Ponderosa Stomping

If you were in Austin on March 20 for SXSW you could see a Ponderosa Stomp showcase featuring Barbarba Lynn, Eli Paper Boy Reed, Roy Head, Huelyn Duvall and a host of others. Sadly I won't be there. Nor will I be at the Ponderosa Stomp itself in New Orleans where the line up has been extended and now looks well up to the standard of previous years. Here's how it now lines up:

Night 1 Tuesday, April 28th, 2009:
Classie Ballou, Carl Mann, Dale Hawkins and James Burton, James Blood Ulmer, The Hi Rhythm Section. Otis Clay, The Remains, Howard Tate, Ray Sharpe, The Bo-Keys, Lil Greenwood, Deke Dickerson & the Eccofonics, Texas Johnny Brown, Little Willie Littlefield, Little Joe Washington, Alton Lott, Jack Earls, Johnny Powers, Kenny and the Kasuals, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy

Night 2 Wednesday, April 29th, 2009:
Jerry McCain, Lazy Lester, James Burton, Wanda Jackson, Dan Penn and Bobby Emmons, Robert Parker, Lil Buck and The Top Cats featuring Stanley Buckwheat Dural, The New Orleans Revue(Eddie Bo, Jean Knight, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, Tony Owens, Rockie Charles, Little Freddie King, Guitar Lightnin Lee, Skip Easterling, Earl Stanley, Joe Clay, Ernie Vincent, and Jay Chevalier), Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan of the Flamin Groovies backed by The A-Bones, Deke Dickerson & the Eccofonics, Question Mark and The Mysterians, Jivin' Gene, L.C. Ulmer, Little Willie Littlefield, Roddy Jackson, Long John Hunter, Wiley and The Checkmates, Bobby Patterson
Wish you were there? I do.