“I think my time of doing the performance grind is closing. That window is closing”: Steve Morse opens up on the constant struggle of playing with arthritis

Steve Morse.

Steve Morse has revealed the extent to which his battle with arthritis is affecting his guitar playing, and what it means for his career going forward.

The Dixie Dregs and Deep Purple ace has been defiant in the face of his worsening condition, revealing last year that there is no cartilage in his right-hand wrist anymore after he “practiced about 10,000 notes a day for decades.”