been announced. Here's who I'm looking forward to
hearing on 'OZ, plus so many others who I don't
know. Some of these names I know, some I just
like the sound of. I really doubt I'll be going
but who knows.
4/24 - 4/26 (first weekend)
Earth Wind & Fire, Wilco, Irma Thomas, Third
World, Robert Cray, Etta James & the Roots
Band!!!, Mavis Staples, Booker T. Jones, Johnny
Winter, Pete Seeger (that'll be fun), Sharon
Jones & the Dap Kings, Rebirth Brass Band Reunion
with Kermit Ruffins, Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys
(please may she have laryngitis), Tribute to
Mahalia Jackson featuring Irma Thomas, Mavis
Staples, and Pamela Landrum, Chris Smither, Henry
Butler (please may he have laryngitis), Papa
Grows Funk, Sonny Landreth, Mem Shannon & the
Membership, Willie Tee and Cypress feat. Tommy
McLain and T K Hulin, Don Vappie & the Creole
Jazz Serenaders, Amammereso Agofomma of Ghana,
The Dixie Cups, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp
Band, Germaine Bazzle, Tabby Thomas, Spencer
Bohren, Savoy Music Center of Eunice Saturday
Cajun Jam, Dew Drop Inn Revisited hosted by
Deacon John feat. Wanda Rouzan, Eddie Bo, Allen
Toussaint, Robert Parker, and Al "Carnival Time"
Johnson, Leroy Jones presents the Fairview Brass
Band Reunion Tribute to Danny Barker, Bruce
Daigrepont, Dr. Michael White & the Original
Liberty Jazz Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the
Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, Joe Krown,
Walter "Wolfman" Washington & Russell Batiste,
Jr, Pine Leaf Boys, Ebony Hillbillies, Hot 8
Brass Band, Herlin Riley, Mahogany Brass Band,
Ingrid Lucia, Lost Bayou Ramblers, NewBirth Brass
Band, New Orleans Night Crawlers Brass Band,
Butch Thompson, Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Smitty
Dee's Brass Band, Nine Times Men, Single Men.
4/30 - 5/3 (2nd weekend)
Aretha Franklin, The Neville Brothers, Bonnie
Raitt, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, The
O'Jays, Toots & the Maytals, Allen Toussaint,
John Mayall, Solomon Burke, Doc Watson, Maze
featuring Frankie Beverly, Chuck Brown ( the
dancer?), Meter Men: Zig, George, and Leo,
Radiators, Aaron Neville,Tab Benoit & the Wetland
Allstars, Marcia Ball, Dirty Dozen Brass Band,
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Jon Cleary & the
Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Frankie Ford,
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Mississippi Mass
Choir, Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the
Roadmasters, the subdudes, Esperanza Spalding,
Deacon John, Bonerama, Preservation Hall Jazz
Band, The Genius of Sidney Bechet: A Tribute
feat. Bob Wilber, Dr. Michael White, and Brian
"Breeze" Cayolle, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas,
Chieck Hamala Diabate of Mali, The Iguanas, Treme
Brass Band, Big Chief Bo Dollis & the Wild
Magnolias, Soul Rebels, Steve Riley & the Mamou
Playboys, Luther Kent & Trickbag, C.J. Chenier &
the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Rumba Buena, Roddie
Romero & the Hub City Allstars, Charmaine Neville
Band, Eddie Bo, George French & the New Orleans
Storyville Jazz Band, Walter Payton & Filé Gumbo,
Dash Rip Rock, John Boutté, Midnite Disturbers,
Paulin Brothers Brass Band, D.L. Menard & the
Louisiana Aces, Red Stick Ramblers, Percussion
Inc., Pinettes Brass Band, New Orleans Mardi Gras
Indian Rhythm Section, Bob French & the Original
Tuxedo Jazz Band, Free Agents Brass Band,
Forgotten Souls Brass Band, New Leviathan
Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra!!!, Valley of Silent
Men, and Pigeon Town Steppers SAPCs, Original
Last Straws, Panorama Jazz Band, Hot Club of New
Orleans, Wild Tchoupitoulas, and Wild Apaches
Mardi Gras Indians, New Generation, and
Undefeated Divas SAPCs, The Electrifying
Crownseekers, Pinstripe Brass Band, Ebenezer
Baptist Church Radio Choir, Ninth Ward Hunters
Mardi Gras Indians, Famous Rocks of Harmony,
Highsteppers Brass Band, Lyle Henderson &
Emmanuel, Tornado Brass Band, New Wave Brass
Band, Young Guardians of the Flame.
I look forward to seeing who is searching for
their names and finding this blog from now on...
