1984
Dr. Jon’s Medicine Show and Jazz Band (twice)
Dave Eberlie Trio
Johnny B. Bon Bayou Dinner Band
The Om-Pah Band
Swipesey Cakewalk Ragtime
Jean Ronne Trio
Herb Brennan and Music Unlimited
1985
Woody Hite Band
Berline, Crary and Hickman
Obo Addy
Sawtooth Mountain Boys
Air Force Jazz Ensemble
Brown & McIntosh, Eric Tingstad
Metropolitan Brass Company
The Hollis Taylor Band
1986
Albany Concert Band
LeRoy Anderson Big Band
Mason Williams & Friends
Lost and Found
The Shoppe
All-American Boys Chorus
Girls Nite Out
The Metropolitan Brass Quintet
Boulevard
Extra: Eugene Highlanders, U.S. Marine Corps Band
1987
Third Marine Aircraft Wing Band
Black Diamond Band
Eddy Clearwater Blues Band
Riders in the Sky
The Muglestons
Brothers Four
The Count Basie Orchestra
Hot Rize, Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers
1988
LeRoy Anderson Big Band
The Drifters
Cris Williamson
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
The Neal Gladstone Show
The Royal Swedish Choir
Ranch Dressing
1989
Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra
Hot Frogs
Zachary Richard
The Shoppe
The Coasters
Roomful of Blues
Mason Williams
1990
The Shirelles
Art Abrams
Limeliters
Dan Siegel
Chris Hillman & The Desert Rose Band
Oregon Symphony
The Chieftains
1991
Manhattan Rhythm Kings
Tim Weisberg, Ricardo Silveira
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Kenny Neal
CJ Chenier & The Hot Louisiana Band
Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Four Preps
1992
Tom Grant
The Dutton Family
Riders in the Sky
Glenn Yarbrough
Pancho Sanchez
The Kingston Trio
Oregon Symphony
1993
Beausoleil
The Persuasions
Taj Mahal
Jim Messina
Karla Bonoff
The Count Basie Orchestra
Ranch Romance
David Grisman Quintet
Los Lobos
Extra: Riders in the Sky, Emmy Lou Harris and The Nash Ramble
1994
Mark Collie
Zachary Richard, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
King Sunny Ade
Diane Schuur
Tower of Power
Michael Nesmith & The Hellecasters
Oregon Symphony
1995
Doug Sahm
Leo Kottke, Richie Havens
Wolfstone
Rowan Brothers, Doug Kershaw
Asleep at the Wheel
Jimmy Dorsey Band
WAR
1996
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens
John McCutcheon, Nashville Bluegrass Band
Dick Gaughan, Tim & Mollie O’Brien
The Four Babes
Jerry Jeff Walker
Joe Ely
Oregon Symphony
1997
Solas
Booker T. Jones
Chambers Brothers
The Bobs
Asleep at the Wheel
Michael Martin Murphy
Pancho Sanchez
1998
Dixie Chicks
The Iguanas
Leo Kottke
Baaba Maal
Tower of Power
BR5-49
Oregon Symphony
1999
Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, Little Charlie and the Nightcats
Karla Bonoff
The Del McCoury Band
Cubinismo
Donnal Lunny and Coolfin
Pink Martini
Oregon Symphony
2000
Jesse Collin Young
Barbarito Torres
Riders in the Sky
Altan
Duke Ellington
Northwest Soul Review
Oregon Symphony
2001
Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie
Ledward Kaapana and Cyril Pahinui
Natalie MacMaster
Jerry Jeff Walker
Rodney Crowell
Ricky Skaggs
Mahotella Queens
2002
Riders in the Sky
BeauSoleil
Tower of Power
Dervish
Pink Martini
Pepe & The Bottle Blondes & The Coats
Little Feat
2003
Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
The Subdudes
Rosanne Cash
Suzanne Vega
Oliver Mtukudzi
Robert Earl Keen
Cubanismo
2004
Rosie Ledet
The Trail Band
The Iguanas – Linn County Fair
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Kekele
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
2005
Chubby Carrier
Sugarland
Starship – Linn County Fair
The Coats
Kinship
Asleep at the Wheel
Riders in the Sky
2006
Grupo Fantasma
Aaron Meyer
Western Underground – Linn County Fair
Clumsey Lovers
Hit Explosion
Billy Dean
Those Darn Accordions
2007
Pat Green
The Coats
Eddie Money – Linn County Fair
Curtis Salgado
Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Herman’s Hermits
2008
Charlie Musselwhite
Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
Craig Morgan – Linn County Fair
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Tower of Power
Paul Thorn
The Grass Roots
2009
The Young Dubliners
Joe Nichols – Linn County Fair
Chuck Wicks
The Coats
Ricardo Lemvo
Pablo Cruise
2010
Satin Love Orchestra
Sawyer Brown – Linn County Fair
Too Slim & the Taildraggers
Super Diamond
Mother Hips
Joe Diffie
2011
Coco Montoya
Plena Libre
Lonestar – Linn County Fair
Crazy 8s
Sammy Kershaw
BJ Thomas