Barley Scotch is on lead vocals, fiddle and guitar. The Reverend Don-Wayne Reno is on banjo, Deacon Dale Reno is on mandolin and guitar and Jake 'Bakesnake' Byers is on acoustic bass. Hayseed Dixie are an awesome live band, who have, to date, released 9 albums. The latest, 'Killer Grass' was released in 2010. A live DVD entitled 'No Sleep 'til Liverpool' is also available.
Songs by artists such as Kiss, Outkast, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith get the Rockgrass treatment, but the band play original songs too. - numbers such as 'Moonshiner's Daughter', 'Kirby Hill' and 'Blind Beggar Breakdown' raise the roof at live shows. Hayseed Dixie songs cover the four key elements of any song worth playing; - Drinkin', Cheatin', Killin' and Hell! - The band also recorded an album of rocked-up bluegrass classics, called '*Choose Your Own Title' using the name The Kerosene Brothers.
Brothers Dale Reno and Don--Wayne Reno are the sons of bluegrass maestro Don Reno, who wrote many hits, including 'Dueling Banjos', and the band even once played at a house-warming party for AC/DC bass player Cliff Williams.
Beware of instrumental cover tracks mis-tagged as 'Hayseed Dixie'! (often from the 'Pickin' On...' series of albums.)... as Barley Scotch has said, "If a song's got word's we'll sing 'em!" - A full list of albums and tracks can be found at the band's website.
Hayseed Dixie also perform under the name Kerosene Brothers
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Devil Woman
Hayseed Dixie Lyrics
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Since the day I saw the cat at my door
So I came into you sweet lady
Answering your mystical call
Crystal ball on the table
Showing the future, the past
Same cat with them evil eyes
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind...
Give me the ring on your finger
Let me see the lines on your hand
I can see me a tall dark stranger
Giving you what you hadn't planned
I drank the potion she offered me
I found myself on the floor
Then I looked in those big green eyes
And I wondered what I came there for...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind...
If you're out on a moonlit night
Be careful of them neighbourhood strays
Of a lady with long black hair
Tryin' to win you with her feminine ways
Crystal ball on the table
Showing the future, the past
Same cat with them evil eyes
You'd better get out of there fast...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you...
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you...
(x3 to fade)
The song "Devil Woman" by Hayseed Dixie is a cautionary tale about a woman with evil intentions who uses her purported mystical powers to ensnare unsuspecting men. The singer in the song feels like he has had nothing but bad luck ever since he saw a cat at his door. He then seeks refuge in the company of a "sweet lady" who seems to possess magical abilities. She has a crystal ball on the table that shows the past and future. The same cat with evil eyes from before reappears, and the singer realizes that the woman has cast a spell on him. The song describes the fear and unease he feels while under her influence.
As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the devil woman is after the singer's ring and to see the lines on his hand. The singer becomes suspicious of the woman's motives when he drinks a potion offered by her that leaves him vulnerable on the floor. After looking into her big green eyes, he is left to wonder what he is doing there. The song ends with a cautionary message that if you happen to be out on a moonlit night, be wary of the neighborhood strays and a woman with long black hair trying to win you over with her feminine ways.
Line by Line Meaning
I've had nothing but bad luck
My life has been characterized by misfortune
Since the day I saw the cat at my door
Ever since I spotted that feline at my entrance
So I came into you sweet lady
Thus, I approached you, kind woman
Answering your mystical call
In response to your supernatural summons
Crystal ball on the table
A sphere made of quartz resting on a surface
Showing the future, the past
Displaying what shall yet and formerly occurred
Same cat with them evil eyes
That identical cat exhibited malevolent pupils
And I knew it was a spell she cast
I understood it to be an enchantment she had performed
She's just a devil woman
She is a woman with satanic qualities
With evil on her mind
Malicious intentions dominate her thoughts
Beware the devil woman
Be cautious around the aforementioned devil-woman
She's gonna get you...
She shall cause you harm.
Give me the ring on your finger
Yield me the band encircling your digit
Let me see the lines on your hand
Permit me to observe the creases on your palm
I can see me a tall dark stranger
I envision a mysterious male with darkness in tow
Giving you what you hadn't planned
Graciously granting you what you had not anticipated
I drank the potion she offered me
I consumed the concoction she proffered
I found myself on the floor
I discovered my body resting on the ground
Then I looked in those big green eyes
Following that, I peered into those sizeable green irises
And I wondered what I came there for...
I reflected on my earlier motives that brought me to this situation
If you're out on a moonlit night
Whenever you find yourself in the glowing moon's light
Be careful of them neighbourhood strays
Exercise some caution around those vagabond purrers
Of a lady with long black hair
Referencing a woman possessing long, ebony tresses
Tryin' to win you with her feminine ways
Attempting to charm you with feminine mannerisms
You'd better get out of there fast...
You should swiftly depart from that place.
She's just a devil woman
That woman is simply a devilish individual
With evil on her mind
Her mind is permeated with wickedness
Beware the devil woman
Again, I advise caution to that devil-woman
She's gonna get you...
She is bound to harm you
(x3 to fade)
Last line of the song, indicated for fade-out
Contributed by Allison O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.