New here - my favorite bands

Welcome, welcome, one and all. I remember when I was a newbie here, but I'm feeling much better now .

As stated above by Thatch (aglasshouse) if you don't see a thread about what you want to talk about, start one up. You'll be pleasantly surprised by how may may chime in.

Hi Adam, I'm Chris. Also a new guy. I like Dixie Dregs and Steve Morse. I saw him live in Miami once. I like High Tension, The Introduction, and Stand Up. He's one of those guys whose back catalog (solo and with bands) is just enormous. One thing I really appreciate about Morse is that he is very into his guitars. He does a lot of his own work and is meticulous about his instruments. I like him with Deep Purple okay, but I agree, it wasn't my favorite lineup. I love Deep Purple, though. My mother gave me Machine Head (with Blackmore) when I was 12 years old and it changed my life. True story, I'm 32 now, she's 62, that stuff still rocks harder than half the bands today! 

Hello to all.  My name is Adam and I'm from the Chattanooga, TN area. 

One thing that I noticed right off the bat is that when I search the forums, there isn't much (if any) talk about Steve Morse.  I didn't try the same search for the Dregs.

My first concert was The Dregs (they went back to "The Dixie Dregs" for this album).  They also recorded an album out of both nights at Center Stage in Atlanta.  My life and musical interests were forever changed that evening.

I was listening to Jeff Beck, Bill Bruford, Kind Crimson (also Bruford on drums) at the time, but when I heard the Dregs, it was very special to me. 

This was about 25 years ago.  I was 16 years old at the time.  I'm 41 now and still listen to all of Steve's output (with the exception of maybe Deep Purple). 

The live album that I was just referring to is Bring 'Em Back Alive and I have it in my player in my Jeep right now as a matter of fact.  I can't tell  you how much I've listened to all of Steve's albums, but it's a LOT and I never get tired of his music. 

Since then, he's done several side projects.  He did that live album with a few guys from Daisley and Kerslake (sp?) playing some Ozzy tunes that they co-wrote and some original stuff.  He did that acoustic album with the female singer and the new Flying Colors album(s) with Portnoy, Larue, and Neal Morse.

I'm as much, if not more of a fan now that I was then.  I'm wondering if there are others here that listen to Morse still...