Steve Morse Band "StressFest"

Steve Morse Band "StressFest"

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Steve Morse Band
StressFest
The Story
Bill Milkowski states, ""StressFest" introduces a newfound heaviness to Steve Morse's playing. Along with the fabled, awesome chops and impeccable articulation that have always been a part of his musical style, there's an added depth of metallic aggression that now marks his playing. Check out the chucky power chords he lays down behind "Nightwalk", "The Easy Way" and "Glad To Be" or the distortion-laced grind on "Brave New World". This kind of meaner, nastier Morse comes no doubt from standing toe-to-toe on a nightly basis with organist Jon Lord, bassist Roger Glover, drummer Ian Paice and vocalist Ian Gillian as the newest member of Deep Purple. On "StressFest", Morse is careful to temper his grungier moments with the kind of intelligence, taste and finesse that have been his trademark--witness the sublime acoustic work on "Delicate Balance". On the other side of the musical coin is "Live To Ride", an all-out rock 'n' boogie romp that rivals ZZ Top for sheer raunchy abandon. With "StressFest", Morse--the musician's musician--is maintaining his usual high standards while still having a great deal of fun."
The Music
03:44 StressFest Instrumental
03:55 Rising Power Instrumental
04:29 Eyes Of A Child Instrumental
04:23 Nightwalk Instrumental
04:20 Brave New World Instrumental
03:50 4 Minutes To Live Instrumental
05:17 The Easy Way Instrumental
04:32 Glad To Be Instrumental
02:30 Delicate Balance Instrumental
05:47 Live To Ride Instrumental
The Artists
Steve Morse Guitars, Production, Mixing
Dave LaRue Electric Bass, Production
Van Romaine Drums, Percussion
Paul Wright Mixing
Al Dowson Engineering Assistance
Darren Schneider Mixing
Greg Rike Mixing
Mike Fuller Mastering
Rod Fuller Mastering
John Joseph Flynn Art Direction, Design
Bradley Grose Art Direction, Design
Mike Bryan Illustration
Randi Anglin Photography
All songs written by Steve Morse.

Mixed at SARM, Hook End, Checkendon, England and Greg Rike Productions, Altamonte Springs, FL.

Mastered at Fullersound, Inc., Miami, FL.