Never Have My Eyes Feasted On A More Wondrous Musical Line-up... Merlefest 2008

I'm still in shock. I can't feel my left arm. This line-up.... it's beautiful... ohmigod, it's FULL OF STARS!

Number one must see -- Solas "Reunion" with Karan Casey & John Doyle.... you know this means that at some point at Merlefest, that there will be a Tim O'Brien, Karan Casey, John Doyle, and Casey Driessen jam. If I don't see it... I think I might die.

Here's the skinny:
Doc and Merle's son Richard Watson will be joined by The Avett
Brothers; Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck,
Casey Driessen, & Ben Sollee; Sam Bush; The Carolina Chocolate Drops;
Jerry Douglas; Levon Helm & The Midnight Ramble on the Road with
Special Guests; Tim O'Brien; The Waifs; The Waybacks; Old Crow
Medicine Show; Solas "Reunion,"with Karan Casey & John Doyle; Ricky
Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder; Ralph Stanley & The
Clinch Mtn Boys; Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (Kenny
Vaughn!!!); Dan Tyminski Band; Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven;
Donna The Buffalo; Blue Highway; The Claire Lynch Band; Dirk Powell &
Riley Baugus; Tony Rice; Peter Rowan; Ollabelle; Sally Van Meter;
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage; Pete Wernick & Flexigrass.

MerleFest will also feature performances by Bearfoot; The John Cowan
Band; David Holt; The Infamous Stringdusters; Jorma Kaukonen; Laurie
Lewis & The Right Hands; The Lovell Sisters; Nashville Bluegrass Band;
Tift Merritt; The Waifs; The Wilders; Susana & Timmy Abell; Tom Ball &
Kenny Sultan; Banknotes; Roy Book Binder; Laura Boosinger; Bob Carlin
& Cheick Hamala Diabate; The Captain's Crew; Carl & Kelli Jones; The
Circuit Riders; T. Michael Coleman; Robert Dotson; Mike Dowling;
Ruthie Foster; Future Traditions; Terry Garland; Buddy Greene; Mitch
Greenhill; George Hamilton IV and George Hamilton V; Bob Hill; Hot
Buttered Rum; Clint Howard Band; Sierra Hull & Highway 111; The
InterACTive Theater of Jef; Phil Jamison; The Key City Boys; Jim
Lauderdale; Jack Lawrence; Mark Lippard; Jeff Little; The Local Boys;
Bill Mathis; Cliff Miller; Paul Oscher; The Pine Leaf Boys; Polecat
Creek; Tom Sauber; Shana Banana; ShoeFly; Ryan Shupe & The RubberBand;
Joe Smothers; Rafe Stefanini and Clelia Stefanini; Rodney Sutton; Tish
Hinojosa; Tut Taylor; Joe Thompson; Happy Traum; Bil VornDick; Charles
Welch; Whitetop Mountain Band; Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society; The
Alberti Flea Circus; Buffalo Barfield; Willette Hinton & Family; Tony
Williamson.