Muddy Roots
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. 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. All of the Muddy Roots music festivals featured musicians of varying genres, including country, blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, punk rock, bluegrass, and folk.
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
- Stage 1: Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Dex Romweber Duo, Hellbillies, Kyle Turley, Mellow Down Easy, Hellfire Revival, and Smokestack
- Stage 2: Lane Kristian, Husky Burnette, Hillbilly Harlots, Jughuggers, and Cletus Got Shot
- 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
- 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
- Stage 1: Hellbillies, Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Soda, O'Death, Ronnie Hymes, Spinderellas, The Dirt Scab Band, JB Beverly and the Wayward Drifters, Don Maddox, Derek Hoke, Jayke Orvis and the Broken Band, Mark Porkchop Holder, and Cashman.
- Stage 2: Owen Mays, Viva Le Vox, Black Jake and The Carnies, Burlesque Le Moustache, Hellfire Revival, Bob Wayne, Possessed by Paul James, , Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Cletus Got Shot, Calamity Cubes, Reverend Deadeye, Ten Foot Polecats, and Porter Hall Tennessee.
- Stage 3 : Behind the Burly Q, The Folk Singer, and Mink Cousins.
- 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
- Stage 1: James "Slim" Hand, Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Dale Watson, Little Jimmy Dickens, Don Maddox, J.B. Beverly & the Wayward Drifters, Owen Mays, and Hardin Draw.
- Stage 2: Viva Le Vox, Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band, Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Carnies, Bianca 13′s House of the Rising Sun Burlesque, James Leg, The Hooten Hallers, Cashman, Husky Burnette, Lone Wolf OMB and Filthy Still.
- Stage 1: Reverend Horton Heat, Hillbilly Casino, ANTiSEEN, The Goddamn Gallows, Joe Buck Yourself, Calamity Cubes, James Hunnicutt, Last False Hope, Rockin' Kitty Pinup Pageant, Sean Wheeler y Zander Schloss, Valerie June, Slim Chance & The Can't Hardly Playboys, and Peewee Moore.
- Stage 2: Restavrant, Kittie Katrina with Syrens of the South, T-Model Ford, Possessed by Paul James, Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, L. C. Ulmer, The Immortal Lee County Killers, Left Lane Cruiser, Hellfire Revival, Kara Clark, Dad Horse Experience, Joe Huber, Pearls Mahone, Cutthroat Shamrock, and Hushed & Guilty.
- Stage 1: Legendary Shack Shakers, O'Death, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Joshua Black Wilkins, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Tom VandenAvond, Soda Gardocki, The Defibulators, Pinebox Boys, Rachel Brooke, Reverend Deadeye, Voodoo Kings Car Show, and DJ Vintage Rockabilly.
- Stage 2: The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Molly Gene Whoaman Band, The Dirt Daubers, The Pine Hill Haints, McDougall, Atomic Duo, Sarah Gayle Meech, Derek Dunn, Camptown Ladies, Everymen, DJ Gospel Country, and Sunday Services.
Muddy Roots Europe
- 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.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.
- Performing Acts: Blackfoot Gypsies, Joe Buck Yourself, Sean y Zander, Rachel Brooke, Dex Romweber Duo, The Hooten Hallers, Dash Rip Rock, The Immortal Lee County Killers, Left Lane Cruiser, White Trash Blues Revival, and That Spoonful.
Muddy Roots Europe
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.
- Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Carnies, Possessed by Paul James, Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band, The Fuel Girls, Joe Buck Yourself, Viva Le Vox, Rachel Brooke, James Hunnicutt, The Jet-Sons Rockabilly Trio, The Booty Hunters, Big Bayou Bandits, Drew Landry accompanied by Julian Primeaux, and an open mic acoustic jam.
- 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
Friday, August 30, 2013
- Stage 1: Dale Watson, Whitey Morgan and the 78's, Larry and His Flask, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, The Planet Rockers, Good For You, Carolina Still, and Los Bastardos Magnificos
- Stage 2: Those Poor Bastards, Reverend Beatman, Joe Buck Yourself, Fifth on the Floor, The Hooten Hallers, Austin Lucas, Stuck Lucky, Phil Hummer & The White Falcons, and Filthy Still
- Stage 3: Delaney Davidson, The Tillers, Mikey Classic & His Lonesome Spur, Brownbird Rudy Relic, and Ray Lawrence Jr.
- Stage 4: Dead Soldiers, Nashville Burlesque Troupe, Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School, We Juke Up In Here, Voodoo Rhythm, Kingdom of Survival, and Lost And Found
- 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
- 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, 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, Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School, Ms. Muddy Roots Pinup Pageant By Sabina Kelley, Charlie Louvin Still Rattlin' The Devil's Cage, and Church Services
- Field: Classic Car Show