http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 1 Jan 2005 10:52:21 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/29/132218.php#comment-106318 Morse and Keaggy collaberations have got some unbelievable potential. I would love to see those guys perform live together. I haven't picked up Morse's "One" CD yet, so I can't comment on that one. 106318@blogcritics.org Sat, 1 Jan 2005 10:52:21 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/29/132218.php#comment-106280 Both Neal Morse and Phil Keaggy will do secular material nowadays. Their cover of George Harrison's "What Is Life" on the limited edition version of Morse's "One" is excellent, and Keaggy regularly covers both "Here Comes The Sun" and "Blackbird" in his shows. Transatlantic of course covered "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" on Live in America, and Morse did a full live Beatles cover set with Portnoy called Yellow Matter Custard (see my review <a href="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/11/221132.php">here</a>). Keaggy has released three Glass Harp albums over the last couple of years (I highly recommend Strings Attached, as I think it's a better live document of Glass Harp than the Carnegie Hall album), which are mostly secular (there are a few impromptu professions of faith on Strings Attached, but it really doesn't detract from the concert). I think we probably will see Neal Morse emulate Phil Keaggy's pattern, largely catering to his religious audience, but keeping his secular audience happy with the occasional track or album. I'd like to see him take the Yellow Matter Custard concept a bit further, covering some more of his great influences (and covering a few more well-chosen, eclectic Beatles covers). 106280@blogcritics.org Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:28:02 EST