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The Dixie Hillbillies is a brilliant 4-piece band, and very unique corporate function and wedding band. The individual members are exceptional musicians and the response they generate is really overwhelming, both from live audiences as well as from the media. The Dixie Hillbillies feature legend guitarist Jethro Butow.

Jethro is an in-demand session player and has performed on countless CD's and  jingles. He has appeared with the Natal and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestras as a solo artiste and has contributed to the 'Starlight Classics' concerts as an acoustic, Spanish and electric guitar player. He has also performed with the following International super stars (to name but a few):

• Sir Cliff Richard
• Chris De Burgh
• Pavarotti
• The Three Tenors
• Helmut  Lotti
• Patritzio
• Katherine Jenkins.

Jethro Butow also composes music for TV and film. He also worked with the renowned conductor Neville Dove as principal guitar in the production 'Man from La Mancha'. His television work also includes being part of the backing bands in “IDOLS” and “SWEEPSLAG” on MNET. Jethro is truly a virtuoso and without doubt one of South Africa’s top guitarists.

The Members:

The Dixie Hillbillies consists of the following members and instrumentation:

• Jethro Butow (Vocals / Guitar)
• Johan Scheppel (Vocals / Violin / Keyboard)
• Jerry Gruven- (Bass guitar).
• Roy Schoombie (Drums).

YouTube links: (Search under “Dixie Hillbillies Sessions”)

http://youtu.be/GEcOM-ixAz0

http://youtu.be/27mmSYNFiKw

http://youtu.be/Yq2h1MCsVQU

Their Clients:

 They have performed at many successful corporate functions and weddings in the past. Some of our corporate clients include:

• Dischem (Annual National Management Conference-2012)
• iNova Pharmaceuticals.
• NASHUA SA.
• The Core Group (Apple SA).
• Ampath
• TELKOM
• Ernst and Young
• BASF.
• Impact Rx.
• Lions International.
• Nedbank.
• GFI.
• Rotran.
• Villa Crop SA
• Acctech
• Chamberlain.
• Harley Davidson.
• Triumph SA.
• S.P.D.C.
• Round Table.....and many more!

Their  Music:

The Dixie Hillbillies perform a huge variety of music, from laid-back jazzy instrumentals (during the dinner set) to turbo-charged up-tempo party hits during the dance sets. Many genres of music are covered by this awesome band: Commercial, Bluegrass and “Hillbilly, Rock”, Rock, Country, Reggae,  Jazz as well as Cultural Heritage Music (Brenda Fassi, Johnny Clegg,  Mango Groove,  Bright Blue, Soweto String Quartet etc).

Their repertoire is ideal for any South African audience. The “party songs” include  “Have you ever seen the Rain” (CCR), “Proud Mary” (CCR), “Paint it Black” (Rolling Stones), “Duelling Banjos” (the movie Deliverance), Bob Marley Medley, “Sweet Home Alabama” (Lynnyrd Skynyrd, “Blue Suede Shoes” (Elvis),  “Brown Eyed Girl” (Van Morrison), “Thunderstruck” (AC-DC) and many more...

Their Repertoir:

• Duelling Banjos.
• La Bamba.
• Mustang Sally-Commitments
• Sweet Home Alabama-(Into double time)
• House of the Rising Sun
• Smoke on the water-Deep Purple.
• Radar Love-Golden Earring.
• Parisian Walkways- Gary Moore.
• White wedding- Billy Idol.
• Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits.
• No woman no cry- Bob Marley.
• Some broken hearts never die.
• Cotton eyed Joe.
• Little Maggie.
• Drowsy Maggie.
• Whisky in the jar-Thin Lizzy.
• Land down under-Men at Work.
• Blue Suede Shoes-Elvis Presley medley.
• Hound dog-Elvis.
• Have you ever seen the Rain -Credence Clearwater Revival-MEDLEY
• Looking’ out my back door- Credence Clearwater Revival.
• Bad moon rising- Credence Clearwater Revival.
• Locomotive Breath-Jethro Tull.
• Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin.(Reggae version into rock solo)
• Crocodile Rock- Elton John.
• Hey Joe-Jimmy Hendrix.
• Cocaine-JJ Cale.
• Le Grange- ZZ Top.
• Thunderstruck-AC / DC
• Piano Man-Billy Joel.
• Paint it Black-Rolling Stones.
• Satisfaction-Rolling Stones.
• Neil Diamond medley.
• Tequila Sunrise.
• Falsom Prison-Johnny Cash.
• Walk the line-Johnny Cash
• Hotel California-Eagle.
• The Gambler-Kenny Rogers.
• The devil went down to Georgia- Charlie Daniels Band.
• Special star (Mango Groove)
• The Lion sleeps tonight.
• ......and many more!

 FOR BOOKINGS - Jerry- 082 332 5067 / jerry@stereoscopic.co.za

 PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN