Hayseed Dixie

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Hayseed Dixie
The band Hayseed Dixie
Country	United States
Years active	2001-present
Genres	Bluegrass - Parody music
Labels	Dualtone, Cooking Vinyl
Members	John Wheeler (credited as Barley Scotch) - vocals, guitar, fiddle Don Wayne Reno - banjo Dale Reno - mandolin Jake Byers - bass guitar
Past members	Jason D Smith - bassist Jeff Williams - bassist Chad Mize - Bassist
Website(s)	http://www.hayseed-dixie.com/

Hayseed Dixie is an American band formed in October, 2000 that was originally described as "A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC", recording cover versions of hard rock songs in their own distinctive cross of bluegrass and rock which some have termed "rockgrass". The band's sense of humor is evident in their name, a play on "AC/DC". The band has since gone on to record many of their own original songs, most of which display their trademark irreverent spirit, as well as re-interpretations of other well-known rock songs, all in their own inimitable style.

Claiming to hail from the fictional Deer Lick Holler, Appalachia, the band have been on tour since 2001.

'Kerosene Brothers' is the bands alter-ego project, with the album Choose Your Own Title

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 are listed as appearing on the opening day of the Download Festival^[1].

Unlike many other bands, Hayseed Dixie actively encourages public recording of their live shows. They even go so far as to provide instructions on their web page for achieving the best quality recording.

BBC Radio Two'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.

1 Band members
- 1.1 Current
- 1.2 Former
2 Discography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Band members

[edit] Current

John Wheeler (credited as Barley Scotch) - vocals, guitar, fiddle
Don Wayne Reno - banjo
Dale Reno - mandolin
Jake Byers - bass guitar

[edit] Former

Jason D Smith - bassist
Jeff Williams - bassist
Chad Mize - Bassist
Rusty Horn - guitarist (as Cooter Brown) Founding member
Kurt Carrick - Bassist (as Kletus) Founding member
Mike Daly - Dobro (as Wilson Cook) Founding member

[edit] Discography

(2001) A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC (An album consisting purely of AC/DC songs)
(2002) A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love (This album was all covers of random 1970s classic rock and 1980s new wave songs, and two original songs)
(2003) Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss (An album consisting entirely of KISS songs)
(2004) Let There Be Rockgrass
(2005) A Hot Piece of Grass
(2006) You Wanna See Something REALLY Scary?
(2007) Weapons of Grass Destruction announced release date: April 9, 2007

Concert/Documentary DVD video

(2006) No Sleep Till Liverpool

DVD concert release recorded while touring in 2005 to support the A Hot Piece of Grass album. Of particular interest is a the inclusion of cover of AC/DC 's Hells Bells as part of the setlist. This video release also includes a documentary segment about the band.