420 Music

It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll hear mellow sounds from Trixie Smith, Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats, winsome themes from Fountains of Wayne, snark from The Harlem Hamfats, and recent relevance from The Devil Makes Three. While April 20th has passed, the topic is a lively one here in California these days and we’re mostly on friendly terms with the weed…even for those that don’t imbibe. The fact is, we have the freedom to do so if we so choose, right?

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Fountains Of Wayne Planet Of Weed Traffic And Weather Amazon
3Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson Roll Me Up (Album version) Heroes Amazon
4Hugh Laurie The Weed Smoker's Dream Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
5Bea Foote Weed The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
6Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy All The Jive Is Gone The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
7Buck Washington Save The Roach For Me The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
8Don Redman & His Orchestra Chant of the Weed When Hemp Was Hip Amazon
9Buster Bennett Reefer Head Woman Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947) Amazon
10Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats Weed Smoking Mama Memphis Highway Stomp Amazon
11The Toyes Smoke Two Joints Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2 Amazon
12Harlan Pepper Reefer The Alternate Root 420 Sampler Amazon
13Neil Young Roll Another Number (For The Road) Tonight's The Night Amazon
14Trixie Smith Jack I'm Mellow The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
15Ray Charles Let's Go Get Stoned Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
16Barney Bigard Sextet Sweet Marihuana Brown The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
17The Cats & The Fiddle Killin' Jive The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
18Fats Waller The Reefer Song Last Testament His Final Recor Amazon
19Cab Calloway Reefer Man The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
20Tampa Red & The Chicago Five I'm Gonna Get High The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
21The Harlem Hamfats Weed Smokers' Dream The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
22Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
23Larry Adler Smoking Reefers The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
24Ella Fitzgerald With Chick Webb & His Orchestra Wacky Dust The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
25The Devil Makes Three Champagne And Reefer Redemption & Ruin Amazon
26Bob Dylan & The Band Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 [Live] The Complete, Historic "Isle Of Wight" Concert, 1969 (Remixed and Remastered 2013) Amazon
27Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin' Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie Putomayo Presents Zydeco Amazon
28KC & the Sunshine Band I Get Lifted 25th Anniversary Edition Disc 1 Amazon
29Rick James Mary Jane Old School Friday Amazon
30Ringo Starr The No No Song Blast From Your Past Amazon

Jazz Fest 2017

We had a chance to catch the first weekend of JazzFest in New Orleans a couple of weeks back and thought it would be a good free form collection to share with everyone…so that’s what’s going to be on the bill this week on Deeper Roots. Music from Kermit Ruffins, The Sweet Olive String Band, Aaron Neville, Steve Riley, The Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. John, and an eclectic collection that you’ll just have to wait to be surprised by. Tune into Community Radio for Sonoma County and find your festive mood on a Spring evening.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Kermit Ruffins; The Barbeque Swingers What Is New Orleans Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series: Season Two Amazon
3Deacon John Going Back To New Orleans New Orleans Amazon
4Henry Butler Mama Roux Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series: Season Two Amazon
5Rebirth Brass Band Take It to the Street Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series: Season Two Amazon
6Dirty Dozen Brass Band Junko Partner Medicated Magic Amazon
7Trombone Shorty Ooh Poo Pah Doo Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
8Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Jock-A-Mo (Iko Iko) #imsoneworleans Amazon
9Kermit Ruffins Exactly Like You We Partyin' Traditional Style Amazon
10Kermit Ruffins When It's Sleepy Time Down South We Partyin' Traditional Style Amazon
11Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers At Last (feat. Nayo Jones) #imsoneworleans Amazon
12Anders Osborne Ho-Di-Ko-Di-Ya-La-Ma-La Americana Roots Songbook: Louisiana Amazon
13The Mavericks Nitty Gritty Mono Amazon
14Galactic Sugar Doosie Into the Deep (Deluxe Edition) Amazon
15Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Creole Stomp (Happytown) Happytown Amazon
16BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet Two Step De Port Arthur From Bamako to Carenro Amazon
17Sweet Olive String Band Jackson Blues Sweet Olive String Band Amazon
18Aaron Neville Little Bitty Pretty One My True Story Amazon
19Buddy Guy (Baby) You Got What It Takes (feat. Joss Stone) Born To Play Guitar Amazon
20William Bell Poison In The Well This Is Where I Live Amazon
21James Winfield Hallelujah, I Love Her So Lonely Lonely Nights Amazon
22James Winfield Lonely, Lonely, Nights Lonely Lonely Nights Amazon
23Marc Broussard feat. Sam Bush Rising Sun Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2] Amazon
24Snoop Dogg California Roll (feat. Stevie Wonder) BUSH Amazon
25Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amour My Cherie Amour Amazon
26Harry Connick, Jr. Muskrat Ramble 25 Amazon
27Allen Toussaint with Rhiannon Giddens Rocks in My Bed Oxford American Music Issue – Visions of the Blues Amazon

That High Lonesome Sound

There can be no room for more rain here in Sonoma County. Spring is here and summer’s only a festival away….so we’ll celebrate the warmer side of Spring with an exploration of the bluegrass sounds of Bill Monroe and others, all tunes being selected for their ability to express what became to be known as that ‘high lonesome sound’.  Included in the mix will be Del McCoury, Jimmy Martin, Peter Rowan, Ralph Stanley, and a many others on a night that celebrates that ‘voice from on high’ and discourages the direction down that ‘wicked path of sin’. All for you on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ricky Skaggs & Joan Osborne On The Old Kentucky Shore Big Mon – The Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
3Bill Monroe A Voice From On High Cover to Cover: The Originals, Vol. 2 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Wicked Path Of Sin All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4] Amazon
5The Stanley Brothers Hills of Roan County 16 Greatest Hits Amazon
6Vern And Ray Cabin On a Mountain Cabin On A Mountain Amazon
7Ralph Stanley The Old Crossroad Poor Rambler [Disc 2] Amazon
8The David Thom Band Memories Of Mother And Dad The Thief Amazon
9Peter Rowan, Greg Garing Letter From My Darling True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
10Bill Monroe/Ralph Stanley Letter from My Darling Saturday Night & Sunday Morning Disc 1 Amazon
11The Stanley Brothers Meet Me By the Moonlight High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
12Del McCoury Bluest Man in Town Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 2) Amazon
13Blue Highway Wicked Path Of Sin Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1 Amazon
14Martin, "King" Jimmy/Marty Stuart The Mississippi Mudcat and Sister Sheryl Crow Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best Amazon
15Jimmy Martin On and On Don't Cry To Me Amazon
16Jimmy Martin & Ralph Stanley Old Cross Road First Time Together Amazon
17Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys My Little Georgia Rose Bill Monroe: Anthology Amazon
18Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Get Down On Your Knees and Pray Bill Monroe: Anthology Amazon
19Tim O'Brien Highway Of Sorrow Legend Lives on-a Tribute to Bill Monroe Amazon
20Bill Monroe Highway of Sorrow Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 3] Amazon
21Del McCoury High On the Mountain Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 2) Amazon
22Del McCoury On the Lonesome Wind The Family Amazon
23Alan O'Bryant, Del McCoury Get Down On Your Knees And Pray True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
24Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys True Life Blues Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys live recordings 1956-1969 Amazon
25Bill Monroe And Doc Watson Memories of You Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2 Amazon
26Ricky Skaggs Remember the Cross Soldier of the Cross Amazon
27The Seldom Scene Little Georgia Rose High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
28Bill Monroe With Body and Soul High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
29Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1 Amazon
30Mac Wiseman It's Mighty Dark To Travel Grassroots To Bluegrass Amazon
31Don Reno & Red Smiley I Know You're Married But I Love You Still God Old Country Ballds Amazon
32Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line Amazon
33Old and in the Way High Lonesome Sound That High Lonesome Sound Amazon
34Charlie Haden A Voice From On High Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon

Resist!

We’re going to share some political sounds from the past and present on Deeper Roots in a show that expresses the sentiments of resistance and free speech. Tune in for some new music from The Drive-By Truckers and Bruce Springsteen as well as some powerful voices from the past: Gil Scott-Heron, Phil Ochs, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Public Enemy, Merle Haggard, and…well…the list just doesn’t seem to lack for talent and passion.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Black Eyed Peas Power To The People Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur [Disc 2] Amazon
3Mimi & Richard Farina House Un-American Blues Activity Dream Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics Amazon
4Leonard Cohen The Old Revolution Songs From A Room Amazon
5Phil Ochs I'm Going To Say It Now Farewells & Fantasies [Disc 1] Amazon
6Phil Ochs I Ain't Marching Anymore Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics Amazon
7Woody Guthrie Vigilante Man The First Rays Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
8Norman & Nancy Blake Starving To Death On The Government Claim The Hobo's Last Ride Amazon
9Pete Seeger Round And Around Hitler's Grave The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
10Joan Baez I Pity The Poor Immigrant Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics Amazon
11Pete Seeger We Shall Not Be Moved Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics Amazon
12Merle Haggard Politically Uncorrect Singles Amazon
13Pete Seeger Which Side Are You On? The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
14Tom Morello Ease My Revolutionary Mind Note Of Hope Amazon
15Joe Grushecky That's What Makes Us Great MP3 Mastered New Band Project Amazon
16Steve Earle Rich Man's War The Revolution Starts Now Amazon
17Bob Dylan Political World Chronicles, Vol. 1 Amazon
18C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers Get Your Rights, Jack Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles) Amazon
19Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters Amazon
20Tracy Chapman Talkin' Bout a Revolution Tracy Chapman Amazon
21Country Joe & The Fish Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer The Collected Country Joe & The Fish: 1965-1970 Amazon
22Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
23Tom Paxton If The Poor Don't Matter Redemption Road Amazon
24Drive-By Truckers Guns Of Umpqua American Band Amazon
25SNCC Freedom Singers; Neblett, Charles Governor Wallace Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles) Amazon
26Roy Zimmerman Someday (We Shall Overcome) The Faucet's On Fire Amazon
27SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell Dog, Dog Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles) Amazon
28John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Power To The People Gimme Some Truth [Disc 1] Amazon

Lazy Day Lullabies

t’s the softer side of Americana sounds from the last 100 years. Digging into the dusty digital bins, Deeper Roots host Dave Stroud will keep the waters calm in the face of the storm that swirls around us. Love songs, songs of wistful desires, trips to the seashore cabin, and instrumentals for dreamers all take center stage in a collection of sounds from the mellow side. We’ll hear pop from Dean Martin, country from Charlie McCoy and Merle Haggard, rock from Mark Knopfler and Roy Orbison, and some soul sounds from Sam Cooke and Irma Thomas.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Santo & Johnny Lazy Day Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
3Jason Wilber Your Destiny Lazy Afternoon Amazon
4Merle Haggard Goin' Away Party Unforgettable Amazon
5Charlie McCoy Walkin' After Midnight Classic Country Amazon
6J.J. Cale After Midnight The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
7The Mills Brothers Lazy River Best of the Decca Years Amazon
8John Prine & Mac Wiseman Old Cape Cod Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
9Neil Young One of These Days Harvest Moon Amazon
10Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars You Got Me Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
11Waylon Jennings Dreaming My Dreams With You Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris Amazon
12Kevin Russell Lay Down Your Burden You Don't Know Me Amazon
13Dean Martin Sleepy Time Gal Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song Amazon
14Bob Hope, Shirley Ross Two Sleepy People Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957 Amazon
15Leo Reisman & His Orchestra Lazy Lullaby Society Swing Amazon
16Willie Nelson Blue Hawaii Honeymoon in Vegas Amazon
17The Arthur Lyman Group Yellow Bird Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6 Amazon
18Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler Tahitian Skies Neck and Neck Amazon
19Dire Straits Ticket To Heaven On Every Street Amazon
20Roy Orbison Ride Away Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68 Amazon
21Leon Russell Lady Blue Retrospective Amazon
22Randy Newman Baltimore The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 Amazon
23Bill Frisell Poem For Eva Good Dog, Happy Man Amazon
24Sam Cooke Bring It on Home to Me Greatest Hits Amazon
25Irma Thomas River Is Waiting Simply Grand Amazon
26Mississippi John Hurt Since I've Laid My Burden Down Immortal Amazon
27John Prine Speed of the Sound of Loneliness German Afternoons Amazon
28John Fogerty Back Home Again The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again Amazon
29Calvin Cooke Since I Laid My Burden Down The Best Of Sacred Steel Amazon
30Louis Armstrong When It's Sleepy Time Down South The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3] Amazon