#Ken and Mary&039;s Blues Project

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Blues Brothers

Kenneth and Kenne — Image by Mary I was able to spend a few hours with Kenneth and Mary, re “Ken and Mary’s Blues Project” on Monday. They are friends we try to spend some time with when we are visiting in the Houston area — love you guys! — kenne

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The Blues Is Poetry

The Blues Is Poetry

Ken and Mary Dancing to Porterdavis (October 2007) — Image by kenne You Don’t Have to Go Jimmy Reed   Whoa, babyYou don’t have ta go Whoa, babyYou don’t have ta go I’m gonna pack up darlin’Down the road I go Well now, I give you all my moneyThen ya go downtown,An’ you get back in the evenin’Told me, walked down town Whoa baby, you don’t have ta goI’m gonna pack up darlin’Down the road I…

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Black Man

‘Black Man’ — Photo-Artistry by kenne ‘We pledge allegianceAll our livesTo the magic colorsRed, blue, and whiteBut we all must be givenThe liberty that we defendFor with justice not for all menHistory will repeat againIt’s time we learnedThis world was made for all men’ — from Black Man by Stevie Wonder

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Singer-songwriter, Guthrie Kennard

Guthrie Kennard at Ken & Mary’s Blues Project (October 15, 2013) — Image by kenne     In October of 2013, we were visiting family and friends in the Houston area. The timing was great since we could attend one of Ken & Mary’s Blues Projects in Porter, Texas. The headliners for this event were Guthrie Kennard and Julie Bonk. I just learned that Dallas singer-songwriter Guthrie has cancer and is…

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Memories of East Texas

Memories of East Texas

Ken & Mary’s Blues Project (On a humid east Texas night the rain forced everyone to move inside) — Images and Video by kenne (Flickr Images) Memories of East Texas keep drafting over Arizona mountains headed to El Paso, San Antonio, Houston where BBQ smoke floats through the piney woods and blues music heals the soul to make up the conscious past with the Last Waltz of Ken and Mary’s Blue…

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Just Sitting On The Front Porch

Just Sitting On The Front Porch

Computer Painting by kenne

The Blues Project

They called it a project, a Blues Project, but really, it was a party — a party for family and friends to share happy times, talk about living life, and a love for good old blues music.

Once this party began there would be no stopping it, even when forced undercover of rain, friends laugh and talk about déjà vu the   evening had become.

Just sitting on the…

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Ken & Mary’s Blues Project — A Flashback Ken & Mary's Blues Project (11/16/09) -- Photo-Artistry by kenne

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Ken & Mary’s Blues Project: Part V — Tighten Up Archie Bell, Ken and Mary Harris (May 20, 2017) Image by kenne Video by kenne…

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Moe Hansum Band @ Ken & Mary’s Blues Project — The Last Waltz, 2017 Part I The blues is life itself. -- Billy Gibbons Images and Video by kenne

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Blues Project Revisited

Ken & Mary’s Blues Project with Ashton Savoy & The Moe Hansum Band (10/18/02) — Image by kenne

  Kenneth and Mary Harris produced house concerts for family and friends for over two decades in the piney woods of East Texas — 

  “House concerts are our life House concerts are our everything House concerts give us joy House concerts keep us happy House concerts keep us dancing.”

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Ken's Stuff and More Stuff

Ken’s Stuff and More Stuff

Kenneth Harris (May 20, 2017) — Image by kenne

“Stuff.” One of my favorite words is stuff.

“That’s Super Stuff!” “Make Stuff” “I Love Free Stuff” “The Good Stuff” “My Stuff” “Stuff in My Life” “Stuff That Works” “The Right Stuff” “How’s Your Stuff?”

There are so many variations on the use of the word stuff. This last May we attended the last “Ken and Mary’s Blues Project” house concert in Porter, Texas.…

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Ken’s Fence Panel

Ken’s Fence Panel

Ken’s Fence Panel

Ken’s Fence Panel

Ken’s Fence Panel

Ken’s Fence Panel

Ken’s Fence Panel

Ken’s Fence Panel

Ken’s Fence Panel

Panels in Kenneth Harris’s Fence, Porter, Texas — Images by kenne (Click on any image to see in a slideshow format.)

Currently, Ken’s fence has 31 panels and growing. I took photos of eight before the music started at Ken and Mary’s Blues Project, May 20, 2017, in Porter, Texas. His fence has got to be one of the most creative fences in Texas. Great work, Ken!

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Ken’s Art Fence — Photo Essay Panels in Kenneth Harris's Fence, Porter, Texas -- Images by kenne (Click on any image to see in a slideshow format.)

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Archie Bell at Ken and Mary’s Blues Project — Part III Archie Bell at Ken & Mary's Blues Project -- Computer Art by kenne Houston, Texas has a lot of legionary musicians, not the lease is Archie Bell.

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Blues Project -- Part II

Blues Project — Part II

Ken & Mary’s Blues Project — The Last Waltz Computer Art by kenne

Down the east Texas road, there is rain in the wind as the musicians’ setup for an evening of the blues with friends gathering  the last time at  Ken and Mary’s Blues Project, the best house concert ever.

In recent years we’ve missed some of the concerts in the woods having moved to the desert southwest, then last February we received word…

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Memories of East Texas

Memories of East Texas

Ken & Mary’s Blues Project (On a humid east Texas night the rain forced everyone to move inside) — Images and Video by kenne (Flickr Images)

Memories of East Texas keep drafting over Arizona mountains headed to El Paso, San Antonio, Houston where BBQ smoke floats through the piney woods and blues music heals the soul to make up the conscious past with the Last Waltz of Ken and Mary’s Blue Project. Ove…

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Music Sunday

This posting first appeared November 18, 2009.

Ray Bonneville at Ken and Mary’s Blues Project, November 18, 2009 — Images and video by kenne

I believe that all the little things in life add up to one’s life. So, it’s important to get them right, otherwise nothing else matters.  I’m here to tell you that Ken and Mary Harris have been getting it right for a long time.

They love people and they…