Bebop Beatniks
Live At Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
September 24, 2023
Songs
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00:00 African Violet
11:24 Thanks Mr. Cloud ...
12:14 The Blue Crane
21:20 The dance floor is open ...
21:42 Low Earth Orbit
31:08 Honky Tonk Jazz ...
31:54 Sail Boats
38:37 In the audience ...
39:15 Freddy's Blues
45:34 Silence ...
45:19 Malaysia
55:53 Introducing the band ...
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
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Tyler Remagen - sax and flute
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
Three new mosaics have been uncovered in the ancient Greek city of Zeugma, which is actually located in today's Turkey. The incredibly well preserved mosaics date back to the 2nd century BC, but they're still as beautiful as the first day.
Saturday, September 9, at 11:00 AM Central
Inspired Unreality open game chat
Opening topic - Fantasy and Science Fiction
Bring your own topic
All gaming is on topic
Inspired Unreality is held in the gamerplus voice chat rooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. For more information and a link go here.
The plan is to have blank hex area maps and square campground maps that are drawn at the table. Instead of modules I will be using dice tables selected and modified for Cozy Adventuring In Tobbins Shire. Low combat and no combat adventures using my OSR rules light Just Quest game.
So far I have a black canvas portfolio for the maps and a three ring binder for the paper. Yep, old school.
I have a busy September. I'm playing a composition recital at 5:00 PM Central on Sunday, September 10. Then Bebop Beatniks have two festival gigs.
Beatles At The Ridge
September 16 at noon in Beatles Park on Abbey Road in Walnut Ridge.
Blues Fest
September 24 at 4:00 PM at the Craighead Forest Bandshell in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Since it's the second Saturday our opening topic will be Science Fiction and Fantasy. Books, movies, games, SFF is a broad topic so bring it.
Also at home.gamerplus.org you will find info about If You Play You Win actual play, the subscribe form for Gamer+ News, and the Gamer+ Social Network, now federated with Firefish. Also known as the new Gamer+.
Sometime the old stuff is the best stuff. It's where I found the Yeep!
If you are already on Mastodon, Firefish, or any other federated service you can follow me at the link below. Right above my email, just in case you're really old school.
If you are not already federated and you are into gaming you might want to try Gamer+.
Sophie Hacker - guitar
Rike Robinson - trombone
Tyler Remagen - sax
Hairy Larry - piano
During our sectional we recorded African Violet to test our setup. It came out pretty good. You just have to imagine Alex's great drum solos as we stop to give him 4s.
Bebop Beatniks
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
July 23, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet
11:17 And that was African Violet ...
11:24 The Blue Crane
20:02 If anybody wants to dance ...
20:14 Low Earth Orbit
27:21 I work hard writing lyrics ...
27:54 Sail Boats
33:35 Introducing the band ...
33:53 Freddy's Blues
39:22 For our closer ...
39:29 Malaysia
48:00 outtro
Personnel
Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
This show was livestreamed on Youtube and edited in OpenShot.
Paladin Girl has become a cliche of modern fantasy art. She always looks the same. A young, slender woman in plate mail armour (often improbably form-fitting), no helmet, straight hair usually worn long and loose, conventionally-attractive face. On horseback, she might have a spear or lance. On foot, she usually carries a sword.
Paladin Girl is a fairly straightforward combination of traditional masculine and feminine signifiers. Her weapons and armour convey traditionally masculine power and 'hardness'; her face, hair, and figure convey traditionally feminine 'softness' and prettiness. The optimistic reading would be that strength and heroism are compatible with femininity. The pessimistic reading would be that women only get to be powerful as long as their strength remains compatible with conventional standards of female beauty. Either way, she is clearly associated with a particularly chaste and non-threatening form of sex appeal, with her armoured body symbolising her guarded sexuality. Unsurprisingly, she mostly turns up in works targeted at predominantly male audiences.
I became curious about where this image came from, and did a little digging. Here's what I came up with.
Thanks Marty, today I'm going to take my chill jazz piano into "Low Earth Orbit".
The pandemic was hard on everyone but it was particularly hard on musicians. Many musicians not only had to endure lockdown but they lost their income too.
It was hard on me because, for me, like many other musicians, playing music is not optional. Of course, I practiced every day but as any working musician will tell you, that's not the same. I like to practice but I have to play for an audience.
So when my daughter started livestreaming I thought, maybe that could work for me? I got a twitch account and set up a twitch studio with a powerful computer, lights, and webcams. It was just the kind of project that I like. Technical and creative.
I picked some songs I'd already written and I wrote some more. Pretty soon I had 16 songs in my streaming repertoire. I programmed iRealPro to play bass and drums on my songs while I added piano. It was great. I called my channel Hairy Larry Practicing Piano but, to me, it was still a live performance three times a week.
And then we started having lulls between the surges and I felt safe enough to play outside, so I would play at the Craighead Forest Bandshell, Beatles Park, or I'd just find some nice scenery and sit in front of it and play.
I call it Guerilla Livestreaming Chill Jazz Piano In Scenic Northeast Arkansas.
I licensed all of these recordings Creative Commons Attribution to make it easy for others to collaborate with me or use my music in their projects.
Check out the Something Blue website at sbblues.com for some links.
Now, recorded at Beatles Park in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, on March 27, 2022, here's "Low Earth Orbit".
And that's me, playing my own composition, "Low Earth Orbit", live at Beatles Park in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, on March 27, 2022. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 for more Creative Commons jazz played by GrayMic, Regis V. Gronoff, Gaiapeace, and Paolo Pavan.
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Something Blue - Words - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring GrayMic, Regis V. Gronoff, Gaiapeace, and Paolo Pavan. 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.
I've been using the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) for many years, long before Wizards Of The Coast made it famous in the gaming world by licensing the 5e SRD, CC BY.
I intended to write about the CC BY license before ORC was released. I want to discuss ORC and it's potential but I want to do CC BY first.
If I license my story CC BY (which I do) it means that you can build on this story, change it, write a sequel, make a movie, it's all good. As long as you include proper attribution. Like this.
The Wizard and the Djinn
by Larry Heyl - CC BY
This serves two purposes. It explains to your readers just where you get off adapting my work. Because you have permission to adapt my work.
But more importantly the chain of attribution allows people who like what they read to find more of it.
If a work is in the public domain, or CC 0, then you can adapt that work without including attribution.
I never do this, but you can. I include the chain of attribution even if it's traditional or author unknown. But you don't have to.
But if you adapt The Wizard and the Djinn you have to include attribution. Because it's licensed CC BY.
At the Creative Commons Chooser I see that a CC BY license
So if you license your story CC BY someone else can alter your story and make a movie of it and profit from that movie as long as they include correct attribution.
CC BY is a very permissive license. As close to public domain as you can get.
But you still retain copyright, you demand attribution, and you can come to other licensing deals on your story if you and someone else want to.
Creative Commons licenses are great and they allow creators to build on each other's work. But if a large project, like a Hollywood film, wanted to use one of my songs they would never accept CC BY. They would have to have a signed contract and know who to pay.
You cannot remove the CC BY license from a work once licensed CC BY. It is irrevocable. But it doesn't stop you from making other arrangements on agreeable terms. You still own the copyright.
The new Gamer+ is federated, which is a whole different ballgame for us. The Local timeline shows posts written or boosted by Gamer+ gamers, who have created an account at the link above. The Local timeline is most similar to the old Gamer+.
But then there's a Home timeline where you get all the posts and boosts by people you follow, whether they are Gamer+ gamers or not. The might be from dice.camp or tabletop.social or from any other federated social network.
How do you find people to follow? By reading the Local timeline. If I boost a post from someone I follow then that post will appear in the Local timeline. You can hover over or click on the poster's handle (@hairylarry@gamerplus.org), and click the plus sign to follow them.
Soon, you will be boosting posts to the Local timeline for me to read by people I might want to follow. Get it? It's a social network. Over all federated sites. Not just Gamer+.
So, that's very exciting. I'm finding lots of gamers and creators in the fediverse and the new Gamer+ gives me a gaming focus to learn about and enjoy what they are doing. If you are already on Mastodon, Peertube, or any other federated social network you can follow me, @hairylarry@gamerplus.org. Or join Gamer+ at the link above for a more immersive gaming experience.
So, please stay on topic. No politics or religion. There's plenty of sites that cover that. Gamer+ is about gaming and creating.
Tenkar has this same rule at Tenkar's Tavern where we host Inspired Unreality open game chat in the gamerplus chat rooms. Voice and text chat twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 11:00 AM. So, not this Saturday but Saturday week as they say in Arkansas.
I will send another Gamer+ news about that in July. The opening topic will be Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Sorry about the confusing email from Jazz Thursday. I did it wrong and entered the email first and customized the site names second, just bass ackwards. Maybe this email will be more appropriately branded.
Please forward this email to your gaming friends and share this link.
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear an original jazz song with a spoken word part about popular culture in the internet age.
My advisor, Tim Crist, was always encouraging composition students to involve others in multimedia projects. So I put together Trilogy For The Arts, an outdoor happening featuring jazz music, spoken word, metal sculpture, poetry, dance, photography, and audio and video recording.
I also want to thank Don Bowyer and Ken Carroll for saying yes and helping me make this happen.
The Eleven O'clock Small Group played the jazz. Trevor Scudder welded the sculpture. Lizz Etzkorn was dancing with hula hoops. Karen Newberry, Rick Lott, Gregory Hansen, and Mike Luster read poetry.
So, mostly ASU students and faculty, living and working in Arkansas.
I'll include a link to the videos and to a Delta Boogie page with all the details, photos, and the program for the event.
The only thing bad that happened was the last couple of songs got rained out. Fortunately, I had recorded the rehearsal, so I can play this song I wrote on From The Archives Of Something Blue.
"Grumpy Cat AT SXSW" includes a spoken word part that I read at the rehearsal. It's a short commentary on how an internet meme can create a star out of a cat.
So now, rained out at Trilogy For The Arts on April 24, 2015, but fortunately recorded at rehearsal here's the Eleven O'clock Small Group playing my song, "Grumpy Cat At SXSW".
And that's "Grumpy Cat At SXSW" recorded in the ASU Bandroom in April of 2015. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear Ron Carter and Cedar Walton, Fourplay, and Hiromi.
Grumpy Cat At SXSW
by Larry Heyl
Hi,
I'm Grumpy Cat,
the internet meme.
You've seen me hundreds of times.
People are always putting words in my mouth like
"I had fun once. It was awful."
and
"Your face. It's breathing my air... Stop it!"
On facebook I'm a Public Figure,
I have my own subreddit,
and my website is at grumpycats.com.
Really, I'm a nice kitty.
I like being petted
and sardines.
But they're lined up around the block
to see me at
South by Southwest.
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Something Blue - Beautiful - 29 second spot
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Ron Carter and Cedar Walton, Fourplay, and Hiromi. 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.
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks ...
00:23 The Blue Crane
08:53 What a wonderful audience ...
09:00 Candles
16:43 I'm going to rap ...
17:04 African Violet
28:24 When Conley was a percussion student ...
28:48 Low Earth Orbit
38:17 OK, here's a swing song ...
38:25 Sailboats
45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles ...
45:20 Crates
53:36 One more song ...
53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals
Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - percussion
Rike Robinson - trombone
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a song I wrote, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro.
In 2013 we scheduled New Jazz In Jonesboro once a month at TheArts@311. We often played charts that had never seen a music stand before and although we were reading charts we leaned heavily into group improvisation and free jazz.
On July 6, 2013, we recorded the songs that would become the "Cookin' For Piper" album. Matt Jackson wrote "Cookin' For Piper". Joseph Curtis wrote "Working, P.M.". And I put "Monkey Walk" up, for the first time.
It's got a tricky rhythm with a bass vamp on the Rhodes starting and ending the song. Personnel on "Monkey Walk" were Hairy Larry - piano, harmonica, vocals, and percussion; Mike "Zif" Lovell - guitar; David Shade - guitar; Matt Jackson - bass; Joseph Curtis - trumpet; and Cody Ballard - tenor sax. James Carvell added percussion on tracks 3 through 6 including the title track that I will be playing on Something Blue this week.
The cover art for "Cookin' For Piper" was "Euterpe" drawn by Emily Dewbre-Young. I love the image, depicting a muse playing pipes, and Emily gave us permission to use her drawing on the album cover. Then she sold me the original artwork, very reasonably, and it's now hanging at Eclectic Geekery in Walnut Ridge. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to see the album cover and hear the whole album.
Ok now, recorded at New Jazz In Jonesboro on July 6, 2013 here's NJHB playing my song, "Monkey Walk".
And that was "Monkey Walk" recorded by NJHB right here in Jonesboro, on July 6, 2013. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00, to hear more NJHB, Joyce Moreno, and Billy Drummond.
Join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat Saturday, May 20, at 11:00 AM Central. We will be discussing Fantasy and Science Fiction and we will also have actual play on the table with the return of If You Play You Win online gaming.
Inspired Unreality open game chat is held in Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. There's more info and a link here.
Three of my kids, two in-laws, and three grandkids, along with a few friends, have gone to St. Louis for Geekway. Family togetherness at a board game convention. Ain't that cool?
Next Saturday, May 27, my band, Bebop Beatniks, will be playing at Beatles Park in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. We start at noon and we will be livestreaming on Youtube.
Created on NightCafe using prompts like - a halfling picking fruit in the woods, sunshine, berries, berry basket, butterflies, head and shoulders portrait, 8k resolution concept art portrait by Greg Rutkowski, Alphonse Mucha dynamic lighting hyperdetailed intricately detailed
Click the pic to go to the Internet Archive page. Both flacs and mp3s are available. Right click on FLAC or MP3 in the right column and Save Link As for a zip of the whole album. Or use the down arrows to list and download individual songs.
Artwork and liner notes are also available on the Internet Archive.
Pocket watches and clocks created on NightCafe with a prompt like - in the shire we see the inside of a pocket watch on a wood table with watchmaker's tools, hundreds of tiny gears, jewels, hyper detailed, sharp focus - and the Dark Fantasy preset. All Images are public domain.
Bebop Beatniks
Live At Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
September 24, 2023
Songs
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00:00 African Violet
11:24 Thanks Mr. Cloud ...
12:14 The Blue Crane
21:20 The dance floor is open ...
21:42 Low Earth Orbit
31:08 Honky Tonk Jazz ...
31:54 Sail Boats
38:37 In the audience ...
39:15 Freddy's Blues
45:34 Silence ...
45:19 Malaysia
55:53 Introducing the band ...
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
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Tyler Remagen - sax and flute
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
Bebop Beatniks
Live At Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
September 24, 2023
Songs
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00:00 African Violet
11:24 Thanks Mr. Cloud ...
12:14 The Blue Crane
21:20 The dance floor is open ...
21:42 Low Earth Orbit
31:08 Honky Tonk Jazz ...
31:54 Sail Boats
38:37 In the audience ...
39:15 Freddy's Blues
45:34 Silence ...
45:19 Malaysia
55:53 Introducing the band ...
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
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Tyler Remagen - sax and flute
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Alex Washam - drums
Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
Blues Fest
Craighead Forest Bandshell
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Sunday, September 24
2:00 Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians
3:00 Butler and Holmes
4:00 Bebop Beatniks
5:00 Anna and the Tanks
6:00 Houston Steele and the Band Of Steele
Free and open to the public. Picnics permitted. Bring blankets and lawn chairs for your comfort.
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Bebop Beatniks
Larry Heyl Composition Recital
ASU Band Room
September 10, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet
14:30 The Blue Crane
23:30 introducing the band ...
24:24 Low Earth Orbit
33:32 Sail Boats
42:22 Freddy's Blues
52:35 Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Rike Robinson - trombone and vocals
Tyler Remagen - sax and flute
Cody Daugherty - trumpet
Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals
Craig Collison - drums
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
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Bebop Beatniks
Larry Heyl Composition Recital
ASU Band Room
September 10, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet
14:30 The Blue Crane
23:30 introducing the band ...
24:24 Low Earth Orbit
33:32 Sail Boats
42:22 Freddy's Blues
52:35 Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Rike Robinson - trombone and vocals
Tyler Remagen - sax and flute
Cody Daugherty - trumpet
Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals
Craig Collison - drums
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Bebop Beatniks
Larry Heyl Composition Recital
ASU Band Room
September 10, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet
14:30 The Blue Crane
23:30 introducing the band ...
24:24 Low Earth Orbit
33:32 Sail Boats
42:22 Freddy's Blues
52:35 Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Rike Robinson - trombone and vocals
Tyler Remagen - sax and flute
Cody Daugherty - trumpet
Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals
Craig Collison - drums
Jeremy Jackson - bass
Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Bebop Beatniks Live At Blues Fest Craighead Forest Bandshell Jonesboro, Arkansas September 24, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet 11:24 Thanks Mr. Cloud … 12:14 The Blue Crane 21:20 The dance floor is open … 21:42 Low Earth Orbit 31:08 Honky Tonk Jazz … 31:54 Sail Boats 38:37 In the audience … 39:15 Freddy’s Blues 45:34 Silence … 45:19 Malaysia 55:53 Introducing the band …
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Tyler Remagen - sax and flute Hairy Larry - piano and vocals Jeremy Jackson - bass Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals
Bebop Beatniks Larry Heyl Composition Recital ASU Band Room September 10, 2023
Songs
00:00 African Violet 14:30 The Blue Crane 23:30 introducing the band … 24:24 Low Earth Orbit 33:32 Sail Boats 42:22 Freddy’s Blues 52:35 Malaysia
All songs by Larry Heyl
Personnel
Rike Robinson - trombone and vocals Tyler Remagen - sax and flute Cody Daugherty - trumpet Sophie Hacker - guitar and vocals Craig Collison - drums Jeremy Jackson - bass Conley Hunt - percussion and vocals Hairy Larry - piano and vocals
Livestreamed to Youtube from my Samsung Galaxy S10
Bebop Beatniks At Beatles Park Walnut Ridge, Arkansas May 27, 2023
Songs
00:00 We are Bebop Beatniks … 00:23 The Blue Crane 08:53 What a wonderful audience … 09:00 Candles 16:43 I’m going to rap … 17:04 African Violet 28:24 When Conley was a percussion student … 28:48 Low Earth Orbit 38:17 OK, here’s a swing song … 38:25 Sailboats 45:11 Crates is the companion piece to Candles … 45:20 Crates 53:36 One more song … 53:46 Malaysia
Personnel
Hairy Larry - piano, vocals Alex Washam - drums Conley Hunt - percussion Rike Robinson - trombone
Bebop Beatniks
On The Twitch Porch
April 2, 2023
Songs
00:00 Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael, public domain
08:27 African Violet
17:05 Sail Boats
24:26 Malaysia
33:37 Low Earth Orbit
42:37 The Blue Crane
Something Blue – Jungle – September 9, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Roberta Flack, Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, and Bill Evans. For more about the … Continue reading →
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Lisa Ahia Singing My Romance From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-09-03 Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a female vocalist accompanied by a female pianist recorded in 2011 at Bebopalooza! This Saturday I have … Continue reading →
Something Blue – Darkness – September 2, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Taper’s Choice and Circles Around The Sun. For more about the show visit … Continue reading →
From The Archives Of Something Blue August 27 2023 Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a rockabilly star from Sweden playing with The Great Larry Donn. I had recorded Larry Donn before at Blues Fest so I knew how … Continue reading →
Something Blue – Serenity – August 26, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Myriam Alter, Joe Henderson, Gary Burton, and NJHB. For more about the show … Continue reading →
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-08-20 Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear one of my compositions recorded at HairyLarryLand. NJHB is the house band for the New Jazz In Jonesboro concert series. We were starting up the concerts … Continue reading →
Something Blue – Tracks – August 19, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Soulive, Joe Lee, and Will Bernard. For more about the show visit the … Continue reading →
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-08-13 Thanks Marty, today we’re going to play an original blues featuring Ronnie Coletta and Joe Lee. “Joe Lee Swings On” was my second album project with Joe Lee. It’s a jazz album with … Continue reading →
Something Blue – Division – August 13, 2023 This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring LaMP, Ernie Hendrickson, and Jazz Thursday Jam Sessions. For more about the show … Continue reading →
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-08-07 Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear The Bluescaster playing acoustic blues at KASU Jazz Thursday. Paul Nunis is The Bluescaster. I met him at Blues Fest. He played so well I immediately … Continue reading →
