What If (Dixie Dregs album)

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What If
Dixie Dregs What If.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1978
Recorded1978
StudioChateau Recorders
Length39:46
Label Capricorn
Producer Ken Scott
Dixie Dregs chronology
Free Fall
(1977)
What If
(1978)
Night of the Living Dregs
(1979)
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What If is the second studio album by the Dixie Dregs, released in 1978. [3]

Contents

Production

The band sought, for What If, producer/engineer Ken Scott, because of his production of Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire (1973). “Those guys were our heroes,” said guitarist and main composer Steve Morse. He added: “we were eager to work with Ken. We felt like we were graduating to the next level.” [4]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take It Off the Top" Steve Morse 4:07
2."Odyssey"Morse7:35 [5]
3."What If"Morse5:01
4."Travel Tunes" Andy West 4:34
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Ice Cakes"Morse4:39
6."Little Kids"Morse2:03
7."Gina Lola Breakdown"Morse, Twiggs Lyndon4:00
8."Night Meets Light"Morse7:47

Personnel

Production

Producer - Ken Scott

Production coordinator - Steven Brooks

Notes

References

  1. Gioffre, Daniel (2011). "What If - The Dixie Dregs | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 62. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. Waters, Timothy R. (17 Dec 1981). "Classical mixed with bluegrass? Call them the Dregs". Arts. The Christian Science Monitor.
  4. Bosso, Joe (13 September 2022). ""I Was Like a Mad Scientist, Always Refining": Steve Morse Reveals How He Wrote "Take It Off the Top"". Guitar Player . Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. from 1978 Album, 25 April 2010