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MonoNeon

MonoNeon is an American bassist and experimental musician from Memphis, Tennessee. When it comes to virtuosity, vision and representing our southern culture in a progressive and positive way, there isn’t a more vital artist alive today. He is known for his presence on YouTube playing bass guitar and being one of the last people to work with Prince. MonoNeon is a Grammy Award-winning artist, for his participation on the 2020 Nas album King’s Disease. Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers has referred to Mono as “the greatest electric bass player”. On November 1, 2022, Fender released the MonoNeon Collection, which included the MonoNeon Jazz Bass V Signature.

MonoNeon has collaborated with artists such as Mavis Staples, George Clinton, Pete Rock, Ne-Yo, Mac Miller, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Ghost-Note, and more. Known for his otherworldly live show, MonoNeon has played Newport Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Summer Camp Music Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and more.

“…the multi-instrumentalist and bass virtuoso releases his own blast of existential funk.”
- Rolling Stone

Eggy

Red Bluff Music, Arts & Food Festival poster featuring band Eggy, Riverfront Park Montgomery AL, May 17, 2025, with fireworks and trombones design.

Eggy is redefining the modern jam band experience with a blend of exploratory improvisation, rich songwriting, and magnetic live energy. The Connecticut-based quartet—Jake Brownstein (guitar/vocals), Dani Battat (keys/vocals), Mike Goodman (bass/vocals), and Alex Bailey (drums/vocals)—has built a reputation for crafting emotionally resonant songs and transforming every live set into an unpredictable adventure.

They have built a reputation for crafting emotionally resonant songs and transforming every live set into an unpredictable adventure. Their ability to weave seamless jams, heartfelt lyrics, and crowd-favorite covers has cemented them as one of the most exciting rising acts in the jam and rock scene.

DJ Logic

The theorem of turntablist as musician has been long proven in the capable hands of DJ Logic, whom with jazz as his foundation has become a wax innovator by crossing genres and mixing his sound across the map. As one of the world’s most accomplished turntablists, DJ Logic is widely credited for introducing jazz into the hip–hop realms and is considered by most as a highly-respected session musician and an innovative bandleader. Since his emergence in the early nineties amidst the Bronx hip-hop scene, the New York City based deejay has been amassing a veritable mountain of collaborations, including a full-fledged band with members of Blues Traveler (The John Popper Project ft. DJ Logic), a trio with Steve Molitz & Freekbass (Headtronics), a jazz project with Georgian prodigy Beka Gochiasvili, and as a member of Grammy-winning Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra’s The Offense of the Drum album. He also has a long list of other collaborations with artists ranging from the likes of Bob Weir, John Mayer, Medeski Martin and Wood, Christian McBride, O.A.R., Carly Simon, Marcus Miller, Jack Johnson, Vernon Reid, Warren Haynes, Charlie Hunter, Jack DeJohnette, Ben Harper, Mos Def, The Roots, Bernie Worrell, Bill Laswell, Melvin Gibbs, Fred Wesley, Sean Kuti and many more.

Clay Street Unit

Poster for Red Bluff Music, Arts & Food Festival featuring Clay Street Unit, taking place at Riverfront Park in Montgomery, AL on May 18, 2025. Includes an image of a band in front of a trailer and decorative graphics of trumpets and fireworks.

Based out of Denver, CO, @claystreetunit is rooted deep in homegrown southern country and folk that branches into the bluegrass sound that’s heard throughout the Appalachian hills. Forming in early 2021, the band recently released their first EP in the fall of 2022 and just recorded their first full length album, produced by Infamous Stringdusters’ banjoist Chris Pandolfi, which is set to be released in early 2025. Clay Street Unit is working on developing and pushing their own unique sound, with a high energy, fresh take on the tradition of American folk and country music that is sure to keep you moving. Clay Street singer and frontman Sam Walker hails from Montgomery, so please join us in welcoming him home before we send the guys off for their Red Rocks debut on May 26th!🥳

“Clay Steet Unit is a new find, but I cannot get enough.. Their upbeat and fresh sound will have you hooked from the first listen.” -Whiskey Riff

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Buffalo Nichols, Boukou Groove, Winston Ramble, Little Raine Band, Electric Blue Yonder, The Major Dudes (Steely Dan Tribute), and Blues Old Stand