Something Blue Originally Aired 02/27/99 - Blues Fest 98 Kattawar Brothers, John Shepherd and Tacos on Tap play - Kattawar Brothers Welcome to Something Blue. This is Hairy Larry and I've got the Blues, for you ... play - Kattawar Brothers All right, that's Mike and Jerry Kattawar tearing it up at Blues Fest 98. They perform as a duo, just piano, vocals, and drums, but they get more sound than many large bands. Jerry is the piano picker and the frontman, singing songs and telling lies. His brother Mike tries to keep the beat going on the drums even though he never knows what Jerry's going to do next. Jerry and Mike go back to the early days of rock n roll in the fifties and their Boogie Woogie sound is like a time machine. They remain active in the nineties playing many festivals including the Granddaddy of them all, the Delta Blues Festival at Greeneville, Mississippi where last year they organized the Juke House Stage. Let's listen to some more of their performance at Blues Fest 98. play - Kattawar Brothers And that's the Kattawar Brothers doing their crowd pleasing best at Blues Fest 98. You've heard of piano players who play with their feet? Well Jerry Kattawar climbs right up on the keys and plays with his hands and his feet at the same time. And at Greeneville he wasn't done until he had climbed up on the roof of the stage and sang one from up there. A real showman fronting an act that's the genuine article, great boogie woogie right out of the birth of rock n roll. Next we're going to feature another Blues Fest 98 performance, John Shepherd and Tacos on Tap. John is a fine songwriter as well as an outstanding technical guitarist. We're going to play some of his originals but first here's the John Lee Hooker Classic, "Boom Boom Boom Boom". play - John Shepherd All Right, John Shepherd and Tacos on Tap just cooking at Blues Fest 98. That's John Shepherd, guitar; Jeremy Burnett, Harp; Mike Riley, drums; and Matt Riley, bass. For more information on John Shepherd, The Kattawar Brothers, Blues Fest, and The Juke House Stage log on to Delta Boogie at www.deltaboogie.com. You can also find Something Blue scripts at deltaboogie.com/somethingblue. On these last two songs John is going to feature Jeremy Burnett on harmonica and then Matt Riley on bass. The entire show tonight was recorded for Something Blue at Blues Fest 98 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Taking us home here's John Shepherd and Tacos on Tap. play - John Shepherd Something Blue is a production of KASU at Arkansas State University. The show tonight was engineered by Vivian Heyl and myself. I'm Larry Heyl, your producer and host. Until next week, then, this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the Mainstream.