<a href="http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/the-dixie-dregs/concerts/sigma-sound-studios-june-17-1979.html">Dixie Dregs</a> began life in Augusta, Georgia as the Dixie Grits. <a href="http://www.stevemorse.com/">Lead guitarist Steve Morse</a>, a founding member of the band, picked up more experience and members of the band at University of Miami in the mid-‘70s.
With a little help from the <a href="perma://BLPageReference/DD7C5B86-5F82-423B-865B-9FC1E405132C">Allman Brothers</a>, they signed a contract with Capricorn Records. Their 1979 album Night of the Living Dregs won a Grammy.
More than a dozen musicians have been Dregs over the years. It is not unusual for them to reform in various configurations to play a few dates or make recordings. Morse is sometimes said to be one of the hardest working rock guitars around. Violinist Jerry Goodman played earlier in his career with <a href="perma://BLPageReference/F67C8E89-C37E-4E2A-9A41-8C678D922446">John McLaughlin’s Mahvishnu Orchestra</a>.
<a href="perma://BLPageReference/BFE3E07E-2FB4-4CCC-AF30-A4A147AE18EF">This 1992 performance was as an opening act for Santana.</a>
<a href="perma://BLPageReference/BFE3E07E-2FB4-4CCC-AF30-A4A147AE18EF">Dixie Dregs
1992</a>
Tuesday, October 19, 2010