Something Blue - Contrary - December 12, 2014

Billy Jim Baker - http://www.reverbnation.com/billyjimbaker
John Spencer - From the CD "Brigadoon". More here - https://archive.org/details/road_to_brigadoon
The Spencer Brothers - https://archive.org/details/sb20100516
Mike McLeod - From the CD "Going Home". More here - https://archive.org/details/going_home_cd
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Jerry Jeff Walker, Too Old To Change

Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the blues, for you.

Billy Jim Baker, Circus World
Billy Jim Baker, Stiletto Heels (Dance With Me)
Billy Jim Baker, Thump My Melons

All right now, that's Billy Jim Baker, originally from Beebe, Arkansas, with "Thump My Melons". Before that we heard him sing two more songs he wrote, "Circus World" and "Stiletto Heels (Dance With Me)". And kicking us off tonight another song he wrote "Too Old To Change" sung by Jerry Jeff Walker.

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.

Billy Jim Baker attended ASU Beebe until he quit to go to clown college. He's had a successful career clowning and also in songwriting. Jerry Jeff Walker liked his song "Contrary To Ordinary" so much that he made it the title track of one of his albums. I'm going to play that for you but first, here's Todd Snider, joined by Jerry Jeff Walker, doing "Mr. Bojangles".

Todd Snider, Mr Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker, Contrary To Ordinary
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John Spencer, One Way Ticket
John Spencer, Road To Brigadoon
John Spencer, Sweet Dreams And Nightmares

Oh yeah, that's three songs from the John Spencer CD, "Road To Brigadoon", "One Way Ticket", the title track "Road To Brigadoon", and "Sweet Dreams And Nightmares". John cowrote these songs with Tom Turner. Both John and Tom are from Paragould, Arkansas. Joining John on vocals we heard Cheryl Culp.

Now here's The Spencer Brothers, John and Tommy, doing "I Walk The Line", recorded at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on May 16, 2010.

The Spencer Brothers, Sunday In The Park May 16 2010, I Walk The Line
The Spencer Brothers, Sunday In The Park May 16 2010, I Fought The Law And The Law Won
The Spencer Brothers, Sunday In The Park May 16 2010, Mississippi Cotton Pickin Delta Town

Now that's what I'm talking about, Tommy Spencer singing "Mississippi Cotton Pickin Delta Town" with The Spencer Brothers. Before that he sang "I Fought The Law And The Law Won".

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. To listen anytime visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com. You can also hear music by area musicians at my HairyLarryLand website, hairylarryland.com. I also want to thank the Live Music Archive at archive.org for hosting the concerts recorded at the bandshell.

Closing the show we'll hear Mike McLeod from Imboden, Arkansas, sing three songs from his CD, "Going Home". First we'll hear one recorded at the bandshell, "My Gal Sal Or Louise". Then we'll hear two recorded at HairyLarryLand, "Everybody Knew Me But You" and "A Hard One". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, blues is the mainstream.

Mike McLeod, Going Home, My Gal Sal Or Louise
Mike McLeod, Going Home, Everybody Knew Me But You
Mike McLeod, Going Home, A Hard One