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ROCK AND ROLL! => Deep Purple => Morse Era - all versions => Topic started by: Charger on March 31, 2022, 08:08:10 AM
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Just in!
Steve Morse is going to step down from touring with Purple due to his wife having cancer!
https://deeppurple.com/blogs/news/deep-purple-statement (https://deeppurple.com/blogs/news/deep-purple-statement)
Statement from Steve Morse:
Hello, everybody. I've just done a few gigs with the band, after years (!?) of not playing live. It's a bittersweet, wonderful time to get together.
However, my dear wife Janine is currently battling cancer. At this point, there are so many possible complications and unknowns, that whatever time we have left in our lives, I simply must be there with her.
I am not leaving the band - I hope that after she gets a clean bill of health, I can re-join the tour. However, I am not seeing any likely situation which would allow me to do overseas touring in the immediate future. I continue to be privileged to be a part of the Purple family tree, and also to get to feel the amazing support of so many loyal fans and the rest of the band.
There's a certified world class guitarist ready to take over for the live shows whom everybody will surely be happy to hear.
I appreciate all your sincere prayers for Janine and thank you all.
Steve Morse
Very sad news...stupid cancer!
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Sad news but completely understandable. Let's hope that all clear is quick to arrive.
Very criptic about his stand-in, I wonder if it's Richie... :whistling:
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Nothing cryptic about it...
It's Simon McBride who has played with both Ian's and Don's solo bands among other things. :)
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That's some hard news for Mr. Morse, but I know he's doing the right thing.
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First show with Simon McBride was last night in Tel Aviv Israel where they played for the first time ever!
And Ian Gillan is turning 77 in just 3 months!! Can't believe how good he sounds still...incredible!
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McBride sounds a LOT like Tommy Bolin, wow...
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Here's LAZY from Istanbul!
It's so good to see the guys having fun on stage still after all these years...they're not just going through the numbers like stick figures (like a certain other band recently) but actually PLAYING the songs with emotion!
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Just talking about DP from the other thread of yours, Charger, and this guy McBride is so much like Bolin... I'd recommend you go to YT and check out tracks of Bolin doing Mk2-Mk3 material live, you'll have a vibe a lot like this. The Les Paul instead of the Fender is one difference, but so is the approach to playing rhythm and not just hitting single notes while Jon Lord does all the work. EVERY guitarist other than Blackmore did their work playing proper rhythm guitar... Ritchie showed up for the solos for sure and it was hit-and-miss if he was gonna riff with the rhythms.
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Yeah that's one of the things I hate about Ritchie...for him it was always like it was beneath him to play rythm cause he's so great he don't need to play rythm.
I love the old Ritchie but that's one of the things that I hate. But that's Ritchie...if he didn't have center stage he didn't bother stepping out at all! :D
I need to check some Bolin stuff out then I think...
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Bolin's solo work is also amazing. Both Teaser and Private Eyes are strong hard rock albums.
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Steve has been forced to make the difficult decision to step down from the band all together because of his wife's ongoing battle with stage 4 cancer....
https://www.loudersound.com/news/steve-morse-to-step-away-from-deep-purple-permanently-band-pay-tribute?utm_content=classic-rock&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3MZOLxlVWazZ2_vADcYnK4TvxHiPWWBgpHuLH69QOtkK--8VdDZZ27-dE (https://www.loudersound.com/news/steve-morse-to-step-away-from-deep-purple-permanently-band-pay-tribute?utm_content=classic-rock&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3MZOLxlVWazZ2_vADcYnK4TvxHiPWWBgpHuLH69QOtkK--8VdDZZ27-dE)
Stupid cancer...that's all I can say...
Must be extremely hard for sure...
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That's hard to have to face, but family comes first for him, and I respect that.
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Simon is now an official member!!!
Following the news in July that Steve Morse will be stepping back from the band, after more than a quarter of a century, Deep Purple announce that, following an abundant Summer of touring, Simon McBride will join the band permanently.
Collectively, the band stated “We are thrilled that Simon has agreed to join. Simon’s playing is up there with the greats. Of course, Steve can’t be replaced, the same as Ritchie, and Steve has a long legacy with Deep Purple. In Simon we have not found a replacement, but an extraordinarily talented and exciting guitarist in his own right. The reception from audiences over the Summer has already been great and we are looking forward to the forthcoming dates in the UK and Europe across the rest of the year. It is clear that Simon also holds great respect for those before him. We are all excited for what the years to come hold for the band.”
Simon stated “I'm very happy to be asked to join the band, at the start of the pandemic if someone would have said to me that I was going to be the new guitarist in Deep Purple I would have just laughed, but here we are and it's happening. Deep Purple has a history of great guitarists so I’m very honoured to be asked to be part of that. They are all amazing musicians and more importantly, I have become very good friends with the guys so I can't wait to continue touring and even perhaps some writing and recording.”
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Looks like he did well on his internship. :smug:
... and did he mention maybe another album?
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He did...and I hope they do another one...they've been on fire in the studio lately!
I was just listening to my new Purple collection in my car and All I Got Is You came on and that song just gets better and better everytime...dare I say it is SUBERB...yes...yes I dare.
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I won't say no to another album, that's for sure! :)
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Here's a recent video of the band preforming WHEN A BLIND MAN CRIES in New Jersey just last week!
Man Ian still sounds crazy good! At the age of 77!
Also Gotta say Simon McBride is doing a great job on the guitar! He is very very different from Steve but he manages to convey just as much emotion with his playing.
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Thanks for posting that Charger - noticed that whoever was running the live sound kind of lost it here and there (i.e. at 2:26), but the band sounded great. Gillan has obviously taken good care of his voice over the years, and you're right about McBride. Definitely a different feel than Morse and damn good at what he does.
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Wow. :yes:
Great performance, good one on the gramps with amps! :D And very interesting how McBride can get Fender-like sounds out of his guitar when he needs to.
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Great performance. I also watched Pictures of Home from the same concert. It's very admirable that the 40% of the current lineup that wasn't part of the writing and recording during the MH album sessions can play those songs so impeccably.
Ted
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McBride has incredible guitar skills. I like his feel much more than Morse. He was also in Sweet Savage who was Vivian Campbell’s first band before he joined Dio. What is it about Irish guitar players?
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Here's ANYA from last weekend!
What an amazing preformance! I love how Simon makes the riffing bit heavier here...and Ian...holy moses! The man turns 78 in less than a month and he sounds this GOOD...it's crazy!
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And here's some SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAACE TRUKIN'!
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Love how McBride gets to do his own thing and doesn't have to play note for note like a previous guitarist.
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Love how McBride gets to do his own thing and doesn't have to play note for note like a previous guitarist.
Didn't Deep Purple used to have a guitarist that co-founded Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax?
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They did. And when they switched to an all-American rock-and-roller, they told Bolin to play note for note like Blackmore. Such a waste, the guy was lightning in a bottle in his own way.
Besides, he was playing a Gibson, totally different sound from a Strat.