Singer Barley Scotch declared Hayseed Dixie's credo: ‘The highway to Hank Williams is the same highway as the Highway To Hell'. In other words, the same spirit informs both good bluegrass and good heavy metal. Live, Hayseed Dixie make a convincing case for this.

Dixie's first recording was a collection of AC/DC songs performed in bluegrass style. Their repertoire has expanded in nine years, yet the essence is little changed. The show tonight opened with Judas Priest's Breaking The Law. Initially the juxtaposition of styles is amusing, but, as with Adrian Edmondson And The Bad Shepherds, once the novelty wears off, one appreciates more the congruity rather than the incongruity. The acoustic versions do bring out some good qualities of the songs which the rock treatment obscured. The show did credit to both bluegrass and heavy metal. Highlights included Hell's Bells, War Pigs, Ace Of Spades, Paint It Black, Walk This Way, Bad Moon Rising. Fat Bottomed Girls and Bohemian Rhapsody. Yet they were equally good performing their own songs, notably Keeping Your Poop In A Jar.