Blues, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

More Country Blues

March 25, 2017 Dave

We get serious about the deeper roots … going much deeper this evening, working mostly in pairs, exploring the blues from the Delta and beyond. Acoustic blues, played on the front porch with the evening sun finally set beyond the hill. Blues from the cabin if you will. We’ll hear acoustic sounds from Big Joe Williams, Son House, Honeyboy Edwards, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and many others including a small sampling of some contemporary performers. Sonoma County Community radio’s musical archives are brimming.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Son House	Clarksdale Moan	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]
3	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
4	Mississippi John Hurt	Spike Driver Blues	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
5	Chris Smither	Frankie & Albert	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
6	Big Joe Williams	Whistling Pines	Bluesville
7	Big Joe Williams	She Left Me A Mule To Ride	Shake Your Boogie
8	Julius Daniels	Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
9	Snooks Eaglin	Bottle Up And Go	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
10	Snooks Eaglin	Possum Up A 'Simmon Tree	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
11	Big Bill Broonzy	Plough-Hand Blues	Trouble In Mind
12	Big Bill Broonzy	Trouble In Mind	Trouble In Mind
13	Ry Cooder	Boomer's Story	Boomer's Story (Remaster 2013)
14	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	Good Morning Little School Girl
15	Mississippi Fred McDowell	This Little Light of Mine	Legends of the Blues
16	Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry	Dark Road	Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2
17	John Jackson	John Henry	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
18	David "Honeyboy" Edwards	Lay My Burden Down	White Windows
19	Little Sammy Davis	Hey Little Girl	This Is The Blues Harmonica
20	Muddy Waters	My Home Is In The Delta	Folk Singer
21	Muddy Waters	Country Boy	Folk Singer
22	Furry Lewis	Big Chief Blues	The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers
23	The Reverend Gary Davis	Samson & Delilah (If I Had My Way)	At Newport
24	Son House	Am I Right Or Wrong	Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The
25	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
26	Maria Muldaur	Soul Of A Man	Richland Woman Blues
27	Big Bill Broonzy	House Rent Stomp	Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order vol. 1
28	Gabriel Brown and His Guitar	Going My Way	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
29	John Jackson	Louis Collins	Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)
30	Big Joe Williams	Down In The Bottoms	Blues on Highway 49
31	Josh White	Strange Fruit (73475)	Josh White – The Remaining Titles (1941-1947)

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Rhythm & Blues & Soul

March 18, 2017 Dave

….’Cause it’s gotta have soul, rhythm, and blues to make the cut this week. That’s the answer to the question. We’ll look to a couple of iconic comedians from the late 70s to inspire us with a collection of sounds lifted from their albums…and their movies. Why not? Jake and Elwood teamed up with Stax legends Steve Cropper, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, and Duck Dunn to deliver punch after punch and we’re going to sample the best of it. We’ve got Willie Mabon, King Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Big Joe, The Robins, The Soul Survivors, and (of course) Aretha…all for you in a two hour rhythm & blues & soul extravaganza this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Aretha Franklin	Think	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
3	Aretha Franklin	Respect	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
4	James Brown	Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1	Gold Disc 1
5	Taj Mahal	Mr. Pitiful	Seqor Blues
6	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
7	King Floyd	Groove Me	In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1
8	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
9	Sam & Dave	Soul Man	The Best Soul Album In The World… Ever!
10	Otis Redding	I Can't Turn You Loose	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
11	Big Mama Thornton	Let Your Tears Fall Baby	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
12	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
13	Willie Mabon	I Don't Know	Atlantic Blues: Piano
14	Linda Hayes	Yes I Know	Atomic Baby
15	The Soul Survivors	Expressway to Your Heart	Striptease
16	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
17	The Contours	Do You Love Me	The Very Best of The Contours
18	James & Bobby Purify	Shake A Tail Feather	The Best Of
19	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly	Detroit Breakout! 1
20	The Playboys	Good Golly Miss Molly	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
21	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop and Fly	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
22	The Spencer Davis Group	Gimme Some Lovin'	Notting Hill
23	The Robins	Riot in Cell Block #9	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
24	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
25	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
26	Wilson Pickett	634-5789	The Very Best of Wilson Pickett
27	Johnnie Taylor	Cheaper To Keep Her	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
28	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
29	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Messin' With The Kid	Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics
30	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Born in Chicago	An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1
31	The Blues Brothers	(I Got Everything I Need) Almost	The Definitive Collection
32	Big Mama Thornton	They Call Me Big Mama	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
33	Margie Anderson	Yes I Know	Stompin' 25
34	Jackie Wilson	Baby Workout	Something's Got A Hold On Me
35	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
36	The Blues Brothers	Soul Man	The Definitive Collection

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Beer Thirty

March 11, 2017 Dave

One of the more popular topics that follows the Americana and roots landscape (aside from love, death, and the gospel) is the topic of ice cold beer. Beer in the morning, beer in the evening, beer at suppertime. And our show this week is a sampler of 30 plus tracks of (mostly) country, rockabilly, rock, some blues, and we’ll be including some vintage television commercials that celebrate the suds. So kick back with a cold one and tune that dial to Deeper Roots on KWTF with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific as he steps up to the bar and shares a wild assortment of songs about a cold brew or two…and we’re not talkin’ boojie coffee.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Amos Milburn Rocks
3	Smiley Maxedon	Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer [Album Version]	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Bubbles In My Beer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line
5	Willie Nelson	Bubbles In My Beer	One Hell Of A Ride
6	Andy Reynolds	Beer Bottle Mama	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
7	Garth Brooks/George Jones	Beer Run	God's Country: George Jones and Friends Disc 1
8	George Jones	Beer, Bait And Ammo	All Gone Fishin'
9	Derailers	Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music	Soldiers of Love
10	Dale Watson	Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint	The Best of the HighTone Years
11	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Drink the Beer Barrel Dry	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
12	Various	If You've Got The Time Miller Beer	BigKevNastyCD
13	Tom T. Hall	I Like Beer	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
14	Bob Woodruff	Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer	Dreams & Saturday Nights
15	Asylum Street Spankers	Beer	Spanker Madness
16	Johnny Russell	Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer	20 Hits
17	Whitney Rose	There's A Tear In My Beer	Heartbreaker of the Year
18	Stray Cats	Lookin' Better Every Beer	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
19	John Lee Hooker	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer	His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
20	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Hey Bartender, There's A Big Bug In My Beer	Blues Highway
21	Various	Bob Uecker Lite Beer Commercial	BigKevNastyCD
22	Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim	Beer Drinking Woman	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
23	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
24	Bessie Smith	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer [Album Version]	The Essential Bessie Smith
25	Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon	Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer	Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
26	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	Shut Up And Drink Your Beer	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
27	Various Artists	Falstaff Beer	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
28	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
29	Johnny Bond	Bartender's Blues	Put Me To Bed
30	Merrill Moore	Bartender's Blues	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
31	The Texas Tornados	In Heaven There Is No Beer	!Esta Bueno!
32	Washboard Hank	Beer Cans Down The Trans Can	Human Beans
33	Reverend Horton Heat	Beer Holder	Laughin & Cryin
34	Eddie Noack	Beer Drinkin' Blues	Psycho
35	James Mask	Beer Drinking Blues	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4

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Cool Down R&B

March 5, 2017 Dave

Mellow R&B from a broad spectrum of performers who made a mark in the decade or so that preceded rock ‘n roll’s infancy. Indeed, they participated in the birth of the form with a sound that included the vocal quartet, jump and swing, and an incessant beat that could not be ignored. We’ll hear from the ‘feisty females’ of the day: Varetta Dillard, Blue Lu Barker, Big Maybelle, and Bernice Gooden right alongside Buddy Johnson’s Orchestra, the Three Bits of Rhythm, The Cats & the Fiddle, and Luke Jones and the Orchestra. Deeper Roots digs into a collection of tracks, some familiar, some from so deep in the archives that the dust is part of the sound, on another Friday evening of American roots sounds for Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)	Rock 'N' Roll	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
3	Luke Jones and His Orchestra	Rompin' the Boogie	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
4	Butch Stone & His Orchestra	Ooh, Look A There Ain't She Pretty	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
5	Three Bits of Rhythm	Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
6	Bebopper Lulu and Her Orchestra	Mellow Scat	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
7	Slim Gaillard	Rhythm Mad	Laughing in Rhythm: Groove Juice Special [Disc 2]
8	Three Bits Of Rhythm	The Man That Comes To My House	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
9	Coleman Brothers	Raise A Rukus Tonight	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
10	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
11	Nappy Brown	Pitter Patter	The R&B Years 1955 – Vol 2
12	Teddy Bunn With The Hootie McShann Trio	In The Oven	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
13	The Herb Fisher Trio	Don't Want Nobody Else	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
14	Luke Jones & His Orchestra	Jump Me Some Boogie	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
15	Gene Phillips	Women, Women, Women	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
16	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
17	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr Percy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
18	Varetta Dillard	Promise Mr Thomas	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
19	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra	Fine Brown Fame	The Best of Buddy's
20	Bernice Gooden	Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter (On A Teen-Age Date)	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
21	Little Willie Littlefield	Hello Kats	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
22	Bob Gaddy	Come On Little Children	The Classic Old Town Records
23	Bob Gaddy	Could I?	The Classic Old Town Records
24	The Cats & The Fiddle	Mr. Rhythm Man	The Very Best Of
25	Effie Smith	Be On Your Merry Way	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
26	Linda Hayes	What's It To You, Jack	Atomic Baby
27	Johnny Alston and His Orchestra	Everything Will Be Alright	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
28	Blue Lu Baker	Here Is a Little Girl	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
29	Hadda Brooks	I Feel So Good	I've Got News For You [Disc 1]
30	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	It Comes in Like a Lion	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1
31	Big Maybelle	Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
32	Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	The Robins	That's What The Good Book Says	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
34	The Cats & The Fiddle	Gang Busters	The Very Best Of
35	Black Cats and the Kitten	You Better Ask Somebody	Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3

Free Form – February 2017

March 2, 2017 Dave

We return to a free form blend of American roots this February evening. Our topics are of the varietal kind including a collection of blues including the Cocaine Blues, the Guitar Blues, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, Frisco Blues, and Evil Hearted Man Blues. We’ll also bring up the topics of Civilization with Louis Prima, Old Fashioned Love with The Mills Brothers, and Emmett Miller will delight the crowds with his jelly roll song. It’s R&B, blues, country, jazz and rock on a Wednesday evening in West County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Blues Stay Away from Me	10
3	Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang	Black And Blue Bottom	Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-333 Remastered [Disc 1]
4	Erskine Hawkins	Tuxedo Junction	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
5	Whispering Jack Smith	Crazy Rhythm	Me & My Shadow
6	Ruth Etting with piano accompaniment by Rube Bloom	It All Belongs To Me	Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things
7	Ted Lewis	Aunt Hagar's Blues	Is Everybody Happy Now?
8	Lew Stone	The Continental	The Art Deco Music Collection: Falling In Love Again
9	The Mills Brothers	Old Fashioned Love	Sweeter Than Sugar
10	Louis Prima	Civilization	Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
11	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Anticipation Blues	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
12	Bob Wills	Mississippi Delta Blues	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
13	Emmett Miller	The Blues Singer (From Alabam')	Minstrel Man From Georgia
14	Fruit Jar Guzzlers	Stack-O-Lee	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
15	Mountain Mountaineers	Dirty Dog Blues	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
16	Emmett Miller	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll	Minstrel Man From Georgia
17	Jimmie Rodgers	Never No Mo' Blues	The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
18	Billy Hughes	Cocaine Blues	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 12
19	Dick Curless	Evil Hearted Man Blues	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
20	The Allen Brothers	Frisco Blues	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
21	Bill Cox	Georgia Brown Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
22	Carlisle & Ball	Guitar Blues [Album Version]	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
23	Al Bernard Accompanied By The Goofus Five	Hesitation Blues	Okeh Western Swing
24	Levon & The Hawks	Honky Tonk	A Musical History [Disc 1]
25	Charlie Musselwhite	Pea Vine Blues	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
26	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
27	The Peppers	It Wouldn't Be The Same	Foot Stompin'
28	Little Willie John	Sleep	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
29	Sam Cooke	Having a Party	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
30	Leon Redbone	Sweet Substitute	Any Time
31	Tiny Bradshaw	Shout, Sister, Shout (09-29-34)	Breaking Up the House [Disc 1]
32	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Every Day	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
33	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
34	The Deep River Boys	Shake, Rattle and Roll	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
35	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Stack-O-Lee	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]

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