DJ Hairy Larry presents Idle Americans playing “Too Rolling Stoned”.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents Idle Americans
02. Something Blue – Stones – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty. Today we we’re hearing some blues rock recorded at Blues Fest.

At Blues Fest we presented all kinds of music, blues, rock, acoustic, and country. We even had some harmony acts, gospel and pop. When John Shepherd brought his band it was real delta blues but occasionally they’d play some blues rock. The song we’re hearing today is both, starts as blues rock and ends with some great blues.

From The Archives Of Something Blue June 12, 2022

DJ Hairy Larry presents Caprice playing “Misty”.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents Caprice
02. Something Blue – Extra – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we’re hearing a jazz standard played at KASU Jazz Thursday.

Brandon Moore only spent one year in the ASU Jazz Program but it was a very eventful year. Brandon and his brother Tim rehearsed the band Caprice and I was able to record their recital in the band room. They played so good that I booked them for KASU Jazz Thursday on January 24, 2013. They played a great show and it wasn’t much later that they talked to me about recording the Caprice album, “from dawn til dusk”, which has become a favorite here at KASU.

From The Archives Of Something Blue May 29, 2022

DJ Hairy Larry presents Mike McLeod playing “A Hard One”.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents Mike McLeod
02. Something Blue – Wolves – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, this week we’re featuring a song written by an Arkansas songwriter and recorded at HairyLarryLand.

Mike McLeod, from Imboden, Arkansas, was a regular performer at the Craighead Forest Bandshell. He was always popular with the audience singing in the style of Willie Nelson and Jimmy Buffet. He would also get everyone to sing along on “Cover Of The Rolling Stone”.

Sandwiched in between his popular covers he would play original songs and public domain material. So I approached him about recording an album at HairyLarryLand and he was definitely up for it.

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring John Hamilton, Shugga Shane, Don Coenen, and Nathan Pope. 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.

Nathan Pope – Waiting There For Me
www.nathanpopemusic.com/

John Michael Hamilton – Deja Vu Blues
www.johnwritessongs.com/

Betty Padgett – Ridin With The Blues
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0N4DFrY6oAN7yAIA4p6Txg

Don “Cannonball” Coenen
www.reverbnation.com/oldsteppenwolfguy

The Shugga Shane Band – Live At Blues Fest September 20, 2009
archive.org/details/ss2009-09-20

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mark Turner and Sun Ra. 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.

Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Media Dreams (Expanded)
sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/media-dreams-expanded

Mark Turner – Return From The Stars

    Mark Turner


www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/1637149136

From The Archives Of Something Blue May 15, 2022

DJ Hairy Larry presents NJHB playing "Mosaic".

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB
02. Something Blue - Alright - 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we're hearing a song I wrote recorded right here in Northeast Arkansas.

On April 6, 2013, NJHB played their fourth performance at TheArts@311 in downtown Jonesboro. NJHB performances are more like an event then a rehearsed band with a different set of musicians at every show playing all original songs often with new charts put up on the music stands for their first performance.

From The Archives Of Something Blue May 8, 2022

DJ Hairy Larry presents Big Red and The Soul Benders playing “They Call Me Big Mama”.

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents Big Red and The Soul Benders
02. Something Blue – Aspect – 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we’ll hear Big Red sing a Big Mama Thorton song at KASU Bluesday Tuesday in Newport.

I met Kelly and Mike jamming at Blues Fest and at the King Biscuit Blues Festival. They put together a fantastic blues act called Big Red and The Soul Benders so I was happy to hear I would get to record them at Bluesday Tuesday in Newport, Arkansas. When I was setting up my microphones I got another surprise. They had brought Jawbone from Jawbone and Jolene to play harmonica. Jawbone and Jolene had also played at Blues Fest several times so it was great to hear him again. It’s a small blues world in Arkansas.

From The Archives Of Something Blue May 1, 2022

DJ Hairy Larry presents Jazz Alliance playing "Blues In A Hurry".

01. DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jazz Alliance
02. Something Blue - Walker - 29 second spot

Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear some original jazz recorded right here in Jonesboro.

It was Jazz Alliance that brought me back to ASU to complete my music education. I was attending their shows at The Edge Coffeehouse and one night I was talking to Janie Overall and she told me about the Silver Scholar program in Arkansas where the state pays the tuition of students over 60. I had taken percussion in the eighties including Marimba lessons and I just loved working with the mallets. So I talked to Mr. Collison and signed up for lessons. I also signed up for jazz improv lessons with Dr. Horton, Director of Jazz Studies at ASU. And from there I went on to composition, theory, performance, conducting, all of the great things you learn in music school.

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring DJ Logic and The Special Purpose. 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.

DJ Logic Live at Sony Hall on 2022-04-21
archive.org/details/FunkyAsHell2022-04-21.akgc414xlii.sbd.matrix.flac16

The Special Purpose Live at Nectar on 2005-11-21
archive.org/details/specpurp2005-11-21.ka100dk.flac16

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Fred Hersch, Ahmad Jamal, and NJHB. 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.

Fred Hersch and Julian Lage – Free Flying
fredhersch.com/discography

Ahmad Jamal – Blue Moon
ahmadjamal.com/

NJHB – Blue Goose
archive.org/details/Njhb-BlueGoose