River Rhythms Performers History

2023

at Timber Linn Park:

• Debbie Gibson
• Spin Doctors
• Home Free
• Foghat

2022

• Sheena Easton
• Ruthie Foster
• Arrival from Sweden-Music of Abba
• Eddie Montgomery

2021

• Super Diamond
• Herman’s Hermits (Peter Noone)
• Smash Mouth
• John Michael Montgomery

2020

Canceled

2019

• Baha Men
• Chubby Checker
• The Fab Four
• Sugar Ray
• Tracy Byrd

2018

• Blood, Sweat & Tears
• Remember When Rock Was Young-The Elton John Tribute starring Craig A. Meyer
• Sara Evans (Linn County Fair)
• Mat Kearney
• B.J. Thomas
• Sawyer Brown

2017

• Pablo Cruise
• John Michael Montgomery (Linn County Fair)
• Matt Nathanson
• Young Dubliners
• MJ Live
• Tracy Lawrence

2016

• Samantha Fish
• Kellie Pickler (Linn County Fair)
• The New Breed Brass Band
• The Fab Four
• Canaan Smith
• Little River Band

2015

• Jelly Bread
• Andy Grammer
• La Santa Cecilia
• Frankie Ballard
• Three Dog Night

2014

• John Nemeth and the Bo-Keys
• Patrick Lamb
• Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (Linn County Fair)
• Trick Pony
• Night Ranger
• Uncle Kracker

2013

• Nikki Hill
• Collin Raye
• Stone in Love
• Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
• Foghat

2012

• Ty Curtis
• The Lovin’ Spoonful
• Three Dog Night (Linn County Fair)
• WAR
• Hot 8 Brass Band
• Ricky Skaggs

2011

• Coco Montoya
• Plena Libre
• Lonestar (Linn County Fair)
• Crazy 8s
• Sammy Kershaw
• BJ Thomas

2010

• Satin Love Orchestra
• Sawyer Brown (Linn County Fair)
• Too Slim & the Taildraggers
• Super Diamond
• Mother Hips
• Joe Diffie

2009

• The Young Dubliners
• Joe Nichols (Linn County Fair)
• Chuck Wicks
• The Coats
• Ricardo Lemvo
• Pablo Cruise

2008

• Charlie Musselwhite
• Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
• Craig Morgan (Linn County Fair)
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
• Tower of Power
• Paul Thorn
• The Grass Roots

2007

• Pat Green
• The Coats
• Eddie Money (Linn County Fair)
• Curtis Salgado
• Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds
• Herman’s Hermits

2006

• Grupo Fantasma
• Aaron Meyer
• Western Underground (Linn County Fair)
• Clumsey Lovers
• Hit Explosion
• Billy Dean
• Those Darn Accordions

2005

• Chubby Carrier
• Sugarland
• Starship (Linn County Fair)
• The Coats
• Kinship
• Asleep at the Wheel
• Riders in the Sky

2004

• Rosie Ledet
• The Trail Band
• The Iguanas (Linn County Fair)
• Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
• Kekele
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

2003

• Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
• The Subdudes
• Rosanne Cash
• Suzanne Vega
• Oliver Mtukudzi
• Robert Earl Keen
• Cubanismo

2002

• Riders in the Sky
• BeauSoleil
• Tower of Power
• Dervish
• Pink Martini
• Pepe & The Bottle Blondes & The Coats
• Little Feat 

2001

• Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie
• Ledward Kaapana and Cyril Pahinui
• Natalie MacMaster
• Jerry Jeff Walker
• Rodney Crowell
• Ricky Skaggs
• Mahotella Queens

2000

• Jesse Collin Young
• Barbarito Torres
• Riders in the Sky
• Altan
• Duke Ellington
• Northwest Soul Review
• Oregon Symphony

1999

• Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, Little Charlie and the Nightcats
• Karla Bonoff
• The Del McCoury Band
• Cubinismo
• Donnal Lunny and Coolfin
• Pink Martini
• Oregon Symphony

1998

• Dixie Chicks
• The Iguanas
• Leo Kottke
• Baaba Maal
• Tower of Power
• BR5-49
• Oregon Symphony

1997

• Solas
• Booker T. Jones
• Chambers Brothers
• The Bobs
• Asleep at the Wheel
• Michael Martin Murphy
• Pancho Sanchez

1996

• Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens
• John McCutcheon, Nashville Bluegrass Band
• Dick Gaughan, Tim & Mollie O’Brien
• The Four Babes
• Jerry Jeff Walker
• Joe Ely
• Oregon Symphony

1995

• Doug Sahm
• Leo Kottke, Richie Havens
• Wolfstone
• Rowan Brothers, Doug Kershaw
• Asleep at the Wheel
• Jimmy Dorsey Band
• WAR

1994

• Mark Collie
• Zachary Richard, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
• King Sunny Ade
• Diane Schuur
• Tower of Power
• Michael Nesmith & The Hellecasters
• Oregon Symphony

1993

• Beausoleil
• The Persuasions
• Taj Mahal
• Jim Messina
• Karla Bonoff
• The Count Basie Orchestra
• Ranch Romance
• David Grisman Quintet
• Los Lobos
• Extra: Riders in the Sky, Emmy Lou Harris and The Nash Ramble

1992

• Tom Grant
• The Dutton Family
• Riders in the Sky
• Glenn Yarbrough
• Pancho Sanchez
• The Kingston Trio
• Oregon Symphony

1991

• Manhattan Rhythm Kings
• Tim Weisberg, Ricardo Silveira
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Kenny Neal
• CJ Chenier & The Hot Louisiana Band
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
• The Four Preps

1990

• The Shirelles
• Art Abrams
• Limeliters
• Dan Siegel
• Chris Hillman & The Desert Rose Band
• Oregon Symphony
• The Chieftains

1989

• Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra
• Hot Frogs
• Zachary Richard
• The Shoppe
• The Coasters
• Roomful of Blues
• Mason Williams

1988

• LeRoy Anderson Big Band
• The Drifters
• Cris Williamson
• Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
• The Neal Gladstone Show
• The Royal Swedish Choir
• Ranch Dressing

1987

• Third Marine Aircraft Wing Band
• Black Diamond Band
• Eddy Clearwater Blues Band
• Riders in the Sky
• The Muglestons
• Brothers Four
• The Count Basie Orchestra
• Hot Rize, Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers

1986

• Albany Concert Band
• LeRoy Anderson Big Band
• Mason Williams & Friends
• Lost and Found
• The Shoppe
• All-American Boys Chorus
• Girls Nite Out
• The Metropolitan Brass Quintet
• Boulevard
• Extra: Eugene Highlanders, U.S. Marine Corps Band

1985

• Woody Hite Band
• Berline, Crary and Hickman
• Obo Addy
• Sawtooth Mountain Boys
• Air Force Jazz Ensemble
• Brown & McIntosh, Eric Tingstad
• Metropolitan Brass Company
• The Hollis Taylor Band

1984

• Dr. Jon’s Medicine Show and Jazz Band (twice)
• Dave Eberlie Trio
• Johnny B. Bon Bayou Dinner Band
• The Om-Pah Band
• Swipesey Cakewalk Ragtime
• Jean Ronne Trio
• Herb Brennan and Music Unlimited