What If is the second studio album by the Dixie Dregs, released in 1978.
Production
The band sought, for What If, producer/engineer Ken Scott, because of his production of Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire (1973). “Those guys were our heroes,” said guitarist and main composer Steve Morse. He added: “we were eager to work with Ken. We felt like we were graduating to the next level.”
Track listing
Personnel
- Steve Morse – guitar, banjo
- Mark Parrish – keyboards
- Allen Sloan – violin, viola
- Andy West – bass guitar
- Rod Morgenstein – drums; vocals on "Ice Cakes"
Production
- Producer – Ken Scott
- Assistant engineers – Brian Leshon, Chris Gregg, Gary Coppola
- Mastered by SR/2*
- Recorded at Chateau Recorders
- Production coordinator – Steven Brooks
Notes
- "What If" and "Ice Cakes" are re-recordings from the band's 1976 demo record The Great Spectacular.
- "Take It Off the Top" was used as the theme song for the Friday Rock Show for most of the show's run (from 1978 to 1993)<!--this is when the *show* ran, don't know when they stopped using this track-->.
- American heavy metal guitarist James Murphy covered "Odyssey" on his Feeding the Machine solo album.
- Progressive metal band Dream Theater covered "Odyssey" for the special edition of their 10th studio album Black Clouds & Silver Linings.