From The Archives Of Something Blue September 11, 2022

01. DJ Hairy Larry presents Steve Wages and Bad Habit playing “La Grange”

02. Something Blue – Baker – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a ZZ Tops song performed by some Northeast Arkansas musicians.

Wherever you live, if you’re a hot guitarist, you’ve got plenty of competition. But if you live in Northeast Arkansas and you’re a hot blues guitarist you’re competing in a whole different class. Steve Wages was one of the finest blues guitarists I’ve ever heard. And he could play rock and country music too.

Steve Wages and Bad Habit featured Steve on guitar, Braden Byrd – bass, and Billy Spence – drums. A genuine power trio with Arkansas Roots. They always put on a great show whenever they performed at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring recordings made at Jazz A Vienne. 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.

PAST & FUTURE, recorded at JAZZ A VIENNE
jazzaviennecompilation.bandcamp.com/album/past-future

From The Archives Of Something Blue August 28, 2022

01. DJ Hairy Larry presents the Gary “El Buho” Gazaway playing “Summertime”

02. Something Blue – Valley – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we’re hearing a George Gershwin song played by a Latin Jazz Band.

This podcast is a little bit different because I’m not playing a song I recorded or worked on in any way. But Gary Gazaway is a good friend of mine who has played at many KASU events including Bebopalooza and Jazz Thursday and he also played at Joe Lee’s funeral. So I”m stretching the definition of the Something Blue Archives a little bit to present this recording because it fits so well with my Something Blue show this week.

From The Archives Of Something Blue August 14, 2022

DJ Hairy Larry presents Giant Steps playing “Black Orpheus”.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents Giant Steps at KASU Jazz Thursday

02. Something Blue – Amber – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we’re featuring a bossa recorded at KASU Jazz Thursday.

The core group of Giant Steps was Craig Baker, trumpet; Joy Sanford, piano; Tom Mason, bass; and Mike Overall, drums. For Jazz Thursday they added Michael McGowan on tenor sax to fill out their quintet. These are all seasoned jazz professionals who lived and worked in Northeast Arkansas. Michael McGowan traveled in from Texas but he is a former Jonesboro resident.

From The Archives Of Something Blue August 7, 2022

DJ Hairy Larry presents Joneseboro Jazz Society Big Band with Dizzy Gillespie playing “Manteca”.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joneseboro Jazz Society Big Band with Dizzy Gillespie

02. Something Blue – Season – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a bebop legend playing with the Jonesboro Jazz Society Big Band.

Before Joe Lee passed I used to go to his house in the afternoon to digitize songs he had dug out of his archive. He always had a story about the musicians and the shows so I got my own personal From The Archives done Joe Lee style.

One week he told me about the time the Jonesboro Jazz Society brought Dizzy Gillespie to town to play. Before the show Joe was talking to Dizzy in the green room and Joe said, “We’re playing one of your songs tonight and we’d be glad to have you play a solo.” He told me that Dizzy demurred saying that he had his thing with his band and he wanted to do that show. Joe told me it was a long shot but worth the try.

The Jazz Society Big Band was hot that night and they were playing great. They started Dizzy’s composition strong and while Joe was playing his solo the crowd exploded. Joe thought wow and when he turned and saw Dizzy he laughed out loud. Dizzy played a great solo, of course, and then you can hear an inspired Mike Overall playing the drum setup into the shout chorus.

From The Archives Of Something Blue July 31, 2022

DJ Hairy Larry presents Billy Lee Riley playing “How Come We All Ain’t Got The Same”.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents Billy Lee Riley
02. Something Blue – Kid – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we’re hearing some original delta blues recorded right here in Jonesboro.

Billy Lee Riley was a true Arkansas legend, starting his career at Sun Studio in the fifties and making more hits and playing on other people’s hits in the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Then in the nineties he had two hit blues albums, “Hot Damn!” and “Shade Tree Blues”. So I was more than pleased when he agreed to play at the 5 Decades Of Great Music fundraiser for the Craighead Forest Bandshell on May 25, 2000.

Besides Billy Lee Riley we also featured delta legends Joe Lee and Matt Lucas who also had 5 decades under their belt. Joe Lee played a jazz set, then Billy Lee Riley played the blues. We had an Allstar band where I got to play with all three of them. And then Matt Lucas took us home with a contemporary rockabilly act, Crossfire, and Billy Lee Riley hit the stage again singing his classic rock and roll recorded at Sun in the fifties.

It was a great show and everybody had a real good time. Today we’re going to hear a Billy Lee Riley original, recorded at 5 Decades Of Great Music, called “How Come We All Ain’t Got The Same”. So here’s Billy Lee Riley now introducing his own song.

deltaboogie.com/features/fivedecades/billylee.htm

DJ Hairy Larry presents John Shepherd playing "Low Earth Orbit" on the Twitch Porch.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents John Shepherd
02. Something Blue - Ladybugs - 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear John Shepherd joining me livestreaming on Twitch.

I am featuring jazz guitarists on Something Blue this week so I thought I would talk about playing jazz with John Shepherd on the Twitch Porch.

DJ Hairy Larry presents John Shepherd playing “Low Earth Orbit” on the Twitch Porch.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents John Shepherd
02. Something Blue – Ladybugs – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear John Shepherd joining me livestreaming on Twitch.

I am featuring jazz guitarists on Something Blue this week so I thought I would talk about playing jazz with John Shepherd on the Twitch Porch.

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Tumi Mogorosi, Steve Grossman, and Jazz Writers Big Band. 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.

Tumi Mogorosi, Group Theory: Black Music
tumimogorosi.bandcamp.com/album/group-theory-black-music

Jazz Writers Big Band
archive.org/details/jw2016-07-11

Steve Grossman – Live At Cafe Praga
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Grossman_(saxophonist)

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Kevin Eubanks, Stanley Jordan, Carla Bley, and Dave Holland. 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.

Kevin Eubanks – Stanley Jordan – Duets
www.kevineubanks.com/
www.stanleyjordan.com/en-us/

Carla Bley – Andy Sheppard – Steve Swallow – Life Goes On
www.wattxtrawatt.com/

Dave Holland – Another Land

    Dave Holland