Thanks Marty, It’s great to be here on Arkansas Roots sharing songs from the archives of Something Blue. I met John Spencer at Blues Fest and it wasn’t long before we had John and Tommy, The Spencer Brothers, on stage. John came to me with some songs that he and Tom Turner wrote, Tom was…
From The Archive January 31, 2021 – NJHB – “Monkey Walk”
Thanks Marty, I’m playing some Zappa songs Saturday and the closest thing I could find in the archives was NJHB live at Blues Fest. 2013 was a great year for NJHB, the New Jazz House Band. We released 9 albums and then we played at my Senior Recital. On September 8 we recorded “Live At…
From The Archive January 24, 2021 – Bob Sloan – “Stella By Starlight” and “My Funny Valentine”
Thanks Marty, this week I’m featuring a Jonesboro pianist playing a short medley. On February 23, 2012, I booked Bob Sloan to play at Jazz Thursday at TheArts@311. Bob was a very talented musician and he related well to the audience from on stage. Near the end of his set he played this medley of…
From The Archive January 17, 2021 – Delta Legends – “All Over Again”
funkwhale.hairylarry.rocks/library/tracks/295/ Thanks Marty, I’ve got a great blues song this week performed live at the Fall Ball by Delta Legends. On September 30, 2017 Delta Legends took a road trip down to the Mississippi Hill Country to play at the Fall Ball. We originally booked to busk on Saturday morning but they offered us a…
From The Archive January 10, 2021 – Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians – “Sneakin’ Round”
funkwhale.hairylarry.rocks/library/tracks/293/ Thanks Marty, this week I’m going to feature my family band, Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians. We are primarily a live band playing at the bandshell, the church, and other local venues. In the fall of 2008 we recorded the “Blues For Peace” album at HairyLarryLand. I’m a microphone collector and in the…
From The Archive January 3, 2021 – Joe Lee and Friends – “Boppin’ At The Forest”
funkwhale.hairylarry.rocks/library/tracks/291/ Thanks Marty, the song I picked this week hits on so many levels I just had to play it for Arkansas Roots. I had worked with Joe Lee on several projects using master tapes he had recorded at Alley so when he asked me to work on a recording project with him I was…
From The Archive December 27, 2020 – Ken Carroll Quintet – “Recordame”
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Youtube videos going up on Hairy Larry Rocks Peertube
Google is changing their data retention policies so I thought I would download all of my videos. I have the original upload files but over the years they get here and there so this is a complete collection in one folder. I am uploading them to Hairy Larry Rocks Peertube 4 or 5 at a…
From The Archive December 20, 2020 – Steve Davis Trio – “Round Midnight”
funkwhale.hairylarry.rocks/library/tracks/284/ Thanks Marty, it’s great to be digging around in the archives coming up with songs for From The Archives of Something Blue. In 2013 Matt Jackson played bass in my band, NJHB, house band for the New Jazz In Jonesboro series held at TheArts@311. Matt played in another band called the Steve Davis Trio…
From The Archive December 6, 2020 – Tim Moore – “Funky Palisade”
funkwhale.hairylarry.rocks/library/tracks/274/ Thanks Marty, I just love being here on Arkansas Roots with some great jazz From The Archives of Something Blue. I met Tim Moore and Clinton Curtis when they were still in High School, jamming at Jazz Alliance shows at The Edge Coffeehouse. When they came to ASU they helped me with some of…