Kerrville Folk Festival Website

(Club Seven Performers Sundown Concert Sign-up Sheet  -  June 1, 2006)
(Club Seven Performer Pictures from June 1, 2006 on Jim Dirden's website)

2007
Saturday May 26

Danny Schmidt - Austin TX (winner)
Datri Bean - Austin TX
Kate Klim - Somerville MA
David Llewellyn - Nashville TN (winner)
porterdavis - Austin TX 
Noah Earle - Hallsville MO
Scott & Michelle Dalziel - Maquoketa IA
Raina Rose - Portland OR
Storyhill - Bozeman MT (winner)
Anthony da Costa - Pleasantville NY (winner)
Michael McGarrah - Phoenix AZ
Chuck E Costa - New Haven CT
Donal Hinely - Springfield TN
Dave Potts - Auburn AL
Jessica Heine - Edmonton Alb, Canada
Jan Smith - Afton VA

Sunday May 27
Carla Gover - Richmond KY (winner)
Owen Temple - Madison WI
KC Clifford - Oklahoma City OK
Ray Younkin - Houston TX
Wil Maring - Cobden IL
Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers - Alexandria VA
Kevin McGee - Lexington SC
Laura Zucker - Lafayette CA
Pat Wictor - Brooklyn NY
Emily Kurn - Anchorage AK
Eric Hansen - Tucson AZ
Edie Carey - Boston MA
Derek Aramburu - Cypress TX
Elana Arian - New York NY
John Wort Hannam - Fort Macleod Alb Canada (winner)
Lindsay Mac - Cambridge MA

Judges: Johnsmith, Cosy Sheridan, Jonathan Byrd

2007 Winners with Steve, Dalis and Rod

2006
Saturday May 27
Robert Tubb/String Gravy - Glendale AZ
Jan Smith - North Garden VA
Zane Williams - Nashville TN
Antje Duvekot - Lake Elmo MN (winner)
Lisa Richards - Austin TX
Tom Neilson - Montague MA
Lisa Rogers - Austin TX
Jaime Michaels - Santa Fe NM
Dave Potts - Auburn AL
Lis Harvey - Davis CA
Dave Pahanish - California PA (failed to appear)
Liz Carlisle - Cambridge MA
Joe Truman - Nashville TN
Amy Speace - New York NY
KC Clifford - Oklahoma City OK
Kendall James - Houston ME

Sunday May 28
Charlotte Kendrick - Pawling NY
Jason Spooner - Portland ME
Morgan Bracy - Antioch TN
Michael Tiernan - Del Mar CA
Marilyn Rucker - Austin TX
Jud Caswell - Brunswick ME (winner)
Gretchen Witt - Brooklyn NY
Gordy Quist - Austin TX (winner)
KJ Denhert - Ossining NY (winner)
Alastair Mook - Medford MA
Susan Clark - Cedar Crest NM
Tom Mowrey - Sykesville PA (failed to appear)
Jay Mankita - Amherst MA
Diana Jones - Nashville TN (winner)
Andrew Smith - Kelowna BC, Canada (winner)
Sonia Lee - Nashville TN

Judges: Jimmy LaFave, Pat Pattison, Sonia


2006 Winners with Dalis, Steve and Rod
(photo courtesy of Jim Dirden)

2005
Saturday May 28
Mike Morris - Strafford NH
Richard Ruane - Ripton VT
Datri Bean - Seattle WA
Justin Roth - Lake Elmo MN
Greg Klyma - Cheektowaga NY
Rob Hinkal - Owing Mills MD
Amy Martin - Missoula MT
David Morreale - Baltimore MD
Jack Harris - Powys Wales, United Kingdom (winner)
Randy Browning - South Berwick ME (winner)
Treva Blomquist - Nashville TN
Erik Balkey - Philadelphia PA (winner)
Andy Corwin - West Hills CA (winner)
Karen Mal - Austin TX
Carl Cacho - West Newbury MA
Kate Redgate - Newbury MA

Sunday May 29
Dave Murphy - Montclair NJ
Beth Wood - Arlington TX (winner)
Tony Laiolo - Nashville TN
Jim Keaveny - Austin TX
Michael Bowers - Alexandria VA
Claude "Butch" Morgan - Devine TX
Liz Carlisle - Cambridge MA
Gary Seber - Houston TX
Tim Burlingame - Sherman Oaks CA
David Stoddard - Beaver Dam WI (winner)
Kathrin Shorr - Sherman Oaks CA
Meg Hutchinson - Cambridge MA
Doug Wintch - Salt Lake City UT
Corrinne West - Alameda CA
Stan Swiniarski - Dracut MA
Sean Altman - New York NY

Judges: Caroline Aiken, John William Davis, Jim Photoglo

2005 Winners with Steve, Rod and Dalis

2004
Saturday May 29
Michael Troy - Somerset MA
Cherie Call - Springville UT
John McGill - Crestline CA
John William Davis - Indian Hills CO (winner)
Julie Clark - Norfolk VA (winner)
David Llewellyn - Nashville TN
Robert Frith - Sugarland TX
Carla Ulbrich - Athens GA
Brent Mitchell - Racine WI
Rachel Garlin - Berkeley CA
Kelly McCune - Pasadena CA
Naomi Sommers - Allston MA
Jaime Michaels - Santa Fe NM
Dave Potts - Auburn AL
Beth Cahill - Wakefield Quebec, Canada
Marc Herman - Watertown MA

Sunday May 30
Lisa Rogers - Austin TX
Jim Bizer - Franklin MI
Effron White - Fayetteville AR (winner)
Bill Kahler - Smyrna GA
Cary Cooper - Garland TX (winner)
Jody William Smith - Sherman Oaks CA
Drew Nelson - Grand Rapids MI
Donna Frost - Hendersonville TN
Erik Balkey - Philadelphia PA
Scott & Michelle Dalziel - Maquoketa IA
Justin Roth - Lake Elmo MN
Idgy Vaughn - Austin TX (winner)
Ryc Ward - West Stockbridge MA
Claudia Nygaard - Nashville TN (winner)
Jesse Thurgood - Payson UT
Gregg Cagno - New Hope PA

Judges: Slaid Cleaves, Ruthie Foster, Eric Schwartz


2003
Saturday May 24
David Bailey - Earlysville VA (winner)
Caroline Currie - Seattle WA
Rob Heath - Edmonton Alberta, Canada (winner)
Teddy Goldstein - New York NY
Lauren Fine - Austin TX
Jaime Michaels - Santa Fe NM
Kathy Hussey - Nashville TN (winner)
Jonathan Byrd - Carrboro NC (winner)
Andy & Cheryl Winston - Boulder CO
Colin Brooks - Austin TX (winner)
Jenny Reynolds - Wellesley MA
Ralston Bowles - Grand Rapids MI
Lisa Rogers - Austin TX
Kevin Briody - Ridgfield CT
Juliet Wyers - Portland OR
David Llewellyn - Nashville TN

Sunday May 25
Rob Boyle - St. Louis MO
Dave Potts - Auburn AL
Kerri Powers - Franklin MA
Steve Chizmadia - Manhasset NY
Jason Spooner - Portland ME
Vicki Chew - Cleveland OH
Foscoe Jones - Austin TX
Julianna Waters & Barry Crannell - Portland OR
Larry Kenneth Potts - Petaluma CA
Anais Mitchell - Middlebury VT (winner)
Scott Idlet - Centennial CO
Jenn Adams - Stevensville MT
Joe Stanton - Sechelt British Columbia, Canada
Terry Farmer - Ann Arbor MI
Elizabeth Wills - Fort Worth TX
John Haley-Walker - Fairfax CA

Judges: Tracy Grammer, Aengus Finnan, David Roth


2002
Saturday May 25
Chris Goddard - St. Louis MO
Julianna Waters - Portland OR
Rusty Summy - Yachats OR
Annie Mosher - Nashville TN (winner)
Michael Snell - Whitehall MI
Nelda Sisk - Hendersonville TN
William Brooks - New York NY
Lori J. Ridgeway - Nashville TN
Tim Chauvin - Nacogdoches TX
Lisa Carver - Nashville TN
Aengus Finnan - Coborg Ontario, Canada (winner)
Kathy Hussey - Nashville TN
Michael Austin - Austin TX
Zoe Lewis - Provincetown MA (winner)
Jeff Middleton - Nashville TN
Stephanie Urbina-Jones - Madison TN

Sunday May 26
Jennifer Agner - Baltimore MD
Karen Mal - Austin TX
Phil Christie - Los Angeles CA
Lisa LaPointe - St. Lambert Quebec, Canada
Bryce Milligan - San Antonio TX
Annie Gallup - Ann Arbor MI (winner)
Jim Bizer - Franklin MI
T. S. Baker - York ME
Ellen Bukstel - Miami FL
D. Michael - Windham ME
Sarah Guthrie - Albany OH
Kate Polsky - Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
Cheley Tackett - Nashville TN (winner)
Joanna Blair - Surrey UK
Nels Andrews - Albuquerque NM (winner)
Molly Pitcher - New York NY

Judges: Sally Fingerett, David Massengill, JohnSmith


2001
Saturday May 26
Jim Dishman - Simpsonville KY
Richard Kent Gaudette - Bellaire TX
Amber Mogg - Nashville TN (failed to appear)
Kevin Danzig & Kat Wooley - Mandeville LA
Ron Fetner - Seaford VA (winner)
Karen Mal - Austin TX (see footnote #1 below)
Joel Cage - Meredith NH (winner)
Frank Delamarre - Brighton MI
Marv Hamilton - Salt Lake City UT
Terry Farmer - Manchester MI
Leigh Hilger - Waynesville NC
John Haley-Walker - Fairfax CA
Jeff Talmadge - Austin TX
Rachel Bissex - Burlington VT (winner)
Jim McNeil - Laurel MS
Richard Berman & Max Cohen - Amherst MA

Sunday May 27
Barbara Phaneuf - North Dighton MA
Logan Leet - Lexington KY
Curt Bessette - Portsmouth NH
Corrinne May - Canoga Park CA (winner)
Ric Swanson - Austin TX
Rob Lutes - Montreal Quebec, Canada (winner)
Renee Safier - Redondo Beach CA
The Butler Brothers - Erie PA (failed to appear)
Amy Fairchild - Hoboken NJ (winner)
Jon Michaels - Nashville TN
Jesse Thurgood - Payson UT
Eleni Kelakos - Los Angeles CA
Mindy Smith - Nashville TN
Eric Schwartz - Waltham MA
Molly Slone - Lexington KY
Claudia Russell - Los Angeles CA

Judges: Gail Davies, Rex Benson, Anni Clark


2000
Saturday May 27
Meg Hutchinson - South Egremont MA (winner)
Sarah Guthrie - Albany OH
Eric Gerber - Somerville MA
Karen Nash - Los Angeles CA
Kevin James Higgins - Austin TX
Wiggins Sisters - Westport CT
Patti Casey - North Duxvury VT (winner)
Josh Calhoun - Oshkosh WI
Pamela Temple - Cincinnati OH
Kate Messmer - Amherst MA
John M. Greenberg - Scottsdale AZ
Eileen Hemphill-Haley - Eugene OR
Dana Robinson - Northhampton MA
Stuart Whitford - Fredericksburg VA
Bill Muse - Willow City TX
Jim Bizer - Franklin MI

Sunday May 28
Tammy S. Baker Moeller - York ME
Barbara Phaneuf - North Dighton MA
Robert Chabot - Florence MA
Dierdre J. Flint - Elverson PA (winner)
Kelly Wallin - Houston TX
Andrew McKnight - Middleburg VA
Eleni Kelakos - Los Angeles CA
Scott Carter - Nashville TN (winner)
Nathan Hamilton - Austin TX (winner)
Mary Beth Belbuda-Mazizrz - Park City UT
Thais Perkins - Corvalis OR
Derek Aramburu - Cypress TX
Joey Errigo - Register GA (listed in program as Joe)
Richard Berman - Amherst MA
Stephanie Corby - New York NY
Stephen Cohen - Portland OR (winner)

Judges: Sally Fingerette, Willis Alan Ramsey, Diane Ziegler


1999
Saturday May 29
David M. Bailey - Stafford VA
Nelda Sisk - Hendersonville TN
Eric Hansen - New York NY
Amy Carol Webb - Miami Springs FL
McCawley Burke - Hyannis MA
Karen Nash - Los Angeles CA
Lena & Sanford Markley - Silver Springs MD
Suzanne Buirgy - Venice CA (winner)
Arlon Bennett - Princeton NJ
Rebecca McCabe - Washington DC
Ray Bonneville - Nashville TN (winner)
Nancy Terzian - Mill Valley CA
Alan Ross - Monteagle TN
Leslie Claussen - Los Angeles CA
Mitch Barrett - Berea KY (winner)
Diane Zeigler - Montpelier VT (winner)

Sunday May 30
Jeff Berkley - San Diego CA (winner)
Becca Christel - Mercer Island WA (now Becca Christel Palm)
Justin Wells - San Anselmo CA
Anke Summerhill - Salt Lake City UT
Gorman Del Greco - Bowling Green OH
Claudia Russell - Los Angeles CA
Jay Howlett - Pacifica CA
Kathryn Wahamaa - British Columbia, Canada
Karen Abrahams - Austin TX
Gary Johnson - Houston TX
Marcia Ramirez Waldron - Nashville TN
Jim Kimball - Nashville TN
Kim Parent - Nashville TN
Fred McCarty - Santa Clara CA
Charlie Buenger & Bill Gerick - Waco TX
Mark Erelli - Amherst WA (winner)

Judges: Eric Taylor, Charles John Quarto, Cindy Greene


1998
Saturday May 23
Mike Brandon - Joplin MO (winner)
William Dudley - Walsenburg CO
Cynthia Ward - Oviedo FL
Dan Gediman - Louisville KY
Cheryl Hoenemeyer - Merrimac KY
Fred Towne - Corvallis OR
Wendy Liepman - San Luis Obisbo CA
Greg Beattie - Alameda CA (winner)
Sharon Spivey - Davenport FL
Jan Henshaw - Nashville TN
Kevin P. Briody - Ridgefield CT
Dar Frantz - Schwenksville PA
The Wiggins Sisters - Westport CT
Dave Carter - Portland OR (winner)
Scott Eversoll - Glendale AZ
Susan Clark - Albuquerque NM (winner)

Sunday May 24
Dennis Warner - Clearwater MN
Leslie Gail Brooks - Dallas TX
Nick Plakias - Wendell MA
Nina Adel & Danny Wells - Nashville TN
Stacia Clare - Rochester Hills MI
Thom Rayne - Owego NY
Sanford & Lena Markley - Silver Springs MD
Joel Cage - Brighton MA
Jacquie Manning - Cary IL (winner)
Steven J. Fisher - Westlake Village CA
Claudia Nygaard - Nashville TN
Joe Scutella - Nashville TN
Steve Keating - Redwood CA
Cindy Greene - Franklin TN (winner)
John M. Greenburg - Oklahoma City OK
Mary Coppin - Riverside CA

Judges: Betty Elders, Steven Fromholz, Keith Greeninger


1997
Saturday May 24
Glenn MacPherson - Freedom CA
Jon Michaels - Nashville TN
Beth Lodge-Regal - Bloomington IN
Kevin P. Briody - Ridgefield CT
Lincoln Hastings - Nashville TN (winner)
Paul Kamm & Eleanor MacDonald - Nevada City CA (winner)
Kevin So - Brighten MA
Thom Rayne - Owego NY
Maria Gillard - Rochester NY
Stephan E. Smith & Danny Infantino - Pinehurst NC (winner)
Steve Conn - Mt. Juliet TN
Kyle L. Wulle - Magna UT
Jeanie Perkins - Garland TX
John Deacon - Duxbury MA
Steve Abadie - South Hempstead NY
Kristie McGraw - Toronto Ontario, Canada

Sunday May 25
Cindy Greene - Franklin TN
Martin Swinger - Gardner ME
Nancy Hanson - Salt Lake City UT
Keith Greeninger - Aptos CA (winner)
Terri Allard - Crozet VA
McCawley Burke - Hyannis MA
Cheryn Hoevemeyer - Merrimac WA
Gary Nichols - Nashville TN
Brenda Evans - Norwalk CT
Jim McNeil - Laurel MS
Barry Crannell & Nora Krevans - Portland CA (winner)
Claudia Nygaard - Nashville TN
J. Michael Hanisee - Lafayette LA
Nina Adel - Nashville TN
Mike Sumler - Houston TX (winner)
Julie Sanderson - Bethesda MD

Judges: David Amram, Alisa Fineman, John McVey


1996
Saturday May 25
Lana Puckett & Kim Person - Yorktown PA
Sam Lardner - Salisbury CT
Adie Grey - Nashville TN
Stefan George - Tucson AZ
Ben Edmund - Tallahassee FL
Jean Ganias - New York NY (winner)
Rory Lee - Nashville TN
Wyatt Waters - Clinton MS
Jim McNeil - Laurel MS
Dennis Warner - Clearwater MN
Anke Barbee - Salt Lake City UT
Lee Mitchell - Nashville TN
Rachel Polisher - Elkins Park PA (winner)
Chris Rosser - Asheville NC
John McVey - Nashville TN (winner)
Jeanie Perkins - Garland TX

Sunday May 26
Bill Hall - Morristown NJ (winner)
Jackie Tice - Center Valley PA (winner)
Mark Aaron James - Nashville TN
Marc Berger - New York NY
Tanya Savory - Louisville KY (winner)
Jed Harris - Lancaster TX
Paul Kamm & Eleanor MacDonald - Nevada City CA
Marianne Osiel - Nashville TN  (did not appear - see footnote #5 below)
Dianne Cannon & Michael Killen - Nashville TN
Sam Anderson - Belton SC
Barbara Saint John - Brooklyn NY
Steve Dan Mills - Nashville TN
Bob Malone - Redondo Beach CA
Roxie Dean - Antioch TN
Ran Jith - Grand Terrace CA
Beth Williams - Philadelphia PA

Judges: Sara Hickman, Lucinda Williams, Tim Bays


1995
Saturday May 27
Steve Curnutte - Nashville TN
Leslie Tucker - Lexington VA
Keith Curtis - Glendale AZ
Wanda Land - Nashville TN
Peter Mealy - Fredericksburg VA
Dan Merrill - Portland ME (winner)
Dan Colehour - Austin TX
Susan Clark - Tijeras NM
Stephen Smith & Danny Infantino - Southern Pines NC
Susan Piper - Huntington Valley PA (winner)
Geoffrey Rutledge, Lennox Smith, John Tindel - Aptos CA
Bikki Johnson - Los Angeles CA
Bob Malone - Redondo Beach CA
Abbe Anderson - Durham ME
Martin Sexton - Cambridge MA
Barbara Kessler - West Roxbury MA (winner)

Sunday May 28
Tim Bays - Nashville TN (winner)
Jean Ganias - New York NY
Mason Young & David Sawyer - Nashville TN
Melodie Chrislock - Carmel CA
Paul Merian - Mountain Lakes NJ
Lisa Taylor - Herndon VA
Steve Dan Mills - Nashville TN
Nancy Magill - Bethesda MD
George Wurzbach - Brooklyn NY (winner)
Lisa Bigwood - Colorado Springs CO
Sarah Greene - New York NY
Dennis Warner - Clearwater MN
Kate McDonnell - Woodbridge CT
Terry Gonda - Royal Park MI
Joel Rafael - Bonsall CA (winner)
Mark Sweeney - Tahlequah OK

Judges: Michael Camp, Anne Hills, Pierce Pettis


1994
This is the first year finalists were decreased from 40 to 32
Saturday May 28
Bruce Pipehoff - Greensboro NC
Karon - Houston TX
Kevin Danzig - Mobile AL
Patti Shea - Philadelphia PA
Danny Infantino & Stephen Smith - Pinehurst NC
Tanya Savory - Nashville TN
Bob Cheevers - Franklin TN (winner)
Jennifer Martin -Nashville TN
Steve Spurgin - McKinney TX (winner)
Alice & Albert - Brookings OR
Aaron Chamberlain - Nassau NY
Leslie Gail Brooks - Dallas TX
Dan Colehour - Austin TX
Rachel Gladstone - Nashville TN
Martin Sexton - Somerville MA
Carol Elliott - Nashville TN

Sunday May 29
Kirt Kempter - Austin TX
Lana Pucket & Kim Person - Yorktown VA
Jon Michaels - Nashville TN
Burch Rivers - Chevy Chase MD
Wanda Land - Nashville TN
Terri Allard - Crozet VA
Ellis Paul - Wayland MA (winner)
Kelly Brown - Richardson TX
Michael Camp - Nashville TN (winner)
David Cantor - New York NY (winner)
Kevin Connolly - Cambridge MA
Nancy Moran - Nashville TN
Mark Sweeney - Tahlequah OK
Les Sampou - Osterville MA (winner)
Joel Rafael - Bonsall CA
Karen Pernick - Seattle WA

Judges: James Keelaghan, Steve Gillette, Tom Kimmel


1993
Saturday May 29
Kirt Kempter - Austin TX
Jerry Vandiver - Nashville TN
Elisabeth Cutler - Nashville TN
Dennis Couglin - Princeton MA
Cully & Elliot (Mark Elliot) - Antioch TN (winner)
Anni Clark - Old Orchard Beach ME
Kim Person & Lona Puckett - Yorktown VA
Rick Diamond - Atlanta GA
Michael Jerling - Sarasota Springs NY (winner)
Steve Givens & Barry LaFond - Florissant MO
Nancy Del Guidice - Hopkinton NH
Johnsmith - Trempealeau WI (listed in program as John Smith)
Lisa Dilk - Tempe AZ
Alan Rhody - Nashville TN
Rick Stockton - San Marcos TX
Marie Chabot - Nashville TN
Jim Heald - Austin TX
Paul Kamm & Eleanor MacDonald - Nevada City CA
Peter Axtell - Nashville TN
Tom Kimmel - Nashville TN (winner)

Sunday May 30
Michael Lille - Nashville TN (winner)
William Baker - Wheaton MD
Sally Barris - Nashville TN
Paul Hartke - Reston VA
Adam Hansen - Manhattan Beach CA
Tricia Walker - Nashville TN
David Sturtevant - Erie PA
Hunter Moore - Nashville TN
Karen Tylor - Austin TX (see bottom of page)
Tom Prasada-Rao - Takoma Park MD (winner)
Katy Wallace - Nashville TN
Link Chalon - Denton TX
Tanya Savory - Nashville TN
Chuck Pinnell - Austin TX
Margie Rylatt - Frederick MD
Susan Clark - Tijeras NM
Rachael Goetz - Garland TX
Kimberly J. Forehand - Blanchardville WI (winner)
Walt Lewis - Austin TX
Jana Stanfield - Nashville TN

Judges: Cheryl Wheeler, Charles John Quarto, Michael Johnson


1992
Saturday May 23
David Dodson - Camden ME (winner)
Will LeBlanc - Houston TX
Jess Hawk Okenstar - Phoenix AZ
T. R. Ritchie - Seattle WA
Eric Blakely - Austin TX
Curt Bessette - Portsmouth NH
Mike Muldoon - Nashville TN
Sally Barris - Hendersonville TN
John Floyd & K. McBryde - Cypress TX
Barb Donavan - Austin TX
Geoffrey Cary Sather - Arlington MS
Michael Camp - Hendersonville TN
Karen Taylor-Good - Nashville TN (winner)
Slaid Cleaves - Austin TX (winner)
Andy Hall - El Segundo CA
Cyndi Craven - Atlanta GA
David Stanley Sawyer - Irving TX
Jana Stanfield - Nashville TN
Lee Crutchfield - San Francisco CA
Mark Elliott & Gary Cully - Nashville TN

Sunday May 24
Tina Jackson - Cody WY
John Parker - New Orleans LA
Cosy Sheridan - Portsmouth NH (winner)
Michael McNevin - Berkeley CA (winner)
Nancy Moran - Rockville MD
Tom Wolf - Roswell GA
Greg Abel - Colati CA
Chris Crawford - Austin TX
Tom Angland - Nashville TN
Susan Graham White - Port Republic MD
Bruce W. Davis - San Francisco CA
Tricia Walker - Nashville TN (winner)
Roger Day - Nashville TN
Tom Ash - San Marcos TX
Diedre McCalla - Oakland CA
Steve Kritzer - Los Gatos CA
Keith Greeninger - Aptos CA
Kirtana - Carmel CA
John Fromer - Mill Valley CA
Tim Johnson - Nashville TN

Judges: Steve Key, Rod MacDonald, Christine Albert


1991
Saturday May 25
Jill Starkey - Amarillo TX
Larry Wheeler - Pasadena CA
Susan Udell - Palo Alto CA
Steve "Sparks" Hubert - Sandpoint ID
Scott Freed - Campbell CA (winner)
Bonnie Abrahms - Rushville NY
Barry Dow - La Crescenta CA (winner)
Patti Dixon - Port Lavaca TX
Steve Key - Washington DC (winner)
Tanya Savory - San Francisco CA
Monte Montgomery - San Antonio TX
Sarah Martin - Nashville TN
Gene Morris - New York NY
Ellen Schmidt - Concord MA
Steve Kritzer - San Jose CA
Sue Braswell - Nashville TN
Mark Elliot - Nashville TN
Susan Duffy - Antioch TN
Ben Windship - Victor ID
Janet Krist - West Bloomfield MI

Sunday May 26
Hugh Blumefeld - Coventry CT
Susan Clark - Tijeras NM
Ron Garrett - Nashville TN
Pamela Cook - Seattle WA
Michael McNevin - Berkeley CA
Margo Hennebach - Hoboken NJ
James Nihan - Hermitage TN
Deborah M. Shreves - Spring TX
Darcie Deaville - Scottsdale AZ (winner)
Link Chalon - Denton TX
Carrie Newcomer - West Lafayette IN
Tom Scaprino - Menlo Park CA
Marianne Louise Peiler - Colorado Springs CO
Dick Siegel - Ann Arbor MI (winner)
Anni Clark - Old Orchard Beach MA
Bill Ervin - Abilene TX
Alisa Fineman - Pacific Grove GA (winner)
Richard Ferrer Follet - La Vergne TN

Judges: David Olney, John Herald, Fred Small


1990
Saturday May 26
D.C. Fitzgerald - Pittsburg PA (listed in program as D. C. Fitzwald)
Jaime Morton - Burlington VT
T. R. Ritchie - Seattle WA
Hunter Davis - Berkely CA
Jim Heald - Austin TX
Julie Adler - New York City NY
Steve Haggard - Nashville TN
Aileen Vance - Santa Cruz CA (winner)
Fred Small - Cambridge MA (withdrew/retired - see footnote #2 below)
Mickey Cates - Antioch TN (winner)
James Nihan - Hendersonville TN
Vicki Pratt Keating - Springfield VA
Steve Fisher - Wellington KS (winner)
Leann Atherton - Austin TX
Jim McNeil - Laurel MS
Kevin Danzig - Fairhope AL
Albert Osdoe - Chicago Heights IL (pseudonym of Brian Cutean - San Marcos)
Helen Hudson - New York City NY
Johnsmith - Trempealeau WI (listed in program as John Smith) (winner)
Joe Keenan - Hadley MA

Sunday May 27
Clancy Bounds - Woodacre CA
Selia Dettman - Houston TX
Richard Ferrer Follett - La Vergne TN
Kat Eggleston - Seattle WA
Jimmy Limo - Kapaa HA
Karen Blaine - Seattle WA
Eric Garrison - New Canaan CT
Sally Fingerett - Columbus TN (winner)
Teresa Chandler - Piedmont CA
Judi Friedman - San Francisco CA
Lewis Case - Houston TX
Sue Elwood Young - Austin TX
Doc Heide - Berkely CA
Debby Levay - Menlo PArk CA
Rob Laurens - San Francisco CA (winner)
Janis Carper - Seattle WA
Lisa Morales - Houston TX
Beth Freeman - Austin TX
J. Glover - Denton TX
Sherry Cooper - Woodacre CA

Judges: Bob Franke, Chuck Suchy, Rachael Polisher


1989
Saturday May 27
Mike Childs - Corpus Christi TX
Steve Ewert - Modesto CA
Jerry McPherson - Mt. Juliet TN
David Holmes - Shutesbury MA
Patricia Jones & Richard Bussey - Austin TX
Douglas Clegg - Weare NH
Anne Feeney - Pittsburg PA (winner)
David John Kurts - Austin TX
L. J. Booth - Amherst WI (winner)
Rachael Polisher - New York NY (winner)
Alice Stone & Albert Williams - Nashville TN
Tom Angland - Chicago IL
Steve Fisher - Arlingon TX
Allegra Broughton & Sam Page - Penngrove CA
Johnsmith - Trempealeau WI (listed in program as John Smith)
Heidi Muller - Seattle WA
Buddy Renfro - Harpers Ferry WV (in program as V. Buddy Renfro) (winner)
Jane Byaela - New York NY
Ron Riley - Lubbock TX
Mack Bailey - Annapolis MD

Sunday May 28
Suzanne Sherwin - Modesto CA
John Michaels - Mansfield MA
Dan Hart - Philadelphia PA
Robin Greenstein - New York NY
Mike Muldoon - Nashville TN
Jesse McRae - San Diego CA
Tom Frost III - San Antonio TX
Candace Anderson - Kalamazoo MI
Randy Smith - Dallas TX
Mickey James - Key West FL
George P. Macias - Austin TX
Michael Engberg - Big Fork MT (winner)
G. L. Robinson - Houston TX
David Massengill - New York NY (winner)
Jim McNeil - Laurel MS
Kate Melenan - Austin TX
Bill Ede - Louisville KY
Don David Jones & Andy Mattingly - Houston TX
Donna Chatham - Pasadena TX
James Hersch - Nashville TN

Judges: Shawn Phillips, Patty Larkin, David Wilcox


1988
Saturday May 28
Michael Landshoot - Austin TX
Ed Florida - Lebanon NH
Larry Joe Taylor - Stephenville TX
Bitsy Rice - Austin TX
Rod MacDonald - New York City NY
Andy Van Dyke - Austin TX
Tom Taylor - Perkinsville NY (winner)
Sandy Emery - Nashville TN (winner)
John S. Smar - Harrisburg PA
Michael Wicks & Olivia Francis - Dallas TX
Kathy L. Kidd - Austin TX
Hugh Blumenfeld - Coventry CN
Steve Ewert - Modesto CA
Lana Puckett & Kim Person - Yorktown VA
John Barger - Wichita KA (winner)
Tom Frost III - San Antonio TX
Jeff Black - Kansas City KA
Nancy Scott - Austin TX
Jason Threlfall - Somerville MA
Bow Brannon - Austin TX

Sunday May 29
Garry Boggs - Wimberly TX
Peter Brown - Forest Hills NY
Don Wayne Landrum - Semmers AL
Betty Elders - Austin TX
David Wilcox - Asheville NC (winner)
Sunny Moser - Yellowknife Northwest Territory, Canada
Doug Coppock - Spring TX
Rachel Polisher - New York City NY
Ray Doyle - Santa Monica CA
Josh Joffen - New York City NY (winner)
Angela Moore - Austin TX
Ed Snodderly - Jonesborough TN
Roy Zimmerman & Melanie Sue Harley - Pacific Palisades CA
Ann Armstrong - Dallas TX
Tommy Pierce - Austin TX (winner)
Mac Bailey - Annapolis MD
Dave Allen - Tacoma Park MD
Bonnie Bluhm - Albuquerque NM
Buddy Renfro - Annapolis MD
Shawn Colvin - New York City NY

Judges: Sonny Curtis, Buddy Mondlock, Shake Russell


1987
This was the first year to go for 3 weekends
Saturday May 23
Abraham Davidson - Houston TX
David Holmes - Shutesbury MA
Sarah Martin - Dallas TX
Paul Greaver - Austin TX
Joseph & Theresa Brunelle - Corpus Christi TX
Paul Hill - Garland TX
Jonathan Huntress - Santa Fe NM
Suzie Katz - Denver CO
Steve Downing - Houston TX
Alex Abravanel - San Antonio TX
Julie Howard - Austin TX
Josh Joffen - Brooklyn NY (winner)
Monica Gomez - El Paso TX
Bill Ede - Louisville KY
Jeff Martin - Austin TX
Laurie Freelove - Austin TX (listed as Kathy Korniloff - see footnote #3 below) (winner)
Dave Moore - Iowa City IA
Janice Kollar - Woodbridge NJ
Glenn Wallace - Buffalo NY
Ray Doyle - Santa Monica CA

Sunday May 24
Dave Scheidel - Austin TX (winner)
Peter Brown - Forest Hills NY
Jimmy LaFave - Houston TX
Lorie McCloud - San Antonio TX
Buddy Mondlock - Chicago IL (winner)
Dennis Daugherty - Montclair NJ
Carly Sciaky - Denver CO
Mark Luke Daniels - Austin TX
Ronny Druwe - Louisville KY
Pierce Pettis - Marion OH (winner)
Tim Keller - Santa Fe NM
Doug Coppock - Spring TX
Bernice Lewis - Lenox MA
Dennis D'Asaro - Troy NM (failed to appear?)
Peter Markham - Austin TX
James McMurtry - San Antonio TX (winner)
Richard Beattle - Denver CO
Leeann Atherton and Sue Braswell - Austin TX
Bob Ray - Pontotoc MI
Bruce Newman - Austin TX

Judges: Jim Rooney, Suzanne Sherwin, Ian Tyson


1986
Saturday May 24
Don Mason - Houston TX
Gary Wimmer - Austin TX
Sean Walters - Houston TX
Lynnie Isaaks - San Antonio TX (winner)
David Roth - New York NY (winner)
J. P. Hennen - Denton TX
Jim Martin - Austin TX
Nikki Marsh - Dallas TX
Jim Pilgrim - New Orleans LA
Steve Key - New York NY
Terri Bradt - Eureka Springs AR
Jim Jones - Dallas TX
Nick Pyzow - Anaheim CA
Sara K. Wooldridge - Austin TX
Steve Sykes - San Antonio TX
David Wilcox - Ashville NC
The Tolers - New Braunfels TX (winner)
Lillie Palmer - New York NY
Bob Ray - Pontotoc MS
Walker, Still & Arnold - Granbury TX

Sunday May 25
Hal Michael Ketchum - New Braunfels TX (winner)
Pierce Pettis - Carrboro NC (failed to appear)
Danny Collier - Garland TX
Candace Howard - Austin TX
Hugh Blumenfeld - Brooklyn NY
M. J. Clarke - Austin TX
Purly Gates - South Acworth NH
Mark Luke Daniels - Austin TX
Glenn Wallace - Buffalo NY
Patrick Lawson - Austin TX
James Ray Hudson - Houston TX
Sid Hausman - Tesuque NM
Emily Kaitz - Austin TX
Gregg Dethlefs - Gig Harbor WA
Brad Carter - Lubbock TX
Suzanne Sherwin - Studio City CA (winner) (in program as Susanne Sherwin)
Kevin "Bird" Conair - Colts Neck NJ (winner)
Lew Orsoni - Minneapolis MN
Sue Young - Austin TX
John Rose - Irving TX

Judges: Pat Alger, Katy Moffatt, Tom Russell


1985
Saturday May 25
Doug Coppock - Spring TX
Michael Carlton - Midland TX
Monica Gomez - El Paso TX
Jim Gary - Chicago IL
Fred Argir - Austin TX (now known as Fredy Argir)
David Roth - Brooklyn NY
Marsha Webb-Scrimm - Denton TX
Hal Michael Ketchum - New Braunfels TX
Robert B. Roberts - El Paso TX
Marilyn Cain - Austin TX
Rick Branigan - Amarillo TX
Brent Mitchell - Denton TX (winner)
Dick Bowden - Midland TX
Christina Olsen - Venice CA (winner)
Darden Smith - Austin TX (winner)
Nick Pyzow - Anaheim CA
Keith Vire - Fayetteville AR
Kathie Redmond - Austin TX
Andy Wilkinson - Lubbock TX (winner)
Tom Fisch - Albany NY

Sunday May 26
Perry Raybuck - Austin TX
Ron Riley - Lubbock TX
Suzanne Sherwin - Studio City CA
Buddy Duncan - Dallas TX
Grant Baldwin - Half Moon Bay CA
Chris Vallillo - Rushville IL
Ann Wallis - Van Nuys CA
Bubba Hudson - Houston TX
Dave Scheidel - Austin TX
Kim Wallach - Cambridge MA
Ilze Platais - Santa Monica CA (winner)
Bow Brannon - Austin TX
G. Harrison Roth - Nashville TN
Wendy Hart - Santa Barbara CA
Tom Cox - Duluth MN
Don Lange - Santa Barbara CA
Bill Ede - Louisville KY (winner)
Lillian Standfield - Medicine Park OK
Sid Hausman - Tesuque NM
John Parker - Jefferson LA

Judges: Kate Wolf, David Halley, Chuck Pyle


1984
Saturday May 26
Kevin Danzig - Houston TX 
Jerry Stevens - Austin TX
Lu Mitchell - Dallas TX (winner)
Michael Merchant - Spring TX
David Houston Madewell - Kilgore TX
Barbara Diekman - Austin TX
Cam Johnson - Denton TX (winner)
Jim David & Connie Lockhart - Amarillo TX
Janet Billinghousen - Austin TX
David Jenkins & Michael Darouzet - Dallas TX
Bill Colbert - Austin TX
Thomas Hart - Austin TX
Rhonda Ramirez - Dallas TX
Dr. Richard Trejo - El Paso TX
Rick Fryman - Lawrence KA
Jim Schneringer - Dallas TX
Mary Wykes - Grand Prairie TX
Tom McMasters - San Antonio TX
Lillian Standfield - Elk City OK (winner)

Sunday May27
Gregg Gorman - Houston TX (winner)
Brian Cutean - Austin TX
Marsha Webb-Scrimm - Denton TX 
John Gorka - Easton PA (winner)
Connie Lockhart & Jim David - Amarillo TX
Charles Kirkley - Austin TX
Debbie Brown - Dallas TX
Nick Garrett - Waco TX
Gene Keller - El Paso TX
Linda Lowe - Little Rock AR (winner)
Luke Reed - Duncan OK
Randy Mattsen - Jonestown TX
Sue Young - Albuquerque NM 
Jim Jones - Dallas TX
Scott Duncan - San Antonio TX
Chris Huff - Austin TX
Bow Brannon - Groves TX 
Jim Young - Colorado Springs CO
Mary Brooks - San Antonio TX
Randy Fox - Amarillo TX

Judges: Steve Gillette, Dee Moeller, Shake Russell


1983
Saturday May 28
Jim Dobie - Austin TX
Mikki Marsh - Amarillo TX
Randall Smith - Dallas TX
Marilyn Cain - Austin TX
John Daly Jr - Albuquerque NM
David Young - Austin TX
Alex Abravanel - San Antonio TX (winner)
Janet Bellingham - Austin TX
Mark Graham - Denton TX
Joseph Brunelle - New Braunfels TX
Sue Young - Albuquerque NM
John Ireland McAshen - Austin TX
Buddy Sims - Austin TX (winner)
Jan Marra - Minneapolis MN (winner)
Ronnie Jackon - Austin TX
Gene Keller - El Paso TX
Richard Patureau - Austin TX
Lucille Mitchell - Dallas TX
Jim Martin - Austin TX
Charlie Venable and Pete Rose - San Antonio TX

Sunday May 29
Rick Stockton - San Antonio TX
J. Murray Owen - Austin TX
Brad Carter - Lubbock TX
Candice Howes - Austin TX
Cris Plata - Sun Prairie WI (winner)
Bok Sowell - Laramie WY
Sarah K. Woolridge - Austin TX
David Williams - Sycamore IL
Robert Earl Keen Jr. - Austin TX b(winner)
Grady Lee - Wallis TX
Dave Scheidel - Austin TX
Kat Graham - Houston TX
Michael Tomlinson - Seatle WA
Jerry Stevens - Austin TX
Dee Finn - Fort Worth TX
Steve Chandler - Fresno CA
Darden Smith - Kingwood TX
N.Herr - Austin TX
Andy Wilkinson - Lubbock TX
Chris Huff - Austin TX

Judges: Eliza Gylkison, Tim Henderson and Nanci Griffith


1982
Saturday, May 29
Bill Clint - Austin TX
Alex Abravanel - San Antonio TX
Emily Kaitz - Austin TX
Doug Wallace - Monahans TX
Mitchell Phillips - Wichita Falls TX
Buddy Sims - Austin TX (winner)
Terry Proctor - Dallas TX
Liz Lynn Williams - Austin TX (winner)
Kelly Gazzaway - Amarillo TX (winner)
J. W. Weir - Houston TX
Lee Zebert - Austin TX
Catesby Jones - Kingsville TX (winner)
Lisa Williams - Wichita Falls TX
Michael Tomlinson - Austin TX
Charlie Stefl - Bowling Green KY
Harper Black - Kerrville TX
Steve Cearley - Austin TX
Chris Hedges - Dallas TX
Burton Adams - Austin TX
Bill Colbert - Austin TX

Sunday, May 30
Rick Kindrick - San Antonio TX
Jim Dobie - Austin TX
Linda Lowe - Little Rock AR
Dan Forde - Aspen CO
Larry Burnham - Austin TX
David Thorpe - Corpus Christi TX
Jerry McKinney - Austin TX
Iris Harrell - Dallas TX
Bucky Buchanan - Austin TX
Chris Plata - Pine Island MN
Norris Mealer - Amarillo TX (winner)
Lyle Lovett - College Station TX
Debbie Brown - Dallas TX
Bob Campbell - Nashville TN
Scott Duncan - San Antonio TX
Lubbock Johnson - Houston TX (winner)
Larry Williams - Medina TX
Emilie Aronson - Dallas TX (winner)
Lee Van Wagner - Columbus TX
Jay Bird Johnson - Brownsville TX 

Judges: Rick Beresford, Fred Carter, Jr., Allen Damron (substituting for Bob Zentz) (see footnote #4 below)


1981
Sunday May 24
David J. Wilson - Dallas TX
Judy Price - Manor TX (winner)
Michael Mandrell - Nacogdoches TX
Jerry Stevens - Austin TX (winner)
Mike Slizewski and Bill Lowe - Cedar City UT
Sherry Hudson - Lubbock TX
E. B. Baker - Fort Worth TX
Paul Hill - Garland TX
Kent Findlay - Martindale TX
Kendall Slayden - Paris TX
Chris Albert - Dallas TX
Tom Ash - San Marcos TX
Chris Kingsley - Austin TX
Ed Hunnicutt - Nashville TN
Jim Montgomery - Dripping Springs TX
Randall S. Smith - Dallas TX
Don Prater and Leah Rummel - Austin TX
Rory McLeod - Cancun Mexico
Michael J. Clarke - Austin TX
Jamie DeFratis - Jacksonville Beach FL (did not appear)

Monday May 25
Jim Newton - Bedford TX
Larry T. Williams - Medina TX
Tom Duplissey - Dallas TX
James Durst - Dallas TX (winner)
Lisa C. Fancher - Austin TX (winner)
Will Smith - Charlottesville VA
Mitchell Phillips and Harvey Toalson - Wichita Falls TX
Eric Madis - Dallas TX
Ezra James - Austin TX
Melissa Javors - San Antonio TX (winner)
James Ash - San Marcos TX
Chuck Pyle - Longmont CO (winner)
Charlie Venable - San Antonio TX
Jack Perry - Terrell TX
Jane Swindler - Dallas TX
Hale and Sarow - Denver CO (did not appear)
Bill Colbert - Austin TX
George Allen Hermes - Wimberly TX
Alan Steele - Greensboro NC (did not appear)
Frank Mazzetti - New York NY

Judges: unknown

1980
Saturday May 24
Jim Love - Dallas TX
Danny McCarthy - Kerrville TX
Lizabeth Williams - Georgetown TX (winner)
Randall S. Smith - Dallas TX
Charlie Venable - San Antonio TX
Cordy Lou Lavery - Austin TX
Dave Scheidel - Austin TX
Brad Morgan - Dallas TX
David Wright - San Marcos TX
Peter Thorpe - Austin TX
George Allen Hermes - South Padre Island TX
Ed Hunnicutt - Austin TX
Connie Taylor - Austin TX
Baxter Taylor - Plano TX
Gordee Hendlee - El Paso TX
Dow Patterson - San Antonio TX (winner)
Jean Kilborn - Houston TX
Jim Henderson - Wimberly TX
Roger Harris - Houston TX
Jim Martin - Austin TX

Sunday May 25
Lee Ferris - Plano TX
Sid Hausman - Tesuque NM
Marie Gabrielle - San Francisco CA
Brian Paul Cutean - Austin TX
George Russell - Minneapolis MN
Brad Seymour - Lubbock TX
Jan Marra - Minneapolis MN (winner)
Duane Carr - Pinon NM
Larry Boerder & Bruce Maness - Austin TX
Ed Beaver - Dallas TX
David Leslie - Houston TX
Robb Moorman - San Antonio TX
Sherry Jackson - Plano TX
Lyle Lovett - College Station TX
Allen Ross - Dallas TX (winner)
Iris F. Harrell - Dallas TX (winner)
David Halley - Lubbock TX (winner)
James Durst - Northbrook IL
Jamie DeFratis - Jackson Beach, FL
Charles Reagan - Austin TX

Judges: Guy Clark, Bob Gibson, Terry Waldo


1979
Saturday May 26
Cordy Lavery - Austin TX (winner)
Joseph Brunelle - Midland TX (winner)
Jon Deichmann - Austin TX
Sam Hill - Slaton TX
Christine Solinski - Austin TX
Summers Brothers - Grand Prairie TX
Binker D. - Austin TX
Liz Gunter - San Angelo TX
Lou Stanfield - El Paso TX
Rod Conerly - San Antonio TX
Gene Keller - El Paso TX
James Hudson - Houston TX
James Martin - Austin TX
Paul Hill - Garland TX
Tish Hinojosa - San Antonio TX (winner)
Bill Oliver - Austin TX (winner)
Gordy Headlee - Johnson City TX
Katherine Dines - Denver CO
Bill Wilson - Bloomington IN
John Paul Walters - San Antonio TX (winner)

Sunday May 27
Steve Abbott - Port Isabelle TX
Robert G. Ogle - Austin TX
(Note: The above entrant's name was misspelled in the program as Ogk. He is now performing in Austin as Bob Rose)
Jana Oliver - Lubbock TX
Colin Kennedy Jr. - Houston TX
Lisa McFarland - Houston TX
Allen Ross - Carthage MO
Jon Ims - Denver CO (winner)
Carrie Williams - Austin TX
Sam Thompson - Iowa City IA
Larry T. Williams - Ft. Worth TX
David Schwope - Port Isabelle TX
Fred Argir - Austin TX (now known as Fredy Argir)
Will James Rager - Zachary LA
Duane Carr - El Paso TX
Jill Fuller - Austin TX
David House - Lubbock TX
John Reed - Austin TX
Chris Muller - Houston TX
Ken Jenkins - Houston TX
Sammy Miller - Nashville TN

Judges: Milton Carroll, Peter Rowan, B. W. Stephenson


1978
Saturday May 27
John Reed - Austin TX
Steve Sajich - Denver CO (winner)
Gary Wilcox - Austin TX
Stephen Sedberry - Boston MA
Chuck Brandt - Austin TX
Mitch Mosley - El Paso TX
Holly Blue - Houston TX
Melvin Potter - McAllen TX
Naomi Shihab - San Antonio TX
Tim Henderson - Austin TX
Larry Williams - Ft. Worth TX
Gregg Kessel - Austin TX
Lisa McFarland - Houston TX
Tydus Alley - Austin TX
Adrienne Yank - Longmont CO
Jubal Clark - Austin TX
Cindy Scott - Austin TX
Jon Ims - Denver CO
Nanci Griffith - Austin TX
Steve Earle - Wimberly TX (listed on program as Stephen Earle)

Sunday May 28
Bob Henrich - Del Rio TX
Christine Solinski - Austin TX
David R. Head - San Antonio TX
Katherine Dines - Denver CO
Mike Shea - Austin TX
Bruce McAlheney - Houston TX
Leah Rummel - Austin TX
Summers Brothers - Grand Prairie TX
Louis Real - Kerrville TX (winner)
Pettigrew & Blanchard - Dallas TX (winner)
Jill Fuller - Austin TX
Tom Wood - Ft. Worth TX
Jessica Bryan - Austin TX (winner)
Sam Thompson - Oakdale IA
Joseph Brunelle - Midland TX
Lindsay Haisley - Austin TX (winner)
Kitty Appling - Comfort TX
Mitch Phillips - Wichita Falls TX
Vince Bell - Austin TX (winner)
Randy House - Austin TX

Judges: Steve Fromholz, Gary P. Nunn, Don Sanders


1977
Friday May 27
Bill Oliver - Austin TX
Tom Ward - Fort Worth TX
Earl Beaty - Austin TX
Shelley McIntyre - Houston TX (winner)
Lynn Dowd - Dallas TX
Janet Bratter - Austin TX
Reb Smith - Houston TX
Jennifer Hardesty - Austin TX
Will Walker - Lafayette LA
Michael Mathis - Hearne TX
Jubal Clark - Austin TX (winner)
Buddy Day - Colorado Springs CO 
Naomi Shihab - San Antonio TX
George Allen Hermes - Wimberly TX
George Ensle - Austin TX (winner)
Bill Cade - Houston TX
Suze Raff - Austin TX
Skip Press - Hollywood CA
Eric Taylor - Houston TX (winner)
Cindy Scott - Austin TX

Saturday May 28
Carl Hutchens - Austin TX
Mitch Mosley - El Paso TX
Lindsay Haisley - Austin TX
Mary Hester Kinard - Round Rock TX
Lee Turner - Kerrville TX
Doak Sneed - Austin TX
Stephen Jarrard - Houston TX
Patti Ricker - Austin TX
Phil Booth - Dallas TX
Tim Henderson - Austin TX  (winner)
Fred Schmitt - Green Bay WI
Leah Rummel - Austin TX
Dino Arthur - Denver CO
Binker D. - Austin TX
C. Muller - Houston TX
Ed Barnes - New York NY
Jerry Johnston - Austin TX
Rick Beresford - San Antonio TX (winner)
Jessica Bryan - Austin TX
Max Evers - Leander TX

Judges: Townes Van Zandt, Steve Young and Bobby Bridger

1976 (see notes)
(some info on winners)
Friday May 28
Frank Zigal - Austin TX
Jim Kirkendall - Houston TX
Bruce D. McElheny - Fayetteville AR
Joan Lambert - San Antonio TX
Kerry Vance - Lewisville TX
Kirk Kirkney - Austin TX
Michael Mathis - Hearne TX (winner)
Charlie McDonald - El Paso TX
Lennis and Frank Sumners - Grand Prairie TX
Katherine Dines - Denver CO
Bob Long - Austin TX
Keith Allen - Brownwood TX
Stephen Jarrard - Houston TX
Dani Lee Devere - Austin TX
Bobby James Bourgoin - Nashville TN
Pat Mears - Austin TX
Graham Warwick - Lubbock TX
Tim Kerr - Lake Jackson TX
Mike Parker - Houston TX
Bruce Barrett - Austin TX

Saturday May 29
Carl Hutchins - Austin TX
Chuck Seeley - Spring TX
Christine Solinski - Austin TX
Dusty Foster - San Antonio TX
Dana Stokes - Wake Village TX
Max Evers - Austin TX
Toby Serkin - Daytona Beach FL
Danny Everitt - Victoria TX (winner)
John Garza - Austin TX (winner)
Noel Eskew - Leander TX
Bill Oliver - Austin TX
Medlal and McClintock - Houston TX
James Michael Taylor - Mansfield TX
Joshua David Whitmore - Nashville TN
Shug Mauldin - Dallas TX (winner)
Ron Rogers - Austin TX
Bruce Bell - Arlington TX
Nancy Snow - Wichita Falls TX
Buddy Day - Colorado Springs CO
Alan Campbell - Lubbock TX

Judges: Carolyn Hester, Charles John Quarto and Jubal Clark
maybe not? (see footnote #10 below)

1975 (see notes)
(winners unknown) Friday May 23
Rich Minus - Austin TX
Robert Longleaf - Austin TX
Mike Parker - Houston TX
Patricia Hardin - Austin TX
Rick Dinsmore - Houston TX
Ann Gates - Austin TX
Paul Colbert - Austin TX
Hank Riddle - Mineola TX
Charles F. Holman - Austin TX
Patti and Rod Radle - San Antonio TX
Chuck Brandt - Austin TX
Steve Kirkindall - Austin TX
Richard Mason - Austin TX
Lucinda - Austin TX Williams? see footnote #9 below
Skip Press - Los Angeles CA
Tom Russell - Austin TX
Robert Zamora - San Antonio TX
Danny Everitt - Victoria TX
Rainey Day Store - Austin TX
David Ruthstrom - Lubbock TX

Saturday May 24
Andre Mathews - Houston TX
Eddie McMeans - Austin TX
Cheryl DuCoin - Houston TX
Joe Mike Taylor - Austin TX
Bruce Barrett - San Marcos - TX
Lee Mounger - Austin TX
Alan R. Campbell - Lubbock TX
Walter Vaughn - Dallas TX
Barbara Ann Taylor - Mansfield TX
Bill Haymes - Little Rock AR
John Garza - Austin TX
Noel Eskew - Austin TX
Nigel Russell - Petersboro Ontario, Canada
Dennis and Frank Summers - Grand Prairie TX
Mark David McKinnon - Nashville TN
Shane and Kitty Appling - Austin TX
Frank Muse - Dallas TX
Mike Lavine - Ruidoso NM
Hank Riddle - Mineola TX
Elizabeth Barraclough - Albuquerque NM

Judges: unknown

1974 
(some info on winners - see notes below)
In 1974 there were 54 Finalists, 18 per day for three days! 
Also...a waiting list was evidently used in the event of a no show.
This info is from a hand written copy of the lineup, 
which included some notes, which are also included here.

Friday May 24
Turtle Creek - Austin TX
David Bailey - Dallas TX
Janis Hooker - Austin TX
Kent Black - Lockhart TX
Lynn Langham - Austin TX
Jim Ritchie - Austin TX
Debby Dawn Tenney - Dallas TX
James Michael Taylor - Garland TX
Eddie McMeans - Austin TX
Jack Knight - Dallas TX
Ollie Lane and The Take It From The Top Boys - Austin TX
Doug Gittings - Austin TX
Steve Raigel - Lubbock TX
Gary Parker - Houston TX
Ginger Cain - Austin TX
Frank Muse - Tyler/Austin TX
Gosney Thornton - Big Lake TX (winner?)
Denim - Austin TX
Waiting List: Cameric, Noel Eskew, and Laurel Green

Saturday May 25
Allen Martin - Austin TX
Ann Gates - Austin TX
Ron Young - San Antonio TX
Dave Quinn and Dan Ryan - San Antonio TX
Reggie Saloom - Nashville TN (did not appear)
Lucinda Williams - New Orleans LA (from the waiting list!)
Richard Mason - Austin TX (instr)
Rick Stein - Austin TX (winner?)
Patti and Roo Radle - San Antonio TX
Daniel Bredehurst - Ann Arbor MI
Bryce Milligan - Denton TX
A. G. Davis - Garland TX  (duo or trio)
Joe Mike Taylor - Austin TX
Shane and Kitty Appling - Austin TX
George Ensle - Houston TX
David Ruthstrom - Lubbock TX (Gene Meddlan?)
Carole Collins-Baer - Houston TX (and Tom Wescot)
Richard Minus - Austin TX
Silver City Saddle Tramps - Austin TX (cancelled)
Bill and Lucille Cade (see footnote #8 below)
Waiting List: Richard Chase - Austin TX

Monday May 27
Vince Bell - Houston TX
Debbie Saunders - Austin TX
George Fillingham - San Antonio TX
Harvest - Kerrville TX
Ron Sowell - Cincinnati OH
Cindy Scott - Austin TX
H. Riddle - Mineola TX
Paul Colbert - Austin TX
Lou-Ray - Austin TX (winner) (Jimmy Ray Harrell and Christene (Christy Lou) Calhoun
Skip Press - Austin TX
Don Yarbro - Austin TX
Elizabeth Barraclough - Albuquerque NM
Rex T. Sherry - Austin TX
Robby Robinson - Austin TX
T & M Express (Tim York & Michael Hawthorne) - Ohio (originally listed as Columbus TX)  (see footnote #7 below)
Tom Baker - Austin TX
Sam June and The Cowboy Band - Dallas TX
Waiting List: James Preston - Austin TX

Judges: unknown

1973
(winners unknown) (see notes) 
This info is also from a hand written copy of the lineup, which included some notes,
which are also included here.

Friday May 25
Bill Oliver - Austin TX
Bill Sparks - Austin TX
Karen Hinson Oznick - Austin TX
Gordon Henry Barth - Lubbock TX
Plum Nelly and Bill Stoner - Austin TX (winner?)
Bob Sturtevant - Austin TX
Candice Owens - Austin TX
Jim Lacey and Donn Dunnigan - Corpus Christi TX
Virgin Insanity and Bob Long - Austin TX
Dave Quinn - San Antonio TX
Roger Bartlett and Bill Callery - Austin TX (scratched out)
Courtney Campbell - Den???  (the rest is missing on my copy)
Doug Gittings - Austin TX
Angel Fire - Ker???? (the rest is missing on my copy - maybe Kerville? Kermit?) (scratched out)
Kathy Kahn - Austin TX
John Finnegan III - Austin TX
Alias and Bill Davidson - Austin TX (scratched out)
Jerry McKimmey - Austin TX
Janie Francis - (added on to the list and no city was listed)
Bill Priest - (added on to the list and no city was listed)
Harry Buckholts - (added on to the list and no city was listed)

Saturday May 26
Mark Gottschall - Austin TX
Carol Collins Baer - Houston TX
Jim Ritchey - Austin TX
Tony Ullrich - Houston TX (scratched out)
Caroline White - Austin TX
Mac Truck Amateur Night - Austin TX see footnote #6 below
Michele Murphy - Liberty ? (the rest is missing on my copy)
Neely - Kirbo - Austin TX
Ron Turner - Batem???? (Bateman AZ? the rest is missing on my copy)
Lynn Langham - Austin TX
Rainbow Road - Dallas TX (Ted Jordan's name was scratched out)
Backwoods Volunteers - San Antonio TX
Waiting List: Hugh Moffatt, Bill Joor, Tim York

Judges: unknown

1972 (see notes)
(winners unknown)
This info is also from a hand written copy of the lineup, which included some notes, which are also included here. Evidently the competition was spread out over a number of dates. The date of appearance is noted on each entry. The hometown of each finalist is missing on some entries but a zip code is given instead. The handwriting is not as easy to read as 1973 and 1974 so there are some question marks included when I was in doubt.
Drew Thomas - 78701 - 5/10
Glenn Myers and J. L. Quelch - 78741 - 5/11
Bobby Bridger - 78704 - 5/12
Karen Hinson Oznick - Dallas TX - 5/13
Virgin Insanity with Bob and Eve Long - (no zip) 5/13
Joseph Dawkins and Robert Olson - 78745 - 5/15
Carlton S. White - Kerrville TX - 5/17
Skip Sevier, Bill T. John and Tom Cantrel - 78705 -5/18
Ribbon with Sally Mitchell and Judy Caldwell - San Francisco CA - 5/19
Bill Priest - Livingston MT - 5/19 (met in Tyler with Peter)
Sunny Schulman - San Antonio TX - 5/19
Vernon Doller Jr. - Austin TX - 5/22
Doug ??? - Georgetown TX - 5/22 (scratched out and the last name is illegible)
Carol Kopland - San Antonio TX - 5/22
Richard Gainer - Austin TX - 5/22
Pat McAfee - El Paso TX - 5/23 (did not appear)
Friends with Sharron Riddely, Jerry McKimmy and Tim Byrne - Austin TX - 5/23 (scratched out)
Kurt Van Sickle - 78703 - 5/23
David Fox - Nixon TX - 5/26
Linda Lovell - Waring TX - 5/26
Brown and Paul with Curly Brown - Austin TX - 5/26 (scratched out)
Riley Osborne (no hometown listed, no date listed)
Greazy Wheels (no hometown listed, no date listed)
Chuck Christopher (no hometown listed, no date listed)
Bill Oliver (no hometown listed, probably Austin TX, no date listed) 
Flatlanders (no hometown listed, but must have been Lubbock TX,  no date listed)

Judges: unknown

The Seven Club

Links are being added for each finalist if they exist (or if I'm able to find them). If any of the links are bad, or there is no link, and you are a finalist (or friend/fan) and want to send me the link to the finalist's home page (or correct one), please let me know. I have added a few earlier ones that came to mind or that people have supplied or requested...

Footnotes on specific items
(1) 2001 - Karen Mal was listed in the 2001 program as Karin [sic] Irwin 
(2)  1990 - Fred Small resigned from New Folk and was booked for the mainstage the following year. Allen Damron, one of the KFF board members and New Folk Emcees had recorded Fred's song "Heart of the Appaloosa" --- It was widely felt that Fred was  not "emerging" talent.
(3) 1987 Kathy Korniloff was listed on the program, but according to a reliable source, Laurie Freelove was the songwriter of the entered songs. They both were members of a group called Two Nice Girls along with Gretchen Phillips. They all three played on stage and the finalist (and winner) was officially listed as Laurie Freelove.
(4) Alex Abravanel who was a finalist in 1982 (and a winner in 1983) recalls that Allen Damron was one of the judges. The three originally listed were taken from the program listing. Kelly Gazzaway who was a winner in 1982 additionally remembered that it was Zentz who Damron subbed for.
(5) Marianne Osiel was unable to perform in 1996 New Folk due to a death in the family, but made it to the Mainstage in 1998 and 1999. She still "out there" playing  and  often performs as a "sideman" with Nanci Griffith when Nanci plays in New York area!
(6) Mac Truck Amateur Night is actually Glenn Myers and J. L. Quelch who were finalists from 1972 as well. Glenn later performed as Glen Alyn.
(7) Michael Hawthorne of T & M Express contacted me and didn't recall whether they won or not, and could not confirm any info on other winners, but recalled specifically that after KFF '74 Rod announced at a club in Austin that they would be appearing on the mainstage in 1975. Thereafter they played many benefits to raise money for the festival, which facilitated the purchase of the Quiet Valley Ranch.
(additional info from Tim York and a little more background on T & M Express)
Tim York, co-founder of T & M Express, attended festivals from 1972 though 1976 and had assisted on a couple of KFF "On the Road" events before being selected to be on staff for the '74 Festival by Rod Kennedy. The group formed in the interim and Rod included Michael to the staff where the two worked the parking lots and other staff duties that season. Tim (agreeing with Michael) does not recall the group to be a winner that year, as he believes the winner appeared on the main stage one evening to perform a song. He believes Rod, Carolyn Hester, Allen Damron and perhaps Rev. Charlie Sumners could have been among the judges. After the festival, a group of staff and players convened at a club back in Austin for a little celebration and music. Rod did indeed announce at that time that T & M would perform on the mainstage for the 1975 Kerrville Folk Festival. The group was also included on the bill with many others for several concerts produced by Rod to raise funds for the ranch and KFF. The group was based out of Columbus, Ohio during these years, though Tim and Mike met in San Antonio and are originally from Texas.
(8) Bill and Lucille originally were flagged as "no confirmation yet". I've heard from Lucille and here's the rest of the story: Their baby daughter Colleen was born on March 27th and Bill and Lucille DID perform with their daughter in a crib beside them on May 27th. Colleen had a magical voice and she grew up to sing with her dad, Bill Cade.  They made a CD and released it at Anderson Fair in Houston, New Years Eve 2002.   Colleen died in a car wreck on the way home from the release of that first CD. 
Please see:  http://nativetexas.com/_memorium/colleen/colleen.html  
(A beautiful memorial web site for Colleen)
(9) Doug Gittings, who was a finalist in 1973 and 1974, tells me that "Lucinda" is indeed the same Lucinda Williams who went on to huge success and who was also a finalist in 1974, at that time listing New Orleans as home. Interesting note: In the fall of 1974 Doug drove to his native state of Missouri for Thanksgiving and Lucinda accompanied him on the trip to visit her father, Miller Williams in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
(10) There seems to be a conflict in our collective memories as to who were judges for this year. John Garza feels certain that Peter Yarrow and David Amram were judges, but Mike Mathis recalls that the judges list above is correct. Mike was also was able to help us by naming some of the winners for certain. He recalls that Jubal may have been a last minute replacement for Townes Van Zandt who was supposed to be a judge but was missing in action. He also recalls that the judges sat on hay bales on the stage which turned out to be infested with chiggers! It is also worth noting that John Garza has been involved in a project to put up a web page on a record put out by Mike Williams featuring Nancy Griffith, John Garza, Frank Zigal and Will Walker called the BF Deal Sampler Vol. 1. The songs from the album are available on this site: bfdealsampler.com - the website doesn't mention the date, but I figure it was within a year or two of the 1976 KFF.

Info still needed

Many edits and corrections have been made since the original publication of this page, We've come a long way and we couldn't have come this far without the help and contributions of the following:

Emily Lively 
(Emily offered tremendous assistance in digging through info in the KFF Office!!)
Deanne Dirden
Faith Thompson (for the early years)
Bernie Robinson
Anne Feeney
Marti Gibson
Wayne Greene
Amy Martin
Joyce Woodson
Joe Hat
Johnsmith
Gaye Auxier
Anne Wright
Mark Zuefeldt
Effron White
Jim Schneringer
Alex Abravanel
Lindsay Haisley
Tim Henderson
John Eddleman
Michael "Mike" Mathis
Josh Joffen
Shug Mauldin
Jimmy Ray Harrell
Russell Rapport
Kelly Gazzaway
Marianne Osiel
J. L. Quelch
Michael Hawthorne
Lucille Cade Borella
Tim York
Doug Gittings