Steve Morse is a rare band leader whose playing prowess is equaled by his compositional prowess, with all of it wrapped in a package of shocking humility. This allows him to garner musicians who are also at the top of their games. It's really all about the music. Truly a unique band of supremely gifted players. Listen to Odyssey, then listen to Hereafter. If you are not hooked, you never will be.

@bradalker5332

6 жыл бұрын

Spot on!

@boboskeeper

6 жыл бұрын

AMEN

@stringstroker22

6 жыл бұрын

Hereafter is such an amazing song! They were here last night and I was 4th row middle! 5 supremely talented musicians. Love love love, this band!

@bribbripnairbnab7301

4 жыл бұрын

And, he has been the deep purple guitar player longer than Ritchie Blackmore.

@ledchickenfpv7164

3 жыл бұрын

"I'm Freaking Out" and "Leprechaun Promenade" should be mandatory listening for anyone exploring the Dregs and Steve Morse. I've been a fan since first hearing "Cruise Control", I don't clearly remember where, but it would have been right around 4 decades ago. I first saw Steve and the boys when they did a Halloween show at the Agora Ballroom in Atlanta a couple years later. Dregs and SMB have been my reference standard for musical chops of near superhero levels my entire adult life... I'd like to get Steve Morse and Les Claypool together. 😉 Steve's signature machine gun alternate picked flurries of notes could sound awesome in combination with the way Les blurs the distinction between a string instrument and percussion. Gimme more! 😉😁👍

I saw the Dixie Dregs 4x in concert. Always sitting in the first 1 to 3 rows. Stunning!

I had the incredible pleasure of seeing the Dregs live with this lineup. Every one of these guys is top notch. It doesn't get any better than this!!!

@snoolee7950

4 жыл бұрын

Well it does get better. there is no substitute for the original band

Living in the ATL in 70s and 80s (and still), we used to go to every Dregs show we could. The only band I've seen more than the Dregs is Glenn Phillips and The Dead.

Been a fan since 77' NObody sounds like the Dixie Dregs! Cool Dudes all.

How could you dislike this? That makes no sense to me. This IS musicianship on the highest scale.

Man I saw the original Dixie Dregs on a beach bar in 1981 , What.a Show !!!

Jerry Goodman!!! I love his sound so much!!!

One if my favorite Dregs tunes, thanks for posting. 😊

that solo by Dave was really a killer

@ricksville1718

6 жыл бұрын

So was Jerry's.

Unmistakable Jerry Goodman sound on violin. (And great).

This song is absolutely great if you read this you're awesome

bass solo was sick

I love this little synth solo, first part is incredible :)

Such a great band. Had the pleasure of seeing them live many times late 70s early 80s

@jsnugbear

4 жыл бұрын

TheWossa Me too, and in a small club in my hometown.

I've been a fan of the Dregs since I was eighteen...I bought "Unsung Heroes" in 1982...How they still rock!!!!

This it the best rendition of this song! So funky!

Loved those Bass Lines by Andy! Tight band... Andy is living out "West" and liking it from what I gather. Andy is big in Astronomy. Great guy and funny.. West is Best..............

@nicksm7980

8 жыл бұрын

But there's no Andy West on that video.

LaRue - the MADMAN! Always loved this guy from the first time I met him teaching in New Brunswick NJ back in the 80's.

Rod carries this band very nicely... All are some of the best in their class...

@tracyeaves4847

8 жыл бұрын

+thegougeman There has been no credible relacement for Rod Morganstien - the fluidness and artistic ability is unmatched.

look what the kat Dreged in ;)

@ShaggyDawg

8 жыл бұрын

+alex k. Well played, sir.

@t10claytempered16

3 жыл бұрын

Nice one. They just kill. One of my favorites. I've played this in public and gotten the, "who Is that!?"

I've always liked how Stingray basses were built, but wanted something with more variation in tone. Then I started watching videos with Dave LaRue and was introduced to the Music Man Sterling. I finally bought one a couple months ago, and I freaking love it.

i love reading newbs comments on one of the most adventurious fusion bands ever.......i was lucky enough to enjoy them in the day.....and still do

Damn, Dave is an amazing bass player!

R.I.P. T Lavitz

@88omair

10 жыл бұрын

He's sorely missed. Brilliant musician RIP

@snoolee7950

4 жыл бұрын

yes here's to you, T

been a Dregs fan for more than 25 years now ... its great to watch this vid

I remember seeing them do this one live before it even had a title. Steve used to double that short keyboard riff (0:43 & 0:51) on guitar in the live shows when he was younger! :)

OMG what a band Awesome

How could anyone dislike this

@jorgemartin5093

5 жыл бұрын

Cause it sounds metallic. Too cold.

@EthnHayabusa

4 жыл бұрын

Too cold? Nonsense. Funky as hell. Everything I need from music.

Awesome bass solo.

@yuricerrato6594

3 жыл бұрын

why not the guitar?

Always a joy to watch these guys play-But I still miss Steve's custom Tele! :-)

@snoolee7950

4 жыл бұрын

he must have worn it out

@aschule5684

Жыл бұрын

I know I always thought Fender should have recreated that guitar as the REAL Steve Morse signature model, how cool would that have been?!

Still as blown away as I was hearing this song live at a club called "My Fathers Place" in 1982

Fabulous - the best!!!

Saw them in ‘93. Jaw-dropping😱

Amazing Band...

Awesome -- fantastic solo by Steve..!!

Good sound quality for a youtube vid. Good work. I remember listening to Unsung Heroes as a 16 year and being totally blown away. Top band! If you love this you gotta love Allan Holdsworth and Zappa.

Favorite

Jerry Goodman on violin - YES! Dave LaRue smokin' that bass...good stuff!

Steve Morse and the Dixie Dreggs still bring the goods. I love Steve Morse in the Dreggs and his Deep Purple stuff too. I hope he keeps doing both.

oh s***t that's a great song and an epic performance

This is AWESOME!! Love all the solos.

Simply amazing

Dammm!! Everyone in this band Kicks Major League Ass!!!

Excellent performance!

Insane Unbelievable awesome!

I wish I had discovered these guys sooner, they're all so immensly talented and insunc, I didn't even know you could do a pinch harmonic on a violin. Awesome!

Doesn't get any better ❤️

steve is crazy :D Everybody are great

Amazing concert...

bloody hell!!! ...untill it gets to a 2nd " guitar solo" i thought there was another guitarist playing in dixie dregs!! until i realised the violinist sounds like a guitar player soloing!!! vundabar!!!

slapin da bass man!!

these guys are freaking awesome very talented!

true musicians

Holding my Blue burst Music Man Steve Morse! Enjoying!

I saw them in 1981 open for Jefferson Starship and in a way blew them away...

Love how at 1:48, dave larue finishes his solo and was going to go back to finger style playing, but Steve Morse motions for him to keep slapping

Hammer!

It is a shame I never got to see them in concert. I knew somebody who helped out the Dixie Dreg roadie crew when their little van got a flat tire. But, who knows, that was a bar-room tale...

Man that violin is great. Sounds just like a guitar. I thought it was Steve at first.

too Cool For School

Bad ass

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWESOME

kikin jam.....Dregs Rock!

Omg

@richardsharp75 ...Allan Holdsworth and Frank Zappa (rest his soul) are two of my all time favorite musicians! I like to see Holdsworth when he plays at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA. It's such an intimate little club, but the best of the best musicians play there regularly. I saw the Dixie Dregs with the lineup on this video play a couple of times at a club called The Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA. What an amazing show they put on!!!

His name is Allen Sloan, in the early days of the Dregs the guys were influenced by the Mahavishnu orchestra (John Mclaughlin,Jerry Goodman,Jan Hammer,Jack laird,Billy Cobham) but then turned into musical monsters of their own calibur.Oh by the way check out Jerry Goodman and Jan hammers album Like children.

How could you dislike this?

I saw Sloanov, O'Conner, and Goodman all with the Dregs - Goodman bought the best fusion kill to the band of the three.

@S7Jams

9 жыл бұрын

namklak6 i agree but omg, used to watch Sloan sit in with the Chattanooga Symphony for some legit work and it would blow me away that was the same guy i saw at the music hall. Dixie Dregs played one of the first gigs with Mark at U.T,Chatt. he threw on a les paul for one number. now 20 years later Jerry is ON FIRE. wtf, didn't hear that with maha. lol

@tracyeaves4847

8 жыл бұрын

+S738226 I was there 21 April 1981 if I remember right at UTC Chattanooga out door concert. I spoke with all the band members. Rod ask me to go up and play his drums - of course I did not. Morse talked about calling up Mark O'connor asking him to join the band. One of the first Unsung Hero's gigs.

@aschule5684

Жыл бұрын

@@S7Jams I too remember Mark playing a Les Paul alongside Steve for "Rock n'Roll Park" off the "Unsung Heroes " album, good stuff!

SICK BASS

..essential jazz-rock...it`s all

Would it not be the coolest to hang with these guys as they are writing/workin' out a song!? I mean where do they get their inspiration? Amazing stuff and on St. Paddy's Day I always listen to Leprechaun Prominade... Welcome to my tradition ; )

exponential stankuosity!

Holy shit I thought that was Morse crankin it it was the damn violin! I've never heard jamin on a violin like that in my life, this shit is super clean!

I was fortunate enough to see the original Dixie Dregs almost 30 years ago... Those guys kicked some ass. I paid a whopping $4.00 for my ticket. Nowadays the ticket prices to see a barely talented band astounds me... WTF!The music industry is bass-ackwards these days... Pisses me off !!!

T was so out there during his solo; check Steve checking in to make sure T didn't further lose him ;) RIP T!

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@wildkofta Jerry has been touring with the Dregs for many years, and is on studio album Full Circle. About 3-4 years ago they came thru Boulder CO and did Celestial Terrestrial Commuters - Goodman killed, and steve actually missed a bar with his jaw dropped during Goodman's solo.

@tsj22001 You sure about that? Andy Sloan was Dreggs violinist in 1978... And if my old man memory serves me: Bruce, West and Lang were with Mahavishnu before the Dreggs was a band... But I ain't getting up to check the dates on my CD's or researchin' the net for it...

The things that guy does to that bass are probably illegal! :)

Play in missoula Mt. Pleassss

The pianist face at 2:06 worth more than mom

@wildkofta yes he is.

This is definitely Jerry Goodman playing violin here. What an amazing player!

Steve understood funk..

stars please!!!!

the original Andy West bass work on this track exceeds... someone buy that new guy a pair of pants. :-)

I love me some dr. Alan Slonvoffski but holy schnike is Jerry Goodman is a monster. Would love to see this entire show.

This is how it looks when no one is selfish.

You know what? Andy is an innovator, you're right....but as much as LaRue might not be great with the fans, he's a fucking REMARKABLE bassist. I put him up there with the greats.

This is from their 1994 comeback album, isn't it? Great album. Discovering Steve Morse via his Southern Steel album was a pretty good start ;-) I got the live Dixie Dregs album that had Dave LaRue on bass then the studio album What If.

jejejeje :D

What a kick-balls band the Dregs are!!! It's too bad the Lord took T. Lavitz from us so soon. :(...

yes...Mahavishnu influence

I didnt know T Lavitz passed??? Jeez!! So young!!!!

@wildkofta I was thinking it was atad McLaughlinesque

3:39

I know

Good Lord !!!!, I love them !!!!!, each and every one of them is awsome, too bad they didn't get the fame and recognizement they deserbed

@roberteifler71

4 жыл бұрын

They don't want fame.

Great companion to Herbie Hnacock.