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| 1. | Free Fall
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| 2. | Leprechaun Promenade
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| 3. | Country House Shuffle
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| 4. | Patchwork
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| 5. | Attila The Hun
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| 6. | The Bash
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| 7. | Night Of The Living Dregs
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| 8. | Wages of Weirdness
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| 9. | Take It Off The Top
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| 10. | Kathreen
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| 11. | Dixie
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Alex Ligertwood - Vocals
Allen Sloan - Violin
Andy West - Bass
Mark Parrish - Keyboards, Piano
Rod Morgenstein - Drums
Steve Morse - Guitar
T Lavitz - Keyboards
* Clark Dick - Interviewer
* Claude Nobs - Director, Director of Programming, Executive Producer, Introduction
* Doctor Drew Thompson - Executive Producer
* Geoff Kempin - Executive Producer
* Ian Carmichael - Video Editor
* Michael Heatley - Liner Notes
* Randi Anglin - Photography
* Steve Scanlon - Mastering
* Terry Shand - Executive Producer
Out of the musically fertile jazz-rock "fusion" era of the 1970s emerged the Dixie Dregs. Marrying bluegrass with rock sensibilities, baroque pageantry with Celtic undertones, the Dregs soon became a band without peers. By 1978 the band had garnered such critical acclaim as to be invited to perform at the prestigious 11th annual Montreaux Jazz Festival, sharing the bill with such luminaries as Larry Coryell, Ben Sidran, and Sea Level. The Dregs turned in a blinding performance of unparalleled magnitude, at once passionate and precise. Here now, for the first time ever, is the complete performance that captivated the Montreaux audience on that 23rd day in July, 1978. Rounding out this historic concert are the band's appearances on two of the most influential US musical variety shows: Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (featuring a dazzling performance of "Punk Sandwich") and Dick Clark's American Bandstand (featuring Alex Ligertwood on "Crank It Up"). The latter appearance was filmed during a short promotional tour in support of their album Industry Standard. So sit back, turn the lights down low, volume up high, and relive the spectacular sights and sounds of the Dixie Dregs live and unfettered in your living room!
---Darren Tucci
Features:
* The Dixie Dregs Live on American Bandstand. Inc. Band Interview with Dick Clark: Crank It Up, Bloodsucking Leeches
* The Dixie Dregs Live on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert: Punk Sandwich
The Dixie Dregs
Active Decades: '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: 1975
Died: 1982
Genre: Rock
Styles: Fusion, Southern Rock
One of the top jazz-rock fusion ensembles ever, the Dixie Dregs combined virtuoso technique with eclecticism and a sense of humor and spirit too frequently lacking in similar projects. Guitarist Steve Morse and bassist Andy West played together as high school students in Augusta, Georgia in a conventional rock band called Dixie Grit. When Morse was expelled from school for refusing to cut his hair, he enrolled at the University of Miami School of Music, where he met violinist Allen Sloan, who had played with the Miami Philharmonic, and drummer Rod Morgenstein. The three decided to form a band, and Morse convinced West to come to Miami and join. The Dixie Dregs completed their lineup with keyboardist Steve Davidowski. Their first album, The Great Spectacular, was recorded for a class project in 1975 and later released by the band (it is long out of print). Following graduation, the quintet began playing live around the South and got their break after opening for Sea Level on 1976, when a representative from Capricorn Records was impressed enough to sign them. Mark Parrish, a former member of Dixie Grit, replaced Davidowski for their official debut, 1977's Free Fall. Their follow-up, What If, proved to be one of their most artistically successful albums, and the Dregs played at the 1978 Montreux Jazz Festival with T Lavitz replacing Parrish. Half of Night of the Living Dregs contains excerpts from that concert. The group shortened their name to the Dregs for 1981's Unsung Heroes, and added both vocalists and three-time national fiddling champ Mark O'Connor, whose old-timey playing style added another dimension to the group's sound, for Industry Standard. The Dregs then disbanded; the highly respected Morse formed his own band and recorded several albums, later joining Kansas from 1986 to 1988, while Morgenstein hooked up with pop-metallists Winger.
The Dregs reunited briefly in 1988 for a series of live dates, but a full-fledged reunion didn't take place until 1992, with Morse, Lavitz, Morgenstein, and Dave LaRue of the Steve Morse Band in West's place. Allen Sloan rejoined only briefly, with his position then filled by ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra member Jerry Goodman. Bring 'Em Back Alive was culled from the group's tour, and 1994's Full Circle was also well-received. California Screamin' followed in early 2000.
---Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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