Hayseed Dixie
| Hayseed Dixie | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Kerosene Brothers |
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Rockgrass, Parody, bluegrass, comedy rock |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels |
Dualtone Cooking Vinyl Festival Mushroom Records Råtass Records |
| Website | www.hayseed-dixie.com |
| Members |
John Wheeler aka Barley Scotch Hippy Joe Hymas Jake "Bakesnake" Byers |
| Past members | Kurt Carrick Mike Daly Rusty Horn Jason D Smith Jeff Williams Chad Mize Dave Harrison Nick Buda Don Wayne Reno Dale Reno Johnny Butten |
| Notable instruments | |
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Banjo Fiddle Mandolin Acoustic Bass |
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Hayseed Dixie is an American band which began in 2001 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 unique fusion of bluegrass and rock music and they are acknowledged as the creators of the musical genre "Rockgrass". The band's name is a linguistic play on the name of the band AC/DC.
The project was originally called AC/Dixie on the first pressing of the debut album, but they respectfully heeded the request by lawyers from Sony Music to either change the name or face a trademark infringement lawsuit. Claiming to hail from Deer Lick Holler, Appalachia, the band has played over 1,100 live dates in 31 different countries since 2001.
Upon its initial debut release on April 17, 2001, the first Hayseed Dixie album of acoustic hillbilly-styled reworkings of AC/DC songs received considerable morning-show radio airplay in the US, selling over 250,000 albums in the US from 2001 to 2003, and the band toured the US club and festival circuit extensively during that time. In March 2003, the band had the unique distinction of having 3 different albums in the Top 15 in the bluegrass category of the US Billboard charts at the same time.Western Europe, however, has shown the group the most enduring appreciation.
Since 2001, the band has produced 13 further themed albums in the Rockgrass style, composed of both hillbilly-esque reworkings of classic rock songs and of original material which is mainly satirical in nature.
Hayseed Dixie has performed at most major European folk and rock music festivals, including an appearance opening the Main Stage at Glastonbury in 2005. Attesting to their cross-genre appeal, they are the only band who have ever headlined English festival stages at both Castle Donington Download Festival and the Cambridge Folk Festival in the same year. In September 2005 they held their own festival, called Loopallu, in the small coastal town of Ullapool, Scotland, which has since become an annual event, though they are no longer involved with it.
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