Hayseed Dixie
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 Hayseed Dixie performing in Stavanger, Norway, 2008
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Kerosene Brothers |
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Bluegrass, parody music, country |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Dualtone, Cooking Vinyl |
| Website | www.hayseed-dixie.com |
| Members | |
| Barley Scotch, Don Wayne Reno, Dale Reno, Jake Byers | |
| Former members | |
| Kurt Carrick, Mike Daly, Rusty Horn, Jason D Smith, Jeff Williams, Chad Mize | |
Hayseed Dixie is an American band which began in the Fall of 2000 with the release of their first album, A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC. The band performs a mixture of cover versions of hard rock songs and original compositions in a style that is a cross between bluegrass and rock music. The band's name is a play on the name AC/DC and was originally AC/Dixie, but they were forced to change it[citation needed]. Claiming to hail from the fictional Deer Lick Holler, Appalachia, the band has played nearly 1,000 live dates in 21 different countries since 2001.
Kerosene Brothers is the band's alter-ego project; they released the album Choose Your Own Title under that name in 2003.
In 2005 they played at Glastonbury and the Cambridge Folk Festival. In September 2005 they held their own festival Loopallu in Ullapool, Scotland, which has become an annual event. In June 2007 they appeared on the opening day of the Download Festival[1] and played at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark and the Wickerman Festival in Scotland in July 2007.
BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine is a fan of their work and infrequently plays a tune by the band. The group recorded the "When you wanna hear great music..." jingle for his show.
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[edit] Current band members
- John Wheeler (credited as Barley Scotch) – vocals, acoustic guitar, violin, founding member
- "Reverend" Don Wayne Reno – banjo, founding member
- "Deacon" Dale Reno – mandolin, acoustic guitar, founding member
- Jake "Bakesnake" Byers – acoustic bass guitar
[edit] Former band members
- Rusty Horn (as Cooter Brown) – acoustic guitar, founding member
- Kurt Carrick (as Kletus) – acoustic bass, founding member
- Mike Daly (as Wilson Cook) – Dobro, founding member
- Jason D Smith – bass
- Jeff Williams – bass
- Chad Mize – bass
[edit] Discography
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | Label | ||
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| US Bluegrass | US Country | US Heat | |||
| 2001 | A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC | 14 | 47 | Dualtone | |
| 2002 | A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love | 8 | 39 | 38 | |
| 2003 | Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss | 4 | 52 | ||
| 2004 | Let There Be Rockgrass | Cooking Vinyl | |||
| 2005 | A Hot Piece of Grass | 6 | |||
| 2007 | Weapons of Grass Destruction | ||||
| 2008 | No Covers | ||||
[edit] Videography
- 2006: No Sleep Till Liverpool (DVD) – A 2005 concert tour to support A Hot Piece of Grass. Includes a cover of AC/DC's "Hells Bells", several music videos and a segment about the origins of the band.
[edit] References
- ^ "Hayseed Dixie tour itinerary". 1 April, 2007. http://www.hayseed-dixie.com/itinerary.php. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- "THE CHARTS: MUSIC". The (London) Independent. 2005-12-16. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20051216/ai_n15946115. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- Dave Simpson (2005-07-27). "Southern fried metal". Guardian Unlimited. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,1536871,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- "Hayseed Dixie". The Age. 2005-10-07. http://www.theage.com.au/news/gig-previews--reviews/hayseed-dixie/2005/10/07/1128562986515.html. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- Troy Carpenter (2003-01-14). "Billboard Bits: Bob Dylan, Hayseed Dixie, Men At Work". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1795925. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
[edit] External links
- Hayseed Dixie official website.
- Hayseed Dixie collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive.
- "CD Pays Bluegrass Tribute to Rockers AC/DC". NPR. 2002-11-02. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=829699. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
