Lineup History

35 years of hosting the best of Rhythm & Blues Legends in the Methow Valley!

1988 #1
One day – July 30, 1988
Charlie Musselwhite – Jerry Miller Band – Issac Scott – Kathy Hart & Duo Glide – Stevie & the Blues Flames -Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Drivin’ Wheel

1989 #2
Lydia Pense & Cold Blood – Savoy Brown – Lloyd Jones Struggle – Curtis Salgado – Ronnie Thompson & The Resisters – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Junior Cadillac

1990 #3
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers w/ Coco Montoya – Mick Taylor Band – Duffy Bishop & the Rhythm Dogs -Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Little Bill and the Bluenotes – Shakey Jake and the DT’s – Yo & De Cats

1991 #4
Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine – Roy Rogers & Delta Rhythm Kings – Mr. Long John Baldry w/ Kathi McDonald – Terry Robb w/ Ike Willis – Lily Wilde and the Hysterics – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Dick Powell Band – Seattle Women in Blues – Charles White Band – Out of the Blue – David Brewer Band – Little Bill & the Bluenotes

1992 #5
Big Daddy Kinsey & The Kinsey Report – Lonnie Mack – Robert Ward w/ Lloyd Jones Struggle – The Sundogs – Tom McFarland – Lloyd Jones Struggle – Nick Vigarino Meantown Blues – Seattle Women in Rhythm & Blues – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – B.I.G. – Big Industry Giants – Phantoms of Soul – Brenda Shell

1993 #6
James Cotton Blues Band – Too Slim & The Taildraggers – Seattle Women in Rhythm & Blues – Charles White

1994 #7
Bo Diddley – Lonnie & Ronnie Brooks – Burnin’ Chicago Blues Machine – Big Time Sarah – No deLay Band w/ Linda Hornbuckle – Canned Heat – John Hammond Jr. – JJ Cale w/Christine Lakeland – Otis Taylor – Little Bill & the Blue Notes – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Seattle Women in Rhythm & Blues – The Alley Cats

1995 #8
Booker T & The M.G.’s – Dorothy Moore – Roomful of Blues w/Sugar Ray – Terrance Simien – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – King Ernest – Paul deLay Band – Too Slim & the Taildraggers

1996 #9
Elvin Bishop – Percy Sledge – Doyle Bramhall – Omar & The Howlers – Frankie Lee (in place of the late Johnny Clyde Copeland) – Celinda Pink -Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Fat James Band – Mumbo Jumbo – Duffy Bishop – Paul Brasch – The Fabulous Alley Cats – Sheila Wilcoxen and Backwater Blues

1997 #10
Charlie Musselwhite – Terrance Simien (in place of the late Luther Allison) – Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers – The Chambers Brothers – Curtis Salgado – Linda Hornbuckle Band – Jack Semple – Geoff Atchison – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Fat James Band – Mark Dufresne – Nicole Fournier – Paul Brasch

1998 #11
Delbert McClinton – Susan Tedeschi – Sonny Rhodes – Mark Hummel – Studebaker John & The Hawks – Indigenous – Paul deLay Band – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Seattle Slim – Otis Taylor – Ellen Whyte – Geoff Atchison – Paul Brasch – David Jacobs-Strain – Nick Vigarino

1999 #12
Kim Wilson & The Thunderbirds – Roy Roger Delta Rhythm Kings w/Shana Morrison – Shemekia Copeland – Big Dave & The Ultrasonics – Terry Hanck & The Soulrockers – Tony Coleman Band – Jon Paul Johnson & The 3rd Degree – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Nick Vigarino – Brother Music Powerhouse – Seattle Slim – Charlie Butts & the Filtertips – Cafe Blue – Jude Bowerman – Swamp Mama Johnson – King Biscuit – Incognito – Smokin’ Gun

2000 #13
Staples Singers w/Mavis Staple (in place of Etta James) – Joe Louis Walkers Boss Talkers – C.J. Chenier – Tab Benoit – Walter “Wolfman” Washington – Long John Hunter – Daniel Castro Band – Chris Vincent – Lloyd Jones Struggle -Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Nick Vigarino – Mark Dufresne – Junkyard Jane – Seattle Women – Robbie Laws

2001 #14
Ike Turner – Little Milton – Eddie Cotton – Son Seals – James Solberg – Buddy Miles Express – Bobby Rush – Sista Monica – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Smokin’ Joe Kubek w/ B’nois King – Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers w/ Debbie Davies – Michael Pickett Band – Lilttle Bill’s Blues Review – Total Experience Blues Choir – David Brewer & the Intimidaters – Aaron Black Band

2002 #15
Mighty Sam McClain – Tower Of Power – Denise LaSalle – Sugar Pie DeSanto – Joe Turner’s Memphis Blues Caravan – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – David Gogo – Eddie Cotton – Henry Gray & Lil’ Buck Senegal – Jim Mesi Band – Ryan Harder – Harmonica Playboy and the Midnight Movers – Steve Bailey & the Blueflames – The Howlers w/ Randy Oxford

2003 #16
Koko Taylor – Shemekia Copeland – Roomful of Blues w/ Mark DuFresne & DK Stewart – Joe Louis Walker & Big Bill Morganfield – Jody Williams – Junior Watson w/ Mitch Kashmir – Darrell Nulisch – Bill Rhodes w/ Michael Osborne – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – John Nemeth – Sonny Landreth – Bump Kitchen – Daddy Treetops – The Jelly Rollers – Tim Casey’s Bluescats

2004 #17
The Original Lowriders aka: WAR – Long John Hunter – Walter “Wolfman” Washington – John Nemeth & The Jacks – Tony Lynn Washington – Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne and The Russel Jackson Band – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – The Strangetones – Duffy Bishop Band – The Howlers – Nicole Fournier & her 3lb Universe w/ Polly O’Keary – Nick Vigarino

2005 #18
W.C. Clark – Coco Montoya – The Mannish Boys featuring: Finis Tasby, Johnny Dyer, Kid Ramos, Paris Slim, Leon Blue, June Core, Ronnie James Webber & Randy Chortkoff – Little Brian & The Zydeco Rockers – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – John Nemeth – Rene Austin – D.K. Stewart – Detroit-Seattle Women in R & B w/Memphis Smoke – Polly O’Keary – Randy Oxford – Ben Rice Band

2006 #19
Tommy Castro – Porter, Batiste & Stoltz – Anthony Gomes – Janiva Magness – Jason Ricci & New Blood – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Rose City Kings – Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies – Electric Shades of Blue – Polly O’Keary – Michael Pickett

2007 #20
Eric Burdon – Charlie Musselwhite – Chubby Carrier – Watermelon Slim & the Workers – John Lee Hooker Jr. – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Eddie Turner – Fat Tones – Cary Fly Band – Nicole Fournier & Her 3 LB Universe – Margaret Wilder – Polly O’Keary – Ryan Harder – Don Millard

2008 #21
Elvin Bishop – Bobby Rush – The Blasters – NW Pianorama featuring Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, David Vest and DK Stewart – Too Slim & The Taildraggers – Terry Evans – Curtis Salgado – Polly O’Keary – Lady “A” & Baby Blues Funk Band – Red Hot Blues Sisters – Rojer Arnold & Paul Elliott

2009 #22
Fabulous Thunderbirds w/Kim Wilson – Mavis Staples – Magic Slim & the Teardrops – Nathan James – JJ Grey & Mofro – Chubby Carrier – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Studebaker John & the Hawks – Big Sam’s Funky Nation – Kim Field & the Mighty Titans of Tone – Big Mumbo – Randy Oxford – Rick Holmstrom Band

2010 #23
Little Feat – Buckwheat Zydeco – Curtis Salgado – Debbie Davies & Robin Rogers – The Soul of John Black – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – James Harman – Paul Thorn – Doug MacLeod – Strangetones – Junkyard Jane – Ty Curtis

2011 #24
Jimmie Vaughan w/ Louann Barton & Tilt A Whirl – Booker T. – Commander Cody – Michael Burks (RIP) – Lydia Pense & Cold Blood – The Lee Boys – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Dusty 45s – Joanne Shaw Taylor – John-Alex Mason (RIP) – Lady “A” – Chris Eger Band – Bump Kitchen .

2012 #25
Elvin Bishop – John Mayall – Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band – Ruthie Foster – Paul Thorn – Colin Lake – Big Mumbo – Duffy Bishop – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Lionel Young Band – Lady “A” – John Nemeth – Sugar Blue

2013 #26
Johnny Winter – Otis Taylor Band – Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk – Bonerama – Too Slim & the Tail Draggers – Nikki Hill – Peter Karp & Sue Foley – Randy Oxford Band – Lady “A” – Matt Hill Band – Rosie Ledet – Janiva Magness – Doug MacLeod – Chris O’Leary Band

2014 #27
Charlie Musselwhite – Royal Southern Brotherhood feat Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooten, Yonrico Scott – Shemekia Copeland – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Soul of John Black w/ Jimmy Pugh & Polly O’Keary – Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble – David Vest – Chris O’Leary Band – Homemade Jamz Band – The Holmes Brothers – DoctorfunK

2015 #28
ELVIN BISHOP – The Paladins – Kenny Neal – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – The California Honeydrops – Duffy Bishop – Samantha Fish – Aryon Jones & the Way – Mary Flower – Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble – Studebaker John – Stan Street, Lady “A” & Polly O’Keary

2016 #29
Robert Randolph & the Family Band – The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Kim Wilson – Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with the Guilty Ones – Allen Stone Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram w/ Jim Pugh, John Mazzocco & Jimi Bott – Randy Oxford’s All Star Slam featuring Wee Willie Walker – Grace Love and the True Loves – Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons – Randy Hansen – Nathan James – Rose City Kings – Hot Wired Rhythm Band – Stan Street, Lady “A” and Polly O’Keary

2017 #30
Delbert McClinton – Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real – Southern Avenue – Carolyn Wonderland – Marcus King Band – Southern Avenue – Sugaray Rayford Band – Greyhounds – Carolyn Wonderland – Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band – Delgado Brothers – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Rae Gordon Band – Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

2018 #31
Los Lonely Boys – California Honeydrops – Samantha Fish – Lydia Pense & Cold Blood – Pimps of Joytime – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – The Welch Ledbetter Connection – Curtis Salgado/Alan Hager & Friends – Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble – Dirty Revival – Brett Benton & Gordon Townsend – ‘Ridin’ with the King’ BB KING TRIBUTE featuring Mark DuFresne, Kim Field, Tim Sherman & John Hodgkin – Steele/White Gospel Hour featuring Lady “A” & LaRhonda Steele

2019 #32
LOS LOBOS – Shemekia Copeland – Larkin Poe – The Proven Ones – Ural Thomas & the Pain – The Greyhounds – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Billy Joe & the Dusty 45s – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – JP Soars Gypsy Blues Review with Anne Harris and Jason Ricci – David Jacobs-Strain & WORTH – Too Loose Cajun Zydeco Band –  Methow Juke Joint Allstars

2020 #33 – Virtual Festival
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Larkin Poe – Southern Avenue – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – The Bros Landreth – Chubby Carrier – Methow Juke Joint Allstars featuring Lady A, Polly O’Keary, Tommy Cook & Dave Miller – Lloyd Jones Struggle – Hector Anchondo – Vanessa Collier – The Sons of the Soul Revivers – GA-20 – Stephanie Anne Johnson & the Hidogs

2021 #34 – Virtual Festival
The Mavericks – Larkin Poe – The War & Treaty – Tia Carroll – Joe Louis Walker Jr – Cedric Burnside – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – Methow Juke Joint Allstars featuring Lady A, Polly O’Keary, John Oliver III, Tommy Cook, David Miller – Sugaray Rayford – Pine Leaf Boys – LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends

2022 #35 – LIVE AND IN PERSON!
JJ Grey & Mofro – Charlie Musselwhite – Dumpstaphunk – Mr. Sipp – Vanessa Collier – Too Slim & the Taildraggers – GA-20 – Outer Orbit – Hector Anchondo – Lady A – Junkyard Jane – Gospel Hour w/Josephine Howell – Zach Person

2023 #36

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram • North Mississippi Allstars • Ruthie Foster • Marc Broussard • Rick Estrin & the Nightcats  • Judith Hill • Jackie Venson • The Paperboys • Stephanie Anne Johnson • Too Slim & the Taildraggers • Polly O’Keary & the Rhythm Method • Yates McKendree • Tevis Hodge Jr • Methow Juke Joint Allstars