*This is from the 2008 festival, Current Ponderosa Stomp info can be found here.

Back in New Orleans on Three Stages for Two Big Nights, In Between the Jazz Fest Weekends

Ponderosa Stomp #7, 2008 Music Festival Lineup

Night 1 Tuesday, April 29th, 2008: Wardell Quezergue and His Rhthm and Blues Revue with Special Guests Jean Knight, Tammy Lynn, and Tony Owens with Special Guests Mac Rebennack and Zigaboo Modeliste Barbara Lynn Mary Weiss Lil Buck and The Top Cats with Stanley Buckwheat Zydeco Dural Lazy Lester Earl Stanley and the Stereos featuring Skip Easterling and Eddie Powers Tail Dragger & his Chicago Blues band The Collins Kids The Bo Keys Roy Head William Bell Betty Harris Hayden Thompson Sonny Burgess Joe Clay Dale Hawkins Deke Dickerson & the Eccofonics Louisiana Red Barrence Whitfield James Blood Ulmer Travis Wammack Al Johnson Rockie Charles Tammy Lynn Warren Storm Herbert Hardesty

Night 2 Wednesday, April 30th, 2008: Syl Johnson The Hi Rhythm Section Ronnie Spector Roky Erickson and the Explosives Question Mark and The Mysterians James Crawford and Davell Crawford The Mighty Hannibal Eddie Bo The Green Fuz King Lloyd Band Jay Chevalier Margaret Lewis Tommy McLain Warren Storm Guitar Lightnin The Haunted Hearts Henry Gray Herbert Hardesty Little Freddie King Wiley and The Checkmates Roscoe Robinson Ralph "Soul" Jackson Herman Hitson

Dave Bartholomew, Bobby Parker and Nathaniel Mayer will not be appearing at the Ponderosa Stomp this year.

Ponderosa Stomp Performance Schedule with Times and Stages

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 Modeliste, Bob French, John Boudreaux, Hayden Thompson, and Sonny Burgess.

Music Industry: Joe Bihari- owner of RPM, Modern and Flair record labels and Bob Sullivan - original engineer of the Louisiana Hayride from 1949-1959.

Read more about the Ponderosa Stomp Music Conference

Tickets

Tickets for the Seventh Annual Ponderosa Stomp are on sale now. Tickets are $45 per night, general admission. Re-entry and photography are allowed. Tickets are available through TicketMaster (Buy tickets online for Night One, and Night Two) and at the House of Blues ticket office in New Orleans. House of Blues Directions.

Hotel Information

Rooms are available for the nights of April 28th, 29th, 30th and May 1st, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Express, 221 Carondelet Street, New Orleans just five blocks from the House of Blues. The special rate is $79.00 single/double occupancy.

Please call 1-888-211-3447 to make your reservations. Please request the Ponderosa Stomp rate when booking the reservations to receive the special rate. Guests will not be able to get the special rate without mentioning the Ponderosa Stomp.

No more rooms are available at the French Market Inn at the special rate

Sponsors

Ponderosa Stomp Foundation is supported by a grant from the Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division For The Arts and the National Endowment For The Arts.

Other sponsors include: The House of Blues^®, Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, New Orleans Fine Hotels, Louisiana State Museum, Renew Our Music, American Luxury Limousines, Louisiana Music Factory, New Orleans Music Exchange, Wax Poetic, Offbeat

Stomp Reviews

What the press has said about the Stomp.