Night of the Living Dregs
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Night of the Living Dregs is an album by Dixie Dregs
, released in 1979. The first half of the album was recorded in the studio, and the second half at the Montreux Jazz Festival
on July 23, 1978. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Dixie Dregs
The Dixie Dregs are an American band formed in the 1970s. Their mostly instrumental music fuses jazz, southern rock, bluegrass and classical forms in an often unique style.-Formation and early years:...
, released in 1979. The first half of the album was recorded in the studio, and the second half at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Montreux Jazz Festival
The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...
on July 23, 1978. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Track listing
- "Punk Sandwich" – 3:18
- "Country House Shuffle" – 4:13
- "The Riff Raff" – 3:17
- "Long Slow Distance" – 6:45
- "Night of the Living Dregs" – 4:21
- "The Bash" – 4:28
- "Leprechaun Promenade" – 3:46
- "Patchwork" – 4:53
- All tracks composed by Steve Morse except "The Bash," by Morse/Morgenstein/Parrish/Sloan/West
Personnel
- Steve MorseSteve MorseSteven J. "Steve" Morse is an American guitarist and composer, best known for his work in the hard rock band Deep Purple since 1994. He began his career to form the unique styled instrumental rock band Dixie Dregs in the 1970. Morse's musical inspiration comes from country, funk, jazz fusion, and...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Andy WestAndy WestAndy West is an American bass guitarist and composer who is an original founding member of the Dixie Dregs along with Steve Morse. Since the breakup of the original band in 1983, Andy West has been on albums with Mike Keneally, Henry Kaiser, Paul Barrere, Vinnie Moore, and many others...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Allen SloanAllen SloanAllen Sloan was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped nine times between 1914-21 for . He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.He was the father of Donald Sloan, who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
– stringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones... - Mark Parrish – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Rod MorgensteinRod MorgensteinRod Morgenstein is an American drummer and music educator. He is best known for his work with the late '80s Heavy metal band Winger and with the Jazz fusion band Dixie Dregs. He also played with Fiona, Platypus, The Steve Morse Band, and Jelly Jam...
– percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...