Festival No. 0000069 · Est. 1980
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- Bumbershoot 1995
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- Seattle, US
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About the artists
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10,000 Maniacs formed in Jamestown, United States, in 1981. Plays acoustic rock, alternative country, alternative rock, americana, folk pop, folk rock, indie pop, indie rock. -
Abraxas formed in 1976.
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Ani DiFranco was born in Buffalo, United States, on 23 September 1970. Plays folk.
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Billy Cox was born in Wheeling, United States, on 18 October 1941. Plays blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Bottle Rockets formed in Festus, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative country, cowpunk, heartland rock, outlaw country, roots rock, southern rock.
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Boukman Eksperyans formed in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, in 1987.
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Buddy Miles was born in Omaha, United States, on 5 September 1947, and died on 26 February 2008, aged 60. Plays blues rock, funk rock, jazz, smooth soul.
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Béla Fleck and the Flecktones formed in Nashville, United States, in 1989. Plays folk, jazz, progressive bluegrass.
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Chris Duarte was born on 16 February 1963.
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Clarence Clemons was born in Chesapeake, United States, on 11 January 1942, and died on 18 June 2011, aged 69. Plays rock.
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David Wilcox was born in Cleveland, United States, on 9 March 1958. Plays folk.
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Del Amitri formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1980.
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Donovan was born in Maryhill, United Kingdom, on 10 May 1946. Plays contemporary folk, folk, folk pop, folk rock, pop, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, rock.
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Dr. John was born in New Orleans, United States, on 21 November 1941, and died on 6 June 2019, aged 77. Plays blues, blues rock, folk, funk, jazz, new orleans r&b, psychedelic rock, soul.
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Eric Burdon was born in Walker, United Kingdom, on 11 May 1941. Plays blues, rock.
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Eric Gales was born in Memphis, United States, on 29 October 1974. Plays blues rock, rock.
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Exene Cervenka was born on 1 February 1956.
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Fluf formed in San Diego, United States, in 1992, and split up in 2000, after 8 years. Plays punk, punk rock.
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George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic formed in Plainfield, United States, in 1968. Plays funk, p-funk.
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Good Riddance formed in Santa Cruz, United States, in 1986. Plays melodic hardcore, punk, punk rock.
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Goodness formed in 1994, and split up in 2005, after 11 years.
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Greg Brown was born in Fairfield, United States, on 2 July 1949. Plays folk.
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Iris DeMent was born in Paragould, United States, on 5 January 1961. Plays country, folk.
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Jerry Cantrell was born in Tacoma, United States, on 18 March 1966. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, doom metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock.
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Jim Carroll was born in Manhattan, United States, on 1 August 1949, and died on 11 September 2009, aged 60.
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore was born in Amarillo, United States, on 6 May 1945. Plays country, singer-songwriter.
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Joan Osborne was born in Anchorage, United States, on 8 July 1963. Plays blues rock, country rock, folk, pop, rock.
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John McLaughlin was born in Doncaster, United States, on 4 January 1942. Plays classical, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, world fusion.
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Jonathan Richman was born in Natick, United States, on 16 May 1951.
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Junior Brown was born in Cottonwood, United States, on 12 June 1952. Plays country, folk.
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Kelly Joe Phelps was born in Sumner, United States, on 5 October 1959, and died on 31 May 2022, aged 62. Plays acoustic blues, blues, country, folk, singer-songwriter.
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Kronos Quartet formed in Seattle, United States, in 1973. Plays classical, contemporary classical, instrumental, minimalism, modern classical, post-minimalism, string quartet.
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Los Lobos formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1973. Plays blues, bolero, country, cumbia, folk, latin, norteño, rock.
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Lucinda Williams was born in Lake Charles, United States, on 26 January 1953. Plays americana, country, folk, singer-songwriter.
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Maceo Parker was born on 14 February 1943. Plays jazz, soul jazz.
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Marcia Ball was born in Orange, United States, on 20 March 1949. Plays blues, new orleans blues, swamp blues.
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Michelle Shocked was born in Dallas, United States, on 24 February 1962. Plays alternative folk, anti-folk, contemporary folk, folk, singer-songwriter.
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Mike McCready was born in Pensacola, United States, on 5 April 1966.
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Mudhoney formed in Seattle, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, grunge, rock.
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Narada Michael Walden was born in Kalamazoo, United States, on 23 April 1952. Plays contemporary r&b, quiet storm, r&b.
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Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas formed in 1985.
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No Use for a Name formed in San Jose, United States, in 1987, and split up on 8 September 2012, after 25 years. Plays punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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Patti Smith was born in Chicago, United States, on 30 December 1946. Plays art punk, art rock, blues, folk rock, garage rock, glam rock, hard rock, pop rock.
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Peter Himmelman was born in St. Louis Park, United States, on 23 November 1959. Plays rock, singer-songwriter.
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Randy Hansen was born on 8 December 1954. Plays blues rock, hard rock, rock.
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Richard Thompson was born in Notting Hill, United Kingdom, on 3 April 1949. Plays british folk rock, contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Roger McGuinn was born in Chicago, United States, on 13 July 1942. Plays folk, rock.
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Rory Block was born in Princeton, United States, on 6 November 1949. Plays blues, country blues, folk.
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Six Finger Satellite formed in Providence, United States, in 1988, and split up in 2001, after 13 years. Plays post-hardcore.
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Stanley Jordan was born in Chicago, United States, on 31 July 1959. Plays contemporary jazz, instrumental, jazz, jazz fusion, smooth jazz.
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The Gap Band formed in Tulsa, United States, in 1967, and split up in 2010, after 43 years. Plays funk, r&b, soul.
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The Ramones formed in New York, United States, in January 1974, and split up on 6 August 1996, after 22 years. Plays alternative rock, new wave, pop punk, power pop, punk, punk rock, rock.
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The Reverend Horton Heat formed in Dallas, United States, in 1985. Plays country, psychobilly, rockabilly.
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The Robert Cray Band formed in Eugene, United States, in 1974. Plays blues, blues rock, electric blues.
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Vernon Reid was born in London, United States, on 22 August 1958. Plays contemporary jazz, jazz, jazz fusion, rock.