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History

Here's a selection of performers who have appeared at Roots Cafe over the years

Hasil Adkins
The A La Carte Brass Band
Beth Allison & the Well-Strung Boys
Eric Ambel & Roscoe's Gang
The Anomoanon
Arjuhei
The Assembly
Randy Austin
Lu Bango
The Barn Burners
Mary Battiata
The Beltways
J.B. Beverley & the Wayward Drifters
Big Blow & the Bushwackers
Big El
Big Lazy
Big Village
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Blackberry Cajun Band
Blue Steele
The Bobwhites
Robert Bobby
Deanna Bogart
Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham)
The Boom Boom Cats
Ann Borlo
Bottomland
Bound to the Sound
Bow-Legged Gorilla
Timothy Bracken
The Briar Mountain Regulars
The Mark Brine Band
Jane Brody
Pieta Brown
The Burnt Taters
Caglo Mac
Marge Calhoun & the New Heartaches
Deb Callahan
The Canecutters
Ellen Cherry
Cap Gun Cowboys
Johnny Castle & the Hard Knights
Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans
Lisa Cerbone
Tom Chalkley
Rick Chapman & the Delta Devils
Charm City Klezmer Band
The Checkered Cabs
Chester Stacey
Slaid Cleaves
Daryl Cline
Junior Cline & the Recliners
Rachel Ann Cross
The Damnations
Date Bait
Carmaig De Forest
Austin DeLone
The Diamondheads
Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics
The Donegal X-Press
Johnny Dowd
East Side Drive
Edge City
ellen cherry
The Fabulous Pyle Brothers
Katie Field
’52 Pickup
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
The Tom Forsey Band
The Four Bags
The Freight Hoppers
The Cary Fridley Band
Bob Friedman
Frog Holler
The Diana Froley 3
Robbie Fulks
Garage Sale
Lafayette Gilchrist
Jonathan Gilmore
Gingersol
Go To Blazes
Frog Holler
Robbie Fulks
Lafayette Gilchrist & the New Volcanoes
Jon Dee Graham
The Grandsons of the Pioneers
The Graverobbers
Caldwell Grey
Andy Grimm
Gumbo Junkyard
David Haas
Billy Hancock & the Sidekicks
Butch Hancock
The Hardway Connection
Caroline Herring
Daniel Higgs
The High Tide Steel Drum Band
Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddies
Hillbilly Jazz
Geoffrey Himes
Honky Tonk Confidential
Michael Hoover
The Hula Monsters
The Intoxicats
Jambulay
Duane Jarvis & Los Flacos
The Jennifers
Georgie Jessup
Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops
Johnny & Jack
Evan Johns & the H-Bombs
Kevin Johnson & the Linemen
Lea Jones
Red Jones & Choo Choo Charlie
Jumpin' Jupiter
June Star
Vince Junior
The Junkyard Saints
Bob Kannenberg
Billy Kemp & the Paradise Rockers
The Kennedys
King Teddy
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Steve Kramer & his Bluesicians
Wendy LaBeau & her Beaus
The Tom Larsen Blues Band
Last Train Home
Andrew Lawrence
Robert Lighthouse & Trouble No More
Little Gruntpack
Little Pink
Little Red & the Renegades
The Local Boys
The Lockhorns
Lo Mada
The Lone Starlets
The Lost Incas
Magic Gurney Ride
Marah
Mama Jama
Mambo Combo
Howard Markman
Barb Martin & Rare Bird
Chris Mason
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
The Mark McKay Band
Scott McKnight & Naughty Pine
Dodie McMillan
The Mercy Brothers
Judy Meyer
Midge
Bruce Molsky & Big Hoedown
The Mollys
Monsters From the Surf
The Motor Morons
Ms. Weis’ Cat
Mystery Train
N' City Blues
Max Ochs
Oklahoma Twisters
Old Line Skiffle Band
One Star Hotel
Out Behind the Barn
Pachamama
Bobby Parker
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus

The Paulverizers
Bob Perilla & Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Rod Picott
Pinataland
Jon Patton
Marjy Plant
Poisonaires
The Polkats
Primitive Mind
Tom Principato
Bob Pyle
Radiant Pig
The Michael Raitzyk Jazz Orchestra
Bo Ramsey
Red Sammy
The Reluctant Playboys
The Remnants
The Renegades
Rest Area
The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours
The Rhomboids
The Rockin’ Bones
Roger Rice
Amy Rigby
Rip 'N Ruby
Tommy Roberts
Rumba Club
Ursula Ricks
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Vic Sadot's Planete Folle
Peter Schmader
Tracy Schwarz & Swamp Opera
Alec Scott
Rick Serfas & the Soul Providers
The Shambells
The Silos
Sixty Acres
Elena Skye & the Demolition String Band
Slo Mo & DJ Vincenzo
The Bobby Smith Band
Sonia
The Soul Gamblers
The Spin-Outs
Squeeze Bayou
Caleb Stine & the Brakemen
Stone Hill All-Stars
Karl Straub
Sunshine Skiffle Band
Swing Central
The Swingin’ Swamis
The Swingin’ Neckbreakers
Tandy
The Tarbox Ramblers
The Linwood Taylor Band
Richard Taylor & the Ravers
The Brooks Tegler Band
Three Pigs Café
The Tinklers
John Train
Sue Trainor
Adam Trice
T.T. Tucker & the Bum Rush Band
The Ubangis
The Uptown Rhythm Kings
Christina Van Norman & Billy Kemp
Virginia & the Blue Dots
Voices from the Field
Walker & Jay
J. Roddy Walston & the Business
Mac Walter
Dale Watson
Anne Watts & Boister
Wendy LaBeau and her Beaus
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages
Janine Wilson & Shotgun Wedding
Winkte & the Crazy Sacred Dogs
Dede Wyland
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3
The Yayhoos
Big Jesse Yawn & his Music Men
Steve Young
Zydeco Crayz
The Zydeco Ramblers