About The Festival CD

"Where The River Runs North"

Bluegrass from the Pend Oreille Valley

Featuring 17 tracks by: The Fletcher Girls - Redwing - The Panhandle Polecats - Fred & Emily Frank - Tangleheart - Molly & Tenbrooks - Will Williams - Kettle Creek - The Castilla Brothers - Plus Special Bonus Track - Dan Crary, Steve Kaufman, Gary Davis, and Thunderation recorded live at the 2007 Festival. 17 Tracks of the best music from the Inland Northwest’s Greatest Bands!

Read About The Bands and The Songs:

From the "Wild Roses" CD © 2000
Recorded at Conroy Digital Sound Studio, PO Box 144, Conner, MT 59827
Connie Fletcher, Vocals
Brenda Hanson, Vocals, Banjo, Guitar
Jeannie McCullough, Vocals, Guitar
Kelli Medhus, Vocals,
Holly Fletcher, Vocals
w/ Robert Hanson, Bass Fiddle, Chad Fadley, Mandolin, Steve Ralston, Guitar, and Andrea Jurgensen, Fiddle.
Visit www.fletchergirls.com/ for more information, CD sales, and booking.

From the "The Montana Sessions" CD © 2007
Recorded at Conroy Digital Sound Studio, PO Box 144, Conner, MT 59827
Fred Frank: Banjo, Mandolin, Lead Guitar, Vocals;
Emily Frank: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals;
Jeff Forbes: Fiddle;
Ivan Rosenberg: Dobro;
Tari Conroy: Rhythm Guitar, Harmony Vocals;
Mike Conroy: Bass Fiddle

Old Joe Clark and Redwing recorded live at the Pend Oreille Valley Bluegrass Festival, September 8th, 2007.
Recording direct from the stage by Old Blue Sound.
Amanda Ward, Beth Perry, Ashley Ward: Fiddle, Vocals;
Heather Ward: Rhythm Guitar
Visit www.myspace.com/redwingfiddlers for more information, CD sales, and booking.

Molly & Tenbrooks is Dannie Lynn Plummer, Guitar and Vocals, and Kelly Bogan, Banjo, Dobro, Guitar, Bass, Vocals.
w/ Brett Dodd, Mandolin; Janet Dodd, Bass; Dan Gore, Mandolin; Donny Oberg, Fiddle.
Visit www.mollyandtenbrooks.com/ for more information, CD sales, and booking.

Tangleheart is Richard & Linda Doble, Guitar and Vocals.

Will Williams, Banjo;
Tari Conroy, Rhythm Guitar;
Mike Conroy, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bass;
Steve Ralston, Lead Guitar.
From the "My Tennessee Roots" CD © 2007. Recorded at Conroy Digital Sound Studio, PO Box 144, Conner, MT 59827
Visit www.williamscustombanjos.com/ for more information, CD sales, and booking.

Ray Shewmake: Guitar and Vocals;
Josh Robertson: Lead Guitar and Vocals;
Ed Matthews: Banjo;
Mark Harding: Upright Bass and Vocals;
From the "A New Light Shines" CD © 2007
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mark Harding, at Sandy Pines Studio,1201 Serene Drive, Kettle Falls WA 99141. Visit www.kettlecreekbluegrassband.com/ for more information, CD sales, and booking.

Aaron Castilla: Fiddle;
Tonio Castilla: Mandolin;
Jim Shamp: Guitar;
Jackie McIntyre: Guitar;

The Panhandle Polecats have been raising a ruckus around the Inland Northwest with their traditional bluegrass for the last several years. They hail from the North Idaho panhandle where they were raised in their little mountain home on the Rathdrum prairie. This band is made up of five siblings who love to play music almost as much as they love to fight with each other. Of course they play the good ol’ bluegrass standards, but their sound also includes plenty of gospel, wild mountain tunes, western, country, old-time, and a little blues for good measure. They just released their released their second CD, “Skunked Again!”, featuring some original tunes.

Jenny Little – bass
Hank Little – dobro and harmonica
Molly Little – mandolin
Austin Little – banjo
Bonnie Little – guitar

Good Enough For Now was written by novelty artist "Weird Al" Yankovic, the minute the Panhandle Polecats heard this song they knew they had to learn it. Special guest Andrew Wilson sets a country rhythm on his fiddle, and lead vocals are handled by Molly.

There's a Great Day Coming is an old song the Panhandle Polecats learned from their church hymn book. They always thought it would make a great bluegrass tune - and it does.