One the greatest guitarists in history. Period.

@wesworach7441

3 жыл бұрын

For me Steve is the Greatest !!! And definitely most unique as well !!! Absolute Musical Genius !

@jamesgoddard2321

6 ай бұрын

The greatest electric guitar player, period.

@georgeshepherd3381

6 ай бұрын

Totally!

@dropsheep

5 ай бұрын

The greatest guitar composer ever. No doubt about it.

@frankrichards3089

Ай бұрын

No question

I have both all the Steve Morse Band, and his anonymous albums. Pure audio bliss. His playing is on another level, whether with Kansas, Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, or Flying Colors

@sydnoids1

2 ай бұрын

One great concert I attended was Steve Morse band opening up for Kansas with Steve playing the guitar for Kansas. Front row

Pure talent .😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤

Without Steve Morse , Guitar World would be incomplete !!! Special & unique kind of guitarist & the best alternate picker in the Business !!!

I was actually at that concert and got to talk to Steve. I had seen them once before live in Phoenix, Arizona. What a blast from the past!

I’m a 60 y/o retired guitar player. It has taken this long(all my years) just to be able to appreciate the talent and imagination being displayed here. I was stuck to commercial pop/classic rock/metal and similar stuff. Jazz has always been unpalatable for me. Steve was an exception. He had everything. Dixie Dregs-What If ….still one of the best albums ever released!

This is the first full set of music, that I've seen with Jerry Peek on Bass. This is obviously not a great recording and sound source. But beautifully well played, on the band members parts. Masterful and executed perfectly. I love music played this well. And obviously before the age on stage tuning machines. And hot as Hell par can lighting.

@NikkieRoxxx

Жыл бұрын

Around 54:00 oo00ooyesssssss

The first album, "The Introduction" is a killer. I played it incessantly . It is the musicality in addition to the virturosity that is the secret ingredient .

Simply the best guitarist ever!

@wesworach7441

4 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt , Eric !!!

@jamesgoddard2321

6 ай бұрын

Agreed, certainly on the electric guitar at least.

Oh My Stinkin Goodness!!!! What a great band!!! Just as tight as the record

Thank you so much for sharing this. This is my favorite version of Steve's trio, and possibly my favorite band ever. I absolutely love Jerry Peek's bass playing in the band.

@chikkipop

8 ай бұрын

Wonder what happened to Peek.

@myworms

8 ай бұрын

@@chikkipopI tried to find out, and someone said that he is either a car salesman, or employed by a dealership in Georgia. Probably gave up performing for steady employment (Steve was a pilot at one point to make ends meet)

@chikkipop

8 ай бұрын

@@myworms Now that you mention it, I seem to recall tracking Jerry down to some car dealership. This was several years ago, so I had forgotten it.

Rod’s snare drum cuts right through the mix Jerry in my face with his Bass Steve is an amazing guy and guitarist

@dongkumong

4 жыл бұрын

OK, thanks for your assessment that nobody asked for.

@mightyV444

2 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself, please! 😝

@Killroy10096

5 ай бұрын

couldn't ask for better

Saw this Tour in WPB Fl. Steve, Rod and Jerry were grinning from ear to ear the whole Show.

@cnilecnile6748

5 ай бұрын

Saw the opening show of that tour, opening for Rush, in Pensacola-they were terrific

Steve has always been a goof. This trio was so badass.

2:06 The Introduction 5:09 Refried Funky Chicken 10:20 On The Pipe 15:47 Pride O' The Farm 20:23 What If 25:30 Cruise Missile 32:57 Northern Lights 36:32 Jesus, Joy Of Man´s Desiring 39:34 The Whistle 43:39 Ice Cakes 48:48 Huron River Blues 55:11 The Bash 57:34 Rock´n´Roll Park 1:03:04 Cruise Control 1:17:56 General Lee 1:22:31 Jessica - Allman Brothers 1:32:57 Twiggs Approved

@killall1234

5 ай бұрын

thats NOT gina lola breakdown! its the bash.

@ItsVideos

5 ай бұрын

@@killall1234 You are correct sir! I had copied the list that Heinz Eder (channel owner) put in the video description. As of this date (Jan 6, 2024) his description still incorrectly shows it as "Gina Lola Breakdown". I'll make the correction to my index. BTW, Heinz Eder's video description still shows "Water" instead of "What If".

Thanks for your reply. My brother-in-law was at the concert at that time. Unfortunately, the quality of the video is very bad but I had the recording only on an old video recorder in mono.

His tone on that telecaster was much better than his current guitar and sound

@1359401

4 жыл бұрын

Agree with you although he is so damm great and legendary genius he can make any kind of guitar sound good

@phl40

Жыл бұрын

True. I long for his Frankentele tone.

@B.I.B.L.E.

5 ай бұрын

Lot of low end and top end bite. Such a unique tone

@suzannewalker2320

3 ай бұрын

I agree.

@samp3413

2 ай бұрын

His tone changed gradually over the years as does every guitarist's, it has very little to do with the fact that he no longer uses that tele.

I saw this line up in a club in Nanuet , NY . Right when The Introduction came out . I think we drove over 2 hours . Jerry Peek had the Guild Pilot bass and the original aluminum cone speakers in a Guild cabinet . This was BEFORE Hartke became involved . Andy and Dave are also at the top on bass ! Steve always has the BEST musicians ! Rod KILLS on drums !

It had to be so hard just to find people to try to keep up with his orchestration.

F’in A right! Steve in his prime!! His hands on that tele into those Ampegs was the undiluted formula. I saw this exact lineup do a double bill with Eric Johnson. Quite an evening of guitar!!!

@JdoubleU1222

4 жыл бұрын

And his prime has lasted at least 40 years, lol. What a great show that must have been.

@jerryporter1700

4 жыл бұрын

Quite an evening of guitar for sure...where did you see them at?

@vidsforsquids

4 жыл бұрын

jerry porter I saw them at a club called Night Moves in Houston, TX. Probably in ‘84. It was great 👍🏼

Jerry Peek! Enough said!

As much as I dig. Dave LaRue..... Jerry Peak is the man! And yes I saw this tour! Wunderbar!

I can remember. I was at that concert. It was great.

I saw these guys a couple of times in Raleigh , Jerry peek was from around there and he was in a great band before he played with Steve called 3PM.

So many masterful lines and chord sequences memorized and executed perfectly in front of a live audience with only one chance one take. You have to appreciate the care and time put in..

How i loved seeing them when The Introduction just came out! I got to shmoose with them and see them so close up, inches away at The Lone Star Cafe!! And also at The Bottom Line!!!!

I had the issues of that 'Fachblatt' Music Magazine with the stories about the Steve Morse Band back then, when I was 14 years old. And I'm hearing for the first time what they actually sounded like only tonight, *37 years later* ! 😄

@KG-yw2gm

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I had this too and I heard them then in the radio: It blew me away. I saw him some weeks later live with this line up in Rüsselsheim, Germany, Steve solo at the Steinbruch theatre near Darmstadt and with David Lindley and Richard Thompson as the New Acoustic Guitar Trio in Frankfurt, Alte Oper. Great memories!!!

@mightyV444

6 ай бұрын

@@KG-yw2gm - Very interesting that you added your comment only days after I'd mentioned the Steve Morse Band and this particular gig under Rick Beato's recent 'The Steve Morse interview' video! 😄 Cool that you were able to attend those shows in person! 😀👍 I was sad when I heard of David Lindley's passing 😌 And I loooved 'Fachblatt'! 😍 At least throughout the 80's 😊 I wish I still had my magazine collection, but I wasn't able to take it with me when moving from Germany to NZ 20 years ago 😏 Happy New Year! 😀🙌💚🌈☀️🎵🍀🦋🥂

@jamesgoddard2321

6 ай бұрын

@@mightyV444All hail the Algorithm!

Love this trio Steve Morse =Electric Guitar and Acoustic Jerry Peek=Electric Bass Rod Morganstein=Drums 1984 The introduction tour.

This band was superior to the one that came later. There was a unity here that was transcendent. Jerry Peek was an underrated bassist, and as always, Steve is truly great, unique, and one-of-a-kind. I had an opportunity to see the later incarnation, and Steve was gracious enough to shake my hand.

So glad they got this on film!

Steve Morse kicks ass.

The Whistle sounds great on here!!!

I saw this tour in the US, one of the best shows I have ever seen!!

I would pay big money just to watch Steve tuning up

@theantijoey

3 ай бұрын

You do know that he is on tour right now, don't you?

@63terrence

3 ай бұрын

@@theantijoey he is always on tour.

love this guy over many years!!

The ultimate

WOW! Absolutely awesome! Thank you so much!! I saw them in NY 1984... brings back great memories. Steve, Jerry, and Rod... just killin' it! The Franken-Tele was so cool, to bad he retired it shortly after this period

@mightyV444

2 жыл бұрын

He had a similar Tele in lake placid blue after this one, didn't he? At least that's what he could be seen with on the cover of an issue of this 'Fachblatt' magazine later that same year 🙂

@NikkieRoxxx

Жыл бұрын

Like Steve Vai should retire "evo" before it breaks in two, but he says he can't!

Die guten alten Fachblatt Zeiten...

WOOO YEA I was there in Reno, this tour WEEEEEE!!!

This excellent band is at the peak of its powers. I saw the tour where they opened for Rush. Thanks for sharing this.

@jerryporter1700

4 жыл бұрын

Wow!...what tour was that?...that was an evening of great music for sure!...

@rfphill

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerryporter1700 For me it was Power Windows in Phoenix (86?), although I had heard they opened up for more than just this one tour.

@jamesgoddard2321

6 ай бұрын

I saw that tour, and it was the greatest concert I’ve ever seen. When the crowd, most of whom didn’t know about Steve Morse, heard the first drum fill off the opening track ‘Take it off the Top” they erupted and cheered the rest of the set, it warmed my heart then like it still does today. Then to see Rush open up with The Big Money and continued on from there it was an amazing night of music, for sure.

@ItsVideos

5 ай бұрын

The peak of the SMB's powers? Are you kidding? So it was all downhill from there? Only six SMB pieces were played at that concert and they all were all from their first album ("The Introduction" 1984). Nine of the pieces played there were reworked Dixie Dregs/Dregs tunes. Two of the pieces played there were covers ("Jesus...", "Jessica"). This was the very beginning of the SMB. The best was yet to come.

I love to see how Jery Peek changed from thumb slap, 2 fingers and pick(?) style playing in one song (The Pipe)... awesome bass player... and.. also his fashion style was so advance for the time, I think 😁

Bravo! Bravissimo!!! I Extraordinarily talented

WoooooooooooW!!The best of the bes!!!

I WISH......Steve was one of the original members of KANSAS ,my ALL TIME favorite band . Oh what an ALL Star band that would of been. Kerry Livgren Steve Morse,Rich, Williams,Dave HOPE, Robbi Stienhardt, Steve Walsh,Phil Ehart. DAAAAAAMN ! INCLUDING BILLY GREER, DAVID RAGSDALE. DAYYYYYYMN !

What a find - awesome!

Absolutely loved this amazing coverage of these guys in their prime, thank you for posting!!!

Great to find this. I was at the Munich show of this mini tour. Blew me away.

thank you so much...saw this tour when the albumcame out......had forgotten what a great sound he sqeezed out of the franken tele and ampeg amps!!....of course the Engle signature amp and ernie ball signature guitars are imcredible now, but this was 1984!!!

@rafaelcarmany463

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah - they're even tuning up USING THEIR EARS - NOT A TUNER!!! :-)

OMG!! WOW!! Thank you so much for sharing... LOOOOVE Jerry Peek! At their peak. You rock! I am going to slit my wrists, having missed them open for Rush.

@YunusSH

4 жыл бұрын

Jerry Peek! I prefer him than (also excellent) Dave La Rue somehow... and his fashion style was a bit ahead of the time for 1984, I think, haha he looks like a 90s or even 00s guy :)

@mightyV444

2 жыл бұрын

@@YunusSH - He reminds me of Stephen Malkmus from the band Pavement! 😄

I saw this particular band twice

I played the album Steve Morse “The Introduction” (this material is from) hundreds of times in high school and college as I was buying nearly everything the Electra Musician label released and was never disappointed. What a groove, backbeat and virtuoso playing. I never got the chance to see them live so what a thrill to see this video. Thank you for sharing.

Great post. Thanks from a Morse/ Dregs fan. The song listed as "Water" is actually "What If" from Dregs album of same name. He just pronounced it quickly and it sounded like water.

Wow! Great find! Thanks for posting! Saw him live in 84, blew my mind!

Thee GREATIST.....STEVE MORSE !

2:27 I always thought this was such a cool thing to do on bass. Jerry Peek was a marvelous player.

Nice upload. The setlist has two gaffes. "Water" is "What If" and the fast country tune is not "Gina Lola Breakdown" but an excerpt of the first half of "The Bash".

Jerry peek is awesome

Looks like even they struggle to play Cruise Missile live, such an awesome track and love the bass solo on the original.

Thank you! Jerry Peak on bass deserves credit.

@grantmacdowell2628

5 ай бұрын

I mean, who was ever at Steve’s level? Mark O’Connor for sure.

What an incredible upload, WOW, a spellbounding experience, I love it, thank you so much sir!

He is doing great with Deep Purple now

Like the parts when Morse is shredding and they show the drummer.

Das ist so was von fantastisch. Heinz tausend Dank fürs Hochladen :)

Extraordinario

Hammer. Und was da für eine Arbeit drinn steckt..

Never seen this one before! Cool to see even if sound quality is a little rough. Love Steve so much.

jaw-dropping

Heinz Eder - herzlichen Dank fuer die Upload - absolut fantastisch

Wow!!!!! This awesome! Thank you for this upload

Why is one of the greatest musicians of all time not in the rock and roll Hall of fame? We dregs fans need to unite and get my guitar hero. And millions of steve's fans world wide ,rise up and let's get steve in the hall. Are you with me? Let's do this now!!!!!!!! 15:29

All at their peek!

Thanks a lot for sharing! Alter Wartesaal, right? The February 1984 tour I guess, there was one in November as well. BTW, Allman Brothers song is called Jessica.

@Mordred478

6 жыл бұрын

Hello, Marije. Always good to see you. I saw him on this tour and remember Jerry Peek and his yellow bass vividly. ;-) This video really takes me back.

@johnleonard2507

4 жыл бұрын

And the song listed as "Water" is "What If". The song listed as "Gina Lola Breakdown" "The Bash". Amazing upload! Thanks!!!!!!

Great

one word answers all. if

Much love out to you and yours from Tidewater VA James River Jamestown USA. Thank you for dregs. Yall check out Interduction. I Think it was thesus from college.

Jerry peek is a badass!!

@ItsVideos

5 ай бұрын

He was not at the same level as Steve and Rod, and at times it stood out like a sore thumb on "Cruise Control" and "Cruise Missile". Otherwise good.

On "Cruise Control", I never saw Andy West do what Jerry Peek did for about 20 seconds starting at 1:14:22. 🤣

Sorry guys my bad i gotta learn how to use a device that's well you damn. Thx

EPIC! Need I say more?

❤

I saw SMB destroy RUSH

It just sucks when these camara guys don't give at least equal time to Steve. They're all over the other 2 guys with multiple angles but missed so many of Steve's best moments...

@ItsVideos

5 ай бұрын

I know what you mean, but this is actually better than most I've seen.

These musicians are all so great ! What do you listen to after this!?

Wonderfully raw and authentic. What a treat! A fantastic trio at the hight of their powers. Whatever happened to J Peek?

@bratman99

5 ай бұрын

He got a real job, crossed an almost impossible experience off the bucket list and moved on to more security. The wifey probably had a little to do with that.

@ItsVideos

5 ай бұрын

Height of their powers? No.

16:27

No comments what?

10:15

Poor Deiter...

Wow. Tuning on stage. Not something you see a lot these days.

10 cameras and still zeros in on bassist during “on the pipe”?!?! Wtf!

What happened to Jerry Peek?.... soon after this album, Steve Morse changed bass players to Dave Larue.....can anybody tell us why and what is Jerry Peek doing today?

@reidwhitton6248

6 ай бұрын

I think he had a career as an engineer at some big company like Rockwell. Really smart guy who also happened to be a great bass player.

LMAO, Steve had to tune his own guitar on stage before playing 🤣

54:30

😊 long before the aristocrats

@reidwhitton6248

6 ай бұрын

Those guys were still in junior high back then.

5:10

Where is Steve Morse now

Cameras angles are terrible. It’s the Steve Morse Band not Rod and Jerry band. Good lord. Epic musicianship and Steve at his peak though!!

@ItsVideos

5 ай бұрын

Steve's peak? Nah, not even close. He kept ascending for many years. I agree that videography of Steve's bands typically leave Steve fans wanting more Steve. This one is actually better than a lot of them I've seen.