DJ Hairy Larry Presents Grant Garland Singing What’s Going On
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-02-01
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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”.
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Grant Garland Live At KASU Bluesday Tuesday September 14, 2009
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