Category Archives: Time Machine

Rock Me Baby – Sugar Pie Desanto – Song/Video of the Day

Here’s a Stomp sneak peek with a great live performance from Sugar Pie Desanto when she toured Europe as part of the American Folk Blues Festival. Ponderosa Stomp alum Hubert Sumlin is on guitar!

Below is snapshot of Sugar Pie’s Ponderosa Stomp poster- from the letterpress geniuses at Yee Haw Industries. See Sugar Pie Desanto live and snag her poster on at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans on September 24th and 25th, 2010.

Sugar Pie Desanto Poster Ponderosa Stomp - Yee Haw

1974 Video of Huey P. Meaux the Crazy Cajun Live on the Radio

“Huey P. Meaux’s last Friday night oldies show on KPFT right before he went large with Freddy Fenders “Before the Next Teardrop Falls.”

Barbara Lynn, You’ll Lose a Good Thing – Video

Barbara Lynn, the Empress of Gulf Coast Soul, will be performing with Lil Buck and the Top Cats on June 5th, 2010 at the Rock N Bowl. Presented by the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation and the Rock N Bowl.

PS Time Machine: September 14, 1955

“A wop bop a loo mop, a good goddam!” Fifty-four years ago today, per Bumps Blackwell’s recommendation, Little Richard Penniman (seen above with Jet Harris, Gene Vincent and Sam Cooke) joined forces with Fats Domino’s band — which included the late Earl Palmer, drummer extraordinaire who performed at the 1st annual Ponderosa Stomp and served … Continue reading PS Time Machine: September 14, 1955

Scene Report: Eddie Bond at the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival

On Saturday night, exactly 54 years after he headlined the St. Francis County Fair in Forrest City, Arkansas, alongside Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Floyd Cramer, Sun rockabilly Eddie Bond took the stage at the Center for Southern Folklore‘s Memphis Music & Heritage Festival. At the fifth annual Ponderosa Stomp, Bond was backed by Deke … Continue reading Scene Report: Eddie Bond at the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival