DJ Hairy Larry Presents Josh Parks Playing Part Time Love

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Josh Parks Playing Part Time Love
From The Archives Of Something Blue – 2024-11-03


Josh Parks Playing At The King Biscuit Blues Festival

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an Arkansas Blues Man play a song about relationship problems.

I went to the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena Arkansas, in October, 2024, camping for the first time since before the pandemic. My friend Brent and I went down to the main stage on Wednesday night and we saw Josh Parks jamming the blues.

Josh had been jamming with The Emporium Orkestra at the Downtown Bar And Grill five years back and we had visited at the campground then too, so I really wanted to see him again.

Well, at the biscuit Josh is a busy man. I kept looking for him at the campground, I even got directions from some other campers, but I couldn’t find him. Then on Friday night I was playing some music with my friend Pat and he asked if I wanted to go play with Josh. Well … of course!

Pat and I had a great time jamming with Josh and with my new friend John who I met at Mayor Mike’s campfire. I also got to meet Josh’s friends and family. Some of them even older than I am.

So when I got back I was checking for recordings at KASU and on my hard drive. I found this show from a KASU Bluesday Tuesday, recorded on April 17, 2018.

I contacted Josh about the show and he filled in the personnell for the concert.

Josh Parks – guitar
Lance Womack, drums
Stewart Bear, keys
Jerry Bone, bass

All fine outstanding Arkansas musicians.

Now Josh plays in the style of Albert King and Michael Burks, also both from Arkansas. I have had the pleasure of hearing them both play many times and I just love the sound, all the way around.

The song I’m featuring is “Part Time Love”, written by Clay Hammond. Little Johnny Taylor sang the number one hit in 1963. Taylor was born in Gregory, Arkansas.

So now, here’s The Josh Parks Band playing “Part Time Love” recorded at KASU Bluesday Tuesday.

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Splendour

Something Blue – Splendour – November 2, 2024

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nigel Harpur, and ADHD. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

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


ADHD 6

Nigel Harpur – Carnival For Little Creatures
nigelharpur.bandcamp.com/album/carnival-for-little-creatures

Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel – A Lovesome Thing

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ADHD – 6

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DJ Hairy Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing The Blue Crane

DJ Hairy Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing The Blue Crane
From The Archives Of Something Blue – 2024-10-27


Bebop Beatniks Photo By Rachel Ann Wilson Washam

Thanks Marty. Today I’m going to play the title track of the soon to be released Bebop Beatniks album, “The Blue Crane”.

Every fall I enter my festival season starting with Beatles At The Ridge, then Blues Fest, and then The King Biscuit Blues Festival. Sometimes things work out better than you could expect. Jeremy Jackson and Alex Washam both have busy lives, Conley Hunt started working on weekends, and I also had issues so we hadn’t played together as a full band all year. And we also hadn’t played with a horn player since last year’s Blues Fest.

We were scheduled to play at Beatles At The Ridge, the next weekend at Blues Fest, and then the next weekend Alex was getting married. So congratulations to Alex and Rachel, but you can see how this would complicate our schedule.

Fortunately, Jeremy was able to play both dates and Alex was able to play at Beatles At The Ridge so, fingers crossed, I soldiered on.

And now …

Introducing Dr. Paul Lessard.

Paul is the new theory and composition professor at ASU this year. I’m not in school but I took my degree in composition and I wanted to meet him.

We got together in his office and hit it off immediately, talking about music composition. It’s surprising how few people I know who actually want to talk about composition and it’s definitely one of my obsessions.

Well … Paul plays jazz saxophone and he said to let him know if we were getting together to play because he’d like to sit in.

So I got to thinking and the next time I was getting the band together to play I invited Paul. As it turned out Alex and Jeremy were busy so, as the song goes, it was just the two of us.

We had a repertoire session playing some of my originals which, surprisingly enough, Paul had never played before.

He played great and I invited him to join us at Beatles Park to fill out our quartet. He said he could do it and the rest is history.

We played the Beatles Park gig on September 21 and then Alex’s Blues Fest Sunday opened up and we played Blues Fest on September 29.

Sometimes the stars align and everything goes right. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon at the Craighead Forest Bandshell, we had the lake behind us, a small but appreciative audience, and we had played every song on the set at least once before.

I got good audio and video recordings. I will post links at sbblues.com to the Youtube videos. In early November I will release the new Bebop Beatniks album, “The Blue Crane”, featuring three songs I wrote.

And now, here’s Bebop Beatniks playing “The Blue Crane”.

Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
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Bebop Beatniks – Beatles At The Ridge Festival – September 21, 2024

Bebop Beatniks Live At Blues Fest – September 29, 2024

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Hand

Something Blue – Hand – June 12, 2021 – October 26, 2024

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Dirk Quinn, Billy Jones, and Soule Monde. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

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

Soule Monde Live at FTC Stage One on 2021-06-03
archive.org/details/soulemonde2021-06-03.AKG414

The Dirk Quinn Band Live at Whites Road Park on 2021-06-01
archive.org/details/dqb2021-06-01.AKG-CK61.Flac24

Billy Jones Bluez – KASU Bluesday Tuesday August 9, 2011
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From The Archive June 6, 2021 – October 20, 2024 – Billy Jones Blues – “Hurts Me Too”

Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing some real blues recorded at Bluesday Tuesday.

Billy Jones Bluez is from Central Arkansas so Bluesday Tuesday in Newport was a good fit for them with less travel time than driving all the way to Jonesboro. I got to record them at KASU Bluesday Tuesday on August 9, 2011, and I have played recordings from this show on Something Blue many times.

What can I say about Billy Jones? He writes great songs and also picks great cover songs for his repertoire. He’s an outstanding guitarist and vocalist. He leads a great band. He’s an exceptional showman who adds a lot of humor to his show. And he is very versatile playing blues, country, and rock. Whenever I have seen him play he always put on a show. He’s a real entertainer.

For today I picked the blues classic, “Hurts Me Too” and there will be more songs from this same show on Something Blue this week. Here they are now, Billy Jones Bluez, playing “Hurts Me Too”.
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Besement – October 19, 2024

Something Blue – Basement – May 15, 2021

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring John Stowell, The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, and Rob Alley. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

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

John Stowell/Michael Zilber Quartet – Basement Blues
www.johnstowell.com/

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman – Triads and More
trondheimjazzorkester.bandcamp.com/album/triads-and-more
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Rob Alley Trio – Live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 21, 2009
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From The Archive May 9, 2021 – Rob Alley Trio – So What – October 13, 2024

Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we’ve got a jazz standard recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.

Rob Alley taught at ASU and I recorded him several times at The Edge Coffeehouse so I was thrilled when I was able to book him to play at the bandshell on June 21, 2009. Playing with Rob Alley was David Eckert on bass and Mike Overall, drums. The audience loved their set of jazz standards. I will be playing more from this show on Something Blue this week.

For From The Archives I picked one of the most famous songs in jazz history. a Miles Davis composition from “Kind Of Blue”, here’s the Rob Alley Trio playing “So What”.
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Barn – October 12 2024

Something Blue – Barn – May 8, 2021 – October 12, 2024

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Plain Meanness, Chris & Spigs, and The Aerolites. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

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

Chris & Spigs’ Rock & Roll Circus Live at Barn Jams, Vol. II (FREE RELEASE) on 2021-04-20
archive.org/details/CAS2021-04-20.ChrisAndSpigsRockAndRollCircusBarnJamsVolumeII

The Aerolites Live at The Wild Fern on 2021-04-20
archive.org/details/aero2021-04-20

Plain Meanness
KASU Blue Monday October 17, 2011
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From The Archive May 2, 2021 – Plain Meanness – Pipeline – October 6, 2024

Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we’ve got another song from Blue Monday.

If there was ever a band you could call eclectic it’s Plain Meanness. They play more variety in one set than you are likely to hear at an entire festival. I recorded them at KASU Blue Monday in Paragould, Arkansas, on October 17, 2011 and they tore it up. Every style, every genre, from Al Green to Dylan to The Ventures.

Playing that night were Patrick Dailey, guitar; Corey Emerson, trombone; Derek Doyle, bass; and Greg Arnold, drums. All local musicians well known in the community. I will be featuring more of their music on Something Blue but for today I picked “Pipeline”, a guitar instrumental classic from the sixties. Just listen to Patrick Dailey nail it.
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Muffin

Something Blue – Muffin – April 24, 2021 – October 7, 2024


This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Hanging Chads, NJHB, and Vertigo Jazz Project. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.

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

Vertigo Jazz Project Live at Double Door Inn on 2009-05-22
archive.org/details/vertjazz2009-05-22.flacf16

Hanging Chads Live at Sheraton Hotel Deck Party on 2006-09-15
archive.org/details/chads2006-09-15.flac16

NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2018-07-28
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