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

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All right now, it's Shinyribs recorded live at The Mean Eyed Cat in Austin Texas on May 27, 2011. We heard "Poor People's Store", "Sweet Potato", and a Leadbelly song, "Death Comes Slow". 

You're listening to KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Please visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com. You can learn more about Shinyribs at reverbnation.com or follow them on twitter.

Now here they are doing a Sam Cooke song, "A Change Is Gonna Come".

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And that's Shinyribs doing the Bill Withers classic, "Ain't No Sunshine". I've got three more songs from this concert. Here's another Leadbelly song, "We're In The Same Boat Brother" and then "The Wind Cries Mary" and "Shores Of Galilee".

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Now that's what I'm talking about, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones recorded live at the Denver Botanic Gardens on July 24, 2011. That was "Blu-Bop" and "Sex In A Pan". Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have a sound that defies categorization. The tags for this show include jazz; funk; bebop; fusion; progressive bluegrass; and newgrass. We're not sure what it is but it surely is good music.

And they believe in spreading the love. On this next song, "Prickly Pear" they are joined by Bruce Hornsby.

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Oh yeah, it's Bela Fleck and The Flecktones joined by Bruce Hornsby doing "Prickly Pear". What an amazing show.

You're listening to KASU 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org. Besides Blues and more every Saturday night KASU brings you Sonny Burgess and June Taylor on Sunday and everything from Bluegrass to Jazz to the Midnight Special all week long.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. You can friend me or message me on Facebook or on the Delta Boogie Network. Visit the Something Blue website and listen to podcasts of the show any time at sbblues.com.

Thanks to the Live Music Archive at archive.org for hosting the concerts I'm featuring tonight. And you can learn more about Bela Fleck and The Flecktones at belafleck.com and at flecktones.com.

Wikipedia says that Bela Fleck is "Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, ... best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones."

Closing us out tonight here's a Jazz standard, "Birdland" followed by "Little Maggie". Give it up for them now, recorded live, Bela Fleck and The Flecktones.

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