Major Impacts

Artist: Steve Morse
Label: Magna Carta
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 026245904224
EAN: 0026245904224
ASIN: B00004U05A

Release Date: 2000-07-11

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Listmania:

Retrospective: my favorite albums of 2000
Music I like!
dueling guitars
More of Elite Guitarists (leftovers of the last list.)
God of Instrumental Guitar: Steve Morse and The Dixie Dregs
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Work in progress by S.Morse with Dixie Drags+his band
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fave guitar albums #1-25

Tracks:

Derailleur Gears
Well, I Have
TruthOla
Migration
Led On
The White Light
How Does It Feel?
Bring It To Me
Something Gently Weeps
Free In The Park
Prognosis

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Customer Reviews:

Another Great Album by Steve Morse.......2006-08-14

I don't think Steve Morse gets anywhere near the praise his talent entitles him to. But...Don't take my word for it. Buy it and decide for yourself.

Inspired musical gems.......2005-05-17

I'm not sure if I'm qualified to review such an epic guitar work as this due to my lack of technical skills in the area of string wizardry. But I will say that these original pieces nail down perfectly the feel and sound of the artists that inspired them. "Well, I Have" is a classic sounding Hendrix tune with all the trademark suspended scalar runs and wah-wah touches you know and love about the man. "Bring It To Me" has a thick and raunchy sound that would make Leslie West of Mountain proud. Prognosis features an incredible overlay of picking and strumming melodies in irregular time signatures that are reminisent of Kansas and Yes. But these tracks are just extremely well-written tunes that stand alone regardless of whether or not you are familiar with the artists that inspired them. I prefer Major Impacts I to Major Impacts II simply because it is a heavier sounding rock n' roll album. But Major Impacts II features great Aerosmith and Ted Nugent tributes as well.

More Than a Tribute Album.......2004-02-07

The thing I like most about "Major Impacts" is that the songs stand up even if you don't know Morse is aping the sytles of other guitarists. Everyone knows Morse is a great technician when it comes to playing, but his compositional skill on these tracks is impressive, even when--as in the case of "Derailleur" and "Truth Ola"--I have trouble connecting the sound to Creem and Jeff Beck, respectively. It doesn't matter.

My favorite cuts are probably the last two on the CD, "Free in the Park" and "Prognosis". The first lays down a nice bluesy Allman Brothers groove, and the second is an intricate Prog Rock sendup of (mostly) Yes and (a little) Kansas. Listen carefully, BeBop Deluxe fans, and you might hear one or two Bill Nelsonesque glissandos. Great stuff.

In fact, I wish Morse would have been a little more progressive on this album, he has progressive roots, and Magna Carta is a progressive label. For example, I'd like to see him play in the vein of Steve Hackett when he was with Genesis and wouldn't mind hearing him try something even less commerical, like Alan Holdsworth.

However, the biggest disappointment for me, and to keep it in perspective, it's only one out of eleven tracks, is the Byrds' influenced cut, "Migration". Morse has the jingle jangle rhythmic sound down, but I would have liked it more if he would have played lead in the style of Roger McGuinn when McGuinn was at his peak as a player. The lead in "Eight Miles High" is a good example, but there are plenty of others spread out all over the "Fifth Dimension" and "Younger than Yesterday" albums.

Oh, well, you can't have everything. Fans of good guitar playing and solid instrumental composition will like this one.

morse fest.......2003-12-27

Great,great album. For those who likes guitar, there is the funny game of trying to discover which guitar hero style is Steve Morse playing on each song, but also as always these are great original compositions from one of the best composers which casually plays guitar.
For those who just simply likes good music, this is probably the most easyly accesible album from Steve, but as I said, great guitars and compositions as always.
Great job also from Dave Larue, one bassist which should be more recognised.

Variety Deluxe.......2003-07-02

I have been aware of Steve Morse's guitar ability since the 70s, and I have had the pleasure of seeing him back in the 80s. This CD is great for those who, like me, like variety. To me this is how radio ought to be. It is a cool idea very well done. If you like instrumental rock with taste, this is for you.

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