What If (Dixie Dregs album)

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

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Track listing

1. "Take It Off the Top" (Steve Morse) – 4:07
2. "Odyssey" (Morse) – 7:35[3]
3. "What If" (Morse) – 5:01
4. "Travel Tunes" (Andy 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, banjo
• Mark Parrish – keyboards
• Allen Sloan – violin, viola
• Andy West – bass guitar
• Rod Morgenstein – drums, vocals

Production

• Assistant engineers – Brian Leshon, Chris Gregg, Gary Coppola[4]
• Mastered By – SR/2*
• Recorded At – Chateau Recorders

Notes

• 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. from 1978 Album, 25 April 2010
4. "What If". Discogs.com. Retrieved 17 December 2016.