DIXIE DREGS / STEVE MORSE BAND

Ok, so I saw the show last night.. and it was fantastic. Luckily I have a friend who works at BB Kings, so he got me in first and I got the seat right beneath Steve..... his feet when he was doing the floor pedals were about 5 inches from my face... of course my neck sort of hurts now... LOL!

I enjoyed the Steve Morse Band (just the trio of Steve, Dave and Van).. just because I'm also a huge fan of Dave LaRue's. They opened the show with a medley of classic rock tunes, that allowed Steve to play some "in your face" guitar riffs. He played some Mountain, Deep Purple, even some Who. I noticed they also added in a little of "Freebird" which is what we Southerners refer to as throwing in the kitchen sink...  Tthe rest of the almost hour long opening set was a great selection of steve morse solo stuff.  The strictly instrumental music is so good and performed so well you dont even realize there are no vocals. THe best part is that being the only girl sitting that close to them, I got lots of attention and Dave played off me most the night. At the end of the show, he came over to me, bent over off the stage and gave me a kiss and a big hug...and then he thanked me for the energy. Wow, how wonderful... I love hugs from tired sweaty guys!!...

I think I preferred the Dregs tho just because I love the play off between Steve and Jerry on electric violin. However, the keyboards were just too low in the mix. I like the Dregs drummer, Rod, better that the band's younger drummer, Van. Rod's more fluid, better rhythm, and more energy actually. They started the set with "Cruise Control" then on to "Assembly"..Loved the Zep cover(Kashmir), and the Mahavishnu Orchestra song "Celestrial" for Jerry (since he used to play with that band).

The funny thing is that I've met Jerry before... I just can't remember where... neither can he tho, we discussed it later and he said that he thinks we've hung out together... and I said, "Yes, and I don't think it was all that long ago.. so I must really be getting old"

I got some time with Steve after the show.. and of course Dave. So I have some pictures I'll post later. Jordan Rudess was there also. But I didn't get a chance to talk to him.

It was a great show... and after Allan Holdsworth a few months ago, I wasn't looking forward to another instrumental show... but I'm sure glad I went!!