Dregs of the Earth

Dregs of the Earth
Studio album by Dixie Dregs
Released	1980
Length	36:14
Label	Arista
Producer	Steve Morse
Dixie Dregs chronology
Night of the Living Dregs (1979) Dregs of the Earth (1980) Unsung Heroes (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Dregs of the Earth is the fourth studio album by Dixie Dregs, released in 1980. It was the band's first release on Arista Records, their last one before changing its name to the Dregs, and contains a re-recording of one of their earlier songs ("The Great Spectacular"), which appeared on their 1976 demo The Great Spectacular.

Critical reception

At the time of release the writers of Billboard placed review on this album in section "Recommended LP's". As per them the musical style of the band is hard to categorize "but the musicianship is often superb".^[3]

The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Morse

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Road Expense"	3:24
2.	"Pride o' the Farm"	3:40
3.	"Twiggs Approved"	4:29
4.	"Hereafter"	6:21

Side B

No.	Title	Length
5.	"The Great Spectacular"	3:20
6.	"Broad Street Strut"	3:54
7.	"I'm Freaking Out"	9:06
8.	"Old World"	2:00

Personnel

Dixie Dregs:

• Steve Morse - acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, pedal steel
• Andy West - fretted and fretless bass
• Allen Sloan - acoustic and electric violins, viola
• Rod Morgenstein - drums and percussion
• T Lavitz - acoustic and electric piano, organ, synthesizer, clavinet

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. "Review: Dixie Dregs — Dregs of the Earth" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 19. 10 May 1980. p. 77. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 24 April 2021 – via American Radio History.
4. "Dixie Dregs". Recording Academy. Retrieved 18 October 2023.