Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing contemporary blues recorded at the Arkansas Roots Festival. Sweet Angel is from Memphis and I had been playing her songs on Something Blue and promoting her act on Delta Boogie for years so when I saw she was booked for the Arkansas…
From The Archive June 13, 2021 – Bebop Beatniks – “It Could Happen To You”
Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing Bebop Beatniks recorded at the Delta Jazz Workshop. The Delta Jazz Workshop is a week long summer jazz clinic available to any musician who wants to attend but it’s mostly Arkansas high school students who might be interested in continuing their music…
HairyLarryLand twitch stream June 5, 2021
Eight songs excerpted from Hairy Larry’s twitch stream performed June 5, 2021. All originals licensed CC-BY. Collaborate with Hairy Larry. Play along and record. Email hairylarry@deltaboogie.com. peertube.hairylarry.rocks/videos/watch/playlist/3ba3cbb5-e9e0-4c8e-bc2d-36c6afb47999?videoId=841ce6e9-d88e-4d2c-8e8e-4bd3a2c2a496
From The Archive June 6, 2021 – Billy Jones Blues – “Hurts Me Too”
Thanks Marty. This week on From the Archives of Something Blue we’re hearing some real blues recorded at Bluesday Tuesday. Billy Jones Bluez is from Central Arkansas so Bluesday Tuesday in Newport was a good fit for them with less travel time than driving all the way to Jonesboro. I got to record them at…
From The Archive May 30, 2021 – Hairy Larry – “Knockin Boots”
Thanks Marty, I’m playing some new jazz releases on Something Blue this week so I decided to play a recent recording from the HairyLarryLand twitch studio on From The Archives Of Something Blue. My daughter, Megan, is into indie games and when she started a twitch stream I was fascinated. I decided to start my…
From The Archive May 23, 2021 – Lisa Ahia – “That’s All”
Thanks Marty, this week on From The Archives Of Something Blue we’ll hear a jazz standard recorded at the public library. Two of my favorite musicians from Northeast Arkansas are Gary Gazaway and Lisa Ahia. They were booked to perform at the Jonesboro public library on June 4, 2013, so I grabbed my recording gear…
From The Archive May 16, 2021 – Carl, Tim, Marissa, Meghan, and Jen – “We Are Who We Are”
Thanks Marty, on this weeks From The Archives Of Something Blue I’ve got some Hiphop recorded at HairyLarryLand. My son, Carl Heyl, plays bass in Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians. He’s an excellent musician so when he told me he and his friends wanted to record some vocal numbers at my studio I was…
From The Archive May 9, 2021 – Rob Alley Trio – “So What”
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 was able to book him to play at the bandshell on June 21, 2009. Playing…
From The Archive May 2, 2021 – Plain Meanness – “Pipeline”
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 hear at an entire festival. I recorded them at KASU Blue Monday in Paragould, Arkansas,…
From The Archive April 25, 2021 – Blind Mississippi Morris – “You Know I Like That”
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 named him as one of the 10 best harmonic players in the world. So I…