CALS Arkansas Sounds
@arkansassounds.bsky.social
Arkansas Sounds is a project of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), focusing on Arkansas music and musicians both past and present.
Little Rock, Arkansas
www.RonRobinsonTheater.org
Little Rock, Arkansas
www.RonRobinsonTheater.org
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Singer Thurmon “T” Valentine was born December 16, 1932 at West Helena, Arkansas.
Died 2024.
*photo is from the Chicago Reader’s “Secret History of Chicago Music” series.
youtu.be/BqXdYtm5nOU?...
youtu.be/RRuAAO676s0?...
Died 2024.
*photo is from the Chicago Reader’s “Secret History of Chicago Music” series.
youtu.be/BqXdYtm5nOU?...
youtu.be/RRuAAO676s0?...
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Singer Thurmon “T” Valentine was born December 16, 1932 at West Helena, Arkansas.
Died 2024.
*photo is from the Chicago Reader’s “Secret History of Chicago Music” series.
youtu.be/BqXdYtm5nOU?...
youtu.be/RRuAAO676s0?...
Died 2024.
*photo is from the Chicago Reader’s “Secret History of Chicago Music” series.
youtu.be/BqXdYtm5nOU?...
youtu.be/RRuAAO676s0?...
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Joe Ely with the Clash at Austin’s Armadillo World Headquarters, 1979.
Photo by Mark Ely.
A few years later Ely was one of the backing vocalists (singing in Spanish) on “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
youtu.be/BN1WwnEDWAM?...
Photo by Mark Ely.
A few years later Ely was one of the backing vocalists (singing in Spanish) on “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
youtu.be/BN1WwnEDWAM?...
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Joe Ely with the Clash at Austin’s Armadillo World Headquarters, 1979.
Photo by Mark Ely.
A few years later Ely was one of the backing vocalists (singing in Spanish) on “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
youtu.be/BN1WwnEDWAM?...
Photo by Mark Ely.
A few years later Ely was one of the backing vocalists (singing in Spanish) on “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
youtu.be/BN1WwnEDWAM?...
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I am sad to learn of Joe Ely’s passing and will be listening to some of his records tonight.
Such a great performer.
Such a great performer.
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I am sad to learn of Joe Ely’s passing and will be listening to some of his records tonight.
Such a great performer.
Such a great performer.
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Word is from my music circles that the great Joe Ely has passed away. One of the all time great Texans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5...
Joe Ely Austin City Limits 1984
YouTube video by livemusic55
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December 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Word is from my music circles that the great Joe Ely has passed away. One of the all time great Texans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5...
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I think this is the first time anyone's written a haiku just for me! 😂
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I think this is the first time anyone's written a haiku just for me! 😂
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Charlie Rich ~ River Stay Away from my Door + Big Boss Man
YouTube video by GatorRock
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December 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Visiting the great Clark Terry in the hospital
Yesterday we drove 4 hours from Fayetteville, Arkansas to Pine Bluff to visit the great Clark Terry (CT as we call him). This was a day off and originally planned as a trip to his home to celebrate hi...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The chapter of "Willie Nelson on Willie Nelson" featuring my interview comes from a page on my website, where the audio can be heard. Thanks to Paul Maher Jr. for featuring my brief moment talking with a hero in his book. Photos from 2005: Cadace West/Miami Herald hibblenradio.com/radio-backgr...
Willie Nelson Interview
Very rarely in life, if we get the chance to meet people we admire, do they live up to our expectations. Willie Nelson couldn’t have been cooler. My opportunity to interview him came when he was in…
hibblenradio.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The chapter of "Willie Nelson on Willie Nelson" featuring my interview comes from a page on my website, where the audio can be heard. Thanks to Paul Maher Jr. for featuring my brief moment talking with a hero in his book. Photos from 2005: Cadace West/Miami Herald hibblenradio.com/radio-backgr...
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Excitted to have an interview I recorded with Willie Nelson 20 years ago be featured in a new book which is a compilation of 31 interviews. I was working for the Miami Herald in 2005 I talked with him about biodiesel fuel and his tour with Bob Dylan playing in old ballparks around the country.
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Excitted to have an interview I recorded with Willie Nelson 20 years ago be featured in a new book which is a compilation of 31 interviews. I was working for the Miami Herald in 2005 I talked with him about biodiesel fuel and his tour with Bob Dylan playing in old ballparks around the country.
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Amid the turmoil that is Arkansas PBS or Arkansas TV or whatever, Steve Barnes remains calm and delivers an “Arkansas Week.” The ultimate pro, who next month marks 58 continuous years on Little Rock television doing news or public affairs.
December 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Amid the turmoil that is Arkansas PBS or Arkansas TV or whatever, Steve Barnes remains calm and delivers an “Arkansas Week.” The ultimate pro, who next month marks 58 continuous years on Little Rock television doing news or public affairs.
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New entry added: Radio. Radio has been an important method of communication in Arkansas for more than a century. The state received its first broadcasts in 1920, and the popular medium was quickly adopted throughout Arkansas. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/radi...
Radio - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Radio has been an important method of communication in Arkansas for more than a century. The state received its first broadcasts in 1920, and the popular ...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New entry added: Radio. Radio has been an important method of communication in Arkansas for more than a century. The state received its first broadcasts in 1920, and the popular medium was quickly adopted throughout Arkansas. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/radi...
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Derelict block of East 2nd Street. You could walk out the front door straight to the river. Saw Taj Mahal, Roy Buchanan, The Band, Albert Collins, Killer Bees (Papa Mali’s old group) and a ton of 80s progressive rock bands there.
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Derelict block of East 2nd Street. You could walk out the front door straight to the river. Saw Taj Mahal, Roy Buchanan, The Band, Albert Collins, Killer Bees (Papa Mali’s old group) and a ton of 80s progressive rock bands there.
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I was trying to remember where SOBs was.
I knew “down by the river.”
Only saw it once when I was in high school.
I knew they had great music.
I knew “down by the river.”
Only saw it once when I was in high school.
I knew they had great music.
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I was trying to remember where SOBs was.
I knew “down by the river.”
Only saw it once when I was in high school.
I knew they had great music.
I knew “down by the river.”
Only saw it once when I was in high school.
I knew they had great music.
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Got to see him once, when he and Buddy Guy came to Little Rock in 1986 & played the SOB club, approximately where the Clinton Library is now. Photo (from earlier that day) by Art Meripol who worked at Arkansas Gazette at the time
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Got to see him once, when he and Buddy Guy came to Little Rock in 1986 & played the SOB club, approximately where the Clinton Library is now. Photo (from earlier that day) by Art Meripol who worked at Arkansas Gazette at the time
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1. Sonny & Bobby Rush in 2005
Photo by me
2.Sonny w/Jeff Stone, me, Mac Arnold, Zac Harmon, 2006
3. Dave Riley, Sonny, CW Gatlin, Donna Herula, Steve Cheseborough, me. 2011
Photo by me
2.Sonny w/Jeff Stone, me, Mac Arnold, Zac Harmon, 2006
3. Dave Riley, Sonny, CW Gatlin, Donna Herula, Steve Cheseborough, me. 2011
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
1. Sonny & Bobby Rush in 2005
Photo by me
2.Sonny w/Jeff Stone, me, Mac Arnold, Zac Harmon, 2006
3. Dave Riley, Sonny, CW Gatlin, Donna Herula, Steve Cheseborough, me. 2011
Photo by me
2.Sonny w/Jeff Stone, me, Mac Arnold, Zac Harmon, 2006
3. Dave Riley, Sonny, CW Gatlin, Donna Herula, Steve Cheseborough, me. 2011
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Our old friend John “Sonny” Payne would have turned 100 today.
Helena native, WW2 vet, swing band bassist, longtime host of “King Biscuit Time” blues radio show.
Blues Hall of Fame inductee.
I knew Sonny nearly 30 years, worked with him for 10+.
Many good times.
youtu.be/80tIbv76zH0?...
Helena native, WW2 vet, swing band bassist, longtime host of “King Biscuit Time” blues radio show.
Blues Hall of Fame inductee.
I knew Sonny nearly 30 years, worked with him for 10+.
Many good times.
youtu.be/80tIbv76zH0?...
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Our old friend John “Sonny” Payne would have turned 100 today.
Helena native, WW2 vet, swing band bassist, longtime host of “King Biscuit Time” blues radio show.
Blues Hall of Fame inductee.
I knew Sonny nearly 30 years, worked with him for 10+.
Many good times.
youtu.be/80tIbv76zH0?...
Helena native, WW2 vet, swing band bassist, longtime host of “King Biscuit Time” blues radio show.
Blues Hall of Fame inductee.
I knew Sonny nearly 30 years, worked with him for 10+.
Many good times.
youtu.be/80tIbv76zH0?...
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No leftovers here, but how about Arkansas-born guitar great Roy Buchanan’s version of Booker T & the MGs’ “Soul Dressing.”
youtu.be/wF3DfFZD41M
youtu.be/wF3DfFZD41M
Roy Buchanan 'Live'- Soul Dressing
YouTube video by Blues-Rock Vault
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November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
No leftovers here, but how about Arkansas-born guitar great Roy Buchanan’s version of Booker T & the MGs’ “Soul Dressing.”
youtu.be/wF3DfFZD41M
youtu.be/wF3DfFZD41M
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Man, I was just revisiting some of my Morris Day and The Time favorites last weekend. The first time I saw them live still holds up as one of the funkiest shows I've had the pleasure of attending. RIP Jellybean Johnson.
Cool (2021 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Time - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Man, I was just revisiting some of my Morris Day and The Time favorites last weekend. The first time I saw them live still holds up as one of the funkiest shows I've had the pleasure of attending. RIP Jellybean Johnson.
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Sippie with Bonnie Raitt on David Letterman’s show. She comes in at about the 9:05 mark.
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Bonnie Raitt, Sippie Wallace on Letterman, April 27, 1982
YouTube video by Don Giller
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November 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Sippie with Bonnie Raitt on David Letterman’s show. She comes in at about the 9:05 mark.
youtu.be/4QMbSSIo5ik?...
youtu.be/4QMbSSIo5ik?...
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Singer Sippie Wallace (“the Texas Nightingale”) was born November 1, 1898 in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Recorded 40+ songs in 1920s backed by Louis Armstrong, others.
Much later recorded with Bonnie Raitt & even performed on “Letterman.”
Died Nov. 1, 1986.
youtu.be/rf9gvuVXt0U?...
Recorded 40+ songs in 1920s backed by Louis Armstrong, others.
Much later recorded with Bonnie Raitt & even performed on “Letterman.”
Died Nov. 1, 1986.
youtu.be/rf9gvuVXt0U?...
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Singer Sippie Wallace (“the Texas Nightingale”) was born November 1, 1898 in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Recorded 40+ songs in 1920s backed by Louis Armstrong, others.
Much later recorded with Bonnie Raitt & even performed on “Letterman.”
Died Nov. 1, 1986.
youtu.be/rf9gvuVXt0U?...
Recorded 40+ songs in 1920s backed by Louis Armstrong, others.
Much later recorded with Bonnie Raitt & even performed on “Letterman.”
Died Nov. 1, 1986.
youtu.be/rf9gvuVXt0U?...
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My dudes! @terrybuckalew.bsky.social @gitrithm.bsky.social Check this out! Is it just me, or do we agree that this is a pretty intricate take on "Take Five" originating as it does from a bunch of holes in cardboard? 🤯
How cool is this turn-of-the-century fairground organ!
It plays off a "book" or a series of cards folded in a continuous loop.
The perforations dictates the pipes & drums. The moving parts at the bottom are bellows that generate the wind pressure for the pipes. 😃
YT: mechanicalmusicman
It plays off a "book" or a series of cards folded in a continuous loop.
The perforations dictates the pipes & drums. The moving parts at the bottom are bellows that generate the wind pressure for the pipes. 😃
YT: mechanicalmusicman
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My dudes! @terrybuckalew.bsky.social @gitrithm.bsky.social Check this out! Is it just me, or do we agree that this is a pretty intricate take on "Take Five" originating as it does from a bunch of holes in cardboard? 🤯
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For folks yet to hear the heartbreaking news, Wes Ambrose, one of the greatest friends the WWT has ever known, passed on to the other side last Thursday. A big celebration of life will be held here at 2pm on Sunday, October 26th. We love you, Wes. We love you, Mimi. Thank you.
October 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
For folks yet to hear the heartbreaking news, Wes Ambrose, one of the greatest friends the WWT has ever known, passed on to the other side last Thursday. A big celebration of life will be held here at 2pm on Sunday, October 26th. We love you, Wes. We love you, Mimi. Thank you.
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New entry added: Timothy Reves was a Baptist preacher who became a Confederate irregular soldier operating in northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri during the Civil War. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/timo...
Timothy Reves (1821–1885) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Timothy Reves was a Baptist preacher who became a Confederate irregular soldier operating in northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri during the ...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New entry added: Timothy Reves was a Baptist preacher who became a Confederate irregular soldier operating in northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri during the Civil War. Read more here: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/timo...
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October 7, 2011.
Playing at Helena with Mississippi Spoonman & friends.
Some guy called “Forkman” got up there with us!
(Really)
Playing at Helena with Mississippi Spoonman & friends.
Some guy called “Forkman” got up there with us!
(Really)
October 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
October 7, 2011.
Playing at Helena with Mississippi Spoonman & friends.
Some guy called “Forkman” got up there with us!
(Really)
Playing at Helena with Mississippi Spoonman & friends.
Some guy called “Forkman” got up there with us!
(Really)
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