Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-press
Mike Snider~Dan Tyminski Band
J. D. Crowe & The New South~Steep Canyon Rangers
Bill Clifton~ Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers Grasstowne~Paul Williams & Victory Trio
Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain
Eddie & Martha Adcock~Tom Gray
Roger Sprung~LeRoy Mack McNees
Gloria Bell & Mike Long~Bill Grant~Al Hawkes
Pioneers Jam~Fragment~ Josh Williams Band
Special Consensus~Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
Ronnie Reno & The Reno Tradition
Williams & Clark Expedition~The Harringtons
Dixie Bee-Liners~Bill Evans & Megan Lynch
The Ozaki Brothers~The Reunion Band
Kentucky BlueGrass AllStars
This lineup is in line with other lineups for ROMP. Dan Tyminski should put on a good show. Doyle Lawson, Bobby Osbourne, and J.D. Crowe are living legends and should probably be put in that category of see them before they retire. The rest of the schedule, well, isn't too impressive to me.
Disclaimer: The Curmudgeon isn't too "up" on the current Bluegrass scene so I may be making a few statements that will come back to bite me but I've been bitten before and still don't have rabies.
I would love to see more acts on this lineup that are pushing the envelope, some more acts that are young and upcoming. Let's face it, if you were to play a drinking game where you took a drink every time a G-run on a guitar was laid out, you would be passed out before the first set was over. The acts are all the same, let's not veer from how Big Mon played it or the big sumbitch is gonna come out of the grave and knock us out.
This lineup is squarely marketed for the older generation, I hope the local drugstores stock up on their geritol and metamucil. Lord help us all if there is a run on oxygen at the local medical supply store. Now sure these old geezers are going to make their trips to Moonlite and drop some coin for the local economy, but I'd watch to make sure they're not stealing the silverware.
Ok, ok, maybe I'm being a little too harsh. But let's comprimise, how about a day that features some younger acts, or maybe some acts that are a little out there. How about some Old Crow Medicine Show, or maybe Hayseed-Dixie, or Iron Horse. Rollin' in the Hay anyone? I wonder what the local authorities would do when all those hippies started blazing it up when Yonder Mountain String Band took the stage? At least bring Hog Operation down from Louisville. I stumbled across a group called No Speed Limit on Youtube the other day, I've only seen grainy web clips and I am hooked.
ROMP is a traditional bluegrass festival and that's fine, but the IBMM should be helping to foster the growth and progression of the music. We've already lost the IBMA to Nashville, who knows what that town will do to the music. It's time for the IBMM to grab that flag, take our music back, and push it into the future!
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