Also scheduled: spectacular Memphis acts Ace Cannon, William Bell, the Climates, the Hi Rhythm Section, and Jumpin� Gene Simmons, a stellar New Orleans line-up including Joe Clay, Jay Chevalier, Mem Shannon, Tammy Lynn, Clarence �Frogman� Henry, Rebirth Brass Band, Willie Tee, Eddie Bo, Al �Carnival Time� Johnson, Rockie Charles and Little Freddie King, and Louisiana/Gulf Coast greats Lazy Lester, Barbara Lynn, Warren Storm, Henry Gray, the Bad Roads, and Lil Buck Sinegal. Instrumental groups the Bo-Keys and Deke Dickerson & the Eccofonics will back many of these legendary performers.

The roster reads like a litany of America�s musical history, drawing talent from renowned recording studios and record labels including Ace Records, the Ron and Ric labels, Hi Records, Stax Records, Chess Records, Motown, Sea-Saint, Sun Records, Cosimo Matassa�s J&M and Cosimo Recording Studio, Excello, and Royal Recording Studio. No wonder Los Lobos frontman Cesar Rojas, Trent Reznor, Ray Davies, Joss Stone, Ben Vaughn, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame president Terry Stewart, and members of Yo La Tengo have made it a prerogative to attend the Stomp in recent years.

CNN has declared the Ponderosa Stomp �history in the making,� while New York Times music critic Jon Pareles calls it a �dream� event that �plunges into the obscure byways of rock �n� roll past.� Of the 2005 festival, Gambit magazine joined MSNBC, the Associated Press, Mojo, the Christian Science Monitor, High Times, Living Blues, the Chicago Sun-Times, and more, with praise, writing, �For roots aficionados, the Stomp was nirvana; you almost had to pinch yourself to make sure it wasn�t a dream.�

The 2006 Ponderosa Stomp, slated for Monday, May 8- Wednesday, May 10, will feature ancillary events including a Record Show, a DJ Dance Party hosted by Buck Wilders and the Hook-Up, special tours of Sun Studios (ground zero for many of Memphis� blues and rockabilly artists), and other activities to be announced. The Stomp is sandwiched between the Memphis In May Beale Street Music Festival and the Blues Music Awards, making for one of the exciting weeks of music in Memphis history.

Tickets for the Ponderosa Stomp, held at the Gibson Guitar Factory in downtown Memphis, are available for $40 per night at www.buyolympia.com/events/index.php?details=170 . More information about the line-up and the venue can be found at www.ponderosastomp.com

Ponderosa Stomp�s Gulf Coast Revue at SXSW, slated for the Continental Club in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 17, will offer a sneak preview of the 5th annual Ponderosa Stomp with performers Barbara Lynn, Roy Head, Archie Bell, Warren Storm, Lil Buck Sinegal, Eddie Bo, Al �Carnival Time Johnson, Tommy McClain and Classie Ballou, all backed by Lil Band O� Gold, as well as drummer extraordinaire DJ Fontana and garage legends the Bad Roads and the Zakary Thaks.

The Mystic Knights of the Mau Mau are also presenting monthly concerts at the Circle Bar and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, both located in New Orleans. The Knights, a non-profit, volunteer-run organization founded by a group of rock �n� roll fanatics to celebrate the pioneers of blues, country, swamp pop, jazz, soul, and R&B, have presented more than forty shows, helping to resurrect the careers of dozens of �lost� musical legends, including Howard Tate and Jody Williams, over the past five years.

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