Friday, April 12, 2024

Dixie Dregs


 



















Artist:  Dixie Dregs

Origin:   Augusta, Georgia, USA

Genre:  Rock, Southern Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock, Instrumental Rock, Jazz Fusion


Original line-up:  1970


Steve Morse:  Guitar

Frank Brittingham:  Guitar, Vocals

Johnny Carr:  Keyboards

Andy West:  Bass

Dave Morse:  Drums


2nd line-up:   1970-1971


Steve Morse:  Guitar

Frank Brittingham:  Guitar, Vocals

Mark Parrish:  Keyboards

Andy West:  Bass

Dave Morse:  Drums


3rd line-up:  1973


Steve Morse:  Guitar

Alien Sloan:  Violin

Andy West:  Bass

Bart Yarnall:  Drums


4th line-up:  1973


vSteve Morse:  Guitar

Mark Parrish:  Keyboards

Andy West:  Bass

Gilbert Frayer:  Drums


5th line-up:  1973-1974


Steve Morse:  Guitar

Alien Sloan:  Violin

Andy West:  Bass

Rod Morgenstein:  Drums


Current line-up:  2017-Present


Steve Morse:  Guitar

Alien Sloan:  Violin

Andy West:  Bass

Rod Morgenstein:  Drums

Steve Davldowski:  Keyboards


Dixie Dregs is an American Rock Band from Augusta, Georgia, formed), Mark Parrish (Keyboards), Andy West (Bass), and Dave Morse )Drums), and Classic line-up by Steve Morse (Guitar), Alien. Sloan (Violin), Andy West (Bass), and Rod Morgenstein (Drums).  The band's music elements of Rock, County, Jazz, Bluegrass, Classical, Southern Rock, Progressive Rock, and Jazz Fusion.












Title:  Free Fall/What If/Night Of The Living Dregs (2024)

Genre:  Rock, Southern Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock, Instrumental Rock, Jazz Fusion

Label:  BGO Records

Rating:   *****


Format:  CD


Tracks:













Disc 1:  Free Fall (1977)


 1.  Free Fall (4:40)

 2.  Holiday (4:29)

 3.  Hand Jig (3:16)

 4.  Moe Down (3:49)

 5.  Refried Funky Chicken (3:16)

 6.  Sleep (1:53)

 7.  Cruise Control (6:14)

 8.  Cosmopolitan Traveler (3:01)

 9.  Dig The Ditch (3:50)

10. Wages Of Weirddness (3:45)

11. Northern Lights (3:12)


Personnel:


Steve Morse:  Guitar, Banjo, Keyboards, Guitar Synth

Alien Sloan:  Violin,Viola, Electric Violin, Strings

Andy West:  Bass

Rod Morgenstein:  Drums, Percussion

Steve Davldowski:  Keyboards









Disc 2:  What If (1978)


 1.  Take It Off The Top (4:27)

 2.  Odyssey (7:35)

 3.  What If (5:01)

 4.  Travel Tunes (4:34)

 5.  Ice Cakes (4:39)

 6.  Little Kids (2:03)

 7.  Gina Lola Breakdown (4:00)

 8.  Night Meets Light (7:47)


Personnel:


Steve Morse:  Guitar, Banjo

Alien Sloan:  Violin, Viola

Andy West:  Bass

Rod Morgenstein:  Drums, Vocals

Mark Parrish:  Keyboards














Disc 3:  Night Of The Living Dregs (1979)


 1.  Punk Sandwich (3:18)

 2.  County House Shuffle (4:13)

 3.  The Riff Raff (3:17)

 4.  Long Slow Distance (6:45)

 5.  Night Of The Living Dregs (4:21)

 6.  The Bash (4:28)

 7.  LeprechaunPromemade (3:46)

 8.  Patchwork (4:53)


Personnel:


Steve Morse:  Guitar

Alien Sloan: Strings

Andy West:  Bass

Rod Morgenstein:  Percussion

Mark Parrish:  Keyboards


Free Fall/What If/Night Of The Living Dregs is the collection album by Dixie Dregs, released on April 5, 2024 by BGO Records.  The band's three Capricorn Records albums from 1977, 1978, 1979.









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