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     HARDCORE - The old-time stringband sound , more or less.
   
Caroline Oakley & Pete Leone
Flat Rock String Band
Foghorn Stringband
Foghorn Duo
Greasy Chain Stringband
Greg Clarke
Hoppin' Jenny
Josh Cole & Curtis Alsobrook
Laura Quigley
Lisa Ornstein
The Macrae Sisters

Maris Otter
Nadine Landry & Sammy Lind
The New Five Cents
Rabbit Foot
Salmonfly Stringband
71st Ave Ramblers
Succotash
Turpentine
Uncle Wiggily
Worn Out Shoe
           
     KISSIN' COUSINS - Traditional bluegrass, cajun, trad country, etc.
   
The Blair St. Mugwumps
Bon Ton Roulet
Cedar Flats

The Clampitt Family
Comfort Hill
Corral Creek Connection
Darrin Craig & John Neufeld
Dr. Corn's Bluegrass Remedy
5th Gear
Hapa Hillbillies
The Josh Cole Band
Lee Highway
Lost Creek
The Martin Brothers


Midnight Serenaders
The Mighty Ghosts
Misty Mamas
Pacific Crest Pioneer Band
New Old Friends
Puddletown Ramblers
Sleepy-Eyed Johns
The Sodbusters
Too Loose Cajun Band
Trashcan Joe
Whiskey Puppy
The Watertower Bucket Boys
           
     DEEP IN THE PUCKERBRUSH - A ways outside of Portland but in the regional community.
   
Biscuit Creek (Salem)
Cloud Mtn. Ramblers (King's Valley)
Eugene Barnstormers (Eugene)
HomeGrown Old-Time Band

   (Falls City)
Luckiamute String Band (Tualitin)
Mill Creek String Band (The Dalles)


Molasses (Eugene)
Old Circle (Eugene)
Orchard Mountain String Band
(Salem)
True West
Truman Price (Monmouth)
Wild Hog in the Woods (Corvallis)

           
     COUNTRY THAT PASSES THE BUBBAGUITAR TEST - The real thing, you might not like it...
   
The Buckles
Brad Creel and the Reel Deel
Caleb Klauder Country Band

James Sasser

The Longhorn Western Swing Band 
The Northwesternaires
Ric Rac
           
     BLUES & JUG - Not comprehensive, but it does reflect my own taste, that's for sure.
   
Bob Shoemaker
Crow Quill Night Owls
Federal Cigar Jug Band
James Clem
How Long Jug Band
Johnnie Ward &
     The Eagle Ridin' Papas
Kitchen Syncopators
Kinsel & Hyde
Lauren Sheehan
Madman Sam


Mary Flower
Pagan Jug Band
Reverb Brothers
The Reverb Brothers
Samuel James
Sassparilla Jug Band
Stumptown Jug Thumpers
Steve Cheseborough
Terry Robb
Thad Beckman
The Spodee-o's

           
     DON'T ASK TO BE LISTED HERE - These intrigue King Bubba in an unexplainable way.
 
The Bad Mitten Orchestre
Boxcar Stringband
Conjugal Visitors
The Evangenitals
Hillfolk Noir
Hillstomp
Stefan Jescusco

The Oil Skins
Magrane Hill

Pancake Breakfast
Stumptown Stars

Twisted Whistle
The Vagabond Opera
Wayward Vessel