Steve Morse: The 1978 Dixie Dregs Interview |
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Jas O
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Topic: Steve Morse: The 1978 Dixie Dregs Interview Posted: July 26 2011 at 14:17 |
Back in June 1978, while the groundbreaking instrumental band Dixie Dregs were on their "What If" Tour, I did interviews with Steve Morse and Andy West for Guitar Player magazine. Three weeks ago Steve and Andy gave me permission to retranscribe the original tapes, and it turns out that about 80% of the material was never published. A lot of the stuff in Steve's 10,000-word interview is amazing! Steve starts by going way deep into his gear -- at the time, he was playing the hybrid Telecaster with a Strat neck and five pickups, all of which he assembled himself. Then he covers his background, with many funny and insightful stories that have never before been published. |
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yanch
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Posted: July 26 2011 at 15:57 |
Thank you for posting this. I am a huge Dixie Dregs and Steve Morse fan and am excited to have the opportunity to read such an in depth interview with one of my favorite musicians. I was fortunate enough to see the Dixie Dregs-going by The Dregs at the time-twice during the Unsung Heroes period. They were amazing. They actually opened for Jefferson Starship and blew them off the stage, half the audience left after the Dregs set!!
Can't wait to get into this. Thanks again!
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EchidnasArf
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 04 2011 Location: Austin, TX Status: Offline Points: 376 |
Posted: July 26 2011 at 16:23 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 26 2011 at 18:40 |
Thanks. I've got one ticket stub without a year that I was on a day ending in y on November 18that some place with Theater as it's last name. I've also got a stub from The Great Southeast Music Hall without date or band name. My first year identifiable dated stub is October 27 1979, followed by December 31 1979, April 26 1980. Needless to say over the years I have set a personal record for number of shows I attended no other band will beat.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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fxdregs
Forum Newbie Joined: October 03 2007 Location: Vancouver Status: Offline Points: 34 |
Posted: August 03 2011 at 14:58 |
Great Interview.
Thank you.
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