Cosmic Cathedral is Neal MORSE, Chester THOMPSON, Phil KEAGGY, and Byron HOUSE. The album “Deep Water” comes from jam sessions where Jerry Guidroz put the best parts together. What resulted from all those sessions was a more groove-oriented feel. The album’s centerpiece is a 38-minute song suite. The music has the Neal Morse style of Prog Rock with some jazzy parts and more straightforward rock. There is no plan for a tour in 2025, but the band is going to perform at Morsefest in October 2025.
How do you make an album that is different to what is usually expected of you? One answer is to work with musicians who also have decades of experience and worldwide recognition, plant a few seeds, then stand back and see what happens. For the Cosmic Cathedral project and their debut album ‘Deep Water’, this is exactly what Neal Morse did, joining up with Chester Thompson, Phil Keaggy & Byron House. As Keaggy comments: “It was an honor to be invited and included in the making of the Deep Water project with Neal, Chester and Byron.”
Much of the album was created from jam sessions where Morse’s long-time audio partner Jerry Guidroz put the best parts together, then Morse and the band developed them into songs and epics. “Much of the album, and certainly “Time To Fly”, came directly from the jam sessions, where we were spontaneously creating in the room. Even a lot of the lyrics just came out of our mouths! It was amazing!”
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Deep Water Suite I: Introduction
Deep Water Suite III: Fires of the Sunrise
Deep Water Suite VII: New Revelation
Deep Water Suite VIII: Launch Out, Pt. Three
Deep Water Suite IX: The Door to Heaven
Time To Fly
The Heart of Life
Walking in Daylight
I Won’t Make It