1st Place: Bill & Dan’s Excellent Adventure
2nd Place: Easthill Bluegrass Band
3rd Place: Ultimate Frisbee Orchestra

Although some of you complained about the stuffing of “bluegrass” and “jam” into one musical category, the two genres have been sharing more stages than The Captain and Tennille – gradually expanding each other’s fan base. But jam took top honors in this year’s poll, with Bill and Dan’s Excellent Adventure at number one. Half of the band’s namesake, Bill Hamilton, says his musical mission is “To rock the hell out of everything, and/or have a lot of fun playing with these awesome guys, spread love and peace with the music, and get people dancing.” Commenting on second place, Bill said, “Much love and respect to Easthill Bluegrass, they are holding down the ‘for real’ Bluegrass, I love it.” Whether its bluegrass or newgrass, Easthill’s veteran pluckers turn in amazing shows. The jamtastic guys of Ultimate Frisbee Orchestra (seven men strong) took third. – Mike Paulus