July 21, 2026

Dixie Dregs - My Fathers Place, Roslyn, NY 1979

After my last post with Jean-Luc Ponty we are still in instrumental mood with a prominent violin sound but now totally in the rock field with the Dixie Dregs, these outstanding musicians:
Steve Morse: guitar
Allen Sloan: violin, guitar
Mark Parrish: keyboards
Andy West: bass
Rod Morgenstein: drums 

Some of you, English readers mostly, will recognize the track Take It Off The Top that served as the theme song for the BBC Radio 1 program The Friday Rock Show.





Sound Quality: 9.5-

Source: FM Broadcast

Track List:
01 Odyssey
02 Patchwork
03 Night Of The Living Dregs
04 Night Meets Light
05 Punk Sandwich
06 The Bash
07 Cruise Control 
08 Crowd
09 Take It Off The Top
10 Disco Dregs
11 Crowd 
12 Gina Lola Breakdown 


7 comments:

Gman said...

Thanks so much for this; I've always loved the Dregs! The album cover for What If caught my attention while I was spinning music at my college radio station and that album hooked me. While I didn't see them in their hay-day, I did get to see them in 2018 for that tour. It was amazing. I have a tone of DD boots and I'm hoping this one isn't a duplicate. Thanks again, and keep the great music coming!

AtticRock said...

Gman, thanks for your comment. The Dregs are great, although instrumental their compositions and playing are exciting. I also have these:
Lee Furr's Recording Studios, Tucson AZ 1978-5-30 FM
The Fox Theater, Atlanta GA 1978-5-3 SBD
Roxy Theatre, San Diego CA 1979-7-26 SBD
Old Waldorf, San Francisco 1980-5-9 FM
Atlanta 1982-4-2 FM
Chestnut Cabaret Philadelphia 1992-2-18 SBD
Ziggys, Winston, Salem NC 1993-2-12 SBD
Buffalo, NY 2001-12-3 SBD

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much for this Dixie Dregs Concert. I remember the 80s, were Steve Morse Band was aired in Frankfurt Musikmesse on HR3. This was a interesting sshow.

Gman said...

AtticRock, thanks for sharing your list. There are some that I'm missing; 1978 05-03, 1979 07-26 and 1992 02-18. If you post those, I'll happily download right away! I've been collecting their music for quite some time and have a bunch that you don't have. In addition to what is below, I have 5 more that sadly had their zip files die over the years, but they were not good sound quality. I also saw the Dregs on 4/20/2018 and recorded that show, so I have that as an AUD quality. I'm happy to share, but there's a lot so not sure how to do that easily. Thanks again!
1975 09-13; Miami, FL (University of Miami) SBD
1978 DKRC; (3 tracks) SBD
1978 02-18; New York, NY (Stony Brook) SBD
1978 05-30; Tucson, AZ (Lee Furr’s) Pre-FM
1978 10-21; Columbia, SC SBD
1979 05-07; Oakland, CA (West Theater) SBD
1979 06-17; New Haven, CT (Toad’s Place) SBD
1979 06-19; New York, NY (My Father’s Place) FM
1980 06-28; Milwaukee (Rock Stage) SBD
1981 06-03; New York, NY (My Father’s Place) FM
1981 09-25; Kansas City, MO (Uptown Theater) FM
1982 04-22; Atlanta, GA (Probably the same that you have)
1982 06-11; Boston, MA (Berklee Center) SBD
2005 03-29; Milwaukee (Shank Hall) AUD – only 4 tracks
2000 03-03; Live House of Blues (specifics unknown) SBD
2003 01-10; Santa Cruz, CA (The Catalyst) SBD

AtticRock said...

Gman, if you want send me an email and we'll do a direct trade using a fast transfer service like sendgb or swisstransfer.

Gman said...

Sounds Good!

simonthecat said...

Is anyone else having problems with downloading? I've tried 5 or 6 times and keep getting a message about no free download spots being available.