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The Dixie Bee-Liners are an
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Bluegrass group, formed in
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in 2002 by Buddy Woodward and Brandi Hart. Their music has been called Bluegrass,
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, and "Bible Belt Noir". The Bee-Liners have released three
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, and two
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. Their first recording was a 2005 self-titled/self-released CD- EP on their own label, Betty Troublesome. Shortly after, Hart and Woodward relocated to
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, and signed with
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, who released their first full-length CD, ''RIPE,'' in April 2008. Their third CD, ''Susanville'', was a bluegrass
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released in November 2009.
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winning producer/
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Bil VornDick co-produced the 19-song CD, along with Woodward and Hart. In mid-2012 the band revealed in an interview with Bluegrass Today that they were working on a new album with a projected release of Spring 2013, but the project was never completed and the band folded at the end of 2012.


Musical style

Ostensibly a bluegrass band, The Dixie Bee-Liners played a wide variety of acoustic music, liberally cherry-picking influence from
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,
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, old-time string band music, as well as west-coast country,
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, 60's
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, and English folk-rock bands. In mid-2012 the band revealed in an interview with Bluegrass Today that they were evolving their sound, and expanding their lineup to include drums and electric instrumentation, but the project was never completed, and they split at the end of the year. Buddy Woodward and Brandi Hart typically wrote all of the band's material—with Woodward also taking the role of arranger and producer—though they occasionally co-wrote with various band members, as well as
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's
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, Jon Weisberger, and
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of the American
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band
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. In addition to standardized bluegrass
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, the band were known to incorporate alternate guitar tunings, claw-hammer banjo,
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, and other keyboard instruments as inspiration struck them.


Awards, honors, distinctions

Their self-titled EP 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. ''RIPE'' topped the Bluegrass Now Fan's Choice Top 20 chart twice, and also achieved two simultaneous No. 1's on Bluegrass Music Profiles' Top 20 Hot Singles, and the Roots Music Report Bluegrass Chart. The Bee-Liners spent nine consecutive weeks atop the RMR Bluegrass chart and two consecutive months in the Top Ten of both
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charts. All-told, the band achieved 23 weeks of No. 1's in 2008, and was named the Roots Music Report's ''Bluegrass Artist of the Year'' in November 2008. ''Susanville'' debuted on the ''
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'' Bluegrass chart at No. 32.


Performance

The band toured extensively throughout the
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, playing such prestigious festivals as Merlefest, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Palisade Bluegrass & Roots Festival, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion,
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and Bean Blossom, among many others. They appeared live on
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,
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, the
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, and were featured on radio playlists across the country and worldwide, including regular rotation on
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and XM
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. In 2007 their music appeared on the soundtrack of the independently produced Civil War film ''FREEDOM''. In August 2010, the band played
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Festival in the
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village of
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, one of only two gigs in
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before returning home.


Discography


Upstate Manhattan-compilation

October 2005 (207 Records) # Lost In The Silence - (Hart, Woodward)


The Dixie Bee-Liners-EP

November 2005 (Betty Troublesome) # Davy - (Hart, Woodward) # Brown-Eyed Darlin' - (Woodward) # Lost In The Silence - (Hart, Woodward) # Roses Are Grey - (Hart, Woodward) # Family Tree - (Woodward, Gold, Ribyat) # My Heart's Breakin' In - (Hart, Woodward) # Yellow-Haired Girl - (Hart, Woodward) # (Lord, Lay Down My) Ball & Chain - (Hart, Woodward)


Timeless Flyte: A Tribute To The Byrds-compilation

2007, RRO Entertainment # Change Is Now - (Hillman-McGuinn)


Prime Cuts of Bluegrass Volume 90-compilation

2007, KBC Music, Inc. # Down On The Crooked Road - (Woodward, VornDick, Hart)


RIPE

April 2008 (Pinecastle Records) # Down On The Crooked Road - (Woodward, VornDick, Hart) # (Lord, Lay Down My) Ball & Chain - (Hart, Woodward) # Yellow-Haired Girl - (Hart, Woodward) # The Bugs In The Basement - (Hart, Woodward) # Dixie Grey To Black - (Hart, Woodward) # Why Do I Make You Cry - (Hart, Woodward) # She's My Angel - (Hart, Woodward) # Old Charlie Cross - (Hart, Woodward) # Lost In The Silence - (Hart, Woodward) # Grumble Jones - (Woodward, Stafford) # Jefferson Railroad Line - (Hart, Woodward) # Ripe - (Hart, Woodward)


FestivaLink presents The Dixie Bee-Liners at MerleFest, NC 4/24/09

June 2009 (FesivaLink) # Married By The Hanging Judge - (Morrow) # (Lord, Lay Down My) Ball & Chain - (Hart, Woodward) # Yellow-Haired Girl - (Hart, Woodward) # She's My Angel - (Hart, Woodward) # The Bugs In The Basement - (Hart, Woodward) # Ripe - (Hart, Woodward) # Down On The Crooked Road - (Woodward, VornDick, Hart) # Why Do I Make You Cry - (Hart, Woodward) # I'll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers - (Public Domain) onus Track - 4/26/09 Hillside Stage# Old Charlie Cross - (Hart, Woodward) onus Track - 4/26/09 Hillside Stage# Davy - (Hart, Woodward) onus Track - 4/26/09 Hillside Stage# Possum John - (Johnson) onus Track - 4/26/09 Hillside Stage


She Plays Like A Girl-Digital Single

October 2009 (Pinecastle Records) # She Plays Like A Girl - (Hart, Woodward)


Susanville

November 2009 (Pinecastle Records) # Enter Highway - (Hart, Woodward) # Heavy - (Hart, Woodward) # Restless - (Hart, Woodward) # Find Out - (Hart, Woodward) # Road Hog - (Hart, Woodward, Weisberger) # Salem And Staunton - (Darrow) # Turn Back - (Hart, Woodward) # Truck Stop Baby - (Hart, Woodward) # Albion Road - (Morrow) # Susanville - (Hart, Woodward) # (I Need) Eighteen Wheels - (Hart, Woodward) # Trixie's Diesel-Stop Cafe - (Hart, Woodward) # Graveyard Shift - (Hart, Woodward) # Down - (Woodward. Molotov) # Lead Foot - (Morrow, Woodward, Stringfellow, Hart) # Yawn - (Hart, Woodward) # Brake Lights - (Hart, Stringfellow, Woodward) # In My Pocket - (Woodward, Hart, Darrow, Morrow) # Destination - (Hart, Woodward)


Santa Wants A Whiskey-Digital Single

November 2010 (Betty Troublesome) # Santa Wants A Whiskey - (Hart, Woodward)


Bluegrass Bands Helping Hands Volume Three: Big Leagues-compilation

September 2011 (Miracle League) # Find Out - (Hart, Woodward)


References


Roanoke Times
"Dixie Bee-Liners Move To The Mountains" by Tad Dickens, July 24, 2006
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
"Reviews of new bluegrass music releases" by Keith Lawrence, October 30, 2009
Bluegrass Today
"Dixie Bee-Liners back in the studio" Guest Contributor, October 2011
Bluegrass Now
"Dixie Bee-Liners Take A New Tack" by John Lawless, August 29, 2012


Reviews, articles, notices


Country Standard Time
" Are Dixie Bee-Liners 'Ripe' for Success?" by Ken Burke, April 2008

"Ripe" by Frank Gutch Jr., June 2008
NPR Music.com
"Dixie Bee-Liners: Musical Hospitality" by Jim Blum, July 1, 2009
The Bluegrass Blog
"Dixie Bee-Liners Video Shoot" by John Lawless, October 19, 2009
BluegrassJournal.com
"Dixie Bee-Liners, Sierra Hull Uncle Earl head out on American Revival Tour Oct. 29" by Travis Tackett, October 28, 2009.
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
"Reviews of new bluegrass music releases" by Keith Lawrence, October 30, 2009
9513 Country Music.com
"Dixie Bee-Liners, Sierra Hull and Uncle Earl Spread The Gospel of Old-Time and Bluegrass" by Juli Thanki, November 4, 2009.
Cybergrass
"Dixie Bee-Liner's 'Susanville' A Trip for the Listener" by Bob Cherry, November 7, 2009
Bluegrass Music Profiles
"Dixie Bee-Liners - Susanville" by Lori Kerfoot, November 11, 2009
Folkwax
"The Dixie Beeliners Make A Bee Line for Hits" by Deborah Wilbrink, November 11, 2009

"Susanville: A Review written for the Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange" by Frank Gutch Jr., November 2009
Country Standard Time
"Susanville - Dixie Bee-Liners" by Greg Yost, November 2009
The Lonesome Road
"Review: “Susanville” by The Dixie Bee-Liners" by Donald Teplyske, January 2010


External links


The Dixie Bee-Liners' official siteThe Dixie Bee-Liners' Facebook siteThe Dixie Bee-Liners' myspace sitePinecastle Records' Dixie Bee-Liners pageRadio SubmitSonicbids EPK
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