“I don’t use any words that can’t be said before 6pm on CBeebies”
an you give me a brief run down on how you guys met and got together? Hayseed Dixie’s been a
HAYSEED DIXIE
Watching Jools Holland’s Hootenanny is a great way to pass the time afore Ye Olde Yeare bells chime. It also introduces the nation to those musical acts we may not know so well; I’ll never forget that time that Seasick Steve played. This year, Hayseed Dixie, long-bearded-bluegrass-rock- covers-band were defo the highlight of the night. The boys from Nashville have been about for 14 years and toured in over 30 countries. Lead singer John, is a true Southern Gentleman. We chatted for 45 full minutes about everything from politics to a smart tweed suit he bought in Norwich. What a
guy. He’s bringing the whole Hayseed shebang over to the Waterfront this month to play some crowd favourites and some songs from their latest album, Hair Down To My Grass.
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band now for 14 years. It seems like these guys have always been on stage with me; I mean, it’s been a long time. Tis is now our 14th album! How do you choose which songs from your 14 albums to play live? It seems that every album has had one or two songs that everyone always wants to hear, and if we try to take to take those out of the set people will complain in large masses and at great volumes and with huge torrential downpours. I guess that’s a good problem to have though! But in a 90 minute set if I’m gonna say anything to the people in between songs other than “Heyhow’reyoudoinglet’sROCK” then we’re gonna have to take some of them out to make room for the new songs. What’s your most iconic song? I’m Keeping Your Poop In A Jar. I suggest you go to Spotify to hear it if you haven’t already. Tat will determine if you really ought to come and see us. It’ll tell you if you’re truly British and have an ironic sense of humour or whether you lean more towards the American or French side where you don’t like to laugh at yourself! People will listen to that song and say oh it’s so disgusting, but they don’t mind one bit when Eminem gets up and cusses and screams and talks about beating bitches and hoes. I don’t use any words that can’t be said before 6pm on CBeebies. People expect songs which are kinda folk- ish or country-ish to be this safe, wholesome kind of music. Te history of those genres, however, covers the stories of murder, highwaymen, death, people living hard lives and kids dying…we’re not talking about floppy, aw shucks, Sunday morning church music here, you know!
Have you been to Norwich before? Actually yes, I’ve spent quite a lot of time kickin’ about in Norwich, and my wife wants to move there; we live in Cambridge right now. Norwich reminds me a bit of Nashville where I’m from really. We’re just thinking about what schools are good in Norwich; mind you, it’s hard to judge on how good a school is. I didn’t go to a fancy school, and my mother always looks at my albums and says “I’m so
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