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the 2009 Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans - Day 2 in pics (the A-Bones / Ira Kaplan / Flamin' Groovies reunion included)
photos by Jacob Blickenstaff
Ira Kaplan, The A-Bones + Flamin' Groovies
Among the resurrected bluesmen, rockabilly cats, garage rockers and soul shouters at the eighth annual Ponderosa Stomp were various "Littles," including Little Willie Littlefield, Little Joe Washington, Lil' Buck Sinegal -- not to mention Long John Hunter and Lazy Lester. Though each of these acts that held court at the festival (held April 28 and 29 at the House of Blues in New Orleans), and several others -- including a master's class given by newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson -- demonstrated the breadth and width of American music, one undisputed highlight was the Wednesday reunion of the two prime forces in the Flamin' Groovies, who played a set together for the first time since 1971.Pictures from Day One are HERE. The rest of Day Two, below...Groovies frontman Roy Loney and guitarist Cyril Jordan, who co-founded the Bay Area rock band in 1965, tore through selections from the three critically heralded LPs released before Loney's departure, with backing by Brooklyn combo the A-Bones (which featured Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan on keyboards and guitar, and, appropriately, former Flamin' Groovies Fan Club president Miriam Linna behind the drum kit). As Loney explains, "Cyril and I rehearsed in San Francisco and the A-Bones rehearsed in New York" -- yet this bicoastal convergence showed no signs of disconnect, jelling as if they were a long-estabished unit. [Spinner]
Lil Buck Sinegal
Jerry McCain (and harmonicas)
Lazy Lester with Lil Buck
Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester with James Burton
Warren Storm
Dr. Ike (fest founder)
Wedding of Lefty Parker and Alison Fensterstock on stage
Buckwheat and Lil Buck
Robert Parker
Rockie Charles - backstage
Ernie Vincent + Herbert Hardesty (sax)
Tony Owens
Skip Easterling (keyboard)
Earl Stanley (center) with Mike Hurtt
Rockie Charles
David Batiste (crowd and organ)
GG Shin
LC Ulmer
group- Roy Loney (groovies) Billy Miler (A-Bones), James Burton, Miriam Linna (A-Bones) Tom Kenny (voice of Spongebob)
Dan Penn and Bobby Emmons
James Burton - backstage
Wanda Jackson with Deke Dickerson
Bonnie Raitt in the house
Deke
Miriam Linna
Wiley and the Checkmates
going over set list with Ira Kaplan
Flamin Groovies - Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan + A-Bones
groovies setlist
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The A-Bones have shows coming up at Maxwell's and on a boat in NYC.
Ira Kaplan and his band Yo La Tengo will be opening for Wilco in Brooklyn this summer.
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Posted on May 6, 2009 9:49 AM
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Comments (10)
FYI - Ira Kaplan IS an official member and de facto bandleader of the A-Bones
Posted by Jacob | May 6, 2009 10:21 AM
"FYI - Ira Kaplan IS an official member and de facto bandleader of the A-Bones"
Unlike Yo La Tengo, The A-Bones exist with or without Ira. Someones he plays with them. Sometimes he doesn't.
Posted by Anonymous | May 6, 2009 10:28 AM
awesome pics...looks amazing...would love to see a teenage head-era groovies reunion tour.
Posted by Anonymous | May 6, 2009 10:41 AM
Regarding Ira’s status as member/non-member of the A-Bones, allow me to say this … WGAF?
Posted by Anonymous | May 6, 2009 11:38 AM
as a graphic designer, I think it's safe to say IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII DONT GIVE A FUKKKKKKKKK
Posted by Anonymous | May 6, 2009 11:42 AM
Jacob Blickenstaff's photos are fucking amazing. Also, if you'd ever seen the A-Bones, you'd know that their "defacto bandleader" is either completely mythical or has A LOT of explaining to do.
Posted by Anonymous | May 6, 2009 3:20 PM
Flamin' Groovies "Shake Some Action" is in the All-Time Top 10 of tunes.
Posted by drewo | May 6, 2009 3:31 PM
what does being a graphic designer have to do with anything? WGAF?
Posted by Anonymous | May 6, 2009 3:51 PM
WGAF is the new meh
Posted by Anonymous | May 6, 2009 3:56 PM
Thanks for posting Jacobs photos, re: your tags, you may remember me as the DJ for MC Trachiotomy during your coverage of our show at Webster Hall with the Butthole Surfers, my wife is a writer from the Times Picayune (and WWOZ DJ), and I feel we have been sufficiently outed as "Knights of the Mau Mau". FYI ...as it seems to go. still funny seeing our pix here.
Giant fan of the site.
DLP
Posted by Lefty Parker | May 21, 2009 5:05 AM