD (May 1) and DVD (May 29).

A (Limited) Tour Edition of the 'Rapture Of The Deep' album was released in Germany on February 24. The 2CD package features a bonus disc with a new version of the song 'Clealy Quite Absurd', 'Things I Never Said', the studio version of 'The Well-Dressed Guitar' and five songs recorded live at the Hard Rock Cafe in London on October 10, 2005. The album will be released in other regions later this year.

March 15
Steve Morse will appear on a Steely Dan Tribute for the Tone Center label, produced by guitarist Jeff Richman. It features a rhythm section of Peter Wolf, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff Richman and Jimmy Haslip and other guest guitarists Mike Stern, Robben Ford, Al DiMeola, Steve Lukather, Jimmy Herring, Jay Graydon and Elliott Randal.

February 25
Rod Morgenstein and T Lavitz will be on tour with Jazz Is Dead (along with Jeff Pevar, Jeff Sipe and Dave Livolsi) in March. Check their websites for dates.

February 14
Message from Steve:

Hello all.

I am sure that most of you don't know this: recently, my friend and bandmate Rod Morgenstein lost his wife. With heroic spirit, both Rod and Michele fought a long, hard battle against Michele's breast cancer. In her life, Michele was an incredible and inspiring person to me and many others.

Now, drummer and Berklee grad Kevin Fortunato is participating in a 60-mile, 3-day breast cancer walk for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, to honor Michele's memory, and to help others who need a cure.

Through Kevin's breast cancer walk webpage, you can donate as little as $5 to this worthy cause and you will receive a receipt for tax purposes. Please list your name on the honor roll -- and don't forget to specify "In Honor (or in Memory of) Michele Morgenstein" when that option appears (it comes up toward the end of the donation process).

Click here for all the info and to donate to Kevin's great effort.

Thanks to everyone!

February 13
Dave LaRue will join Joe Satriani on his next tour promoting his new studio album 'Super Colossal'. Eric Johnson will be their special guest. Tourdates can be found here.

February 3
T Lavitz has released a new album (with Dennis Chambers, Jeff Berlin and Dave Fiuczynski) called 'Boston T Party'.

January 11
O'Reilly Digital Media has a nice interview with Andy West.

January 6
The February issue of Guitar World magazine (with CD-ROM) features a Steve Morse Master Class.