2019 Lineup Doors open at 2 pm.

Winners of the 2018 muddy award for best new act, Newport Times Best local band, and Journey to Memphis finalist, Johnny Wheels and the Swamp Donkeys deliver a round of "feel good music" for their audiences and they really connect with the crowd.  Johnny is one of a kind...he is the only frontman in a group with a life-changing disability such as his. His disability does not define him.  When the crowds hear his music, they know the blues come straight from his heart. The son of a bass player and singer for a traveling band, Johnny “Wheels” Kennicott had music in his blood since birth, but expressing himself musically took on new importance when Johnny broke his neck in a childhood accident, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.   “The days of football practice after school was definitely over,” Johnny says. But music still provided an outlet for his infectious energy and his creative potential.   Though his father’s instrument of choice and his early passion of playing drums were now out due to limited function, Johnny found, through determined trial and error, he could manipulate his paralyzed diaphragm to not only sing, but also blow the harmonica.   Since that time, Johnny and Taylor Frazier put together the swamp donkeys and have  been traveling the Pacific Northwest music scene, spreading the gospel of blues. This band is  road tested and featuring a sound forged during late nights in taverns and bars – includes Taylor Frazier on bass, Brandon Logan on guitar and backing vocals, Mike Rabe on guitar and backing vocals, and Doug Knoyle on drums.