The Dixie Dregs - What If
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- Take It Off The Top - Dixie DregsDownload & Buy
- Odyssey - Dixie DregsDownload & Buy
- What If - Dixie DregsDownload & Buy
- Travel Tunes - Dixie DregsDownload & Buy
- Ice Cakes - Dixie DregsDownload & Buy
- Little Kids - Dixie DregsDownload & Buy
- Gina Lola Breakdown - Dixie DregsDownload & Buy
- Night Meets Light - Dixie DregsDownload & Buy
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Album Details: What If
- Release Date:
- 01/01/1978
- Label:
- Polygram Records
- UPC:
- 042283183629
User Reviews: What If
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What If
, September 13, 2002Reviewer:
brainchild87106 - See all brainchild87106's reviews Ice Cakes and Take it Off the Top are very fine compositions. Steve Morse is one of the great guitarists of his generation. Scott Henderson seemed to have learned a thing or two from his playing prowess. Highly recommended.
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Pro Reviews: What If
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Calling the Dixie Dregs a fusion band doesn't really do them justice. Granted, their music is full of the complicated forms, jazz-influenced improvisations, and heavy rock attitude of the genre, but the Dregs also incorporate country, folk, and classical elements into their compositions. Although there is more than a little of the 1970's fusion of Jeff Beck and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in their music and especially on this record, the Dixie Dregs transcend these genre limitations so well that they might as well be performing in a different idiom. On What If, their finest album, Steve Morse and company breathtakingly illustrate their peculiar musical vision. As per standard operating procedure, Morse is the primary composer and chief sonic architect. He is blessed with some of the greatest technique in rock guitar, and he utilizes every facet of it, whether burning unison runs with violinist Allen Sloan, chunking heavy, palm-muted lines along with bassist Andy West, or playing impressively contrapuntal classically-inflected nylon-string guitar. Morse also has a very distinctive composing voice, and this shines through on seven of the eight tracks. The strongest moments on What If are those songs of Morse's that incorporate a more folky influence into the fusion, such as the almost straight-up country of Gina Lola Breakdown." Also impressive is West's lone songwriting contribution, Travel Tunes." This song lives up to its name by moving between melodies apparently derived from British folk music, angular fusion grooves, a Caribbean-sounding interlude, and straight-up rock and roll. The fact that the Dixie Dregs do this is a credit to their creativity; the fact that it works is a testament to their musicianship. This is music without labels, emotional and logical at the same time, passionately played and immaculately conceived. It is worth every penny. - Daniel Gioffre, All Music Guide |
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One of the top jazz-rock fusion ensembles ever, the Dixie Dregs combined virtuoso technique with eclecticism and a sense of humor and spirit too frequently lacking in similar projects. Guitarist Steve Morse and bassist Andy West played together as hi...Full The Dixie Dregs Biography
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