Performers
MAIN POINT PERFORMERS
The Main Point was in operation from 1964 until of 1981. During that time, thousands of performers played to enthusiastic audiences. Some of those performers went on to become superstars in music; others became just ‘stars;’ still others came to The Main Point and found their niche entertaining some of the most loyal, knowledgeable, and diverse music fans in the world.
What we have tried to document on the page below is a list of ALL the artists who played at The Main Point. We have used several different sources to corroborate this information and it is as complete as we can make it at this time… But there are still some gaps in the timeline. If you see a listing that may be in error, or if you attended a show at The Main Point that is not listed here, please contact us with that information and we will investigate and update our list.
Our goal here is to create a complete list of all the artists that performed at The Main Point and have it be as close as possible to 100% correct… We can only hope to achieve that goal with your participation and attention to the details.
Thanks, in advance, for your patience & cooperation!
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(For the purposes of the list below, we give the dates of the engagement, the headliner of the show, and – if applicable – the opening act… Some very interesting dynamics there!)
1964
FEBRUARY
26 – 29 Ed McCurdy
MARCH
6 – 7 Dave Van Ronk – Randy Ohara
20 – 21 Steven Lee
APRIL
3 – 4 Oscar Brand
9 – 11 Tony Hugher
10 – 11 David Gordon – Jackie Pack
17 – 18 Mike Seeger – Hedy West – Bill Vanaver
21 – 25 Elka Sylvern – Gil Turner
MAY
1 – 2 Paul Cabwell – Mandy Worrall
8 – 9 Josh White Jr. – Dave Latimore
15 – 16 Jack Elliott – Robert Kulp – Debbie Ansell
22 – 23 Suzanne Gross – Mark Green Irish Ramblers
29 – 30 Jose Feliciano
AUGUST
Bryn Mawr Repertoire Theatre
NOVEMBER
20 – 22 Ed McCurdy
DECEMBER
4 – 6 Phil Ochs
11 – 13 Gordon Bok – Nathan Sussman
18 – 20 Len Chandler
30 Robin Cooper
1965
JANUARY
8 – 10 Eliot Kenin – Kilby Snow
15 – 17 Tom Paxton – Laren Chuse
22 – 24 Peter LaFarge – Raun MacKinnon
29 – 31 Dick Rosmini – Tony Hughes
FEBRUARY
5 – 9 Penna – Ellie Halpern
12 – 14 The Beers Family – Ted Ferlong
19 – 21 Dayle Stanley – G. Gabris
26 – 29 Son House – M. Miller
MARCH
5 – 7 Garrett Brown – Raun MacKinnon
12 – 14 Phil Ochs – B. Lail
19 – 21 Frank & Tony – Michael Kac
26 – 28 Tom Paxton – Dame Roap School
APRIL
2 – 4 The Beers Family – John McQuade
9 – 11 Pat Webb – Eliot Kenin
14 – 17 Easter Hoot!
23 – 25 Bonnie Dobson
30 – May 2 Winn – Tossi Aaron
MAY
7 – 9 Charlotte Daniels – Thumper & Chuck Rosenberg
14 – 16 Dave Van Ronk – Phil Petersen
21 – 23 Doc Watson – Tony Hughes
28 – 30 Dayle Stanley – Double Handy Jug Band
JUNE
2 – 6 Jackie Pack – Garrett Brown
8 – 12 Pat Webb – Russ Fowler
15 – 19 Sandy Lessin – Nathan Sussman
22 – 26 Raun MacKinnon – Bill Sheldon
29 – July 3 Tom Paxton – Bill Sheldon
JULY
6 – 10 The Beers Family
13 – 17 Pat Webb – Charlotte Daniels
20 – 24 Dick Rosmini-Laughlin
AUGUST
3 – 7 Ed McCurdy – Schuls
17 – 21 Sandy Lessin – Nathan Sussman
24 Michael Kac
25 Paul Petersen
26 – 28 Eric Andersen – Roberta Bradley (play)
SEPTEMBER
14 – 19 Doc Watson – John McQuade
21 – 26 Doc Watson – Scott Thomas
28 – October 3 Jesse Colin Young – Jerry Corbett Trio
OCTOBER
5 – 10 Len Chandler – Rusty Fayle
12 – 17 Pat Sky – Phil Petersen
19 – 24 Pat Sky – Sara Gray
26 – 31 Eric Andersen – Dudley Henriques
NOVEMBER
2 – 7 Eric Andersen – Beffie Ansel – Bill Sheldon
6 – 10 The Beers Family – John Pilla
16 – 21 Dierdre O’Callaghan – Scott Thomas – Main Line Playhouse “3 Pence & a Yen”
23 – 28 Buffy Sainte Marie – Phil Petersen
30 – December 5 Tom Rush – Michael Kac
DECEMBER
7 – 12 Judy Roderick – Benjie Aronoff
14 – 19 Tom Paxton – Karen Cuder
21 – 26 Sandy Lessin – Charles O’Hegarty
28 – January 2 Jim & Jean
1966
JANUARY
6 – 9 Jackie Washington – Hitch Greenhill – Lauren & Susan
13 – 16 Arlo Guthrie – Tossi Aaron
20 – 23 Gary Davis – Bill Vanaver
27 – 30 Guy Carawan – Kris Crawford
FEBRUARY
3 – 6 Raun MacKinnon – InstanTheatre
10 – 13 Greenbriar Boys – Karen Cuper
17 – 20 Mimi & Richard Farina – Eric Holbrook
24 – 27 Eliot Kenin – Kris Crawford – Emmet Robinson
MARCH
3 – 6 David Blue – Sunny Schwartz
10 – 13 The Proposal
10 – 13 Len Chandler – Judith Poetry
24 – 27 Red Allen – Jim Dahme
31 – April 3 Jim Kweskin – Fred Cross
APRIL
7 – 9 Ed McCurdy – Hoot!
14 – 17 Arlo Guthrie – Gilgarra Trio
21 – 24 Eric Andersen – Kris Crawford
28 – May 1 Eric Andersen – Sally Saunders (poet)
MAY
5 – 8 Sonny Terry – Brownie McGhee – Thomas Heiman
12 – 15 Sonny Terry – Brownie McGhee – Double Handy Jug Band
19 – 22 Doc Watson – John Pilla
26 – 29 Doc Watson & Son – John Pilla
JUNE
2 – 5 Times Square – Phil Petersen
9 – 12 New Lost City Ramblers – John Kilby Snow
16 – 19 Private Ear – Public Eye – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
23 – 26 Bill Monroe – Burt Kilby
30 – July 4 Tom Paxton – Fred Cross
JULY
7 – 10 Tossi Aaron – Benji Arnoff
14 – 17 Odetta – Mike Cooney
21 – 24 George Stevens – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
28 – 31 Jim Kweskin – Leonda
AUGUST
4 – 7 Len Chandler – Patchetty Tarses
12 – 13 Hoot! #1
19 – 20 Hoot! #2
26 – 27 Hoot! #3
SEPTEMBER
2 – 3 Hoot! #4
15 – 18 Country Gentlemen – Michael Cooney
22 – 25 Eric Andersen – Munchkins
29 – October 2 Eric Andersen
OCTOBER
6 – 9 Len Chandler
13 – 16 Len Chandler – Johnny O’Day
20 – 23 Guy Carawan – Kilby Snow
27 – 30 New Lost City Ramblers – Pat Webb
NOVEMBER
4 – 6 Gordon Lightfoot Trio
10 – 13 Jack Elliott – Raun MacKinnon
17 – 20 Greenbriar Boys – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
23 – 29 Pozo Seco Singers – Michael Cooney
DECEMBER
1 – 4 The Beers Family – Phil Cadwell
8 – 11 Dave Van Ronk – Chuck Aronson
15 – 18 Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band – Phil Petersen
22 – 23 Holiday Hoots!
28 – 30 Holiday Hoots!
1967
JANUARY
5 – 8 Tom Paxton – Pat Webb
12 – 15 Tom Paxton – Ellen McIllwaine
19 – 22 Michael Cooney – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
26 – 29 Doc Watson – John Pilla
FEBRUARY
2 -5 Len Chandler – Patterson & Shore
9 – 12 Carolyn Hester – Gordon Bok
16 – 19 Country Gentlemen – Tom Ghent
23 – 26 Eric Andersen – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
MARCH
2 – 5 Jack Elliot – Bill Vanaver
9 – 12 Leonda – John Pilla
16 – 19 Gordon Lightfoot – Chip Bond
23 – 26 Michael Cooney – Munchkins
30 – April 2 Dave Van Ronk – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
APRIL
6 – 9 Tim Buckley – Sandy Rhodes
13 – 16 Tom Rush – John Bassette
20 – 23 Greenbriar Boys – John O’Dea
27 – 30 Jim Kweskin – Raun MacKinnon
MAY
4 – 7 Len Chandler – Bob Siegfried
11 – 14 Leonda – Chris Smither
18 – 21 Eric Andersen – Andy Robinson
25 – 28 Jackie Washington – Bill Vanaver
JUNE
1 – 4 Steve Gillette – Raun MacKinnon
8 – 11 Michael Cooney – Merry Lyin’
15 – 18 Doc Watson – Jim Croce
22 – 25 Tim Buckley – John Bassette
29 – July 3 The Mitchell Trio (w/ John Denver) – Chip Bond
JULY
6 – 9 Country Gentlemen – Bob Siegfried
13 – 16 The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt – Andy Robinson
20 – 23 Len Chandler – Jim Croce
27 – 30 Dave ‘Snaker’ Ray – String Band
AUGUST
3 – 6 Josh White – Arlo Guthrie
10 – 13 Janis Ian – Don McLean
17 – 20 John Bassette – Andy Robinson
31 – September 3 Eric Andersen – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
SEPTEMBER
7 – 10 Michael Cooney – Steve Gillette
14 – 17 Tom Paxton – Bernice Reagon
21 – 24 Jim Kweskin Jug Band – Chip Bond
28 – 31 Gordon Lightfoot – Elaine White
OCTOBER
5 – 8 Patrick Sky – The Tanner Brothers
12 – 15 Patrick Sky – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
19 – 22 Tim Buckley – Carol Miller
26 – 29 Oscar Brand – Chip Bond
NOVEMBER
2 – 5 Andy Robinson – Chris Smither
9 – 12 Len Chandler – Jim Croce
16 – 19 Len Chandler – Dudley Laufman
22 – 26 Tom Rush – Don McLean
30 – December 3 Steve Gillette – Matt McGinn
DECEMBER
2 Eric Andersen Concert (at Haverford College)
7 – 10 Josh White – Andy Robinson
14 – 17 Doc Watson – Kilby Snow
20 – 23 Micahel Cooney – The Tanner Brothers
28 – 31 Michael Cooney – Dave Killen
1968
JANUARY
4 – 7 Carolyn Hester – Paul Geremia
11 – 14 John Bassette – Gabe Kaplan
18 – 21 Chris Smither – Jonathan & Leigh
25 – 28 Dave Van Ronk & The Hudson Dusters – Elaine White
FEBRUARY
1 – 4 “Spider” John Koerner – Fagan – Bill Schustik
8 – 11 Steve Gillette – Andy Robinson
15 – 18 John Hartford – Blue Mountain Boys
22 – 25 John Hammond – Don Sanders
28 – March 3 Good & Plenty – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
MARCH
7 – 10 Len Chandler – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
14 – 17 Michael Cooney – Tim Moore
21 – 24 Bill Staines – Jake Holmes
28 – 31 Odetta – Jim Croce
APRIL
4 – 7 Kenny Rankin – Andy Robinson
11 – 14 Jim Kweskin – Paul Seibel
18 – 21 Elizabeth – Road Apples
25 – 28 Chris Smither – Machineries
MAY
2 – 5 Hedge & Donna – John Pilla
9 – 12 Buddy Guy – Pam & Ray Clayton
16 – 19 Tim Hardin – Jaime Brockett
23 – 26 Doc Watson – Jim Croce
29 – June 2 Tom Rush – Jerry Jeff Walker
JUNE
6 – 9 Janis Ian – Andy Robinson
13 – 16 Tom Paxton – Windcatch
18 Bittersweet Conspiracy – Larry Ahearn
19 Gene Shay Hoot!
20 – 23 Elizabeth – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
26 Gene Shay Hoot!
27 – 30 Josh White, Jr. – Charles O’Hegerty
JULY
3 – 7 Eric Andersen – Chris Smither
11 – 14 Dave Van Ronk
18 – 21 Michael Cooney
25 – 28 Mandrake Memorial – Bill Madison
AUGUST
1 – 4 Doc & Merle Watson – Paul Geremia
7 – 11 Buddy Guy Blues Band – Hank Shifter
15 – 18 Tim Buckley – Emmylou Harris
22 – 25 Edward Albee’s “Zoo Story” – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
29 – September 1 Jerry Jeff Walker – Andy Robinson
SEPTEMBER
5 – 8 Hedge & Donna – Steve Gillette
12 – 15 Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys – Pam & Ray Clayton
19 – 22 Michael Cooney – Leaves of Gold
26 – 29 Patrick Sky – Jaime Brockett – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
OCTOBER
3 – 6 Dave Van Ronk – Hank & Liz
10 – 13 Mandrake Memorial – Jim & Dale
17 – 20 Len Chandler – The Trainsmen
24 – 27 Eric Andersen – John Pilla – Gail Swain & Gerall Hieser
31 – November 3 Joni Mitchell – Chris Smither
NOVEMBER
7 – 10 Four Jacks & a Jill – Larry Gold & Michael Bacon as “Good News”
13 – 17 Buddy Guy Blues Band – Paul Geremia
21 – 24 Doc & Merle Watson – The Tanner Brothers
26 – December 1 Ian & Sylvia – Young Tradition
DECEMBER
5 – 8 Jerry Jeff Walker – Pam & Ray Clayton
12 – 15 “Spider” John Koerner – Dave ‘Snaker’ Rea
19 – 22 Steve Gillette – Merry Lyin’
26 – 27 Calliope – Andy Robinson
28 – 30 Earth Opera – Andy Robinson
1969
JANUARY
2 – 5 Chris Smither – Leonda
9 – 12 John Hammond – Jerry Merrick
16 – 19 Jaime Brockett – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
23 – 26 Patrick Sky – Emmylou Harris
30 – February 2 Josh White – Kenny Rankin
FEBRUARY
6 – 9 Bunky & Jake – Buzzy Linhart
13 – 16 Jerry Jeff Walker – The Tanner Brothers
20 – 24 Ultimate Spinach – Jeff Monn
27 – March 2 Hedge & Donna – Andy Robinson
MARCH
6 – 9 John Hammond – Paul Martens
13 -16 Oscar Brand – Gordon Bok
20 – 23 Mandrake Memorial – David Rea
27 – 30 Earth Opera – Leaves of Gold
APRIL
3 – 6 Tom Rush – David Ackles
10 – 13 Chris Smither – Young Tradition
15 – 16 Savoy Brown
17 – 20 Rufus Harley – Kenny Rankin
24 – 27 Len Chandler – Chip Bond
MAY
1 – 4 Doc Watson – The Tanner Brothers
6 John Fahey
8 – 11 Insect Trust – John Pilla
15 – 18 Muddy Waters – Petersen-Patterson
22 – 25 Dave Van Ronk – John Braden
29 – 31 Eric Andersen – David Rea
JUNE
1 David Rea – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
5 – 8 Michael Cooney – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
12 – 15 Andy Robinson – Wooley Humpers
19 – 22 Tom Paxton – Musical Offering
26 – 29 Patrick Sky – Paul Geremia
JULY
2 – 6 Earth Opera – Chris Smither
9 Jaime Brockett
10 – 13 Jerry Jeff Walker – Good News
15 John Lee Hooker
16 – 20 Junior Wells – Eric Frandsen
23 – 24 American Dream
25 – 28 Arlo Guthrie – John Bassette
29 “Phantom of the Opera”
31 – August 3 Musical Offering – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
AUGUST
5 Sweet Stavin Chain
6 – 10 Biff Rose – David Rea
12 – 13 Savoy Brown
14 – 17 Andy Robinson – The Tanner Brothers
19 – 20 Charlie Musselwhite – Magic Sam
21 – 24 Mandrake Memorial – Toby Ben
27 – 31 Eric Andersen
SEPTEMBER
3 – 7 Tom Rush – Don McLean
11 – 14 Len Chandler – David Bromberg
17 – 21 Raun MacKinnon – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
25 – 28 Doc Watson – The Tanner Brothers
OCTOBER
2 – 5 Earth Opera – Murray McLauchlan
9 – 12 Melanie – Good News
16 – 19 John Hammond – Chris Smither
23 – 26 Andy Robinson – Townes Van Zandt
30 – November 2 Janis Ian – Janey & Dennis
NOVEMBER
6 – 9 David Ackles – David Rea
13 – 16 Biff Rose – David Bromberg
19 Rufus Harley
20 – 23 Dave Van Ronk – David Blue
25 – 30 Rick Nelson – John Bassette
DECEMBER
3 Elizabeth
4 – 7 Michael Cooney
11 – 14 Mandrake Memorial – Livingston Taylor
18 – 21 John Denver – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
25 – 29 James Taylor – John Cooper
30 Sweet Stavin Chain
1970
JANUARY
1 – 4 Eric Andersen – Paul Siebel
8 – 11 Chris Smither – Frummox
15 – 18 Len Chandler
22 – 25 Dion – Don Crawford
29 – February 1 Hedge & Donna – Loudon Wainwright III
FEBRUARY
5 – 8 Good News – Nancy Michaels
12 – 15 Jerry Jeff Walker – Paul Geremia
19 – 22 Velvet Underground – Donald Leace
26 – March 1 Jaime Brockett
MARCH
5 – 8 Odetta – Janey & Dennis
12 – 15 Wilbert Harrison – Lobotomy
17 Elizabeth
19 – 22 Doc Watson – David Bromberg
26 – 29 Tom Paxton – Livingston Taylor
31 – April 1 American Dream – Sweet Beginning
APRIL
2 – 5 Eric Andersen – David Rea
9 – 12 Keith Sykes – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
16 – 19 Good News – Gregg Brownell & Larry Ahearn
23 – 26 Jack Elliott – Chris Smither
28 John Fahey
30 – May 3 Oscar Brand – Don Cooper
MAY
7 – 10 Andy Robinson – John Bassette
14 – 17 Mandrake Memorial – Bobby Kosser
21 – 24 Dave Van Ronk – Sweet Beginning
27 – 31 Tom Rush – David Brenner
JUNE
4 – 7 Jaime Brockett
11 – 14 John Hammond – Bonnie Raitt
16 – 17 American Dream – Gregg Brownell
18 – 21 Jerry Jeff Walker – The Tanner Brothers
25 – 28 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Paul Geremia
JULY
1 – 5 James Taylor – Manhattan Transfer
7 “Hunchback of Notre Dame”
8 – 12 Hedge & Donna – John Bassette
16 – 19 Good News – Don Cooper
21 RIG
22 Byard Lancaster
23 – 26 Livingston Taylor – John Stewart
30 – August 2 Doc Watson – Apostolic Family
AUGUST
4 Luther Allison
5 Contemporary Music Society
6 – 8 Dion – Morgan Mason Downs
9 Laura Nyro
12 Rufus Harley
13 – 16 Biff Rose – Christopher Rhodes
20 – 23 John Phillips – David Brenner
27 – 30 American Dream
SEPTEMBER
3 – 6 John Denver – The Chapins
9 Sun Ra
10 – 13 Eric Andersen – Fraser & DeBolt
17 – 20 Good News – Don Crawford
24 – 27 Randy Newman – Manhattan Transfer
OCTOBER
1 – 4 Jerry Jeff Walker – Tony Kosinec
6 Utah Phillips
8 – 11 Odetta – Essra Mohawk
13 – 14 John Hartford
16 – 18 Michael Cooney
21 Edison Electric Band
22 – 25 Livingston Taylor
29 – November 1 Jaime Brockett
NOVEMBER
4 Mississippi Fred McDowell
5 – 8 Len Chandler
10 – 11 Linda Ronstadt
12 – 15 Tim Hardin – Janey & Dennis
17 – 18 Tim Buckley
19 – 22 Velvet Underground – Compton & Batteau – Larry Ahearn
25 – 29 Manhattan Transfer – Chris Smither
DECEMBER
3 – 6 Jo Mama – John Bassette
9 – 12 Jimmy Webb – Maury Mulheisen
17 – 20 Dave Van Ronk – Jonathan Edwards
25 – 28 Biff Rose – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
31 – January 3 Jerry Jeff Walker – Jimmie Spheeris
1971
JANUARY
7 – 10 Doc Watson – Don McLean
14 – 17 Alex Taylor – Bob McCarthy
21 – 24 Tom Paxton – Scott McKenzie
26 – 27 Tom Rush
28 – 31 Emitt Rhodes – Andy Robinson
FEBRUARY
3 Captain Beefhart – Ry Cooder
4 – 7 Mose Allison – David Bromberg
11 – 14 Good News – Shiloh
18 – 23 Spencer Davis & Peter Jameson – Jeremy Storch
24 John Fahey
25 – 28 Chris Smither – Bonnie Raitt
MARCH
2 – 3 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
4 Dion – Travis Shook & the Club Wow
5 – 7 Dion – Jonathan Edwards
11 – 14 Jaime Brockett
18 – 21 Janis Ian – Pacheco & Alexander
25 – 28 Tim Hardin – Kathy Smith
APRIL
1 – 4 Michael Cooney
6 – 7 Flying Burrito Bros.
8 – 11 James Taylor – Galway
15 – 17 Cat Stevens – Joy of Cooking
22 – 25 Mark Almond – Fraser & DeBolt
28 Pearls Before Swine
29 – May 2 Andy Robinson – Sorry Muthas
MAY
6 – 9 Eric Andersen – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
11 – 12 John Hartford
13 – 16 Jimmy Webb – Judee Sill
17 – 18 Incredible String Band
20 – 23 Dave Van Ronk – Travis Shook & the Club Wow
25 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
JUNE
1 – 2 Flying Burrito Bros.
3 – 6 Len Chandler
9 Larry Coryell
10 – 13 John Denver – Fat City
15 – 16 Blues Project
17 – 20 Alex Taylor – Jonathan Edwards
24 – 27 Velvet Underground – Shawn Phillips
30 – July 4 Tom Paxton – George Carlin
JULY
8 – 11 Jaime Brockett
13 – 14 Kris Kristofferson – Denny Browne
15 – 18 Muddy Waters – Paul Geremia
20 – 21 Mason Profitt
22 – 25 Hedge & Donna – Portable Circus
27 – 28 Brewer & Shipley
29 – August 1 George Carlin – Travis Shook & the Club Wow
AUGUST
3 – 4 Chico Hamilton – James Tokley
5 – 8 Doc Watson – Rosalie Sorrels
10 – 11 Matthew’s Southern Comfort
12 – 15 Chris Smither – Leo Kottke
17 – 18 Curtis Mayfield
19 – 22 Mose Allison – Persuasions
24 – 28 Cannonball Adderly – Michael Chapman
29 John Fahey
31 Jim Kweskin
SEPTEMBER
1 Melanie
2 – 6 Mike Nesmith – Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
9 – 12 Jonathan Edwards – Bill Withers
14 Melanie
16 – 19 Dave Van Ronk – Raun MacKinnon
23 – 26 Jerry Jeff Walker – The Johnstons
29 Larry Coryell
30 – 3 Michael Cooney
OCTOBER
5 – 6 John Lee Hooker – Buzzy Linhart
7 – 10 Manhattan Transfer – John Bassette
14 – 17 Randy Newman – Ralph McTell
19 – 20 Johnny Rivers
21 – 24 Don McLean – Lazarus
28 – 31 Arlo Guthrie – Ry Cooder
NOVEMBER
2 Pearls Before Swine – Larry Ahearn
3 John Hartford
4 – 7 Jaime Brockett
11 – 14 Bonnie Raitt – Jackson Browne
18 – 21 Dion – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
23 – 28 George Carlin – Jim Carroll
DECEMBER
2 – 5 Mose Allison – Tim Weisberg
9 – 12 Shawn Phillips – Leo Kottke
16 – 19 Odetta – John Jackson
21 James Cotton Blues Band
25 – 28 Biff Rose – Travis Shook & the Club Wow
29 Good God – Essra Mohawk
30 – January 2 Jerry Jeff Walker – Burton & Cunico
1972
JANUARY
6 – 9 Bill Withers – Steve Goodman
13 – 16 John Prine – Larry Ahearn
18 – 19 Dave Van Ronk – Robbie Basho
20 – 23 Chris Smither – Jackson Browne
FEBRUARY
2 Larry Coryell
3 – 6 Mark-Almond Band
7 Brewer & Shipley
10 – 13 Tim Hardin – Bonnie Koloc
15 – 16 America
23 Bonnie Raitt
24 – 27 Sandy Denny
MARCH
1 Len Chandler
2 – 5 Jonathan Edwards – Orphan
8 Shawn Phillips
9 – 12 David Bromberg – Keith Sykes
13 – 14 Taj Mahal – Billy Joel
16 – 19 Persuasions – Paul Williams
23 – 26 Lily Tomlin – Ellen McIlwaine
30 – April 2 Janis Ian – Jimmie Spheeris
APRIL
5 Jack Elliott – Mick Greenwood
6 – 9 Stevie Wonder – Shelley Pryor
12 Pearls Before Swine
13 – 16 Manhattan Transfer – Bobby Whitlock
20 – 23 Tracy Nelson – Jim Carroll
25 – 26 John Hammond
27 – 30 Alex Taylor – Travis Shook & the Club Wow
MAY
4 – 7 Happy & Artie Traum – Linda Cohen & Craig Anderton
9 – 10 Linda Ronstadt – Sorrells Pickard
11 – 14 Chris Smither – Paul Geremia
17 NRBQ
18 – 21 Leo Kottke – Peter Rowan
24 Jim Kweskin
25 – 29 James Cotton – John Hall
30 – 31 Cheech & Chong
JUNE
1 – 4 Jerry Jeff Walker – Uncle Dirty
6 – 7 Dave Van Ronk – Henry Gross
8 – 11 Bill Withers – Claire Hammill
15 – 18 Randy Newman – Jim Croce
27 – 28 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Pete Thou
29 – July 3 Persuasions – David Buskin
JULY
4 Good God – Dan Cassidy
5 Pearls Before Swine – Dan Cassidy
6 – 9 John Prine – Chi Coltrane
11 – 12 Strawbs
13 – 16 Jaime Brockett
18 – 19 Dillards
20 – 23 David Ackles – Jim Dawson
25 – 26 John Fahey
27 Odetta – Ellen McIlwaine
AUGUST
1 – 2 Taj Mahal
3 – 6 Mose Allison – Martin Mull
7 – 10 Tom Rush
11 – 15 Jackson Browne – Mike D’Abo
17 – 20 Tim Hardin – Pamela Polland
22 – 23 Jesse Colin Young
24 – 27 Jerry Jeff Walker – Michael Murphey
29 – 30 Leo Kottke – Casey Kelley
31 – September 3 Doc Watson – J.D. Souther
SEPTEMBER
5 – 6 Dillards – Reeve Little
7 – 10 Jim Croce – Essra Mohawk
12 Adom – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
14 – 17 Chris Smither – Malcolm McKinney
19 – 20 Tim Buckley – Elliott
21 – 24 Jonathan Edwards – Orphan
26 – 27 Persuasions – Zulema
28 – October 1 Crazy Horse – Andy Robinson
OCTOBER
5 – 8 Eric Andersen – Murray McLauchlin
12 – 15 Michael Cooney
17 – 18 Dave Van Ronk – Diana Marcovitz
19 – 22 Loudon Wainwright III – Eric Frandsen
24 – 29 Robert Klein – Diana Marcovitz
NOVEMBER
2 – 5 Bonnie Raitt – Peter Johnson
7 – 12 Dion – Whole Oates
16 – 20 Ry Cooder – Dan Fogelberg
21 – 26 Biff Rose – Diana Marcovitz
30 – December 3 David Bromberg – Jack Schectman
DECEMBER
5 – 10 Persuaions – Spencer Davis – Gunhill Road
14 – 17 Jaime Brockett – Steeleye Span
18 – 23 Pearls Before Swine – Sandy Bull
28 – 29 Good God
30 – January 2 Lou Reed – Garland Jeffries
1973
JANUARY
4 – 7 Travis Shook & the Club Wow – Bruce Springsteen
10 John Hammond – Jesse Graves
11 – 14 Van Eaton Brothers – Dodie Pettit
18 – 21 Chris Smither – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
22 – 23 Odetta
24 – 29 Dave Van Ronk – Eric Kaz
30 – 31 Lou Reed – Garland Jeffries
FEBRUARY
1 – 4 David Amram – Leonard Cohen
8 – 11 Jerry Jeff Walker
12 – 13 Michael Cooney
14 – 18 Tim Hardin – Steve Ferguson
27 – 28 Chuck Mangione – Jim Kweskin
29 – March 4 Ellen McIlwaine – Sandy Bull
MARCH
8 – 11 Robert Klein – Linda Lewis
13 – 14 Jonathan Edwrads – Aragorn
15 – 18 Biff Rose – Skymonters
19 – 20 Livingston Taylor
21 – 25 Eric Andersen
26 – 27 Buzzy Linhart – Chris Rush
28 – April 1 Good God – Colin Blunstone
APRIL
2 – 3 Janis Ian – Batteaux
5 – 8 Steve Goodman – Bill Quateman
9 Charles Lloyd – Rogues Gallery
10 – 11 Sandy Denny – Mike D’Abo
12 – 15 Jaime Brockett
17 – 18 Steeleye Span – Bill Staines
24 – 25 Bruce Springsteen – Aztec Two-Step
26 – 29 Chris Smither – Tom Waits
MAY
1 – 2 Cheech & Chong
3 – 6 Dave Van Ronk – Pamela Polland
12 – 13 Fraser & DeBolt
15 Forest Green
24 – 27 Chick Corea – Linda Cohen
31 – June 3 Chuck Mangione – Melissa Manchester
JUNE
7 – 10 Andy Pratt – Essra Mohawk
12 – 13 Michael Kamen – Diana Marcovitz
14 – 17 Patrick Sky – Paul Geremia
20 – 23 Deodato
28 – 29 Larry Coryell
31 – July 1 Eric Andersen
JULY
5 – 8 Bruce Springsteen – Trevor Veitch
12 – 15 Ellen McIlwaine – Michael Goldberg Band
17 – 18 Good God – Bryan Bowers
19 – 22 Michael Cooney
24 – 25 Fresh Flavor
26 – 27 Jackson Browne
31 – August 1 Country Gazette – Boys of the Lough
AUGUST
2 – 5 Doc Watson – Andy Robinson
7 – 8 Tim Buckley – Michael Johnson
9 – 12 John Herald – Alex harvey
16 – 19 Donald Byrd
28 – 29 Chick Corea – Linda Cohen
30 – September 2 Bryan Bowers
SEPTEMBER
6 – 9 Jaime Brockett
10 David Bromberg
11 – 12 Mimi Farina – Leon Redbone
13 – 16 Country Gazette – Orleans
18 – 19 Michael Cooney
20 – 23 Danny O’Keefe
25 – 26 Odetta
27 – 30 Maria Muldaur – Star Spangled Washboard Band
OCTOBER
2 – 3 Eric Weissberg & Deliverance – Nick Holmes
4 – 7 Larry Coryell – JoAnn Kelly
11 – 14 Dave Van Ronk – Billy Mitchell
17 – 18 Deodato
19 – 21 Bryan Bowers – Star Spangled Washboard Band
23 – 24 Country Gentlemen – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
24 Wire & Wood Band
26 – 28 Dory Previn – Michael Bacon
NOVEMBER
1 – 4 Eric Andersen – Batteaux
6 – 7 Tom Rush – Jay Leno
8 – 11 Hall & Oates – Murray McLauchlan
13 – 14 Persuasions
15 – 18 Chris Smither – Phillip Goodhand-Tait
20 – 21 Dem Bones
22 – 25 Tim Buckley – Kathy Dalton
27 – 28 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
29 – December 2 Kinky Friedman – Dick Feller
DECEMBER
6 – 9 Good God – Patti Dahlstrom
10 – 11 Bonnie Raitt – Dave Ray
12 – 16 Buzzy Linhart – Skymonters
20 – 23 Peter Yarrow – Michael Bacon
27 – 30 Bruce Springsteen
1974
JANUARY
1 – 2 John Fahey
4 – 6 Phil Ochs – Jim Stafford
10 – 13 John Hammond – Leon Redbone
15 – 16 Doc Watson – Bill Staines
17 – 20 Steve Goodman – Trevor Veitch & Andy Kulburgh
24 – 27 Dve Van Ronk – Highwoods String Band
29 – 30 Billy Joel – Elliott Murphey
31 – February 3 Livingston Taylor – Wendy Waldman
FEBRUARY
5 – 6 Jonathan Edwards – Travis Shook & the Club Wow – Orphan
7 – 10 Chris Smither – Larry Gatlin
12 – 13 James Cotton
14 – 17 Michael cooney
19 – 21 David Bromberg – Joey George
22 – 23 Forest Green – Larry Ahearn
25 – 27 Bruce Springsteen
28 – March 3 Ellen McIlwaine – Ed Begley, Jr.
MARCH
5 – 6 Soft Machine
7 – 10 Rashaan Roland Kirk
12 – 13 Harry Chapin – Silverman
14 – 17 B.J. Thomas – Allee Willis
19 – 20 Larry Coryell – Braid
21 – 23 Arlo Guthrie – Fr. Guido Sarducci
28 – 31 Eric Andersen – Tom Rapp
APRIL
1 – 4 Jerry Jeff Walker – Raun MacKinnon
4 – 7 Bryan Bowers
9 – 10 Captain Beefhart
11 – 14 Janis Ian – Dialogue
16 – 17 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Donald Leace
18 – 21 Tom Rush – Paul Geremia
23 – 24 John Fahey
25 – 28 The World of Lenny Bruce with Frank Speiser
30 – May 1 Tim Buckley – Les Variations
MAY
2 – 5 Al Stewart – Skymonters
7 – 8 Brewer & Shipley – Sandy Zerby
9 – 12 Chris Smither – Murray McLauchlan
13 – 14 Ry Cooder – Larry Johnson
15 – 16 Gato Barbieri
17 – 19 Leon Redbone
21 – 22 Tom Paxton
23 – 27 Buzzy Linhart
28 – 29 Bruce Springsteen
30 – June 2 Doc Watson
JUNE
4 – 5 Jimmy Buffett – Bill Staines
6 – 9 Forest Green – Lori Lieberman
13 – 16 Michael Cooney
18 – 19 Roy Buchanan – Ben Sidran
27 – 30 Murray McLauchlan – Orphan
JULY
4 – 7 Jaime Brockett – Dialogue
9 – 10 Chick Corea
11 – 14 Chris Smither – Tom Rapp
18 – 21 Deadly Nightshade – Wire & Wood
25 – 26 John Prine – Carlson & Gailmore
27 – 28 Steve Goodman – Carlson & Gailmore
AUGUST
1 – 4 Incredible String Band – Dialogue
8 – 11 Larry Coryell with Eleventh House
12 – 13 Commander Cody & the Lost Airmen
15 – 18 Forest Green – Chris Smither
21 – 22 Persuasions
27 – 28 Duke Williams and the Extremes
29 – 31 Dave Van Ronk
SEPTEMBER
1 John Sebastian
2 Rory Gallagher
5 – 8 Roger McGuinn – Diana Marcovitz
9 – 10 Little Feat – Duck Soup
11 – 12 Vassar Clements – Norman Blake
13 – 15 Livingston Taylor
17 – 18 Gato Barbieri – Joel Zoss
19 Bruce Springsteen
20 – 22 Geoff Muldaur
24 – 25 Jimmy Buffett – Larry Ahearn
26 – 28 Janis Ian
29 Don McLean
OCTOBER
1 – 2 Eric Andersen – Mirabai
3 – 4 Michal Urbaniak – Wire & Wood
5 – 6 Forest Green – Michal Urbaniak
8 Duck Soup – White & Ramos – Lewis Brothers
10 – 11 Murray McLauchlan – Paul Geremia
12 – 13 Dan Fogelberg – David Sancious
14 – 15 David Bromberg – Dialogue
16 – 17 Dory Previn – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
18 – 20 Michael Cooney – Kate McGarrigle
22 – 23 John Martyn – Bryan Bowers – Jaime Brockett – Ed Begley, Jr.
24 – 27 Tom Waits – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
31 – November 3 Jonathan Edwards – Catfish Hodge
NOVEMBER
5 – 6 Elvin Bishop – Larry Ahearn
7 – 10 Doc & Merle Watson – Gove
12 – 13 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Roy Bookbinder
14 – 15 Steve Goodman – Patrick Chamberlain
16 – 17 Essra Mohawk – David Barretto
21 – 24 David Amram – Lori Lieberman – Linda Cohen
25 – 26 Waylon Jennings – Dick Feller
27 – December 1 Loudon Wainwright III – Asleep at the Wheel – Diana Marcovitz
DECEMBER
3 – 4 Tom Paxton – Jaime Brockett
5 – 6 Dillards – Mirabai
7 – 8 Martin Mull – Forest Green
10 – 11 Roger McGuinn – Rachel Faro
12 – 13 Ellen McIlwaine – Michael Murphey
14 – 15 Ellen McIlwaine – Jae Mason
16 – 18 Billy Cobham
19 – 22 Tom Rush – Orphan
26 – 29 David Amram – Biff Rose
1975
JANUARY
2 – 4 Jimmy Buffett – NRBQ
5 Aztec Two-Step – NRBQ
6 – 8 Flo & Eddie & the Turtles – Joel Zoss
10 – 11 Robert Klein – Joey George
12 James Cotton Band – Joey George
16 – 19 Martin Mull – Dick Feller
24 – 26 John Hartford – Hickory Wind
30 – February 2 Jonathan Edwards – Danny Kalb
FEBRUARY
3 Eric Burdon Band – Patti Smith
5 Bruce Springsteen
6 – 9 Michael Cooney – Gamble Rogers
10 Michael Murphey
13 – 16 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Chris Smither
18 – 20 Aztec Two-Step – Norman Blake – Bryan Bowers
21 – 22 Maynard Ferguson – Bob Altman
24 – 25 David Bromberg
27 – March 3 Murray McLauchlan – Dick Feller
MARCH
4 – 5 Flying Burrito Bros. – Morning Song
6 – 9 Eric Andersen
11 – 12 Dillards – Catfish Hodge
13 – 16 Janis Ian – Larry Gatlin
17 Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth
18 – 19 Gary Burton Quintet – Barry Miles and Silverlight
20 Allen Ginsberg – Happy Traum
21 – 23 Gil Scott-Heron – Visitors
24 – 25 Papa John Creech – Isotope
26 Larry Coryell – Isotope
27 – 30 Doc and Merle Watson – Frosty Morn
APRIL
1 – 2 Forest Green – Severin Browne
3 Forest Green – Dick Feller
4 – 6 Dave Van Ronk – Dick Feller
8 – 9 John Hammond – Rory Block
10 – 12 Loudon Wainwright III – Myles & Lenny
13 – 14 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Paul Geremia
15 – 16 Pat Martino – Dave Liebman’s Lookout Farm
17 Lighthouse
18 – 19 Kenny Rankin – Proctor & Bergman
20 Pretty Things
22 – 23 Shawn Phillips
24 – 27 Tom Waits – Danny O’Keefe
28 James Cotton
29 – 30 Vassar Clements – Hickory Wind
MAY
1 – 3 Leon Redbone – Steve Ashley – Dialogue
4 Steve Ashley – Dialogue
5 Steve Witte
6 – 7 Jonathan Edwards – Wendy Waldman
8 – 11 Tom Rush – Travis Shook & the Club Wow
13 – 14 McKendree Spring – Atlantis
15 – 16 Brewer & Shipley – Jim Dawson
20 Hank Sable – Blue Yonder
22 – 24 David Bromberg
27 – 28 Deadly Nightshade
29 Wire & Wood
30 – June 1 Tom Paxton
JUNE
5 – 8 Deadly Nightshade – Jimmy Buffett
10 – 11 Wire & Wood – Duck Soup
12 – 14 Livingston Taylor – Lewis Furey
15 Citadel – Lewis Furey
17 – 18 Tony Williams Lifetime
19 – 20 Dillards – Larry Groce
21 – 22 David Sancious
27 – 29 Galbraith, Potter & Bacon – Larry Ahearn
30 – July 1 Beau Brummels – Buzzy Linhart
JULY
2 Doc Watson
3 – 6 Eric Andersen
8 – 9 J.D. Souther – Mike Green Band
10 – 13 Tracy Nelson – Slim Pickens
15 – 16 Proctor & Bergman
17 – 18 David Buskin – John Shine
19 – 20 Chris Smither – Dialogue
22 Maynard Ferguson
23 Dem Bones
24 – 25 Michael Cooney
27 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
28 Portrait – Jim Six
29 – 30 Muddy Waters
31 – August 3 Tim Moore – Mirabai
AUGUST
5 – 6 Dr. Hook – Beth
7 – 10 Cheech & Chong – Street Corner Symphony
12 – 13 Michael Stanley – Forest Green
14 – 15 Danny O’Keefe – Rachel Faro
16 – 17 Dave Van Ronk – Rachel Faro
19 – 20 Barry Miles
22 – 24 Batdorf & Rodney – Galbraith, Potter & Bacon
26 David Sancious
27 – 28 The Outlaws – Al Bien
SEPTEMBER
2 James Cotton
3 Nils Lofgren
4 – 9 Main Point Benefit – Jackson Browne
10 – 11 Doc Watson – Frosty Morn
12 Gary Burton
13 – 14 Jan Hammer
16 – 17 Jean Luc Ponty – Lieberman
18 Chuck Anderson – Chris Rush
19 – 20 Robert Klein
21 – 22 John Hammond – Paul Geremia
22 Chris Hillman
23 – 24 Flying Burrito Bros.
25 – 28 Tom Waits
30 – October 2 Deadly Nightshade – Linda Cohen
OCTOBER
3 Johnny’s Dance Band
4 – 5 Aztec Two-Step – Bryan Bowers
7 – 8 Papa John Creech
9 – 11 Chris Smither – Rowan Brothers
12 – 14 John Hartford – Dialogue
17 Brian Auger
18 – 19 Don McLean – David Buskin
22 Tim Weisberg
23 – 24 Gato Barbieri – Linda Cohen
25 – 26 Larry Coryell
27 – 28 Commander Cody
29 -30 Elvin Bishop
31 – November 2 Dillards
NOVEMBER
5 Maynard Ferguson
6 – 9 Murray McLauchlan – David Blue
11 Earl Scruggs Review – Asleep at the Wheel
13 Musical Oribus
14 – 15 Leonard Cohen
20 – 21 Jackie DeShannon – Benjie Aronoff
22 – 23 Michael Cooney
27 – 30 Tom Rush – Larry Ahearn
DECEMBER
3 – 4 Savoy Brown – Baby
5 Charles Mingus
6 – 7 Michal Urbaniak – Leibman
11 – 12 Star Spangled Washboard Band – Larry Groce
13 – 14 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Rachel Faro
17 David Sancious
18 – 19 Bryan Bowers – Prelude
20 – 21 Dave Van Ronk – Movies
26 – 28 Eric Andersen – Raun MacKinnon
29 – 30 Aztec Two-Step
1976
JANUARY
2 – 4 Martin Mull – Harbor Band
5 Martin Mull – Tom Waits
9 David Amram – Emmet ‘Robbie’ Robinson
10 – 12 David Amram – Dialogue
15 – 16 Buzzy Linhart – David Buskin
17 Gary Burton – Chris Rush
22 – 25 Kenny Rankin – Mirabai
29 Johnny’s Dance Dand – Larry Ahearn
30 – February 1 Roy Bookbinder & Fats Kaplan – Artie Traum
FEBRUARY
5 – 6 Tony Williams – John Payne Band
7 – 8 Doc Watson
10 Mimi Farina
11 – 12 Denny Dougherty
13 – 15 Tom Paxton
18 – 19 Hickory Wind
21 – 22 Chris Smither – Britton Sisters
25 – 26 Livingston Taylor – Gamble Rogers
27 Persuasions
28 – 29 Star Spangled Washboard Band
MARCH
5 – 7 Eric Andersen – Tom Chapin
10 Hot Mud
12 – 13 Ellen McIlwaine – Chris Rhodes
14 Joseph Mayes – Brunch
18 – 19 Muddy Waters
20 – 21 Merl Saunders
26 – 27 Barry Miles
30 – 31 Boys of the Lough
APRIL
2 – 3 Gary Burton – Byard Lancaster
4 Paul Siebel – Kevin Roth
7 J.D. Crowe
8 – 9 Eric Weissberg – Jim Drum
10 – 11 Oregon – Linda Cohen
15 – 16 Josh White, Jr.
17 – 19 Michael Cooney
21 Firefall – Able Caine
22 Dixie Hummingbirds
23 Loudon Wainwright III – Daring & Stahl
25 Charles Mingus
26 – 27 Jimmy Witherspoon
29 Asleep at the Wheel – Scarecrow
30 – May 2 Greg Kihn
MAY
4 Pure Prairie League
6 – 7 Star Spangled Washboard Band
8 – 9 Dialogue
14 – 16 Raun MacKinnon – Saul Brody
17 Johnny’s Dance Band
19 Chris Hillman – Mirabai
20 – 21 Chad Mitchell – Oscar Brand
22 – 23 Persuasions – Tom Parks
26 – 27 Tom Rush – Joanne Dodd
28 – 30 Chris Smither – McCaslin & Ringer
JUNE
1 – 2 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Dan Hill
4 Johnny’s Dance Band
5 Kenn Kweder – Larry Graves
9 – 10 David Sancious
13 John Abercrombie – John Payne Band
18 – 20 Steve Goodman – Warren Zevon
23 – 24 Kenny Rankin – Jay Mason
25 – 26 Shawn Phillips – Mark Shultz
27 Marathon Folk Concert Benefit
JULY
2 – 3 Johnny’s Dance Band
9 – 11 Tim Hardin – Christine Lavin
20 – 21 Gamble Rogers – Staples & McCollough
23 Blue Yonder Band
24 – 25 Michael Cooney
28 Blue Yonder Band
30 – August 1 Tracy Nelson – Roy Bookbinder
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
3 – 5 Doc Watson – Bill Staines
8 U.S. Radio Band
9 Linda Cohen – Michael Kee
10 – 11 J.D. Souther – Chris Smither
12 Chris Smither – Susan & Richard Thomas
14 John Fahey
17 – 19 David Amram – Diana Marcovitz
23 Country Dancing
24 – 26 Star Spangled Washboard Band – Buffalo Gals
OCTOBER
1 – 3 Hickory Wind – Jim Post
7 – 8 New York Mary – Progressive Jazz Ensemble
9 – 10 Michael Cooney
13 Wheat Straw
14 Peter Bellamy
15 Tom Paxton
16 Tom Paxton – McCaslin & Ringer
17 John Hartford – Steven Wade
19 Bob Shoo Bop
20 Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers
22 Loudon Wainwright III – Sanford Townsend
23 Loudon Wainwright III – Mark Smith
24 Jonathan Richman – Ray Jason
26 Rowan Brothers – Linda Cohen
27 Boys of the Lough – Susan Graham
29 – 31 Gamble Rogers – Travis Shook & the Club Wow
NOVEMBER
3 Wire & Wood Benefit
4 Jonathan Edwards
6 – 7 Eric Andersen – Jaime Brockett
9 David Bromberg Benefit
11 Main Point Benefit Concert at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA featuring:
- Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, Melanie, Dave Van Ronk, David Sancious
- Tom Waits, Star Spangled Washboard Band, Ellen McIlwaine
12 – 13 Kevin Roth – Maura McKinney
17 – 18 David Sancious
19 Asleep at the Wheel – Jim Six
20 Outward Bound – Saul Brody
24 Larry Graves – Al Bien
25 Tom Rush – Colleen Peterson
DECEMBER
3 – 4 Oregon – Daring & Stahl
8 – 9 Dick Gregory – House of Assembly
10 – 12 Star Spangled Washboard Band – Tom Winslow
15 Duck Soup
17 – 19 Ellen McIlwaine – Ron Moranian
1977
JANUARY
7 – 9 Jack DeJonette – John Abercrombie
11 Able Caine Benefit
14 – 16 Dave Van Ronk – Chris Smither
20 Bok Killian (UFW Benefit)
21 – 22 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
28 – 29 John Herald – McCaslin & Ringer
FEBRUARY
4 – 5 Livingston Taylor – Doris Abrahams
7 – 8 David Bromberg
9 – 10 Steve Goodman – Tom Pacheco
11 Larry Graves – Maura McKinney
12 – 13 Tom Paxton – Steven Wade
16 Alan Mann – Jesse Graves
18 – 20 Scarlet Rivera
25 – 26 Gary Burton
27 Johnny’s Dance Band
MARCH
3 Flying Burrito Bros.
4 – 5 Larry Coryell – Jazz Machine
6 Norman Blake – George Gritzbach
9 Red Clay Ramblers
11 – 13 Michael Cooney
15 Paul Brady & Andy Irvine
16 – 17 Kenny Rankin
18 – 19 Murray McLauchlan – Jim Post
20 Odetta
24 Women’s International Program
25 The Drifters
26 – 27 Star Spangled Washboard Band – Jim Couza
APRIL
1 – 3 Robin Williamson & His Merry Band – Kevin Roth
7 Steve Goodman – David Misch
9 – 10 Buffalo Gals – Home Grown
15 – 16 Ralph McTell – Central Park Sheiks
17 Flying Burrito Bros.
21 Boys of the Lough
22 – 23 John Herald Band
24 James Cotton Band
29 – 30 Tracy Nelson & Diane Davidson – George Gritzbach
MAY
1 – 2 Dick Gregory – Larry Davis
6 – 8 Barry Miles & Silverlight
9 Firesign Theater – Proctor & Bergman
13 – 14 Loudon Wainwright III – Slow Train
15 Café Ole’
20 – 21 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Britton Sisters
22 James Talley
JUNE
1 Melton Brothers Band
3 – 5 Lew London & Tom Paley
8 Dewey Street
10 – 12 Dave Van Ronk
13 – 14 Doc & Merle Watson – Roy Bookbinder
16 John Fahey
17 – 18 Tom Paxton – Josh White, Jr.
23 – 24 Danny O’Keefe – Chris Smither – Scarlet Rivera
25 Carraway – Larry Graves
26 Pat Metheny Group – Steve Kuhn & Ecstacy
29 Mike’s Towing
JULY
6 – 7 Norman Blake
8 John Hartford
9 – 10 Star Spangled Washboard Band – David Misch
14 Stephen Bishop – Elliot Murphy
15 – 16 Buzzy Linhart – Galdston & Thom
22 – 23 Larry Coryell – Free Flight
27 – 28 The John Payne & Louis Levin Band
29 Johnny’s Dance Band
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
9 – 10 McCaslin + Ringer – Bill Staines
13 – 14 John Shine – Roy Bookbinder
15 Byron Berline – Sun Dance
16 – 17 Paula Lockheart – Townes Van Zandt
18 The Dillards
21 – 22 Livingston Taylor
23 – 24 Bryan Bowers – Alvin Crow
30 – October 1 Oregon
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
31 Talking Heads
1978
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
21 – 22 George Thorogood & the Destroyers – The Lisa Jack Band
23 The Domenic Troiano Band
24 Ralph McTell – Bert Jansch
26 Talent Showcase with Rich Hall – Jamais Blue Band – Reverie
28 – 29 Flo & Eddie – Meyer & Young
30 Paul Winter Consort
JULY
5 Uproar
8 Larry Coryell – Jim Brent Trio
13 – 14 Dillards – Benjie Aronoff
15 Aztec Two-Step – Julie Gold
19 Orpheus – John Lenahan
20 Vassar Clements
21 Stormin’ Norman & Suzy – Roy Bookbinder
22 Robert Hunter – Peter Rowan – Watson Brothers
26 – 27 Star Spangled Washboard Band – Travis Shook & the Club Wow –
David Mackenzie – The Quiet Riot
31 Talent Showcase with Flamin’ Harry’s Blues Band – Summer Rhodes –
Bill Cannon – Joe MacElhone
AUGUST
2 Triton
3 Richie Furay Band – Café Ole’
4 Persuasions
10 – 11 Stanky Brown Group
12 Michael Pedicin, Jr. – John Breslin’s Jazz Band
16 The Rockstones
17 – 18 Orpheus
19 “After Q & the Heads” Party
23 The Allstars
24 Terumasa Hino – Andy Bey
29 John Palumbo – Julie Gold
30 David Bromberg & His Band
31 Robin Batteau – David Buskin
SEPTEMBER
1 – 2 Priscilla Herdman – Jim Kweskin
7 The Nighthawks
8 – 9 Chris Smither – Geoff Muldaur – Amos Garret
12 Sun Ra & His Space-Age Jazz Extension Arkestra
13 Therapy
14 Bob McDonald & RD # 1 – Gary McCarren
15 – 16 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
17 Jan & Dean
20 Flamin’ Harry’s Blues Band
21 – 22 Doc Watson – George Gritzbach
23 – 24 Bruce Cockburn – Daring & Stahl
27 Frank Stallone & Valentine
30 Peter Rowan – Tex Logan & the Green Grass Gingos
OCTOBER
5 Jim Post – Josh White, Jr.
6 – 7 Mary McCaslin & Jim Ringer
8 Open Road
9 – 10 Robert Hunter – Jack Tempchin
11 Joe McElhone
12 Jaime Brockett – Kevin Roth
13 – 14 Woodstock Mountain Revue
19 Roy Harris
20 – 21 The Shirts – Frank Berry & the Misfits
22 Eddie Henderson – with Buster Williams, Julian Priester, Billy Hart, Dave Liberman
25 Coalition
26 – 27 Moon Martin – Clayton West
28 Norman Blake – Betsy Kaske
NOVEMBER
1 Philadelphia Jazz Ensemble
3 – 4 Tom Paxton – Bob Gibson
5 Daphne & Linda Child – AM
5 Tom Terrific Trio – PM
6 Livingston Taylor – Julie Gold
8 Get Right Band
10 – 11 Jonathan Richman
15 Reverie – Carol Wardach – Ben Kurland
16 Quilt
17 – 18 Mike’s Towing – Lew London – Benjie Aronoff
19 John Renbourn – Stefan Grossman
22 Larry Graves
23 – 26 Tom Rush – Steve Forbert
29 Reilly & Miller
30 Julie Gold
DECEMBER
1 Café Ole’ – The A’s
2 Daniels, Mason and McGowen
3 Devon Brass AM
3 Justus PM
5 Joe McElhone
6 RD # 1
7 Myer & Young and …
8 – 9 Larry Coryell – Reverie
10 Richie Havens
13 Pearl
15 Aztec Two-Step – Watson Brothers
16 Musica Orbis
20 Alan Mann
21 Bryan Bowers – Britton Sisters
27 Open Road
1979
JANUARY
3 Up All Night
5 The A’s – Get Right Band
6 Larry Graves
7 Gineve Quartet – Chris Taggart
8 Square Dance & Clogging Workshop
10 Therapy
12 Iron Butterfly
13 The Nighthawks – Kenn Kweder
17 Duke Williams & the Extremes – Joe Hooker
19 – 20 Heath Brothers
24 Justus
25 Carla Bley & Nine More Jazz Stars
26 – 27 Dick Gregory – Rikki Lights – The Gilliams
29 Talent Showcase with George Parmenter – Reesa & the Rooters – Andy Boyle Band
31 Arety – Armstrong & Osborne
FEBRUARY
2 Open Road – Highway
3 Daniels, Mason & McGowen
4 The Huntingdon Trio
9 – 10 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Linda Cohen
11 New England Commedia
13 Anti-Nuclear Benefit
14 Carlos Lomas
15 Boomer
16 – 17 Ralph McTell – Magpie
21 Vangieri & Lolli
22 Hypnotist Lee Goldstein
25 John Hartford – Benjie Aronoff
23 – 24 Chris Smither – Paula Lockheart
28 Al Stauffer
MARCH
1 Square Dance
2 – 3 Albert King – George Gritzbach*
4 Philomel & Lee Calder
6 – 7 Doc Watson – Hot Rize
8 Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy – Archie Fisher
9 Woody Shaw – Reverie
10 Andy Boyle Band
14 Myriad
16 Joe McElhone – Late Entry Band
17 Larry Graves
20 Songwriter’s Association of Philadelphia
21 Dewey Street
23 – 24 Michael Cooney
27 Threshold Benefit
28 Michael Marquardt
30 Vassar Clements – Benjie Aronoff
31 Double Image
APRIL
4 Mad Fables
6 – 7 Eric Andersen – Andy Robinson
11 Snips
13 – 14 Jonathan Edwards – Dean Adrian
18 Touch – Darryl Brown
19 Kenny Kosek – Winchester
20 – 21 John Abercrombie – Meyer & Young
25 Chaser
27 – 28 Mike’s Towing – Lew London
MAY
1 Anti-Nuclear Benefit with Café Ole’ – Get Right Band
4 Open Road
5 Kenn Kweder & His Secret Kidds – Michael Marquardt
9 Dancer
10 Quilt – Cobblestone Cloggers
11 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Clayton West
12 Cab Calloway*
16 Boomer
17 Country Gazette
18 – 19 Tom Paxton – Priscilla Herdman
20 Mini Farina – Benjie Aronoff
22 Chicken Spankers
23 RD # 1 Benefit
25 – 26 Larry Coryell – Jim Brent Trio
29 Talent Showcase with Blue River Band – Flambeau – Morrison & Biever
30 Peter Wisner
JUNE
1 – 2 Orbis
6 Sniper
8 – 9 Roger Sprung – Jim Kweskin
10 Rosalie Sorrels – Bruce Carver
13 Jim Mangene
15 – 16 Mike Cross – Travis & Shook
19 Cats
20 Reilly & Miller
21 Disco Dance Party
22 – 23 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Kevin & Randy
25 Talent Showcase with Syreen – Sheehan – Michael Marquardt
27 The Mark Child Band
30 Main Point Music Festival featuring:
- Jonathan Edwards – Priscilla Herdman – George Gritzbach – Michael Bacon
- Jim Tarrantino – Quilt & the Green Glass Cloggers
JULY
6 Michael Frohne
7 Julie Gold – Grover Silcox
10 John Knoblock Band
11 Sahara
13 Philadelphia Comedy Conspiracy
14 Darryl Brown’s Touch
17 Sniper
18 – 19 Norman Blake – Bill Staines
20 – 21 Bill Quateman – Vangieri & Lolli
24 B.B. Jackson Band
25 Backstage Band
26 Snipz
27 Sahara – Kenn Kweder
28 Bai Konte – Dembo Konte
30 Severence – Arpeggio Jazz Quartet – Scott McClatchy
31 Benefit for C.A.P.E. with Michael Bacon – The Brittons – Steve Brown –
Wanamaker Lewis
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
5 Justus
7 – 8 Chris Smither – Paula Lockheart
13 Tracy Nelson
14 – 15 Tony Bird – Silly Wizard
17 Bob Gibson – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
19 Mowry & Burkert
20 Saul Broudy – Lew London
21 Vassar Clements – Erik Frandsen
22 Daniels, Mason & Gallagher
27 Jackie Pack
28 George Gritzbach – Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith
OCTOBER
4 Farel Johnson
5 – 6 Dick Gregory
7 Open Road
11 Margot Kurtz
12 Alistair Anderson – Martin O’Conner
13 Livingston Taylor – Vangieri & Lolli
18 Murray Callahan – John Krumm
19 – 20 Stan Rogers – Dick Pinney
25 Knock-Na-Shee
26 – 27 Dave Van Ronk – Roy Bookbinder
31 Myriad
NOVEMBER
1 Debby McClatchy
2 – 4 Michael Cooney
7 Boff Toonz
8 Mike Cross
9 – 10 Red Clay Ramblers – Don Lange
11 The Nee-Ninghy Band
12 – 13 Merl Saunders and the Reconstruction Band
15 Doc Watson – Britton Sisters
16 Kim Milliner Band
17 Martin Carthy – James Kelly – Paddy O’Brien
18 Comedy Conspiracy
19 Harper’s Ferry
21 Peter Wisner – Michael Marquardt
22 – 25 Tom Rush – David Buskin – Robin Batteau
28 Melanie Rice
29 Ralph McTell – Stefan Grossman – John Renbourn
30 – December 1 Loudon Wainwright III
DECEMBER
1980
JANUARY
25 Spaces
26 Louis Killen
FEBRUARY
1 Allen Ginsberg – Peter Orlovsky – Steven Taylor
2 Oscar Brand
8 Bloodless Pharoahs – The Cameras
9 Stan Rogers – Liverpool Judies
10 Barbara Shanno – Susan Shaw
12 Phil Giordano Big Band
13 The News
15 – 16 Jackie Cain – Roy Kral
19 John DiMartino Jazz Trio – Myra Murphy
20 Daniels, Mason & Gallagher
21 Square Dancing
22 Priscilla Herdman – George Gritzbach
23 Michal Urbaniak
26 Ward Marston Jazz Trio
27 Schoolboys
29 John Cadillac Band – Clayton West
MARCH
1 Livingston Taylor – Karen Farr
2 Priscilla Ryan
4 Al Stauffer-Tom Lawton Duo – Glassboro State Jazz Ensemble
5 Sahara
6 Don McLean
7 Doug Sahm
8 John Hammond
9 Priscilla Ryan
11 Frank DiBussolo-Bruce Kaminsky Jazz Duo
12 Harper’s Ferry
13 Meg Christian
14 Silly Wizard
15 The Marvelettes
18 Jeff Caesar Sextet
19 Jonathan Edwards
20 Square Dancing
21 – 22 Ellen McIlwaine – Mark Child
25 Chris Sooy Swing Band
26 R.D. # 1
27 Bill Camplin
28 Jorge Santana
29 Robbin Thompson Band
APRIL
1 Phil Giordano Big Band
2 Reesa & the Rooters – The Din – Mona BoJohn
3 Linda Cohen – Karen Farr
4 Phil Woods
5 Mike Bloomfield – Woody Harris – Margaret Edmundson
8 Travers Huff
9 Get Right Band
10 Joe Holbert – Home Spun
11 J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks
12 John Fahey – Julie Gold
13 Gineve String Quartet
15 Jon Pruitt Jazz Trio
16 Vangieri & Lolli
17 John Hartford
18 Paula Lockheart – Andy Breckman
19 David Amram
22 Linda Tillery – Diane Lindsay
23 Neighbors & Allies Dance Concert
24 Square Dancing with Quilt – Caller: Lane Neubauer
25 Miroslav Vitous Group
26 Bert Jansch – Tony Bird
29 Wendy Simon
30 Boys of the Lough
MAY
1 Lewis Brothers with Wanamaker Lewis
2 – 3 Mose Allison
4 Atmos Percussion Quartet
6 Steve Giordano Quartet
7 North Star
8 Kevin Roth
9 Ralph Towner – Frank DiBussolo – Bruce Kaminsky
10 Ralph Towner – Vangieri & Lolli
13 Al Raymond Big Band
14 – 15 David Bromberg
16 Chris Smither – Geoff Muldaur Band
17 Mick Moloney & Eugene O’Donnel – Liverpool Judies
20 Benny Nelson Trio – Shirley Scott – Pete Vincent
21 Britton Sisters
22 Square Dancing
23 Norman Blake – Don Lange
24 Persuasions
27 Frank DiBussolo – Bruce Kaminsky
28 The Actors
29 Peter Wisner
30 Tom Chapin – Linda Cohen
31 Delaware Water Gap String Band
JUNE
3 Joe Federico Jazz Trio
4 The Schoolboys
5 Mike Phelan – Jamii Jordan
6 Bill Connors Quartet
7 John Herald – Paul Geremia
10 Mary Watkins
11 Coleen Collin – Excalibur
12 Ed McKendry
13 Celtic Thunder
14 Mike’s Towing – John Buchta
17 Andy Kahn Trio featuring Vincent Fay
18 Silent Hands
19 Square Dancing with Quilt & the Cobblestone Cloggers
20 Hot Mud Family – Joseph Holbert & Homespun
21 Townes Van Zandt – Kevin Roth
24 Phil Giordano Big Band
25 New Light
26 Michael Bacon – Julie Gold
27 Red Clay Ramblers – Saul Broudy – Winnie Winston – Dennis Gormley
28 Backwoods Band – Vangieri & Lolli
JULY
1 John Leitham Jazz Quartet
2 Max & Lisa – Craig Bickhardt
3 Curt Lippe
8 Murray Middleman & Air Fury
9 John Flynn – Homefree
10 John Miller
11 Elizabeth ‘Libba’ Cotton – Anna Crusis Women’s Choir
12 Mike Bloomfield – Woody Harris – Margaret Edmundson
15 Bernie Capodici & Havana Fusion
16 Alchemy
17 Square Dancing with Quilt & the Cobblestone Cloggers
18 Dave Van Ronk – Benjie Aronoff
19 Spaces – James Wesley Jackson
22 Wendy Simon Trio
23 Changes
24 Kim & Reggie Harris – Karen Farr
25 – 26 John Fahey – Julie Gold
27 Flying Wood – Gee Mayfield & Mullen
28 Talent Showcase with Elaine Silver – Eastern Reach
29 Kathy Dee – Ray Fern
30 Harper’s Ferry
31 R.D. # 1
AUGUST
(Closed for the month)
SEPTEMBER
2 Myra Murphy Trio
3 Harper’s Ferry
4 Tanglefoot
5 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
6 Taj Mahal
9 Murray Middleman & Air Fury
10 The Time
11 Steve Mackey
12 The Schoolboys
13 Priscilla Herdman – Micheal Bacon
16 Steve Giordano Quartet
17 Jerry Harrell Band
18 Nova
19 Esther Satterfield
20 Alchemy
23 Ken Ulansey – The Dharma Bums
24 Priscilla Harriet
25 Linda Cohen
26 Phil Woods
27 Ellen McIlwaine – Julie Gold
30 Judy’s Tiny Head
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
20? R.D. #1 (Last performance?)
1981
JANUARY
