That time I got to play with Larry Donn. I was the guest vocalist and harmonica player. Halloween night, 2009, at the Newport Community Center.

A great man passes on. His music changed the world forever. I talked to him many times about Christianity and the Bible so I know he is all right. We all have to go sometime. The question is are we ready? I know that Larry Donn was.

Hairy Larry

Larry Donn at Bluesfest

On September 2, 2007, Larry Donn was a special guest at Blues Fest. When he got there The Mudcats were playing and he discovered just about everyone on the stage had played in his band. It didn’t take too much arm twisting to get him to join us. Here’s a couple of pics from Blues Fest at the Craighead Forest Bandshell.

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Carl Mann Interview

Carl Mann was a guest on my “Rockabilly Days” television show, and this is part of the interview.

It was made at W.S. Holland’s house in Jackson, Tennessee.  Earlier that day, we had played some music for an hour or two, and we’ll try to get some of the music tracks on here at some point in the future.  (If there is one.)

 The video of “The Bono Boogie” was recorded at Arkansas State University, at a party we played for some people who donated a lot of money to the school.  W.S. came over and played with my son Joey and me.  Had a great time, and played some good music.  We’ll try to get more tracks from that on here someday.  Bono is my hometown, and as all musical pieces need some kind of title, I figured that would work for this one, which could be called “make it up as you go”.

     I had a good time this past Saturday night playing for the reunion of my class of ‘59, and the whole school.  We played about 45 minutes, and did mostly old '50s songs.  I don’t think there were any disco fans there.

The old classmates bought several copies of my latest CD, “BURNING!”, for which I am grateful.  There still remains a significant portion of the world’s population that has not bought a copy, however, but they’ll come around in time.

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Billy Lee Riley has cancer of the colon and bones.  He’s involved in chemotherapy and radiation treatments now, and isn’t feeling too good because of them.  The treatment can be worse than the disease, sometimes.  Several of us are doing a benefit show at the Silver Moon in Newport, Arkansas on Sunday afternoon from 1 to 6.  So far, the line-up includes, besides me, Sonny Burgess and the Pacers, Ace Cannon, Carl Mann, W.S. Holland, Dale Hawkins, and a bunch more.  Should be a great show.  You’ll probably never see another like it.  We’ll be taking names, and if you’re not there, we’ll send Chuck to your house.
     My song “1957 Blue Suede Blues” is also available at the blog. Just click the play button on the picture of me playing the piano. You can also hear the song on Delta Boogie Radio. You can listen or get your free download both places.

LD

Hi,

I sent Pete a link to this blog because I know he’s all about roots Rock n Roll. This is his comment on Larry Donn’s performance.

Hi Larry, thanx for that, I was amazed at how much Larry Donn’s
vocal and phrasing sounded so much like Elvis!

I shut my eyes, and it sounded like Elvis and Jerry Lee playing together.
True Rock N’ Roll, with a real country flavour in there.

Great stuff, take care, stay cool and Keep On Rocking in Arkansas.

Pete.

What a great review.

Here’s a link to Pete’s page on Delta Boogie.

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Thanks Pete,

Hairy Larry

The Great Larry Donn August 18 1993 at the VFW in Jonesboro, Arkansas Featuring special guest Wild Fire Willie. 01. intro 02. Chatanooga Shoeshine Boy 03….

Hi,

I recorded this August 13, 1993 at the VFW in Jonesboro, Arkansas. These songs and were featured on my Something Blue radio show.

Enjoy!

Thanks,

Hairy Larry