Performers by Year at the Laurel Theatre - Compiled by Lou Gross Note: This listing is very complete for the period after 10/86, and incomplete before that. 2/81 Mick Moloney and Eugene O'Donnell 3/81 Pierre Bensusan 4/81 Trapezoid 4/81 John McCutcheon 5/81 Claudia Schmidt 10/81 David Holt 10/81 Bryan Bowers 5/82 Ron Short 10/83 Red Clay Ramblers (Bijou) 11/83 Rosalie Sorrels and Pat Sky with Michael Sharip (Buttonwood Cafe) 12/2/83 John McCutcheon (Bijou) 2/84 Red Rector (Bijou) 3/84 Small Family Orchestra (Bijou) 11/84 Reel World String Band and Cathy Fink (Bijou) Sept. 1986 - August 1987 10/24-26/86 Homecoming Concerts - Laurel Theatre Re-opening Celebration Kids Concert and Dance on 10/24, Homecoming Concert on 10/25 10/31/86 Maura O'Connell, Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg 11/7/86 John McCutcheon (2 benefit shows) 11/9/86 Soap - Children's Puppet Show 11/15/86 Tony Trishka and Skyline 11/29/86 Phil and Gaye Johnson 1/10/87 Sparky Rucker (2 shows - Childrens and Family) 1/17/87 Nashville Bluegrass Band 1/18/87 Daron Douglas, Danny and Phyllis Gammon, Charlie Moore (Childrens) 1/28/87 Guy and Candie Carawan (co sponsored by Knoxville Committee on Central America about Nicaragua) 2/14/87 Lotus Dickey, Pete Sutherland, Karen Billings 2/15/87 Tennessee Bassoon Quartet (Classical) 2/17/87 Patrick Street (Kevin Burke, Andy Irvine, Arty McGlynn, Jackie Daly 2/22/87 Nancy Brennan-Strange, Kathleen McGregor-Williams 3/4/87 Howie Bursen and Sally Rogers 3/5/87 Liz and Lynn Shaw (Childrens) 3/7/87 Jubilee Festival (at Strohaus) 3/12/87 Adora Dupree, Bev Twillmann, Shelley Worman 3/21/87 Carawans (Including Will Byers, Rupert Oysler, Sonny Houston, Michael Ginzburg) 3/26/87 The Battlefield Band 4/4/87 Beausoleil 4/10/87 Eddie Adcock and Talk of the Town (opened by Margrit Eichler) 4/25/87 The Brother Boys 4/29/87 Sean McCollough 5/9-10/87 Reel World String Band 5/30/87 Rich Kirby 6/13/87 The Mumbillies Sept. 1987 - August 1988 9/25/87 D. L. Menard and the Louisiana Aces 10/2/87 Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan 10/11/87 Jenny Armstrong (Childrens) 10/16/87 Peter Ostroushko (with Dean Magraw) 10/21/87 Ralph Blizzard and the New Southern Ramblers 10/21/87 Nancy Brennan-Strange, Nimrod Workman 10/27/87 Flor de Cana 11/6/87 The Small Family Orchestra 11/11/87 Pierre Bensusan 11/17/87 Nashville Bluegrass Band 11/18/87 J. A. Gordon Gospel Singers, Steve and Marty Kaufman, Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Red Rector (Mountain Laurel Show Taping) 11/21/87 Roadside Theatre 12/3/87 Michael DeLisle, Robert Dowbiggin, Mike Jordan, Bill Landry 12/6/87 John McCutcheon (2 Shows) 12/12/87 Xmax Fete, Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers, Ten Penny Rapper Sword Dancers 12/31/87 The Hudson Bay Company 1/9/88 Sparky Rucker 1/15/88 Adora Dupree (Childrens) 1/15/88 Beausoleil 2/5/88 Doc Watson (2 shows) 2/26-27/88 Tennessee Valley Players 3/12/88 Lorraine Duisit and Tom Espinola - Accoustic with no amplification 3/16/88 The Yale Slavic Chorus 3/26-27/88 Jubilee Festival (Honoring Mollie and Nimrod Workman) 4/8/88 Magical Strings (Philip and Pam Boulding) Acoustic show - no amplification 4/88 Cumberland Music Tour (Clyde Troxell, Johnny Ray Hicks, Clyde Davenport, Bobby Fulcher et al.) 4/14-15/88 John Hartford 4/30/88 Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer (Childrens show on May 1too) 5/14/88 Evan Carawan 5/6/88 Red Clay Ramblers 6/18/88 Knoxville's First Old English Ball - English Country Dancers Sept. 1988 - August 1989 9/9/88 Scartaglen (Connie Dover) 9/30/88 Phil Wiggins and John Cephas 10/9/88 Shelley Worman and Hudson Bay Co. (Childrens Dance) 10/15/88 Claudia Schmidt (Accoustic - no amplification) 10/22/88 Ralph Blizzard and the New Southern Ramblers 11/4/88 Nashville Bluegrass Band 11/18/88 Norman and Nancy Blake 11/6/88 Jane Crouse (Childrens) 12/1/88 Dolores Keane Band (Phil Cunningham, John Faulkner, Martin O'Connor, Brendan Regan) 12/9-10/88 John McCutcheon 12/17/88 Xmas Fete Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers 1/7/89 Sparky Rucker 1/8/89 Nancy Brennan-Strange and Strange Company (Openers - Al and Emily Cantrell) 1/13/89 Beausoleil 2/5/89 Carpetbag Theatre 2/10/89 Russ Barenberg, Jerry Douglas, Maura O'Connell 2/12/89 Patrick Ball 2/23/89 Patrick Street (Kevin Burke, Andy Irvine, Arty McGlynn, Jackie Daly 3/4/89 Howie Bursen and Sally Rogers 3/5/89 Liz and Lynn Shaw (Childrens Instrument Workshop) 3/17-19/89 19th annual Jubilee Festival (Honoring Guy and Candie Carawan) 3/31/89 Robin Williamson (Concert and Workshop on Scottish Harp) 4/1/89 Reading of James Agee's work 4/24/89 Wild Asparagus (Dance - Knox Country Dancers) 4/28/89 Rare Air 5/6/89 Rich Kirby 5/18/89 La Bottine Souriante 7/22/89 Danny Gammon, Lick Creek Twisters, Reel World String Band, Lee Sexton, Nimrod Workman (Pittston Strike Benefit) Sept. 1989 - August 1990 9/9/89 Beausoleil 9/15/89 Alison Krause and Union Station 9/29/89 Peter Ostroushko 10/6/89 Lorraine Duisit and Tom Espinola 10/12/89 Patrick Ball 10/15/89 Faye Burke, Rich Kirby (Childrens) 10/26/89 Ellen Ritscher 10/27/89 Steve and Marty Kaufman 10/8-9/89 Jim Morrison (Dance) 11/10/89 Helicon 11/19/89 John McCutcheon 12/8/89 Bill Mize, Betty Smith 12/11/89 The Human Pinatas 12/18/89 Fred Park 12/31/89 The Hudson Bay Company 1/13-14/90 Sparky Rucker 1/27/90 Trapezoid 2/3/90 Bryan Bowers 2/10/90 Altan 2/11/90 Adora Dupree 2/23/90 Nancy Brennan-Strange (with Strange Co.), Hector Qirko 3/4/90 Liz and Lynn Shaw (Childrens) 3/90 Jubilee Festival 3/24/90 Stefan Grossman and John Renbourne 4/16/90 Wild Asparagus (Dance) 4/19/90 Magical Strings 4/26/90 Hot Rize with Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers 5/4/90 Maura O'Connell 5/5/90 Red Clay Ramblers 5/6/90 May Day Fete, Lark in the Morn Dancers Sept. 1990 - August 1991 9/29/90 Flor de Cana 10/7/90 John McCutcheon 10/19/90 James Keelaghan 10/23/90 Laura Zaerr (Classical) 10/27/90 Ed Gerhard and Bill Mize 11/2/90 Rosalie Sorrels 11/11/90 Barry Mitchell (Childrens) 11/14/90 Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum 11/21/90 The Bayley-Hazen Singers 11/23/90 Nancy Brennan-Strange (with Strange Co.) 11/30/90 Tracy Schwarz 12/15-16/90 Xmas Fete, Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers, Ten Penny Rapper Sword Dancers 1/12/91 Sparky and Rhonda Rucker 1/25/91 Robin Williamson 2/2/91 Trapezoid 2/10/91 Alice and the Pied Puppets (Childrens) 2/22/91 California (Berline, Hickman et al.): 2/22/91 Pierce Pettis 3/2/91 Utah Phillips 3/91 Jubilee Festival 3/9/91 No Strings Attached 3/21-30/91 Tennessee Stage Company 4/6/91 Howie Bursen and Sally Rogers 4/14/91 Capercaillie 5/3/91 Garnet Rogers 5/7/91 May Day - Lark in the Morn Dancers Sept. 1991 - August 1992 9/4-7/91 Tennessee Stage Company 10/4/91 Gamble Rogers 10/13/91 Adora Dupree (Childrens) 10/18/91 Rory Block 10/27/91 The Battlefield Band 11/8/91 Bryan Bowers 11/10/91 Richard Selman (Childrens) 11/14/91 John McCutcheon 11/23/91 Steve Kaufman 11/29/91 R. B. Morris 12/6/91 Robin and Linda Williams 12/14-15/91 Xmas Fete, Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers, Ten Penny Rapper Sword Dancers 1/11/92 Sparky and Rhonda Rucker 1/17/92 Al and Emily Cantrell 1/24/92 Mike Cross 2/8/92 Norman and Nancy Blake 3/8/92 Patrick Ball 3/14-15/92 Jubilee Festival 3/20/92 Altan 3/24/92 Farr Horizons 3/27/92 Kevin Locke 4/4/92 Guy and Candie Carawan 4/25/92 The Heartbeats 5/3/92 May Day Fete, Sourwood Morris Dancers, Ten Penny Rapper Sword Dancers 5/9/92 Casual Sax 5/28/92 Knoxville Early Music Project 7/15/92 The Billys (Childrens - 2 shows plus concert) 7/25/92 Pentangle 7/28/92 Hobey Ford (Childrens - 3 shows) Sept. 1992 - August 1993 9/92 The Eddie Adcock Band 9/18/92 Clairseach 10/9/92 Rosalie Sorrels 10/16/92 John McCutcheon 10/24/92 Si Kahn 10/31/92 Rory Block 11/7/92 Red Top Mento Band 11/20/92 Steve Kaufman 11/22/92 Jo Anne Greene-Beatty (Classical) 12/4/92 Misbehavin' 12/12-13/92 Xmas Fete, Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers 1/9/93 Sparky and Rhonda Rucker 1/22/93 Mike Cross 1/24/93 Quartetto d'Amici (Classical) 2/5/93 Utah Phillips 2/11/93 Farr Horizons, Knoxville Early Music Project 2/19/93 Norman and Nancy Blake 2/21/93 Tennessee Bassoon Quartet (Classical) 2/27/93 Evan Carawan 3/6/93 Sally Rogers 3/12-14/93 Jubilee Festival 3/21/93 Jeff Heidle (Classical) 3/27/93 Magenta (Sean Nua - Joe & Antoinette McKenna and Band 4/2/93 Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick 5/1/93 Chris Smither 5/2/93 May Day Fete, Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers, Ten Penny Rapper Sword Dancers 5/8/93 Donald Davis 5/15/93 Steve Kaufman, Hector Qirko 6/5-6/93 International Jubilee 7/7/93 The Hominy Mamas (Childrens) 8/4/93 Nancy Brennan-Strange (Childrens) Sept. 1993 - August 1994 9/9/93 Diablo Mundo, Misbehavin' 9/24/93 Tony Furtado and Sugarbeat 10/1/93 Casual Sax 10/8/93 Peter Ostroushko 10/16-17/93 John McCutcheon 10/22/93 Cathy Winter 10/24/93 The Battlefield Band (Live Broadcast) 11/5/93 Bill Mize and Ed Gerhart 11/12/93 Patrick Ball (Live Broadcast) 11/19/93 Jess Hawk Oakenstar 12/4/93 Steve Kaufmann 12/11-13/93 Xmas Fete 1/15/94 Sparky Rucker 1/22/94 Jacqui and the Tumblekings 1/28/94 Mike Cross (Live Broadcast) 2/5/94 Reel World String Band 2/11/94 Amelia Earhart Returns 2/25/94 Norman and Nancy Blake (Live Broadcast) 2/27/94 Knoxville Trio Sonata (Classical) 3/11-13/94 Jubilee Festival 3/13/94 Altan (Live Broadcast) 3/19/94 Carnloch 3/24/94 Christine Lavin 3/31/94 Knoxville Early Music Project 4/8/94 Guy and Candie Carawan 4/16/94 Freyda and Acoustic Attatude 4/22/94 Nayo Barbara Malcolm Watkins (cosponsored with Carpetbag Theatre) 4/23/94 Tina Tourin, Kim Robertson (cosponsored with Harp Society) 4/28/94 Iris DeMent 4/30/94 Nashville Bluegrass Band (Live Broadcast) 5/1/94 May Day Fete, Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers 5/7/94 The Brother Boys 5/13-14/94 Carpetbag Theatre 5/17/94 Hobey Ford 5/22/94 Oak Ridge Woodwind Quintet (Classical) 6/18-19/95 International Jubilee 7/27/94 The Hominy Mommas (Childrens) 8/3/94 Nancy Brennan Strange (Childrens) 8/10/94 Sean McCollough (Childrens) 8/17/94 Debbie Rauch (Childrens) Sept. 1994 - August 1995 8/27/94 Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Live Broadcast) 8/31/94 The Livingston Brothers (Classical) 9/18/94 Beverly Crawford (Classical) 9/23/94 Ed Gerhard and Bill Mize 9/30/94 Rory Block (Live Broadcast) 10/5/94 Songwriters Night - Amelia Earhart Returns, Caroline Aiken, David Ezell 10/14/94 Kiya Heartwood and Stealin Horses 10/20/94 Mala Pasupathi - Classical Indian Dance 10/21/94 Rosalie Sorrels 10/28/94 Mamou 11/5-6/94 John McCutcheon 11/11/94 Mick Moloney and Eugene O'Donnell (Live Broadcast) 11/18/94 Nancy Brennan-Strange and Donald Brown 12/3/94 Steve Kaufman 12/7-9/94 Circle Modern Dance 12/10-11/94 Xmas Fete, Knoxville Early Music Project, Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers, Ten Penny Rapper Sword Dancers 12/15/94 Hominy Mamas (Partial Benefit for Homeless Education Project) 12/17/94 Knoxville Early Music Project 1/95 Mike Cross 1/13/95 Sparky Rucker 1/20/95 R. B. Morris 2/12/95 Garnet Rogers 2/24/95 Laurie Lewis and the Grant Street Band 3/4/95 Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer 3/10-11/95 Jubilee Festival - Norman and Nancy Blake 3/17/95 R. B. Morris 3/18/95 Orqesta Taboga 4/14/95 The Brother Boys 4/15/95 Beppe Gambetta and Steve Kaufmann 4/21/95 Trio Madura (Classical) 4/21/95 Mickey Newberry 4/23/95 A Concert for Peace in the Middle East (Atzilut & Firkat Al Amal) Cosponsored by Ramallah Club of Knoxville, Local Alliance for Mideast Peace and Arnstein Jewish Community Center (Live Broadcast) 4/27/95 Yuko Fukuda Koto Players from Japan 4/28/95 The Fairfield Four 5/3/95 Robert Earl Keen 5/7/95 May Day Fete (Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers) 5/9/95 Cheney and Mills (Comedy and Juggling) 5/12/95 Nancy Brennan Strange and Stranger than Paradise 5/19/95 Mala Pasupathi (Indian Classical Dance) 6/2-3/95 International Jubilee (Live Broadcast of Jazzminero from Art Museum on 6/2) 6/22-24/95 Hobey Ford Puppet Festival 6/28/95 Faye Burke (Childrens) 7/12/95 Linda Upton Hill (Childrens) 7/26/95 The Hominy Mamas (Daron Douglas, Kathleen McGregor Williams) (Childrens) 8/5/95 David Wilcox and Bill Melanson (Non-JCA Concert for Oak Ride Peace Alliance) 8/6/95 Nancy Brennan Strange (Childrens) August 1995 - August 1996 8/20/95 Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women (co sponsored by Random Prod.) 9/8/95 Carawan Family Concert 9/20/95 Madcat and Kane 9/27/95 The Tannahill Weavers 9/28/95 Junior Brown (Live Broadcast) 9/29/95 Si Kahn 10/2/95 Cherish the Ladies 10/4/95 Steve Young 10/8/95 Chesapeake (Mike Auldridge, Jimmy Gaudreau, T. Michael Coleman, Moondi Klein) 10/12/95 Knoxville Early Music Project 10/13/95 Brother Boys 10/14/95 Mike Dowling 10/18/95 Gioia Timpanelli 10/20/95 Maura O'Connell (Live Broadcast) 10/21/95 Adora Dupree 10/26/95 Knoxville Pro Musica 10/27/95 Bruce Daigrepont 11/2/95 George Garrett 11/5/95 Leo Kottke (Live Broadcast) 11/11-12/95 John McCutcheon 11/16/95 Knoxville Pro Musica 11/17/95 Songwriters Night (Amelia Earhart Returns, Christine Kane, Cold Coffee) 12/7-8/95 Circle Modern Dance 12/9-10/95 Xmas Fete (Knoxville Early Music Project, Lark in the Morn Dancers, Sourwood Morris Dancers, Ten Penny Rapper Sword Dancers 1/12/96 Sparky Rucker 1/20/96 Bill Mize and Mike Dowling 1/25/96 Beausoleil 1/26/96 Nancy Brennan Strange and Donald Brown 2/9/96 Dead Reckoning Artists (Kieran Kane, Tammy Rogers, Harry Stinson, Alison Presswood) (Live Broadcast) 2/10/96 Guy Davis 2/22/96 Knoxville Pro Musica 2/23/96 Mark Schatz, James Bryant, Tim Stafford 2/29/96 Chris Smither, Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey 3/2/96 Tommy Sands 3/7/96 Miguel Algarin 3/8-9/96 Jubilee Festival (Ralph Blizzard, Golden Gospel Singers, Fairfield Four) (Live Broadcast) 3/15/96 David Olney 3/16/96 Larry Nugent, Sean O'Driscoll 3/23/96 The Squirrel Nut Zippers 3/29/96 Loudon Wainwright III 4/6/96 Spirit Talk: Music from the Heart of Zimbabwe (Chartwell Dutiro, Richard Selman) 4/12/96 The Immigrant Suns 4/18/96 Battlefield Band 4/19/96 Cailen Campbell and Smokin' Grass (Chris McMahon, David Lovett, Jason Krekel) 4/25/96 Gillian Welch, David Rawlings 4/26/96 Kiya Heartwood and Wishing Chair 5/3/96 Bread and Puppet Theatre 5/10/96 Robin and Linda Williams 5/17/96 Knoxville Early Music Project 5/31/96 International Jubilee Kickoff - Bio Ritmo, Samba Ngo (Live Broadcast) 6/5/96 The Iguanas 6/13/96 Hobey Ford and Goldenrod Puppets 6/19/96 Georgi Schmitt 6/27/96 Adora Dupree 7/10/96 Bryan Bowers 7/18/96 The Hominy Mamas 7/24/96 Sean McCollough Sept. 1996 - August 1997 9/96 The Squirrel Nut Zippers 9/96 Solas (Seamus Egan, John Williams, John Doyle, Karan Casey) 10/4/96 The Armagh Rhymers 10/6/96 Chris Smither 10/11/96 Bio Ritmo 10/12/96 John Cephas and Phil Wiggins 10/17/96 Bill Morrissey 10/19/96 Guy Clark 10/25/96 Only a Mother 10/27/96 James Keelaghan 11/2/96 File' (Ward Lormand, D'Jalma "Dee" Garnier, David Egan, Kevin Shearin, Peter Stevens) 11/8/96 Songwriters in the Round - Stacey Earle, Victor Mecyssne, Amelia Earhart Returns 11/13/96 Liam O'Flynn and the Given Note Band (Arty McGlyn and Rod McVey) 11/15/96 Cherish the Ladies 11/21/96 The Brother Boys, Jacqui and the Tumblekings 11/22/96 Steve Kaufman 12/12/96 Finnigan's Awake 12/13-15/96 The 10th Annual Old English Christmas Fete 12/18/96 Oak Ridge Klezmer Band 12/19/96 The Knoxville Early Music Project 1/10/97 Sparky Rucker 1/24/97 Hector Qirko Band, Stacey Earle 2/1/97 Bill Mize, Victor Mecyssne 2/5/97 Phil Cunningham, Aly Bain 2/8-9/97 John McCutcheon 2/14/97 John Hammond (Live Broadcast) 2/20/97 Tim and Mollie O'Brien and the O'Boys (Mark Schatz, Scott Nygard) 2/22/97 Mick Moloney, Kieran O'Hare, Zan McLeod, Kathleen Keane 2/29/97 Nancy Brennan Strange, Donald Brown 3/7-8/97 Jubilee Fesival (Vassar Clements with Reggie Harris, Mark Harris, and Boyd Deering, Paula Larke, Golden Gospel Singers) 3/14/97 Iris DeMent (Live Broadcast) 3/16/97 Hugh Livingston 3/20/97 Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, Tony Furtado and Band (Dirk Powell, Kester Smith, Billy Rich) 3/28/97 Guy Davis 4/4/97 Balalaika (Sergey Gromkov, Vladimir Shevchyk, Arkady Isupov) 4/5/97 Sparky Rucker 4/17-18/97 New Theatre Work in Eight Solo Performances 4/23/97 Jerry Douglas, The Brother Boys 4/25/97 Amy Rigby, Duane Jarvis 5/9/97 Horace Trahan and the Original Mamou Playboys (Leo Abshire, Kevin Barzas, Vorance Barzas) 5/30/97 International Jubilee Opening: Common Ground (Hamiet Bluiett, D.D. Jackson, Mor Thiam) (Live Broadcast) 6/12/97 The Hominy Momas 6/18/97 Bev Twillman 6/26/97 Lloyd Arneach 7/9/97 Sparky Rucker 7/17/97 Kiya Heartwood, Miriam Davidson 7/23/97 Georgi Schmitt, Rosella Morales August 1997 - August 1998 8/29/97 Steve Kaufman 9/6/97 Atlanta Swamp Opera 9/9/97 Rikard Astrom, Eva Rune 9/24/97 Dave Alvin, Kelly Joe Phelps 9/26/97 Bill Frisell Quartet 10/9/97 Five Star Jubilee Singers 10/10/97 Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, The Dismembered Tennesseans, Jack O'Hanlon 10/17/97 Bill and Wilma Millsaps' Snowbird Mountain Band 10/25/97 The Lantana Drifters with Charlie Acuff 10/31/97 James Kelly and Wheels of the World