''Industry Standard'' is the sixth studio album by the

Dixie Dregs The Dixie Dregs is an American rock band from Augusta, Georgia. Formed in 1970, the band's performance consists entirely of instrumentals that fuse elements of diverse genres such as rock, classical music, country, jazz and bluegrass into an e ...

, released in 1982. This was the second of two albums released under the moniker The Dregs, and is their only album featuring vocals (by

Alex Ligertwood Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peop ...

of Santana and

Patrick Simmons Patrick Simmons (born October 19, 1948) is an American musician best known as a founding member of the rock band The Doobie Brothers. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, he has been the only consistent member of the band throughout their tenure. Simm ...

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on one track each); it also garnered the group their fourth Grammy nomination. Ligertwood sang on "Crank It Up", while Simmons sang on and co-wrote "Ridin' High". ''Industry Standard'' was also the last album by The Dixie Dregs before their split in 1983, and their last one for 12 years until the release of '' Full Circle'' in 1994.

Track listing

All tracks are written by

Steve Morse Steve J. Morse (born July 28, 1954) is an American guitarist, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the lead guitarist of Deep Purple from 1994 to 2022. Morse has also enjoyed a successful solo career and was briefly a member of ...

, except where noted. #"Assembly Line" – 4:25 #"Crank It Up" (Morse, The Dregs) – 3:35 #"Chips Ahoy" – 3:39 #"Bloodsucking Leeches" – 3:59 #"Up in the Air" – 2:27 #"Ridin' High" (Morse, Simmons) – 3:40 #"Where's Dixie?" – 3:57 #"Conversation Piece" – 6:12 #"Vitamin Q" – 5:33

Personnel

T Lavitz Terry "T" Lavitz (April 16, 1956 – October 7, 2010) was an American keyboardist, composer and producer. He is best known for his work with the Dixie Dregs and Jazz Is Dead. Biography Born on April 16, 1956, Lavitz grew up in New Jersey. He s ...

– Keyboards, Saxophone *

Rod Morgenstein Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953) is an American drummer and music educator. He is best known for his work with the rock bands Winger and Dixie Dregs. He also played with Fiona, Platypus, the Steve Morse Band, and Jelly Jam. He has als ...

– Drums *

– Banjo, Guitar *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

– Violin *

Andy West Andy West (born February 6, 1953) is an American bass guitarist and composer who is an original founding member of the Dixie Dregs along with Steve Morse. Since the breakup of the original band in 1983, West has been on albums with Mike Keneally ...

– Bass, Bass (Electric)

Guest Performers

Steve Howe Stephen James Howe (born 8 April 1947) is an English musician, best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes across three stints since 1970. Born in Holloway, North London, Howe developed an interest in the guitar and began to le ...

duet with Steve Morse, 'Up in the Air' – Guitar *

– "Crank It Up" - Vocals *

– "Ridin' High" - Vocals

References

Dixie Dregs albums 1982 albums Albums produced by Eddy Offord Arista Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub