Steve Morse has consistently been named one of the world’s top guitarists during the past four decades. He was voted “Best Overall Guitarist,” in Guitar Player magazine’s reader’s poll for five consecutive years – then inducted into their “Gallery of Greats.” Steve is Deep Purple‘s longest-serving guitarist having been with the band since 1994. Along with his own band and solo work, he co-founded the Dixie Dregs and current pop/rock supergroup Flying Colors. Steve was also with Kansas in the late 1980’s. Throughout his career, his work has received seven Grammy nominations. Multi-award winning program director Ray White, caught up with Steve in September of 2018 during Deep Purple’s “The Long Goodbye Tour,” to talk about his career highlights and Deep Purple’s latest album Infinite. In our “Showcase Segment,” we feature Ace Frehley of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band KISS! Guitar World named Ace as the 14th Greatest Metal Guitarist of all-time! His latest album is Spaceman. Learn more about our show by visiting our website at Classic Artists Today.
Ray's passion for music and the musicians, started as a youth listening to transistor radios under the covers at bedtime. The bands and performers he liked, he followed throughout their career. In 2005 he was fed up with the evolution of a majority of the music the radio stations were playing and began investigating the bands he grew up listening to in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Radio wasn't playing any of those band's "new" songs, just the "classic" hits. Researching the industry for a year, Ray launched Classic Artists Today syndicated radio show - featuring "new" songs by "classic" artists and included interviews and classic tracks too. The show was carried by several dozen radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. Featuring Rock/Pop musicians and bands, Ray and the show won several awards from New Music Weekly magazine. With the success of these shows, he launched Coool CAT syndicated radio show, 5 years later, featuring Soul/R&B/Smooth Jazz/Blues performers and bands. In 2017, Ray starting producing his show in a 30-minute podcast format. Today, you can hear his work at Sittin' In With The CAT and Sittin' In With The Coool CAT. The legacy continues!
