"I was INTIMIDATED By Steve Morse!" Kansas guitarist Rich Williams
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2023
- Kansas guitarist and ever present member of the band, Rich Williams, talks about how he felt intimidated by Steve Morse when he first joined the band! And that's coming from a man who played in a band with hits like "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind"! But, at this point Steve Morse had already been voted Best Guitar Player in the World for 3 years running! But Rich soon found out that Steve was such a down to earth guy that there was nothing to worry about! Steve Morse would later leave the band to play as part of Deep Purple for nearly 30 years!!
Met Steve twice. Such a beautiful human being.
Steve Morse - great talent, even greater human.
Met him @ BB KING'S in NYC. He is definitely a classy guy !!!!
Nice to see a gentleman like this with such humility grace and class. Talking about another musician !
True professional musicians typically behave that way: Respectful toward their peers. You’ll rarely catch any well-known musician trashing or bashing another musician in a way that is all-too-common in comment sections filled with amateurs and “semi-pro” bar band guys who think they’re The Shit. It And the perpetrators are usually bitter and childish.
Saw him in 98' with Deep Purple. Blew my tiny little mind
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Met Steve Morse in '91 at a guitar clinic in Orlando. He was very nice, informative guy.
Cruise Control by Dixie Dregs greatest driving song ever
Cool story, always nice to hear one of your heroes is a nice guy.
My first concert ever was the Dixie Dregs opening for Kansas in 1980 at the Salt Palace SLC. I didn’t know who the guitarist was until later for the Dregs. Holy hell he smoked everyone. Morse is the real deal.
I saw Kansas live at an Open Air Festival in Stuttgart in the 80s. I also met him at Frankfurt Music Fair back then... Really nice guy...
I've seen Steve play at least 50 times and have stayed after dozens of times to say hello after the show. The band always used to come out and hang out with the fans so I've chatted with Steve many times. My two favorite encounters were at the Ventura Theater where Steve hung out with my wife and me for about an hour and half just chatting away about pretty much anything and everything and the second was at NAMM. I stood there talking to one of the all time greats without anyone else intruding while a couple of hundred people stood in line for an autograph from Slash right next us. I couldn't believe it. He's a very cool dude and so is Dave LaRue. I'm a lucky guy to have witnessed their greatness so many times.
I imagine he always had to keep his eye out when Steve was around then.
Nice one lol
Favorite guitarist, I'm 62, so.
@williamwiss6182 me too. On both counts, so...
I saw him open up for rush in Pittsburgh on the power windows tour. Great guitar player. Kansas was one of the most talented bands I've ever heard.
My favorite guitarist is Steve Morse and to have him in one of my favorite bands, Kansas, was an absolute treat.
Steve Morris, one of the nicest musicians around and an incredible writer and player in his own right and your band is awesome. I play some of your songs.
I can totally understand that and completely respect your honesty. I'm glad everything worked out. it's a great story when you hear that they're not just a big ego but actually a decent human being.
Steve Morse is the nicest and most modest musician on earth!
First time I heard Steve Morse was with Dixie Dregs.later his first album and the song VHF. Thought the DJ on KMET was going to have a stroke because that guitar playing on that song was beyond incredible.
Dude, I grew up listening to KMET! They had a surf report at 7, 9 and noon every day, it was such a great station. Miss those days.
@@wsmc723 KMET is the place to be for good music on your radio. I miss those days as well. Wife and I moved bout 30 odd years ago when CA went tits up. I remember when, forgot his name, DJ on KMET was mad at all the back east clowns moved to CA and were pricing him out of being able to afford living. He was fired. The other two great stations were HIS and HER radio in San Diego. Where I am from. OB Rangers at heart
"Vertical Hair. Factor" ... Such an aptly named song. 😁👍
I would be intimidated walking into a room with Rich Williams. The guy has chops, a very long history with Kansas, and that gnarly eye patch.
Saw a show on that Power tour...great show as you would expect
STEVE AND RITCH ARE VERY COOL!!!
I love to hear that some of these musicians are really nice people.
I met everyone when y'all were in Iwakuni on the "1st Airborne Rock and Roll Division" tour with Tom Johnston, Dave Jenkins, the guys from LeRoiux, and Red 7. I was doing backstage work, working with Merle.
Everyine was very cool with is, bit you are right, Mr. Morse is just.... Steve.
Love Steve Morse
KANSAS, KICK ASS BAND!!!!
I got see Kansas in 1978 and the Dregs in 1982. They’re both masters in my opinion.
Everyone should be intimidated by Steve..he's a pilot too
Who wouldn't be intimidated!?
how the f did I not know this... ugh...
You had and still should be intimidated!
The greatest of all times is Eddie Van Halen's
Sorry, there are a pretty big list of better guitarists. I'd put Morse up against Eddie any day. I'd even put Alex Lifeson, Jimmy Page, Hendrix, and at least another dozen before you got to EVH.
Steve Mores..over rated.. sucked in Deep Purple 😊
You’re a moron and dead wrong. If you wanna criticize the man, at least spell his name right.
True, unbelievable mismatch. Love them both seperately. Its like a peanut butter and ketchup sandwich when they are together.
Let’s hear your playing, random troll on the web.
You've never, ever played guitar, have you?
@@cornfilledscreamer614clearly not if he thinks Steve of all people is overated.
Steve a great guitar player and person, Rich also great talent and human being
I seen rich in Michigan in 1991 he was playing his Paul Reed Smith dragon . I remember seeing the PRS dragon in a magazine then Rich was playing it on stage it blew my childhood mind
Not aging well rich, time to relax I know management pushing the bands to keep playing
Not aging well? Why don’t you look up the man’s age before you insult him and then ask yourself, “gee, am I an a@$hole?”
He may or realize it, but there's no question.