Ed Vadas: REVUES-ARTICLE

ED VADAS FABULOUS HEAVYWEIGHTS PERFORM ON MAIN STAGE KING BISCUIT FESTIVAL IN HELENA, ARKANSAS

"Sunshine" Sunny Payne (The King Biscuit Time radio since the 1940's. KFFA AM/1360 Helena, AR) "The King Biscuit Times" Blues Journal.

" The King Biscuit Blues Festival is always a lot of fun for me. I see old friends and musicians that I admire. I get to see them perform, and it is always great to hear that music. Even for the 100th time, it still sounds beautiful to me. An old man like me gets tired with so much going on, but, boy, is it fun.

I guess one of the biggest surprises of the whole festival was Ed Vadas and the Fabulous Heavyweights. They played Sunday, and the attendance was a little light, but those that saw the show were pleasantly surprised, as I was. This outfit is really good. They play every kind of music, - Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and lots of their own.

Ed was great to talk with. I don't think this man has ever met a stranger. He uses a van that he won in a contest to take his band around the country. That van has more than 650,000 miles on it, and God bless Ed. It looks like it would like to stop and rest forever. Ed, wherever you are, you are the finest I have heard in a long time - a regular guy! "