What If (Dixie Dregs album)
| What If | ||||
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| Released | March 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Chateau Recorders | |||
| Length | 39:46 | |||
| Label | Capricorn | |||
| Producer | Ken Scott | |||
| Dixie Dregs chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [2] |
What If is the second studio album by the Dixie Dregs, released in 1978.
Track listing
- "Take It Off the Top" (Steve Morse) – 4:07
- "Odyssey" (Morse) – 7:35[3]
- "What If" (Morse) – 5:01
- "Travel Tunes" (Andy West) – 4:34
- "Ice Cakes" (Morse) – 4:39
- "Little Kids" (Morse) – 2:03
- "Gina Lola Breakdown" (Morse, Twiggs Lyndon) – 4:00
- "Night Meets Light" (Morse) – 7:47
Personnel
- Steve Morse – guitar, banjo
- Mark Parrish – keyboards
- Allen Sloan – violin, viola
- Andy West – bass guitar
- Rod Morgenstein – drums, vocals
Production
Producer - Ken Scott
- Assistant engineers – Brian Leshon, Chris Gregg, Gary Coppola[4]
- Mastered By – SR/2*
- Recorded At – Chateau Recorders
Production coordinator - Steven Brooks
Notes
- "What If" and "Ice Cakes" are re-recordings from the band's 1976 demo record The Great Spectacular.
- The lead track "Take It Off the Top" was used as the theme song for the Friday Rock Show for most of the show's run (from 1978 to 1993).
- American heavy metal guitarist James Murphy covered "Odyssey" on his Feeding the Machine solo album.
- Progressive metal band Dream Theater covered "Odyssey" for the special edition of their 10th studio album Black Clouds & Silver Linings.
References
- ^ Gioffre, Daniel (2011). "What If - The Dixie Dregs | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ from 1978 Album, 25 April 2010
- ^ "What If". Discogs.com. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
