Muddy Roots

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Muddy Roots Music Festival
Genre country, blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, punk rock, bluegrass, folk
Location(s) Cookeville, Tennessee, USA; Waardamme, Belgium; Adams, Tennessee, USA
Years active2010–present
Website Official website

Muddy Roots is an American music festival held in Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S. It began in 2010 as an annualfestival at the June Bug Boogie Ranch in Cookeville, Tennessee. The music festival included camping, vendors, a car show, and a pin-up pageant. [1] In 2012, the festival expanded to Europe at the Cowboy Up Steakhouse Saloon in Waardamme, Belgium and featured the same blend of musical styles as the festival held in Tennessee. Muddy Roots announced a third separate festival would be held in May 2013 at the Red River Canoe Campground in Adams, Tennessee, called the Muddy Roots Spring Weekender. [2] All of the Muddy Roots music festivals featured musicians of varying genres, including country, blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, punk rock, bluegrass, and folk.

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Slowboat Films recorded a documentary at the festivals in Tennessee and Europe on the evolution of American music, titled Hard Soil. The film was released in 2014 and featured interviews and performances by some of the festival's acts, including Jayke Orvis and the Broken Band, The Goddamn Gallows, James Hunnicutt, and Reverend Beat-Man, to name a few.

History

2010

Muddy Roots Music Festival

The first Muddy Roots Music Festival was held from Friday, May 28, 2010 through Sunday, May 30, 2010 in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA at the June Bug Boogie Ranch. Friday, May 28, 2010

Saturday, May 29, 2010

  • Stage 1: Billy Joe Shaver, Soda, Matt King, The Delta Saints, Travis Mann Band, Joshua Black Wilkins, Cashman, Tom VandeAvond, Dave Smith & The Country Rebels, and Pinup Contest & Awards
  • Stage 2: Larry and His Flask, Cutthroat Shamrock, Pearls Mahone, The Staggerers, Jason & The Punknecks, Scissormen, and The Blackbelts

Sunday, May 29, 2010

  • Stage 1: Hillbilly Casino, The Goddamn Gallows, Dash Rip Rock, Reverend Deadeye, Ten Foot Polecats, Sawyer Family, and Calamity Cubes

2011

Muddy Roots Music Festival

The second annual Muddy Roots Music Festival was held on Saturday, September 3, 2011 and Sunday, September 4, 2011 in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA at the June Bug Boogie Ranch. The festival added on a third stage for its musical and film performances.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Sunday, September 4, 2011

  • Stage 1: Wanda Jackson, Legendary Shack Shakers, Hillbilly Casino, Art Adams Band, Joshua Black Wilkins, Sean Wheeler y Zander Schloss, Davie Jay Sparrows, The Cheatin Hearts, Liquorbox, and the Pinup Pageant.
  • Stage 2: The Goddamn Gallows, Rachel Brooke, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Scott McDougal, Harmed Brothers, Hellbound Glory, Hans Condor, The Krank Daddies, The Dirt Daubers, Left Lane Cruiser, Cutthroat Shamrock, Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell, Hogslop String Band, and Sunday Services.
  • Stage 3: Highlonesome, Graham Lindsey, James Hunnicutt, The Dirty Dougs, Smokestack and the Foothill Fury, Last False Hope, The Perezze Farm, and Scissormen.

2012

Muddy Roots Music Festival

The third annual Muddy Roots Music Festival was held on Friday, August 31, 2012 through Sunday, September 2, 2012 in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA at the June Bug Boogie Ranch.

Friday, August 31, 2012

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Muddy Roots Europe

The first annual Muddy Roots Europe festival was held on Saturday, June 9, 2012 and Sunday, June 10, 2012 at the Cowboy Up Steakhouse Saloon in Waardamme, Belgium. The European festival included many of the same performers as the Muddy Roots Music Festival held in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA.

  • Performing Acts: Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours, Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Carnies, Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, The Hackensaw Boys, James Hunnicutt, Derek Dunn, Hollowbelly, Molly Gene the Whoaman Band, Reverend Deadeye, Cashman, Tom VandenAvond, Honkeyfinger, Heinrich XIII and the Devilgrass Pickers, The Buckshots, and Tio Gringo.

2013

Muddy Roots Spring Weekender

The first Muddy Roots Spring Weekender was held from May 10, 2013 to May 11, 2013 in Adams, Tennessee at the Red River Canoe Campground. [3]

Friday, May 10, 2013

  • Performing Acts: Possessed by Paul James, Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band, Joseph Huber, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires, James Hunnicutt, King Automatic, Viva Le Vox, Call Me Bronco, and Tiger Blood.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Muddy Roots Europe

The second annual Muddy Roots Europe festival was held from June 14, 2013 to June 16, 2013 at the Cowboy Up Steakhouse Saloon in Waardamme, Belgium. Friday, June 14, 2013

  • DJ Charlie Harpoon, The Dirt Daubers, Dad Horse Experience, King Automatic, Dylan Walshe, Mary Lee & The Sideburn Brothers, and DJ Koen/Andy.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Sunday, June 16, 2013

  • Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Reverend Beatman, Koffin Kats, an open mic jam, Tio Gringo, Lonewolf OMB, Heinrich XIII & The Devilgrass Pickers, Dinosaur Truckers, and gospel music with DJ Charlie Harpoon.

Muddy Roots Music Festival

The fourth annual Muddy Roots Music Festival was held from Friday, August 30, 2013 through Sunday, September 1, 2013 in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA at the June Bug Boogie Ranch. The line-up boasted the punk band Black Flag as one of its headliners, which was one of the band's first U.S. concerts since reuniting. [4] [5] [6]

Friday, August 30, 2013

Saturday, August 31, 2013

  • Stage 1: Black Flag, The Monsters, The Goddamn Gallows, Deadbolt, Jack Oblivian, Sean y Zander, The Movie Star Junkies, Rachel Brooke, and Left Lane Cruiser
  • Stage 2: Scott Kelly & The Road Home Featuring Mike IX Williams, Possessed by Paul James, Eerie Von, Danny B. Harvey and the Unholy Trinity, Hellbound Glory, Hellfire Revival, Last False Hope, John The Conqueror, and Grass Crack
  • Stage 3: L. C. Ulmer, Joe Huber, Dad Horse Experience, Charlie Overby, Two Man Gentlemen Band, The Gallinippers, and Glade City Rounders
  • Stage 4: Peewee Moore, Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost, Broken Spirits, Burlesque Le Mustache, Black Jake and The Carnies, The Harmed Brothers, The Gladezmen, Ten Foot Polecats, Hangdog Hearts, The Sterling Sisters, and Folk Singer (Film)

Sunday, September 1, 2013

  • Stage 1: Shooter Jennings, Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Carnies, Red Simpson, Hillbilly Casino, Psycho Devilles, The Calamity Cubes, Joshua Black Wilkins, Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons, and White Trash Blues Revival
  • Stage 2: Possessed by Paul James, Dash Rip Rock, J. B. Beverley & Wayward Drifters, Otis Gibbs, Sarah Gayle Meech, Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy, The Sterling Sisters, and Rickett Pass
  • Stage 3: Scott McDougall, Peewee Moore, Ray Lawrence Jr., Brownbird Rudy Relic, Slaughter Daughters, The Harmed Brothers (Duo Intimate Set), Rachel Kate, and Call Me Bronco
  • Stage 4: Sean y Zander, Gator Nate, Cutthroat Shamrock, Muddy Roots Facial Hair Competition, Banjer Dan Banjo Workshop, Shooter Jennings' - The Other Life (Film), Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School, Ms. Muddy Roots Pinup Pageant By Sabina Kelley, Charlie Louvin Still Rattlin' The Devil's Cage (Film), and Church Services
  • Field: Classic Car Show

2014

Muddy Roots Spring Weekender

The second annual Muddy Roots Spring Weekender was held from May 16, 2014 to May 17, 2014 in Nashville, Indiana at the Valley Branch Retreat. [7] Dr. Ralph Stanley announced that he will be retiring at the end of 2014; his farewell tour included performing at the Muddy Roots Spring Weekender. [8]

Muddy Roots Europe

The third annual Muddy Roots Europe festival was held from June 20, 2014 to June 22, 2014 at the Cowboy Up Steakhouse Saloon in Waardamme, Belgium. [9]

  • Performing Acts: Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss, Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band, The Pine Box Boys, The Ten Foot Polecats, Tio Gringo, Dylan Walshe, Heinrich XIII and the Devilgrass Pickers, The Dinosaur Truckers, Mary Lee & The Sideburn Brothers, Pearls Mahone, The Red Light Rumors, Black Cat Bone Squad, The Booty Hunters, Filthy Still, The Chop Tops, and Voodoo Swing.

Muddy Roots Music Festival

The fifth annual Muddy Roots Music Festival was held from August 29, 2014 through August 31, 2014 in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA at the June Bug Boogie Ranch. [10] Legendary Shack Shakers are reuniting for the festival after being on hiatus since late 2012. [11]

2015

Muddy Roots Music Festival

The 6th annual Muddy Roots Music Festival was held from September 4 through September 7, 2015 in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA at the June Bug Boogie Ranch. [12]

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