But the amazing moments of the Festival, the ones people talked about at the proverbial water coolers the next day, came from Cindy Cashdollar, The Campbell Brothers, and Los Lobos. A sterling slide guitarist who is comfortable playing lap steel, dobro, electric, acoustic probably any stringed instrument that can take a slide Cashdollar brings imagination and confidence to her instrument, no matter the genre. Cashdollar played no set of her own, yet she sat in on several; every time she came on stage, the performers relaxed and the energy went up, sometimes dramatically.

"Stewart's band, particularly steel player Cindy Cashdollar, buoyed him through the set."

"Cashdollar's stellar steel flourishes continuously that imbues the music with a rich melodic grace ..."