Rockgrass

Hayseed Dixie
Hayseed Dixie performing in Stavanger, Norway, 2008
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 Cargo Records
Website	www.hayseed-dixie.com
Members	John Wheeler aka Barley Scotch Jake "Bakesnake" Byers Hippy Joe Hymas Tim Carter
Past members	Kurt Carrick Mike Daly Rusty Horn Jeff Williams Chad Mize Dave Harrison Nick Buda Don Wayne Reno Dale Reno Johnny Butten

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.

Hailing from Deer Lick Holler, Appalachia, USA, Hayseed Dixie plays hard rock and bluegrass music on electrified bluegrass instruments. The band has released 15 studio albums and played over 1,300 live dates in 31 different countries since its inception in 2000.

Upon the release of the debut album, "A Hillbilly Tribute To AC/DC," on April 17, 2001, which consisted of acoustic hillbilly-styled reworkings of AC/DC songs, Hayseed Dixie received considerable morning-show radio airplay in the US, selling over 250,000 albums in the US from 2001 to 2003. 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 14 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. 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.