River City Roots Festival Previous Entertainers 2006 Gorgeous Franks .............................................................................. Hamilton, Montana Chuck Florence Trio ....................................................................... Missoula, Montana Frederico Brothers ........................................................................... Missoula, Montana Broken Valley Road Show .............................................................. Missoula, Montana Martha Scanlan Band ....................................................................... Johnson City, Tennessee Clumsy Lovers .................................................................................. Vancouver, British Columbia John Cowan Band ............................................................................ Nashville, Tennessee 2007 Russ Nasset & the Revelators ........................................................ Missoula, Montana Corn Mash ........................................................................................ Missoula, Montana Big Daddy & the Blue Notes ......................................................... Flathead Valley, Montana Big Sky Mudflaps ............................................................................. Missoula, Montana The Mammals ................................................................................... Woodstock, New York The Gourds ....................................................................................... Austin, Texas The Shuffle Bums ............................................................................ Livingston, Montana Tom Catmull & the Clerics ............................................................ Missoula, Montana Broken Valley Road Show .............................................................. Missoula, Montana Hot Buttered Rum ........................................................................... San Francisco, California 2008 Tom Catmull & the Clerics ............................................................ Missoula, Montana Mike Bader Blues Band ................................................................... Missoula, Montana Reverend Slanky ............................................................................... Missoula, Montana South Austin Jug Band .................................................................... Austin, Texas Great American Taxi ....................................................................... Nederland, Colorado Emmitt-Nershi Band ....................................................................... Colorado & Tennessee David Boone ..................................................................................... Missoula, Montana Broken Valley Road Show .............................................................. Missoula, Montana Wylie & the Wild West .................................................................... Yakima, Washington Martha Scanlan & the Stuart Brothers .......................................... Johnson City, Tennessee Clumsy Lovers .................................................................................. Vancouver, British Columbia 2009 Cash for Junkers ............................................................................... Missoula, Montana Reverend Slanky ............................................................................... Missoula, Montana Town Mountain ............................................................................... Ashville, North Carolina Great American Taxi ....................................................................... Nederland, Colorado Donna the Buffalo ........................................................................... Trumansburg, New York Andrea Harsell Band ....................................................................... Missoula, Montana Larry Keel .......................................................................................... Lexington, Virginia Trampled by Turtles ........................................................................ Duluth, Minnesota Hot Buttered Rum ........................................................................... San Francisco, California 1 | P a g e 2010 Mike Bader Band .............................................................................. Missoula, Montana Milk Drive ......................................................................................... Austin, Texas Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys .................................................... New Orleans, Louisiana Infamous Stringdusters ................................................................... Nashville, Tennessee Robert Earl Keen ............................................................................. Austin, Texas Broken Valley Road Show .............................................................. Missoula, Montana Tom Catmull & the Clerics ............................................................ Missoula, Montana Sol Driven Train............................................................................... Ashville, North Carolina The Gourds ....................................................................................... Austin, Texas 2011 Lil’ Smokies ....................................................................................... Missoula, Montana Jason Spooner Trio .......................................................................... Portland, Main Pete Kartsounes Band ..................................................................... Boulder, Colorado Acoustic Syndicate ........................................................................... Cleveland County, North Carolina Leftover Salmon ............................................................................... Denver, Colorado Salsa Loca .......................................................................................... Missoula, Montana Two Bit Franks ................................................................................. Bozeman, Montana Taj Weekes & Adowa ...................................................................... St. Lucia, Caribbean Islands Bennie & the Swamp Gators.......................................................... Long Beach, California 2012 Dodgy Mountain Men ..................................................................... Missoula, Montana The Box Cutters ............................................................................... Missoula, Montana Miller Creek ...................................................................................... Missoula, Montana Mike Beck & the Bohemian Saints ................................................ Monterey, California Sol Driven Train............................................................................... Charleston, South Carolina Robert Randolph & the Family Band ........................................... New York, New York Chele Bandulu .................................................................................. Missoula, Montana Jawbone Railroad ............................................................................. Bozeman, Montana Kane’s River ...................................................................................... All Over, USA Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band ........................................ Seattle, Washington 2013 The Whizpops .................................................................................. Missoula, Montana Lil’ Smokies ....................................................................................... Missoula, Montana Dead Winter Carpenters ................................................................. North Lake Tahoe, California Goose Creek Symphony ................................................................. Arizona & Kentucky Railroad Earth .................................................................................. Stillwater, New Jersey Western Union Swing Band ........................................................... Missoula, Montana Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express ........................................ San Francisco The Gourds ....................................................................................... Austin, Texas 2 | P a g e 2014 The Whizpops .................................................................................. Missoula, Montana The ‘Lil Smokies ............................................................................... Missoula, Montana New Reeltime Travelers .................................................................. Johnson City, Tennessee The Deadly Gentlemen ................................................................... Boston, Massachusetts Sam Bush ........................................................................................... Nashville, Tennessee Soul City Brass Band ....................................................................... Missoula, Montana Shakewell ........................................................................................... Missoula, Montana Reverend Slanky ............................................................................... Missoula, Montana EarPhunk .......................................................................................... New Orleans, Louisiana Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas.................................................... Lafayette, Louisiana 2015 Dead Winter Carpenters ................................................................. North Lake Tahoe, California Amanda Shaw ..................................................................................