Posted on 2025-01-06
Delta Boogie Newsletter-Gamerplus News - January 2025 - Bebop Beatniks Album - The Dragon's Egg Playtest - Indie Archive
Ok, there's a new Bebop Beatniks album out featuring Paul Lessard on alto sax playing on top of our piano trio with Jeremy Jackson on bass and Alex Washam, drums.
It's called "The Blue Crane" and it's got Audubon on the cover. Want to listen? Here's some links.
Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/hl2024-09-29.album
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/4eYhV5ZXSu7i0Wb4fqlkKD
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-blue-crane-single/1787936815
Amazon
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0DRZ1HRH5
Youtube
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nxSx2w_CR8YPd8JH8Zsd7CBVCl3Is9bDg
Deezer
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/691212751
The Internet Archive link has the whole set which is also available as a video here.
https://archive.org/details/hl2024-09-29
I also have a new Something Blue show and a From The Archives Of Something Blue podcast featuring Jerry Bone and some other fine guitarists. Also another podcast with beat poetry and a Bebop Beatniks show from 2016 featuring Carl Heyl and Rev. Rick reading. Here's some links.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jerry Bone Playing Something
https://sbblues.com/2024/12/29/dj-hairy-larry-presents-jerry-bone-playing-something/
Something Blue - Ladybug
https://sbblues.com/2025/01/04/ladybug/
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Carl Heyl Reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti
https://sbblues.com/2025/01/05/dj-hairy-larry-presents-carl-heyl-reading-lawrence-ferlinghetti/
Bebop Beatniks Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2016-06-18
https://archive.org/details/hl2016-06-18
At Library Game Day the RPG table was kind enough to let me playtest The Dragon's Egg. The modified combat went well. It's great to just look for ones and not have to add stuff up. (The Dragon's Egg uses D6 dice pools in combat and if you roll a 1 on any die you miss.)
I ran a one hour one shot, which was a little bit short, but we wanted to playtest Alan Wortman's new Chronicles Of Ember module too. I didn't get to run any puzzles which happens if the players lose to the dragon mid game. So, my conclusion was that a two hour one shot would be better.
Player feedback was good. They saw it as a light system they could pull out if they had some company over that wanted to play a short RPG one shot.
My programming time has been devoted to The Indie Archive, an archival system for Indie Producers. It's a hardware and software project with three systems to set up so most of the work has been writing installation documents.
I have it working. I'm testing it now. There's still a little bit of programming work to be done and quite a bit more documentation. Right now I'm testing The Indie Archive with different Operating Systems and documenting recovery procedures in case one of the three systems goes belly up.
Who is it for? If you're a producer of digital art like videos, albums, photos, etc and you really don't ever want to lose your finished pieces you store them on The Indie Archive which stores them on seven hard drives across four systems in three locations with minimal monthly expense.
I'm making it for me because I need it but it will be released as open source software and will be available on codeberg.
So there you go. Music, gaming, free culture. The primary areas of interest at Gamer+DBN running on Mastodon. If you aren't on Mastodon yet you are invited to join Gamer+DBN, The Delta Boogie Network and Gamer+, at this link.
https://gamerplus.org
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Posted on 2025-01-05
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Carl Heyl Reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2025-01-05
https://sbblues.com/2025/01/05/dj-hairy-larry-presents-carl-heyl-reading-lawrence-ferlinghetti/
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti read at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.
Bebop Beatniks was designed with spoken word in mind. It's right there in the band name, Bebop says jazz and Beatniks says beat poetry.
At the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 18, 2016, Bebop Beatniks opened their set with a song I wrote called "Church" and I invited my son, Carl Heyl, to read a poem called "9" from Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "Coney Island Of The Mind".
As always, Carl was entertaining, and he delivered the poem by portraying the scene, making it come alive for the audience.
Playing in Bebop Beatniks that day were, Kevin Tinker - trumpet, Sid Davis - trumpet, Paul Nunis - bass, and I'm on piano. All of us are from Northeast Arkansas.
There's a video of the performance where you can see Carl in action. It's really great and I'll include a link at sbblues.com.
This Saturday on Something Blue we're featuring a poet, Saul Williams, reading with three different bands.
So now, here's Carl Heyl reading the Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem, "9" in front of Bebop Beatniks playing my song, "Church".
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Carl Heyl Reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-08-11
https://sbblues.com/2025/01/05/dj-hairy-larry-presents-carl-heyl-reading-lawrence-ferlinghetti/
Bebop Beatniks Live at Craighead Forest Bandshell on 2016-06-18
Something Blue Archives
https://archive.org/details/hl2016-06-18
Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
Carl Heyl Reads Lawrence Ferlinghetti at Bebop Blues Blast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeZewb2hee8
Bebop Beatniks - The Blue Crane
Recorded at Blues Fest September 29, 2024
https://archive.org/details/hl2024-09-29.album
music
And that's Bebop Beatniks recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on June 18, 2016, with spoken word by my son, Carl Heyl. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 to hear Karl Denson, David Murray, and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah with spoken word by Saul Williams.
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DJ Hairy Larry With David Murray Playing Music Of The Mind
Something Blue - Ancestral 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Karl Denson, David Murray, and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at http://kasu.org.
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Now Playing On Something Blue - Ladybug
https://sbblues.com/2025/01/04/ladybug/
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Posted on 2025-01-04
Something Blue – Ladybug – January 4, 2025
https://sbblues.com/2025/01/04/ladybug/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jerry Bone, Kevin Eubanks, Steve Khan, and Larry Coryell. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at http://kasu.org.
Jerry Bone - Scattered & Smothered unreleased songs
Kevin Eubanks - Opening Night 1985
https://www.kevineubanks.com/
Steve Khan - Subtext
http://www.stevekhan.com/
Larry Coryell And Steve Khan - Two For the Road
http://www.stevekhan.com/discog1.htm
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Posted on 2025-01-03
MixRemix - Creative Commons Jazz - 2025-01-03
https://archive.org/details/ccj2025-01-03
MixRemix On Anonradio - From The Creative Commons Jazz Library - 2025-01-03
jazz.mixremix.cc
47:06
Regis V Gronoff-In the Prison of your Eyes
https://www.jamendo.com/album/161999/in-the-prison-of-your-eyes
CC BY-NC-ND
35:00
Tom La Meche-Ou se cachent...
https://www.jamendo.com/album/5905/ou-se-cachent
CC BY-NC-ND
31:20
David Dellacroce-Relatively Unobjectionable Melodies
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/david-dellacroce/relatively-unobjectionable-melodies
CC BY
42:47
20 - Boom Boom Beckett
https://www.jamendo.com/album/166470/20
CC BY-NC
41:53
Blancheneige Bazaar Orchestra-Blancheneige
https://www.jamendo.com/album/20625/blancheneige
CC BY-NC-SA
46:37
Various Artists - netBloc Volume 3: La Plus Belle Guerre
https://archive.org/details/BSCOMP0003
CC BY-NC-ND
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Posted on 2024-12-31
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jerry Bone Playing Something
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-12-29
https://sbblues.com/2024/12/29/dj-hairy-larry-presents-jerry-bone-playing-something/
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear an Arkansas musician play all the instruments over a drum track on his arrangement of "Something".
And not just anything either. I'm talking about the George Harrison song "Something", one of the most famous and most popular of the Beatles' songs.
To say Jerry Bone is a fixture in Arkansas music is an understatement. He played bass with Mark Sallings and The Famous Unknowns when they were the house band at B.B. King's Club on Beale Street. He also played with Tony Spinner.
He has a bit of history with KASU too playing with David Lynn Jones, Gerry Moss, and The Lockhouse Orchestra.
Besides playing bass for other musicians Jerry Bone also plays exceptional guitar and has released his own albums. His album, "Yankin' The Covers" is very well produced, which shouldn't be surprising since he runs his own recording studio in Hardy, Arkansas.
I even played songs he recorded for Corte' on Something Blue recorded by Jerry Bone at Bare Bones Recording.
On the song we're going to hear today Jerry is playing everything except the drum track. The song is part of his "Scattered And Smothered" collection.
So here's Jerry Bone now playing the Beatles song, "Something".
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jerry Bone Playing Something
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-08-11
https://sbblues.com/2024/12/29/dj-hairy-larry-presents-jerry-bone-playing-something/
Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
music
And that's Jerry Bone playing everything except drums on his instrumental arrangement of "Something". Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more from Jerry's "Scattered And Smothered" collection plus also Kevin Eubanks, Steve Khan, and Larry Coryell.
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DJ Hairy Larry With Steve Kahn Playing Bird Food
Something Blue - Ladybug - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Jerry Bone, Kevin Eubanks, Steve Khan, and Larry Coryell. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at http://kasu.org.
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Now Playing On Something Blue - Salvation
https://sbblues.com/2024/12/28/salvation/
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Posted on 2024-12-30
Something Blue - Salvation - 2024-12-28
https://sbblues.com/2024/12/28/salvation/
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring The Steepwater Band and Greyboy Allstars. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at http://kasu.org.
The Steepwater Band Live at The Music Box on 2024-11-09
https://archive.org/details/tsb2024-11-09.picklemix
Greyboy Allstars Live at Brooklyn Bowl on 2016-05-20
https://archive.org/details/gba2016-05-20.tlm170.flac24
Only flac files available. You must download these to listen.
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The Steepwater Band - Salvation in Time
Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the blues, for you.
Greyboy Allstars - Planet Of The Superkids
All right now, that's Greyboy Allstars playing "Planet Of The Superkids". Kicking us off tonight we heard The Steepwater Band sing "Salvation in Time".
Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.
I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to listen anytime and for links to the full concerts by the bands we're hearing tonight.
Greyboy Allstars were recorded live at the Brooklyn Bowl on May 20, 2016. I love the way they combine jazz and funk. Here they are now playing "Fried Grease".
Greyboy Allstars - Fried Grease
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The Steepwater Band - Honey Bee
The Steepwater Band - Remember The Taker
Now that's what I'm talking about. Recorded live at The Music Box on November 9, 2024, we heard The Steepwater Band play "Honey Bee" and "Remember The Taker".
Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.
I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Thanks to the Live Music Archive at archive.org for hosting the songs we're hearing tonight.
Ok, now. Closing the show here's Greyboy Allstars with "Happy Friends". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, blues is the mainstream.
Greyboy Allstars - Happy Friends
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