A Hot Piece of Grass

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A Hot Piece of Grass
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 27, 2005
Genre Bluegrass, comedy rock
Length51:53
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer John Wheeler
Hayseed Dixie chronology
Let There Be Rockgrass
(2004)
A Hot Piece of Grass
(2005)
Weapons of Grass Destruction
(2007)
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A Hot Piece of Grass is the fifth album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2005. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin cover) – 3:07
  2. "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath cover) – 4:27
  3. "Holiday" (Green Day cover) – 3:48
  4. "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young cover) – 3:39
  5. "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin cover) – 3:59
  6. "Runnin' with the Devil" (Van Halen cover) – 2:44
  7. "This Fire" (Franz Ferdinand cover) – 3:24
  8. "Roses" (Outkast cover) – 4:35
  9. "Blind Beggar Breakdown" – 2:25
  10. "Kirby Hill" – 2:25
  11. "Uncle Virgil" – 3:00
  12. "Mountain Man" – 3:07
  13. "Marijuana" (The Reverend Horton Heat cover) – 2:54
  14. "Moonshiner's Daughter" – 2:54
  15. "Wish I Was You" – 1:59
  16. "Dueling Banjos" (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith cover) – 3:13

Many versions also have "Whole Lotta Rosie" (AC/DC cover) and omit "Roses" and "Rockin' In The Free World".

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References

  1. Hayseed Dixie - A Hot Piece of Grass Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-11-29