. . . . . . . . "In the past the show has featured such performers and honorees as Robert Plant, Wanda Jackson, Gregg Allman, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp and Emmylou Harris, alongside up and comers like The Civil Wars, Justin Townes Earle, The Avett Brothers and Amos Lee, as backed by a crack house band led by Americana luminary Buddy Miller and hosted by the ever-affably wisecracking Jim Lauderdale." .