Blues-harmonica smackdown (strictly for grins): Chicago’s Billy Boy Arnold...
We’re thrilled that Chicago blues-harmonica god Billy Boy Arnold is returning to the Ponderosa Stomp this year for its 10th anniversary. And the Stomp, of course, is named after south Louisiana’s Lazy...
View ArticleGene Terry: Texas Cajun’s Ragged-But-Right Goldband Rockers Put the “Swamp”...
WRITTEN BY BILL DAHL Most young singers dream night and day of nailing a major hit record. Not swamp-pop pioneer Gene Terry. Honing his stage presentation with his rocking band, the Down Beats, was 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...
View ArticleRod Bernard: This Should Go On Forever But It’s Not — One Night Only With...
WRITTEN BY BILL DAHL “I don’t think that it’s the singer as much as it’s the song,” claims south Louisiana swamp-pop legend Rod Bernard. “The right song at the right time is what makes the hit. I think...
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