Neighbor, Built much of the original infrastructure at
Quiet Vally Ranch including
the original stage at The Kennedy Theatre

Gingus´ son

Singer/Songwriter, Security
Kerrtry Store?
photo by Bill Nash

Performer, KFF Director/founder

Office Staff

VIP, Backstage Hospitality

photo by Arthur Wood

Performer, Kerrtry Store, Hellraiser

Early Kerrvert, host of Energy Tree camp
Original Sanitation Krew member
inspiration for "Heal In The Wisdom"

Recording & Mastering Krew, Picker, Grinner
Member of Camp Misinclined

Cokes and Smoothies.
Dubbed by Ezra as "The Smoothie Queen"
daughter of Glen and LaJeanna Pilant

Security
son of Michelle & Happy Jack

Performer

camped at Camp Dances With Armadillos

Parking, Picker
Lord of the Lot
photo by Brenda Kae Ladd

camped at Campers From Hell

Trash crew, Picker

photo by Susan Rhodes

Recyling & Paint Krew, Staff Concert Performer
Songwriter, Pianist, Recording artist, muckraker
photo by Jack Wellman

Hospitality, ran Taco Flats (in Austin)
husband to Gayle

friend of Penny Haynes

First Aid, Pre-fest construction
His first year was 1992, first year on staff was 1993

Kerrvert, Singer/Songwriter, Performer, Author
Friend to all
camped at Camp Bite Me
partner of Cathy Grinnan Bartley

Performer
photo by Hervé Oudet

Food Service Manager - Kennedy Theatre

Kerrvert
husband of Pam Steffgen
They met at Kerrville

Camp C.A.L.M., poet

Guest Performer, Songwriter, Cross-dresser

Musician, Luthier, Craft Booth

Houston Post Music writer

Performer, Songwriter, KFF Director

Member of the Quiet Valley Ranch Board
camped at Kamp Kaddiewhampus
"a lot of the stuff built over the last 20-25 years wouldn't have happened except for Bobby's design work, labor, and contributions, from the Threadgill upgrade in 2006, to staff and campground showers, to the MainStage flushies, and every task that required a strong back and strong heart Bobby Tod was always there for us."
photo by Theresa Tod

Craft booth vendor, performer
He played and sold bones

Performer
Wife and musical partner to Bill Hearne

Performed at KFF 2022
Bassist & Co-founder of New Bohemians

Veteran, cabdriver, vendor, wonderful man

Volunteer, Performer, camped at Ladder Day Aints

Rouse House Concerts camp hosted New Folk artists

Security
photo by Pixie

Picker, Songwriter

Sanitation
camped at Rebel Kitchen
(later named Ché Rebel)

Performer, songwriter, advocate of the disabled

Performer, fiddler, member of Uncle Walt's Band
camped at Campers From Hell camp

Mix master, security
husband of Carolyn Norulak

Performed Folk Mass on Chapel Hill for many years

Dulcimer Player
Camped with her mother Mary Potter and met the love of her life at the Ranch, Malcolm Smith (RIP)

Performer, Songwriter, host of Staff Concert,
"Zen Cowboy"

Theater SeKerrity, Kerrvert
pictured here with unidentified friend

Kerrkid
Youth Music Camp Participant

Security, Campground Rover, Bones player

Artist, Photographer, Picker, Singer

Parking Lot Security

T-Shirts Kerrleader, Picker, Songwriter
father to Kerry Knerr, husband to Maura Knerr

camped at Poor David's Peak,
Craft Booth Vendor - Mid-Life Creations
husband to Judy Meador

Permormer, Songwriter, Show Producer

KFF Photographer

Performer, Songwriter, one half of the duo
Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
photo by Tracy Grammer

Picker, songwriter, jazzman
Multi-year New Folk winner
photo by Phil Fletcher

Performer, Picker,
"The Mayor of McDougal Street"
photo by Jeff Strausee

Astronaut, Kerrvert
friend of Rod Kennedy

Performer, Songwriter

Transportation, Security and other krews

Tickets

Performer, Picker, Songwriter
photo by Craig Clifford

Ranch Office Staff
Honorary member of Camp Chilla

Wine & Transportation Krews

Tatto Artist
Got married on Chapel Hill

Camp No Way Out, sold Tie-Dyes, beautiful soul

Ranch Central Crew, Photographer and Journalist from Sesame Street camp

Picker, Singer, Camp Sweetness and Light

Camp Fork In the Road

Performer, Crooner, KFF Director
"The Mayor of Montrose"

Performer, Award winning Yodeler

Picker, Songwriter, gentle, rascal lovely soul
husband & musical partner of Carol Florida

Guitar teacher with Jerry Berry, camped at Energy Tree

Electrician, Maintenance, Kerrvert

Camped at Camp Stoopid
wife of Jeff Hoofard
photo from Camp Stoopid archives

Performer, New Folk Winner 1977

camped at Campers From Hell

Organizer of Camp C.A.L.M
Sister of Lindell Braud
"One of the 'big hair' women"

Security

Kitchen Krew
Husband to Liz Nowicki

Songwriter, Poet, Picker, Security, Maintenance
camped at Energy Tree
"King of the Campfires"

Fiddler, Member of the group Trapezoid
and the group
Freyda and the Acoustic Atta Tude

Camp Fork In The Road

Performer

Guitarist, Accordion player
managed the Austin club One Knite 1970 - 1976
DJ and founder of Marfa Radio

Performer, Harmonica workshop teacher

Singer/Songwriter
camp at Camp Misinclined

Security, camped at Camp No Way Out
sister of Mary Lou MacWhorter

Performer, Violinist
member of George Strait's
Ace In The Hole band

Performer, played with David Ruthstrum
New Folk Finalist 1976
with Steve McClintock

Songwriter, Author
biographer of Mance Lipscomb

Cureville, Security

Camped at Camp Bungee

Performer
Kerrville Blues Project 1989

Security, Camped at Crow's Nest
father of Emmet Stalheim

Taught guitar lessons, sold guitar accessories in campground

Performer, KFF Director

Performer

Sanitation Nation
camped at Rebel Kitchen

Leather Worker, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist,
Member of Morning Glory
camped at Camp No Way Out
Often played music for Morning Staff Kitchen Krew

Mechanic, camped at Energy Tree

Embroidery Krew, Security
husband to Michelle Baker

Actor, Producer, Rancher, friend of Rod & Nancy Lee Kennedy's
Gave Quiet Valley Ranch a cow and a bull calf named Mishap and Butterfly in 1977

Performer, Songwriter

Manager of Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins and other KFF performers

camped at Camp Nekkid
I luv U Hippie
photo by Pixie

Writer, performer, Mayor of Luckenbach

RN on First Aid Krew
Could always be found w/her medical bag on the porch at Ranch Central, aka the punkin´ shack.
Her memorial tree grows there now

Songwriter, performer, Kerrvert

Performer, Bandleader, Bass Player, Educator

Worked on maintenance with lee.
He was funny & smart

Songwriter, Performer, Leader of song-critique circles, Camp Coho Guru

camped at Mama Tried

Memorial gate at Main Entrance, Kennedy Theatre

Artist, Musician
photo from Camp Stoopid archives

First Aid Krew, Singer/Songwriter, Massage Therapist
Camp associations include Singkerrnicity, Camp Calm and Camp Stupid
Wife of Stephen Taylor

Performer, Songwriter
New Folk finalist & winner in 1980 & 1981
photo by Elaine Heinsman

Picker, 42 Player
camped at Camp Cabana

Backstage Hospitality, Staff Concert Host
Jason lobbied for the Staff Concert to be included even though it had inadvertantly left off of the schedule in 1988

New Folk Finalist 1982
Songwriter
Camped at Cowboy Camp

Mainstage Performer
Harmonica player of The Belt Buckle Band

Songwriter, Picker, DJ
camped at Camp C.A.L.M.

camped at Mama Tried

Security, Original Ace of Cups
manager of "Other Side" club

Performer, Staff Concert Host

Performer, guitarist with Joe Ely Band
photo by Niles J. Fuller

New Folk Finalist, Songwriter, Kerrtry Store

Ran the food booth in the Kennedy Theater for years
He cooked for the Catfish Dinners held on Wednesdays when the festival first went to 11 days

Kerrvert and Veteran
photo by Arthur Wood

Camped at Camp Mis-Inclined,
"The Angel Voice at Camp Mis-Inclined"
Sang with Butch Morgan, The Jimmie Bell Whipple Music Festival is held in New Braunfels
wife of John Whipple

Performer

Maintenace, Picker

long-time Kerrvert (since the mid-70s), life-time ticket holder, singer-songwriter and musician
wrote a song about Kerrville, "Life As it Should Be"

Sanitation Krewleader, Songwriter, Washtub Bass Player
First staff member to bring his whole crew up with him for the staff concert

Head of Security, Transportation
Taxi Driver

Security, Musician
photo by Steve Wood

Stage Crew at Kennedy Stage
Camped at Moco Verde

Goodtimes Festival Headliner, Songwriter, Instrumentalist

Performer, Writer, Doctor
JP also had a weekly music program on Marfa Public Radio
where he was affectionately known as "Doc Cactus"

Crafts Booth Vendor, Guitar Builder, Picker
photo by Brian Cutean

Performer at Festival of the Eagle, Poet, Activist

Performer, Songwriter, Bass Player

Kerrvert
frequent financial supporter of the festival
photo by Phil Fletcher

Performer, songwriter, Kerrvert

Performer, Actor,
New Folk Winner, finalist in 1977 & 1978
photo by Niles Jeff Fuller

QC Krew, Craft Booth Vendor - Mid-Life Creations
and a lady with style and grace

Performer, Harmonica player, Guitarist
photo by Brian Kanof

Tickets, Off Season Campground Manager
camped in white van in Lower Meadow

Performer, Songwriter

Security, motorcycle rides, Hug Patrol
photo By Phil Fletcher

camped at Pig Camp, hung out at Domino Parlour
husband of Wendy Wentworth

Performer, Yodeler, Proprieter of Threadgill's in Austin

Singer/Songwriter
founder of Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos

Songwriter, Merch Booth Krew, camped at Kamp Kantigree
wife of Jenny Reynolds

Performer, New Folk winner 1993

camped at Camp C.A.L.M.

Kerrtesy Kart, Tag-A-Child
Mother of Rain and Blue
A Kerr-Kid and a Kerr-parent
Camped at many camps including Camp Patchouli

Performer, Songwriter, Author
Satirist, Politician,
Founder of the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch

Transportation, Craft Booth Vendor - "Nu Essence"
"an alchemist of the highest order"
Also a mechanic - he liked to build engines
Camped at Pig Camp
He was humble, quietly confident and a big goofball. He was love all round.Camped at many camps including Camp Patchouli

Singer/songwriter, cookie maker
1997 New Folk Finalist

KUT-FM and KDRP DeeJay specializing in Texas music

Performer
On of the founding members of the Dixie Chicks
(later - The Chicks)
Said to have formed backstage at Kennedy Theater

First Aid
photo by Amy Berlin

Performer, Songwriter

Performer, New Folk winner 1984

Kerrtry Store,
Wife of Joe Montgomery

Camped at Camp Moco Verde

Performer, songwriter
half of the group "2 Chicks"

worked in the office

Host, with husband Bruce (RIP), of the Rouse House New Folk Camp, named after the House Concert series in Austin

Performer, songwriter, Bass Player
founder of The Limelighters

camped at Campers From Hell

Crafter, Kerrvert
first tipi camped in the meadow
photo by Phil Fletcher

singer, guitar player
photo by Bill Nash

Kerrvert, Staffer
The heart and soul of Camp Singkerrnicity

Singer, picker, Office Crew
"The Luckenbach Songbird"

Fiddler, Performer
member of the Cypress Swamp Stompers
Instigator of the midnight Gypsy Walk through the campground

Performer

Picker, half of the duo White Beets with Saylor White
member of non-profit Shoulder To the Stone

Maintenance, 12-String guitar picker

Performer, Songwriter

1997 New Folk Winner, Performer

Performer, member of Peter, Paul & Mary
photo by Mike Flynn

Mattie The Mayor

Performer

Performer

Guitar Player
camped at Camp Bungee

Maintenance Crew, Camped at Camp Dysfunctional
husband of Carath Mitchell
they met at the Kerrtry Store

Performer, Songwriter

Kerrvert, camped at Camp Coho
Uncle Calvin's in Dallas

Transportation, Guitar Player, Singer,
Member of Moe Hansum Band
camped backstage
husband of Virginia Ellis
photo by Steve Wood

T-Shirts Krewleader
photo by Gary Sapone

photo by Pixie

Songwriter, Performer
Recording Krew

Picker, dyed-in-the wool Kerrvert, Camp Cuisine

camped at Ladder Day Aints

Transportation, Security

camped at Camp Honky Tonk

Performer, Songwriter, KFF Director
New Folk finalist 1978

Performer, picker
The Studebakers

Performer, Harmonica Player, Workshop teacher

Songwriter, Radio personality
camped at Camp Moco Verde

Communications, also Stage, Staff Central, Scurity, Beer, Trash, Recycling, Construction. First came to KFF in 1992.

Veteran, Kerrvert- SeKerrity, Human

Staff Central Kerr-leader

New Folk winner, Security
"My father thought Kerville was the best time of his life and I was lucky for him to share it with me"
... Benjamin Lawson

Owner of PC Guru in Austin

Performer, Songwriter

Co-Owner, with partner Glynda Cox, of music venue Chicago House in Austin

Goodtimes Festival Headliner

Performer, Songwriter, KFF co-founder,
New Folk Songwriter Contest founder

Dedicated volunteer, lifetime ticket holder
Security, Maintenance,
Massage, Dominoes

Head Cook at Camp Cuisine

Security
Served espresso and lattes to staff bacstage

Performer

Kerrvert, cooked lunch for anyone who wanted to eat, until the food ran out
Always had beans and cornbread
Also drove the water tank around the grounds to help keep the dust down

wife of Bill Emerson

Performer

photo by Kelly Foster

Camped at Camp Cuisine

Camped at Energy Tree

Trash/Recycling krew
Camped at Camp Peace of Mind

Musician, Songwriter
Camped at Camp Moco Verde

VIP
Camped just below Crow's Nest

photo by Pixie

Security
camped at Energy Tree
blues man extraordinaire
photo by Harry Palmer

Songwriter, Picker, Jeweler, Crafts Booth Vendor
Photo by Paolo Brillo

Songwriter, Picker, New Folk finalist 1975

Performer, Songwriter

VIP, Communications

Songwriter, Picker

Ranch Manager 2001 - 2013,
Maintenance Krew Leader

A huge music fan during Kerrville's early years
She was especially crazy about Jubal Clark

camped at Camp Mixed Nuts

Performer

Producer, founder of the Kerrville Folk Festival

camped at Camp Bungie
passed away at ranch in the octo-potties

camped at Camp C.A.L.M.
photo by Jim Kam

founder of Camp MisInclined

Performer, Songwriter
photo by Niles J. Fuller

Staffer and Kerrvert

Security

Camped at Cap C.A.L.M.

Songwriter
Hosted weekly "Bummer Night" at Artz Ribhouse

Picker
photo from Camp Stoopid archives

Photographer for Kerrville Times

Security

friend of Vaughn Hafner

Performer, Banjo Player, Restaurateur
performer at the first KFF in 1972
photo by Bob Sokol

photo by Grant Poli

Performer, Songwriter
hung out at
Camp California, SingKerrnicity, & Camp Coho

Camped at Camp Bungie
photo by Steve Wood

Security
camped at Camp Todo Grande

Performer, husband and musical partner of Francie "Meaux Jeaux"
his Roadrunner Music had a record/CD etc booth in Keenedy Theater for many years
"The Most Dangerous Jazz Guitarist"

Performer, part of the "exchange program" with the Winnipeg Folk Festival
last seen singing at the Crow's Nest

Wife of Fred Urban

Performer, Songwriter, Producer, Actor

Songwriter, guitar player
photo by Bill Nash

Dr. Stephen Berman gave chiropractic treatments in the campground

Performer, KFF Director, part of Kerrville on the Road
"It was Fromholz' fault!"
photo by Niles J. Fuller

Picker, Singer

Performer, faculty member of Blues School,
Blues Project participant, Luthier
picker, grinner

Picker, songwriter
camped at Camp No Way Out

photo by Phil Fletcher

Staff Coordinator, Kerrleader of Hospitality
Lived at QVR her final years

designed and built the stage on Chapel Hill
during the Natural Building Colloquium of 2007

First Aid
Worked at Ranch Central (The Pumpkin Shack)
often with "Hot Lips"

Many Krews over many years of volunteering, including Communications, Kerrtry Store
camped at Sky High
photo by Holly Burroughs Cole

She set up one of the first KFF apps

Camped at Camp MisInclined

Mainstage Performer, participant of the Blues Project

Performer, Songwriter, Leader of the Belt Buckle Band
New Folk Winner 1977

Performed on Chapel Hill with his brother Walter Lee
Shareholder

Hospitality, songwriter, performer
camped at Moco Verde
photo by Carol Cardozo

Performer

Performer, Songwriter, New Folk Finalist 1992
New Folk Judge 2010 & 2020
Campground Guru

Performer, Singer songwriter,
New Folk winner 1988

Performer, fiddler
pictured here with the
Hancock Supernatural Family Band

Kerrleader of Parking,
Kramer's brother

Performer, Songwriter

Music Columnist for the Austin American-Statesman
photo by Niles J. Fuller

Performer, New Folk finalist 1990 & 1992

Performer with The Supernatural Family Band
and Texana Dames
photo by Niles J. Fuller

Kerrtry Store, Mixmaster, Campground Picker
Helped to build Staff Kitchen Floor

photo by Pixie

Performer
known as the "Godfather of Austin Blues"
photo by John Whipple

Perfomer, Singer, Songwriter
founding member of Uncle Walt's Band

The first time he came to KFF,
he hitchhiked from West Texas
because he was a finalist in New Folk
photo by Merri Lu Park

Sanitation
photo by Merri Lu Park

Security