Red Hot Hayseeds Happy Hour at King Eddy
Western Swing band, Red Hot Hayseeds have been making waves in Calgary, AB, Canada & surrounding areas since the release of their debut self-titled EP in September of 2020. What even is Western Swing? Easier to describe than to define, Western Swing is a 1920's-1950's subgenre of American country, up-tempo dance music with a Western flair, played primarily on stringed instruments. Red Hot Hayseeds had been operating as a trio for a few years prior to the first release with frontman Tyler Allen on vocals, guitar and lap steel, Cathy Billington on fiddle, and a revolving cast of upright bassists. It wasn’t until August of 2020 that the band added six more members, Dayna Lyn (vocals, guitar), Sydney Zadravec (vocals, guitar), Rikki J Browne (vocals), Keith Rodger (upright bass), Cedric Blary (clarinet), and Matt Dawe (drums) taking this 8 piece band's sonic possibilities to new heights with their new full length album "How The West Was Swung" set for release on June 2nd, 2023. Red Hot Hayseeds specialize in blending three part harmonies, timeless classics and foot stomping originals in style of the golden ages of old Western music.