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Listen to THE GUITAR SHOW WITH ANDY ELLIS every Thursday at 11:00pm EST / 10:00pm CST on 107.1FM WRFN Radio Free Nashville and on the web at www.radiofreenashville.org. Catch us every Friday and Saturday night on AM1670 Dewberry Jam Community Radio from San Antonio, Texas. Each Friday, we're on at 10:00pm CST and each Saturday night, we're on at 8:00pm CST. Listen online at www.am1670.net.

In each program, we spend an hour venturing off the beaten path to explore inspiring sounds from great guitarists, past and present. The music encompasses a wide variety of styles and includes new releases as well as rare tracks from deep in the vault. We spotlight guitarists from around the world and also play exclusive, previously unheard interview clips from some of the greats of the guitar world. The goal is provide an eclectic, adventurous and musically satisfying listening experience.

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The featured artist for our February 4th-6th show is STEVE MORSE.

Steve Morse is one of the most technically gifted and musically eclectic guitarists playing today. Within the same song, he might follow a wailing rock solo with beautiful fingerpicked counterpoint on a classical guitar. Since founding the Dixie Dregs in the mid '70s, Morse has sustained a remarkable career, recording and touring as a soloist and also as the lead guitarist in the bands Kansas and Living Loud. In 1994, he joined Deep Purple, replacing Ritchie Blackmore. This year marks Morse's 16th as lead guitarist with the legendary English band.

Deep Purple is Morse’s day job. When not on the road cranking out “Highway Star,” the 56-year-old performs his unique brand of high-octane fusion with the Steve Morse Band, a trio that includes bassist Dave LaRue and drummer Van Romaine. SMB’s new album, Out Standing in Their Field, is packed with precision ensemble playing and wicked wall-to-wall guitar, and is a potent reminder of why Morse was voted Best Overall Guitarist five years running by Guitar Player magazine readers, a feat that ushered him into GP’s Gallery of Greats. By balancing scorching chops with musical finesse throughout his 35-year career, Morse has earned his spot at the forefront of progressive instrumental rock.

When I recently interviewed Morse, Deep Purple had been on their Rapture of the Deep tour for nearly four years. The band launched the tour in January 2006 to support their album of the same name, and since then have rocked more than 50 countries across five continents. While waiting backstage at the PalaEvangelisti arena in Perugia, Italy, Morse calmly described arranging and recording his latest solo album, seemingly oblivious to the fact that soon he’d be strutting his stuff onstage for thousands of rabid Deep Purple fans.

In addition to our exclusive Steve Morse interview and selections from Out Standing, we'll hear music from Jerry Garcia, Danny Gatton, Kenny Burrell with Jimmy Witherspoon, Steve Dawson with Madeleine Peyroux, Michael Hedges and more great players.

We'll also hear Steve Wariner tell a wonderful story about Jerry Reed and listen to Wariner pay musical tribute to the late, great fingerpicker with a cut called "Reeding Out Loud."

Our weekly Player Spotlight segment features a guitarist you may not have heard before, but who has something special to offer. This week, our spotlight shines on progressive acoustic guitarist, John Danley.

Tune in online for an hour packed with adventurous music and guitar talk!

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GUITARISTS: We're looking for the unheard and the underheard talent of the guitar world. If you're one of those, CLICK HERE to find out about being featured on THE GUITAR SHOW'S PLAYER SPOTLIGHT. Every week, we'll select a guitarist to feature. Visit our Spotlight page and send in your music!

CLICK HERE to check out the new THE GUITAR SHOW WITH ANDY ELLIS blog. It includes Andy's insights on doing the show and interviews plus his thoughts about gear and all things guitar.

CLICK HERE to check out a great article on THE GUITAR SHOW WITH ANDY ELLIS in the March 2009 issue of Guitar Player magazine.

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