DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jay Shepherd Playing Be Thou My Vision and Let Thy Blood In Mercy Poured
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-12-14
Jay Shepherd – Millenium Fair
Thanks Marty, It is getting close to Christmas so I thought I’d do something completely different and feature two sacred songs played on classical guitar.
Jay Shepherd is pursuing his doctorate in guitar performance and he’s a busy man. I had talked to him before about recording a solo guitar album at HairyLarryLand and what do you know, his schedule opened up last Spring and I was able to record him on June 12, 2025.
With an omni for a room mic and two cardiod condenser mics on the guitar I lucked out and got some fantastic recordings. The only comparison I can make is John Fahey.
The album, “Millenium Fair”, is mostly medieval sacred music with a couple of songs from the twentieth century. “Be Thou My Vision” might have been written in the 10th or 11th centuries. “Let Thy Blood In Mercy Poured” came much later, written by Johann Crüger in the 16th or 17th centuries. Both songs are still in hymnals today.
Jay is from Jonesboro, Arkansas. He attended ASU and took his Masters in guitar performance. He was on the faculty at ASU teaching guitar and bass. He is an in demand performer playing all styles of music but he clearly loves classical guitar.
So now, recorded at HairyLarryLand on June 12, 2025, here’s Jay Shepherd playing “Be Thou My Vision” and “Let Thy Blood In Mercy Poured”.
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And that’s Jay Shepherd playing “Be Thou My Vision” and “Let Thy Blood In Mercy Poured”. Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, for a Christmas show featuring Jay Shepherd, Lizz Wright, Amy Helm, Suzanne Michell, and Oscar Peterson.
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This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jay Shepherd, Lizz Wright, Amy Helm, Suzanne Michell, and Oscar Peterson. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
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