The Ponderosa Stomp "Insane Rock n Roll" Fest in New Orleans (plus the J & H Fest)

I subscribe to Offbeat magazine which gives me a taste of some of what I'm interested in. For some reason, I just assume that the current rock bands they cover stink, and they don't cover hiphop enough.

I gotta get back down there.

No, you're right. Rock bands in New Orleans fucking suck. It's the metal bands that are good.

The Uglesich's dude says he's closing forever and ever like every year. I've lived here for five years and never gotten around to eating there--I can go to so many good restaurants within a mile of my house that the idea of going, like, two miles just to eat seems crazy.

MONDAY

Archie Bell, Roy Head, Syl Johnson, The Hi Rhythm Section, Willie Cobbs, Eddie Bo, Willie Tee, Dennis Coffey, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, The Bad Roads, Jay Chevalier, Chick Willis, Harvey Scales, Joe Clay, Kenny Brown, Tammy Lynn, CC Adccok and Lafayette Marquis, Deke Dickerson And The Eccofonics, The Climates, Michael Hurtt And The Haunted Hearts, The Alarm Clocks, Tommy McLain

TUESDAY

Scotty Moore with His English Band, William Bell, The Bo Keys, D.J. Fontana, Sonny Burgess, Travis Wammack, Ace Cannon, Hayden Thompson, James Burton, The Nightcaps, The Fabulous Wailers, Kenny and the Kasuals, Warren Storm, Johnny Jones, Matt Lucas, BB Cunningham, Herb Remington, Arch Hall Jr., Jumpin Gene Simmons, Herbert Hardsety, Little Buck and the Topcats - Featuring Lil Buck Singeal and Stanley "Buckwheat Zydeco" Dural, Deke Dickerson and the Eccofonics, Eddie Bond, Skip Easterling

WEDNESDAY

Clarence Frogman Henry, Scotty Moore, Billy Swan, Boots Randolph, Bobby Patterson, Barbara Lynn, Fillmore Slim, The Tennessee Three Featuring W.S. Holland and Bob Wootten, Rayburn Anthony, Zakary Thaks, Sleepy Labeef, James Blood Ulmer, Billy Boy Arnold, Lady Bo, Dennis Binder, Jody Williams, Henry Gray, Little Freddy King, Rockie Charles. The Rebirth Brass Band, Big George Brock, Mem Shannon and The Membership, Wiley and the Checkmates, Little Buck and the Topcats - Featuring Lil Buck Singeal and Stanley "Buckwheat Zydeco" Dural, The Rockabilly Country Band, Herbert Hardsety, Bob Moore

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Well, just too much to digest! But let me try by breaking up the highlghts into categories:

ROCK& ROLL:

Yep, The Alarm Clocks were a highlight -- they just burned.

Zak Thaks were good once they got rolling, but they still seemed a bit uncomfortable on stage, and maybe that's what holds them back from letting loose. The material is great, though.

The Wailers were just magnificent. One of my all-time faves and I'd never seen 'em before. They did not disappoint!

CC Adcock and the Lafayette marquis. man, they ripped it up.

On the soul/blues front:

Syl Johnson
William Bell
Barbara Lynn
Frogman Henry
Willie Cobb
Little Freddy King
The memphis Climates
& the amazing house band, Lil Buck & The Topcats

Rockabilly/Country:

Sonny Burgess - hell yeah! talk about the real deal...
Eddie Bond
Travis Wammack
Slepy Labeef

Kudos the the Doc and all who set this up. The lineup was great, the sound was uniformly fantastic, the beer was cheap and the good times flowed.

"It's also quite amazing to think that a substantial number of the artists appeared for free in order to maximize the funds raised for musicians impacted by Katrina. And we're not talking about wealthy rock stars with plenty of gigs to spare.

Here were my favorite moments:

--three soul very different soul greats, Syl Johnson, Bobby Patterson, and William Bell, all at the top of their game backed by dynamite bands

--Dennis Coffey burning the place down with his wah-wah funk. Everyone in Lil' Buck's Topcats had huge grins on their faces.

--The experimental set arranged by Scotty Moore. It was like hearing Mose Allison backed by the Texas Playboys. I noticed a lot of people left, but I loved the moody vibe. It's pretty cool that artists well into their senior years who could just work the oldies/casino circuit have instead come up with a pretty unique project.

--Barbara Lynn insisting that she perform despite being in obvious pain.

--Rockie Charles' solo set, pure soul music straight from his heart."

In any case, this fest sounds sublime.

Buck Wilders did--here's what he said on the goner records board:

"You had to be there. - Should of been there.
I would say something like ..."I could die tommorow and not care because I saw all my favorite DJ's playing records together, Percy Wiggins, Willie Cobbs, & Syl Johnson play with the HI Rhythm Section, the Climates sing some of the most beautiful Doo Wop I've ever heard, Archie Bell show you how to do the Tighten Up, Eddie Bo explain what it is to "Check Your Bucket", Willie Tee play "What I'd Say" better than Ray Charles, watch Al "Carnival Time" Johnson and be able to walk in the next room and find Jack O. and Adam W. backing Chick Willis, and finally see Harvey Scales represent everything I love about soul music all in one night." But I could never say that. Tommorow I have to go experience something like this again. And the night after that.
Get $40 and go to the Ponderosa Stomp. Beers were $2.00 and the entertainment was priceless!
Unfortunatlly, I missed Dennis Coffey and Roy Head. I missed a lot of acts. There was too much music for one night!
If you got the means, you best go Stompin'!!!"

"PONDEROSA STOMP: CLOCK IN ON MEMPHIS MAYHEM! P-Stomp has turned into a regular Raccoons-style sabbatical (a la The Honeymooners), with rockin’ riff raff converging from hither, tither and yon with one quest only, that being to blast off with the big beat. This year’s bash moved the crew from New Orleans to Memphis May 8-9-10 with all cabbage going to Crescent City music makers, so big-time hats off to Dr. Ike for organizing the shebang, and to all the great stars who played gratis, just so displaced Louisiana mashers could maybe step closer back to their respective home plates. And what a fabulous barrage of talent it was, three big days of la-do-da! We hit town a day late for the big Sunday night DJ hop at the Hi Tone, but Mr. Fine Wine filled us in and it sounded like a real ball. The pre-Stomp record show Monday morning was a gasser. Billy finally scored Roosevelt Sykes She’s Jail Bait/Sputnik Baby on House Of Sound and I put on my Mr. Manicotti Records A&R hat and nailed a pile of future BIG ITCH candidates, including the aptly named Tokyo Stomp! Night #1 roared in with the ALARM CLOCKS setting the stage -- the guys were even better than at the Beachland in Cleveland, and that’s saying a lot! Hard to believe that this was only their second show since 1966. ROY HEAD turned in two massive sets and girls, he’s even handsomer now than he was decades ago, with unbeatable charisma and stage moves and that humongous signature diamond pinkie ring... back flip action and microphone antics and four-on-the-floor alligatoring aside... the man can and does deliver with prowling vocals and peak condition action capable of inciting instant riots. Joining a bevy of fans eager to meet and greet him after his second show -- yes, he did two-- NOT ENOUGH! -- I commented on his heady choice of cologne. “Jo-vaaahn,” he informed us, flashing, and I do mean FLASHING a devilish smile, shaking his mane and adjusting a massive silver belt buckle engraved with the Lone Star banner. We were agog. Absolutely! THE FABULOUS WAILERS delivered things Northwest style -- it was thrilling to hear singer Kent Morill pounding it out on the Hammond organ while the crowd Mashi’ed down below. Great rompin’ rockabilly sets from mega-super-legends JOE CLAY, SONNY BURGESS, SLEEPY LaBEEF (Gene “Made In The Shade” Dunlap on piano!), EDDIE BOND plus a devastating show from HAYDEN THOMPSON. WILLIAM BELL scored with an intense soul set and we caught HARVEY SCALES as his alligatoring best, no doubt inspired by Gulf Coast gator guru Roy Head. A shoulder injury caused the always excellent BARBARA LYNN to cut her set a bit short, but LAZY LESTER (who told us, “I ain’t seen you for a while. I thought you two was kidnap-ted!”) ably pinch hit. KENNY AND THE KASUALS (they did Journey To Tyme twice!), CLARENCE "FROGMAN" HENRY, LITTLE FREDDY KING, DENNIS BINDER also delivered the goods in spades. Round of loud claps to the hard working backing bands on the Stomp -- DEKE DICKERSON & THE ECCO-FONICS and LITTLE BUCK SINEGAL and MIKE HURTT and his combo were all aces all Stomp long... Guitar-maulin’ TRAVIS WAMMACK blasted out blistering attacks of whammy-bar britz with lightnin’ speed and had the crowd howling for more. Class to spare! Speaking of class, surprise guest JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER (!!!) made the scene to meet up with his pal Eddie Bond and despite my long allegiance to piledrivin’ Paul “Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff, Jerry’s long-time nemesis, I must say that The King was indeed not only easy on the eyeballs, but delightful to chat with, even though he would not divulge his brand of cologne. I mentioned that we had passed a billboard on the highway to Arkansas that read “JERRY LAWLER FIREWORKS: EXIT HERE”. He replied, “Did you?” and I stammered about not being behind the wheel. “Next time, STOP,” he commanded. Dare I say, there’s something about at Aqua Velva man? We were regally P.O.’d to have missed ARCHIE BELL... again. He taught us all to do the Tighten Up in the NOLA hotel lobby last year, and we’d had a lovely, lengthy yap about local variations of the T.U. I was really looking forward to seeing him then, but that very April night one year ago, just as we’d swung onto the hardwood floor of the Rock n’ Bowl, we got a phone call from home informing us that Norton stable stalwart Hasil Adkins had passed away. I headed back to the hotel and ended up bawling my eyeballs out all night. Sometime after midnight, came a tap on the door, and when I went to answer it, there stood Archie. I burst into fresh tears, managing to choke out, “I can’t believe I missed your show!” Archie looked most alarmed and tried to calm me down with, “Don’t cry, honey, you can see me next time I play!” Obviously Mr. Bell thought I was sobbing inconsolably because I had missed his show. Beautiful. I nearly cried all over again at missing him again this year. At least we all know how to do the Tighten Up. We should! We learned from the Creator! Arthur Murray, look out- by the way, thanks to Bettye Lavette who showed us how to Booty Green back in Brooklyn! Unadvertised hit of the Stomp was one man band ROCKIN' ENOCKY from Japan, who filled in for the Rebirth Brass Band’s last minute opt-out. Enocky had wowed wax hounds at in-stores at both Goner and Shangri-La Records shops earlier, but he hit us all upside the head with a howlin’ show that drew several encores. Dig Enocky on his many Jackie & the Cedrics recordings and try to catch him if he comes to your town. Fabulous! There was so much music on three separate stages that there was no way to catch it all. We missed BOBBY PATTERSON and EDDIE BO but heard great reports on both cats. Daytime antics in Memphis-town abounded pre-show every day. Highlights included the super great Stax/Soul Museum, rebuilt to the exact specs of the original building. A must-see. Amid the massive array of records and memorabilia I found my favorite chunk of soulessent ephemera, the boss suede shoes of Bobby “Blue” Bland resplendent with gold coke spoons casually inserted into the tongues and also into the clear Lucite stack heels. I don’t think even the Eleganza catalogues of yesteryear ever carried these suckers -- those dawgs gotta be custom! We must quiz Jimmy “Mr. Motion” Lynch next time he’s in town. Jimmy designed and sewed the flamboyant ensembles for the O’Jays-- get-ups that included crazy matching hats and shoes. Betcha he’ll know the story behind 3B’s mega-bucks! ‘Nother crazy treat was walking into a BBQ joint and spotting STEVE CROPPER munching on a gigantic platter of ribs—we barged right in on his saucy reverie with an autograph book and questions about Bobby’s shoes. “Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland was not a Stax artist. I don’t know what his shoes are doing in there,” said Mr. Cropper, who then inquired what we were doing in town. I told him about the Stomp, raved about his last show in Brooklyn, and got another autograph. Half hour later, he graced the sidewalks outside P-Stomp, just long enough to get the flashbulbs popping before exiting for either some Pepto or another plate of BBQ. Too much is never enough. Memphis didn’t let us out of her clutches until we had checked our bags and gone through security. Heading down to gate B-10, we saw the Sun Records café, one of those alarming theme restaurants, this one using the Sun banner and proclaiming Blues! Rock n’ Roll! Rockabilly! And also, curiously, JAZZ! And even curiouser, HIP-HOP! Ah, yes, that Sun Records Hip-Hop! But that’s not the story! Taking a quick snoop inside the establishment, my eye caught a familiar sight on the wall by the cash register: a Norton label Sun release in our company sleeve reverently matted and framed alongside bona fide Sun label wax! Touche! A fitting epilogue to another frantic, flawless, fabulous Ponderosa Stomp…"

Who all here went to the Ponderosa Stomp?

...'cause there was a veritable BONANZA of soul/R&B-type acts there this year,
and I'm surprised no one's filed a report. (I didn't 'cause there was so much to
see and I was just plain tired!)

"I did bump into SS listers John Ciba, Jim O'Neal and Rob Bowman (great meeting
him for the first time), and as far as actual performances, I was partial to
Bobby Patterson (last act on the last night and even though I was feelin' the
fatigue, what a way to go!), Lazy Lester (did an AMAZING version of a Merle
Haggard outlaw ballad - I think it was "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive"?), William
Bell, Roy Head, Harvey Scales, Syl Johnson, Skip Easterling, Clarence "Frogman"
Henry, Barbara Lynn, and several others that slip my mind at the moment."

"Reclusive, iconoclastic performer joining originators of blues,
garage, rockabilly, R&B, and rock'n'roll in welcoming
the Ponderosa Stomp back home to New Orleans on May 2, 2007

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Roky Erickson's biggest hit, "You're Gonna Miss Me," with his band the 13th Floor Elevators, only reached No. 56 on the national pop chart, yet the lyrics and music composed by this reclusive — and at times mysterious — musician still reverberate today. And this spring, Erickson will make a very rare foray outside of his hometown of Austin, Texas to play a concert-length set at the Sixth Annual Ponderosa Stomp, set for New Orleans' House of Blues on Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Backing him will be The Explosives (Freddie Krc, Waller Collie and Cam King) who played with Roky in the '80s.

At the Ponderosa Stomp, Roky Erickson will be surrounded by legendary performers, including master arranger Wardell Quezergue and the New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Revue, soul songwriter supreme Dan Penn, rockabilly wild man Dale Hawkins, R&B soprano Little Jimmy Scott, Texas Tornado co-founder Augie Meyers, Stax sessions guitarist Skip Pitts, Gulf Coast guitar empress Barbara Lynn, Mardi Gras king Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, Excello harp master Lazy Lester, keyboardist extraordinaire Willie Tee, President of soul Rockie Charles, hillbilly bopper Jay Chevalier, tough Texas shouter Roy Head, and rockabilly wailer Joe Clay, with more to come.

One of the first artists to refer to his music as “psychedelic,” Roky Erickson eclipsed Sun Ra as a legal resident of Outer Space. Since charting that Top 100 hit in 1966, Roky has become famous, and infamous, for drug use and mental health issues. These fits and stops have punctuated his career. Still, Roky has managed to emerge from the murk time and time again, producing classics like "Two Headed Dog" and "Don't Slander Me."

Now, thanks to diligent work both on his part and that of his legal custodian, younger brother Sumner Erickson, Roky is back in full force, as witnessed by the lucky fans who attended the 2006 Austin Music Awards or Roky's Ice Cream Social during SXSW and got a taste of his revived energy and spirit.

Says Dr. Ike, executive director and founder of the Ponderosa Stomp, "Roky's appearance . . . is a truly special occasion. It is only the fourth gig he has played out of Austin since his stupendous comeback. It is his first gig in New Orleans in more than 20 years. It will truly be a night to walk with the zombies under starry eyes."

http://inabluemood.blogspot.com/

Check out the May 24th posting on the Ponderosa Stomp. I so need to go to that event.

http://www.ponderosastomp.com/ponderosa_stomp_7.php

2008-2nights

Dear god, that looks like heaven

I've been on a Collins Kids kick, didn't realized they've been touring.

Rolling Teenpop 1958

Trying to convince myself to spend the $ and go down there---

Ronnie Spector, Roky Erickson, Mary Weiss, Question Mark and The Mysterians, The Collins Kids, The Green Fuz, Syl Johnson, The Hi Rhythm Section, William Bell, The Bo Keys, Bobby Parker, The Mighty Hannibal, Nathaniel Mayer, Eddie Bo, Zigaboo Modeliste, Lazy Lester, Barbara Lynn, Tammy Lynn, Al Johnson, Lil Buck Sinegal and The Top Cats Featuring Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Warren Storm, Hayden Thompson, Sonny Burgess, Joe Clay, Jay Chevalier, Deke Dickerson and The Eccofonics, Little Freddie King, Henry Gray, Louisiana Red, James Blood Ulmer, Wardell Quezergue and His Rhythm and Blues Revue, Roscoe Robinson, Ralph "Soul" Jackson, Herman Hitson, Wiley and The Checkmates, and Rockie Charles.

Ponderosa Stomp Music Conference

April 29th, and 30th 2008, 12pm -5pm.

Oral histories and moderated panel discussions at the historic Cabildo in New Orleans French Quarter. Sponsored by the Louisiana State Museum and the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Music Writers and Experts: Peter Guralnick, Holly George Warren, Andria Lisle, Jim O'Neal, Michael Hurtt, John Broven, George Paulus. Musicians: Barbara Lynn, Tammy Lynn, Harold Batiste, Lazy lester, Roy Head, Dale Hawkins, Zigaboo Mdeliste, Earl Palmer, Bob French, John Boudreaux, Hayden Thompson, and Sonny Burgess. Music Industry: Joe Bihari- owner of RPM, Modern and Flair record lables and Bob Sullivan - original engineer of the Louisiana Hayride from 1949-1959.

And I think that's only a partial list (taken from a blog and not the Ponderosa site)

From an Offbeat magazine e-mail:

there are a few late additions to the lineup. In addition to Ronnie Spector (pictured), Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las, the Mighty Hannibal, Roky Erickson, and Dr. John playing guitar with Wardell Quezergue's Rhythm and Blues Revue, James "Sugarboy" Crawford (who cut "Jock-A-Mo" in 1953) will perform with grandson Davell Crawford. Other late additions to the lineup include Boston soul shouter Barrence Whitfield and Sun rockabilly recording artist Hayden Thompson. This year also marks the debut of the Ponderosa Stomp Music Conference, a free series of oral histories and panel discussions with music figures and rock 'n' roll historians at the Cabildo April 29 and 30 as well. New Orleans producers Harold Battiste and Cosimo Matassa will be on the bill, and Bob French will lead a panel of New Orleans drummers Earl Palmer, Smokey Johnson, Zigaboo Modeliste and John Boudreaux. There will be a discussion of swamp pop-Including an answer to the question, "What is it?"-and much more.

The Ponderosa Stomp folks put on a mini-set at Jazzfest yesterday. From Alex Rawls of Offbeat's blog:

The Ponderosa Stomp Revue wasn't it's strongest lineup, but it did present some of the Stomp's signature performers (along with Barbara Lynn, who played Friday) . Roy Head was money, still a rambunctious ball of dance and mic moves, and kissed Dr. Ike and gave Stanley "Buckwheat Zydeco" Dural, Jr. a big hug while Buck was playing the B3 as part of the house band. But no one else had was as distinctive a performer. Dennis Binder embodied a '50s rockin' blues singer, but by the end of his part of the show, he'd become a little generic. New Orleans' Tammy Lynn segment was better structured, opening with "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" and closing with her hit, the psychedelic funk song "Mojo Hannah," but she's an acquired taste. Archie Bell got time for an extended "Tighten Up" - his one song before the rain forced the closing of the tent and the festival (though I thought I still heard Congo Square through the rain as I went to my car.

Sunday in NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Heavy rain is dousing the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for the second consecutive day, sending music lovers to cover under tents.

A sunny morning saw ever-increasing clouds and a light rain by early afternoon. At midafternoon, a cloudburst struck. By then, most of the vendors had already put up rain shields and most of the fans had put on rain gear.

The ground was still soggy from yesterday's (Saturday) torrential rains.

The rain did not stop the music.

Crowds thinned and dancing stopped. But people remained in front of the stages or ran for the tents, although it was difficult to hear the groups because of the pounding of rain on the canvas.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.

Wow, Jazzfest tickets have gone from $25 a day at the gate in 2004 to $50 a day at the gate in 2008.

the stomp is $45 (plus "convenience fee") for EACH NIGHT now and is at the house of blues, which means attendees will be drinking 5-dollar cans of high life surrounded by, like, alligator heads w/ sunglasses on.

that said, the lineup is awesome.

some old friends of mine live for this... I heard that Davey Allen killed it

It was great to see P.F. Sloan enjoying himself with an appreciative crowd, one of the highlights (along with Barbara Lynn, Betty Harris, Irma ...).

The interview with him at the conference was very interesting. He mixed bravado (about his success at a young age; his interest in the signing the Beatles and Stones versus Lou Adler's lack of interest; the prescient lyrics of "eve of Destruction; and more; learning "Love Me Tender" on guitar from Elvis himself at 13) with angry, hurt comments about his parents; plus a few self-deprecating remarks about his solo efforts.

The Mable John interview with stories about her helping her brother Little Willie John sneak out the window; and of her opening for Billie Holiday; and meeting Berry Gordy and Hayes/Porter were great.

http://addictedtonoise.com.au/ponderosa-stomp-day-1-october-1-2015/ Someone's take on the conference

http://addictedtonoise.com.au/ponderosa-stomp-day-2-friday-october-2-2015/

the 2nd day of the conference and the 1st night of music

http://addictedtonoise.com.au/ponderosa-stomp-day-3/

the 2nd night of music. He didn't mention that Saturday afternoon, some folks did like I did, go catch part of the Treme Festival; and go catch part of the second line parade with brass bands and more

Davey Allan by the way, was Sunday night at the Post-Stomp after-show. I was flying home by then

Longtime critic (and sometime NPR music reviewer) Ed Ward babbling a bit about the Stomp and the panel he hosted; plus going long re New Orleans ten years after Katrina

http://wardinfrance.blogspot.com/2015/10/stomped-long-weekend-in-new-orleans.html

I'm very interested in exactly this kinda stuff, though I'm just a lurker for the most part. Thanks very much for sharing the stories and links. Some year, I'll make it to this thang.

Have been humming "Tallahassie Lassie" by Freddie Boom Boom Cannon all morning as I was just looking at my phone footage of it. Cannon was backed by Los Straightjackets and Deke Dickerson. An excerpt of my footage and from others there can be seen by doing twitter and instagram searches for #PonderosaStomp and/or #PonderosaStomp2015

http://www.arts.ms.gov/folklife/artist.php?dirname=banks_mack

81-year-old rockabilly singer/guitarist Mack Banks had to sit in a chair, but his vocals and axework sounded great. He was making his first appearance in New Orleans. I read somewhere that back in the '50s he was supposed to meet with Sam Phillips at Sun, but Sam cancelled and Mack didn't /couldn't get it rescheduled. Lenny Kaye was supposedly wowed by the guy, and trying to track down his recorded music.

Barbara Lynn's left-handed guitar playing was so great along with her soulful voice. Irma Thomas has that wonderful slow yet powerful vocal delivery.

Barbara Lynn was at the first Stomp, which I attended. Yeah, she's fantastic. I cherish my memories of seeing Irma at her Lion's Den club, that place was like heaven on earth.

Oh no. Just saw the below on twitter. Not seeing any confirmation anywhere else yet. Had no idea when I saw PF Sloan interviewed at the Stomp, and later perform, that he was dying of cancer.

http://www.serendipitypr.co.uk/news/2015/11/16/media-statement-about-p-f-sloan/

It is with deepest sadness that we are announcing that P.F. Sloan (Phil) passed away on the evening of November 15, 2015, at his home in Los Angeles. Phil had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer several weeks before and was fighting it valiantly. The world has lost one of its great talents.

Phil was a key element on the music that became the sound of the Sunset Strip. Phil was a true prodigy, signing his first record deal with Aladdin Records when he was thirteen. He recently published his memoirs, What’s Exactly The Matter With Me? with S.E. Feinberg, and his latest album, My Beethoven has recently been released on Foothill Records.

P.F. Sloan’s Eve Of Destruction was an anthem for a generation. It is as relevant now as it ever has been.

“There are no more escapes. If you want to find out anything that’s happening now, you have to listen to the music I don’t mean the words. Though, Eve Of Destruction will tell you something about it.”— Bob Dylan.

Steve Feinberg and Sangeeta Haindl

https://www.offbeat.com/news/tulane-university-special-collections-will-present-1970s-era-jazz-fest-exhibition/

March to May 2022 exhibit at Tulane on 1970s era New Orleans JazzFest

https://www.offbeat.com/articles/elvis-costello-talks-back/

Elvis Costello re New Orleans and Dave Bartholomew tribute with Dirty Dozen Brass Band that he's doing

WWOZ is airing some of 2nd weekend of New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest I saw in a headline. I wonder if it will be any old New Orleans musicians?

Germaine Bazzle is 91!

Wow, yep saw an AP news story on Jazz Fest that mentioned the younger Deacon John Moore, members of Meters, and Irma Thomas . in their late 70s or 80s

NYC food critic Robert Sietsema is tweeting photos of food from his visit down there in New Orleans. I think Dan and Jordan would approve

Cool! Happy to know Mosca's is still open.

http://www.soultracks.com/story-toussaint-mccall-dies

Rip Toussaint McCall

Jazz Fest in New Orleans has started. I stopped going years ago as it seemed to get too crowded, and lots of the old New Orleans r'n'b musicians I loved have passed on. But I bet the gospel tent is still good as are the brass bands and others. The Rolling Stones might even be still fun too.

Seeing on Facebook acclaim for visiting Colombian band rancho aparte chirimia

But yes, day 1 headliners included Beach Boys on 1 stage and Stephen Marley on another

x-post - Band may be just called Rancho Aparte and despite the big names there Thursday, this Colombian band's photo is on the Friday cover of the Times-Picayune newspaper