DJ Hairy Larry Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing Low Earth Orbit

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Hairy Larry

From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-12-08


Bebop Beatniks – The Blue Crane

Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear jazz, in space!

When I was writing for NJHB back in 2018 I wrote some titles based on physics, “Cold Fusion”, “Quantum Blues”, and “Entanglement”, followed by some titles based on space flight, “Stratospheric”, “Artificial Gravity”, and “Low Earth Orbit”.

“Low Earth Orbit” was the most accessible and the most fun to play and I have kept it in my repertoire ever since I wrote it, live streaming it through the pandemic and then playing it with Bebop Beatniks and Jazz Buskers.

The song is loosely based on “I’ve Got Rhythm” except even easier and played in a slow shuffle beat. I call it Honky Tonk jazz. Great for slow dancing.

Bebop Beatniks played it this year at Beatles At The Ridge and then again at Blues Fest. Like last year, our Blues Fest performance was exceptional, and I am releasing an album recorded at the bandshell on September 29, 2024, called “The Blue Crane”.

Check the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for links. Also the Bebop Beatniks website is at bebopbeatniks.com.

The rhythm section at Blues Fest was Jeremy Jackson, bass; Alex Washam, drums; and I’m on piano. We all live in Northeast Arkansas. We featured a new saxophonist, Dr. Paul Lessard, who is on the faculty in the music department.

Ok now, recorded September 29, 2024, at Blues Fest, here’s Bebop Beatniks playing “Low Earth Orbit”.

Bebop Beatniks Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2024-09-29
Something Blue Archives
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Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
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Bebop Beatniks Live At Blues Fest album
archive.org/details/hl2023-09-24.album

Bebop Beatniks Video Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2023-09-24
archive.org/details/hl2023-09-24

NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2018-07-28
archive.org/details/hl2018-07-28

NJHB Live at Jonesboro Public Library Round Room on 2018-10-13
archive.org/details/hl2018-10-13

NJHB Live at Jonesboro Public Library Round Room on 2018-11-10
archive.org/details/hl2018-11-10
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Something Blue – Marbles

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Marbles – 2024-12-07

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Live at The Sylvee on 2023-11-30

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mr Blotto and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. 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.

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Live at The Sylvee on 2023-11-30
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Mr. Blotto Live at Reggies on 2024-11-19
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Mr. Blotto Live at Reggies on 2024-11-19
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Big Creek Band Playing Sing Me Back Home

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Hairy Larry



DJ Hairy Larry Presents Big Creek Band Playing Sing Me Back Home
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2021-12-01

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear Big Creek Band play some real country music at Blues Fest.

I always say we play all kinds of music at Blues Fest because when you get right down to it, it’s all blues.

Dennis Mathes was the bandleader of Big Creek Band with Sonny Ackerman on guitar and George Hinds on bass. They all played at Blues Fest every year and Dennis and Sonny were out at the park every week helping me build the bandshell.

Also playing on September 16, 2001, were David Pearce, vocals and guitar; Dave Pearson, vocals and guitar; and Mark Hill, drums.

The song we’re playing today features Dave Pearson singing a Merle Haggard song. And it don’t get more country than that.

Now for the interesting part of the story. I was rummaging around in the archives also known as a box of old CDs when I found a DVD labeled Big Creek Band. I looked at that and I thought, this is gold.

The video looks like it was shot on a VHS camcorder and it’s kind of rough with some skips and stops here and there. Fortunately the music was with us and one of the best songs recorded start to finish with no audio issues.

I copied the DVD to my hard drive digitizing it with Handbrake. And I uploaded it to the Something Blue Archives, one of my collections on the Internet Archive.

I used VLC to convert the video to an audio file and then I got the song I wanted from that. There is also a Dennis Mathes original on the video and I’m hoping to find an audio version of that song without the skips and stops. I recorded every show at every Blues Fest so I should have it around here somewhere.

Ok, that was all very exciting but not quite as exciting as this moment, right now, when I get to share this music with you.

Recorded at Blues Fest, on September 16, 2001, Here’s Big Creek Band with Dave Pearson singing the Merle Haggard song “Sing Me Back Home”.

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Big Creek Band Playing Sing Me Back Home
Something Blue Archives
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Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
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Something Blue – Jigsaw

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Jigsaw – November 30, 2024


Mike Stern – Jigsaw

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Moore’s Code, Joe Henderson, and Mike Stern. 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.

Moore’s Code – Moore’s Code
moorescode.bandcamp.com/album/moores-code-2

Joe Henderson – In ‘N Out

Joe Henderson

Mike Stern – Jigsaw
www.mikestern.org/
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Moore’s Code Playing Every Day

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Hairy Larry

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Moore’s Code Playing Every Day
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-11-24


Moore’s Code

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz song written by a former ASU
student.

Tim Moore would sit in with Jazz Alliance when he was in High School, driving in from Southern Missouri. Then he spent two years in the ASU Jazz Program while Ron Horton was the director of the Jazz Department. It was during that time that Tim and his brother Brandon wrote the songs for the Caprice album, “from dawn til dusk”. We released that album on HairyLarryLand in 2013 and we still love it at KASU.

Of course, Tim didn’t quit writing jazz songs after he left ASU. He went on to the outstanding jazz program at North Texas State where he honed his skills as a composer, a pianist, and a bandleader.

We featured Caprice several times at KASU jazz shows and then later his new band Moore’s Code. I was not surprised that their self titled album, “Moore’s Code”, sounded as good as it does. It’s on bandcamp. I’ll post a link on the Something Blue website, sbblues.com. Highly recommended.

We’ll hear some more songs from this album, Saturday night on Something Blue. For today I picked a song featuring blues piano, organ, and guitar with a tremendous melody played on the saxophone.

Ok now, here’s Moore’s Code playing “Every Day”.

Moore’s Code by Moore’s Code
Something Blue Archives
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Conversations

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Conversations – November 23, 2024

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Bruce H. Mccosar, Jesse Spillane, NJHB, Tom La Meche, and Jazoo. 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.


NJHB – Circular Logic

Bruce H. McCosar – rock eagle blues
archive.org/details/rockeagleblues
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Jesse Spillane – The Laundry Cycle
jessespillane.bandcamp.com/
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NJHB – Circular Logic
archive.org/details/hl2012-12-29
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Tom La Meche – Road Movie
www.jamendo.com/album/68918/road-movie-une-histoire-sans-image
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Jazoo – Back From Reality
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Circular Logic

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Hairy Larry

DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Circular Logic
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-11-17

Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear jazz from NJHB recorded at the very beginning.

I was planning on starting the New Jazz In Jonesboro concerts at TheArts@311 in 2013. It was Christmas break so I scheduled a session on December 29, 2012, with the founding members on NJHB.

I was rolling tape but I wasn’t really expecting to record an album. Turns out we played pretty good and we did. We recorded live in the studio, with just two mics recording the room, and we did it the NJHB way. We improvised the arrangements. We recorded four songs. I think I was the only musician there who had ever played them before. As I usually do with NJHB songs I made a radio mix for Arkansas Roots.

In our favor we had a room full of outstanding musicians.

Mike Lovell – guitar
Garrett Tyler – drums
Matt Jackson – bass
Hairy Larry – Fender Rhodes
Cody Ballard – tenor sax
and
Joseph Curtis – trumpet and flugelhorn

Every one of these musicians attended ASU, all but one played in the jazz band. And we were all from Northeast Arkansas except Matt Jackson, who lives in the Missouri Bootheel.

Since then NJHB has played at The Arts@311, the Craighead Forest Bandshell, the Fine Arts Recital Hall, the ASU Bandroom, the new HairyLarryLand studio, and at the Jonesboro Public Library Round Room.

And I have plans for 2025. More New Jazz In Jonesboro. So be informed. Visit deltaboogie.com and sign up for my newsletter. Get a magic missive every month courtesy of electrons. Find out what I’ve been up to, what I have planned, and let me know about your plans. I want to promote you on Delta Boogie and KASU wants to play your music. My email is in the footer on every page at deltaboogie.com.

Ok now, Here’s NJHB playing my song, “Circular Logic” recorded on December 29, 2012

NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2012-12-29
Something Blue Archives
archive.org/details/hl2012-12-29

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

NJHB – Circular Logic
archive.org/details/hl2012-12-29
CC BY

Bruce H. McCosar – rock eagle blues
archive.org/details/rockeagleblues
CC BY-SA

Jesse Spillane – TheLaundryCycle
jessespillane.bandcamp.com/
CC BY

Tom La Meche – Road Movie
www.jamendo.com/album/68918/road-movie-une-histoire-sans-image
CC BY-NC-ND

Jazoo – Back From Reality
archive.org/details/BackFromReality
CC BY-SA


NJHB Circular Logic

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Goodbye

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Goodbye – November 15, 2024


Amy Helm – Silver City

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Eilen Jewell, Melissa Carper, Anna and the Tanks, Angie Owens, Lady Day and The Prez, and Amy Helm. 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.


Borned In Ya

Melissa Carper – Borned In Ya
www.melissacarper.com/

Amy Helm – Silver City
www.amyhelm.com/

Angie Owens – Blue Pearls
www.deltaboogie.com/deltamusicians/owensa/index.htm
www.reverbnation.com/angiecampbellowens/songs

Lady Day and The Prez
archive.org/details/hl2018-05-13.LadyDay

Eilen Jewell Live at The Hamilton on 2024-07-25
archive.org/details/eilenjewell2024-07-25.vwmule


Eilen Jewell Live at The Hamilton on 2024-07-25
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Anna and the Tanks Playing White Rabbit

Posted on November 10, 2024 by Hairy Larry

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Anna and the Tanks Playing White Rabbit
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-11-10


Anna Lowery

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to feature a song from the sixties recorded live at Blues Fest in 2024!

Jefferson Airplane had a hit on “White Rabbit” in the sixties. I remember it, which means I probably wasn’t really there. The lyrics are based on Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland stories. The twist is they reference sixties psychedelic culture and the importance of remembering what the doormouse said.

Now, the twist on the twist is that “Alice in Wonderland”, a children’s novel written by Lewis Carroll in 1865, actually had all those drug references in it. Alice was taking pills, eating mushrooms, and drinking tea. And if you read “The Annotated Alice” you will find that there’s a lot more in there too, topical parodies, political references, and, of course, nonsense poetry.

So I love that Anna and the Tanks are bringing it all back. The song that was big twice in the sixties, the 1860s and the 1960s. The literature runs deep enough that the song is still topical today.

Anna and the Tanks are the host band at Blues Fest. That means they do a lot of work. Doug Butler, their guitarist, provides the sound and does all the setup with the help of Anna and Joseph. When Doug played solo, on September 29, I introduced him as the man who brought Blues Fest back. They also helped with the KASU Arkansas Roots Stage at the Beatles At The Ridge Festival in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.

Anna and the Tanks are.

Anna Lowery – vocals and percussion
Joseph Lowery – bass and vocals
Doug Butler – guitar and vocals
John Ollis – drums

They’re all from Jonesboro.

And here they are now singing “White Rabbit”

Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
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Anna and the Tanks Live At Blues Fest

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Burning

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Burning – November 9, 2024

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Josh Parks, John Shepherd, and Phil Lesh and Friends. 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.

Josh Parks – KASU Bluesday Tuesday – April 17, 2018

John Shepherd – Blues Fest – October 6, 2024
hairylarryland.com

Phil Lesh and Friends – Terrapin Crossroads – July 15, 2018
www.phillesh.net/


John Shepherd Playing At Blues Fest – Photo by Gretchen Hunt

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