Posted on 2024-06-02

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joe Lee And Friends playing Kinda Tawny
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-06-02

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Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear Joe Lee play his own arrangement of the Bill Holman song, "Kinda Tawny".

"Boppin' At The Forest" is the third album that I helped Joe record and release. It's the first one where I recorded the band. On "Sounds Of The Sixties" and "Joe Lee Swings On" I digitized the music from Joe's master tapes.

Joe had this idea. He wanted to record the charts that he arranged for his band and used when touring in Arkansas, Memphis, and all over the mid south.

Back in the day it took quite a setup to make audio recordings so live audio wasn't recorded like it is today. But Joe still had the sheet music and he had some friends who knew how to play. So we had a project to work on.

The project was preserving Joe's arrangements as music and recording the sound of Joe's current band.

Joe's new studio was his living room. I ran mic cables into his study where he kept his tapes and a bunch of recording stuff he used at Alley. I hooked the mics into a mixer board and recorded stereo to my computer. So in 2001 I was ahead of the curve doing digital recording.

Playing on "Kinda Tawny" were
Joe Lee - Tenor Sax
Craig Baker - Trumpet
Dru Davison - Bari Sax
Joy Sanford - Piano
Tom Mason - Bass
and
Mike Overall - Drums

All fine outstanding musicians with deep ties to the Northeast Arkansas jazz scene.

The results were spectacular. Joe really knew how to put it together. On "Kinda Tawny" he just kept building and building on the head, adding instruments and changing the parts. Then we'll hear some great solo work by Craig Baker and Joy Sanford.

Besides being the recording engineer and coproducer I took the photos for the album cover and Vivian did all the layout.

So now, recorded at Alley in 2001, here's Joe Lee and Friends playing "Kinda Tawny".

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joe Lee And Friends playing Kinda Tawny
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-06-02
https://sbblues.com/2024/06/02/dj-hairy-larry-presents-joe-lee-and-friends-playing-kinda-tawny/

Joe Lee And Friends - Boppin' At The Forest
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And that's Joe Lee and Friends playing "Kinda Tawny" from their "Boppin' At The Forest" album. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for more Joe Lee, Warren Bernhardt, Braxton Cook, and Steve Kuhn.

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DJ Hairy Larry With Joe Lee and Friends Playing Out Of Nowhere
Something Blue - Thinking - 29 second spot

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Joe Lee, Warren Bernhardt, Braxton Cook, and Steve Kuhn. 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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