DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jay Shepherd Playing Be Thou My Vision and Let Thy Blood In Mercy Poured

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Hairy Larry

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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Jay Shepherd – Millennium Fair
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Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
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Hairy Larry – The Gift
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Creativity

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Creativity – December 13, 2025


Dr. Z’s Experiment

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Delta Legends, Dr. Zs Experiment, and King Baby. 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.


King Baby

Dr. Zs Experiment Live at Old Neighborhood Pub on 2025-11-26
archive.org/details/drz2025-11-26.akg

King Baby Live at From The Earth Brewing Company – Inside Stage on 2025-11-26
archive.org/details/kingbaby2025-11-26.kingbaby150

Delta Legends – Mr. John B. Shepherd
archive.org/details/mr-john-b-shepherd
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Delta Legends Playing Messin’ With The Kid

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Hairy Larry

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Delta Legends Playing Messin With The Kid
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-12-07


Delta Legends – Mr. John B. Shepherd

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a Chicago Blues Classic played by Delta Legends.

When I was a young man, a long long time ago, I went to see The Paul Butterfield Blues Band play at The Cellar in Arlington Heights. I had been playing folk music and blues on acoustic guitar for years but that performance pushed me over the line and the next day I was buying a used electric bass and amplifier. I started a band called Plough and we played rock, blues, and blues-rock.

Like everyone back then I had been listening to the Paul Butterfield albums. I was a little ahead of the curve on Butter because my brother was at the University of Chicago when he was playing on the south side and he brought the first Paul Butterfield Blues Band album to the house.

But then there was a new album out called “Chicago/The Blues/Today!” with a great Junior Wells song, “Messin’ With The Kid”. Playing with Junior Wells was a young Chess Records session guitarist, Buddy Guy. Junior Wells was raised in West Memphis, Arkansas, so, like many blues musicians, he went from Arkansas to Chicago. A few years later I did the opposite and went from Chicago to Arkansas.

So here we are and I’m playing songs from the first Paul Butterfield album and “Messin With The Kid”, that I first sang over 50 years ago, with Delta Legends in Arkansas.

On November 21, 2025, Delta Legends recorded an album called “Mr. John B. Shepherd”. Playing on the album are John Shepherd, guitar; David McCulley, bass; Ben Ben Adler, drums; and I’m on harmonica and vocals. All fine outstanding Arkansas musicians.

We did “Blues With A Feeling”, “Born In Chicago”, “Messin’ With The Kid”, and other great Chicago Blues songs. You can take the boy out of Chicago but you can’t take chicaga’ out of the boy. When I started to sing everything came roaring back.

So now, recorded outside of Wynne, Arkansas, on November 21, 2025, here’s Delta Legends playing “Messin’ With The Kid”.

Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Delta Legends – Mr. John B. Shepherd
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Peas

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – November 29, 2025


B3 Kings

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Joe Lee, The B3 Kings, and John Shepherd. 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.

B3 Kings Live at The Plough And Stars on 2025-11-18
archive.org/details/b3kings2025-11-18.cm4.t-flac2448

John Shepherd Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2010-09-26
archive.org/details/js2010-09-26

Joe Lee
Joe Lee Combo Live At Blues Fest September 5, 1998
archive.org/details/joelee1998-09-05
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Underground


Joe Lee – Blackeyed Peas
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joe Lee Playing Tuxedo Junction

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Hairy Larry

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Joe Lee Playing Tuxedo Junction
From The Archives Of Something Blue – 2025-11-23


Joe Lee – Tuxedo Junction

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a function at the junction. And that’s “Tuxedo Junction”.

“Tuxedo Junction” was a number one hit for Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in 1940. The song was introduced by Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra in 1939 so that’s going back 86 years. When Joe Lee played it at Blues Fest in 1998 it was only 59 years old. Time flies when you’re making music.

The song was covered by The Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Frankie Avalon, Joe Jackson, Stan Kenton, and Manhatten Transfer. That’s the definition of a standard.

Joe’s live version is a tight rendition. Joe plays the head on tenor sax and Kenny Caldwell plays guitar counterpoint on the bridge. Joe takes the first solo with the counterpoint on the bridge again. Kenny takes the second solo with Joe playing a little bit on the last eight. Then they share the head out ending just before the bridge.

It’s sweet!

Kenny Caldwell played in Jonesboro for years. Joe lee was born in Mississippi. He was a session man in Memphis. He taught band at Trumann, Arkansas, while recording hits at Fernwood in Memphis. Then he started his Alley Records label in Jonesboro and the rest is history.

We also heard Tom Mason on bass and David Carter, drums.

So now, here’s the Joe Lee Combo playing “Tuxedo Junction” recorded at Blues Fest on September 5, 1998.


Joe Lee With Scotty Moore And Bill Black At Fernwood

Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Something Blue – Underground

Underground

Something Blue Archives – List Of Concerts
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Joe Lee on Delta Musicians
deltaboogie.com/deltamusicians/leej/

Alley Record Co. On Delta Boogie
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Safari

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Safari – November 22, 2025

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jazz Alliance, Steps Ahead, and the Dave Holland Quintet. 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.


Dave Holland Quintet – Extended Play: Live At Birdland

Steps Ahead – Live In Tokyo 1986
www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/steps-ahead-steps
music.youtube.com/channel/UC1gPflUvyNsJPkM7OzLvxKA

Dave Holland Quintet – Extended Play: Live At Birdland

Dave Holland


daveholland.bandcamp.com/

Jazz Alliance – Partly Cloudy
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jazz Alliance Playing Pulling Across The Lawn

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Hairy Larry

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jazz Alliance Playing Pulling Across The Lawn
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-11-16


Jazz Alliance – Partly Cloudy

Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original jazz song recorded right here, in Jonesboro.

In my sixties I started attending the Jazz Alliance concerts, enjoying the music and eventually recording an album of Ron Horton originals. Ron was on trumpet and Craig Collison played vibraphone. They were both teaching at ASU at the time so they were my gateway back into the Music Department where I took Marimba from Mr. C and Jazz Improv from Dr. Horton.

I already knew Craig Collison because he played drums on the Joe Lee album, “Boppin’ At The Forest”, that I recorded in 2001.

You’ve heard of one name celebrities like Cher or Drake. Well, Craig is a one letter celebrity known to all his students as Mr. C.

And I’m still playing with Mr. C. He played vibes on my 1625 Groove Street album and he is currently playing with my new band, .

The song I picked to play today features

Ron Horton – trumpet
David Eckert – bass
and
Craig Collison – drums

Ron and David have moved out of Jonesboro but we are still glad to have Craig as part of our local jazz scene.

So now, recorded at the Edge Coffeehouse on October 23, 2009, here’s Jazz Alliance playing “Pulling Across The Lawn”.

Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
Jazz Alliance – Partly Cloudy
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Afro

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Afro – November 15, 2025


Wally’s Tuesday Funk

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Gary Gazaway, Mike Gordon, and Wally’s Tuesday Funk. 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.
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DJ Hairy Larry Presents El Bujo And Mike Gordon Playing Wham Bam Boodle

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Hairy Larry

DJ Hairy Larry Presents El Bujo And Mike Gordon Playing Wham Bam Boodle
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-11-09


Whirligig, El Buho, and Mike Gordon Poster

Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear an original song that’s based in the blues.

On June 30, 2001, the 1st Annual Tulsa Jamfest was at The Monkey Bar in Tulsa, Oklohoma. The headline act was Whirligig and after a few songs they brought on El Buho and Mike Gordon. El Bujo is Gary Gazaway’s festival act and Mike Gordon was bassist and a founding member of Phish, a band Gary has played with.

They played an amazing set, featuring songs Gary wrote. All of the songs I have picked from this show for this podcast and for the Something Blue show Saturday night are Gary Gazaway originals.

The one I picked to play today is based in the blues and sounds great. The only problem is it’s 22 minutes long which, as they say in the trade, is not radio friendly. So I did a radio edit and we will hear the first third of the song.

I posted a link to the complete concert on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com where you can hear the whole song as well as the whole show.

Gary Gazaway has helped KASU with jazz performances many times. So, thanks Gary for all your help and for all your great music everywhere, all over the world, over the years.

So now here’s a Gary Gazaway original, “Wham Bam Boodle” recorded at The Monkey Bar in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 30, 2001.

Something Blue Archives Featured Concert
2001-06-30 Whirligig w El Buho and Mike Gordon
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Echoes

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Hairy Larry

Something Blue – Echoes – November 8, 2025

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mike Stern, Howl Quartet, and Hairy Larry. 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.


Mike Stern – Echoes

Mike Stern, “Echoes”
mikesternguitar.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-and-other-songs

Howl Quartet, “Night Song”
howlquartet1.bandcamp.com/album/night-song

Hairy Larry Live at the Delta Dirt Distillery
archive.org/details/hl2025-10-11.album


Howl Quartet – Night Song
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