What If (Dixie Dregs album)

What If is the second studio album by the Dixie Dregs, released in 1978.

Production

The band sought, for What If, producer/engineer Ken Scott, because of his production of Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire (1973). “Those guys were our heroes,” said guitarist and main composer Steve Morse. He added: “we were eager to work with Ken. We felt like we were graduating to the next level.”

Track listing

Personnel

• Steve Morse – guitar, banjo
• Mark Parrish – keyboards
• Allen Sloan – violin, viola
• Andy West – bass guitar
• Rod Morgenstein – drums; vocals on "Ice Cakes"

Production

• Producer – Ken Scott
• Assistant engineers – Brian Leshon, Chris Gregg, Gary Coppola
• Mastered by SR/2*
• Recorded at Chateau Recorders
• Production coordinator – Steven Brooks

Notes

• "What If" and "Ice Cakes" are re-recordings from the band's 1976 demo record The Great Spectacular.
• "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.

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