Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 11 - Fri Sep 30, Sat Oct 1, & Sun Oct 2, 2011

Three cheers for the millionaire that’s hosting this amazing show for the eleventh year in a row.
The lineup is posted, who wants to go? I’ve highlighted the bands I’m likely to check out.
FRIDAY SEP 30 (11am - 7pm)
Thurston Moore, Jolie Holland, Robert Plant & the Band of Joy, The Del McCoury Band & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Blame Sally, Seldom Scene, John Prine, Chris Isaak, Southern Culture on the Skids, Conor Brings Friends for Friday: Bright Eyes, M. Ward, The Felice Brothers, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Woods, Simon Joyner & Jonathan Wilson , David Bromberg Quartet, South Memphis String Band, Zigaboo Modeliste - King of the Funky Drums, Maxim Ludwig & the Santa Fe Seven, Bill Kirchen, Mekons, Charlie Musselwhite
SATURDAY OCT 1 (11am - 7pm)
The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Robert Earl Keen, Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally & Their All-Star Band, Buckethead, Cass McCombs Band, A.A. Bondy , Alison Brown Quartet, Wendy Bird and her Band of Miscreants, Seamus Kennedy, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard, Irma Thomas, Broken Social Scene, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Hugh Laurie, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Ruthie Foster, Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson, River Whyless, The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Otis Clay with Chick Rodgers, Robyn Hitchcock, Greensky Bluegrass, Patty Griffin, Earl Scruggs, AllofaSudden, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, The Band of Heathens, Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses, Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, Reckless Kelly, Steve Earle & the Dukes (and Duchesses) featuring Allison Moorer, The Belle Brigade
SUNDAY OCT 2 (11am - 7pm)
Those Darlins, Fitz & the Tantrums , The Jayhawks, Buddy Miller, Dr. John & the Lower 911, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer , Abigail Washburn, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Dive Bar Dukes, Conspiracy of Beards, Joe Purdy, The Low Anthem, The Swanson Family Band, Moonalice, Emmylou Harris , Bill Orcutt, The Devil Makes Three, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, The Civil Wars, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Gomez, DeVotchKa, Justin Townes Earle, Over the Rhine, Elbow, Ollabelle, Hot Buttered Rum, Frank Fairfield, The Mother Hips, Dark Star Orchestra, Bob Mould
Which acts are you most excited about? And why?








