What If (Dixie Dregs album)

1978 studio album by Dixie Dregs

What If is the second studio album by the Dixie Dregs, released in 1978.^[3]

Track listing

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
• 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

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. from 1978 Album, 25 April 2010