Mountain

Something Blue – Mountain – February 14, 2025


John Good and Friends – Honky Tonk Joy

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Sweet Magnolia Band, Essie Neal, John Good, and Suzanne Michell. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.


Sweet Magnolia Band

Sweet Magnolia Band – Sweet Magnolia Band
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG-InimcgCwPI7ZVNEc_6Bg1UFntj6XYc

John Good and Friends – Honky Tonk Joy
archive.org/details/honky-tonk-joy

Essie “The Blues Lady” Neal
KASU Bluesday Tuesday In Newport, Arkansas on July 13, 2009
archive.org/details/private_lessons_with_bb_king

Suzanne Michell – Winter Interlude
archive.org/details/winter_interlude

KASU Arkansas Roots
www.kasu.org


Essie “The Blues Lady” Neal – Private Lessons
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Sweet Magnolia Band Playing You’re The Kind Of Woman

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Sweet Magnolia Band Playing You’re The Kind Of Woman


Sweet Magnolia Band

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a blast from the past, an original song recorded by a Little Rock band in 1973.

My friend, John Good, got in touch with me last year. I hadn’t seen him since the nineties when he played in Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians. He also played at Blues Fest with his own band under his stage name, Duke.

He had some recordings that he had made at his studio, Rockin’ John Recording in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He worked with me and we released a double album recorded in 2000 and in 2024-2025 called “Honky Tonk Joy”.

In the liner notes I wrote:

It’s been a joy working with John Good, compiling this extensive collection of Central Arkansas music. Musicians featured go back to The Chaps and Sweet Magnolia Band, so this is my gateway into the past, from the sixties to the present and off into the future. Besides working with me on this album John has been helping KASU catalog and present this Arkansas music scene that has lasted for over 50 years.

So today I’m going to feature Sweet Magnolia Band singing “You’re The Kind Of Woman” from their self titled album recorded in 1973. John Good wrote the song and played on the album.

Now Sweet Magnolia Band was a rock band that was very much in tune with the rock audience in the seventies and they were very popular. Their album got some FM album airplay, which, at the time, was the best thing going.

Listed on the album were:

Mike Scoggins
Gary Ray
Phil Schenker
John Good
David Raddle
and
Wade Pemberton


Sweet Magnolia Band – Liner Notes

Now most of these guys played on the John Good and Friends album, all those years later.

For album art, liner notes, and a link to the songs, visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

And now, recorded in 1973, here’s Sweet Magnolia Band singing “You’re The Kind Of Woman”, a song that John Good wrote.

Sweet Magnolia Band – Sweet Magnolia Band
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG-InimcgCwPI7ZVNEc_6Bg1UFntj6XYc

Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate

John Good and Friends – Honky Tonk Joy
archive.org/details/honky-tonk-joy

Essie “The Blues Lady” Neal
KASU Bluesday Tuesday In Newport, Arkansas on July 13, 2009
archive.org/details/private_lessons_with_bb_king

Suzanne Michell – Winter Interlude
archive.org/details/winter_interlude

KASU Arkansas Roots
www.kasu.org

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Penultimate

Something Blue – Penultimate – February 7, 2026


Larry Coryell – Barefoot Man Sanpaku

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, and Grant Garland. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.

Larry Coryell – Barefoot Man Sanpaku
larrycoryell.bandcamp.com/track/sanpaku
www.larrycoryell.net

Mike Stern – Upside Downside
mikestern.org/

Grant Garland Live at KASU Bluesday Tuesday September 14, 2009-
grantgarlandmusic.com/


Mike Stern – Upside Downside
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Grant Garland Singing What’s Going On

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Grant Garland Singing What’s Going On
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-02-01


The Album grant Garland

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear the title track of one of the best albums of all time recorded at KASU Bluesday Tuesday.

I recorded Grant Garland live at KASU Bluesday Tuesday on September 14, 2009. He brought an amazing band, they delivered the goods, and I was fortunate to get some of the best recordings I have ever made at a KASU event.

Playing with Grant was Rob Alley, trumpet; Derek Doyle, bass; and Ben White, drums. They played two sets, both of them immaculate, and they brought an eclectic mix of originals and covers from a wide variety of genres.

Now “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye is an amazing recording of a chart topping song. There’s so much going on all the time that you can get lost in the nuance. Even the sound of people partying in the background is musical.

For a quartet to deliver on a song as complex as this takes deep musical chops. After all Marvin Gaye had a studio full of professionals working with him and spending as much time as it took to get the song just right.

Grant Garland’s quartet played it live, start to finish, their own version, of course, and somehow they nailed it, bringing a different take on a song everybody already knows.

There’s no music like live music and it don’t get no better than this.

Here’s Grant Garland singing “What’s Going On”.

Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Grant Garland Live At KASU Bluesday Tuesday September 14, 2009
archive.org/details/gg2009-09-14

Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate

Grant Garland
grantgarlandmusic.com/
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Peace

Something Blue – Peace – January 31, 2026

Snarky Puppy Live at Blue Note Jazz Club on 2026-01-18

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Snarky Puppy Guitars, Jay Shepherd, and Wally’s Tuesday Funk. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.


Wally’s Tuesday Funk Live at Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club on 2026-01-20

Wally’s Tuesday Funk Live at Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club on 2026-01-20
archive.org/details/wtf2026-01-20.om1.multitrack.t-flac2448

Snarky Puppy Live at Blue Note Jazz Club on 2026-01-18
archive.org/details/snarkypuppy2026-01-18

Jay Shepherd Live At The Delta Jazz Workshop
archive.org/details/js2016-07-12
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jay Shepherd Playing All Blues

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jay Shepherd Playing All Blues
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-01-25


Jay Shepherd Live At The Delta Jazz Workshop

Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear a Miles Davis song recorded right here at ASU at the Delta Jazz Workshop.

“All Blues” was written by Miles Davis and was first released in 1959 on the most popular jazz album of all time, “Kind Of Blue”. “All Blues” is a blues with it’s own sound, in 6/8 instead of 4/4, and using all 7th chords with an off chord at the turnaround. Jazz musicians love to improvise on “All Blues”. It’s so familiar and so interesting.

On July 12, 2016, Jay Shepherd played “All Blues” in the ASU Fine Arts Recital Hall as part of the jazz department’s Delta Jazz Workshop. Featured on piano on this song we will hear Jay’s partner in crime, Shane Chastain.

Now, Shane and Jay are back together again in a new band, Silver Wings, and I hope to record them again for Something Blue.

In December, 2025, I released this concert as a live album, “Jay Shepherd Live At The Delta Jazz Workshop”. It’s great, all the way through. I’ll post a link to it on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

Playing at the concert were:

Jay Shepherd – guitar
Tyler Worsham – piano
Shane Chastain – piano
Terrell Montgomery – bass
and
Keyven Dunn – drums

All of them are from Northeast Arkansas.

So now, recorded on July 12, 2016, here’s Jay Shepherd Playing “All Blues”.

Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Jay Shepherd Live At The Delta Jazz Workshop
archive.org/details/js2016-07-12

Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate

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Voyage

Something Blue – Voyage – January 24, 2026


Passages Into Beyond by Jeff Gburek Projects

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Bebop Beatniks, Kai Engel, UK Jazz Voyagers, and Jeff Gburek. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.


Bebop Beatniks – Leaves

BebopBeatniks-Leaves
archive.org/details/BebopBeatniks-Leaves

Kai Engel — Rain Catcher
archive.org/details/SCL155

Back To Earth – UK Jazz Voyagers
www.jamendo.com/album/174238/back-to-earth

Passages Into Beyond by Jeff Gburek Projects
jeffgburekprojects.bandcamp.com/album/passages-into-beyond-for-joseph-jarman-alvin-fielder


Kai Engel — Rain Catcher
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Hairy Larry Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing Sweatshirt

Hairy Larry Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing Sweatshirt
From the Archives Of Something Blue 2026-01-18

Bebop Beatniks – Leaves

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original jazz song recorded at HairyLarryLand.

Bebop Beatniks has always been a live band, playing several times a month at local venues. We have a ton of live shows on the internet at the Live Music Archive and we’ve released several albums, but only one studio album, “Leaves”.

And, of course, it’s a concept album featuring a reading from “Leaves Of Grass” by Walt Whitman, “Autumn Leaves”, a song by Paul Nunis called “At The Speed Of Love”, and three other original songs.

Today I’m going to feature a song by Sid Davis called “Sweatshirt” which quickly became one of our favorite jam tunes when playing live. It features an intro by Tyler Remagen on tenor sax and then it cooks all the way through. It’s a twelve bar blues which makes it great for improvisation.

Playing on the album are

Sid Davis – trumpet
Tyler Remagen – sax and flute
Emily Lindley – vibraphone
Alex Washam – drums and xylophone
Paul Nunis – bass and vocals
and
Hairy Larry – piano, vocals, and spoken word

All former students in the jazz program at ASU except for Paul who was on the faculty.

It’s a romp all the way through. I’ll post a link to the album at sbblues.com.

Ok now, here’s Bebop Beatniks playing the Sid Davis song, “Sweatshirt”.

Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
BebopBeatniks-Leaves
archive.org/details/BebopBeatniks-Leaves

Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
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Domain

Something Blue – Domain – January 17, 2026


Hank Jones Trio

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Ella, Sarah, Duke, Chet, Barry, Hank, and more. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at kasu.org.

Hank Jones – I Got Rhythm – Blue Note Tokyo

Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind

Body And Soul – Coleman Hawkins
archive.org/details/78_12899-Body-and-soul

Body and Soul – Sarah Vaughan – Sophisticated Lady

Love For Sale – Ella Fitzgerald Live In Stockholm 1957

Chet Baker – Love For Sale

Nina Simone – Exactly Like You – You and Me

Duke Ellington – Three Little Words

But Not For Me by Lee Wiley – Max Kaminsky`s Orchestra (George and Ira Gershwin)
archive.org/details/but-not-for-me

Sunny Side Of The Street – Dizzy Gillespie
archive.org/details/78_sunny-side-of-the-street_dizzy-gillespie-joe-carroll-dizzy-gillespie-stuff-smith-bi_gbia0399850b

Time On My Hands – Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet

Barry Harris Trio – Embraceable You

Joe Lovano – Embraceable You

“A Public Domain Picture”
archive.org/details/pdshort

Internet Archive 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest

2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You!


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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Suzanne Michelle Singing St. James Infirmary Blues

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Suzanne Michelle Singing St. James Infirmary Blues
From The Archives Of Something Blue – January 11, 2026


Suzanne Michell

Thanks Marty, on Something Blue this week I’m playing jazz songs new to the public domain in 2026, so today I’m playing a public domain song recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.

On May 11, 2008, we closed the show with my favorite type of music. Campfire music.

“Hairy Larry Jams played two sets at our opening concert for 2008. An electric set kicked off the show. Then we closed true acoustic around a campfire. No mics, no amps, no nothing.”

The true acoustic set featured

Hairy Larry, guitar and harmonica
Fred Wilson, guitar and harmonica
Suzanne Michell, guitar
Chris “Stinger” Stevens, guitar
Megan Heyl, handclaps

Everybody sang.

Chris Stevens is from Illinois. The rest of us are Arkansawyers.

And Suzanne sang “St. James Infirmary Blues” a public domain song of mixed parentage that Louis Armstrong recorded in the roaring twenties.

So now here’s Suzanne Michell singing “St. James Infirmary Blues”.

Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Hairy Larry Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2008-05-11
archive.org/details/hl2008-05-11

Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
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