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One of the great personalities of
contemporary folk music, Tom Chapin,
performed Nov. 2, 2008

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
graced the stage at The Bottling Works
on Leap Day 2008.

Blues
great Guy Davis played
at The Bottling Works for the
Arts Council in January 2005.
and October, 2008.

Wherligig performed Aug. 31, 2008

Christine
Lavin appeared April 2007,
Dan
Frechette opened
and played here
in January and
September 2006


Simple
Gifts January 2007 & May 2008
Local bluegrass favorites, Lonesome
Highway,
helped ring in 2008 along with
Peyton Tochterman
and High Society.


Queen
City Funk & Soul, March 2007
Johnny Staats was joined by Robert Shafer
and Roger Bissell Nov. 2o06. Staats & Shafer returned Nov. 7, 2009.

WV's
top singer/songwriter, Todd
Burge visited for the Arts Council's May 2006 Coffeehouse and with Tim O'Brien April 18, 2009.

Celtic duo, Pipeline, performed for
the Arts Council's audience March
2, 2007.
The Channel Cats Spring 2006.

Blues diva Lady D and Robert Gray
offered HCAC's Fall 2006 Coffeehouse. She returned with the WVA's Finest Showcase in August 2008.

Singer/songwriter Andrew
McKnight was featured in May 2005
and in Feb. 2007

Hampshire County native, Johnny
Keener,
returned from the Pacific Northwest to perform in 2005.

Bob Webb and Heidi Mueller visited
for an Evening of Word & Song with the Hampshire County Arts Council's Ice
Mountain Writers in April 2005.

Robin Kessinger ,
November 2005
HCAC Java & More Coffeehouse

The Joanne
Juskus Trio
appeared for the first Bottling Works Coffeehouse for the Arts
Council in November 2003. Joanne returned with guitarist Adrian Bond in July 2008.

Jesse Palidofsky came
for the Hampshire County Arts Council's May 2003 Coffeehouse.
Jazz guitarist Micah
Burgess played for an Arts Council coffeehouse in November 2002. He returned
with wife, Romney-native songstress, Jane
Cookman Burgess, as a duo in August
2007 and 2008.

2nd Story Band Duo came April 2008.

Heather Riley, Kelsey Bowman, Nick Cummings and United all were 2007 WVA's Finest category winners who originally auditioned at The Bottling Works. They returned for a showcase concert in August 2008.

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Past
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Missy Raines & The New Hip, March 2009

Malinky, from Scotland, March 2009

Triple-IBMA-Award-winner Tony Trischka delighted
the crowd in April 2008.

Stellar fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas
performed here January 20, 2008.

Sarah Lee Guthrie
and Johnny Irion carried on the heritage of grandfather,
Woody, and father, Arlo, at The Bottling Works in January 2008.

Ophelia
String Band opened the show.

Patent Pending played here a few days before performing live on Good Morning America at Harpers Ferry, WV.

May 2008 brought Special Ed & the Shortbus, with the
Two Man Gentlemen Band opening.

Ernie
Hawkins was here February 2008.

The Percolators warmed a winter evening in March 2008.

2006 JUNO Awards - Best Roots and Traditional Group, Genticorum 's
performance in October 2006 exuded pure joy in their love
of the music.

Steppin'
In It pleased folks March 2007. The
Amity Front opened.

Just4Fun and The
Chorus of the Potomac warmed things
up for the Arts Council's February 2007 Cabin Fever Concert .

Mike
Baytop and Barrelhouse
Bonni were joined by Chicago bluesman Larry
Taylor Hill in April 2007. Bonni & Larry returned with Larry's band August 17, 2008.

Acoustic
Eidolon was here March 30, 2007

Morwenna
Lasko
& Jay Pun performed Oct. 12, 2007

Port
Righ (Wayne & Jo Morrison) delighted the audience for
the Arts Council's Cabin Fever Concert, February
2006.
Craobh
Rua from Belfast, Northern Ireland, performed in March 2006
HCAC
presented Laura
Fuentes and Calicanto from South America in
Fall 2005.

The
Homegrown String Band in a Loy Foundation Concert August
2006
Guitar whiz Dakota
Dave Hull gave a Loy Foundation Concert August
2006.

A tremendous influence in the revival
of the hammered dulcimer,Walt
Michael played with Bill Troxler in
March 2005 for the Hampshire County Arts Council's 10th Anniversary

The Intrepid
Jazz Trio, Spring 2004

Hometown talent, Mike
Strauss, came in from Charlotte NC to perform in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

The Iron Leg Boys played for a square dance followed by The
Fox Hunt in April
2007.

LaTresa
and The Signal were at The Bottling Works in June 2007.

Pierce
Pettis sang for the Arts Council in November 2007.

The Speakeasy Boys performed June 30, 2007

Short Mountain String Band, left) and Highland Grass, right, performed for a WFWM benefit Nov. 21, 2009 that
also featured Black Diamond (below).

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