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.
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.
