Hayseed Dixie
Hayseed Dixie performing in Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005
Background information
Also known as	Kerosene Brothers
Origin	United States
Genre(s)	Bluegrass, parody music
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	Dualtone, Cooking Vinyl
Website	www.hayseed-dixie.com
Members
John Wheeler, 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 described as "A Hillbilly tribute to AC/DC. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or recycling existing (usually very well known musical ideas or lyrics - or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Dualtone Records is an American-based independent record label specializing in folk Americana alternative country and indie rock Cooking Vinyl is a UK -based Independent record company, founded in 1986. Don Wayne Reno (b February 8, 1963 in Roanoke Virginia) is a Bluegrass musician and Banjo player and the son of Don Reno The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in remote Rural, Mountainous areas of the United States, primarily southern Appalachia and A tribute act is a Music group, Singer, or Musician who specifically plays the music of a well-known music act often one which has disbanded or ceased AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. " The band performs cover versions of hard rock songs in a style that is a cross between bluegrass and rock music, which some have termed rockgrass. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The band's name is a play on the name AC/DC. Claiming to hail from the fictional Deer Lick Holler, Appalachia, the band has toured since 2001. Appalachia is a term used to describe a region in the eastern United States that stretches from southern New York state to northern Alabama,

Kerosene Brothers is the band's alter-ego project; they released the album Choose Your Own Title under that name. An alter ego ( Latin, "the other I" is a second self, a second Personality or Persona within a Person

In 2005 they played at Glastonbury and the Cambridge Folk Festival. For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual Music festival held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of In September 2005 they held their own festival Loopallu in Ullapool, Scotland, which has become an annual event. Ullapool ( Ullapul or Ulapul in Gaelic, the "U" pronounced like the "U" in "sea gull" is a small Town of around Ullapool ( Ullapul or Ulapul in Gaelic, the "U" pronounced like the "U" in "sea gull" is a small Town of around Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. In June 2007 they appeared on the opening day of the Download Festival^[1] and were scheduled to play at the Roskilde Festival and the Wickerman Festival in July 2007. The Download Festival is a three day Music festival held annually at Donington Park (which hosted the Monsters of Rock Festivals between 1980 and 1996 Roskilde Festival is held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the four biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe (the other three being The Wickerman Festival is an annual Music festival held near to Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine is a fan of their work and infrequently plays a tune by the band. Jeremy Vine (born May 17, 1965, Epsom, Surrey) is a British current affairs Presenter for Radio The group recorded the "When you wanna hear great music. . . " jingle for his show.

Current band members

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

Former band members

• Rusty Horn (as Cooter Brown) – guitar, founding member
• Kurt Carrick (as Kletus) – bass, founding member
• Mike Daly (as Wilson Cook) – Dobro, founding member
• Jason D Smith – bass
• Jeff Williams – bass
• Chad Mize – bass

Discography

• 2001: A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC – A full album of AC/DC songs
• 2002: A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love – Covers of 1970s classic rock and 1980s New Wave songs, plus two originals
• 2003: Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss – A full album of KISS songs
• 2004: Let There Be Rockgrass
• 2005: A Hot Piece of Grass
• 2006: You Wanna See Something REALLY Scary? (EP)
• 2007: Weapons of Grass Destruction
• 2008: No Covers

Videography

• 2006: No Sleep Till Liverpool (DVD) – A 2005 concert tour to support A Hot Piece of Grass. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member Don Wayne Reno (b February 8, 1963 in Roanoke Virginia) is a Bluegrass musician and Banjo player and the son of Don Reno The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Dobro is a Trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of Resonator guitar. A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC is the first album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music) A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love is the second album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music) This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Kiss My Grass A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss is the third Album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music Let There Be Rockgrass is the fourth album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2004 A Hot Piece of Grass is the fifth album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music) Hayseed Dixie is an American band described as "A Hillbilly tribute to AC/DC. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Weapons of Grass Destruction is the sixth full length album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2007 A Hot Piece of Grass is the fifth album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music) Includes a cover of AC/DC's "Hells Bells" and a segment about the band. " Hells Bells " is the first track of the album Back in Black of Australian Hard rock band AC/DC.

References

External links

• Hayseed Dixie official website.
• Hayseed Dixie collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive. The Internet Archive ( IA) is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line Library and archive of Web and
• CD Pays Bluegrass Tribute to Rockers AC/DC. NPR (2002-11-02). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Retrieved on 2007-12-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song.