Hayseed Dixie to play Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny 2014

Hayseed Dixie to play Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny 2014

Ahead of their brand new album out January 2015, hillbilly cover artists and the creators of ‘Rockgrass’, Hayseed Dixie, are confirmed to play Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny this year, airing on BBC 2 on December 31st 

As is tradition, Jools' 22nd Annual New Year's shindig will feature a mixture of veteran artists and modern chart stars. The full line up is as follows:

- Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra

- Ronnie Spector

- Ed Sheeran

- Boz Scaggs

- Paolo Nutini

- Ellie Goulding

- William Bell

- Paloma Faith

- Wilko Johnson

- Clean Bandit

- Jess Glynne

- Joss Stone

- Ruby Turner

- Hayseed Dixie

- The Pipes and Drums, 1st Battalion Scots Guards

The Hayseed Dixie 2015 Hair Down To My Grass Tour UK

January 15 - Thursday - Reading, England - Sub 89

January 16 -  Friday - Northampton, England - Roadmender

January 17 - Saturday - Cambridge, England - The Junction

January 18 - Sunday - Norwich, England - The Waterfront

January 20 - Tuesday - Warwick, England - The Copper Rooms

January 21 - Wednesday - Brighton, England - Concorde 2

January 22 - Thursday - Bristol, England - The Fleece

January 23 - Friday - Port Talbot, Wales - Princess Royal Theatre

January 24 - Saturday - Poole, England - Mister Kyps

January 25 - Sunday - Totnes, England - Totnes Arts Centre

January 27 - Tuesday - Derby, England - The Flowerpot

January 28 - Wednesday - Liverpool, England - Academy

January 29 - Thursday - Stockton, England - ARC

January 30 - Friday - Glasgow, Scotland - ABC

January 31 - Saturday - Newcastle Upon Tyne, England - Academy

February 1 - Sunday - Uppermill, England - Civic Hall

February 2 - Monday - Sheffield, England - The Leadmill

February 3 - Tuesday - Blackburn, England - King George’s Hall

February 5 - Thursday - Stroud, England - Subscription Rooms

February 6 - Friday - London, England - Brooklyn Bowl at the O2

February 7 - Saturday - Wolverhampton, England - Slade Rooms

Cover legends Hayseed Dixie release new album Hair Down To My Grass

Cover legends Hayseed Dixie release new album Hair Down To My Grass

Hayseed Dixie began in the summer of 2000 in the fertile valley of Deer Lick Holler, deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee USA. In this area which was completely isolated from outside cultural and musical influence, the boys grew up playing the traditional music of their forefathers on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar and acoustic bass.

All of this changed abruptly one afternoon when a stranger crashed his car into a stately old oak tree on a particularly dangerous curve, which the locals refer to as the “Devil’s Elbow.” Sadly, the stranger expired, but his legacy lives on! As the boys searched through the wreckage looking for identification, they discovered several vinyl AC/DC albums. After playing these back on an old Edison 78rpm Victrola, everyone agreed that the songs were rather fine country music . . . and that the Lost Highway of Brother Hank Williams and this Highway To Hell of AC/DC were indeed the exact same road!  And the rest is now enshrined in musical history.

Hayseed Dixie are now the acknowledged creators of the musical genre, Rockgrass. They have released 15 albums since 2001, consisting of both original material and reinterpretations of previously rendered songs, selling a combined total of over 500,000 copies. They have also performed over 1,000 live shows in 31 different countries.

Most recently, Hayseed Dixie are exploring the inspired catalogue of the stadium rock of the 1970’s and 1980’s. This interest began during a 2014 Spring tour of Germany, in which the band heard the song “Eye of the Tiger” 6 different times on 6 different German radio stations in a single day while driving between Dortmund and Frankfurt. “As the seed is planted, so the tree shall grow” - this very quote appears on the inner sleeve of the 1980 album “Escape” by Journey. How true indeed.

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Hayseed Dixie's John Wheeler On Tour

Just in time for the US elections, on November 5 comes the release of the new single, titled “Deeper In Debt,” from John Wheeler. Best known for the past decade as the creator and frontman of the successful Rockgrass act, Hayseed Dixie, this snappy little slice of righteous reality-rock indignation finds Wheeler stepping out into his own and venturing into lyrical and musical territory quite removed from the work of his previous band.

The single’s contemporary economic observations hint at Wheeler’s rich awareness of philosophy, politics and history – fiddles make an appearance in the song’s solo section but hick he ain’t. And more of this can be expected with a full album release due early next year. Eclectic and original, like Hayseed Dixie’s critically refreshing seventh album /No Covers /(for which Wheeler was chief songwriter)/,/ but with extra personality, intelligence, insight and, of course, all the charm and humor that flung Hayseed into such credible popularity., though this time with a bit harder bite.

The full album, to be titled “Un-American Gothic,” is set for a February 2013 release on the Cooking Vinyl label.

In advance of this, John Wheeler will be going on a UK tour from November 21 through to December 1.

Dates and venues follow:

November 21 - Wednesday - Bristol, England - Colston Hall
November 22 - Thursday - Exeter, England – Phoenix
November 23 - Friday - Salisbury, England - Arts Centre
November 24 - Saturday - Yeovil, England - Quicksilver Mail
November 25 - Sunday - Stoke on Trent, England – Sugarmill
November 27 - Tuesday - Aberdeen, Scotland - Lemon Tree
November 28 - Wednesday - Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
November 29 - Thursday - Newcastle, England - The Cluny
November 30 - Friday - Pocklington, England - Arts Centre
December 1 - Saturday - Holmfirth, England – Picturedrome