Hoot ‘n’ Holler at the Devil
Hayseed Dixie think there’s not enough hillbilly in metal and not enough ass in bluegrass. So the Nashville, Tennessee band have engaged in musical miscegenation on A Hot Piece of Grass, their fourth album of shitkickin’, devil-horn-wavin’ action.
Previous albums paid tribute to AC/DC and Kiss and they've been known to cover songs by Joan Jett, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, and to segue from Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls” to Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom.” On A Hot Piece of Grass, the quartet convert Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog” and "Whole Lotta Love,” AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie,” Black Sabbath's "War Pigs,” Motrhead's "Ace of Spades,” and Van Halen's "Runnin' with the Devil” into fleet-fingered hoedowns with raunchy afterburners.
Sure, HD peddle somewhat goofy novelty music, but it'll definitely give hard-rock fans a new perspective on their beloved canon. And maybe HD will lure bluegrass followers to metal's dark side. But most will probably think A Hot Piece of Grass makes as much sense as slathering mustard on watermelon.