Something Blue – Early – January 27, 2024 and September 13, 2025
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Moore’s Code and Keith Jarrett. 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
Keith Jarrett – At The Blue Note
Something Blue – Remember – January 13, 2023 and September 6, 2025
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring the PF Flyers, David Outlaw, and Karl Denson. 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.
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe Live at Revolution Hall on 2023-12-31
archive.org/details/kdtu2023-12-31.e914.flac24
David Outlaw Band Live at Peri’s Bar on 2024-01-03
archive.org/details/TBP2024-01-03
PF Flyers Live At the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival On October 17, 2019
archive.org/details/pff2019-10-17
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Something Blue – Days – August 30, 2025
Scott McLemore – The Multiverse: Onward
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Stanley Clarke, The Multiverse, and Bebop Beatniks. 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 – Larry, Matt, Alex, Paul
All Right Everybody, Bebop Beatniks
archive.org/details/hl2025-05-24
Scott McLemore – The Multiverse: Onward
scottmclemore.bandcamp.com/album/the-multiverse-onward
Stanley Clarke – School Days
Stanley Clarke – School Days
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing Colossus
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-08-24
Bebop Beatniks – Larry, Alex, Matt, and Paul
Thanks Marty, today we’re featuring a song named after one of the seven wonders of the world.
And that would be “Colossus”, named after the Colossus of Rhodes, which is appropriate because on the NJHB album, “Colossus”, I’m playing a Fender Rhodes.
“Colossus” was first recorded on December 29, 2012, and released on the “Circular Logic” album. The album “Colossus” was our third album recorded on February 2, 2013.
Now I’m bringing back some of the NJHB songs from over 10 years ago and Bebop Beatniks played “Colossus” at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro on May 24, 2025. The band included the incomparable Paul Lessard on alto sax. Every time I get to play with him it’s a treat.
Playing on Bebop Beatniks that night were
Paul Lessard – alto sax
Matt Jackson – bass
Alex Washam – drums
and
Hairy Larry – piano
Later that night we were joined by Jeremy Jackson, Danielle Russell, and Eliecer Tamez. We recorded audio and video. I’ll post a link to the whole concert at sbblues.com.
So now, recorded at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro on May 24, 2025, here’s Bebop Beatniks playing “Colossus”.
Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
All Right Everybody, Bebop Beatniks
Audio link
archive.org/details/hl2025-05-24
Bebop Beatniks Live at Brookland United Methodist Youth Building on 2025-05-24
Video link
archive.org/details/hl2025-06-24
Bebop Beatniks – Paul Lessard, Hairy Larry, Matt Jackson
Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2012-12-29
archive.org/details/hl2012-12-29
NJHB Live at TheArts@311 on 2013-02-02
archive.org/details/hl2013-02-02
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Something Blue – Dreaming – August 23, 2025
Vélos – Boom Boom Beckett
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Regis V Gronoff, Hypotenuza, Bob Reynolds, Steve Lawson, Roman Stolyar, and Boom Boom Beckett. 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.
Regis V Gronoff-Bleu Roy Bleu Nuit
Regis V Gronoff-Bleu Roy Bleu Nuit
www.jamendo.com/album/111168/bleu-roy-bleu-nuit
Hypotenuza-Meanwhile in The North Pole
www.jamendo.com/album/501503/meanwhile-in-the-north-pole
Bob Reynolds-Live in New York
bobreynolds.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-new-york
Rogue Ventriloquist Skills by Steve Lawson
music.stevelawson.net/track/rogue-ventriloquist-skills-2
Roman Stolyar & New Generation – Igroki
www.jamendo.com/album/38749/igroki
Vélos – Boom Boom Beckett
www.jamendo.com/album/4234/velos
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Hairy Larry Playing African Violet
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-08-17
Hairy Larry Livestreams
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a song named after a house plant.
During the pandemic I quit playing out but I still had to play so I had a livestream on twitch. It was great. I had a repertoire of 16 original songs, and I played them and developed them on my livestream, as part of my regular practice, and as course work at ASU.
I wrote a Latin salsa I called “African Violet”, remembering my grandmother’s favorite house plants. Now, I’ve never been able to grow African Violets but at least I could write a song about them.
I didn’t want to play without a band so I programmed my songs into iRealPro, a music practice program that writes the bass and drum parts to make up my piano trio. This is an excellent program, that runs on Android or Apple phones and tablets, and it really does a good job on the algorithmic composition. Lots better to practice with than a metronome.
“African Violet” became a favorite on our Bebop Beatniks shows. It has a good bounce and it’s great to solo over. We often played it as our opening song. I will include links to Bebop Beatniks playing “African Violet” at sbblues.com.
Now I license all my songs Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and I make them available for collaboration. Often my arrangements are designed with collaboration in mind. I have to practice the head, the chords, and the solos anyway so I try to arrange the songs so they make sense for a collaborator.
For more information about collaborating with me on my music visit mixremix.cc.
So now, from the Hairy Larry Livestreams album here’s “African Violet”.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Hairy Larry Playing African Violet
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-08-17
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Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Hairy Larry Livestreams
archive.org/details/hairylarrylivestreams
Bebop Beatniks Playing African Violet
Hairy Larry Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2023-09-24
archive.org/details/hl2023-09-24.album
Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
Bebop Beatniks Live at Beatles Park on 2023-05-27
archive.org/details/hl2023-05-27
Bebop Beatniks Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2023-07-23
archive.org/details/hl2023-07-23
Bebop Beatniks Live at HairyLarryLand on 2022-05-16
archive.org/details/hl2022-05-16.video
archive.org/details/hl2022-05-16 – audio takes
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Something Blue – Radio – August 16, 2025
ADHD 7
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jerry Joseph, ADHD, and NJHB. 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.
Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons Banner
Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons Live at Virginia City Community Center on 2025-08-03
archive.org/details/JJJ2025-08-03.matrix/
ADHD – ADHD7
NJHB – The Hop Skip Jump
archive.org/details/hl2025-08-02-album
NJHB – The Hop Skip Jump
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing The Hop Skip Jump
From The Archives Of Something Blue – 2025-08-10
NJHB 2025-08-02
Thanks Marty, today we’ll hear the premier recording of a new song I wrote recorded at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro.
NJHB recorded their first album at HairyLarryLand on December 29, 2012. In 2013 we released 8 1/2 albums counting “Bop Soup” as half an album. We were back in 2018 and 2019, recording an album at every show. After the pandemic we recorded an album outside of the Round Room on November 5, 2023, and then, last week, we recorded “The Hop Skip Jump”.
We are a different kind of jazz band featuring group improvisation. On November 30, 2019, when we recorded our “Checking For Traps” album, I said, “Then we’re gonna do like NJHB does, we’re gonna not just improvise the solos, we’re gonna improvise the arrangement, we’ll go outside, do whatever we want, have a good time.”
So to explain some of this I’m going to do an analysis of the excerpt of “The Hop Skip Jump” we’re about to hear. I will post a link to the whole album at sbblues.com.
This is a radio edit so it starts in the middle with the rhythm section playing and I’m soloing on my Fender Rhodes. After a bit I go outside which means I play in a scale that’s different than the key. The song is in F major which has one flat. I played in Eb minor pentatonic which has all the flats or black keys on the piano. If you listen carefully you will notice when I go outside.
Then I splash around, up and down, which means I play random chords and note clusters with jazz rhythm and tonal direction.
Then the horns, Neale Bartee on trombone and Eliecer Tamez on trumpet, improvise a duet while I solo underneath them.
This is followed by Matt Jackson playing a bass solo. I join Matt playing the head or melody of the tune. The rest of the rhythm section joins in making it up as they go.
I call for the horns and they continue their duet.
We then improvise a tight ending with Craig Collison on vibes and Alex Washam on drums following me playing a jazz trope or cliche.
Playing with NJHB on August 2, 2025 were
Eliecer Tamez – trumpet
Neale Bartee – trombone
Matt Jackson – bass
Alex Washam – drums
Craig Collison – vibraphone
David Shade – guitar
Chris Kjorlaug – percussion
Evan Tucker – percussion
Shane Chastain – piano and organ
and
Hairy Larry – Fender Rhodes and vocals
Ten musicians is ambitious, even for NJHB. I say we’re Sun Ra Light or maybe Free Snarky Puppy.
So now, recorded at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro here’s NJHB playing my song, “The Hop Skip Jump”.
Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
NJHB – The Hop Skip Jump
archive.org/details/hl2025-08-02-album
Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
NJHB Live at HairyLarryLand on 2012-12-29
archive.org/details/hl2012-12-29
Hairy Larry Live at Fine Arts Recital Hall on 2013-11-08
archive.org/details/hl2013-11-08
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Something Blue – Earth – August 9, 2025
Ronnie Presley at Blues Fest
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Chris DeClerk, Angie Owens, John T. Parks, Ronnie Presley, and Aaron Love. 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.
John T. Parks at KASU Coffee House
Ronnie Presley – Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2008-09-14
archive.org/details/rp2008-09-14
Chris DeClerk – Week Long Dreamer
chrisdeclerk.bandcamp.com/album/week-long-dreamer
Angie Owens – Blue Pearls
Aaron Love And His TV Band
archive.org/details/aaron-love-and-his-tv-band
John T. Parks At The KASU Coffeehouse November 11 2014
archive.org/details/jp2014-11-11
Chris DeClerk – Week Long Dreamer
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Chris DeClerk Singing After The Rain
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-08-03
Chris DeClerk – Week Long Dreamer
Thanks Marty today we’re going to hear an Arkansas songwriter sing a song from his new album.
I first met Chris DeClerk when he was playing music with Perry Osborne. Perry is a friend of mine and he helped get Blues Fest rolling playing with Jonesboogie Blues in 1991. I recorded his band, Aloysious, and he played guitar on my “Love Stuff” album. Then he went and hit the big time touring with El Bujo aka Gary Gazaway and Colonel Bruce Hampton. He took his doctorate and is now teaching in Florida.
Perry recorded an album with Chris DeClerk in Florida and he played with Chris as a duo they called DeClerk Osborne. I will post a link to DeClerk Osborne playing in Jonesboro at The Brickhouse.
Around that time is when I met Chris. We visited for a couple of hours at The Edge Coffeehouse and talked about his upcoming Arericana album that he was about to record with Perry and other jazz instructors in Florida. He told me about how when Perry was putting together a band of international jazz musicians for the album he told them it wasn’t jazz, it was Americana, and they said, “We like American music.”
I like to stay in touch so after all these years I was glad to hear about his new album, “Week Long Dreamer”. I don’t care much about genres but I would definitely call this album a rock album with a bit of blues rock spicing up the mix. I have one song for you today, “After The Rain” and I’m playing three more on Something Blue Saturday night. Chris wrote all the songs on the album. It’s on bandcamp so I’ll post a link there so you can hear the whole album
Chris lives in Little Rock but I got to record him for Something Blue just last month. He played with Matt Pierce, another outstanding Jonesboro guitarist, and I look forward to playing those recordings on Something Blue and in a future podcast.
So now, here’s Chris DeClerk singing “After The Rain” from his new album, “Week Long Dreamer”.
Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Chris DeClerk – Week Long Dreamer
chrisdeclerk.bandcamp.com/album/week-long-dreamer
Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
Love Stuff – Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians
archive.org/details/LoveStuff
Chris DeClerk & Perry Osborn Live @ The Brickhouse in Jonesboro, Arkansas
archive.org/details/ChrisDeClerkPerryOsborn
Week Long Dreamer – Chris DeClerk
chrisdeclerk.bandcamp.com/album/week-long-dreamer
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