dr. ike and the mystic knights of the maumau have out done themselves again. the big event was held at he rockin bowl in new orleans to a three day sell out crowd, april 29th, 30th and may lst. all the great rock-a-billy artist of the 50′s were there plus a ton of blues artist from lazy lester to guitar gable. there was one of new orleans best blues singer barbara lynn and her band. she put on a show that had everyone spellbound, what a performer. the entire three days was standing room only. elvis original band scotty moore and d. j. fontana rocked the joint along with dale hawkins, ray sharpe, phil phillips and clarence “frogman” henry, what a performance that was. one of the all time great guitarist james burton got together with dale hawkins and brought the house down with “susie q.” deke dickerson and his rock-a-billy band the echofonics were on hand and just tore the place up when they did a set with one of rock-a-billy’s up and coming artist big sandy. deke dickerson is without a doubt the best rock-a-billy guitarist alive today. guitarist paul burlison, and rock-a-billy star rocky burnette really rocked the house. you would have had to be there to believe what a knock out show they did. the rockin was none stop from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. all three nights. jay chevalier the country rocker from baton rouge who was governor earl k. long personnel band when he was governor of louisiana. jay sang his famous ballad “the story of earl p. long.” there were over sixty artists during the three day event. this was a big, big show people came from all over the usa and around the globe to see this star studded event. it is the greatest live show on earth and next years show is going to be even bigger. bob timmers of the rock-a-billy hall of fame was there along with rock-a-billy artist roman self son of the late rock star ronnie self of “bop-a-lena” fame. both said it was one of the best rock-a-billy shows they had ever seen and they have seen them all. if you weren’t there you missed the best rock-a-billy show of the year truly the greatest live show on earth. make plans to be there next year for the “rockin time of your life.”

~ Widmarc Clark