This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Gary Gazaway, Karl Denson, and The Joint Chiefs. 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.

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe Live at The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club, Crystal Bay NV, 11-FEB-2022
archive.org/details/kdtu2022-02-11

The Joint Chiefs Live at Grand Central Brewhouse on 2022-02-24
archive.org/details/TJC2022-02-24

Gary Gazaway
archive.org/details/gg2013-06-27

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, and New Riders Of The Purple Sage. 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.

Grateful Dead Live at Oakland Coliseum Arena on 1992-12-17
archive.org/details/gd1992-12-17.aud.larson.29086.sbeok.shnf

New Riders of the Purple Sage Live at Loon Mountain on 1992-08-09
archive.org/details/nrps1992-08-09.flac16

Jefferson Starship Live at Konocti Harbor Resort on 1992-01-24
archive.org/details/js1992-01-24.sbd.flac16

Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians live at Blues Fest Sept. 18, 2005

Recorded to a PC with Creative Ensoniq soundcard
stereo pair - EV 635a
acoustic guitar - K&K mics mounted in my Silvertone L5 played through the PA

The songs were mastered in SAW Classic.

taper - Larry Heyl, hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Personnel

Hairy Larry - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Carl Heyl - bass
Kier Heyl - percussion
Randy Gambill - drums
Amanda Gragg - vocals on 6
The Divas - Megan Heyl, Sandi Sallings, Amanda Gragg on 7 and 8

On 8 we were also joined by band members from T Horn Carnival and Vision Tongue.

Songs

Disc 1
8 tracks 47:26

hl2005-09-18d1t01.flac - The Lonesome Fugitive 4:06
hl2005-09-18d1t02.flac - Alberta 3:28
hl2005-09-18d1t03.flac - Last Thing On My Mind 3:37
hl2005-09-18d1t04.flac - Tears Of Rage 6:15
hl2005-09-18d1t05.flac - Visions Of Johanna 8:30
hl2005-09-18d1t06.flac - Me And Bobby Mcgee 5:35
hl2005-09-18d1t07.flac - Surprise Blues 5:04
hl2005-09-18d1t08.flac - Turn On Your Love Light 10:53

Photos by Vivian Heyl - All photos taken during the last song, "Turn On Your Love Light", when we had guests join the band for the dead jam.

From The Archives Of Something Blue January 9, 2022
DJ Hairy Larry presents Vikki McGee singing “I’d Rather Be Blind”.

1. DJ Hairy Larry presents Vikki Mcgee
2. Something Blue – Blister 29 second spot

Thanks Marty. Today we’re hearing a classic blues song delivered at a KASU Bluesday Tuesday by a Jonesboro musician.

Vikki McGee is a bandleader and a songwriter. She sings all styles of music but today we’re featuring her blues vocals on a song written by Ellington Jordan and Etta James.

Vikki has played at many KASU events including the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival and the Arkansas Roots Festival. She also performed on campus as the Guest Artist with the Delta Symphony Orchestra. Before she did any of that she played at KASU Bluesday Tuesday in Newport, Arkansas, on February 12, 2013.

It was a great show with a full band including keyboards and electric guitar. Her set included songs by The Band, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and Bill Withers but I picked this Etta James song because of the way she nails the vocals and because of the fantastic interplay between voice and guitar at the end of the song.

So here’s Vikki McGee at KASU Bluesday Tuesday singing the Etta James song, “I’d Rather Be Blind”.

www.vikkimcgee.com/

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring God Street Wine and Sky Burrow Tales. 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.

God Street Wine Live at The Gathering at Chaffee’s Music Festival on 2021-07-23
archive.org/details/gsw2021-07-23

Sky Burrow Tales Live at Central Garden on 2021-07-23
archive.org/details/sbt2021-07-23.sbd

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing some new jazz recorded at HairyLarryLand in 2012.

In the fall of 2012 I talked to Carl Abraham about adding a monthly jazz night to the schedule at TheArts@311. I called the concerts New Jazz In Jonesboro because we were going to play all original charts. Before our first show in January of 2013, over Christmas break, I brought NJHB to the HairyLarryLand Studio where we ran through some material and recorded our first album, “Circular Logic”.

Playing at the session were Mike Lovell – guitar, Garrett Tyler – drums, Matt Jackson – bass, Hairy Larry – piano, Cody Ballard – tenor sax, and Joseph Curtis – trumpet, all ASU students or former ASU students active in the ASU jazz program.

This album was the only NJHB studio album, since then all of the albums have been recorded live. But we recorded it just like a live album doing one take of each song and recording to stereo.

NJHB songs are not designed for radio with most tracks running about twenty minutes. So I’m going to play a radio mix for Arkansas Roots with a fade at the end of the bass solo. Visit the NJHB website at njhb.org to hear “Circular Logic” and other albums.

Here we are now, NJHB, playing the title track from our first album “Circular Logic”.

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing some great country blues from KASU Bluesday Tuesday.

Like so many Arkansas musicians I met Brad Williams through Delta Boogie promoting The Salty Dogs on the web and playing their music on Something Blue. I recommended them to Mike Doyle who was booking Bluesday Tuesday at the time and I was glad when the stars aligned and I got to hear them live at the Newport Country Club on March 12, 2013.

The Salty Dogs are from Little Rock. Also playing in the band are Bart Angel, Brent LaBeau, Nick Devlin all living in Arkansas with deep Arkansas roots except Nick Devlin, the lead guitarist is from Edinburgh, Scotland. Where he got his Arkansas roots, I don’t know, but you can hear them in his music.

The Salty Dogs are different than most country bands. They play country, blues, and gospel music and their country originals sound like old school standards. And yet somehow they bring a new music feel to their shows.

Here they are now, The Salty Dogs, singing one they wrote “Starting Now”.

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing George Gershwin as sung at KASU Blue Monday.

I had known Charlotte Taylor for years, promoting her music on Delta Boogie, but the first time I met her in person was at the Red Goose Deli in Paragould, Arkansas, on April 20, 2009.

She sang great and the band played great. Really friendly people fun to party with. I was fortunate to get good recordings that night that I love playing on Something Blue. Since then we have become good friends, working together on several shows and hanging in Helena at the King Biscuit Blues Festival. One time, at the biscuit, Delta Legends got to open for Charlotte Taylor and Gypsy Rain so sharing a stage is a feather in my cap.

Here they are now, Charlotte Taylor and Gypsy Rain, singing a jazz and blues standard that George Gershwin wrote for his opera, Porgy and Bess, “Summertime”.

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing contemporary blues recorded at the Arkansas Roots Festival.

Sweet Angel is from Memphis and I had been playing her songs on Something Blue and promoting her act on Delta Boogie for years so when I saw she was booked for the Arkansas Roots Festival I was excited that I would get to hear her sing.

She did not disappoint. There’s no music like live music and yes, experiencing Sweet Angel live is an entirely different experience from listening to her recordings. She’s a fantastic vocalist and songwriter and she also plays a mean saxophone.

Here she is now, Sweet Angel, singing a song she wrote called “I’d Rather Be Myself”.

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Plain Meanness, Chris & Spigs, and The Aerolites. 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.

Chris & Spigs’ Rock & Roll Circus Live at Barn Jams, Vol. II (FREE RELEASE) on 2021-04-20
archive.org/details/CAS2021-04-20.ChrisAndSpigsRockAndRollCircusBarnJamsVolumeII

The Aerolites Live at The Wild Fern on 2021-04-20
archive.org/details/aero2021-04-20

Plain Meanness
KASU Blue Monday October 17, 2011