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I have the originals of those already but if they release 'em with interesting bonus tracks I might get them again.

I read somewheres that he was working on a new Living Loud album. I can't wait to hear that, the first one is one of my all time faves.

Morse's first solo album "The Introduction" has always been my favorite.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002H29/?tag=imwan-20

Particularly Cruise Missile, On the Pipe, and Huron River Blues:

I wholeheartedly agree! Awesome album. The second one (Stand UP) is my next fave (has Eric Johnson guesting on one song).

I won a free guitar lesson from Morse in 1992 when he was with the Dixie Dregs. The whole thing is a crazy story and I'll tell it some time. He is a very, very nice guy and quite humble. I have pictures but have no clue how to take old photos and get them online that are not digital.
A true guitar genius and hard to believe he's now been with Deep Purple for 17 years!
I don't know much about these if they are reissues or remasters though.

Wow, can't wait to hear about your lesson! That must have been quite a thrill. Do you play "too many notes" now? (heh heh)!

I remember meeting him after a show at the Chestnut Cabaret in Philly years ago. He was a really nice guy, very down to earth, just hanging out talking to anybody/everybody. He went out for cheesesteaks after the show and everyone was welcome to tag along! I wanted to go but the friends I was with didn't want to (dammit). That would've been a lot of fun and I've always regretted not going.

Hmmmm...the show that happened to me was at the Chestnut! Maybe you were there-and yes, they did eat cheesesteaks backstage and I was starving and he offered me half of his which I said was kind but way too nice. (I ended up eating fruit and in one of the pictures I'm eating an apple).
Also, as for the lesson-I am and always have been average. Better at writing than soloing which I suck at and never really tried to get better at. So, needless to say there was no way in hell he could teach me I mean, the guy was a master! So, I asked if we could just jam on some reggae thing my friend and I had written instead and he did (my friend a very good guitarist went with me). I'll never forget that whole night but there's much more to tell and I will!

Awesome stuff IP. We've probably been at a lot of the same concerts btw.

I think I saw Morse at the Chestnut a couple times, also with the Dregs (possibly with his own band opening up). The show I remember where he went out for cheesesteaks I think was another time than what yer talking about, possibly a later year than that show you were backstage at. I say that because I vaguely remember them talking about cheesesteaks like they had 'em a previous time, but this time they were deciding where to go (Geno's was the verdict I think). I guess maybe it's possible somebody just went down there and brought an order back, but if I went I would have eaten mine there. Nothing like a cheesesteak hot out of the oven!


[EDIT: Notice I misspelled Geno's as Gino's - that could revoke my cheesesteak lover's license]

Also saw Steve Morse at the Chestnut! Double bill with Allan Holdsworth on his Road Games tour (Jeff Berlin and Chad Wackerman), and Morse supporting The Introduction - 1984 or so. My two buds got in with fake ids, I didn't. Stood outside for four hours in the alley listening to the show from a vent. Morse's trio was the great Jerry Peek and Rod Morgenstein who we met heading out to the bus.