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...
View ArticleSong of the Day: “Seven Letters” by Warren Storm (live version with Lil’ Band...
Today’s Song of the Day is the musical epic that inspired young Cajun-rock revivalists Steve Riley and C.C. Adcock to form the supergroup Lil’ Band o’ Gold in the late 1990s. As regular attendees of...
View ArticleThe Godfather of Rampart and Dumaine: Studio legend Cosimo Matassa to be...
Get ready for the Ponderosa Stomp’s righteous tribute to one of the architects of the New Orleans sound, J&M recording studio owner Cosimo Matassa. Friday night’s tribute features tips of the hat...
View ArticleJ.M. Van Eaton: Sun Studio Ace Has A Whole Lotta Drummin’ Goin’ On
WRITTEN BY BILL DAHL “You can pretty well tell my drumming on that Sun stuff from somebody else’s,” said J.M. Van Eaton. “I guess it’s a little bit different.” A profound understatement. During his...
View ArticleWarren Storm: 7 Decades o’ Musical Gold With the Godfather of Louisiana Swamp...
WRITTEN BY BILL DAHL Musical trends come and go all the time on a national level. But in south Louisiana, swamp pop is eternal. That’s been the happy case since the late 1950s, when a phalanx of young...
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