Hayseed Dixie

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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 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. 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.

Kerosene Brothers is the band's alter-ego project; they released the album Choose Your Own Title under that name.

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 were scheduled to play at the Roskilde Festival and the Wickerman Festival 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.

1 Current band members
2 Former band members
3 Discography
- 3.1 Videography
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[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" and a segment about the band.