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LABOR DAY WITH THE PONDEROSA STOMP

We’d tell you to put your feet up this Labor Day Weekend, but that might not be possible if you tune in to our show with live recordings from the annual Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans, featuring the best in swamp pop, garage rock and surf music. We’ll visit with Arizona twangmaster Duane Eddy. On the flipside, it’s an archival conversation with the late Wardell Quezergue, the New Orleans music maestro and arranger known as the “Creole Beethoven.” Finally the left-handed Gulf Coast guitar lady and singer known as “the black Elvis,” Beaumont’s Barbara Lynn. Come Stomp with us!

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: "Ponderosa Stomp" Lazy Lester
    House Rockin' & Hop Shakin' Vol. 4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
  • "Everybody Needs Somebody" Thee Midniters
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Gloria" Thee Midniters
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Whittier Blvd" Thee Midniters
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "I Smell a Rat" Young Jessie
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Youngblood" Young Jessie
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Women and Cadillacs" Tommy Brown
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • Instrumental: "Miss Twist" Duane Eddy
    Dance with the Guitar Man/Twistin' 'N' Twangin', One Way
  • SEGMENT: Duane Eddy

    Listen
  • "Peter Gunn" Duane Eddy
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Ramrod" Duane Eddy
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Rebel Rouser" Duane Eddy
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • Instrumental: "Ham Sandwich Twist" Wayne & the Velvetones
    An Introduction To: Night Train Keyboard Kings, Night Train
  • "Let's Do It" Johnnie Allan
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Lonely Days and Lonely Nights" Johnnie Allan
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Misrilou" The Trashmen
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Henrietta" The Trashmen
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "Then He Kissed Me" La La Brooks
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "There's No Other Like My Baby" La La Brooks
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • End Bed: "Tipitina" Allen Toussaint
    American Routes original recording,

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: "Hammerhead" June Gardner
    An Introduction to: Night Train New Orleans, Night Train
  • "Cuttin' Out" Professor Longhair
    'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
  • "Roberta" Frankie Ford
    Very Best of Frankie Ford, Music Club
  • "It's Wrong" Earl King
    The Complete Imperial Recordings, Okra Tone
  • SEGMENT: Wardell Quezergue

    Listen
  • Instrumental: "99 Plus 1" June Gardner
    Wardell Querzerque Sixty Smokin' Soul Senders, Funky Delicacies
  • "Teasin' You" Willie Tee
    Teasin' You, Night Train International
  • "Carry On" Jean Knight
    The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3, Stax
  • "Groove Me" King Floyd
    Pure Soul Power, UTVRecords
  • "I'm Walkin" Fats Domino
    Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
  • "I Didn't Want to Do It" The Spiders
    Crescent City Soul: the Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI
  • "Would You?" Dave Bartholomew
    Crescent City soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974, EMI
  • Instrumental: "Good News" Dave Bartholomew
    The Spirit of New Orleans: The Genius of Dave Bartholomew, EMI
  • SEGMENT: Barbara Lynn

    Listen
  • "You'll Lose a Good Thing" Barbara Lynn
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • "I'm a Good Woman" Barbara Lynn
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,
  • End Bed: "Forty Miles of Bad Road" Duane Eddy
    recorded live at the Ponderosa Stomp,

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