The New Neal Morse Appreciation Thread

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 darkshade wrote:

 Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

 appudds wrote:

But when I heard that intro riff on The Door, I as shocked. Is that Neal on guitar? Yes!
This guy is equally good in guitaring as he is in keyboard I feel!

That's actually not Neal Morse on guitar.  It's Paul Gilbert, a world-renowned shred guitarist who has guested on a couple of Neal's albums.  From the little bit of Morse's music I've listened to, though, he seems to be a highly competent guitarist, regardless.

I'm pretty sure Paul Gilbert only played the last guitar solo in The Door and the opening guitar solo in The Conflict. All the riffs and other guitar stuff is Neal himself. He's no slouch on guitar, though I prefer other guitarists when it comes to solos and leads, but as a rhythm player, Neal is really good.

 zumacraig wrote:

 darkshade wrote:

I'm confused. They played the entire "?" piece?
Awesome set by the way. all killer songs of Neal's, and one OK song in Weathering Sky. Interesting encore.

i have a feeling he played a medley of the ? tunes.  i like weathering sky.  wish he would play more dates.  at least hit the major cities.  i think if he'd do this every year he'd be more well known and gather a bigger following.  TFK need to do this too.  or maybe do a Kickstart for a tour.  

Agreed completely. Though I can always catch NYC shows from Neal or The Flower Kings (if they ever come here), it would be nice to see more than a few dates in North America.

yeah, i really don't get why these guys just don't hit the road.  they don't have to do long tours like DT or Rush, but if they'd do 10-20 dates every season they'd start making money.  i definitely think roine and the flower kings should do this.  i mean they are light years ahead of most arena bands and all bar bands who some how make a living touring.  i guess it's just a prog thing.  i understand family issues ect, but 50 shows a year isn't bad.  hell, morse could hub out of his home to do a tour of the south.  the bible belt would eat him up.  he also doesn't need two other keyboard players in the band.  that would cut costs :-)