Steve J. Morse is an American guitarist, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the longest serving guitarist for Deep Purple from 1994 to 2022. He is a seven-time Grammy nominee and part of Guitar Players "Gallery of the Greats". Morse has also enjoyed a successful solo career and was a member of the group Kansas in the mid-1980s. Most recently, Morse became a member of the supergroup Flying Colors.