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.
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 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 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 ...
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.
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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.
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Join us for open game chat on Inspired Unreality, Saturday morning at 11:00. This week it's bring your own topic, all gaming is on topic. Sometimes we write dice tables. Sometimes we just chat.
Next week we'll be adventuring in Tobbins Shire again at Eclectic Geekery in Walnut Ridge. This is a hybrid game played around the table and on the internet. Turns out the technical side of this may be easier than I thought. We shall see.
Inspired Unreality is held in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. For more information and a link go here.
Last week we discussed fantasy and science fiction, mostly fantasy. This week I've been reading Science Fiction, "The Calculating Stars" by Mary Robinette Kowal, winner of the Hugo and Nebula best novel awards in 2019. It's an alternate history based on space exploration and it is also an experiment in writing old school science fiction assuming that the novel is contemporaneous with the story. It's been very interesting and like all great science fiction it deals with a lot of difficult social questions concerning America then and now.
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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
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 “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.
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