The Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival is one of my favorites of the summer, as much for the crowd and the atmosphere as for the great music. Here is a list of all the acts that have ever performed there. Search Rhapsody.com for some of these artists if you’d like to check them out.

2008 (#21) – Elvin Bishop * Bobby Rush * The Blasters * Rosie Ledet * Too Slim & The Tail Draggers * Terry Evans * Northwest Pianorama * Polly O’Keary & the Rhythm Method * Sammy Eubanks * Red Hot Blues Sisters (Red Hotz) * LadyA & the Baby Blues Funk Band * Roger Arnold & Paul Elliott.

2007 (#20) – Eric Burdon * Charlie Musselwhite * Chubby Carrier * Watermelon Slim & the Workers * John Lee Hooker Jr * Eddie Turner * Fat Tones * Cary Fly Band * Nicole Fournier & Her 3 Lb Universe * Margarate Wilder * Polly O’Keary * Ryan Harder & Don Millard.

2006 (#19) – Tommy Castro * Porter, Batiste & Stoltz * Anthony Gomes * Janiva Magness * Jason Ricci & New Blood * Too Slim & The Taildraggers * Rose City Kings * Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin Daddies * Electric Shades of Blue * Polly O’Keary * Michael Pickett

2005 (#18) – Little Brian & The Zydeco Rockers * Too Slim * Rene Austin * D.K. Stewart * Detroit-Seattle Women in R&B w/Memphis Smoke * The Mannish Boys featuring – Finis Tasby, Johnny Dyer, Kid Ramos,Paris Slim, Leon Blue, June Core, Ronnie James Webber & Randy Chortkoff.

2004 (#17) – Duffy Bishop Band * The Strange Tones * Too Slim & The Taildraggers * Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne * Toni Lynn Washington * Russell Jackson Band * Walter “Wolfman” Washington * John Nemeth & The Jacks * Long John Hunter * The Original Lowriders aka: WAR