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**NEW CD** RIPE (2008, Pinecastle Records)

NEW CD: RIPE - THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS' highly anticipated sophomore release. Produced by Bil VornDick (Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley, Jim Lauderdale) for Pinecastle Records, this album features the hit single "Down on The Crooked Road," an homage to Virginia's Heritage Music Trail.

"[RIPE] shows just how original this group is. From the lyrics and music to how it is all perfectly put together, The Dixie Bee-Liners have a sound all their own, and it's a pleasing, lively sound! If this is the direction contemporary bluegrass music is headed, I'm all for it. In fact, I'll take a bit more!"
- Bob Cherry, Cybergrass.com



AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT WWW.DIXIEBEELINERS.COM

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/4/2005
Band Website: dixiebeeliners.com
Band Members: BRANDI HART
Vocals, rhythm guitar, Nashville guitar, dulcimer, fiddle, Zorch
BUDDY WOODWARD
Vocals, mandolin, guitar, Nashville guitar, banjo, bass, drums, dulcimer, Ape Calls
RACHEL RENEE JOHNSON
Fiddle, vocals, Kibble Kobble
JONATHAN MANESS
Lead guitar, mandolin, vocals, Noon Balloon to Rangoon
SAM MORROW
Banjo, Chinese Chicken
JEREMY DARROW
Upright bass, vocals, Stone Age Woo

Honorary Bee-Liners:
MATT LEADBETTER
Dobro, Luv Junkie
CASEY HENRY
Banjo, Lean Green Vegetable Fiend

Influences: Dillard & Clark, Gillian Welch, Roy Lee Centers, Danger Man, The Byrds, chocolate, Blue Highway, Emmylou Harris, Roger Corman, Stone Temple Pilots, The Stanley Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, The Osborne Brothers, The Gosdin Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Earl Brothers, The Maddox Brothers & Rose, Dr. Joyce Brothers, The Brothers Johnson, Tor Johnson, Robot Monster, Jim & Jesse, John Hartford, John Duffey/John Starling/Seldom Scene, The Sneetches, Bill Monroe, The Temptations, John Steed & Mrs. Peel, Buffalo Springfield, Charlie Rich (esp. the Smash sessions), Jimmy Martin, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, giant squid, Burt’s Bees, We Five, Yardbirds, Curtis Mayfield, The Jam, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Michael Nesmith, The Dukes of Stratosphere, Dock Boggs, Flatt & Scruggs, marshmallows, Fairport Convention, The Spencer Davis Group, Rat Fink, The Dillards, Dillard Chandler, Them, Alison Krauss, Kay Adams, James Burton, The Goon Show, Peter Cook, Buck Owens & Don Rich, Brian Wilson, tiki lounges, Kentucky Colonels/Clarence White, Godzilla, Tommy Collins, Gene Clark, Mothra, The Searchers, Herb Pedersen, Roscoe Holcomb, Captain Kirk, the Long Ryders, gardening, Beatles, Beatle tribute bands, Creature Features, Campari & soda, the Hagg, The Prisoner, Country Gentlemen, Brian Jones, Big Star, A.P. Sara & Mother Maybelle, little Junie, cocoa butter, Jim Lauderdale, Cousin Jody, The Zombies, Loretta Lynn, Wynn Stewart, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hammer, Tigon, Amicus, The Coal Porters, Staple Singers, Melaleuca, Reno & Smiley, The Hollies, The Country Gazette, The Raspberries, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, midget tossing...and the list goes on...
Sounds Like: Gillian Welch arm-wrestles The Dillards. All of them. At the same time.
Record Label: PINECASTLE RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS ACHIEVE TWO SIMULTANEOUS no. 1S

After achieving two simultaneous no. 1's earlier this year, The Dixie Bee-Liners have topped a third chart: Bluegrass Now's Fan's Choice Top 20 for May, 2008. Additionally, the band's new album, RIPE,...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:26:00 PST

Millside Radio

Big shout-out to our pal Roy at Millside Radio in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England...be sure to tune in Thursday 7-9pm UK time: www. millsideradio. co. uk...he promises to play something from Ripe! Visit R...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:11:00 PST

NEW CHART, NEW REVIEW...

HOTCHA!  Just found out we're no. 1 on the Bluegrass Now Fan's Choice Top 20 for the month of May.  You can vote for us for the August issue by going here: http://www.bluegrassnow.com/fan_to...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Sat, 03 May 2008 10:23:00 PST

OFFICIAL CD RELEASE...& CD release parties!

April 15th was the official release for our new chart-topping CD, RIPE.  We're hosting two -- count 'em, two -- CD release parties: Friday, April 18thThe Station Inn402 12th Avenue South, Nashvi...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:45:00 PST

NINE & 1/2 WEEKS

..TR> ..TR> Grasstowne Graces Cover Of Bluegrass UnlimitedThe cover of Bluegrass Unlimited’s April Issue features the highly lauded Grasstowne."...although they are a new band to the scene...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:50:00 PST

Mr. Smee

When our schedule allows, Buddy moonlights as an actor, and he is currently appearing in two stage productions at the Barter State Theatre of Virginia, in Abingdon, VA: Peter Pan, and The Road Where I...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:22:00 PST

More chart action!

The Dixie Bee-Liners are still no. 1 on the Roots Music Report chart, & "Down On The Crooked Road" is no. 1 on the Bluegrass Music Profile Top 20 Hot Singles chart.  As you might imagine, we'...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:09:00 PST

FOUR WEEKS at Number One, baby!!

..> ..> "Dixie Flyer" Is 1 For Second MonthCongratulations certainly go out to Grasstowne for topping the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey yet again in March with their...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:16:00 PST

No. 1 on RMR Bluegrass Chart

THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS GET THEIR FIRST 1The Dixie Bee-Liners new CD Ripe is 1 on Roots Music Report's Bluegrass Airplay charts this week.  The album is set for release on April 15th and is now play...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:22:00 PST

No. 1 on RMR Bluegrass Chart

THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS GET THEIR FIRST 1The Dixie Bee-Liners new CD Ripe is 1 on Roots Music Report's Bluegrass Airplay charts this week.  The album is set for release on April 15th and is now play...
Posted by THE DIXIE BEE LINERS on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:22:00 PST