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Getcha the Lowdown
Leslie ‘Lazy Lester’ Johnson, 1933-2018
Thank you, Lester, for the music and the memories. You will be missed greatly. Rest in peace, friend.
A CLOSER WALK
The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation has teamed up with its partners to launch A Closer Walk, an interactive map of New Orleans music history. Check it out on your desktop, or use the GPS on your phone to explore sites in the city. It features photos from every Stomp Concert and video from every Stomp Music History Conference!
This Should Go On ForeverStomp Blog
- Carla Thomas
- Reggie Young- Legendary Memphis Session Guitarist
- Gary U.S. Bonds: Down The Mississippi, Down In New Orleans
- T.K. Hulin: The Bayou State Tearjerker
- Frankie Miller: True Blue Papa
- Willie Knows How
- Darrell McCall: The Nashville Rebel
- Keep A Knockin': Charles Connor
- Last of the Texas T-Bone Guitar Slingers: Roy Gaines
- Blue-eyed-soul royalty in the flesh: Electrifying ex-Boogie Kings singer GG Shinn returning for the 13th Ponderosa Stomp
- That Driving Beat: Don Bryant and the Bo-Keys
- "Tighten Up" for Archie Bell
- Doug Kershaw: Louisiana Man
- Winfield Parker: Gospel Musician's Return to R&B