This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Neal Francis, and Delta Legends. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
September 29, 2024
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2:00 Bebop Beatniks
3:00 The Spencer Brothers
4:00 Doug Butler
October 6, 2024
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2:00 Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians
3:00 Mike Mcleod
4:00 The West Finch Blues Band
5:00 Delta Legends - John Shepherd, Jeremy Burnett, and Hairy Larry
6:00 Anna and the Tanks
And the week before Blues Fest.
KASU Arkansas Roots Stage At Beatles Park On Abbey Road
Beatles At The Ridge Festival
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Saturday Afternoon, September 21
1:00 Bebop Beatniks
2:00 Doug Butler
3:00 The Spencer Brothers
4:00 Mike Mcleod
5:00 Anna and the Tanks
Then on to The Biscuit and our Halloween show. But that's next month.
I've been working on my repertoire with an audience by busking on Main Street in Jonesboro.
On the gaming side I played in two family games over the Memorial Day weekend. Carl Heyl ran a game on Saturday and then Simon Foster was the DM on Sunday. I am running one off Milyagon Adventures at Library Game Day in the Round Room at the Jonesboro Public Library on the second Saturday of each month. Milyagon is a low fantasy locale that Vivian and I worked on over the last ten years.
Let me know what you've been doing. Send me links to your music, art, and games so I can feature it on Delta Boogie, Gamer+ and in this newsletter.
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On September 30, 2017 Delta Legends took a road trip down to the Mississippi Hill Country to play at the Fall Ball. We originally booked to busk on Saturday morning but they offered us a slot early Saturday afternoon so we got to play that too. "All Over Again" is a blues standard made famous by B.B. King and Paul Butterfield. It's one of our best songs and inspired by the festival stage we nailed it.
And, about that busking Saturday morning. We recorded that too and those songs are included on our CD, "Two Woman Blues". It was a very productive day.
Now here's Delta Legends playing "All Over Again".
And that's "All Over Again" played by Delta Legends on September 30, 2017 at the Fall Ball in Mississippi.
Tune in to Something Blue Saturday night at 10:00 to hear the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Neal Francis, and Delta Legends.
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This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Neal Francis, and Delta Legends. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at http://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at http://kasu.org.
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a Big Band play a composition written by an Arkansas jazz educator.
I went to school at ASU with Joseph Curtis. After he graduated he was band director at Hoxie and Trumann. He's now in Law School in Little Rock.
I think the first time I recorded Joseph was when he was playing in an ASU small group called "Jazztette". Ron Horton wanted me to take some video of him teaching jazz improvisation and I also recorded their concert. I interviewed Dr. Horton and four of the students and produced a documentary, "Jazztette - Teaching Jazz Improvisation". They played an original jazz composition by Joseph Curtis called "Baile de Trece".
I also recorded his band, Bluebeck, at KASU Jazz Thursday and Bebopalooza. I got to sit in with Bluebeck on guitar at the Jazz Thursday show. Gary Gazaway was the headliner at the Bebopalooza show and he invited Joseph Curtis and Ron Horton up to play on their closing songs.
Joseph was in NJHB and he played at our first session on December 29, 2012 as well as on many NJHB shows and albums in 2013 including my senior recital.
Joseph has played with my band Bebop Beatniks frequently and he is featured on the album "Church". He would livestream with Bebop Beatniks from the Twitch Porch.
He participated in the KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro concerts at the public library. I got to play bass once with his band. He also played at New Jazz In Jonesboro with Ken Carroll and NJHB.
He contributed many of his songs to the Jazz Writers Big Band. I recorded most of their shows and the "Jazz Writers Big Band" album.
His brother Clinton Curtis plays amazing alto sax and I have also recorded him many times but that will have to be for another podcast.
Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for links.
Now here's the Jazz Writers Big Band playing the Joseph Curtis song, "Elegy".
And that's the Joseph Curtis song "Elegy" released on the "Jazz Writers Big Band" album. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear Sunna Gunnlaugs, Anna Greta, ADHD, and Ingin Bjarni.
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DJ Hairy Larry With ADHD Playing Pabbi
Something Blue - Sky - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sunna Gunnlaugs, Anna Greta, ADHD, and Ingi Bjarni. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at http://kasu.org.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring George Hinds, The Bottoms Up Blues Gang, Doug Hendrix, and David Dellacroce. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Bob James, Scott McLemore, and Steve Khan. 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.
Steve thanked me for playing "The Green Field" on Something Blue.
Thanks so much for playing selections from "THE GREEN FIELD".... especially the title track. Long recorded performances like that are rarely heard on the radio.
I replied:
That's part of my thing on Something Blue. Lot's of live music. Lots of tracks that are too long for radio. Less talking and more music.
I also do a weekly musicology podcast that airs on Arkansas Roots where I tell stories about Arkansas musicians I have recorded or worked with. More talk and only one song that's not too long to fit the Arkansas Roots style.
Thanks Marty. Today we're going to hear a popular TV theme song recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.
I met Doug Hendrix at the bandshell and soon he was performing there. I got to record him several times. He was from Arkansas and living in Jonesboro but he had spent some time in Nashville working as a songwriter. Beside's being an amazing songwriter he also plays acoustic guitar, fingerpicking like Chet Atkins or Jerry Reed.
On June 3, 2007, we had a fantastic lineup for Sunday In the Park, Doug Hendrix, George Hinds, Angie Owens, and Ronnie Presley, all fine Arkansas musicians and songwriters. I'll post a link to more music from the show at the Something Blue website, sbblues.com.
So now, here's Doug Hendrix picking his arrangement of the theme from Mash.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Doug Hendrix Playing the theme from Mash
From The Archives Of Something Blue
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And that's Doug Hendrix playing the theme from Mash recorded at the bandshell on June, 3, 2007. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more Doug Hendrix, George Hinds, The Bottoms Up Blues Gang, and David Dellacroce.
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DJ Hairy Larry With George Playing Vincent
Something Blue - Pray - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring George Hinds, The Bottoms Up Blues Gang, Doug Hendrix, and David Dellacroce. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at http://kasu.org.
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It all started because I wanted a pet. All of us younger kids did. But Mom always said that there wasn’t room for any pets cuz there were so many kids. She had a point, I guess. There were nine of us. But then David, my oldest brother, left home when he was only seventeen and a half to join the Peace Corps. Mom cried for three days straight. Dad said it was only because she was going through the Change of Life.
The day after she stopped crying there was a bunny in the living room. No cage, just a bunny. I guess Dad bought him hoping it would cheer Mom up–and it did. She sat on the couch holding the bunny for hours and told us all that we had a new family member: David the bunny. Katherine, my oldest sister, said that Mom named it David out of a sense of displacement or some other big word she liked to use just because she wanted to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist or some kind of person who messes with your head.
Bebop Beatniks Live At Blues Fest Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas September 24, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet 11:24 Thanks Mr. Cloud … 12:14 The Blue Crane 21:20 The dance floor is open … 21:42 Low Earth Orbit 31:08 Honky Tonk Jazz … 31:54 Sail Boats 38:37 In the audience … 39:15 Freddy’s Blues 45:34 Silence … 45:19 Malaysia 55:53 Introducing the band …
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Tyler Remagen - sax and flute Hairy Larry - piano and vocals Jeremy Jackson - bass Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
Bebop Beatniks Larry Heyl Composition Recital ASU Band Room September 10, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet 14:30 The Blue Crane 23:30 introducing the band … 24:24 Low Earth Orbit 33:32 Sail Boats 42:22 Freddy’s Blues 52:35 Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Rike Robinson - trombone and vocals Tyler Remagen - sax and flute Cody Daugherty - trumpet Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals Craig Collison - drums Jeremy Jackson - bass Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Livestreamed to Youtube from my Samsung Galaxy S10
Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park Walnut Ridge, Arkansas May 27, 2023
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks … 00:23 The Blue Crane 08:53 What a wonderful audience … 09:00 Candles 16:43 I’m going to rap … 17:04 African Violet 28:24 When Conley was a percussion student … 28:48 Low Earth Orbit 38:17 OK, here’s a swing song … 38:25 Sailboats 45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles … 45:20 Crates 53:36 One more song … 53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion Rike Robinson - trombone
Bebop Beatniks
On The Twitch Porch
April 2, 2023
Songs
00:00 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael, public domain
08:27 African Violet
17:05 Sail Boats
24:26 Malaysia
33:37 Low Earth Orbit
42:37 The Blue Crane
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