(Dixie) Dregs appreciation...
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Topic: (Dixie) Dregs appreciation...
Posted By: ark-amps
Subject: (Dixie) Dregs appreciation...
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 16:10
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Huge fan since 1982 when I first heard "Industry Standard" the band that made me start to actually dig country flavored instrumentals;) Steve Morse is a world class composer as well as guitarist! ------------- State of the <ART> |
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 03 2009 at 16:15
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Wow! What a coincidence, I just listened to Unsung Heroes today, and thought of opening up a Appreciation thread for them! I'm not a big fan of them, though they're excellent musicians, all of them, specially Steve Morse, a very underappreciated guitarist. My fave albums are: Unsung Heroes and Night of the Living Dregs My fave song is Kat Food |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 01:39
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Yep, great band, Morse is an astonishing guitarist, which is weird because on highwaystar.com (of all places) he still gets put down a lot.
Butr I suppose that 15 after years he's still Deep Purple's new boy.
But as for the Dregs: Yes, a very interesting band, especially the earlier albums.
Quite interesting too, when you see how often Rod Morgenstein and their bass player (I forget his name at the moment) turn up all over the place, like in many Dream Theater side projects for instance.
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 01:43
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I didn't even know Dixie Dregs were in PA until just now, lol. Don't really know their music to be honest, but I can at least say Steve Morse is pretty insane. The man alternate picks all these insane arpeggios for christ sake, absolutely crazy. ------------- 
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 01:46
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I remember I bought a CD issue of their debut last semester. Cost me 2 bucks. I opened it up and noticed that the liner notes were autographed. There was also a ticket from a 1996 Morse concert. Again, 'twas autographed. And then, I played the album. Mmmm, lovely stuff. Here it is:  |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 01:55
Yeah....great great band. I have to say ' Night of The Living Dregs", " What If.." " Dregs of the earth" opened up a new appreciation and direction of prog all those years ago. I had VDGG in one hand and DD in the other. I am happy to say I chose the latter ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 02:10
| Yes great band, usualy not mentioned in many fav top ten jazz bands, Dixie Dregs made me love them after I've heared What if from 1978, still their best and among the best from the'70's. |
Posted By: ark-amps
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 16:46
What if is one of my favs too!!! Coast to coast by The Steve Morse Band is incredible too!!! ------------- State of the <ART> |
b_olariu wrote:Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 16:52
Steve is great, but you see, he's not Ritchie... Same thing happened to poor Tommy Bolin, and I'm sure that contributed to his early demise. BTW, I saw him live in Rome with DP in 2003... Amazing guitarist, and very, very nice guy  ! As regards the Dregs, I only have Free Fall, which is an excellent album. I'd like to get something more by the Dregs, but their albums are not very easy to find. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 17:01
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^what she said about Steve in DP, I'll have to second it all! Saw him too in Deep Purple this year, 2 weeks ago, simply stunning guitarist, and like Raff said, a very, very nice guy. Though I think the thread is turning into a Steve Morse Appreciation thread, hehe... |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 18:40
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Raff,
http://www.amazon.com/Dixie-Dregs/e/B000APWXGO - http://www.amazon.com/Dixie-Dregs/e/B000APWXGO
Just saw them in 2007 Dregs and Morse band. What a show. I sat right across the table from Phil Erhart from Kansas (NAMM show in Anaheim). Jerry Goodman and Rod Morgenstein. Great ,Great show. Look for Steve on the DVD that Kansas just recorded with a Symphony a few weeks ago. ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 19:53
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I'll probably be repeating stuff I've said in other threads. This is was an essential band to get into when I first got in to prog. What If really moved me. Freefall, not quite as much as much at the time, though still an excellent album. Parts of Freefall were even used for some commercials spots on Ted Turner's first TV station WTBS, promoting things airing on the station. All the studio albums are great, but they really ramp it up live. I'd also highly recommend their Live At Mountreaux DVD from 1978. This is a band I have seen more times than I will ever be able to see another in my life. (Helps growing up and living in the Atlanta area.) So many shows dating from the What If to Industry Standard era that I've lost count. Bring 'Em Back Alive was my last show so far. Even got to volunteer roadie for them when they played at a local community college back in the 70's. By the way, I'd place them in Eclectic rather than Jazz Rock/Fusion, though they were heavily influenced by Mahavishnu Orchestra and played a few MO covers in the beginning before I first saw them live. If you take their music a whole it's Rock/Jazz/Classical/Bluegrass Fusion. Also of note, Jerry Goodman, a former MO violinist has joined the band for a few albums and touring. Steve Howe played an acoustic guitar duo with Steve Morse on Industry Standard. Dweezil Zappa joined them on stage for a cover of Peaches En Regalia. Though not a prog artist per se, Mark O'Connor has also filled the violin seat on Industry Standard and their live touring for that one. They were known by the fans that I knew of as the Dregs even before they shortened it to that for the sake of commercial albums trying to gain a little commercial success, hence the (Dixie) in the thread title. Don't be afraid of the Dixie, but on every album you will get one Bluegrass/Rock fusion tune. Be sure and visit. http://www.stevemorse.com/ - http://www.stevemorse.com/ ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Jeff Schu
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 23:06
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Much love for the Dixie Dregs here. My first exposure to them was on Dream Theater's The Big Medley on A Change of Seasons and I had the great fortune of seeing them play as a special guest opener for DT during their Metropolis 2000 tour. I hadn't ever really listened to em' at the time but man o man I was floored and it was alot of fun.
I didn't really get into em' though until just last year. I picked up Free Fall and What If (awesome f**king albums) and even tracked down Night of the Living Dregs. Great stuff. I would love to have a chance to see them again one day. Anyone know what their activities are of late??? ------------- 
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: March 05 2009 at 01:50
i have the "What if" album by Dixie Dregs, it contains the theme tune "Take it off the Top" Tommy Vance used for his Friday rock show, a regular tune-in for me in those days, really miss old Tommy...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 05 2009 at 06:19
I see you posted right after me. If you don't know this already by now from visiting his web site, Steve's currently busy touring with Deep Purple. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: March 05 2009 at 13:21
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Unfortunatly the Dregs are limited as Slarty says to shows around the Purple tours. I was fortunate to see them in So Cal when the Namm show was out and it brought more than few musicans to the 500 strong crowd. Just have to watch for the shows.
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Posted By: ark-amps
Date Posted: March 06 2009 at 15:56
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Unfortunately I never got to see Steve play live with anyone:( But at least he has lots of recordings I can dive into;) ------------- State of the <ART> |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 04:24
Agreed. Let's here more about Rod Morgenstern, drummer par-excellence. Second only to Simon Phillips (playing on Rutherford's Smallcreep's Day and Beck's There and Back) is Rod's machine-gun precision double-bass playing on several choice tracks... |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:58
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Does Andy West ever play with the group anymore?
Dave LaRue is good, but West is outstanding. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 13:30
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West guested on California Screamin' I hadn't been keeping up with him, but from his site http://www.xen.com/ - http://www.xen.com/ : Here are some of the highlights of my career so far:
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