Flatlanders C/D Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock S/D

For out-of-towners, Pierce was the event's central revelation. Pierce's orange cocktail dress and zebra-stripe stockings are nearly as loopy as some of her songs. She delivered some of the week's sharpest rock criticism in a hilarious and biting ditty about Jerry Lee Lewis and his string of ex-wives.