1. In 2002, Neal Morse became a born again Christian, left Spock's Beard and began a Christian rock solo career, releasing many progressive rock concept albums about his new religious faith.
24 Facts About Neal Morse
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Neal Morse started to play the piano at the age of five and started to learn to play the guitar at the age of nine.
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Neal Morse then began periodic travel between California and Germany, where from time to time he remained for several weeks to work as a pub musician.
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At that time Neal Morse was part of the Eric Burdon band, touring with them, too.
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In 2025, Neal Morse announced a new project with legends Chester Thompson, Phil Keaggy, and Byron House.
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Neal Morse left both Spock's Beard and Transatlantic immediately following the release of the Spock's Beard album Snow, in response to a calling to make his personal faith more prominent in his recorded output.
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Neal Morse felt this would not be possible or appropriate in a band context.
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In 2004, Neal Morse wrote and recorded a new concept album featuring Portnoy and Randy George.
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Neal Morse nonetheless mentioned that he was working on a secret project before he had written a note or even committed himself to do the project.
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In early 2007, Neal Morse released Sola Scriptura, a concept album detailing the life and struggles of the German theologian Martin Luther, and corruption within the medieval Church.
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Portnoy and George teamed with Neal Morse and were joined by Paul Gilbert who contributed a few solo parts.
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Immediately following Sola Scriptura, Neal Morse released the acoustic folk album Songs from the Highway.
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Neal Morse was joined by Portnoy and George, just four months after the release of the Sola Scriptura live DVD.
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For Testimony 2, Neal Morse reunited members from the band that toured the initial Testimony album, including Portnoy, George, Rick Altizer and others.
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Neal Morse then held a contest to assemble a full-time band, which eventually toured behind Momentum.
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In 2000, Neal Morse provided vocals for the song "The First Man on Earth" on The Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer, one of Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Ayreon albums.
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Neal Morse tracks have appeared on the CPR Volume 1, CPR Volume 2, and The Tsunami Projekt anthologies.
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Neal Morse participated in recording the ProgAID single "All Around the World".
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Neal Morse has been a guest musician on several 2005 albums, including Ajalon's Threshold of Eternity, Roine Stolt's Wallstreet Voodoo, Salem Hill's Mimi's Magic Moment, and Mark Leniger's Walk on Water.
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Neal Morse was one of several musical guests to appear on Dream Theater's 2007 album Systematic Chaos, on the song "Repentance".
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Neal Morse provided vocals for the first track on Jordan Rudess' tribute album The Road Home.
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In 1998, Neal Morse founded his own independent record label, Radiant Records.
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In 2005, Neal Morse created his fan club, the Inner Circle.
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In 2019, at the dissatisfaction of current streaming services and their treatment of artists, Neal Morse created his own streaming service, Waterfall.