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**NEW CD** RIPE (2008, Pinecastle Records) 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 EVERYWHERE, OR AT WWW.DIXIEBEELINERS.COM
With a cult following reaching far beyond their south-western Virginia stomping grounds, and a debut album voted one of the Reviewer's Top Five Picks by Bluegrass Now, PINECASTLE RECORDS recording artists THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS are creating quite a buzz. Known for their high-octane harmonies and stunningly beautiful original songs, the band has appeared live on BBC Radio Scotland, NPR, the Food Network, and radio playlists across the country and world-wide, including regular rotation on Sirius and XM satellite radio. Their self-titled CD debuted on the Roots Music Report bluegrass chart at no. 14, going on to spend 56 weeks on the chart, with 9 of those weeks in the Top 10. In 2007, the band's music was featured on the soundtrack of the Civil War film FREEDOM. RIPE, THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS highly anticipated sophomore CD, produced by legendary Grammy-winner Bil VornDick (Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley, Bob Dylan, Jim Lauderdale, James Taylor), was released on PINECASTLE in April 2008, and has already topped several bluegrass charts, including Bluegrass Now readers' poll, Bluegrass Music Profiles Top 20, and the Roots Music Report bluegrass chart (9 weeks at no. 1). The band has just finished recording a follow-up CD titled Susanville, to be released in the fall of 2009.
Sign up for The Dixie Bee-Liners' email list! Name: Email: Zip/Postal Code: Country: Join our Street Team! You'll receive a free autographed poster for promoting shows in your area! Name: Email: Address: City: State: Zip: Country:	Known equally for her golden pipes and lead foot, the dulcet-throated BRANDI HART is a native of the Bluegrass State. She grew up singing and playing music in Southern Baptist church choirs, where she got her start at the tender age of 2. Her thoughtfully penned originals cover a surprisingly broad range, from hard-driving bluesy scorchers to ancient-toned instrumentals. A prolific songwriter, Brandi is currently at work with Buddy on three distinct bluegrass concept albums. She plays rhythm guitar, Nashville guitar, fiddle, and mountain dulcimer...and has been known to moonlight in theater, dance, and voice-over acting. Bluegrass veteran BUDDY WOODWARD was a founding member of seminal 90's alt.country whiz kids THE GHOST ROCKETS, and NYC honkytonkers BUDDY WOODWARD & THE NITRO EXPRESS, was a featured performer on Greg Garing's Alphabet City Opry, as well as having played with John Starling, Steve Earle, Rosie Flores, Jim Lauderdale, The Coal Porters, Ralph Stanley, Laura Cantrell, John Jorgenson, Bill Keith, Beat Rodeo, Sid Griffin, Smalltown Parade, The Jet Set, and The Chelsea
Mountain Jamboree, among many others. Buddy appeared as an actor/musician in the Barter Theater's hit play, Man of Constant Sorrow: The Story of the Stanley Brothers, playing the roles of George Shuffler, Pee-Wee Lambert, Bill Monroe, and a Primitive Baptist preacher, as well as featured roles in Jimmie Rodgers: America's Blue Yodeler and Keep On The Sunny Side: The Songs & Story of the Carter Family. He also moonlights as a voice-over actor for cartoons, including Pokemon, Boogie Pop Phantom, and The Ping Pong Club. A gifted songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Buddy plays mandolin, guitars, banjo, bass, and (*gasp!*) drums, as well as handling production chores for the band. Bristol native fiddler and sweet-voiced thrush RACHEL RENEE JOHNSON is a protégé of Becky Buller, and has played with The Stevens Family, The Boohers, Sapling Grove and III Generation. Double-bassist JEREMY DARROW came back to his bluegrass roots after formal jazz studies, and has been seen recently with the The Philadelphia Bluegrass Band and The Acoustic League of Justice; JONATHAN MANESS is a crackerjack lead guitar and mandolin pickin' man, most recently seen with Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike as well as Young Harmony, and his own fine group, Mountain Soul; and British-born banjo picker extraordinaire SAM MORROW, formerly of Mac Puckett & the Good Company Band, rounds out the sextet with his signature bluesy, Stanley-tone punch. Together, these accomplished musicians have performed and taught in hundreds of venues around the world. Their dynamic improvisational styles add jaw-dropping grit, humor, and emotion to THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS' live performances.     Click the arrows above to play video clips! WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING: TO BOLDLY GO... "...a ground-breaking project featuring a fascinating new sound that combines old-time, bluegrass and the band's secret ingredient into something that is captivating...breathtaking... This is a band that's boldly going where none has gone before...not afraid of minor chords and best of all, [they] have perfected the art of making things sound lonesome with their command of the modal sound." - Dave Higgs, Nashville Public Radio "Bluegrass Breakdown" BRILLIANT "This is a brilliant record, no doubt about it...remember when T-Bone Burnett figured out the way to sell five million Bluegrass records was to make 'Man of Constant Sorrow' a rock song? Wait'll the suburban good ol' boys hear RIPE." - Tom Petersen, Victory magazine BLUEGRASS FEVER "These seasoned musicians have taken Bluegrass to the next level...its like stepping into the pages of an American Civil War novel. Get ready to catch Bluegrass Fever all over again!" - Powersource magazine KILLER "Brandi has a sultry, killer voice that rivals any other female vocalist in bluegrass today...this album is fresh indeed -- and highly recommended." - Dr. Brett Matheson, Black Rose Acoustic Society, "Sound Advice" FANTASTIC! "If you mix equal quantities of old time, folk, and bluegrass you come close to describing this unique CD. The female vocalists must have come from heaven because they are too good for this planet... You need to listen to this CD several times in order to fully apreciate the beautiful lyrics to each song..." - Al Shusterman, KCBL "Backroads Bluegrass" BETTER & BETTER "...I intended to play a couple of cuts, but wound up playing the ENTIRE ALBUM after callers kept asking who that was, and station personnel wanted to hear more and more. I've never done that before! It just kept getting better and better with each song. It's so regreshing to get in new music that good that was written by members of the band...I'm already looking forward to the next release!" - Rusty Brown, WEPG Radio ULTRA-GOOD "Rarely do songs get stuck in my head like the ones from RIPE. Brandi's and Rachel's vocals and harmonizing make you daydream. The band's songwriting is especially impressive. Rarely is a band's second CD or project this ultra-good!" - Nina Schnipper, KDNK "Smokin' Grass" GOOSE BUMPS! "From the opening instrumentals, to the clear fresh vocals and the subtle background harmonies, 'Down on the Crooked Road' draws in the listener. The lyrics paint a picture of the music and its heritage to the point that it gave me goose bumps. Our show's tag line is 'Bluegrass...Virginia's Classical Music,' and the Bee-Liners have done it proud!" - Gary Williams, VaBluegrass.com, "The Ole Dominion Jamboree" BRACE YOURSELVES! "Every once in a great while a new release comes across our desk that introduces a band that we know is going to be the next big thing in bluegrass music...The Dixie Bee Liners are one of those bands...pure to the bluegrass tradition and the vocal performances are beyond words. They are profoundly talented and the sound is their own. The bluegrass music scene should brace for this new album...[five stars]." - Robert Bartosh, Roots Music Report - - - - - - - - - - THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS are currently booking for 2009, 2010 & beyond. To inquire for rates and availabilty, please contact: JIM ROE ENTERTAINMENT Toll Free 877.688.5885 - Fax 270.688.5881 Jim Roe: 270-688-5885 - Cell 270.302.0992 roeent@bellsouth.net http://www.roeentertainment.net/ PO Box 6003, Owensboro KY 42302 CALLING ALL DJ's! CLICK HERE FOR A FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE BEE-LINERS' LATEST SINGLE, "DOWN ON THE CROOKED ROAD!" 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