Steve Morse reveals the guitarist with the best pre-show warm-up routine he’s ever seen
Most guitarists probably engage in some degree of a warm-up pre-show, but everyone has a different routine unique to them.
But few guitarists have a warm-up routine that rivals that of Dream Theater‘s John Petrucci, according to Steve Morse.
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Deep Purple and Dream Theater have previously shared the stage, with the latter supporting the former on their Touring to Infinity shows in 1998.
“One thing I love seeing is how John Petrucci will just sit down and do a warm-up, no matter what, even if you’re talking to him, he’s going to keep on,” Morse tells The No Cover Charge podcast in a new interview.
“[He’s] got a metronome going. He’s going to build it up, build it up. And when he goes up on stage, it’s no problem… He keeps getting better with his musical ideas and everything, too.
“So he’s blown me away with the level that he’s been able to keep that alternate picking and even incorporating some hybrid things, just to serve the music. That’s as high of a level [as] I’ve seen of somebody preparing for a gig.”
Steve Morse’s appreciation for John Petrucci is certainly reciprocal, too. In a Guitar Player interview in 2022, Petrucci said that Morse’s playing was “The wildest, most incredible stuff I had ever heard.”
“There are moments that you can pinpoint and say they were truly life-changing, and for me, hearing Steve Morse play guitar was one of them.”
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