Post by Irish Stu on Jul 23, 2008 4:58:32 GMT -6
Some friends and I saw Hayseed Dixie last night. For those who haven't heard of them they are an American band who claim to hail from the fictional community of Deer Lick Holler, Appalachia, and describe themselves as "A Hillbilly tribute to AC/DC." They play cover versions of hard rock songs, obviously AC/DC but also Alice Cooper, Motorhead, and many others, in a style that is a cross between bluegrass and rock music.
www.hayseed-dixie.com
Of all the bands I have ever seen play live, and I'm guessing that would probably be a couple of hundred, this was probably the most I've ever enjoyed myself at a gig. It was a small venue so we were close to the stage, the band were as tight as any group of musicians could be, and their versions of such classics as Motorhead's 'Ace of Spades', AC/DC's 'You Shook Me All Night Long' and 'Highway To Hell', Queen's 'Fat Bottomed Girls' and Green Day's 'Holiday' had us grinning from ear to ear. In between covers, and their own material which included a song Beeb would approve of 'I'm Keeping Your Poop', singer Barley Scotch entertained us with stories and hilarious banter with the crowd, also stopping twice so his fellow band members could take a pee break, and go outside for a cigarette. The night ended with an incredible version of 'Duelling Banjos' that had us wishing they could have played for another hour or more :
Just as a point of interest, the gig was at a venue called the Colchester Arts Centre which was once a church called St Mary's at the Wall. I don't know if you are familiar across the pond with the nursery rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty'
'Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.'
Legend has it that 'Humpty Dumpty' was a cannon mounted on top of the church by Royalists during the Seige of Colchester in 1648 during the English Civil War. 'Humpty Dumpty' fell off, and couldn't be repaired, when the church tower was struck by the Roundhead soldier's cannonballs. You can see in the picture where the tower was rebuilt after the top collapsed :
Simon
www.hayseed-dixie.com
Of all the bands I have ever seen play live, and I'm guessing that would probably be a couple of hundred, this was probably the most I've ever enjoyed myself at a gig. It was a small venue so we were close to the stage, the band were as tight as any group of musicians could be, and their versions of such classics as Motorhead's 'Ace of Spades', AC/DC's 'You Shook Me All Night Long' and 'Highway To Hell', Queen's 'Fat Bottomed Girls' and Green Day's 'Holiday' had us grinning from ear to ear. In between covers, and their own material which included a song Beeb would approve of 'I'm Keeping Your Poop', singer Barley Scotch entertained us with stories and hilarious banter with the crowd, also stopping twice so his fellow band members could take a pee break, and go outside for a cigarette. The night ended with an incredible version of 'Duelling Banjos' that had us wishing they could have played for another hour or more :
Just as a point of interest, the gig was at a venue called the Colchester Arts Centre which was once a church called St Mary's at the Wall. I don't know if you are familiar across the pond with the nursery rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty'
'Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.'
Legend has it that 'Humpty Dumpty' was a cannon mounted on top of the church by Royalists during the Seige of Colchester in 1648 during the English Civil War. 'Humpty Dumpty' fell off, and couldn't be repaired, when the church tower was struck by the Roundhead soldier's cannonballs. You can see in the picture where the tower was rebuilt after the top collapsed :
Simon
