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This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring John Stowell, The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, and Rob Alley. 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.
This version of “Freddy’s Blues” was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 8, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
This version of “JTown Blues” was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 8, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
bluenoterecords: We’re thrilled to welcome the wonderful saxophonist & composer @MelissaAldana into the Blue Note family! Melissa was a founding member of the collective ARTEMIS & she’ll be going into the studio later this month to record her own Blue No… https://t.co/MdXvWyfXyF
— Blue Note Collector (@BlueNoteVinyl) May 11, 2021
Joey DeFrancesco to Stream Live from Van Gelder Studio
Next up in the series of live streams from the historic Van Gelder Studio: Joey DeFrancesco, playing Rudy Van Gelder’s studio organ, with an impressive group including Billy Hart, Peter Bernstein and Houston Person, on Saturday, May 15 and May 16.
Leon Russell: Leon Russell and the Shelter People (1971)
Five years ago, I was fortunate to witness the legendary Leon Russell at close range in a nondescript SXSW tent; I snapped these shots and barely six months later he was dead, expiring in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, not far from where I sit, writing this today, bound for that great big festival in the sky.
And 50 years ago, Russell was in greater demand than ever, busy working with everyone from Bob Dylan to Eric Clapton, B.B. King to Freddie King, George Harrison to Badfinger, while somehow finding time to record and release his second solo album, Leon Russell and the Shelter People.
Anything but, as “Stranger in a Strange Land” is a fabulous opener, alluding to a newborn child and previewing an eclectic, freewheeling, ultra-confident set, in which Leon’s soulful southern roots and innate grasp of Americana were conveyed in a modern language that the counter-culture could understand.
In fact, on autobiographical songs like “Of Thee I Sing,” “Alcatraz” and “Home Sweet Oklahoma,” Russell shares musical postcards from his past, how far he’d come, and the hard road getting there (and everywhere), frequently citing his home state explicitly while singing:
“When I was just a young man, I was barely seventeen; I went out to Hollywood chasing my dreams. Dusty Oklahoma was all I’d ever seen … And I was getting older.
Growing younger now, how I just don’t know; Life’s a lot more happy and it moves really slow. The past is just some photographs of the good friends that I know; But my love is so much better, yes, it is.
Going back to Tulsa one more time; I’ve got home sweet Oklahoma on my mind.”
Moving right along, “Sweet Emily” is a guileless love song, “She Smiles Like a River” sounds like The Rolling Stones doing country music, and “Crystal Closet Queen” may be the ultimate tribute to Little Richard (“Tutti frutti … the beauty’s on duty”), complete with backup singers raising the roof like a gospel choir.
But the album’s centerpiece has to be the beautifully orchestrated “Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen,” which casts a nostalgic glance back at Russell’s era-defining tour with Joe Cocker (a joyful meeting of “Okies and Limeys”), only two years in the past, though it sounds like Leon was already pining for days of wonder he knew would never come again (and didn’t).
Hey, I’m no expert, but Leon Russell was already pushing 30 in ‘71, so with his graying mane and uncommonly vast experience, he probably had a better sense than his contemporaries, with their rose-tinted glasses, that the ‘60s were truly over, along with their big, innocent revolutionary dreams.
Wish Leon had lived long enough to see how Generation Z and younger Millennials are coming of age with their eyes wide open and tall expectations for achieving concrete CHANGE in this fractured world.
In turn, I hope more young music fans kids will have an opportunity to hear albums as incredible as Leon Russell and the Shelter People.
MATT TAUL 5/15/21 BROWN BAG BISTRO, ALTON, IL DISC ONE: 01 Willin' 02 Angel From Montgomery 03 Wasted Words 04 Black Peter 05 Melissa 06 Instrumental #1 07 That's The Way 08 North Country Fair 09 Loser 10 The Weary Kind 11 Cover Me Up 12 God & Gasoline 13 Join Hands 14 Codiene 15 Nobody Knows My Tro....
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Set1 01 The Great Circulation 02 Closer to Home 03 Ill Fight For The Imp 04 It Is Known 05 Absence of a Prominent Tooth 06 When you’ve loved and lost like Frankie has 07 Tihai for the Straight Guy Set2 01 Smiling Assassin 02 So Say We All 03 Bass Solo 04 ABS> 05 Keep Your Pimp Hand Strong 06 Enemi....
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MATT TAUL 5/14/21 VINTAGE WINE BAR, WATERLOO, IL DISC ONE: 01 Willin' 02 The Thrill Is Gone 03 Summertime 04 Ten Miles To Tulsa 05 Trucker's Speed 06 A Soldier's Pride 07 Codiene 08 Cover Me Up 09 San Jose 10 Breathe 11 Black Rose 12 Wilder DISC TWO: 01 Melissa 02 Deep Elem Blues 03 I Believe 04 God....
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Hyryder @ Riverfront Live Outdoor Stage Cincinnati, OH 5.15.21 Set I Big Railroad Blues > Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion Walkin’ Blues > Jack-a-Roe Picasso Moon Lazy River Road Playing in the Band Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues Ain’t it Crazy (The Rub) *Here Comes Sunshine *Loose Lucy *Set I....
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GLEN PHILLIPS 5/12/21 LIVING ROOM SHOW, SANTA BARBARA, CA 01 Intro 02 Starting Now 03 Lantern 04 All I Want 05 No Hard Feelings 06 Something's Always Wrong 07 Fly From Heaven 08 I May Not Let Go 09 Levi Stubbs' Tears 10 Big Changes 11 We Shall Be Known TAPER: SHANE E....
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GLEN PHILLIPS 5/10/21 LIVING ROOM SHOW, SANTA BARBARA, CA 01 Intro 02 The Easy Ones 03 Call The Moondust 04 Walk On The Ocean 05 Golden Age 06 Back On My Feet 07 Brother 08 Fred Meyers 09 Is There Anyone Out There 10 Go 11 Closer To Fine TAPER: SHANE E....
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GLEN PHILLIPS 5/7/21 LIVING ROOM SHOW, SANTA BARBARA, CA 01 Intro 02 Lantern 03 Big Changes 04 Fall Down 05 She 06 Last To Fall 07 Eden 08 Old Man 09 Love Is Stronger Than Death 10 Dwelling In The Present Moment 11 Holy Ones TAPER: SHANE E....
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Full set featuring special guests Joe Dep (banjo), Hanna Livingston (fiddle) and Casey Conners (mandolin, vocals on "Peggy-O" and "Me and My Uncle") "Salt Creek" and "Lonesome Road Blues" featuring members of Pictrola.
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Consider The Source 5/15/21 The Stone Church Newmarket, NH Source-ADK a51 tl’s(Split Omni’s on stage)>1+2 of Mixpre6 AKG ck61’s(NOS center stage)>3+4 of Mixpre6 All@24/48>Audacity>Fission>Xact>Flac16 Set1 01.The Great Circulation 02.Closer to Home 03.Ill Fight For The Imp 04.It Is Known 05.Abs....
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This version of “JTown Blues” was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 8, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
This version of “JTown Blues” was excerpted from the stream recorded on April 27, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
This version of “Low Earth Orbit” was excerpted from the stream recorded on April 27, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
Something Blue – Basement – May 15, 2021 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring John Stowell, The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, and Rob Alley. For more about the … Continue reading →
Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we’ve got a jazz standard recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell. Rob Alley taught at ASU and I recorded him several times at The Edge Coffeehouse so I was thrilled when I … Continue reading →
Something Blue – Barn – May 8, 2021 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Plain Meanness, Chris & Spigs, and The Aerolites. For more about the show … Continue reading →
Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we’ve got another song from Blue Monday. If there was ever a band you could call eclectic it’s Plain Meanness. They play more variety in one set than you are likely to … Continue reading →
Something Blue – Elegant – May 1, 2021 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jerry Joseph and Oteil and Friends. For more about the show visit the … Continue reading →
Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives we got the real blues. Blind Mississippi Morris came from a musical family, cousin to Willie Dixon and also cousin to Robert and Mary Diggs who led the Memphis Sheiks. Bluzharp magazine … Continue reading →
Basement | Something Blue This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring John Stowell, The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, and Rob Alley. 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.
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal with special guest Joshua Redman – Triads and More
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Rob Alley Trio – Live at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 21, 2009 https://ift.tt/3w1C56O
This version of “Crates” was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 8, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
This version of “Freddy’s Blues” was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 8, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
This version of “JTown Blues” was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 8, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
This version of “Low Earth Orbit” was excerpted from the stream recorded on May 8, 2021. Hairy Larry’s current schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00 PM Central.
