The JD Set Legendary Mash is a live event named after the famous sour mash from which Jack Daniel's is distilled. Take both legendary and contemporary artists, team them up on stage, and voila – you have a ‘Legendary Mash!’

The main event took place in a specially constructed venue on top of a hill – named BBQ Hill - at the JD Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee (you’ve seen the folk in the ads, and yes, they really do look like that…). Also taking part were Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who performed at The Mercy Lounge in Nashville, the home of country music and the largest steaks known to humankind.

First up on BBQ Hill were Carbon/Silicon. With the sunset providing a backdrop, Mick Jones and Tony James entered looking like a pair of dapper old-school gangsters in matching black suits with white handkerchiefs. Quote of the night came from James - thanking his hosts before launching into set opener Magic Suitcase from current album The Last Post, he told the crowd: “Big up to Jack Daniel's, not just for the last few days, but for help getting us up on stage for 20 years.”

Adding to the party atmosphere was the fact it was also James’s 50th birthday and Jones presented him with a barrel of JD Single Barrel to commemorate the occasion (with shipping paid for!). At the pre-gig press conference, Jones had practically performed a stand-up comedy routine, reeling off anecdotes-aplenty, and the jovial banter continued throughout the evening. Introducing The Whole Truth, he announced with a knowing grin: “This is for anyone who’s ever been in trouble with the law…unfounded, of course!”. Really The Blues, from 2006’s album Western Front, bought the endearingly shambolic performance to a close.

Hard-Fi were next up, kicking off with Middle Eastern Holiday. As the Staines quartet were playing to an international audience, frontman Richard Archer got the locals on side by announcing “here’s some country and western!’, before launching into I Shall Overcome. Introducing Cash Machine, Archer announced they’d had an “absolute blast these last couple of days hanging out with Carbon/Silicon”, before rounding off with Hard To Beat and Living For The Weekend.

A, by now, extremely merry Mick Jones and co then joined Hard Fi for the ‘Legendary Mash’ section of the show. Perhaps they should be renamed “Hard Carbon Fi or Carbon Hard Fi Silicon”, pondered Jones. Then to the bemusement of the crowd Jones launched into a “Michael Flatley Lord Of the dance routine" as the bands tuned up. “You lot are like a Leonard Cohen B-side," he quipped when he noticed the looks of bafflement.

Classics from both band’s careers followed - kicking off with Carbon Silicon’s Why Do Men Fight, followed by Hard Fi’s Stars of CCTV, BAD’s E=MC2 and finishing off with a riotous rendition of The Clash’s Should I Stay or Should I Go.

The JD Set Legendary Mash is the culmination of the JD Set series. The JD Set is a series of nationwide live music events featuring cutting edge talent. Visit www.thejdset.co.uk for information on forthcoming shows.