Neal Morse

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Morse on tour with Transatlantic (2010)
Morse on tour with Transatlantic (2010)
Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
Testimony Two
  DE 55 06/03/2011 (1 week)
Momentum
  DE 56 09/21/2012 (1 week)
The Grand Experiment (The Neal Morse Band)
  DE 38 02/27/2015 (2 weeks)
  CH 91 02/22/2015 (1 week)
Morsefest! 2014
  DE 69 08/28/2015 (1 week)
The Similitude of a Dream (The Neal Morse Band)
  DE 25th 11/18/2016 (2 weeks)
  CH 56 11/20/2016 (1 week)
Morsefest! 2015
  DE 64 March 31, 2017 (1 week)
Morsefest! 2017 - The Testimony of a Dream (The Neal Morse Band)
  DE 87 11/23/2018 (1 week)
Morsefest! 2017 - The Testimony of a Dream (The Neal Morse Band)
  DE 87 11/23/2018 (1 week)
The Great Adventure (The Neal Morse Band)
  DE 9 02/01/2019 (5 weeks)
  AT 39 02/08/2019 (1 week)
  CH 14th 02/03/2019 (2 weeks)
Jesus Christ the Exorcist
  DE 64 June 21, 2019 (1 week)
  CH 86 June 23, 2019 (1 week)
The Great Adventour - Live in Brno 2019 (The Neal Morse Band)
  CH 55 03/15/2020 (1 week)
Cover to Cover - Anthology (Vol. 1–3) (with Portnoy & George )
  DE 47 07/31/2020 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2020 where.)

Neal Robert Morse (born August 2, 1960 in Van Nuys , California ) is an American rock musician . He worked as a singer , multi-instrumentalist , composer and lyricist in the bands Spock's Beard and Transatlantic , which decisively shaped the progressive rock revival of the 1990s . In 2002 he separated from both bands ; Since then, his solo career with texts influenced by Christianity has been the focus of his work. In 2009 Morse became active again with Transatlantic, in 2011 he recorded a CD with the supergroup Flying Colors , which was released in March 2012.

biography

Neal Morse live in Zoetermeer

Neal Morse grew up in San Fernando ( Los Angeles County on). His father was a teacher and choir director . Morse began playing the piano at the age of five and guitar a short time later . Between the ages of 20 and 30, he wrote two musicals , kept himself afloat with part-time jobs, recorded a few country music demos with his brother Richard and tried to get a contract as a singer-songwriter in Los Angeles. After ten years he moved to Europe for a few years. There he played as a street musician and in smaller clubs.

Spock's Beard and Transatlantic

Neal Morse 2006 in Ede

After his return to the USA , he formed the band Spock's Beard in 1992 with his brother Alan and the drummer Nick D'Virgilio , whom he met at a public jam session . Here he played a major role as a composer and lyricist on six albums and was also a singer, keyboard player and second guitarist of the band. The success of the project enabled him to release three solo albums on which he presented the more catchy side of his work with singer-songwriter and rock pieces.

As a source of income during the early phase of Spock's Beard, he continued to work as a bar musician and played in European and especially German Irish pubs. In 1997 he and his bandmate Dave Meros got an engagement in Eric Burdon's tour band, which he gave up in 1999 in favor of his family.

In 2000, Morse and drummer Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater founded the band Transatlantic , a so-called supergroup in which the Swede Roine Stolt from the Flower Kings and the British Pete Trewavas from Marillion represent members of four representatives of the new currents of progressive rock were. Here he has appeared on three studio albums alongside Stolt as a composer and lyricist, followed by several tours through the USA and Europe. Transatlantic reformed after a seven-year break and released their third studio album, The Whirlwind, in October 2009.

Solo career

Neal Morse performing (with Collin Leijenaar on drums)

In 2002, shortly after the Spock's Beard album Snow was released , Morse left both bands after the Christian faith had taken a more central role in his life and he now felt that God had other plans for his life. He describes the process that led to this decision on his autobiographical solo album Testimony and in his 2011 autobiography of the same name. In addition to a shorter guest appearance by Kerry Livgren from Kansas , Mike Portnoy was involved in the recording as a drummer, who has since been a regular guest on Morse's studio albums. Morse then played in the two appearances of Portnoy's Beatles co-association Yellow Matter Custard .

On Morse's second Christian album, One , which was released on November 2, 2004, bassist Randy George was able to establish himself as a regular member of his studio band. The concept album describes the relationship between humanity and God from a Christian perspective and draws parallels to the biblical parable of the prodigal son .

Was released at the end of October 2005 ? (Question Mark) , on which several greats from the field of progressive rock contributed: In addition to Mike Portnoy, Randy George and his former companions Alan Morse and Roine Stolt, the former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess are represented. His pastor Mark Leniger contributes some saxophone parts. Again it is a concept album, this time based on the biblical story of the tabernacle .

Sola Scriptura ( font alone ) has been on the market since February 23, 2007 . On the album, Morse presents his views on right and wrong beliefs of the denominations of Christianity and goes into the work and life of the reformer Martin Luther . The guitarist Paul Gilbert , known from the bands Racer X and Mr. Big , performed several guitar solos as a guest musician .

In addition to these concept albums in the style of progressive rock, which are still the focus of his work, Morse has released several other CDs with Christian texts. In the series Worship Sessions he presents worship and gospel pieces, while on God Won't Give Up straight rock music dominates. The Songs from the Highway are reduced to vocals and acoustic guitar in the style of Bob Dylan's music . Since the beginning of 2005 he has been running a paid fan club called Inner Circle , whose members he regularly informs about his work in the form of CDs, letters and DVDs .

Morse continues to perform regularly in the US and Europe. This leads to both acoustically held worship -Abenden ( worship concerts ) in churches and community centers as well as appearances in concert halls, in which he is accompanied by a full band. The worship evenings are in the style of the worship services of the Pentecostal church he is visiting, especially geared towards the spiritual experience of the Holy Spirit .

Discography

Studio

  • Neal Morse (1999)
  • Merry Christmas from the Morse Family (Radiant Records, 2000)
  • It's Not Too Late (2001)
  • Testimony (2003)
  • Calprog 2004: The Authorized Bootleg (2004)
  • One (2004)
  • The Transatlantic Demos (Radiant Records, 2004)
  • Inner Circle CD # 1 May 2005 (in-house production, 2005)
  • Lead Me Lord (Worship Sessions Volume 1) (Radiant Records, 2005)
  • God Won't Give Up (2005)
  • Hitman - A Musical By Neal Morse (2005)
  • ? (Question Mark), (2005)
  • Hodgepodge (& Phil Keaggy ) (2006)
  • Neal Morse In The 80's (& Neal Morse Band, Suzanne Christan, Casanova, Five Figures, Burlesque, Too Much) (in-house production, 2006)
  • Send the Fire (Worship Sessions Volume 2) (Radiant Records, 2006)
  • Cover to Cover (as Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy , Randy George, 2006)
  • Let's polka! With Neal "Sh Quantity" Morse! Plus Merry Christmas (& Sch Quantity Morse, Richard Morse) (in-house production, 2006)
  • Whispers In The Wind - Acoustic Improvisations On Piano And Guitar - Inner Circle (2006)
  • Acoustic Sunrise (in-house production, 2007)
  • Homeland (1990, Radiant Records, 2007)
  • One Demos (and released as The One Demos ) (Radiant Records and Belle Antique, 2007)
  • Songs from the Highway (Radiant Records, 2007)
  • Sola Scriptura (2007)
  • With A Little Help From My Friends (Radiant Records, 2007)
  • From The Inner Circle - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2008)
  • Lifeline (2008)
  • Secret Place (Worship Sessions Volume 3) (Radiant Records, 2008)
  • Starless And Other Stuff (& Transatlantic ) (Radiant Records, 2008)
  • Excerpts From Jesus Christ · The Exorcist - A Musical By Neal Morse - Inner Circle (also published as A Sampling Of Neal Morse's Musical "Jesus Christ The Exorcist" ; in-house production, 2009)
  • From The Cutting Room Floor (& Transatlantic , Spock's Beard , Al Morse, Duel) (Radiant Records, 2009)
  • Roine's Love Mix (in-house production, 2009)
  • The River (Worship Sessions Volume 4) (Radiant Records, 2009)
  • Covers & Others (Radiant Records, 2010)
  • Inner Circle - A Collection Of Songs And Demos Recorded In The Fall Of 2009 (Radiant Records, 2010)
  • Mighty to Save (Worship Sessions Volume 5) (Radiant Records, 2010)
  • Times And Seasons - Acoustic Improvisations And Song Ideas In The Fall Of 2010 (Radiant Records, 2010)
  • A Proggy Christmas (Radiant Records, 2011)
  • In The 80's And 90's (& Neal Morse Band, The Somebodys) (Radiant Records, 2011)
  • Testimony Two (2011)
  • Cover 2 Cover (as Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy , Randy George, 2012)
  • Flying Colors - Island Of The Lost Keyboards (Neal's Mix) (Radiant Records, 2012)
  • Momentum (2012)
  • Not For Flying Colors - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2012)
  • The Whirlwind Demo - Inner Circle CD (Radiant Records, 2012)
  • 5 Loaves & 3 Fish - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2013)
  • Barcelona 2013 (Prog Rock Royalty Double Bill Of 2013) & Neal Morse Band, Mike Portnoy , The Flower Kings , TransAtlantic , Roine Stolt (2013)
  • Christmas 2013 - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2013)
  • Get In The Boat (Radiant Records, 2013)
  • In The 90's (& Spock's Beard) - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2013)
  • Songs from November (2014)
  • The Early Snow Demos - Inner Circle (In-House Production, 2014)
  • The Kaleidoscope Demos Part 1 - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2014)
  • The Kaleidoscope Demos Part 2 - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2014)
  • The Momentum Demos (Inner Circle May 2014) (Radiant Records, 2014)
  • More Songs From November - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2015)
  • The Grand Experiment (The Neal Morse Band) (2015)
  • Alive Again (The Neal Morse Band) (2016)
  • Falling Forever And The Kansas Demos (Inner Circle, 2016) (Radiant Records, 2016)
  • The Blues Sessions - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2016)
  • The Similitude of a Dream (The Neal Morse Band) (2016)
  • To God Be The Glory (Radiant Records, 2016)
  • Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2017)
  • Testimony 2 Demos - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2017)
  • Inner Circle - Live and Acoustic at Morsefest 2017 (& Wil Morse, Julie Harrison) (Radiant Records, 2018)
  • Inner Circle - The Similitude Demos Part Two (& Ted Leonard) (Radiant Records, 2018)
  • Jesus Christ The Exorcist Demos - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2018)
  • Life & Times (2018)
  • More Songs About Coffee & My Wife - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2019)
  • The Great Adventure (The Neal Morse Band) (2019)
  • Jesus Christ The Exorcist (2019)

live

  • Two Separate Gorillas - Live In Europe - The From The Vaults Series Volume 2 (Nick 'n Neal - Nick D'Virgilio & Neal Morse and Dream Theater , Mike Portnoy ) (Radiant Records, 2000)
  • Testimony Live (DVD, 2004)
  • Inner Circle CD # 3 September 2005 Live In Berlin Part 1 (also released as Live In Berlin ) (in-house production, 2005)
  • ? Live (2007)
  • Inner Circle - Encores And New Songs (Radiant Records, 2007)
  • Inner Circle - Demos and Live Stuff (In-House Production, 2008)
  • Live at The Downey Theater (Sept. 6, 2008) - Authorized Bootleg (2008)
  • Live Scriptura (Radiant Records, 2008)
  • So Many Roads - Live In Europe (2009)
  • Live at All Saints (in-house production, 2010)
  • Testimony Two - Live In Los Angeles (Radiant Records, 2010)
  • Testimony 1 - Set 1 - Live at The Whittier Theater Whittier California - November 23 2003 (Radiant Records, 2011)
  • Testimony 1 - Set 2 & 3 - Live at The Whittier Theater Whittier California - November 23 2003 (Radiant Records, 2011)
  • Live Momentum (2013)
  • Momentum LA Live - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2013)
  • Acoustic Sketches - A Collection Of Acoustic Songs From The Alive Again Tour - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2015)
  • Inner Circle Concert - Morsefest 2014 - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2015)
  • Morsefest! 2014: Testimony and One Live (Radiant Records, 2015)
  • Alive Again (2016)
  • Live at Kulturbolaget (The Neal Morse Band) (2017)
  • Morsefest! 2015:? and Sola Scriptura Live (Radiant Records, 2017)
  • The Road Called Barcelona (The Neal Morse Band) (2017)
  • Morsefest 2016 Storytellers (Pt. 1) - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2018)
  • Morsefest 2016 Storytellers (Pt. 2) - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2018)
  • Neal Morse Life & Times Tour: Live In NYC And A Few Other Places - July 2018 (Radiant Records, 2018)
  • The Similitude Of A Dream (Live In Tilburg 2017) (The Neal Morse Band) (2018)
  • Morsefest! 2017: Testimony of a Dream (The Neal Morse Band) (2019)
  • The Great Adventour: Live In Brno - 2019 (The Neal Morse Band) (2020)

Sampler

  • Singles CD (Radiant Records, 2005)
  • Sing It High - A Collection Of Singles (Worship Compilation) & Transatlantic (Radiant Records, 2007)
  • Hope And A Future (Radiant Records, 2020)

Bootleg

  • Testimony In A Coruña (2011)

DVDs & Blu-Rays

  • Testimony Live (2004)
  • Inner Circle DVD # 1 July 2005 (in-house production, 2005)
  • Live DVD - Live at The Kings Center Chessington, London July 8, 2006 (also known as Bootleg DVD - Live at The Kings Center Chessington, London July 8, 2006 ) (Radiant Records, 2006)
  • Question Mark & ​​Beyond Tour Of Europe 2006 (Radiant Records, 2006)
  • The Europe Winter 2006 Church Tour DVD (in-house production, 2006)
  • The Making Of Testimony (Rough Edit) - Inner Circle (In-House Production, 2007)
  • From The Video Vault - Inner Circle (In-House Production, 2008)
  • Live @ 3RP - Inner Circle (also known as Live at 3RP (IC September 2008) ) (in-house production, 2008)
  • Sola Scriptura And Beyond (2008)
  • Lifeline Tour 2008 Zeche Bochum Germany Part One - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2009)
  • Lifeline Tour 2008 Zeche Bochum Germany Part Two - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2009)
  • Live at Xnoizz Flevo Festival 2009 - Raw And Uncut - Inner Circle DVD November 2009 (in-house production, 2009)
  • Live & Acoustic (Radiant Records, 2010)
  • Live In Seattle (& Ajalon ) (Radiant Records, 2010)
  • Spock's Beard Progfest 97 Raw & Uncut (& Spock's Beard) (Radiant Records, 2011)
  • Testimony 2 ... For You. (Radiant Records, 2011)
  • Iso Soitto - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2012)
  • Neal Morse 2004 - One Under Construction Part 1 - Inner Circle DVD (Radiant Records, 2012)
  • Neal Morse 2004 - One Under Construction Part 2 - Inner Circle DVD (Radiant Records, 2012)
  • 19 Days In Europe (& The Flower Kings , Neal Morse Band) (Radiant Records, 2013)
  • Acoustic / Live In Mexico City - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2013)
  • Live In Cuijk - Inner Circle (in-house production, 2014)
  • Live In India - Inner Circle DVD (Neal Morse Band) (Radiant Records, 2014)
  • Inner Circle - The Making Of Question Mark (Radiant Records, 2015)
  • The Sola Scriptura Sessions - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2015)
  • A Day In the Life - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2016)
  • Commentary On A Dream Pt 1 - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2017)
  • Commentary On A Dream - Part Two - Inner Circle (Radiant Records, 2017)
  • Life and Times Live (Radiant Records, 2018)

Peter White

  • Excusez-Moi (1992)
  • Promenade (1993)

Skipper Wise

  • I Wanna Be With You (CD, single) (1992)

Al Stewart

  • Famous Last Words (1993)

Paul Voudouris

  • It Takes Two (piano only on Hannah, Isn't Love Stupid , Every Little Thing ) (1993)

Windows

  • Apples and Oranges (1994)
  • The First Three Years (1994)

Spock's Beard

  • The Light (1995)
  • Beware Of Darkness (1996)
  • The Official Live Bootleg (1996)
  • The Kindness Of Strangers (1997)
  • Day For Night (1999)
  • Skin (CD, single) (1999)
  • Don't Try This At Home (2000)
  • V (2000)
  • Snow (2002)
  • The Snow Tapes (From The Archive) (In-House Production, 2004)
  • Europe '98 (in-house production, 2010)
  • Live at High Voltage Festival (2011)
  • Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep (2013)
  • Live at Sea (also known as Live at Sea (Norwegian Pearl / Stardust Theater Friday, Feb 21, 2014) ) (In-House Production, 2014)
  • Snow Live (2017)
  • Spock's Beard Jam - Morsefest 2016 - Inner Circle (2017)

Eric Burdon & The New Animals

  • The Official Live Bootleg # 2 (1998)
  • Live at The Coach House (DVD, 1999)

Ayreon

  • Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer (on The First Man On Earth ) (2000)
  • Universal Migrator Part I & II (on The First Man On Earth ) (2004)
  • Timeline (on The First Man On Earth ) (2008)

TransAtlantic

  • SMPTe (2000)
  • Bridge Across Forever (2001)
  • Mike's Silver Hammer (2001)
  • Live In America (2002)
  • Live In Europe (2003)
  • SMPTe / Bridge Across Forever (2004)
  • Building The Bridge & Live In America (Radiant Records, 2006)
  • The Whirlwind (2009)
  • Whirld Tour 2010 (Live From Shepherd's Bush Empire, London) (2010)
  • Whirlwind In Barcelona (2010)
  • More Never Is Enough - Live @ Manchester And Tilburg 2010 (2011)
  • Kaleidoscope (2014)
  • KaLIVEoscope (2014)

Ryo Okumoto

  • Coming Through (on Coming Through ) (2002)

Yellow Matter Custard

  • One Night In New York City (2003)
  • One More Night In New York City (2011)

Ajalon

  • On The Threshold Of Eternity (on On The Threshold Of Eternity ) (2005)

ProgAID

  • All Around The World (CD-EP) (2005)

Roine Stolt

  • Wall Street Voodoo (on The Observer , Head Above Water , Everyone Wants To Rule The World , Remember , It's All About Money ) (2005)

Salem Hill

  • Mimi's Magic Moment (on The Joy Gem ) (2005)

Alan Morse

  • Four O 'Clock And Hysteria (2007) only keyboards, acoustic guitar, mandolin

Dream theater

  • Systematic Chaos (on Repentance ) (2007)

Jordan Rudess

  • The Road Home (only on Dance On A Volcano ) (2007)

Rychyrd

  • Rychyrd (2007)

Randy George

  • Action Reaction (only guitar, synth, organ on Riff Raff , Split Indecision ) (2011)

Affector

  • Armageddon (keyboards only) (2012)

Flying Colors

  • Flying Colors (2012)
  • Live In Europe (2012)
  • Second Nature (2014)
  • Barcelona 2014 (2014)
  • Second Flight: Live at The Z7 (2015)
  • True Colors (in-house production, 2017)
  • Third Degree (2019)

Steve Hackett

  • Genesis Revisited II (on The Return Of The Giant Hogweed ) (2012)

The Prog World Orchestra

  • A Proggy Christmas (2012)

Next To None

  • A Light In The Dark (Mellotron on A Lonely Walk ) (2015)

Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress

  • Scenes From Barcelona (A Once In A Lifetime Event) & ( Flying Colors ) (2017)

City On A Hill Nashville

  • City On A Hill Nashville Wishes You A Very Merry Christmas! (In-house production, 2019)

Project Aegis

  • And The Rest Is Mystery (Single, Download) (2020)

literature

  • Neal Morse: Testimony. The inspirational and spiritual journey of a prog musician . 2011, ISBN 978-1-61364-189-7 .

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland - USA
  2. ↑ Baby blue pages: Spock's Beard. Retrieved August 21, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Baby blue pages: Transatlantic. Retrieved August 21, 2012 .
  4. ↑ www.discogs.com
Transatlantic
Studio albums

SMPTe • Bridge Across Forever • The Whirlwind • Kaleidoscope

Remix albums

SMPTe - The Roine Stolt Mixes

Live albums

Live in America • Live in Europe • The Official Bootleg DVD • Whirld Tour 2010 • More Never Is Enough • KaLIVEoscope

personal data
SURNAME Morse, Neal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morse, Neal Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Van Nuys , California , USA