Neal Morse

🎂 Data nașterii: 1960-08-02 (Van Nuys, California, USA)

As a young musician, Neal’s dream was like many others – to find success in the pop music world. But after years of struggling in the Los Angeles singer-songwriter scene, he realized that this dream would not materialize. Rejecting conventional wisdom, Morse took a courageous step: He about-faced and devoted himself to progressive rock, the music truly in his heart. The obscure and fiercely competitive genre held little chance of commercial success. Undaunted, he formed the quirkily-named Spock’s Beard with his brother, Alan. They recorded The Light with what money they could scrape together. Against all odds, it was a breakout success, sending shockwaves through the small genre’s community. Over the next 10 years, Spock’s Beard released 10 critically acclaimed CDs and 2 DVDs, ascending to the top of the prog world. Neal also released 6 CDs and 3 DVDs with Transatlantic, the heralded prog supergroup comprised of the genre’s best musicians. The proverbial wayward son, Neal had finally found the success he sought. On the outside he seemed to have it all. On the inside, however, something was missing. Morse came to realize that for him, embracing the Christian faith was the fulfillment of his spiritual quest. His walk was at once gradual and sudden – and as with so many, completely unexpected. As he continued, his path increasingly revealed more of what his heart had sought all along. Yet he also began to find his career growing at odds with his faith. The rising spiritual tension and increasing commercial success finally came to a head with the release of Snow (2002), the group’s magnum opus... and swan song with Morse. The extraordinary 2-CD rock opera, composed by Morse, was widely acclaimed as the group’s finest. But it was the end of the era. Neal felt God calling him out of his former musical life and into the unknown. He made the agonizing decision to leave both Spock’s Beard and Transatlantic. Despite having finally achieved the success he had long sought, Morse had to begin all over again; musically, emotionally and spiritually.

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Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia

Eric Burdon & The New Animals: Live at the Coach House

Spock's Beard: Don't Try This at Home

Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough

Neal Morse: Testimony Live

Spock's Beard: The Making of Snow

Spock's Beard: The Making of V

Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum

Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia

Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two

Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City

Neal Morse: Live Momentum

Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura and Beyond

The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg

Transatlantic: The Making of Breath of Life (Abridged Version)

The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger

Spock's Beard: Live in Bochum 1998

Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline

Neal Morse: Live at Tower Records 2003

Spock's Beard: The Early Years Part One

Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope

Spock's Beard: Progfest '97 Raw & Uncut

Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD

The Neal Morse Band - Live In India

Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003

Spock’s Beard – Morsefest 2016 Inner Cicle Jam

Neal Morse: Morsefest 2016 Storytellers

Neal Morse and Friends: Live and Acoustic at Morsefest 2015

Neal Morse and Friends: Voices of the Beard Storytellers

Neal Morse and Friends: A Year in Neal's Life at Morsefest 2019

Neal Morse and Friends: Songs From God’s Smuggler at Morsefest 2022

Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology

Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover

Neal Morse: One Under Construction

Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony

The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream

Neal Morse: The Dreamer Joseph Part One Commentary

Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe

Neal Morse: Live at 3RP

Neal Morse: ? and Beyond Tour

The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens

The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment

The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger

Neal Morse: Lifeline Tour

The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary

The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)

Neal Morse: Commentary on a Dream

Neal Morse: The Making of ?

Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions

Neal Morse: From the Video Vault

Neal Morse: Live in Seattle with Ajalon

The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge

Neal Morse: A Whole Nother Trip - Neal's RV Adventure

Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover

The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe

Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia

Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014

Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

The Making of Flying Colors

Neal Morse: A Day in the Life

Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind

Spock's Beard: In The Year 2000

Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America

The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021

Morsefest 2019

Transatlantic - Live in Europe

Spock's Beard Live At Sea

Flying Colors: Live in Europe

Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles

Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope

Morsefest USA 2023: Inner Circle Concert

Morsefest 2014: Testimony

Morsefest 2014: One

Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live

Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – De Boerderij, Holland 2023

Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind

Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7

Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie