Striding The Blast
Posted on 2026-09-12
Something Blue – Louise – May 18, 2024 – September 12, 2026
https://sbblues.com/2026/09/12/louise-2/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Striding The Blast, Stackabones, and Yarn. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
Stackabones Live at 118 North (Wayne, PA) on 2024-05-05
archive.org/details/stackabones2024-05-05/
stackabones.bandcamp.com/
Yarn Live at 118 North (Wayne, PA) on 2024-05-05
archive.org/details/yarn2024-05-05/
yarnmusic.net/
Striding The Blast Live at In The Loft at The Edge Coffeehouse on 2017-01-28
archive.org/details/stb2017-01-28/
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KASU
Posted on 2026-09-12
Beatles at the Ridge Festival in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
KASU Arkansas Roots Stage
Saturday, September 19, at Beatles Park on Abbey Road
2:00 - Jazz Buskers
3:00 - Silver Wings
4:00 - Delta Legends
5:00 - The Spencer Brothers
6:00 - #jazz #blues #fusion
Jazz Buskers
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Jazz Buskers play jazz standards with horns and harmony vocals. If you love songs like Summertime, Ain't Misbehavin, Nature Boy, and Fly Me To The Moon don't miss Jazz Buskers at 2:00.
Silver Wings
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Silver Wings features Shane Chastain on piano and Jay Shepherd on guitar with both of them singing all of your favorite songs. These excellent musicians always deliver.
Delta Legends
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Delta Legends plays both kinds of blues, Delta Blues and Chicago Blues. Featuring Mr. John B. Shepherd on guitar and Hairy Larry, harmonica and vocals. Delta Legends has played at Blues Fest and at the King Biscuit Blues Festival.
The Spencer Brothers
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The Spencer Brothers are an acoustic duo featuring Tommy Spencer singing real country music and John Spencer playing originals and standards. Don't miss The Spencer Brothers at 5:00 pm. They always steal the show.
#jazz #blues #fusion
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#jazz #blues #fusion (pronounced jazz blues fusion) play jazz fusion with an extra dose of the blues. If you like electric bands with horns don't miss #jazz #blues #fusion closing the Arkansas Roots Stage from 6:00 to 6:50pm.
For more information about the Beatles at the Ridge Festival and for the main stage lineup go here.
https://beatlesattheridge.com/
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Carl Smiling At Blues Fest
Posted on 2026-09-09
Blues Fest 2026
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Sunday September 20
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2:00 The Infinite Calling
3:00 Jazz Buskers
4:00 ContingenC
5:00 The Bluescaster
Sunday September 27
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2:00 Hairy Larry And The Flying Hungarians
3:00 #jazz #blues #fusion
4:00 The Spencer Brothers
5:00 Delta Legends
Blues Fest is Free!
Bring family and friends.
Picnics permitted.
Bring lawn chairs and blankets for your comfort.
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PDF of Blues Fest 2026 Poster for printing
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Zoos Gnus Blues
Posted on 2026-08-29
Something Blue - Stern - August 29, 2026
https://sbblues.com/2026/08/29/stern/
Mike Stern - Big Neighborhood
https://mikesternguitar.bandcamp.com/album/big-neighborhood
#jazz #blues #fusion - KASU Fundraiser
https://archive.org/details/jbf-kasu-fundraiser
Allan Holdsworth - Flat Tire
https://allanholdsworth.info/ahwiki/index.php/Main_Page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDqhJZkS1WM
Andy Edwards - Bitches Brew Band
https://andyedwards.bandcamp.com/album/the-miles-davis-bitches-brew-album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m52-CQs7-iU
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Mike Stern - Song For Pepper
Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the blues, for you.
Mike Stern - Long Time Gone
All right now, that's two songs from the Mike Stern album "Big Neighborhood". We heard "Song For Pepper" featuring Esperanza Spalding on bass and vocals and "Long Time Gone" with Eric Johnson joining Mike Stern on guitar.
Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, Saturday nights at 10:00 Central on 91.9 FM and streaming at kasu.org.
I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to listen anytime and for links to more music by the featured musicians.
Ok now, from his album "Flat Tire" here's Allan Holdsworth playing "House of Mirrors" and "Low Levels, High Stakes".
Allan Holdsworth - House of Mirrors
Allan Holdsworth - Low Levels, High Stakes
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#jazz #blues #fusion - The Blue Crane
All right now, recorded for Something Blue at a KASU fundraiser in the Rec Room on March 20, 2026, that's #jazz #blues #fusion playing a song I wrote, "The Blue Crane".
Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, Saturday nights at 10:00 Central on 91.9 FM and streaming at kasu.org.
I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Thanks to Bandcamp and The Live Music Archive for hosting some of the music we're hearing tonight.
Ok Now, recorded in Andy Edwards Studio and released on August 3, 2026, here's The Bitches Brew Band playing "The Garden Of Eden". This contemporary jazz fusion is an album on Bandcamp and a video on Youtube. Go to sbblues.com for links.
The Bitches Brew Band - Garden of Eden
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Chi-Congo
Posted on 2026-08-22
Something Blue – Elliptical – August 22, 2026
https://sbblues.com/2026/08/22/elliptical/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sun Ra, Joseph Jarman, Marshall Allen, and David Dellacroce. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.
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Joseph Jarman - Inheritance
Posted on 2026-08-16
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joseph Jarman Playing Petite Fleur
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-08-16
https://sbblues.com/2026/08/16/dj-hairy-larry-presents-joseph-jarman-playing-petite-fleur/
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a free jazz pioneer. born in Poplar Bluff, Arkansas, play a Sidney Bechet tune.
Joseph Jarman, born in Poplar Bluff, was a founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. He played sax and other instruments and you have probably seen photos of him on stage, in costume, with his face striped with white grease paint.
In 1991 he released an album, "Inheritance" under his own name and it includes some of his trademark free jazz saxophone work as well as two cover songs, showcasing his influences in the history of jazz.
"Petite Fleur" was written by Sidney Bechet and was an international hit. I've got two things to say about Sidney Bechet.
According to Wikipedia, "While working with Louis Armstrong, Bechet was one of the first musicians to develop the loose, fluid 'swinging' rhythmic style". We're talking about the very beginnings of jazz and there's Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong inventing swing, a style that took us through the swing era and remains heavily associated with jazz today.
During that same time period, in 1919, Bechet joined "Will Marion Cook's Syncopated Orchestra. The orchestra traveled to Europe, where they performed at the Royal Philharmonic Hall in London. ... While in London, he discovered the straight soprano saxophone and developed a style unlike his clarinet tone. Bechet was the first influential soprano saxophonist, leading to its rising popularity as a jazz instrument." Soprano sax was later adopted by jazz giants, John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter.
Then in 1952 Bechet wrote and recorded "Petite Fleur", a much covered song that became a huge hit when Chris Barber released it in 1959.
In 1991, Joseph Jarman included "Petite Fleur" on his album, "Inheritance" and with his rendition he shows great respect for the song, performing a melodic interpretation.
So now, please enjoy the other side of Joseph Jarman with his bow to a great jazz saxophonist, Sidney Bechet, as he plays "Petite Fleur".
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joseph Jarman Playing Petite Fleur
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-08-16
https://sbblues.com/2026/08/16/dj-hairy-larry-presents-joseph-jarman-playing-petite-fleur/
Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Joseph Jarmam - Inheritance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zLieR76gFk&list=OLAK5uy_k8rTwyY_qz_Vy3DTmHmWqviet-aD9jOd4
Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
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And that's Joseph Jarman playing the Sidney Bechet song, "Petite Fleur", released in 1991 on his album, "Inheritance". Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more Joseph Jarman, Sun Ra, Marshall Allen, and David Dellacroce.
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