Artist: THE NEAL MORSE BAND
Album: MORFEST! 2017: TESTIMONY OF A DREAM (2BLURAY)

Release date: 2018
EAN/UPS: 039841562224
Media type: DVD

The Neal Morse Band, the progressive rock collective comprised by singer/guitarist/keyboardist Neal Morse, drummer Mike Portnoy, bassist Randy George, keyboardist Bill Hubauer and guitarist Eric Gillette, released their critically admired double-disc concept album The Similitude of a Dream, almost two years ago on November 11th, 2016. It was the eighth studio album with the core of Morse, Portnoy and George, and the second as a true collaboration with this current lineup.

Clocking in at over 100 minutes, The Similitude of a Dream became the most applauded release that Morse has helmed to date, garnering raving reviews from critics and fans alike. The 2017 tour was their largest yet, including new continents for the band, and ended with a final performance at Neal's annual event Morsefest, held at the New Life Fellowship in Cross Plains, Tennessee, during Friday September 1st and Saturday September 2nd, 2017. Free from the constraints of studio recordings, Morse expanded his musical vision for Morsefest 2017, augmenting the already astounding Neal Morse Band with live strings, a horn section, orchestral percussion, dancers, female background singers and a full choir. The first night of the event saw the performance of rare epics songs from the Morse’s catalog plus the Testimony 2 album in its entirety, while The Similitude of a Dream album was played from head to toe for a last time during night two.

NIGHT 1

SET 1 - RARE EPICS:

1. Lifeline
2. So Many Roads
3. Supernatural
4. Seeds of Gold

SET 2 - Testimony 2 Album:

5. Mercy Street
6. Overture No. 4
7. Time Changer
8. Jayda
9. Nighttime Collectors
10. Time Has Come Today
11. Jesus’ Blood
12. The Truth Will Set You Free
13. Chance of a Lifetime
14. Jesus Bring Me Home
15. Road Dog Blues
16. It’s for You
17. Crossing Over / Mercy Street Reprise

Extras: Documentary - Behind the Scenes at Morsefest 2017 (only present in Blu Ray discs)


NIGHT 2

SET 1 - The Similitude of a Dream, Part 1:

1. Long Day
2. Overture
3. The Dream
4. City of Destruction
5. We Have Got to Go
6. Makes No Sense
7. Draw the Line
8. The Slough
9. Back to the City
10. The Ways of a Fool
11. So Far Gone
12. Breath of Angels

SET 2 - The Similitude of a Dream, Part 2:

13. Slave to Your Mind
14. Shortcut to Salvation
15. The Man in the Iron Cage
16. The Road Called Home
17. Sloth
18. Freedom Song
19. I’m Running
20. The Mask
21. Confrontation
22. The Battle
23. Broken Sky / Long Day (Reprise)

Encores:
24. Author of Confusion
25. Agenda
26. The Call