spercoco (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@metamorphosis67 You make it sound like Deep Purple are garage band musicians. Richie Blackmore, Ian Paice, John Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Gilan are all top notch musicians. I've met Steve Morse on many occasions and I'd bet you he would agree. Just because there are vocals doesn't mean it isn't progressive. Look at bands like Yes, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, early Genesis, Zappa, etc...all great musicians.

akrabadaba (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

All you there know how talent these guys are,anyway,listen anno domini hocus pocus and knock my one man's studio work out,and have fun with it!

metamorphosis67 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@prinznevsky embarrassing, even worse than Steve Morse wasting his talent in Deep Purple for money. Musicians are just afraid to be progressive these days, they're tired of starving, especially in the USA. They actually have to go to Europe & Japan to make any kind of money at all.

metamorphosis67 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@stevodod Dixie Dregs are about pure music, Van Halen is really about partying, sex & pissing off parents. Teenagers are only only interested in music in so far as it will a) piss off their parents b) help them get laid. Van Halen, being a loud & heavy party-rock band, fit both descriptions, Dixie Dregs fits neither. Dregs will hardly piss off parents & 9 out of 10 girls won't like it. Van Halen will piss off parents due to loudness & 8 out of 10 girls will like the party hard-rock attitude.

TheMichaelseymour (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@stevodod ha ! right ! Maybe eddie shut up about morse at the time ! Smart , because its just not attainable for eddie to do this...most players today...couldnt cop this well .You make a good point -cos i remember hearing this back in the day as a young player ..and being floored by it -but it just wernt 'cool " ...so i just kept it in the back of my mind ..all these years later i realize what a monster he was .Like him more here than purple ,but way before eddie ,yngwie ..there was morse !

GregMagDrums (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The dregs are seriously heavy, thanks Rod M.Check out the attached link for some heavy original fusion from Boston.Click on the Link below

stevodod (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

And to think in 1978 we were all worshipping the groundbreaking work of Eddie Van Halen. How did this guy fly under my radar for 42 years? Amazing, for 1978, for anytime!

henkehakansson2004 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Andy's speech before the tune suggests that it is a "number of country tunes strung together", i e a medley. However the only recognisable melody I can hear is "Wabash Cannonball". Later versions suggests, included within this one "Rocky Top", "Freight Train" and similar. But the acutal "breakdown" in this tune, is it another tune, or one of their own?

jaegerkreig (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

tasty and true americana done with deserved pride by devoted players. they combine music scholarship with virtuosity, emotion and discipline and have a true gem to share with the world. i'm lucky to have caught them in concert at least once many years ago and for that i'm grateful.

AFeelGoodLife (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@PRIVATEAYEIEYE WOW - nice!!