2011 Ponderosa Stomp Daily Schedule Released

Allen Toussaint - Headlining Ponderosa Stomp 2011 @ The Howlin' Wolf

This milestone year will be hailed with tributes to the essential New Orleans sound engineer Cosimo Matassa, Stax Records, Excello Records and Southern music with Allen Toussaint, William Bell, Big Jay McNeely, Eddie Floyd, Lady Bo, Sir Mack Rice, Lazy Lester, Dave Bartholomew, The Bo-Keys w/ Skip Pitts and Howard Grimes, Carol Fran, Classie Ballou, Warren Storm and more.

The 10th Annual Ponderosa Stomp will be held next Friday and Saturday at The Howlin’ Wolf, today organizers released the daily schedules for the event. For more information on the festival, go here. Continue on for the schedule.

2011 Ponderosa Stomp Concert Schedule

Friday, September 16
Main Stage

7:30 – 7:45 BOBBY ALLEN with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

7:45- 8:00 CLAYTON SAMPY with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

EXCELLO TRIBUTE

8:00 – 8:15 CLASSIE BALLOU with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

8:15 – 8:30 CAROL FRAN with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

8:30 – 9:30 LAZY LESTER, WARREN STORM and JAMES JOHNSON with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

COSIMO TRIBUTE

9:45 – 10:55 ALLEN TOUSSAINT AND BAND with SPECIAL GUESTS: DAVE BARTHOLOMEW, CLARENCE “FROGMAN” HENRY, ROBERT PARKER, THE WILD TOUSAN

11:10 – 11:25 JEAN KNIGHT with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

11:25 – 11:40 LITTLE LEO with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

11:45 – 11:55 CP LOVE with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

11:55 – 12:00 AL JOHNSON with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

12:00 – 12:10 EARL STANLEY with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

12:10 – 12:20 GG SHINN with LIL’ BUCK & THE TOP CATS

12:35 – 12:50 FRANKIE FORD with MICHAEL HURTT AND HIS HAUNTED HEARTS

12:50 – 1:05 JAY CHEVALIER with MICHAEL HURTT AND HIS HAUNTED HEARTS

1:05 – 1:30 JIVIN’ GENE with MICHAEL HURTT AND HIS HAUNTED HEARTS

2:00 – 2:30 THE CREOLE ZYDECO FARMERS featuring JOCKEY ETIENNE

Friday, September 16
Den Stage

7:45 – 8:15 DEKE DICKERSON: ONE-MAN BAND

8:30 – 9:15 AL JOHNSON

9:30 – 10:30 BOBBY RUSH (SOLO)

10:30 – 11:15 JAY CHEVALIER

11:30 – 12:15 WARREN PREJEAN of THE CREOLE ZYDECO FARMERS

Saturday, September 17
Main Stage

7:30 – 7:45 LITTLE FREDDIE KING

7:55- 8:25 LAVELLE WHITE with DEKE DICKERSON AND THE ECCOFONICS

8:25 – 8:40 CLIFFORD CURRY with DEKE DICKERSON AND THE ECCOFONICS

8:40 – 9:10 BIG JAY NCNEELY with DEKE DICKERSON AND THE ECCOFONICS

9:20 – 9:55 ARCH HALL, JR. & THE ARCHERS featuring ALAN O’DAY and JOEL CHRISTIE with GENE OLIVERI

10:00 – 10:30 BILLY BOY ARNOLD with DEKE DICKERSON AND THE ECCOFONICS

10:30 – 10:40 JOE CLAY with DEKE DICKERSON AND THE ECCOFONICS

10:45 – 11:15 LADY BO with DEKE DICKERSON AND THE ECCOFONICS

11:25 – 1:25

THE BO-KEYS TRIBUTE TO STAX AND MEMPHIS SOUL FEATURING:

WILLIAM BELL
EDDIE FLOYD
SIR MACK RICE
OTIS CLAY
SKIP PITTS
HOWARD GRIMES

1:35 – 2:05 GUITAR LIGHTNIN’ LEE

2:05 – 2:30 THE SLUTS

Saturday, September 17
Den Stage

7:45 – 8:45 RUDY RICHARD with SPECIAL GUEST LAZY LESTER

9:00 – 10:00 LITTLE FREDDIE KING

10:15 – 10:45 JIMMY “DUCK” HOLMES

10:45 – 11:30 LITTLE FREDDIE KING

11:45 – 12:15 JOHNNY LEGEND with DEKE DICKERSON

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Wesley grew up in coastal Georgia and is a former resident of The Music City and The Big Easy where he helped get LMB NOLA off-the-ground after launching in January 2011. Over the past few years, he has also contributed steadily to JamBase and Relix Magazine. Recently, Hodges moved on to L.A. where Abita Beer is hard to find, costs about $6 if located and impromptu parading in the streets will most likely get you arrested on the spot.

 

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