00:00 It's great to be back at Beatles Park ...
00:15 African Violet by Larry Heyl
07:20 Ok, here's a blues ...
07:28 The Blue Crane by Larry Heyl
16:26 I want to thank our good friends ...
16:48 Malaysia by Larry Heyl
27:29 I got one more for you today ...
27:44 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael public domain
00:00 One More Cup Of Coffee
05:05 Setup ...
07:13 Memphis Blues Again
13:05 Ok, we're gonna do ...
13:25 Baby What You Want Me To Do
16:43 We got three drummers ...
20:20 Turn On Your Love Light
Inspired Unreality, now on a twice a month schedule, will be held at 11:00 AM Central, on Saturday, October 1. Since it's the first Saturday of the month our topic will be fantasy and science fiction.
It's a big topic and one we love to talk about. If you're into novels, short stories, movies, television series, or games, if it's fantasy and science fiction it's on topic. Let us know what you think about the new stuff or the old stuff. For more info and a link go here.
I write super shorts. The thing I like about super shorts is that you can finish a story in one sitting. Here's one of my favorites.
Hegel, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein
by Larry Heyl
It was my brother Jeff who was the doer. Always making things, working on this or that, good at math and physics in school.
I was the thinker. Always gazing off into the distance pondering the big questions. What is life? What is death? What is man? What is woman?
It’s that last one that really puzzled me. Jeff got married, started his own business, got rich. I got tongue tied around girls, took a philosophy degree, and had an income commensurate with my degree. I check the want ads daily. Never have I seen Philosopher Needed - Top Dollar.
So I never understood why the aliens abducted me. It was Jeff they wanted. They must have got their wires crossed.
Now I’m not gay but I didn’t mind the anal probe so much. Learning the alien language wasn’t too bad either. They put a silver disc on my forehead and I started talking to them. It was the interview that really got them.
They kept asking about stuff I didn’t know, technology, armaments, rocket ships, manufacturing. I wasn’t much help. But I gave them a good dose of Hegel, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein. I don’t think they were ready for that. They started babbling. They sent me up the ladder. I kept expounding and their confusion deepened. Evidently philosophy wasn’t their strong suit. Like I said they got the wrong guy.
They could only deal with me for so long. Before I knew it they had beamed me back home and departed Earth post haste. And that’s how I saved the world with philosophy.
00:00 African Violet
08:04 if there are any students ...
08:31 The Blue Crane
15:56 our bass man is going to trade his bass in on a bigger one ...
17:46 Low Earth Orbit
25:44 hello ...
27:58 Sail Boats
34:03 we're gonna close the show today ...
34:41 Malaysia
42:05 don't forget about Blues Fest on October 9 ...
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - percussion
All songs by Larry Heyl
Hairy Larry's twitch stream is at
twitch.tv/hairylarryland
The HairyLarryLand website is at
hairylarryland.com
All of Larry's livestream playlists are at The Live Music Archive.
00:00 African Violet
08:04 if there are any students ...
08:31 The Blue Crane
15:56 our bass man is going to trade his bass in on a bigger one ...
17:46 Low Earth Orbit
25:44 hello ...
27:58 Sail Boats
34:03 we're gonna close the show today ...
34:41 Malaysia
42:05 don't forget about Blues Fest on October 9 ...
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - percussion
All songs by Larry Heyl
Hairy Larry's twitch stream is at
twitch.tv/hairylarryland
The HairyLarryLand website is at
hairylarryland.com
All of Larry's livestream playlists are at The Live Music Archive.
Delta Boogie Newsletter - August 2022 - Jazz In The Forest and Blues Fest!
I'm sending this out a week early to promote Jazz In The Forest on September 26.
Jazz In The Forest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Monday, September 26, at 6:00 PM
Free and open to the public
Repertoire
---
African Violet
The Blue Crane
Low Earth Orbit
Sail Boats
Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
---
Bebop Beatniks
Joseph Curtis - trumpet and flugelhorn
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - auxiliary percussion
Larry Heyl aka Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
And here's the Blues Fest schedule for October 9.
Blues Fest 2022
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
October 9, 2022
2:00 PM
Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians
3:00 PM
Bebop Beatniks
4:00 PM
In The Gray
5:00 PM
Anna and the Tanks
Picnics permitted.
Free and open to the public.
Bring yard chairs and blankets for your comfort.
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Monday, September 26, at 6:00 PM
Free and open to the public
Repertoire
---
African Violet
The Blue Crane
Low Earth Orbit
Sail Boats
Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
---
Bebop Beatniks
Joseph Curtis - trumpet and flugelhorn
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - auxiliary percussion
Larry Heyl aka Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
01. DJ Hairy Larry presents NJHB playing "Catamaran"
02. Something Blue - Streak - 29 second spot
Thanks Marty, today we're hearing one of my jazz pieces recorded live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.
NJHB is a different kind of jazz band without established personnel or repertoire. As usual when we played at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 2, 2013, it was the first and only time we played with this group of musicians.
So for this show we had Matt Jackson - bass, Mike "Zif" Lovell - guitar, Suzanne Michell - vocals, drums, and percussion, Carl Holden - guitar, Jay Shepherd - guitar, "Shugga" Shane Chastain - Roland Fantom, Addison Boling - drums, and Hairy Larry - Fender Rhodes, vocals, percussion, and dancing.
We are all from the Jonesboro Area except Suzanne is from Little Rock and Matt Jackson is from Kennett, Missouri.
We had an hour set so we got to play three songs. We tend to play long arrangements. The recording of "Catamaran" was close to 20 minutes long. On the album it's 12 minutes. So I made a radio edit that's 7 minutes long to play for you today. There's a link to the whole concert at sbblues.com.
In the process of doing the radio edit I did a lot of active listening. So I'm going to share some of the things I noticed about this recording.
Suzanne Michell is one of the best scat singers I have ever heard. There are places in the song where Suzanne and I are both scatting and Jay Shepherd joins the conversation on his guitar. Both Matt Jackson on bass and Addison Boling on drums play excellent solos.
There's no horns but we have three guitars and two keyboards. This can be a recipe for disaster but everyone listened while they played making space for the other musicians.
So now, recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 2, 2013, here's NJHB playing my song, "Catamaran".
And that's NJHB playing "Catamaran" at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 2, 2013. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for more NJHB, Charlie Hunter, and Steve Lawson.
00:00 Welcome ...
00:14 African Violet
09:59 I am hoping to play ...
10:11 The Blue Crane
17:28 I'm Hairy Larry ...
17:36 Low Earth Orbit
28:06 Shout out ...
28:25 Sail Boats
37:34 I've got one more ...
37:40 Malaysia
47:02 And that's the end ...
All songs by Larry Heyl
Hairy Larry's twitch stream is at
twitch.tv/hairylarryland
The HairyLarryLand website is at
hairylarryland.com
All of Larry's livestream playlists are at The Live Music Archive.
00:00 Welcome ...
00:14 African Violet
09:59 I am hoping to play ...
10:11 The Blue Crane
17:28 I'm Hairy Larry ...
17:36 Low Earth Orbit
28:06 Shout out ...
28:25 Sail Boats
37:34 I've got one more ...
37:40 Malaysia
47:02 And that's the end ...
All songs by Larry Heyl
Hairy Larry's twitch stream is at
twitch.tv/hairylarryland
The HairyLarryLand website is at
hairylarryland.com
All of Larry's livestream playlists are at The Live Music Archive.
Delta Boogie Newsletter - August 2022 - Guerilla Livestreaming Craighead Forest Park
My grandson, Conley, joined me at Craighead Forest Park on July 13, 2022, to Guerilla Livestream Craighead Forest Lake. We played behind the bandshell with the lake behind us. We didn't get any ducks or geese swimming behind us but you can here them on the recording.
The Story Of Mister Mistmeister And His Many Transformations
Starting last February Ari and Caper have been adventuring in Tobbins Shire, west of Milyagon, through Wilken Woods, and across the river. We've been campaigning once or twice a month, sometimes with more PCs, and in July we finished a story arc.
I turned all of the session summaries into a booklet that can be downloaded here.
My daughters, Sarah and Megan, have opened a books, games, and hobby store in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, and the last three sessions were played at their store.
So it's been a good month for us in spite of the heat wave. I hope you've been staying cool and staying busy. Please let me know about your projects, music, and art.
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Big Pines was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 I've got the sun shining down on me ...
00:12 African Violet
10:34 Coming up next here's a 12 bar blues ...
10:42 The Blue Crane
17:53 I'm wearing my planets shirt ...
18:07 Low Earth Orbit
28:23 I've added a new song ...
31:28 After You've Gone by Creamer and Layton
38:25 The sun is shining down ...
38:38 Crates
46:28 Thanks ...
00:00 I've got the sun shining down on me ...
00:12 African Violet
10:34 Coming up next here's a 12 bar blues ...
10:42 The Blue Crane
17:53 I'm wearing my planets shirt ...
18:07 Low Earth Orbit
28:23 I've added a new song ...
31:28 After You've Gone by Creamer and Layton
38:25 The sun is shining down ...
38:38 Crates
46:28 Thanks ...
After You've Gone by Creamer and Layton, public domain
All other songs by Larry Heyl
Hairy Larry's twitch stream is at
twitch.tv/hairylarryland
The HairyLarryLand website is at
hairylarryland.com
All of Larry's livestream playlists are at The Live Music Archive.
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.
John and I go back to the early nineties. He was a Blues Fest regular always headlining for us. One thing about Blues Fest that isn't true about most festivals is we always stayed on time. The trick to that is telling the bands when their time is up. But I always gave John Shepherd the headline performance so he could play as long as he wanted.
I got to play with John a few times at Blues Fest. And then we started a band together with Jeremy Burnett on harp. We called the band Delta Legends and besides playing in Northeast Arkansas we played on the Cedell Davis stage at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena every year.
We even got to record with Matt Lucas one time at HairyLarryLand when Matt and Barbara came to visit with Vivian and myself.
And then the pandemic happened and since we're old Vivian and I went into lockdown and that shut down my live performances.
My daughter Megan started gaming on Twitch and I had to keep up so I started my own Twitch channel where I would play chill jazz piano. I wrote the songs and then I wrote horn parts and then I turned our front porch into the Twitch Porch and started playing again, outdoors, with Bebop Beatniks and Jazz Buskers.
On April 10, 2022, John Shepherd joined me on the Twitch Porch and we played four of my jazz originals. The videos are on Youtube, I'll include links on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com. John and I had a great time so I thought I would play an extended blues with a nice slow groove for you today.
Ok now, here's John Shepherd joining me on the Twitch Porch on April 10, 2022, playing a real belly rubber, "Low Earth Orbit".
All right now, that's John Shepherd and Hairy Larry playing "Low Earth Orbit" on my twitch stream. Go to the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for links. Follow me on Twitch and subscribe on Youtube. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 to hear more from John Shepherd on the Twitch Porch as well as Arial Calabria, Wolfgang Muthspiel, and John Scofield.
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Big Pines was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome ...
00:35 African Violet
10:42 I took a delivery ...
11:04 The Blue Crane
18:23 It seems to be the day ...
18:37 I do want to Thank Vivian ...
19:12 Crates
27:05 Here's an extended blues ...
27:14 Low Earth Orbit
37:40 Now here's a beautiful bossa nova ...
37:48 Malaysia
47:12 We're gonna close ...
47:20 Blue Goose
58:39 Thanks
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Big Pines was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome ...
00:35 African Violet
10:42 I took a delivery ...
11:04 The Blue Crane
18:23 It seems to be the day ...
18:37 I do want to Thank Vivian ...
19:12 Crates
27:05 Here's an extended blues ...
27:14 Low Earth Orbit
37:40 Now here's a beautiful bossa nova ...
37:48 Malaysia
47:12 We're gonna close ...
47:20 Blue Goose
58:39 Thanks
Jazz Buskers Guerilla Livestreaming Craighead Forest Lake was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome ...
00:22 African violet
09:57 Geese ...
10:29 The Blue Crane
18:10 We're in a shady place ...
19:03 Crates
27:10 Here at beautiful Craighead Forest Park ...
27:30 Malaysia
37:01 We're gonna close ...
37:23 Low Earth Orbit
Jazz Buskers Guerilla Livestreaming Craighead Forest Lake was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome ...
00:22 African violet
09:57 Geese ...
10:29 The Blue Crane
18:10 We're in a shady place ...
19:03 Crates
27:10 Here at beautiful Craighead Forest Park ...
27:30 Malaysia
37:01 We're gonna close ...
37:23 Low Earth Orbit
This version of "Malaysia" was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 19, 2022. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
This version of "Low Earth Orbit" was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 19, 2022. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
This version of "African Violet" was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 19, 2022. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
This version of "Sail Boats" was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 19, 2022. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Famous Tree was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Crates
08:26 As always ...
08:46 African Violet
16:54 Here's a 12 bar blues ...
17:03 The Blue Crane
24:25 My son ...
24:34 Sail Boats
33:29 Here's another blues ...
33:49 Low Earth Orbit
44:06 In Arkansas we've been having a heat wave ...
44:41 Malaysia
54:11 I'm gonna close ...
54:18 Blue Goose
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Famous Tree was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Crates
08:26 As always ...
08:46 African Violet
16:54 Here's a 12 bar blues ...
17:03 The Blue Crane
24:25 My son ...
24:34 Sail Boats
33:29 Here's another blues ...
33:49 Low Earth Orbit
44:06 In Arkansas we've been having a heat wave ...
44:41 Malaysia
54:11 I'm gonna close ...
54:18 Blue Goose
Hairy Larry plays chill jazz piano over iReal Pro backing tracks.
Recorded at the HairyLarryLand Twitch Studio in 2022.
Except for "Low Earth Orbit", recorded at Beatles Park in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, on March 27, 2022.
Songs
01. Crates
02. The Blue Crane
03. Sail Boats
04. JTown Blues
05. Bunnies
06. Knockin Boots
07. Malaysia
08. Freddy's Blues
09. Low Earth Orbit
10. Ambiguously
11. Eventually
12. Causality
13. Noumenology
14. African Violet
15. Candles
16. Blue Goose
All songs by Larry Heyl
Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY
Photos by Carl Heyl and Larry Heyl
Saturday morning at 11:00 AM Central we'll have Inspired Unreality open game chat. Everyone is welcome. Bring your own topic. All gaming is on topic.
Inspired Unreality is held every Saturday in the gamerplus chat rooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. For more information and a link to Tenkar's Tavern go here.
Last week was the first Saturday in July so our topic was Fantasy and Science Fiction. We discussed how difficult it is to write children's fantasy and how difficult High Fantasy RPGs are. And Duca posted some good links about the High Fantasy game Eberron.
The funny thing is that in "Malazan Book of the Fallen" the Empire's assassins are also called The Claw. Are there other assassin's Guilds called The Claw?
Inquiring minds want to know.
On the 4th of July we had family game day at Eclectic Geekery. Here's the link to their new website.
They say that word of mouth advertising is the best. That's good because it's all we can afford. So ... please forward this email to your gaming friends and share this link.
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming Under The Awning was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 The Blue Crane
07:27 Companion Piece
07:37 Blue Goose
18:56 Big Lake NWR Blue Goose
19:10 Sail Boats
28:11 Time For One More
28:19 Malaysia
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming Under The Awning was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 The Blue Crane
07:27 Companion Piece
07:37 Blue Goose
18:56 Big Lake NWR Blue Goose
19:10 Sail Boats
28:11 Time For One More
28:19 Malaysia
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming Beatles Park on July 4, 2022 was recorded live. Hairy Larry's current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome
00:20 Sail Boats
09:20 Shining Down On Me
10:00 The Blue Crane
17:13 One Good Blues Deserves Another
17:20 Blue Goose
28:38 Sunshine Mural Clouds
29:44 Malaysia
39:16 The Sun Is A Shinin Down On Me
59:30 Low Earth Orbit
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Lisa Ahia Singing This Masquerade
From The Archives Of Something Blue March 26, 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/03/26/dj-hairy-larry-presents-lisa-ahia-singing-t
DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Colossus
From The Archives Of Something Blue March 19, 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/03/19/dj-hairy-larry-presents-njhb-playing-colossus/
Thanks Marty, today
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jay Shepherd Playing Footprints
From the Archives Of Something Blue March 12, 2023
https://sbblues.com/2023/03/12/dj-hairy-larry-presents-jay-shepherd-playing-f
Hairy Larry And The Flying Hungarians Blues Fest Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas October 9, 2022
00:00 One More Cup Of Coffee 05:05 Setup … 07:13 Memphis Blues Again 13:05 Ok, we’re gonna do … 13:25 Baby What You Want Me To Do 16:43 We got three drummers … 20:20 Turn On Your Love Light
Hairy Larry Plays Recital Repertoire In The New Twitch Studio Arkansas August 14, 2022
This set includes
00:00 Welcome … 00:14 African Violet 09:59 I am hoping to play … 10:11 The Blue Crane 17:28 I’m Hairy Larry … 17:36 Low Earth Orbit 28:06 Shout out … 28:25 Sail Boats 37:34 I’ve got one more … 37:40 Malaysia 47:02 And that’s the end …
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Big Pines was recorded live. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 I’ve got the sun shining down on me … 00:12 African Violet 10:34 Coming up next here’s a 12 bar blues … 10:42 The Blue Crane 17:53 I’m wearing my planets shirt … 18:07 Low Earth Orbit 28:23 I’ve added a new song … 31:28 After You’ve Gone by Creamer and Layton 38:25 The sun is shining down … 38:38 Crates 46:28 Thanks …
Hairy Larry Guerilla Livestreaming The Big Pines was recorded live. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome … 00:35 African Violet 10:42 I took a delivery … 11:04 The Blue Crane 18:23 It seems to be the day … 18:37 I do want to Thank Vivian … 19:12 Crates 27:05 Here’s an extended blues … 27:14 Low Earth Orbit 37:40 Now here’s a beautiful bossa nova … 37:48 Malaysia 47:12 We’re gonna close … 47:20 Blue Goose 58:39 Thanks
Jazz Buskers Guerilla Livestreaming Craighead Forest Lake was recorded live. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 2:00 PM Central with weekend live performances to be arranged.
Songs
00:00 Welcome … 00:22 African violet 09:57 Geese … 10:29 The Blue Crane 18:10 We’re in a shady place … 19:03 Crates 27:10 Here at beautiful Craighead Forest Park … 27:30 Malaysia 37:01 We’re gonna close … 37:23 Low Earth Orbit
MANNISH [POSTER] BOY FOR POST-WAR CHICAGO BLUES & CHESS RECORDS.
NOTE: ^See what I did there. Only hardcore blues nuts will know.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on the crucial electric bluesman who in the 1940s and 1950s led the way in transforming traditional Delta blues into the electric Chicago blues style that paved the road to rock ‘n’ roll – MUDDY WATERS (1914-1983), illustrated by William Stout for his “Legends of the Blues” portraits series.
“Perhaps no other player represents post-war Chicago blues and Chess Records like Muddy Waters does. Sexy, classy, admired and feared, Muddy excited groups like THE ROLLING STONES and MANFRED MANN. His thrilling records were covered by most of the British blues bands. Muddy’s recording of Willie Dixon’s "You Need Love” was lifted by the SMALL FACES and perfromed as “You Need Loving” on one of their first LP’s. Robert Plant saw the Small Faces perform it live, then turned it into LED ZEPPELIN’s “Whole Lotta Love,” not realizing the song’s earlier origins.
“What color should I make the background?,” was a question I often asked myself during the creation of “Legends of the Blues,” wanting as much variety as possible. In Muddy’s case the choice was obvious: something suggesting the color of mud.“
– WILLIAM STOUT (American painter/fantasy artist/illustrator/blues music aficionado)
From The Archives Of Something Blue March 19, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song I wrote that NJHB played at my Senior Recital.
The Senior Recital is a rite of passage for music students, the most important recital in their undergraduate studies. My recital was on November 8, 2013, and I had been playing all year with NJHB, the New Jazz House Band. It only made sense to me to bring this rehearsed act to the Fine Arts Recital Hall to close the recital with 4 of my original compositions.
My song, “Colossus”, was one of our favorites and we kicked off the NJHB set with it.
This recording of Colossus featured Arkansas musicians, Suzanne Michell - vocals, Addison Boling - drums, Matt Jackson - bass, Jay Shepherd - guitar, Don Bowyer - trombone, Joseph Curtis - trumpet, Cody Ballard - tenor sax, and Hairy Larry - piano and vocals.
From the Archives Of Something Blue March 12, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we’re hearing a Wayne Shorter standard played by Jay Shepherd at the Delta Jazz Workshop.
I took Jazz Arranging with Jay Shepherd and we both had a good class. Jay continued on to take a Masters in guitar performance and then taught at ASU until he moved to the other side of the state. I would still see him every year at the Delta Jazz Workshop where we worked together again teaching jazz improvisation and playing in the workshop’s small groups.
Saturday March 11 at 11:00 AM Central join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat. The topic will be Fantasy and Science Fiction including some Science Fiction coming to life, AI Art.
Inspired Unreality is held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the gamerplus chat rooms at Tenkar’s Tavern on Discord.
00:00 It’s great to be back at Beatles Park … 00:15 African Violet by Larry Heyl 07:20 Ok, here’s a blues … 07:28 The Blue Crane by Larry Heyl 16:26 I want to thank our good friends … 16:48 Malaysia by Larry Heyl 27:29 I got one more for you today … 27:44 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael public domain
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear some jazzy blues recorded live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.
Mike Dollins is a blues musician and promoter from Little Rock. We had the idea to have an Arkansas Blues Caravan bringing musicians from all over the state to perform at the Bandshell. The acts performing included Suzanne and Fred, Sandy and Roy McCann, Ben “Swamp Donkey” Brenner, Jawbone and Jolene, and Mike “Whiskerfish” Dollins and The Big Blue Cats.
It was great weather with everyone enjoying everybody else’s blues. A good time was had by all, the musicians and the audience.
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear an original jazz song accompanying a spoken word poem by Walt Whitman.
The nice thing about the Delta Jazz Workshop is getting to play with musicians you haven’t seen for a year, as well as musicians you’ve just met.
On July 10, 2019, Bebop Beatniks were playing the Wednesday night concert featuring the working piano trio with Jeremy Jackson on bass, Alex Washam - drums, and Hairy Larry on piano.
Kevin Tinker was on trumpet and Emily Lindley on vibes. Both Kevin and Emily had played with us for years.
We also featured our frequent guest, Jay Shepherd on guitar. Rounding out the horns we had Michael McGowan on tenor sax. This was the first and only gig, so far, that Bebop Beatniks had McGowan as a guest beatnik.
From The Archives Of Something Blue March 19, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song I wrote that NJHB played at my Senior Recital.
The Senior Recital is a rite of passage for music students, the most important recital in their undergraduate studies. My recital was on November 8, 2013, and I had been playing all year with NJHB, the New Jazz House Band. It only made sense to me to bring this rehearsed act to the Fine Arts Recital Hall to close the recital with 4 of my original compositions.
My song, “Colossus”, was one of our favorites and we kicked off the NJHB set with it.
This recording of Colossus featured Arkansas musicians, Suzanne Michell - vocals, Addison Boling - drums, Matt Jackson - bass, Jay Shepherd - guitar, Don Bowyer - trombone, Joseph Curtis - trumpet, Cody Ballard - tenor sax, and Hairy Larry - piano and vocals.
“Every now and then a clear harmonic cry gave new suggestions of a tune that would someday be the only tune in the world and would raise men’s souls to joy.”
From the Archives Of Something Blue March 12, 2023
Thanks Marty, today we’re hearing a Wayne Shorter standard played by Jay Shepherd at the Delta Jazz Workshop.
I took Jazz Arranging with Jay Shepherd and we both had a good class. Jay continued on to take a Masters in guitar performance and then taught at ASU until he moved to the other side of the state. I would still see him every year at the Delta Jazz Workshop where we worked together again teaching jazz improvisation and playing in the workshop’s small groups.
Saturday March 11 at 11:00 AM Central join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat. The topic will be Fantasy and Science Fiction including some Science Fiction coming to life, AI Art.
Inspired Unreality is held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the gamerplus chat rooms at Tenkar’s Tavern on Discord.
00:00 It’s great to be back at Beatles Park … 00:15 African Violet by Larry Heyl 07:20 Ok, here’s a blues … 07:28 The Blue Crane by Larry Heyl 16:26 I want to thank our good friends … 16:48 Malaysia by Larry Heyl 27:29 I got one more for you today … 27:44 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael public domain
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear some jazzy blues recorded live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.
Mike Dollins is a blues musician and promoter from Little Rock. We had the idea to have an Arkansas Blues Caravan bringing musicians from all over the state to perform at the Bandshell. The acts performing included Suzanne and Fred, Sandy and Roy McCann, Ben “Swamp Donkey” Brenner, Jawbone and Jolene, and Mike “Whiskerfish” Dollins and The Big Blue Cats.
It was great weather with everyone enjoying everybody else’s blues. A good time was had by all, the musicians and the audience.
