From the fertile valley of Deer Lick Holler , deep in the heart of Appalachia , comes a sound that is old yet new. In an area completely isolated from outside cultural and musical influence, this band of acoustic musicians grew up playing the traditional music of their forefathers. Then, as fate would have it, one crisp fall afternoon a stranger passed through the holler. Well, he almost passed through.

Unfortunately for him, but fortunately for appreciators of great music worldwide, the stranger crashed his muscle car into a stately old oak tree at Devil's Elbow curve. Sadly, the stranger expired, but his legacy lives on. In the back seat of his car the boys found a box of old vinyl records as they went through his belongings looking for some identification. The name of the band on the records was AC/DC, and though all they had on which to listen to them was an old Edison Victrola that only played at 78 R.P.M., the boys all agreed that it was mighty fine country music - a bit different, but mighty fine just the same.

In memory of the stranger who had perished, the boys set about learning these new songs, injecting elements of their own traditional mountain style. And thus, from these unlikely beginnings, an entirely new musical and cultural synthesis was set in motion. Rockgrass was born. As if the Creator Himself had uttered, "Let there be Rockgrass!"

Hayseed Dixie toured Australia in May 2003. While they were here, they owned the place, appearing on more radio and TV shows (including Rove), and in more press, than you could poke a stick at.

Having just wound up a hugely successful tour of the UK, including a fantastic set at the Glastonbury festival, where the Hayseed boys are now national heroes and sex symbols, the band will be returning in October to promote their latest release "A Hot Piece Of Grass"...

To quote Hayseed Dixie's singer, Barley Scotch: " We ain't even started drinking yet. We've just been on a recon mission so far. Now we know where the party people around the world are, and we're coming back to close the deal." A promise, no doubt ....

Get some, at these fine establishments, in October....

HAYSEED DIXIE 2005 TOUR DATES WERE:

Fri Oct 14 - Adelaide, The Gov
Sat Oct 15 - Melbourne, Hi-Fi
Sun Oct 16 - Belgrave, Ruby's Lounge
Tue Oct 18 - Perth, Mustang Bar
Wed Oct 19 - Fremantle, Leopold Hotel
Fri Oct 21 - Sydney, Gaelic Club
Sat Oct 22 - Bulli, Heritage Hotel
Sun Oct 23 - Cronulla, Brass Monkey
Tue Oct 25 - Newcastle, Cambridge Hotel
Wed Oct 26 - Byron Bay, Hotel Great Northern
Thu Oct 27 - Brisbane, The Zoo
Fri Oct 28 - Auckland, Studio
Sat Oct 29 - Wellington, Indigo
Sun Oct 30 - Sydney, Hopetoun Hotel


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