Hey, guitar is safe.

Hey there, what is up?

It's 90 degrees in L.A.

And you know why that is?

On a February winter's day?

No, not just global warming, but also the fact that we have Mr. Sunbeam himself on today's show, as I like to call him, Steve Morse, holy shit.

Now, you know I would not bring you a single player that I wasn't totally pumped up about.

And we know we're talking about, we go all the way back to Joe Satriani, the first episode.

One of my huge inspirations.

For me, this one, well, it goes back even further than Joe Satriani. It goes back to when I was first learning the power of the guitar.

Steve Moore showed me all the music you can deliver through the fretboard. My name is Jude Gold.

I'm the host of No Guitar Safe Podcast.

This is our 21st episode.

And I thank Guitar Player Magazine for supporting my podcast.

When I was 14 years old, I stayed up all night long on a school night decoding that intro.

Then around 4 a.m. I got to this part and maybe got the first phrase if I was lucky.

Yeah, that song's called On the Pipe from the first Steve Morse band album, simply called The Introduction.

The thing I love about Steve Morris is he's not

just a great guitar player who can play pretty much any style he's not just an amazing hired gun in terms of getting fantastic gigs.

You know, he's played in Deep Purple, far longer than Richie Blackmore ever did.

Big shoes to fill.

I was stunned when they chose Steve Moore.

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