Steve Morse

**Steven J. "Steve" Morse** is an American rock guitarist and songwriter. He was born on July 28, 1954 in Hamilton, Ohio. He began by starting the band Dixie Dregs in 1975. They played southern rock music. He is most famous for being the guitarist in the band Deep Purple. He was also a member of Kansas for a while. He has had a successful solo career.

He plays rock, country, classical and jazz fusion styles of music.

## Discography
### With Dixie Dregs
*1975 *The Great Spectacular* (Formally released in 1997)
*1977 *Free Fall*
*1978 *What If
*1979 *Night Of The Living Dregs*
*1980 *Dregs Of The Earth*
*1981 *Unsung Heroes*
*1982 *Industry Standard*
*1989 *Divided We Stand*
*1992 *Bring 'Em Back Alive*
*1994 *Full Circle*
*1997 *King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents* - *The Dregs 1979*
*2000 *California Screamin*
*2002 *20th Century Masters: The Best Of The Dixie Dregs*
*2002 *Sects, Dregs & Rock 'n' Roll*

### With the Steve Morse Band and solo
*1984 *The Introduction*
*1985 *Stand Up*
*1989 *High Tension Wires*
*1991 *Southern Steel*
*1992 *Coast to Coast*
*1995 *Structural Damage*
*1996 *StressFest*
*2000 *Major Impacts*
*2002 *Split Decision*
*2004 *Major Impacts 2*
*2005 *Prime Cuts - From Steve Morse's Magna Carta sessions*
*2009 *Outstanding in Their Field*

### With Deep Purple
*1996 *Purpendicular*
*1997 *Live at the Olympia '96*
*1998 *Abandon*
*1999 *Live at the Royal Albert Hall*
*1999 *Total Abandon: Live in Australia*
*2001 *Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy*
*2001 *The Soundboard Series*
*2003 *Bananas*
*2005 *Rapture of the Deep*
*2006 *Live at Montreux 1996*
*2007 *They All Came Down to Montreux*

### With Kansas
*1986 *Power*
*1988 *In the Spirit of Things*
*1998 *King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas*
*2004 *Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection*

### Guest appearances with other artists
*1977 *Tropical Nights* - Liza Minnelli
*1980 *Schemer-Dreamer* - Steve Walsh
*1986 *Storytime* - T Lavitz
*1987 *Stone From Which The Arch Was Made'' - Mark O'Connor
*1987 *Surveillance* - Triumph
*1988 *Southern By The Grace Of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour-1987* - Lynyrd Skynyrd
*1988 *Love Your Man* - *The Rossington Collins Band*
*1990 *Nashville Rendez-Vous* - Marcel Dadi
*1991 *Fingers Crossing* - *Marcel Dadi*
*1992 *Country Guitar Flavors* - *Marcel Dadi*
*1992 *Lone Ranger* - *Jeff Watson*
*1993 ''Coven, Pitrelli, O'Reilly* - *CPR*
*1994 *Thonk* - Michael Manring
*1995 *Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus*
*2001 *Seventh Key* - *Seventh Key*
*2001 *Nylon & Steel* - *Manuel Barrueco*
*2001 *Feeding the Wheel* - Jordan Rudess
*2002 *Camino Latino/Latin Journey'' - 'Liona Boyd
*2004 *Rhythm Of Time* - *Jordan Rudess*
*2003 *Living Loud* - *Living Loud*
*2006 *Living Loud-Live* - *Living Loud*
*2006 ''Gillan's Inn* - Ian Gillan
*2007 *School of the Arts* - School of the Arts (featuring T Lavitz) (Morse contributes acoustic guitar work on 2 tracks, "On Fire" and "Portrait")

### Various artist compilations and tributes
*1978 *Hotels, Motels And Road Shows* (Various artists compilation)
*1989 *Guitar's Practicing Musicians* (Various artists compilation)
*1991 *Guitar's Practicing Musicians Vol. 2* (Various artists compilation)
*1991 *Guitar Speak III* (Various artist compilation)
*1992 *Rock Guitar Greats* (Various artists compilation)
*1992 *Guitar On The Edge Vol. 2* (Various artist compilation)
*1995 *Tales From Yesterday* (Various artists tribute to Yes)
*1996 *Crossfire - A Tribute To Stevie Ray* (Various artists tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan)
*1996 *Working Man* (Various artists tribute to Rush, Morse plays solos on *La Villa Strangiato* and *Red Barchetta*.)
*1996 *The Carols Of Christmas* (Various artist compilation)
*1997 *The Carols Of Christmas II* (Various artist compilation)
*1997 *Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas* (Various artist compilation)
*1997 *Jazz Fusion Vol. 2* (Various artist compilation)
*1998 *Guitar Battle* (Various artist compilation)
*1999 *Tribute to the Titans* (Various artist compilation)
*1999 *Rock Guitarists Forever Best* (Various artist compilation)
*2001 *Warmth In The Wilderness - A Tribute To Jason Becker* (Various artists tribute to Jason Becker)
*2002 *A Southern Rock Christmas* (Various artist compilation)
*2004 *Classical Heartbreakers* (Various artist compilation)
*2005 *Future of the Blues Vol. 2* (Various artist compilation)
*2006 *Back Against The Wall'' (Various artist tribute to Pink Floyd's *The Wall*)
*2006 *Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse* (Various artist tribute to Mahavishnu Orchestra)
*2006 *The Royal Dan: A Tribute* (instrumental guitar tribute to jazz rock band Steely Dan, featuring a different lead guitarist on 10 different songs, Morse plays Bodhisattva)

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