Gig Guide: Mon 12th Jul

 

Mon 12th Jul 19:30 HAYSEED DIXIE :: SCUTTY NEIGHBOURS

Is there really such a thing as a hillbilly band covering rock classics? You betcha. They are called Hayseed Dixie formed in 2001 with the release of their first album, titled "A Hillbilly Tribute To AC/DC," Hayseed Dixie are acknowledged as the creators of the musical genre "Rockgrass." Hailing from the Appalachian Mountains of the Southeastern United States. Having sold over 500,000 records worldwide, the band has successfully spread like a virus to every continent except Antarctica.

Barley Scotch is on lead vocals, fiddle and guitar. The Reverend Don-Wayne Reno is on banjo, Deacon Dale Reno is on mandolin and guitar and Jake ‘Bakesnake’ Byers is on acoustic bass. Hayseed Dixie are an awesome live band, who have, to date, released 9 albums. The latest, ‘Killer Grass’ was released in 2010. A live DVD entitled ‘No Sleep ‘til Liverpool’ is also available.

Songs by artists such as Kiss, Outkast, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith get the Rockgrass treatment, but the band play original songs too. - numbers such as ‘Moonshiner’s Daughter’, ‘Kirby Hill’ and ‘Blind Beggar Breakdown’ raise the roof at live shows. Hayseed Dixie songs cover the four key elements of any song worth playing; - Drinkin’, Cheatin’, Killin’ and Hell! - The band also recorded an album of rocked-up bluegrass classics, called ‘*Choose Your Own Title’ using the name The Kerosene Brothers.

Brothers Dale Reno and Don—Wayne Reno are the sons of bluegrass maestro Don Reno, who wrote many hits, including ‘Dueling Banjos’, and the band even once played at a house-warming party for AC/DC bass player Cliff Williams.

Scutty Neighbours - Born out of a lack of interest in pretty much everything that doesnt contain alcohol, The Scutty Neighbours are here to disturb your society, burn your mazdas, stick your acoustic in your eye and make general nuisances of themselves. Just don't move in next door. A ragtag bunch of misfits, miscreants and diseases, constantly on a mission to make more noise (than each other usually) this band are here to change absolutely nothing, but have an ace time doing it. Four pints please barman! It all started late 2006 when they finally found enough people willing to put themselves through this mess, and they stand today with a much filthier sound than originally envisioned and an everlasting thirst for more cider!

LISTEN
Hayseed Dixie - http://www.myspace.com/hsdx
Scutty Neighbours - http://www.myspace.com/thescuttyneighbours

Price: £12.00
Age Limit: 14+
Buy Tickets
Location: The Venue, 47-49 Abbey Street, DE22 3SJ

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