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Handicapping Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2010

The good folks at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass are delaying the official lineup announcement this year. This is probably in hopes of keeping massive crowds at bay. But gleaning sources internal and external has revealed some tantalizing confirmed artists. This years lineup will contain the reggies, Emmylou, Steve Earle, Del McCoury, Hazel Dickens, and Earl Scruggs.

New and exciting additions this year include David Grisman Quintet, Sharon Jones and Dapp Kings, Justin Townes Earle, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Patti Smith, Avett Brothers, Lucero, Felice Brothers, Peter Himmelman, and Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue. Many more to come!

Jerry Douglas has posted that he will perform with Viktor Krauss and Omar Hakim in a reprise of the ecstatically received Telluride Festival set.

Speedway Meadows is looking mighty fine in early October.

Comment by TwangNation.com on July 4, 2010 at 8:23am: The best Americana festival going, and it's just down the street from me. Can't wait to attend my third! I'd like to see Mr. Hellman include more local roots and Americana talent on the roster this year as well as the big names.

Comment by Arlene on July 4, 2010 at 12:16pm: Kelly Willis has "tweeted" that she'll be at Hardly Strictly this year. And Rosanne Cash's photo is included on the Hardly Strictly website (along with Del McCourey, Hazel Dickens, Earl Scruggs, Carolina Chocolate Drops and Justin Townes Earle), so I think it's safe to assume that she'll be there, also.

Comment by Mr Edyoulis on July 7, 2010 at 3:46pm: Also confirmed - Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, Kaplin, Welch, & Kane, 18 South, The Wronglers (surprise!), Dry Branch Fire Squad.

Comment by Mr Edyoulis on July 7, 2010 at 3:56pm: Doc Watson and David Holt

Comment by jj on August 1, 2010 at 9:23pm: Also Jerry Jeff Walker
http://jerryjeff.com/tour/

Comment by TwangNation.com on August 5, 2010 at 5:52am: They announce the lineup today. the SF weekly compiled a list and gave a shout out to this thrad! http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2010/07/hardly_strictly_bluegra...

Comment by TwangNation.com on August 5, 2010 at 3:43pm: Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Earl Scruggs, Nick Lowe, Blue Highway, Martin Sexton, Gillian Welch, Patti Smith, Keller & the Keels, Holly Golighty and the Brokeoffs, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Emmylou Harris, Kelly Willis, Justin Townes Earle, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, Kinky Friedman, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Peter Himmelman, Evie Ladin, Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang, Lucero, Patty Griffin, Jenny & Johnny featuring Jenny Lewis & Johnathan Rice, Anderson Family Bluegrass, Hazel Dickens, Jonathan Richman, Mondo Cane, Jon Langford, The Ebony Hillbillies, The Wronglers, T Bone Burnett and Friends, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Moonalice, Skip Gorman, David Olney & Sergio Webb, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Jackie Greene, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joan Baez, Randy Newman, Citigrass, Indigo Girls, Steve Earle and the Dukes, Doc Watson & David Holt, The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue featuring Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald & Boz Scaggs, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Felice Brothers, Umphrey's McGee, The Magnolia Sisters, Fountains of Wayne, Wendy Bird, The Band of Heathens, David Grisman Quintet, Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Rosanne Cash, Railroad Earth, The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Hot Tuna Electric, the subdudes, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Carolyn Wonderland, Robert Earl Keen, The Avett Brothers, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Nathaniel Rateliff, Buddy Miller, James McMurtry, Richard Thompson, The Del McCoury Band

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