Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Nickel Creek, Earl Scruggs, Rosanne Cash and Lucinda Williams are among the acts to perform at
MerleFest 2004, festival organizers announced Monday (Sept. 8). Set for April 29-May 2, 2004, at Wilkes Community College
in Wilkesboro, N.C., the 17th annual festival celebrates the music of the late Merle Watson and his father, Doc Watson. Other
performers at MerleFest 2004 include the Sam Bush Band, the John Cowan Band, the Derailers, Donna the Buffalo, Béla Fleck
and Edgar Meyer, the David Grisman Quintet, Hot Tuna, Jeannie Kendall, Natalie MacMaster, Tim O'Brien, Mark O'Connor's Hot
Swing Trio, the Tony Rice Unit, the Savoy Doucet Cajun Band, Gillian Welch and Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison. Tickets go
on sale Nov. 11. 09/08/03





