Steve Morse - Major Impacts 2
	Released: 2004 Label: Magna Carta Cat. No.: MA 9070-2 Total Time: 50:34
	Reviewed by: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck, April 2004 Steve Morse is one of those guitar players that compel you to say - It’s over? No more? Come on, I want more! You wish his playing would never end because he is such an incredible genius with the six-string. He is easily one of the top ten guitarists in the world today. On Major Impacts 2 he continues to humble himself before his peers by dedicating another unbelievable volume of work in their image. Think about if for one minute, here we have one of the best players in the world telling everyone without uttering a single word, with music alone, who his influences are and why he sounds like he does today. Not everyone would create an album like this. He was the driving force behind Dixie Dregs and now fills the shoes of the great Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple, not a bad resume for a guitar player. I think he will continue to add to that legacy and evolve as a guitar player for years to come. As he did on the first volume, he adds his comments to each track and explains all of his influences in the CD booklet. If you can think of any one style of music, Morse covers it on this instrumental treasure trove. When an album is this good, and I mean every single song, I find it very difficult to choose a favorite; I am in a sense speechless at this man’s amazing talent. I think most music lovers and guitar players would say the same thing about Steve Morse, he is a guitar God and one with few equals. I do not know what else I could possibly add to this, except one thing…if you can really appreciate great guitar playing, all kinds of musical styles, and only instrumentals, you will absolutely love this album. Make sure you get volume one as well, it’s just as good. Rating: 5/5 [see also Steph's and Marcel's reviews -ed.] More about Major Impacts 2: Track Listing: Wooden Music / Where Are You? / Errol Smith / Cool Wind, Green Hills / Organically Grown / 12 Strings On Carnaby St. / Zig Zags / Abracadab / Tri County Barn Dance / Air On A 6 String / Motor City Spirit / Ghost Of The Bayou / Leonard's Best Musicians: Steve Morse – guitars, keyboards, "various extraneous instruments" Dave LaRue – bass Van Romain – drums and percussion Contact: Website: www.stevemorse.com Note: will open new browser window Email: fanmail@stevemorse.com Discography The Great Spectacular (1975) Free Fall - (1977) What If (1978) Night Of The Living Dregs (1979) Sex, Dregs & Rock 'n' Roll (1979) Dregs of The Earth (1980) Unsung Heroes (1981) Live In New York (1981) Industry Standard (1982) Best Of The Dixie Dregs (1987) Off The Record (1988) Divided We Stand - Best Of (1989) Bring 'Em Back Alive (1992) Full Circle (1994) King Biscuit Flower Hour (1998) California Screamin' (2000) (Steve Morse Band) The Introduction (1984) Stand Up (1986) High Tension Wires (1989) Southern Steel (1991) Coast To Coast (1992) Structural Damage (1995) Stress Fest (1996) Major Impacts (2000) Split Decision (2002) Major Impacts 2 (2004) (Kansas) Power (1986) In The Spirit Of Things (1988) King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas (1998) (Deep Purple) Purpendicular (1996) Live at the Olympia Abandon (1998) Total Abandon (1999) Major Impacts (2000) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2000) (amongst others) Progressiveworld.net interview
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