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A&E NEWS GOV. MIKE BEEBE has officially proclaimed May 13 to be “Sunshine” Sonny Payne Day to commemorate the 17,000th broadcast of the radio host’s iconic show on KFFA AM, 1360, in Helena, “King Biscuit Time,” the longest running daily blues show in the country. A Peabody Award winner and a member of the Blues Hall of Fame, Payne has been cited as an influence by such artists as B.B. King, Levon Helm, Robert Plant and Elvis Costello. The first episode of the show was broadcast in 1941 and featured musical guests Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Lockwood Jr. WELL HERE’S A WELCOME COMEBACK: Chris Denny, who was Arkansas’s most promising musical talent for so long that he seemed destined to remain forever stuck on a “greatest that never was” list, is back on the path. Last week, the Wall Street Journal debuted the first song from Denny’s first album in seven years. It’s called “Our Kind of Love,” and it features guest vocals from the Heartless Bastards’ Erika Wennerstrom. A full-length album, produced by Asleep at the Wheel’s Dave Sanger, a Grammy winner, is due Aug. 5 on Partisan Records. It’s called “If the Roses Don’t Kill Us.” The Wall Street Journal noted that people were crying at the end of Denny’s set at SXSW in Austin, where Denny now lives. THE ARKANSAS SHAKESPEARE THEATRE has announced that its eighth season will open June 5 at The Village at Hendrix College, with a production of “Two Gentlemen of Verona.” The summer lineup will continue with performances of “Pippin” (2013’s Tony Award winner for “Best Revival of a Musical,” opening June 11), “Hamlet” (opening June 20 at the Reynolds Performance Hall at UCA), and “The Comedy of Errors” (aimed at young audiences, opening June 24). Tickets to the Reynolds Performance Hall productions of “Hamlet” and “Pippin” are $28; tickets for “The Comedy of Errors” are $10. All outdoor performances of “Two Gentlemen of Verona” are “pay what you can” (with a $15 per person suggested donation). For more information about tickets or subscriptions, call the box office at 1-866-8100012 or visit arkshakes.com.
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