December 31, 2001
At last, there is a forthcoming Steve Morse DVD scheduled for release in March 2002. The Dregs
recent New Haven show at Toad's Place was filmed and will most likely be featured to some
extent. The DVD will also include unreleased Deep Purple footage featuring Steve. Stay tuned
for more details to unfold in the new year.
December 15, 2001
The release of the upcoming Steve Morse Band album, 'Split Decision', has been pushed back
until March 29, 2002.
November 27, 2001
Steve will be doing a free clinic at Royal Music in Merrick, NY together with Dave LaRue on Sunday, December 2, at
4:00pm. Call (516)377-8000 for reservations.
November 26, 2001
There are some great live shots of the Dixie Dregs caught in action at Jannus Landing in St.
Petersburg last Saturday, available over at Dave LaRue's new great looking site. Check it all
out at www.davelarue.com.
Keep those concert reviews coming!
November 22, 2001
There will indeed be more Dixie Dregs gigs to look forward to in January. This time around on
the west coast. The first show has been announced and it'll be in San Francisco, CA at Slim's
(as always) on January 15. Keep checking the tourdates
page for more shows being added.
While on the same subject, the band is currently in rehearsal in Florida, ready to kick off their East Coast leg tomorrow night in West Palm Beach. Don't miss this tour!
And by all means, do remember to send in your concert reviews and we'll publish them on the site.
October 27, 2001
Yet another session! Steve will be appearing on Italian film composer Mario Fasciano's upcoming
album, along with Ian Paice of Deep Purple as well as keyboard player Don Airey (who filled in for
Jon Lord on Purple's recent tour of Europe).
October 13, 2001
There will be a taped radio interview with Steve from late 2000 on Philly Kid's Guitar Shop show
on October 17 at 5 p.m. The show is broadcast on KPSU 1450 AM (Portland, OR), but you can also
listen on the web. In addition to the
interview, there will only be Dregs/SMB music played for the entire show.
October 12, 2001
We're pleased to announce the first few dates of an upcoming
Dixie Dregs tour...
September 23, 2001
A message from Steve:
"I just opened a box and found a copy of a new book that I've written......actually a
compilation of articles that I'd written over the last 5 years." It's called Open Ears like the
last similar book, but also has a subtitle of "A journey through life with guitar in hand."
It's published by cherry lane and they have a website at www.cherrylane.com"
September 20, 2001
Steve will be appearing on a forthcoming album from Liona Boyd. Release date to be announced.
Check out Liona's website for more info.
September 10, 2001
The tentative release dates for 'Split Decision' and 'Major Impacts II' are 02/24/02 and
10/23/02 respectively. Both albums will be out on the Magna Carta label.
August 21, 2001
Steve is currently on tour with Deep Purple throughout
Europe. The band is really firing on all cylinders, so make sure you go and see them. In the
meantime, here's some photos from their recent
show in Copenhagen.
Also, Brian Moritz, assistant engineer on the upcoming SMB record, has kindly agreed to answer whatever questions you may have concerning the recording of the new CD. Check out the forum!
July 26, 2001
Steve joined this year's G3 (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Petrucci) for the encore at their
Orlando, FL show this past Sunday. They jammed around "La Grange", "Voodoo Chile", "Little
Wing" and "Goin' Down". Check out pictures here!
July 17, 2001
The name of the upcoming SMB album will be 'Split Decision'. More details to follow.
June 7, 2001
Deep Purple's appearance at Luciano Pavarotti's charity concert in Italy was pretty
spectacular. The band did "Nessun Dorma" together with the maestro, as well as a massive
version of "Smoke on the Water". The event ended with all the artists (including Tom Jones and
Barry White among others) doing a rendition of "With a little help from my friends". The
concert was broadcast live on Italian TV, and the show might surface on a CD in the future.
On a related note, Purple's US tour kicked off in Chicago last Saturday, and the band's recording (for a possible DVD release) of their June 5th show in Fort Lauderdale, went down really well. This is a package tour with Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Ted Nugent on the bill. Purple and Skynyrd play for 75 minutes respectively. Check out the dates here.
Finally, Dave LaRue will be joining John Petrucci for a slot on the upcoming G3 tour (dates here). This has been known for some time, but we thought we'd better report it anyway.
May 28, 2001
Steve is guesting on Billy Greer's current solo album, entitled 'Seventh Key'. Check out Billy's website for more details.
Steve will also be making guest appearances on forthcoming albums from Jordan Rudess and Manuel Barrueco.
May 22, 2001
Steve and the rest of Deep Purple have accepted an invitation to join Luciano Pavarotti and
friends for his annual charity concert at the Parco del Novi Sad in Modena, Italy. The event
will happen on Tuesday May 29nd, which is just a couple of days before the band kicks off their
summer tour of America in Chicago on June 2nd. Check out the dates here!
On a related Purple note, the band recently added a show to their tour itinerary. June 5th sees the band performing at the Sunrise Musical Theater (the very same venue where Steve played one of his first gigs with Purple in early '95) in Florida. The show will be filmed for a future DVD release.
January 13, 2001
We are having problems with our shopping cart software again. We have'nt received any orders since December 18th. If you have ordered merchandise since then we don't have your order. We are working to resolve this problem as quickly as possible. If you have further questions, please email here. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you and again, we are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
On a better note, The Dregs road manager T.J. McCarthy is filming some shows of the current tour and we will have some video available for download soon.
--Webmaster