What If (Dixie Dregs album)

What If
Studio album by Dixie Dregs
Released	March 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Jazz fusion, Instrumental rock
Length	39:46
Label	Capricorn Records
Producer	Ken Scott
Dixie Dregs chronology
Free Fall (1977) What If (1978) Night of the Living Dregs (1979)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

What If is a studio album by the jazz fusion band Dixie Dregs, released in 1978.

Track listing

1. "Take It Off the Top" (Morse) – 4:07
2. "Odyssey" (Morse ^[3] ) – 7:35
3. "What If" (Morse) – 5:01
4. "Travel Tunes" (West) – 4:34
5. "Ice Cakes" (Morse) – 4:39
6. "Little Kids" (Morse) – 2:03
7. "Gina Lola Breakdown" (Morse/T. Lyndon) – 4:00
8. "Night Meets Light" (Morse) – 7:47

Personnel

• Steve Morse – Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Synthesizer), Guitar (Classical), Banjo
• Mark Parrish – Keyboards
• Allen Sloan – Strings, Violin, Viola
• Andy West – Bass, Bass (Electric)
• Rod Morgenstein – Drums, Vocals

Notes

• The lead track "Take It Off The Top" was used as the theme tune 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.

The Dixie Dregs album What if was promoted in UK, by a 4-page insert-Advert- placed in Melody Maker + NME? in one issue around late 1978/early 1979 publicizing the Allman Brothers Band - Enlightened Rouges/Sea Level-On the Edge/Dixie Dregs-What If.

References

1. Gioffre, Daniel (2011). "What If - The Dixie Dregs | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. From Original 1978 Album, 25 April 2010