Steve Morse

By the early part of the 'Big '80s', pioneering fusion ensemble the Dixie Dregs were put on indefinite hiatus. From its ashes arose a consummate power trio of immeasurable, nigh unfathomable talent. The Steve Morse Band took instrumental virtuosity to new and unprecedented heights. Fusing blinding technical prowess with passionate and evocative song structures, the band crafted a high water mark of 'lyrical' instrumentation as unique as it was spell binding.

Out of the musically fertile jazz-rock 'fusion' era of the 1970s emerged the Dixie Dregs. Marrying bluegrass with rock sensibilities, baroque pageantry with celtic undertones, the Dregs soon became a band without peers. By 1978, the band had garnered such critical acclaim as to be invited to perform at the prestigious 11th annual Montreux Jazz Festival, sharing the bill with such luminaries as Larry Coryell, Ben Sidran, and Sea Level. The Dregs turned in a blinding performance of unparalleled magnitude, at once passionate and precise.

With clips dating from the band's 1984 reformation, the release of the album Perfect Strangers, and the rejoining of Richie Blackmore, Deep Purple rocks out on 24 tracks recorded all over the world. From the original 1984 promo clips through their prestigious Montreux 2000 appearance, it's all here, with many unseen clips and performances exclusive to this release.

This 200-minute DVD features 17 tracks including: Watching The Sky, Strange Kind Of Woman, Woman From Tokyo, a superb guitar solo from Steve Morse and much more! The sound and visual production is top quality and the band after a lengthy tour are in supreme form.The set list is outstanding and the versions of Bloodsucker, Pictures Of Home, and Fireball are worth the price of the DVD alone. Musically this is good as it gets and each member of the group are at the top of their game - still!