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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1960-08-02
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Van Nuys, California, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Neal Morse
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Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
2023-02-17
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Eric Burdon & The New Animals: Live at the Coach House
1999-01-01
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Spock's Beard: Don't Try This at Home
2002-11-19
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Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
2011-10-25
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Neal Morse: Testimony Live
2004-07-27
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Spock's Beard: The Making of Snow
2004-01-01
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Spock's Beard: The Making of V
2001-05-01
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Neal Morse: The Making of Momentum
2012-09-11
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Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
2020-09-11
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Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony Two
2011-05-23
0
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
2011-02-28
4.8
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
2013-02-19
4.8
Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura and Beyond
2008-06-24
0
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
2019-01-15
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Transatlantic: The Making of Breath of Life (Abridged Version)
2021-03-01
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The Neal Morse Band: A U.S. Tour Of Innocence And Danger
2022-03-01
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Spock's Beard: Live in Bochum 1998
2022-01-01
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Neal Morse: The Making of Lifeline
2021-07-01
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Neal Morse: Live at Tower Records 2003
2023-03-01
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Spock's Beard: The Early Years Part One
2020-01-01
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Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
2014-01-28
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Spock's Beard: Progfest '97 Raw & Uncut
2011-01-01
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Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
2011-03-01
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The Neal Morse Band - Live In India
2014-07-01
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Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
2003-03-05
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Spock’s Beard – Morsefest 2016 Inner Cicle Jam
2017-11-01
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Neal Morse: Morsefest 2016 Storytellers
2018-03-01
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Neal Morse and Friends: Live and Acoustic at Morsefest 2015
2017-07-01
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Neal Morse and Friends: Voices of the Beard Storytellers
2019-07-01
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Neal Morse and Friends: A Year in Neal's Life at Morsefest 2019
2020-05-01
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Neal Morse and Friends: Songs From God’s Smuggler at Morsefest 2022
2022-09-01
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Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
2014-09-29
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Morse Portnoy George: The Making of Cover 2 Cover
2012-05-20
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Neal Morse: One Under Construction
2012-03-01
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Neal Morse: The Making of Testimony
2007-09-01
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The Neal Morse Band: The Making of a Dream
2016-11-11
0
Neal Morse: The Dreamer Joseph Part One Commentary
2023-09-01
0
Transatlantic: The Making of SMPTe
2000-03-21
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Neal Morse: Live at 3RP
2008-09-01
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Neal Morse: ? and Beyond Tour
2006-09-01
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The Neal Morse Band: Live in Athens
2015-05-01
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The Neal Morse Band: The Making of The Grand Experiment
2015-02-10
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The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
2021-08-27
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Neal Morse: Lifeline Tour
2009-05-01
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The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
2019-03-01
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The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
2019-01-25
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Neal Morse: Commentary on a Dream
2017-01-01
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Neal Morse: The Making of ?
2015-01-01
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Neal Morse: The Sola Scriptura Sessions
2015-09-01
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Neal Morse: From the Video Vault
2008-05-01
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Neal Morse: Live in Seattle with Ajalon
2010-09-01
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The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
2016-01-01
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Neal Morse: A Whole Nother Trip - Neal's RV Adventure
2020-09-01
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Morsefest 2020: Cover2Cover
2023-01-23
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The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
2013-07-01
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Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia
2023-01-23
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Transatlantic: Live At Sweden Rock 2014
2020-11-01
4.5
Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010: Live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
2010-10-24
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The Making of Flying Colors
2012-03-26
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Neal Morse: A Day in the Life
2016-09-01
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Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
2009-10-23
0
Spock's Beard: In The Year 2000
2023-01-01
0
Transatlantic - Building the Bridge / Live in America
2006-05-02
0
The Neal Morse Band: Morsefest 2021
2022-06-24
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Morsefest 2019
2021-08-27
9
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
2003-01-08
0
Spock's Beard Live At Sea
2014-09-06
6.2
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
2013-10-14
6.8
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
2011-09-12
8
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
2014-10-27
0
Morsefest USA 2023: Inner Circle Concert
2023-11-01
0
Morsefest 2014: Testimony
2015-08-21
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Morsefest 2014: One
2015-08-21
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Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
2014-09-25
0
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – De Boerderij, Holland 2023
2024-03-15
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Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
2024-04-26
8.5
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
2015-11-13
0
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
2024-05-23
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The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
2016-08-05
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Morsefest 2015: Question Mark
2017-03-24
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Morsefest 2015: Sola Scriptura
2017-03-24
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Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
2017-03-02
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Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
2003-05-18
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Spock's Beard: Snow Live
2017-11-10
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The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
2018-06-15
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Neal Morse - Life and Times Live
2018-11-02
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Morsefest 2017 - Testimony of a Dream
2018-11-23
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Spock's Beard: Live At The Whisky
1999-07-01
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Spock's Beard - Don't Try This Anywhere!
2015-11-20
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The Neal Morse Band : The Great Adventour - Live in BRNO 2019
2020-03-06
8.5
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
2020-09-18
0
The Making of the Absolute Universe by Transatlantic
2021-02-05
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Neal Morse: Jesus Christ the Exorcist - Live at Morsefest 2018
2020-12-04
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Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
2021-02-05