list of all the bands and artists who will perform at this years Bohemian Bluegrass Festival. The line up consists of 22 acts from 7 different countries! (alphabetic order) Black Bottom Skiffle Group The Black Bottom Skiffle Group is the only skiffle Group in South germany - with it's typical bavarian singing / dialect and the 35 years in business - They will bring a very oringin sound to the BBF. With rythm from "Hell" played on a washbrett! HANSJÖRG ROSSA: vocals, rhytm guitar DIETER (JOE) GÖTZ: vocals, 5-string banjo, bluesharp RICK BALTES: Vocals, solo guitar WOLFGANG UMKEHRER: waschbrett, noises of all kinds Bluegrass Stuff BLUEGRASS STUFF is one of the oldest bluegrass bands in Europe, having been active since 1977. The band's style is traditional, with a sound and approach that embraces the classic bluegrass of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Jimmy Martin and the Stanley Brothers. Perry Meroni: lead vocals & guitar Massimo Gatti: mandolin, baritone & tenor vocals Leo Di Giacomo: guitar & baritone vocals Icaro Gatti: bass & vocals Dino Barbč: banjo Cop Míša Leicht: vocals, Guitar Jirka Vopava: vocals, mandolin, fiddle Martin Fridrich: vocals, banjo Jarda Šterba: vocals, fiddle Petr Sláma: dobro Zdenek Fík: bass CZAS NA GRASS Artur Gusta: dobro, banjo Norbert Fleischer: ac. guitar Katarzyna Pawlowicz: fiddle, vocal Janusz Lewandowski: double bass, fretless. Joanna Budzinska: whistle, vocal Slawomir Zalewski: drums, percusion Fox Tower Bluegrass Band Andy Glandt: banjo Peter Schreiber: fiddle Rüdiger Mund: guitar Udo Hemmann: bouble bass Grass Country Drive Slovakian - Czech project Grass Country Drive (meaning driveway between bluegrass and country music) was formed in September 2007 as a fusion of two prominent bluegrass bands, GrassCountry based in Trnava, Slovakia and Drive from Brno, Czech Republic. Veronika Nemecková: mandolin, vocal David Nemecek: guitar, vocal Jaro Rakay: upright bass, vocal Roman Ác: banjo, vocal Henrich Novák: dobro Juraj Chalabala: drums Lilly of the West Lilly Drumeva: vocal, guitar Yassen Vassilev: guitar Jesse Brock: mandolin Vladimir Michailov: fiddle, viola Svoboda Bozduganova: bouble bass Monogram Jakub Racek: vocal, guitar Jaromír Jahoda: vocal, banjo Zdenek Jahoda: Gesang, mandolin Pavel Lžicar: Gesang, bouble bass New River Train Mojmir „Taras“ Sevcik: vocals, banjo Milan Toman: vocals, mandolin, guitar Michal Hromcik: vocals, guitar Tomas Kubin: vocals, bass Nugget Nuggets focus is there harmony-vocals, carried by Katarina and there rythmic stile. Modern play stiles are also found on Jardas benjo picking while Jakubs guitar acompanies tastefully. This all are the recepies to the powerful bluegrass stile of Nugget. Helmut Mitteregger: vocals, madolin Katarina Mitteregger: vocals, bass Jacub Racek: vocals, guitar Jarda Jahoda: vocals, banjo Petr Brandejs Band Since 2004 the PBB has been performing as a trio, taking material from its own originals as well as from the traditional bluegrass, old time, swing and other resources. With two fine singers and excellent instrumental skills the band provides fine acoustic music. Petr Brandejs: 5-string banjo Ondra Kozák: vocal, guitar Vilma Orlitová: vocal, upright bass Petr Kus a Fámy Petr Kůs: Michael Novák: Petr Novák: Pepa Kučera: Martin Hanuš: Red Wine RED WINE is one of the premier bluegrass bands in Europe, actively touring since 1978, with a style that embraces traditional and contemporary bluegrass, country, gospel, and a little swing. Silvio Ferretti: harmony vocals, banjo, guitar, dobro Martino Coppo: lead vocals, mandolin Luca Bartolini: harmony vocals, guitar Stefano Cavallo: harmony vocals, bass Rodeo Besides there playing on musical instruments virtuously, it is also our peculiarity to have a wider range of style repertoire than the usual bands of this kind (besides traditional bluegrass they play country-blues, country-swing, classical and jazz adaptations, own pieces and songs), performance full of humor and temperament, and the direct contact with the audience. Janos: 5-string banjo, mouth-harp, guitar, flute, vocals Attila: fiddle, mandolin, guitar, accordeon, clarinett, vocals Feri: bluegrass-guitar, tenor-banjo, vocals Viktor: bass, vocals Robert Křesťan a Druhá tráva Druha Trava is a wonderfully individual band from the Czech Republic that is hard to describe. They perform new acoustic world music with bluegrass influences. You might hear them perform a bluegrass tune, Bob Dylan tune or one by another American or British artist, or one of their many originals. Though they basically use a typical bluegrass complement of instruments, you might see the banjo player also pick up a clarinet or Irish whistle. This along with the versatility of the dobro player helps create much of their unique sound. Robert Krestan: Vocal, mandolin, banjo Lubos Malina: banjo Lubos Novotny: dobro Petr Sury: double bass Emil Formanek: mandolin, guitar Rüdiger Helbig & Huckleberry Five Since more than 30 years Rüdiger Helbig is know as one of the best german 5-string banjo players. He played with "bluegrass giants" like Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Pete Wernick, or better they played with him!! Actually his 4 members band plays sophisticated bluegrass! Rüdiger Helbig - banjo, dobro Rico Waldman - guitar, vocals Philipp Schöppe - mandolin, Main Vocals Mac Maierhofer - bass, vocals Sunny Mountain Grass Sunny Mountain Grass exist since nearly 30 years. During this 3 decades the quintet has developed it's own typical stile, which could be heard in there own compositions they perform. Andreas Käppli: vocals, banjo Röbi Brunner: vocals, dobro Daniel Girard: vocals, bass Tom Borcherding: vocals, guitar Thomas Custer: vocals, mandolin The Lusatian Grass Lusatian Grass is an excellent traditional and original Bluegrass Band from the beautiful Lusatian Mountains in Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic. They have an excellent stage show filled with quality music and many original songs. Tomás Kejklicek: vocals, Guitar Karolina Stránská: vocals, mandolin Veronika Langhansová: vocals, Guitar Dana Šteflová: upright bass Vabank Unit The repertoire comprises both traditional and recent arranges of the bluegrass classics, and own songs performed in Czech and English. Marek Mikuláš: bariton & tenor vocals, guitars Jan Bíba: lead & tenor vocals, mandolin, fiddle Jirí Klement: tenor & bariton vocals, banjo Jaroslav Teska: lead & bass vocals, bass, upright bass Waterflow Loes van Schaijk: vocals Lubos Jurkovic: vocals, guitar Michal Barok: vocals, mandolin Richard Cifersky: banjo Peter Szabados: vocals, dobro Roman Sykora: vocals, double bass Zelenáči Milan Krbec: vocals, guitar Franta Kacafirek: fiddel Jarda Hnyk: drums Jirka Drnec: bass Pavel Král: guitar