Night of the Living Dregs

by Dixie Dregs

Night of the Living Dregs cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Capricorn
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:08
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Split between complex studio compositions and high-energy live performances recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 'Night of the Living Dregs' earned the group their first Grammy nomination. The instrumental tracking brilliantly marries sophisticated fusion techniques with an underlying Southern rock sensibility.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, complex, technical, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Punk Sandwich (3:18)
  2. Country House Shuffle (4:15)
  3. The Riff Raff (3:18)
  4. Long Slow Distance (6:45)
  5. Night Of The Living Dregs (4:21)
  6. The Bash (4:28)
  7. Leprechaun Promenade (3:46)
  8. Patchwork (4:53)

Credits

  • Dixie Dregs - primary artist
  • Andy West - bass, written-by
  • Steve Morse - guitar, written-by
  • Janie Geiser - illustration [cover]
  • Mark Parrish - keyboards, written-by
  • Rod Morgenstein - percussion, written-by
  • Allen Sloan - strings, written-by

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