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

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.

You've got a point, although each "night" goes from like 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. and they don't have Shell sponsorship like the JF.

I think that WWOZ annual piano night thing tonight is pricey as well.

Pareles in the NY Times hails the first night of the Ponderosa Stomp-

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/arts/music/01pond.html?ref=music

Was reading that this morning -- good piece, I thought.

Yep. Couple of bloggers weighed in on night 1 also:

http://thevinylword.blogspot.com/2008/04/ponderosa-stomp-day-1.html

http://offbeatpoplife.blogspot.com/2008/04/ponderosa-stomp-notebook-dump-night-1.html

hey adam!

i got in to the jazzfest free on saturday, but got rained out before i could see anyone else. :(

I only got to see the condensed revue version at JF. Roy Head was indeed "money"; one of the greatest things I saw all weekend.

I'm gonna have to win the lottery and fly these folks up to DC or just suck it up next year and pay the money, miss work, bring my kid, etc.

I missed it again. Flamin' Groovies reunion for the 1st time in decades with the A-Bones and YLT's Ira Kaplan. I keep trying to get DC clubs and the Kennedy Center to book these folks but have had no luck. There are NYC shows scheduled for July

Here's Jon Pareles in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/arts/music/01pond.html

http://www.lincolncenter.org/asc_load_screen.asp?screen=LCF_Ponderosa_Stomp Coming to NYC in July

i saw roy loney sing a song with the a-bones on monday night. it was neat, though the sound was terrible. yo la tengo opened up and played a great set of covers, none of which i recognized. i dig the whole loving spirit of the stomp but the garage rock aspies freak me out.

Ha. Yea I guess they would be out in force at something like this

NYC shows start tonight.

On Thursday night at Damrosch Park (175 W. 62nd St.), "The Get Down" is a night of soul and R&B featuring William Bell, Harvey Scales and the Bobettes, with the Bo-Keys, and Friday's "Best Dance in Town" brings a rockabilly night to Damrosch Park with the Collins Kids, Carl Mann and Joe Clay, with Deke Dickerson and the Eccofonics. Both shows start at 6:30 p.m., then Sunday night, the Stomp and Lincoln Center present "A Tribute to Wardell Quezergue" 9(pictured) at 8 p.m. at Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway). Performers celebrating one of the architects of New Orleans music include Mac Rebennack, the Dixie Cups, Robert Parker, Jean Knight, Dorothy Moore, Tammy Lynn, Tony Owens, Zigaboo Modeliste, Michael Hurtt and Wardell Quezergue's Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/arts/music/21wardell.html?ref=arts

Jon Pareles on A Tribute to Wardell Quezergue, one of the Ponderosa Stomp in NY events

Change is Good: Ponderosa Stomp Announces a New Season and
the First Round of Headliners for a Tremendous 2010

There is much to celebrate as the 9th Annual Ponderosa Stomp Festival kicks into action in 2010 with a new fall weekend to present another rocket-fueled cavalcade of American music stars. After eight years of spring events, fans are marking their calendars on the 24th & 25th of September in 2010. Fans hitting the Crescent City that weekend will take in the Stomp’s legendary musical performances, in addition to the 3rd annual daytime American music history conference, film series and record hop!

“We feel strongly that moving the festival away from April will have a positive impact,” explained founder Ira “Dr. Ike” Padnos, “The move to a weekend allows more local and regional music fans to attend, without having work looming the next day. For national and international attendees, costs are significantly cheaper in the fall. The move helps establish the Stomp as a destination event in its own right, allowing for its continued growth and success.”

The Ponderosa Stomp throws down in its 9th year with an incredible array of performers and the first six headliners are official! Stand back: DUANE EDDY, SUGAR PIE DESANTO, THEE MIDNITERS, RED SIMPSON, JOE SOUTH and THE TRASHMEN will grace the stage in 2010! Representing American music’s Grand Canyonesque range of genres, from twangy guitar genius to bold, sassy R&B, Chicano rock, truckin’ anthems, soulful southern songwriting and primal garage, fans would be hard-pressed to witness talent this heavy and diverse anywhere else.

The Stomp doesn’t just blow minds in the evenings, au contraire, by day there is the American music history conference, presented in partnership with the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame & Museum and the Louisiana State Museum, at the beautiful Cabildo in Jackson Square, in which the great producers, iconoclastic performers, journalists and notable music figures speak on panels and oral histories. There is a film series and a record hop for those inspired to add to their collections. That isn’t all: the wonderful exhibit, curated by The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, “The Secret History of Louisiana Rock ‘n’ Roll” is on display at the museum as well.

Duane Eddy’s reign as King of Twang took off with the album “Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel” which went to #5 on the charts in 1959. His sound came from his collaboration with a then DJ named Lee Hazlewood, driving hits like “Rebel Rouser” “Peter Gunn”, “Cannonball”, “Shazam” and “Forty Miles of Bad Road” and helping to popularize electric guitar. In 1994 Eddy was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

Sugar Pie DeSanto’s career began at a talent show when Johnny Otis spotted her talent (she won) and offered her a contract on the spot. She joined his revue and he nicknamed her Sugar Pie. While she is best known for hits like “I Want to Know”, which hit #4 on the R&B charts in 1960, “Soulful Dress” in 1964, and duets with Etta James on “Do I Make Myself Clear” and “In the Basement, Part 1”, she is a songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Fontella Bass, Little Milton, Minnie Riperton and The Dells.

Thee Midniters were one of the first Chicano rock bands to emerge from East LA in the 60s, paving the way for bands like Los Lobos. Their cover of “Land of A Thousand Dances” and the instrumental “Whittier Boulevard” put them on the map in 1965, but they became politicized and were early to write about Chicano themes, in songs like “Chicano Power” and “The Ballad of César Chávez”. They integrated horns and diverse percussion producing a funky big band sound. Make no mistake; Thee Midniters are a stomping band with equal measures of soulfulness and booty-shaking rhythm.

Red Simpson is a giant in the wonderful world of truck driving music, contributing classics like “Roll, Truck, Roll”, “Give Me Forty Acres”, “I’m A Truck”, “Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves” and “A Tombstone Every Mile”. He started his career as a piano player in Bakersfield and surrounding towns, before being approached by Capitol Records producer Ken Nelson to record some trucking songs (Merle Haggard had declined). He was an immediate hit and created some of the greatest songs in the genre, inspiring younger bands like Asleep at the Wheel and Junior Brown.

Joe South is a incredibly prolific southern songwriter who gave us hits like “Down In the Boondocks”, “Hush” (a hit for Deep Purple & Kula Shaker), “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” (for Vegas era Elvis) and “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”, a guitarist who played on Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools” and Dylan’s ‘Blonde on Blonde’, a performer who had hits with “Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home” and “Games People Play”. In the 70s South retreated to Hawaii to live in the jungle, but became active in music again in the 90s. This is a rare public appearance by a legend.

The Trashmen’s deranged proto-surf rock launched in 1964 with “Surfin’ Bird”, later recorded by a gamut of bands, from The Cramps and The Ramones to Silverchair and thrash band Sodom. It makes perfect sense that one of the most stupendous surf bands would come from Minneapolis, thousands of miles from the nearest beach!

For more information on Ponderosa Stomp in 2010 visit:
http://www.ponderosastomp.com/ponderosa_stomp_9.php

The PS is awesome and kind of overwhelming but Dr. Ike is kind of an odd duck to deal w/.

Oh. Maybe that's why they use a publicist now and a Gambit contributor to assist with programming.

Anybody at the J & H Fest? I'm not there but schedule for the first weekend has the usual good brass bands, zydeco acts, Andrews family, John Boutte, etc.

Weather sounds like it could be better.

Greetings From Overcast, Er, Rainy New Orleans

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

The Gentilly entrance to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. (Patrick Jarenwattananon/NPR)

Hello! from a ... well, fair-to-middling opening day at the New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival 2010, weather-wise.

As I type, a bolt of lightning has just struck somewhere in the area and rain showers are pouring down. And enthusiasm on the fairgrounds -- that is, the massive horse racetrack complex here in New Orleans -- has dampened somewhat.

But for an overcast moment, the lawn chair armada did get a chance to decamp, the cozies to fill with Miller Lite cans, the flags and regalia to unfurl, the peanut vendors to stroll about, and the bands to play. Updates from music that Josh Jackson and I have caught so far, soon to come.

And as you know, you can follow @blogsupreme (me) and @checkoutjazz (Josh) on Twitter for up-to-the-minute updates. Now, back out into the damp and the music.

2:52 PM ET | 04-23-2010 | permalink

My Dad sent me this, not sure where it is from.

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/despite_forecast_mud_is_only_w.html

http://photos.nola.com/4500/gallery/third_day_at_the_new_orleans_jazz_fest_sunday_april_25_2010/index-3.html

Better weather Sunday apparently

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/treme_brass_band_gets_day_off.html

The Treme tv show gets the Treme Brass Band a bigger crowd

At one end of a Fairgrounds still sodden by Friday's downpour, folk titans Simon & Garfunkel ended their 90-minute reunion by bringing on jazz greats Terence Blanchard and Michael White and zydeco king Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. for an impromptu jam session on the coda Cecilia which was reminiscent of the world-music sound of Simon's classic Graceland album.

At the far other end — geographically and musically — Louisville's My Morning Jacket capped their 90-minute set of dreamy, theatrical, 21st-century white country-soul songs by introducing New Orleans' venerable Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The ultra-traditional ensemble, whose recent benefit album features My Morning Jacket lead singer Jim James, backed him here on uproarious versions of Mother-in-Law, It's Carnival Time and the Curtis Mayfield classic Move On Up.

And sandwiched in between those two stages, Canadian rap star Drake offered a heart-felt shout-out to incarcerated New Orleans rapper Lil' Wayne, calling him "my big brother" and launching into his hit I'm Going In. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-04-25-jazz-fest-new-orleans_N.htm?csp=obinsite

http://alisterpaine.info/2010/04/21/new-orleans-jazz-heritage-festival-part-i/

I remember one year (of the 4 times I've been) having to deal with lots of mud at Jazzfest.

jazz greats Terence Blanchard and Michael White
Michael White?!?

Oh I see.

The New Orleans musician and jazz historian Dr. Michael White

From Wikipedia:

Dr. Michael White was living in a one storey home in the Gentilly district of New Orleans, near the London Avenue Canal, before the catastrophic flooding of most of New Orleans due to the Federal levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. White was a substantial collector of jazz artifacts and history in New Orleans for 30 years, but lost nearly everything in the flooding. He had owned the original sheet music of Dead Man Blues by Jelly Roll Morton, a clarinet mouthpiece by Sidney Bechet, and had a collection of an estimated 5,000 records and LPs. He lost it all in the flooding.

Ponderosa Stomp is bringing Detroit to New York City this summer

27TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Ponderosa Stomp presents The Detroit Breakdown
The Gories
Motor City Soul Revue featuring Dennis Coffey, Melvin Davis,
Spyder Turner, and The Velvelettes with The Party Stompers
Eddie Kirkland
Hearst Plaza/
Barclays Capital Grove

Sat July 31
6:30
27TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Ponderosa Stomp presents The Detroit Breakdown
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
? & the Mysterians
Death at
Damrosch

Hey, didn't notice Death before.

One of the main guys passed away in that group, but I did not realize that the reunited version was touring.

Did not listen to WWOZ or peep any reviews of the 2nd weekend of the J & H. Did anybody here go?

http://www.ponderosastomp.com/ponderosa_stomp_9.php#stomp2010

Music at night, and panels and movies during the day

I think some ilxers are there

Non-ilxer Ann Powers (LA Times writer whose writing I'm not crazy about) is tweeting from New Orleans this weekend as she's on a panel

http://twitter.com/annkpowers

How was it? An ILE poster said he/she was going.