Dixie Dregs
The Best Of The Dixie Dregs
The Story
"The Best Of The Dixie Dregs" combines tracks from three Dixie Dregs albums released in the late '70s: "Free Fall", "What If' and "Night Of The Living Dregs". Andy Aledort writes in the liner notes, "Taking their cues from '70s fusion heavyweights Return To Forever, Weather Report and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the Dregs, led by world-renown guitar wizard Steve Morse, encapsulated an earthier feel via vital American country and gospel influences, brilliantly infused with majestic baroque and classical themes. The Dregs also seamlessly blended into their musical tapestry elements of western swing, bluegrass, blues, funk, progressive and hard rock, fusion and even new age music. The result was a sound that was consistently resolute and spritually uplifting. The Dixie Dregs' impressive musical contributions have earned them five Grammy award nominations."
The Music
| 04:40 | Free Fall | Instrumental |
| 03:16 | Refried Funky Chicken | Instrumental |
| 03:01 | Cosmopolitan Traveler | Instrumental |
| 04:07 | Take It Off The Top | Instrumental |
| 05:03 | What If | Instrumental |
| 04:38 | Ice Cakes | Instrumental |
| 08:00 | Night Meets Light | Instrumental |
| 03:18 | Punk Sandwich | Instrumental |
| 06:45 | Long Slow Distance | Instrumental |
| 04:13 | Night Of The Living Dregs | Instrumental |
| 04:53 | Patchwork | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Steve Morse | Guitars, Guitar Synthesizers, Banjo |
| Andy West | Bass |
| Allen Sloan | Electric Violin, Viola, Strings |
| Steve Davidowski | Synthesizer, Keyboards (on Tracks 1-3) |
| Mark Parrish | Keyboards (on Tracks 4-11) |
| Rod Morganstein | Drums, Percussion, Vocals on "Ice Cakes" |
| Stewart Levine | Production |
| Rik Pekkonen | Associate Production, Engineering, Mixing |
| Ken Scott | Production, Engineering |
| Bill Levenson | Compilation Production |
| Suha Gur | Mastering |
| Vartan | Art Direction |
| Mike Fink | Design |
| Paul Cox | Photography |
| Ryan Null | Photography Research |
| Monique McGuffin | Production Coordination |
| Andy Aledort | Liner Notes |
| Songs 1-3 recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. Taken from "Free Fall", released May, 1977.
Songs 4-7 recorded and mixed at Chateau Recorders, Los Angeles, CA. Taken From "What If", recorded March, 1978. Songs 9-12 recorded and mixed at Chateau Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, Mountain Recorders, Montreaux, Switzerland, Axis Sound, Atlanta, GA and the Montreaux Jazz Festival, July 23, 1978. Taken from "Night Of The Living Dregs", released March, 1979. Mastered at Universal Mastering Studios East, Edison, New Jersey. |
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