Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the blues, for you.
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All right now, that's the Radiators live at Tipitinas. The Radiators are from New Orleans. We heard "How do You Feel" and "Jumpback".
You're listening to Something Blue on KASU, the home of the Blues every Saturday night in Northeast Arkansas. You can also listen to Something Blue on the internet at sbblues.com. Each show is available as a podcast you can play any time. If you're at a computer you can go to the website now and click through to the liveblog discussion in progress. That's sbblues.com. I'm on the interent ready to chat about the show.
All of the songs featured tonight are live recordings from the Live Music Archive. You can find more live recordings like these at archive.org. And not just Blues. Jazz, Bluegrass, Acoustic, Rock. It's all at the Live Music Archive.
Now here's Topaz and Mudphonic with their version of "Rollin And Tumblin".
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Oh yeah, Topaz and Mudphonic live at Club 115. They're "Rollin And Tumblin". Now here's "Wake Up In A War" by Jazzam.
And that's Jazzam live at Molly Branigans doing "Black Market". Jazzam is from Pittsburgh and you can check them out on the internet at jazzam.net. They put that Pittsburgh funk right in the Blues.
Now from Austin, Texas, recorded live at Club 115, here's Topaz and Mudphonic doing "Slippin Back". You can find Topaz and Mudphonic on MySpace. Check them out and tell them you heard them on Something Blue.
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All right now, Topaz and Mudphonic doing it right at Club 115.
We're featuring all live recordings tonight on Something Blue Right here on KASU, 91.9 FM. Find out more about Something Blue and listen to podcasts any time at our website, sbblues.com. You can also join the discussion about this show right now. Just follow the link to the liveblog discussion at sbblues.com.
Now for something a little different from the Radiators. Recorded live at Tipitinas on May 1, 2009. They call it "Dragon's Blood".
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More Radiators rocking out on "Dragon's Blood". The Radiators have had the same five piece linup since 1978. There are over 500 of their concerts available for free download at archive.org. We're going to let the Radiators carry us home with a little bit of New Orleans Blues, "Done Changed The Lock On My Door". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the mainstream.
Show - Something Blue
Host - Hairy Larry
Show Title - Jam Band Blues
Air Date - June 20, 2009
Air Time - 11:00 pm
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Here's the 30 second spot promoting the "Something Blue" show, "Jam Band
Blues".
All right, that's Max Creek doing a Blues standard, "Baby Please Don't Go". Before that we heard the John Mullins Band do the "Deep River Blues". Both of these songs and the entire show tonight come from the Live Music Archive, a collection of recordings of concert performances available for free on the internet at archive.org. I'm focusing this week on Jam Bands as it seems all of them have a fair amount of Blues in their repertoire.
You're listening to Something Blue on KASU. As always we're jamming the Blues on Saturday night. Log on to the Something Blue website on the internet at sbblues.com and join me in an ongoing discussion about the show. You can also hear this show and past shows any time on our Something Blue podcasts. And there's more. Something Blue After Hours is available only on the internet. When it all don't fit in just one hour we go into After Hours for more great music.
I love the name of this next band. Here's the BlissNinnies, "Doin That Rag". Then we'll hear them cover the Allman Brother's "Whipping Post" and a Grateful Dead song called "The Eleven".
Now that's what I'm talking about. The John Mullins Band doing the Rolling Stones classic, "Under My Thumb. Now for a little change of pace here's David Gans singing "Lazy River Road".
And that's The Gyps with "In My Time Of Dying" right here on KASU. We're playing all live recordings from archive.org tonight on Something Blue. Go to the Live Music Archive to hear the rest of these and many other great concerts.
Now, bringing us up to date with the Blues, here's Dumpstaphunk doing "You Can Make It If You Try" and "Deeper and Deeper".
Ok, now, it's on to Something Blue After Hours, the internet only portion of the show. This week we're featuring some Dylan songs and some Dead songs sung by the featured bands in Jam Band Blues and sung by my duo, Hairy Larry and George. If you love Dylan and the Dead like I do you'll enjoy this. Thanks for listening.
Show - Something Blue
Host - Hairy Larry
Show Title - Front Porch Blues
Air Date - June 13, 2009
Air Time - 11:00 pm
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Here's the 30 second spot promoting the "Something Blue" show, "Front Porch Blues".
All right now, that's Mississippi Millie and she's got a "Handfull Of Trouble". She also opened the show with another song she wrote called "Doing That Magic Thing".
For more about Mississippi Millie and the other musicians featured on Something Blue check out Delta Boogie on the internet. You can also hear podcasts of the shows and participate in a liveblog discussion underway right now. Delta like the Mississippi Delta and boogie like Boogie Woogie, deltaboogie.com.
Will Riley recorded his "My Baby's Got Me By The Blues" album at Blues Alley in Jonesboro. Will wrote and sang all the songs and played guitar. Bix Smith also played guitar, on drums was John Sifford and Uldis Heyl on bass. Will is a great performer and he really has a way with lyrics.
Now, right here on KASU, here's his Gospel Blues, "Been Down To The Water".
And that's Will Riley with the title track of his CD, "My Baby's Got Me By The Blues". I like the song so much I've been singing it myself. Before that Will sang "Too Far Back And Too Far Gone".
Mississippi Millie was born in the Delta and she sung in Juke Joints as a child. When she was nine years old her mother moved to Pennsylvania. Three years later she was the little girl singing the Blues, her huge voice knocking out the audiences in Philadelphia. Here's another one from her CD, "Front Porch Blues". She calls it "Mississippi Woman".
Oh yeah, another great song from Will Riley, "My Baby's On The Phone Line". Will was a regular at Blues Alley and he also performed at Blues Fest. Bix Smith played the other guitar on the CD. Bix was a Jazz musician and an outstanding artist. His paintings hung in the Blues Alley Gallery.
Ronnie Presley is from Caraway, Arkansas. I met him at the King Biscuit festival in Helena, Arkansas and he has performed at Blues Fest many times. I'm pleased to present songs from a live concert recorded at The Craighead Forest Bandshell. Ronnie's playing acoustic guitar and singing the Blues. We're gonna start right now with a Creedence song, "Who'll Stop The Rain".
And that's Ronnie Presley recorded live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell. He sang "Good Day For The Blues". Before that he did a Stevie Ray Vaughan song, "Life By The Drop". And before that one of his own, "Had The Blues This Sunday Morning". Ronnie is an extremely versatile performer, playing solo or with a band his repertoire covers Rock, Blues, and Country music.
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Suzanne Michell is another gifted and versatile performer. When she got an electric guitar I said now she's electric and eclectic. These next recordings are unlike anything I've ever heard her do. Traditional songs sung in close harmonies bordering on vocalese. Here she is now with a Steven Foster song, "Hard Times Come Again No More".
And that's Suzanne Michell laying the harmonies on us with a Gospel standard, "Swing Low Sweet Chariot". Closing the show she's doing the "Rising Sun Blues". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the mainstream.
On May, 20, 2007 musicians from all over Arkansas converged on the Craighead Forest Bandshell. We called it the Arkansas Blues Caravan and we are playing live recordings from that show tonight for Something Blue on KASU.
Kicking us off we heard Suzanne Michell sing the "St. James Infirmary Blues". She was joined by Uncle Fred Wilson on harmonica and Blind Boy White on the slide trombone.
Then a short set from Jawbone and Jolene. They sang "New Stranger Blues", "The Evil That You Know", and "Blanket Of Blues".
Now for a Blues Rock number featuring Sandy and Roy McCann. Listen to Sandy sing about her "HiFi Daddy".
And that's Blind Boy White singing a traditional blues called "Bring It When You Come". Now heres Mike "Whiskerfish" Dollins and the Big Blue Cats playing "Phone Booth".
Oh yeah, Sandy and Roy McCann delivering some Blues with a Gospel message called "Run On". Before that Blind Boy White did one he wrote called "Talk About Something Blue".
And that's what we're talking about right here on KASU.
Now for a Blues Medley from Ben Brenner. Ben also played with The Big Blue Cats and some of the cats joined Sandy and Roy during their set. Blind Boy White joined Suzanne and Fred. And I had to help out the Big Blue Cats with their Butterfield song. I couldn't help myself. It just wouldn't be right without the harp. That's what Sandy was talking about when she said it's always different when you play it jam style.
And that's the Big Blue Cats doing an Albert King song, "Crosscut Saw". We're going to let them close the show with some Butter, "Born In Chicago". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the mainstream.
In the After hours segment of the show we'll hear Ronnie Presley recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell and Hairy Larry and George recorded at Caffe Buono, also in Jonesboro.
Ronnie will sing Bring It On Home, Had The Blues This Sunday Morning, I Believe, and Heaven On Earth. George and I do Guitar Blues, You win Again, Route 66, Hard Times, My Sticks Always Getting In The Way, and Gotta Serve Somebody.
These were both great shows and I was lucky to get good recordings. These songs are some of the highlights. You can hear everything at archive.org. Enjoy!
Show - Something Blue
Host - Hairy Larry
Show Title - Country Blues
Air Date - May 23, 2009
Air Time - 11:00 pm
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Here's the 30 second spot promoting the "Something Blue" show, "Country Blues".
Kicking us off tonight we heard Sam Turpin sing "St. James Infirmary". Then Chester Jetton sang his own song called "White Gold". Then back to Sam with a message song he wrote called "Farm Boy Blues". All three of these songs were recorded at Sam's studio outside of Goobertown, Arkansas.
You're listening to Something Blue on KASU and we're featuring some Country Blues tonight. Blues, Country, and Gospel share a common American heritage and a music history that intertwines throughout the twentieth century. For more about Something Blue and these fantastic musicians log on to Delta Boogie on the internet. You'll find pictures, videos, and podcasts of the shows. Listen anytime, anywhere on deltaboogie.com.
Up next is a Country and Gospel musician I met on Delta Boogie and MySpace. Here's Floyd M. Sawdy singing "My Lord".
All right, thats' Floyd M. Sawdy singing one he wrote called "Running Across My Mind".
And now here's an acoustic Rockabilly trio called Three Old Friends. Featuring guitar, upright bass, and dobro they do all originals on their CD "Hillbilly Band". They're from Branson, Missouri and we'll hear "World's Greatest Lover', "Queen Of The Honky Tonk", and "Hillbilly Band".
And that's Sam Turpin doing the title song of his new CD, "Memphis Blue". Sam has been doing music around Jonesboro for years and years. When you see him tell him you heard him on Something Blue.
Now for some live recordings, The Wolfpack Band live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell recorded on May 18, 2008. Like all Country bands the Wolfpack can't get through a set without doing some Blues. Here they are live with four Blues songs, "The Wolfpack Shuffle", "Don't Be Cruel", "Suzy Q", and "Folsom Prison Blues.
Oh yeah, The Wolfpack Band recorded live at the Bandshell right here on KASU, home of the Blues every Saturday night.
Now from Little Rock, Arkansas here's a very versatile band, "The Salty Dogs". Their Country music has more than a little bit of Blues in it. From their CD "Autoharpoon" here's "Water To Wine. Just listen to the outstanding Blues guitar in this country setting.
All right now that's The Salty Dogs. We heard "When My Blood Runs Cold". Before that we heard "Heaven's Gates, Hell's Flames". All three of the songs we featured from "Autoharpoon" are originals.
And now, taking us home on a mellow note here's Sam Turpin singing another one he wrote called "When The Sun Goes Down". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the mainstream.
It's Something Blue After Hours with some of mine and some too country for KASU Blues programming. Featured are Sam Turpin, The Salty Dogs, The Wolf Pack Band, Three Old Friends, Hairy Larry and George, and the Flying Hungarians. Enjoy!
All right, Steve Smith and The Sneakers, just cooking through two of Steve's originals, "Mean Ol' Woman Blues" and "Forbidden Fruit". And kicking us off tonight we heard Greenleaf, a Blues rock band from Mississippi play "Drivin".
Log on to Delta Boogie on the internet for more about these musicians, Something Blue podcasts, videos, even a liveblog discussion of this show in progress right now. All this and more on deltaboogie.com.
And now, right here on KASU, here's the title track from the Steve Smith and The Sneakers CD, "Hoodoo Man".
And that's "Divin' Duck" by Dallas Hodge, Before that we heard "We'll Have A Good Time Tonight" by Steve Smith and The Sneakers.
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis are giants in Country and Jazz but when they team up we get "Two Men With The Blues". Here they are now doing "Bright Lights, Big City"
Oh yeah, that's Blues legend, Elvin Bishop singing "Struttin' My Stuff". Bishop played with Paul Butterfield back in the sixties and since then when he's not fishing he's been playing the Blues.
Southern Star played Blues Rock and Country Blues in Northeast Arkansas in the eighties. They recorded a CD at Ardent in Memphis in 1989. Here's "Busted" written by Randy Gambill and Larry Jones.
All right, two more from Southern Star, "Slip Away" and "Lady Of The Streets", both written by Randy Gambill. Randy, a Blues Fest regular, plays lead guitar on the CD.
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Now for some more Dallas Hodge from his CD "Reelin". He wrote most of the songs on the CD. Here's "In The Wind", "Up The Country", and "Reelin".
And that's the title track of the new Dallas Hodge CD, "Reelin". Dallas has played with many great musicians like Steve Marriott, Johnny Winters, Delbert McClinton, and Bonnie Raitt. He is also the front man for Canned Heat. It's great to hear him putting out his own stuff.
Closing us out tonight here's another original by Greenleaf, one they call "Lowdown". The whole Greenleaf CD is great. It takes me back to psychedelic Blues Rock in the sixties.
Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the mainstream.
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After Hours
Tomorrow at the Craighead Forest Bandshell both The Hungarians and The Mudcats are playing. So I'm dedicating After Hours to me, and some of the fine musicians I love to play with.
The songs are
Love Stuff
Sevens And Nines
Blues Alley Rag
Surprise Blues
House Of The Rising Sun
It Hurts Me Too
Beedle Um Bum
Can You Really?
and
Mr. Breeze
Besides The Hungarians and The Mudcats we'll hear Hairy Larry and Rhode Island Red.
It's After Hours so let's kick back and be cool. Join the liveblog or tweet at me. Let me know if you like it.
Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got live Jazz and Blues for you. Kicking us off tonight we heard the Melvin Sparks Band at the 5th Annual Jazz and Blues Festival recorded in Baltimore, Maryland on June 19, 2005. They were cooking through a song called "The Governor".
We have a special show tonight featuring all live concert music recorded at Jazz and Blues Festivals around the country and in Canada. These concerts are available on the internet at the Live Music Archive a part of the internet library, archive.org. So I'm hoping you will log on to archive.org and find tons of great concerts you love. And then I'm hoping you start attending some of these festivals and enjoying the music live. Because there's no music like live music. You just have to be there to get it.
And while you're on the internet be sure to log on to Delta Boogie for more about Something Blue. Our shows are available as podcasts so you can listen anytime from anywhere. That's deltaboogie.com on the internet. Then click on "Something Blue". We're on the internet and on KASU.
Coming up next we have some extended concert audio of the Derek Trucks Band recorded live at the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival on July 20, 2007. We will hear "Volunteered Slavery", "Up Above My Head", and "Crow Jane". There are many great Blues concerts by the Derek Trucks Band at the Live Music Archive. Like many great musicians in the twenty first century Derek Trucks supports free music.
Now just dig this flute solo on "Volunteered Slavery".
All right now, the Derek Trucks Band recorded live in Sioux Falls singing "Soul Serenade". And plenty of soul is what they got.
We're featuring live recordings from festivals tonight. Coming up next, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, recorded at the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick on September 13, 2008. Yes they do get the Blues in Canada as Grace Potter is about to prove.
And that's Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival just last fall. We heard "Ain't No Time", "Sweet Hands", and "Stop The Bus". What a great show. You can hear the whole concert on archive.org.
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We're gonna close like we opened with some great instrumental music from the Melvin Sparks Band, one called "Charley Brown". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the mainstream.
Show - Something Blue
Host - Hairy Larry
Show Title - Mississippi Mud
Air Date - May 9, 2009
Air Time - 11:00 pm
Liveblog Discussion - Click Here to talk about the Blues
Here's the 30 second spot promoting the "Something Blue" show, "Mississippi Mud".
All right. Kicking us off we heard The Delta Jets sing their own song, "My Baby Blues". Then another Delta Jets song, "Roll With It".
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I met Pete Mitchell on the internet and now he's featured on Delta Boogie. He plays straight ahead Blues and Blues Rock with a definite Northeast Arkansas twang in spite of the fact that he's spent his life traveling all over England playing guitar and singing his songs. He's known as The Stratmaster and I'm sure you will love his clean guitar work.
Now here's Pete Mitchell, from the UK, playing two of his tunes from the "Cutting The Mustard" CD. We'll hear "Outside Looking In" and "Bee My Honey". Listen to these lyrics on "Outside Looking In". They are so personal and so universal at the same time.
And that's Jazz and Blues legend, ODonel Levy, playing "In The Mood For Love" recorded live at The Sax Club in Singapore. OD is a great guitarist and frontman. He used to play with Dizzie Gillespie.
Now here's a sweet instrumental from The Delta Jets' "Chairfactory Blues" CD, an original called "Samantha". The Delta Jets are from Wisconsin and their CD is dedicated to the Mississippi musicians who traveled all the way to Wisconsin to record at the chair factory.
All right, that's The Preachers Blues Band, a great Jump Blues band, doing "Alley Cat". Before that they did one they call "24-7". The Preachers feature Brian Batchley on harmonica and David Reo on guitar. They are from Ventura, California and they always bring their own swing to their shows.
You're listening to Something Blue on KASU, the home of the Blues in Northeast Arkansas. Whether it's Blues on Saturday night or the live Blue Monday shows you can count on KASU to bring you the best in the Blues.
Now for a special treat. Here's The Idle Americans from Wynne, Arkansas recorded live at Blues Fest, September 16, 2007. These are all originals on this live concert recording. You will hear "Noiz NE", "Zorro Prowlin'", "Whateverland Theme", and "Springtime Jam". I'll let Jeremy Burnett introduce the band.
And that's The Idle Americans, featuring John Shepherd on guitar, recorded live at Blues Fest, September 16, 2007. What a great show they put on. John Shepherd is a Blues Fest regular, one of the finest Blues guitarists in the world, and he has been featured on Something Blue many times. I love presenting live recordings made by people you know.
I'm Hairy Larry and you're listening to "Something Blue" on KASU, 91.9 FM. I work hard to promote local and regional musicians on my website, Delta Boogie, and on Something Blue. If you're a musician and you'd like me to help you get your songs out there contact me by email, hairylarry@gmail.com. Or contact me through my website, deltaboogie.com. Subscribe to the Delta Boogie newsletter and I'll keep you up to date on the latest goings on musically.
Closing us out here's a couple more by The Preachers Blues Band. Listen up now, they are definitely preaching the Blues. First the title track from their CD, "Yeah Baby", and then we will hear "Bring Me A Woman". I hope you've enjoyed all the great Blues we played this week. I'll tell you right now, "That's what I'm talkin' about." Please stay in touch and let me know what you think. Until next time this is Hairy Larry, reminding you once again, Blues is the mainstream.
Ok, it's After Hours and I've got a couple of my own songs, some piano Jazz by The Geoff Lapp Trio, and a song by John Black. Kicking it we'll hear "Moonstruck Blues". Go to deltaboogie.com and click on Video to see the video of me singing this song. Then Geoff Lapp will play "Zack In The Box" followed by John Black singing "Betty Jean" from "The Soul Of John Black". Geoff Lapp will give us another one he wrote called "Yo Bro". And closing us out will be a childrens' song I wrote called "Shoes On Backwards". This is Something Blue After Hours. In the wee hours of the morning just kick back and enjoy.
Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the Blues, for you.
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Oh yeah, that's David Reo singing "Detroit". David is an outstanding guitarist and songwriter. Kicking us off tonight we heard another David Reo song, "Mississippi Greyhound Blues".
Now we're going to get loud with some live recordings of Jimmy Lloyd Rea and the Switchmasters. Here he is telling us about a "Baker City Barbeque".
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We're featuring a live recording of Jimmy Lloyd Rea and the Switchmasters. The CD is called "Cruzin' for a Bloozin'" and it's live, loud, unrehearsed, and real. Listen to them now as they play "Runnin On Texas Time".
Oh yeah, that's Jimmy Lloyd Rea and the Switchmasters "Runnin' On Texas Time" and just cooking.
Now here's Texas Jake Lee, the king of the Texas slide. We're going to slow things down a little bit with this lowdown groove he calls "Overseas Blues".
Jimmy Lloyd Rea is a Cruzin For A Bloozin. He was singing his own song, "Life On The Machine". This whole CD was recorded live. Jimmy Lloyd Rea on bass and vocals, with Reverend Dan and Jerry Smith on guitars, they really put on a great show.
Texas Jake Lee is a member of the Blues guitar gang, an informal gaggle of guitarists put together by my friend Mike Dollins. For more on Texas Jake Lee, Mike Dollins, Jimmy Lloyd Rea, and David Reo log on to deltaboogie.com on the internet. Now for some more from Texas Jake Lee. He's got a message here about how if we all sing the Blues maybe we can all get along.
That was Texas Jake Lee singing the truth in a song he calls "If We All Sing The Blues". Jake Lee is the King of Slide. You can find him on MySpace, at Live Blues World, and at his website, jakeleeblues.com. He's a great songwriter and an outstanding musician.
I'm Hairy Larry and you're listening to Something Blue on KASU, the home of the Blues in Northeast Arkansas. We're gonna stay with Texas Jake Lee here. From the Blues Following Me album, Jake Lee "Can't Stand It.
All right, that's David Reo singing "Shoot First", a rocking Blues from his Greatest Hits, Volume II. David Reo is from Ventura, California and we have also featured him playing with his band, The Preachers. He's got your hot guitar and he knows how to mellow down easy. Now, closing the show, David Reo's gonna get all soulful with this great Blues song he wrote called "Not Fooling Around".
We are now entering the internet only after hours portion of the show. George and I played a great set last night at Caffe Buono. We had a blast and it shines through. We kicked with three Dylan songs, "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", "Memphis Blues Again", and "Visions Of Johanna". Then I took off my jester's hat and we did "Hesitation Blues" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out". George sang "Route 66" and I closed the show with two of my own songs, "Can You Really?" and "Younger Days". Caffe Buono is a great venue and we always have a good time when we play there. So, just as timely as can be, here's Hairy Larry and George recorded on April 24, 2009, live at Caffe Buono.
Show - Something Blue
Host - Hairy Larry
Show Title - Mississippi Boogie
Air Date - April 18, 2009
Air Time - 11:00 pm
Liveblog Discussion - Click Here
Here's the 30 second spot promoting the "Something Blue" show, "Mississippi Boogie".
And that's the Hill Country Revue playing live at Smith's Olde Bar. We heard "Georgia Woman", "I'm A Ram", and "Don't Give Up".
We're featuring North Mississippi Hill Country Blues tonight on Something Blue. All live recordings available at the Live Music Archive on archive.org.
Now here's the Taylor Grocery Band playing "Boogie Music".
And that's the North Mississippi Allstars doing a Junior Kimbrough song, "All Night Long", with a little bit of "Lovelight" in the middle. They also played "Shake Em On Down" and Meet Me In The City".
On Afrissippi's MySpace thay say West Africa + North Mississippi = World Boogie! I have to agree with that. An international band for the new millenia.
Closing the show here's Afrissippi recorded live at The Thirsty Hippo, March 22, 2007.
We are now entering the internet only, After Hours portion of Something Blue where Hairy Larry lets his hair down and gets all wild. We are featuring live recordings After Hours including three made in Mississippi and three made at the Craighead Forest Bandshell in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Recorded live at Laws Hill as part of the Fool's Ball or Fall Ball festivals we will hear Lightajo improvise on their song, "we cruised the Galapaghost ...". Then Oliveria does one he wrote called "Beer Joint". And then it's the Go Show with "Duck Duck Goose 2.0".
Moving across the river into Arkansas we'll hear The Mudcats play an instrumental I wrote called "Sevens and Nines". Then we'll feature George on "Blues Attack". And closing us down tonight I'll sing my own song, "Surprise Blues". Special guests playing with The Mudcats are Chris "Stinger" Stevens, lead guitar, and Robb Shelley, keyboards.
It's After Hours in the early early morning and you're listening to Something Blue. Thanks.
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Script for Something Blue - Prodigal Son
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Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the Blues, for you.
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All right, That's Carl Holden doing one he wrote called "Holden Or Folden". Before that we heard Mike Dollins singing his song, "Teaser". And kicking us off tonight was Chris "Stinger" Stevens with his Blues instrumental, "Bluz Duz".
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I love a little bit of humor in my Blues. Here's three songs that will make you tap your foot and make you laugh. First Gary Sloan sings "Shirt". Then Memphis Gold is gonna "Test Drive That Woman". Then back to Gary Sloan with "Shoes Of The King".
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Possibly the funniest song I've ever heard. Thanks go out to Gary "Alaska" Sloan for "Shoes Of The King".
Now here's Memphis Gold singing the title track of his CD "Prodigal Son".
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Now that's what I'm talking about. Billy Jones "You Upset My Soul". Billy's new CD "My Hometown" is just great. Paves new ground. Before that we heard another Billy Jones song, the soulful "Never Let You Go". And in between there was Mark Sallings from Wynne, Arkansas blowing his Eb harp on the "TWBb Blues".
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Ok, Mike Dollins is gonna Jazz jam us with "The Jam". Love the sax. And then "Stinger" Stevens is gonna get all sensual and down low with his own Jazz called, "Samba Para Mary".
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And that's Mark Sallings and The Famous Unknowns playing one of my personal favorites, "Mark's Harpo".
Closing the show we're featuring Carl Holden with one he wrote called, "By Carl Holden". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the mainstream.
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Welcome to Something Blue After Hours, the internet only extension of the Something Blue podcast where I can get more personal and play a wider variety of music than I do on the air.
I'm about to get as personal as it gets. My friend, Mark Sallings, who you just heard, was killed in an auto accident on the way to a gig. Mark was a great performer and a fantastic songwriter.
Then my friend, Bix Smith died in his home. Bix was an outstanding Jazz guitarist and used to be a Blues Alley regular. He was also an accomplished artist and we hosted his paintings at the Blues Alley Gallery.
The hardest thing about being a Bluesman is knowing that you'll never be able to jam with a good friend again. At least we can still play their music. So I'm starting off with Mark Sallings "Mighty Oaks" and "Unprotected Contact With The Blues" and then with Bix Smith playing guitar on Will Riley's CD I'll play "Rockabilly Shoes" and "A Whole Lot Of Love In His Eyes".
I cowrote the "Rockabilly Shoes" lyrics and I'm singing back to Will on the second verse. Now that I'm back in school I've been writing a lot of songs in a lot of genres. I'll close the After Hours segment with three of my recent recordings, "Younger Days", "Shoes On Backwards", and "Can You Really?". I hope you enjoy them.
"Something Blue" will be airing once again on KASU with all new shows hosted by myself, Hairy Larry. "Something Blue" will air at 11:00 pm, immediately after "Blues From The Red Rooster Lounge". You also will not want to miss my friend, Jim "The Generator Man" Drennen, who airs his unique show "Blues Where You Least Expect It" at 9:00 pm. The first ten "Something Blue" shows are already in the can and I am really excited about how they are coming out.
Once again I will be featuring live music, local and regional artists, and Blues from all over the world.
All the new shows will also be available as podcasts so you can listen to them anytime from anywhere in the world. I will also host liveblog discussions of the shows in progress on the internet and I will make special "Something Blue After Hours" podcasts for internet distribution only.
The podcasts will be available on Delta Boogie and on Something Blue's new website, sbblues.com.
