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Although Steve Morse enjoyed a healthy
following among guitar players, his name was never a household
commodity, and he remained a cult figure who earned his greatest
success in the readers' polls held annually by musicians' magazines.
Although initially inspired by the Beatles, as a teen, Morse began
to expand his listening to include the Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix
and Led Zeppelin.
Although he played a little piano and some clarinet, he became
fascinated with guitar after seeing a concert by classical guitarist
Juan Mercadal, who later gave a teenage Morse some lessons. Deeply
influenced by a campus performance by John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu
Quartet while attending the University of Miami, Morse decided
to focus on instrumental rock music; in 1974 that he put together
his first band, the Dixie Dregs (later simply the Dregs), which
would go on to become one of the defining groups in the fusion
rock genre.
After some 14 albums fronting the Dregs, the Steve Morse Band
began their recording career in 1984 with an album called Two
Faces. Soon after, Elektra Records snatched Morse up and he cut
two albums for the company, The Introduction in 1984 and Stand
Up in 1985, before switching to MCA. Morse releases for the label
included High Tension Wires (1989), Southern Steel (1991), and
Coast to Coast (1992). After leaving MCA in 1992, Morse recorded
two excellent albums for Windham Hill/BMG Records, Structural
Damage (1995) and StressFest (1996), and also joined Deep Purple
for a U.S. and European tour in 1996.
This bio courtesy www.allmusic.com
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