Deep Purple`s Steve Morse Says, `It Would Be Nice to See Closure`: Interview
(WorldNews Argentina)

Apparently, the time has come for Deep Purple to call it a day. Or at least a day from the big treks around the world, very much like their classic counterparts and fellow Brits, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, have done. To that purpose, they have embarked on what they`ve dubbed The Long Goodbye Tour with at least 65 dates around Europe, North America and South America. To guitarist Steve Morse, it has been quite a journey. The American shred-master effectively took over founding member Ritchie Blackmore`s slot in 1994, after the debacle that followed when the reputedly moody guitarist left mid-tour a year earlier prompting the band to provisionally replace him with virtuoso Joe Satriani....