{"id":2021238,"date":"2025-09-14T15:28:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2021238"},"modified":"2025-09-14T15:28:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:28:48","slug":"together-our-chemistry-is-magical-steve-morse-has-announced-his-first-new-album-since-leaving-deep-purple-and-its-set-to-feature-eric-johnson-and-john-petrucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/together-our-chemistry-is-magical-steve-morse-has-announced-his-first-new-album-since-leaving-deep-purple-and-its-set-to-feature-eric-johnson-and-john-petrucci\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTogether, our chemistry is magical\u201d: Steve Morse has announced his first new album since leaving Deep Purple \u2013 and it\u2019s set to feature Eric Johnson and John Petrucci"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"c96fcb75-33b5-469e-b5fb-a9c3558b19da\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/lessons\/steve-morse-the-pledge\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/lessons\/steve-morse-the-pledge\">Steve Morse<\/a> will release his first album since leaving <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/tag\/deep-purple\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/tag\/deep-purple\">Deep Purple<\/a> on November 14, with Eric Johnson and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/tag\/john-petrucci\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/tag\/john-petrucci\">John Petrucci<\/a> as guest recruits for the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/tag\/steve-morse\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/tag\/steve-morse\">Steve Morse<\/a> Band.<\/p>\n<p><em>Triangulation<\/em> is the group\u2019s first album since 2009\u2019s <em>Out Standing in Their Field.<\/em> It will see Morse team up with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/best-bass-guitars-for-every-budget\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/best-bass-guitars-for-every-budget\">bass<\/a> player Dave LaRue and Enrique Iglesias drummer Van Romaine as the core trio. His son, Kevin, stars on the closing track, <em>Taken by an Angel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p id=\"c96fcb75-33b5-469e-b5fb-a9c3558b19da-2\">All eyes will be on Johnson and Petrucci, though, with the two greats of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/tag\/blues\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/tag\/blues\">blues<\/a> guitar and prog metal, respectively, trading licks with Morse on the songs <em>TexUS<\/em> and <em>Triangulation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Lead single <em>Break Through<\/em> is guest-free, with its music video nodding to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/news\/steve-morse-on-his-stint-as-a-pilot-and-how-he-ended-up-on-a-lynyrd-skynyrd-album\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/news\/steve-morse-on-his-stint-as-a-pilot-and-how-he-ended-up-on-a-lynyrd-skynyrd-album\">Morse\u2019s aviation past<\/a>. For Morse, it was important to pull the spotlight away from his guitar playing with the first single.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis may start with a<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/greatest-guitar-riffs-of-all-time\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/features\/greatest-guitar-riffs-of-all-time\"> guitar riff<\/a>, but the bass carries the melody,\u201d he says. \u201cIt&#8217;s just a great feel to play over, and a positive vibe to start the album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDave and Van have been the bedrock of this trio, and this recording shows why. These guys are unique and incredible musicians on their own, and together, our chemistry is magical. While making the album, we played together, working through parts, riffing off each other, and collaborating on arrangements. We made this album together, and you can hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the arrivals of Johnson and Pettruci will excite the guitar community, its third guest appears on the song\u2019s most poignant track. <em>Taken by an Angel<\/em> is a tribute to Morse\u2019s late wife, Janine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-D93GCtNsDGdzfCwy6QnJqd\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-D93GCtNsDGdzfCwy6QnJqd slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"zPv06HBSvh8\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-zPv06HBSvh8\" data-yt-video-token=\"zPv06HBSvh8\" title=\"Steve Morse Band - Break Through (Official Music Video) - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Steve Morse Band &#8211; 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It brought tears to many folks&#8217; eyes because Janine was a huge part of my life and career. People knew her from the Steve Morse Band tours. She was the smiling face opening CDs for me to sign, selling t-shirts, listening to people&#8217;s stories in the crowd, and taking photos for VIP visits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In related news, Morse was recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/artists\/guitarists\/steve-morse-solos-on-coldplays-fix-you\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/artists\/guitarists\/steve-morse-solos-on-coldplays-fix-you\">put through his paces when he was tasked with adding a tasteful solo to a Coldplay classic<\/a>, which came after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/artists\/concerts-gigs-tours\/steve-morse-punks-force-cover-band-jam\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/artists\/concerts-gigs-tours\/steve-morse-punks-force-cover-band-jam\">he joined a covers band for an intimate showing of his talents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He spent 28 years in Deep Purple, making him the band\u2019s longest-serving six-stringer. Simon McBride, who has discussed<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/news\/simon-mcbride-on-replacing-steve-morse-ritchie-blackmore\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/news\/simon-mcbride-on-replacing-steve-morse-ritchie-blackmore\"> the differing styles of his predecessors<\/a>, replaced him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Triangulation <\/em>releases November 14 via Music Theories Recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stevemorseofficial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.stevemorseofficial.com\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">Steve Morse<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.guitarworld.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Morse will release his first album since leaving Deep Purple on November 14, with Eric Johnson and John Petrucci as guest recruits for the Steve Morse Band. Triangulation is the group\u2019s first album since 2009\u2019s Out Standing in Their Field. It will see Morse team up with bass player Dave LaRue and Enrique Iglesias [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2021239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Together-our-chemistry-is-magical-Steve-Morse-has-announced-his.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}