Comment for Darky

[Asgardian]

Darky, I found the below on usenet, and wondered if you'd like to comment?

"> No Ritchie Blackmore, no Deep Purple :-(

Nothing against RB, but he shouldn't even be mentioned in the same
breath as Steve Morse. For more than 20 years, Morse has been untouched
in terms of guitar virtuosity .. again, no disrespect to RB, or
Eric Johnson (the next best), or Albert Lee, or Steve Vai, or
Christopher Parkening, or Al di Meola, and a few other worthy candidates,
but Morse is in a class by himself. The last two Purple albums reflect
those skills, although nothing replaces them live."

[Darky]

What a tool.

Both are very talented players, but Blackmore has heaps more to his repertoire than Morse. Having seen Deep Purple live last year, and having a few of their concert videos and CDs since he joined the band, it's still obvious to me he is in the wrong band.

Slow blues numbers do NOT sound better with ****y heavy metal guitar solos, and unfortunately that's what Morse does with every bloody song. Of the whole set list at last year's gig, Morse played the same bloody solo in EVERY song.

Hey I'd be a sensational guitarist too if I only played the one song 20 million times over. :rolleyes:

Blackmore's ability to play rock, classical, blues (and medieval music :rolleyes: ) makes him a much more versatile guitarist, and one whose guitar solos fit much better into songs than anything Morse has done with Deep Purple.

Blackmore's ability to jam with Jon Lord, and in the early days (before the feuds) with Ian Gillan, also makes him heaps better in the band than Morse. Morse usually waits for the two verses and chorus to stop, plays the same 45 second shred as in the last song, and that's it.

It might also be poignant to remind the knucklehead you quoted, that Ritchie Blackmore wrote the riffs that made the band.

If the band had to survive off Morse riffs in from the start, they would still be playing in quiet pubs 35 years later and no one would give an obese rodent's anus.

When people go to see Deep Purple, they want to hear Smoke On The Water, Lazy, Highway Star, Burn, Pictures of Home, Mistreated, Black Night, Speed King, Anyone's Daughter, The Mule, etc.... not the rubbish of the last 7-8 years.

Thanks for bringing that up, Chris. There's nothing like being fired up at this time of the morning. :D

[CowboyFromHell]

Steve Vai rocks!!

My mate can play all his stuff. Thought I'd say that seeing as Steve Vai is mentioned above!

[roofus]

Originally posted by Darky
Both are very talented players, but Blackmore has heaps more to his repertoire than Morse.

Steve Morse is one of the most versatile guitarists on the planet. Unfortunately DP is not the sort of band that allows him to show his full repetoire. You need to check out the Dixie Dregs/Dregs albums and his own solo stuff to see how wide his vocabulary is.

He can do much more technically than what Blackmore can do....BUT.....RB is the only guitarist that fits DP.

I watched Morse play Smoke on the Abandoned video and I cringed. The notes were right but the feel was all wrong. It destroyed the song. Compare it to RB playing it at California Jam in MKIII, completely different feel. Listen to Live in Japan again...the same result.

As we've mentioned before, the yanks just don't quite cut it on songs that require that "British feel".

Otoh, Morse does do justice to most of the other songs.