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A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.

Otis Rush

 
Past Fest Performers

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 |1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985

 

2007

  • Alberta Adams & RJ's Rhythm Rockets with CeeCee Collins
  • Bad Luck City featuring Matt Woods and Michael Swanger
  • Robert Belfour
  • David Bernston
  • Big James and the Chicago Playboys
  • Blues Harp Blowout with Mark Hummel, James Harman and Paul Oscher
  • Ari Brown Quartet
  • Nappy Brown with Bob Margolin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Mookie Brill
  • Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
  • Albert Cummings
  • Damon Fowler Group
  • Henry Gray and the Cats
  • Jimmie "Duck" Holmes
  • The Bruce Katz Band
  • Catfish Keith
  • Little Charlie and the Nightcats
  • Trudy Lynn with the Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings
  • Dave MacKenzie
  • Big Bill Morganfield
  • Paul Oscher
  • Doňa Oxford
  • The Jackie Payne and Steve Edmonson Band
  • Tom Principato
  • Robert Randolph and the Family Band
  • Hal Reed
  • Jason Ricci and New Blood
  • Kelly Richey
  • Drink Small "The Blues Doctor"
  • The Smokin' Mojo Kings
  • Watermelon Slim
  • Ruby Wilson

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2006

  • David Berntson
  • Eric Bibb
  • Eden Brent
  • Ronnie Baker Brooks
  • Kevin Burt
  • C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band
  • Calvin Cooke
  • James Cotton
  • Rich DelGrosso
  • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  • The 8 Bold Souls
  • Guitar Shorty
  • Kelley Hunt
  • James “Super Chikan” Johnson
  • Rev. Robert Jones
  • Juke Joint Sinners
  • Chris Thomas King
  • Joe Krown
  • Sonny Landreth
  • Bryan Lee
  • The Mannish Boys
  • Delbert McClinton
  • Dave Moore
  • Kenny Neal and Family
  • Joe Price
  • The Rockin’ Jake Band
  • Mavis Staples
  • The Eric Steckel Band
  • Walter “Wolfman” Washington
  • Westside Andy and the Mel Ford Band
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2005

  • Gaye Adegbalola & Andra Faye
  • Willie King and the Alabama Blues Project
  • Marcia Ball
  • David Berntson
  • Deanna Bogart
  • Joe Bonamassa
  • Nora Jean Bruso
  • Daniel Burnside
  • R.L. Burnside
  • Roosevelt Dean & the Spellbinders
  • David Evans
  • Douglas Ewart & the Inventions
  • Joe Filisko
  • Joey Gilmore
  • Michael “Hawkeye” Herman
  • Jelly Roll All-Stars
  • Willie King and the Liberators
  • Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
  • Magic Slim and the Teardrops with John Primer
  • The Mercury Brothers
  • Joe Price
  • Ann Rabson
  • Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars
  • Saffire—The Uppity Blues Women
  • James Solberg
  • The Soul Searchers
  • The Tablerockers
  • Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm
  • Deacon Burton & the Victory Travelers
  • Mel Waiters
  • Phillip Walker
  • Beverly “Guitar” Watkins
  • Carl Weathersby
  • Arthur Williams and Jesse Hoggard
  • Sharrie Williams and the Wiseguys

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2004

  • Reneé Austin
  • David Berntson
  • The Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Daniel “Slick” Ballinger
  • Spencer Bohren
  • Billy Branch and Kenny Neal
  • Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
  • W.C. Clark
  • Guy Davis
  • Ernest Dawkins
  • Geno Delafose
  • Johnny Drummer
  • Carol Fran
  • Lee Gates
  • Michael “Hawkeye” Herman
  • Big George Jackson
  • Shirley Lewis
  • Taj Mahal and Hula Blues
  • Bob Margolin’s All Star Blues Jam
  • Semenya McCord
  • Charlie Musselwhite
  • The Persuasions
  • Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
  • Ann Rabson
  • Hal Reed & the Mob
  • Eric Sardinas
  • Cootie Stark
  • Stage Hands Serenade
  • Sweet Betty
  • Tough Enough
  • Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne

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2003

  • Fred Anderson
  • Carey Bell
  • D.C. Bellamy
  • David Berntson
  • Blues Bureau
  • Cephas & Wiggins
  • Deborah Coleman
  • Shemekia Copeland
  • “Magic” Mike Cramer
  • Debbie Davies
  • Hamid Drake
  • Bubba Gibson’s Blues Angels
  • Shellie Moore Guy
  • Jan James
  • Big Jack Johnson & the Oilers
  • Fernando Jones
  • Junior Boy Jones
  • Tu Tu Jones
  • Jimmy D. Lane
  • Rosie Ledet
  • Lazy Lester
  • Magic Mike & the Blue Side
  • Janiva Magness
  • John Mayall
  • D.C. & Selby Minner
  • Coco Montoya
  • Dave Moore
  • Blind Mississippi Morris
  • Eric Noden
  • Molly Nova & the Hawk
  • Hal Reed & Bad Luck
  • Little Jimmy Reed
  • Sonny Rhodes
  • Bobby Rush
  • E.C. Scott & Smoke
  • Jack Spunk Combo
  • Henry Townsend
  • Brad Webb
  • Jody Williams

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2002

  • Alvin “Little Pink” Anderson
  • James Armstrong
  • Tab Benoit
  • Lady Bianca
  • Lonnie Brooks
  • Cora Mae Bryant
  • George “Wild Child” Butler
  • Catfish Keith
  • Rita Chiarelli
  • Eddie Cotton
  • Elixir
  • The Fabulous Thunderbirds
  • Paul Geremia
  • Steve Guyger
  • Alvin “Youngblood” Hart
  • Long John Hunter
  • Harry Hypolite
  • Fruteland Jackson
  • John Resch & the Detroit Blues
  • Robert Jones
  • Little Charlie & the Nightcats
  • Little Milton
  • Magic Slim & the Teardrops
  • Mighty Sam McClain
  • Paul Oscher
  • Willie Pickens
  • Terrance Simien
  • Walter Trout
  • The Whatever Blues Band

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2001

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1999

  • Spencer Bohren
  • Rhett Tyler and Early Warning
  • Ann Rabson
  • Last Chance Jug Band
  • Lonnie Brooks
  • Pinetop Perkins with Bob Margolin
  • Elvin Bishop
  • Steve Price
  • Shane Johnson’s Blue Train
  • Jerry Ricks
  • Paul DeLay
  • Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan
  • Johnnie Bassett and the Blues Insurgents
  • Joce’lyn B
  • Otis Clay
  • Blues Fest 15th Anniversary All-Stars
  • Shemekia Copeland
  • Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
  • James Cotton
  • Mark Arnould
  • Howard Armstrong
  • Mojo Risin’
  • Mark May and the Agitators
  • Walter Trout
  • Preston Love
  • Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys
  • Sun Ra Arkestra
  • Bernard Allison
  • Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
  • Jimmie Vaughn
  • Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan
  • Jerry Ricks
  • Francis Clay
  • Howard Armstrong
  • Bill Donoghue

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1996

  • Li'l Brian Terry & the Zydeco Travelers
  • Coco Montoya
  • Big Daddy Kinsey & the Kinsey Report
  • J.C. Anderson Band
  • Debbie Davies
  • James Peterson
  • Johnny Nocturne Band
  • Otis Rush
  • B.F. Burt & the Instigators
  • Dave Thompson Band
  • Lavelle White
  • Smokey Wilson
  • Syl Johnson with Sarah Brown
  • Robert Jones
  • Keb’ Mo’
  • John Hammond
  • Duke Robillard
  • Catfish Kieth
  • Big Al Dupre/Teddy Morgan Band
  • Kelley Hunt
  • Mem Shannon
  • Von Freeman
  • Two Point Five
  • Omar Sharriff
  • W.D. Gospel Singers
  • Robert Lockwood
  • Taj Mahal

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1995

  • Louis McTizic
  • Jimmy Rogers
  • Little Milton
  • Dave Chastain
  • Sonny Rhodes
  • E.C. Scott
  • Guitar Shorty
  • Dave Hole
  • Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, featuring Sam Meyers
  • Peña Brothers
  • Eddie Burks
  • Jay Owens
  • Dorothy Moore
  • Jimmy Johnson
  • Luther Allison
  • Rosalind Wilcox
  • Henry Qualls
  • Aron Burton & Jack Johnson
  • Saffire, the Uppity Blueswomen
  • Steve Snider & Kenny Long
  • Little Bit a Blues
  • Little Hatch & the Houserockers
  • R.L. Burnside
  • Ray Bailey
  • Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford
  • Bo Ramsey
  • Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
  • Harmonica Fats & Bernie Pearl
  • The Persuasions
  • Terrance Simien
  • Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon

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1994

  • Cobalt Blue
  • Jazz Express
  • Jerry McCain
  • Johnnie John/Oliver Sain
  • The Ellis Kell Band
  • Lonnie Shields
  • Lazy Lester & the Shadows
  • Eddie Shaw & the Wolfgang
  • Billy Boy Arnold & Bob Margolin
  • Pinetop Perkins & the Nighthawks
  • James Cotton
  • Hubert Sumlin
  • The Blue Band
  • Mike Griffin
  • Big Time Sarah
  • Big Bad Smitty
  • Willie Kent & Bonnie Lee
  • Duke Robillard
  • Lonnie Mack
  • Pat Donohue
  • Paul Geremia
  • Guitar Gabriel
  • Lovie Lee
  • Dave Moore
  • Spider John Koerner
  • Lonnie Pitchford
  • Jerry Ricks
  • Satan and Adam
  • John Weston
  • Houston Person & Etta Jones
  • Charles Brown
  • River Prairie Blues Review
  • John Jackson
  • CeDell Davis
  • Henry Butler
  • Victory Travelers
  • H-Bomb Ferguson
  • Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas

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1993

  • Unidynes
  • Chisel Brothers
  • Red Devils
  • Dr. John
  • Blues Hounds
  • Gary Primich
  • Mitch Woods
  • Jimmy Thackery
  • Cash McCall & the Chicago R & B Kings
  • Albert Collins
  • Blues Instigators
  • Louis McTizic
  • Lucky Peterson
  • James Harman
  • Bobby Parker
  • Savoy Brown
  • Andy Bush
  • Archie Edwards
  • Steve James
  • Jimmy Ley
  • Nappy Brown
  • Gene & Nancy Morgan
  • Howard Armstrong & Nat Reese
  • Sue Foley
  • Junior Kimbrough
  • Yank Rachell
  • Larry Davis
  • Jay McShann
  • Patirick Hazell
  • Bar-B-Que Bob Trio
  • Shirley Lewis
  • Geno Delafose & the Eunice Playboys
  • Dalton Reed
  • Floyd McDaniel & the Blues Swingers

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1992

  • Darrell Nulisch & the Texas Heat
  • Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
  • Robert Ward
  • Ann Peebles
  • Otis Clay
  • Chopper Kane
  • Big Shoulders
  • Kenny Neal
  • Junior Wells
  • Larry McCray
  • Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
  • Everlovin’ Blues Band
  • Joanna Connor
  • Walter Wolfman Washington
  • Charlie Musselwhite
  • Irma Thomas
  • Hawkeye Herman
  • Honeyboy Edwards
  • Joe Houston
  • Jim Schwall
  • Sunnyland Slim
  • Coleman Harris
  • Scot Johnson & T. J. Wheeler
  • Etta Baker
  • Jessie Mae Hemphill
  • Eddie Burns
  • Jimmy Dawkins
  • Boozoo Chavis
  • Steve Snider & Kenny Long
  • Mike Wallace
  • Jesse Thomas
  • Dave Van Ronk
  • Pat Patrick Memorial
  • Bill Doggett

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1991

  • Chubby Carrier
  • Booba Barnes
  • Phillip Walker
  • Otis Rush
  • The Peña Brothers
  • Pete Turner
  • Zora Young
  • Bobby King & Terry Evans
  • Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson
  • The Kinsey Report
  • Audrey & the Blue Kats
  • Troy Turner
  • Bobby Rush
  • Gatemouth Brown
  • Delbert McClinton
  • Walter Liniger
  • Jack Owens & Bud Spires
  • Wild Child Butler
  • Cephas and Wiggins
  • R. L. Burnside
  • Roy Book Binder
  • Oliver Sain
  • Mark Hummel
  • Mose Allison
  • Back Porch Jam
  • Chris Smither
  • Floyd McDaniel & the Blues Swingers
  • Five Blind Boys of Alabama

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1990

  • Zuzu Bollin
  • Tom Principato
  • Uptown Rhythm Kings
  • Buddy Guy
  • Ellis Kell Band
  • Tino Gonzales
  • Bobby Radcliff
  • Johnny Heartsman
  • Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters
  • Earl King, Grady Gaines & James “Thunderbird”Davis
  • The Ernie Peniston Band
  • John Watkins
  • Johnny Clyde Copeland
  • Marcia Ball
  • Buckwheat Zydeco
  • Sparky & Rhonda Rucker
  • John Jackson
  • Saffire, the Uppity Blueswomen
  • Taj Mahal
  • Mary Flower & Randy Handley
  • Robert “One-Man”Johnson
  • Robert Lockwood
  • Henry Townsend
  • Leroy Jodie Peterson
  • Back Porch Jam
  • The Runaways
  • Drink Small
  • The Holmes Brothers

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1989

  • Blue Max
  • Dust Bowl Blues Band
  • William Clarke
  • Honny B. Moore & Bonnie Lee
  • Jimmy Johnson
  • Otis Clay
  • Dennis McMurrin
  • The Blue Band
  • Beausoleil
  • Tail Gators
  • A.C. Reed
  • C.J. Chenier
  • The Lustre King Quartet
  • Liz Mandville
  • Cool Papa, Hawkeye, & Mary Brunley
  • Mel Brown & the Silent Partners
  • Tinsley Ellis
  • Joe Louis Walker
  • Spencer Bohren
  • Johnny Shines
  • Bar-B-Que Bob & Washboard Chaz
  • Jim Schwall
  • Son Thomas & Walter Liniger
  • Johnnie Johnson
  • Armstrong, Bogan, & Armstrong
  • Smokey Smothers
  • Barrelhouse Chuck
  • Back Porch Jam
  • Joe Price
  • Lovie Lee

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1988

  • La Blues
  • Frank Frost & the Jellyroll Kings
  • Chris Cain
  • Roomful of Blues
  • The Mudcats
  • The Peña Brothers
  • Harmonica Slim
  • Jimmy Rogers
  • Lonnie Mack
  • Terrance Simien
  • Anson Funderburgh & Sam Myers
  • Ernie Peniston
  • Mighty Joe Young
  • Koko Taylor
  • Lonnie Brooks
  • Paul Geremia
  • Moses Rascoe
  • Honeyboy Edwards
  • Henry Gray & The Cats
  • Hubert Sumlin
  • Rich & Maureen Del Grosso
  • Hawkeye Herman
  • Catfish Keith
  • Patrick Hazell
  • Rory Block
  • Hunters Jam

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1987

  • Ernie Peniston
  • Harmonica Slim
  • Johnny Littlejohn
  • Son Seals
  • Eiffel Tower & Jason Stuart
  • Roy Rogers
  • Ron Thompson & the Resistors
  • Johnny Copeland
  • The Blue Collar Band
  • The Mudcats
  • Eddie Shaw
  • Fenton Robinson
  • Peña Brothers
  • Little Charlie & the Nightcats
  • Bob Margolin & the Nighthawks
  • Jim Schwall
  • Patrick Hazell
  • Ophelia Swing & Washboard Chaz
  • Hawkeye Herman
  • Jimmy Walker
  • Snooky Pryor
  • Homesick James
  • Joe Price
  • Pat Ryan
  • Charles Brown
  • Vicki Ewing

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1986

  • Bo Ramsey & the Sliders
  • Feelers
  • Rhythm Rockers
  • Alley Gaiters
  • The Mudcats
  • Jim Schwall
  • The Peña Brothers
  • Porcupines
  • Douglas Project
  • Memphis Slim
  • Harmonica Slim
  • Schoal Creek Blues Band
  • Headhunters
  • Studebaker John & the Hawks
  • Eiffel Tower
  • Ron Thompson & the Resistors
  • John Lee Hooker
  • John Hammond
  • Joe Price
  • Catfish Keith
  • Patrick Hazell

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1985

  • Spoonbills
  • Jim Schwall
  • Sarge
  • Eiffel Tower
  • The Peña Brothers
  • The Mudcats
  • Bobby’s Blue Band
  • Joe Price
  • Vicki Ewing
  • Paula Hitchcock
  • Steve Day
  • Radislov Lorkovic

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