Past Contest Winners:
2003
2004
2005
2006
First place: Squirrelly String Band + Larry Hanks
Second place: Los Califos
Third place: Ray & the Rounders
Band We'd Like To Have Dinner With: Uncle Snuffy & the Whistle Pigs
Original Material (and Worst Dressed): Smashing Bumpkins (aka Overeducated String Band)
Notiest (In A Good Way): The Lied Strands
Vocal Harmony: Girls Night Out
Best Rendition of The Swimming Song: Skinny Gals
Emerging Talent: Itchy Mountain Men
2007
1) Not For Profit (Karen Celia Heil, Brendan Doyle, and Maxine Gerber)
2) The Rangellers (Paul Rangell, Emily Abbink, Benny and Rafael Rangell, Ken Keppeler, and Jeanie McLerie)
3) Better Than Speaking (Hiromasa Kase, Rich Hartness & Karen Falkowski)
2008
First Prize: Pilot Lighters (Black Crown String Band)
Elise Engelberg on fiddle
Matt Knoth on banjo
John McKelvy on guitar
Rob Mellberg on bass
Second prize: Braided River
Morgan Fichter on fiddle
Bob Ellis on autoharp
Corbin Pagter on mandolin
Matt Knoth on guitar
Third prize: Red Rag Andy and the Stridulators
Andy Brown on guitar
Gary Arcemont on fiddle and vocal
Barbara Larae on bass
Amber Cross on vocals and guitar
Terry Barrett on fiddle
Matt Knoth wins the "Face in the Crowd" award.
2009
First Prize: Magnolia Serenaders
Jim Holland, from Athens, AL on banjo
Chuck Hornemann from Madison, WI on fiddle
Paul Harnik from Palo Alto, CA on guitar
Second prize: K. C. and the Sunshine Band
Karen Celia
Issac Enloe
Ben Segilman
Colin Harris
Third prize: Rhythm Rangellers
Paul Rangell, Ben Rangell, Rafael Rangell, and Emily Abbink
Honorary mentions:
Most memorized notes: Ragtime Skedaddlers
Dennis Pash
Nick Robinson
Dave Krinkel
Best mouth solo: Devine's Jug Band
Shameless use of progeny: Tie between 2 bands (sorry, don't know the names)
One band included 2 pregnant women and the other one included someone with a toddler in a backpack.
2010
First Prize:
The New Omatics
Second Prize:
Striped Pig Stringband
Third Prize:
Sour Mash Hug Band
Honorable Mentions:
Best Bribe: Mad Dogs
Parrot's Favorite Tune: McCrae Sisters - Reuben's Train
Best Names (tie) :
One Trick Possum
You Can't See [Tell , judge's word] Grace Forest For [From] the Trees
2011
1. P-38's with Caspian, Robbie and Zack
2. The Rangellers with Paul, Emily, Raff and Ben Rangell
3. Waxwing John & the Croker Sack Boys - with Waxwing John Cowan, Miller Wise and Lloyd Elliot
