2008 FRFF Performers

Here who is confirmed for FRFF 2008. The Strangelings, John Gorka, Clayfoot Strutters, Vance Gilbert, Lowen & Navarro, and Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams I hope some new acts are booked. I'm of course delighted over the Strangelings coming back. They are now my favorite band and the only one that I really travel for.

I guess I was right about hell freezing over.  No EFO?

This is just who is confirmed so far. I'll bet credits to navy beans that EFO will be there.

By the way the confirmed Budgiedome performers are We're About 9, Anthony Da Costa, and Red Molly. That is just about as obvious as EFO playing the main festival. There will be new people. I just don't know who yet.

EFO said in their monthly mailer that they would be performing, and are excited about it.

i have heard that susan werner will not be invited (since she was there in 2005 and 2006). PROTEST!

Crooked Still has been booked! That made me very happy.

It is now official Red Molly is playing FRFF. Well they already were booked for the The Budgiedome but now they will also being playing one of the auxiliary stages, the one they call the Main Stage.

Vance again! Yay! I really hope that means we get a real performance skills workshop.

They seriously need to move the Vance Gilbert performance workshop from the family tent to the workshop tent.  It's ALWAYS overcrowded!

TAP YOUR FOOT!

Agreed!! Though it is nice to be under the tent there some days....

The lineup according to Pollstar Thu 07/24/08 Crooked Still Thu 07/24/08 Red Molly Thu 07/24/08 Vance Gilbert Fri 07/25/08 Bill Evans & Soulgrass Fri 07/25/08 Patty Larkin Fri 07/25/08 Red Molly Fri 07/25/08 Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience Fri 07/25/08 The Nields Fri 07/25/08 Tracy Grammer Fri 07/25/08 Vance Gilbert Sat 07/26/08 Chris Smither Sat 07/26/08 Eddie From Ohio Sat 07/26/08 Janis Ian Sat 07/26/08 Patty Larkin Sat 07/26/08 Red Molly Sat 07/26/08 The Nields Sat 07/26/08 Tracy Grammer Sat 07/26/08 Vance Gilbert Sun 07/27/08 Chris Smither Sun 07/27/08 Eddie From Ohio Sun 07/27/08 Eileen Ivers Sun 07/27/08 Janis Ian Sun 07/27/08 Railroad Earth Sun 07/27/08 Red Molly Sun 07/27/08 The Nields Sun 07/27/08 Tracy Grammer Sun 07/27/08 Vance Gilbert

Huzzah for Eileen Ivers. Everyone else good has played frff before.

smuh. well, I always go anyway. :)

smuh? I didn't see them playing.

Here is the list of the performers confirmed for FRFF 2008. Bold the ones you excited about, italicize the ones you've see, underline the ones you haven't seen but want to.

Anthony Da Costa
Bill Evans & Soulgrass
Chris Smither
The Clayfoot Strutters
Crooked Still
Eddie From Ohio
Eileen Ivers
Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.
Janis Ian
Joe Crookston
John Gorka
Lindsay Mac
Lowen & Navarro
Patty Larkin
Railroad Earth
Randall Williams
Red Molly
The Strangelings
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
The Nields
Tracy Grammer
Vance Gilbert

I'm assuming when you talk about the acts you've seen, you mean OUTSIDE of Falcon Ridge at their own shows.

Anthony Da Costa

Bill Evans & Soulgrass

Chris Smither

The Clayfoot Strutters

Crooked Still

Eddie From Ohio

Eileen Ivers

Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.

Janis Ian

Joe Crookston

John Gorka

Lindsay Mac

Lowen & Navarro

Patty Larkin

Railroad Earth

Randall Williams

Red Molly

The Strangelings

Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Tracy Grammer

Vance Gilbert

There was no "wish they'd never show up again" option, so I had to just leave the Nields off my list. :D

I thought of a negative option but decided to be nice.

heh. I just had to put it out there. :)

Well, there's always strikethrough

;-)

Dar Williams is also confirmed for Saturday.

Can I just say how sad I am that there is no sign of Jim at all yet? Either solo or band? :(

He's doing a house concert tomorrow. I can't go of course because it is the first night of Pesach. he hasn't played near NYC since he played in my living room.

Courtesy of my friend Jake.

FRFF is catching up to the Budgiedome, David Massengill and Jack Hardy played there last year.

Martin Sexton is playing. That means Toby will be there!

I have never heard of Mortal Beasts and Deities but I'm intrigued.

Most importantly I'm not sure if I can go to FRFF in good conscience. Did you notice who is missing from this list? Who has been replaced by his arch rival, Roger the Jester?

There is no HOOPOE THE CLOWN!!!!!!

I'm devastated.

according to google, mortal beasts and deities are the costumed characters--the doves, the other birds, the weirdo monk dude with the sousaphone. it's nice that they're getting billed this year, considering that they're always around.

Those are costumes? I'm so disappointed. I just thought they were birds and monks that liked folk music.

I am glad I have an awesome camp. :)

YUP!  'Can't say I'm blown away by this lineup but that's not really why I go anymore anyway.

I have pleasantly surprised by the lineup. While there is nobody new that blows me away it isn't just a collection of the usual suspects which is what I expected for the 20th Anniversary.

Huh... seems like the usual suspects to me.....

I'm forseeing a Summers Eve Song Swap of:
Eliza Gylkison / John Gorka /  Patty Larkin / Vance Gilbert

Is that prediction based on your psychic skills or your literacy skills?

Literacy.

This confirms my misery of having to miss Sunday.  Railroad Earth and Eileen Ivers have escaped me.

I wonder how much it will cost to delay my flight another day?

It doesn't hurt to find out. Eileen often comes down to WFUV when I'm volunteering and she and her husband are the nicest people.

Anne tried to get Fruvous to play this year. They said "no."

That's because they're not together anymore.

Really? Since when?

For the better part of a decade, now ;P

It wasn't the worst part of the decade?

Depends on who you ask.  I, for one, spent the better part of that better part out of Dubya's grasp.

Is Roger the Jester like Roger the Shrubber?

That's what I was thinking. :)