10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid mature Morse, sublime moments, consistent craftmanship, 13 Jun 1998
By shuretime@earthlink.net - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: South. Steel (Audio CD)
Morse is a giant in guitar performance and instrumental composition, and a long-time Gallery of the Greats resident in Guitar Player Magazine's readership rankings. This album is securely in his recent tradition, tending more to the electric side of things with tunes like "Arena Rock", "Weekend Overdrive", "Cut to the Chase", Sleaze Factor" and the title tune, "Southern Steel". "Simple Simon" and "Arena Rock" have deep-diving hooks that settle into memory, and the title tune can still pull a tear out of me. Morse is a master of "leave 'em wanting more", by building a tune with progressive harmonies and counterpoint into a symphonic crescendo and just as it's at the transcendent blend, fading the song out. My test for an album is how many times I can play it in obsessive succession, over and over, before I'm sick of it. I'm still spinning this one.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
best batch of songs overall, 2 April 2005
By Howard L Lambert - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: South. Steel (Audio CD)
I've owned several Morse CDs in the past, and, although they're all good, there's usually only a couple of standouts per disk. Southern Steel has the most standouts of the CDs I've listened to.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Morse at his finest, 8 Aug 2011
By Ryan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: South. Steel (Audio CD)
Out of all the musical endeavors he participated in, the Steve Morse Band is perhaps the most significant and personal one. This instrumental trio is well known for re-inventing rock in all possible ways, mixing it with jazz, country, funk and even bluegrass. "Southern Steel" from 1991 is to this day considered one of the finest albums the band has ever released.