Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, previously Strictly Bluegrass, or HSB for short, is an annual free music festival held the first weekend of October in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. From its outset, the festival has been subsidized by San Francisco venture capitalist Warren Hellman. The first festival was held in 2001, originally only inviting bluegrass musicians. By 2003 artists from other genres were invited and the "Hardly" was added to reflect the expanded scope. Performing artists include (first appearance noted in parentheses): Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, (both 2001); Steve Earle, Jimmie Dale Gilmore (all 2002); Willie Nelson, Joe Ely, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch (all 2003); John Prine, Robert Earl Keen, Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury (all 2004); Roseanne Cash, Joan Baez (both 2005); Billy Bragg, Richard Thompson, Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett (all 2006); Los Lobos, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (both 2007); Gogol Bordello (2008).

2007 lineup

Performers at the 2007 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival included:

* Allison Moorer
* Austin Lounge Lizards
* Bela Fleck and the Flecktones featuring Victor Lemonte Wooten
* Bill Callahan
* Bill Kirchen & Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
* Boz Scaggs
* Blanche
* Charlie Louvin
* Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men
* David Grisman
* Doc Watson with David Holt and Richard Watson
* Dry Branch Fire Squad
* Earl Scruggs
* Emmylou Harris
* Fionn Regan
* Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams
* Gillian Welch
* Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson
* Hazel Dickens
* Heartless Bastards
* Hot Buttered Rum
* Jim Lauderdale
* Keller Williams
* Los Lobos
* James McMurtry
* Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
* Jeff Tweedy
* Jimmy LaFave
* John Prine
* Jorma Kaukonen
* The Knitters
* Mekons
* Michelle Shocked
* The Mother Hips
* Ned Sublette
* New Lost City Ramblers
* Nick Lowe
* Pete Wernick & Flexigrass
* Railroad Earth
* Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder
* The Sadies
* The Secret Life of Banjos: Jody Stecher and Bill Evans
* Steve Earle
* The Subdudes
* T-Bone Burnett
* Teddy Thompson

References

* [http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=8260 Pollstar write-up]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6203140 NPR profile]
* [http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/ Festival web page]
* [http://www.cmta.net/bio.php?people_id=hellman_warren&popup=1 Hellman Bio]
* [http://www.festivalpreview.com/detail.html Festival Preview HSB detail page]


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