Early Gospel Blues

Gospel music informed much of the music from the early century and the blues took it’s soul and inspiration from many passages. Numerous street corner buskers promoted the scripture and many, like Blind Willie Johnson, Gary Davis, Oda Mae Terrell, and Mother McCollum were known as musical evangelists in addition to their place in the church. And the spirituals also informed the music of Blind Boy Fuller, Charley Patton, Barbecue Bob, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and so many early blues men and women. We’ll sample a few and take our Friday evening show with some reverence and grit.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Washington Phillips Denomination Blues – Part 1 Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues Amazon
3Mississippi John Hurt Praying On The Old Camp Ground Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings Amazon
4Mother McCollum Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951) Amazon
5Mother McCollum Oh Lord I'm Your Child Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951) Amazon
6Blind Lemon Jefferson He Arose From The Dead The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2] Amazon
7Blind Joe Taggart And Joshua White Scandalous And A Shame (Pm 12780, 20942-4) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
8Sam Collins I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart Complete Recorded Works 1927-31 Amazon
9Barbecue Bob When The Saints Go Marching In Complete Recorded Works Vol 1 Amazon
10Blind Willie Johnson I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues Amazon
11Charley Patton Lord I'm Discouraged Blues Images Presents: 1920's Blues Classics Vol.14 Amazon
12Bukka White I Am In the Heavenly Way Masters Of The Delta Blues: The Friends Of Charlie Patton Amazon
13Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler) Heaven Is My View Backwoods Blues (1926-1935) Amazon
14Lil McClintock Sow Good Seeds 21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10 Amazon
15Blind Nesbit Gussie Pure Religion Vol. 2-(1929-34) Amazon
16Blind Gussie Nesbit Canaan's Land When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936 Amazon
17Skip James Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader Complete Early Recordings Amazon
18Blind Boy Fuller Precious Lord Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55) Amazon
19Blind Boy Fuller Must Have Been My Jesus Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55) Amazon
20Josh White Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues Amazon
21Josh White Lord, I Want To Die Easy Complete Recorded Works 1929-1940 Vol. 2 Amazon
22Blind Willie McTell I Got Religion I'm So Glad (w/ Kate McTell) The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago Amazon
23Bull City Red I Feel Like Shoutin' Blues And Gospel From The Eastern States (1935-1944) Amazon
24Memphis Minnie Let Me Ride Memphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4] Amazon
25Brownie McGhee Done What My Lord Said The Complete Brownie McGhee [Disc 2] Amazon
26Jimpson & Group No More My Lord Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959 Amazon
27Sister O. M. Terrell God's Little Birds Country Gospel 1946-1953 Amazon
28Rev. Gary Davis Get Right Church Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs Amazon
29Reverend Gary Davis I Am The Light Of This World Harlem Street Singer Amazon
30Blind Willie McTell Lord Have Mercy If You Please Pig 'n Whistle Red Amazon
31Sister Rosetta Tharpe Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record Amazon
32Sister Rosetta Tharpe Saviour Don't Pass Me By Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1 Amazon
33Big Joe Williams King Jesus Shake Your Boogie Amazon

Free Form – Old Records

Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Irma Thomas Old Records If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
3Lewis Bronzeville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
4Leon Redbone Sweet Lorraine Any Time Amazon
5Los Lobos Goodnight My Love El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4) Amazon
6The Treniers Good Rockin' Tonight They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Amazon
7The Larks Rockin' in the Rocket Room Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
8The Swallows Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
9Irma Thomas Girl Needs Boy Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
10Norah Jones How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
11Arthur Alexander Every Day I Have to Cry Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter Amazon
12Arthur Alexander Anna The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
13Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson Texas Bop The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
14The Mavericks Hey Tonight (Bonus) Quiero Creedence Amazon
15The Texas Tornados Little Bit Is Better Than Nada 4 Aces Amazon
16Don Santiago Jimenez Sr Ay Te Deja San Antonio Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
17Linda Ronstadt El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull) Mas Canciones Amazon
18Dwight Yoakam This Time This Time Amazon
19Lefty Frizzell Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More) Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk Amazon
20Charlie Walker Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk Amazon
21Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys What It Means To Be Blue Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Felix Arndt Desecration Rag The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon
23The Sunshine Boys It's Unanimous 1929-1931 – The Complete Set Amazon
24Ted Weems & His Orchestra From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928) Amazon
25Danny Kaye Civilization Danny Kaye The Best of Amazon
26Tampa Red Shake It Up a Little The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936) Amazon
27Louis Armstrong & All His Stars The Younger Generation When you're smiling Amazon
28Louis Armstrong A Kiss To Build A Dream On Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong – Demo Amazon
29Bob Dylan The Love That Faded The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
30Charlie Louvin Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham) Charlie Louvin Amazon
31Vince Gill Randall Knife This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2 Amazon
32Modern Hicks Wings Of A Dove Tornado Alley Amazon
33Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon

A Dreamer’s Holiday

Sit back and relax. Today’s Deeper Roots takes on a quieter mood with easy and sweet pop melodies from the past century. Dreamy classics from the American Songbook featuring the likes of Ray Charles, Leon Redbone, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, The Pied Pipers, and many more. From the 1930s to the 2010s, this week’s show contains the polish of moonlight, the wisp of clouds against a blue sky, and a trip to the Isle of Golden Dreams. Something to ponder…a dream or two…adrift like smoke rings in low light. All for our West County fans on Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Leon Redbone A Dreamer's Holiday Up A Lazy River Amazon
3Solitaire Miles Darn That Dream Melancholy Lullaby Amazon
4Mama Cass Dream A Little Dream Of Me Dream A Little Dream Of Me Amazon
5The Pied Pipers Dream It's Been A Long, Long Time – Music Of The War Years Vol 3 Amazon
6Roy Orbison Dream You've Got Mail Amazon
7The Prisonaires Dreaming Of You The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain Amazon
8Sam Cooke Smoke Rings The Rhythm And The Blues Amazon
9Little Jimmy Scott Street of Dreams Glengarry Glen Ross Amazon
10Dr. John Blue Skies Afterglow Amazon
11Bill Frisell & Petra Haden I've Got A Crush On You Petra Haden And Bill Frisell Amazon
12k.d. lang Skylark Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Amazon
13Les Paul & Mary Ford Drifting and Dreaming Lovers' Luau Amazon
14Peggy Lee Is That All There Is? The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1 Amazon
15Patti Page Old Cape Cod Your Hit Parade – 1957 Amazon
16Ray Charles Moonlight In Vermont Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
17Roy Orbison In Dreams The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 4] Amazon
18Neil Young Dreamin' Man Harvest Moon Amazon
19Willie Nelson A Dreamer's Holiday Without a Song Amazon
20Keely Smith You Go to My Head The Essential Capitol Collection Amazon
21Frank Sinatra September Song The Reprise Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
22Dean Martin Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song Amazon
23Dean Martin Hit The Road To Dreamland Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song Amazon
24The Ink Spots Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat Greatest Hits Amazon
25Leon Redbone If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Double Time Amazon
26Les Paul My Isle Of Golden Dreams Les Paul: Guitar Wizard Amazon
27Waylon Jennings Dreaming My Dreams With You Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2 Amazon
28Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
29Nat King Cole Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole [Disc 2] Amazon
30Alden Howard/Dick Hyman I'll See You in My Dreams Sweet and Lowdown Amazon
31Tony Bennett I Wanna Be Around Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Amazon

Superstition

Superstition and luck are the topics for our theme show on a Friday night in Sonoma County on community radio. Deeper Roots explores those superstitious topics of charms, clovers, black cats, and numerology this week.  Join Dave Stroud for blues from the Wolf, Lucille Bogan, and Albert King; county star power from Skeets McDonald, Ernest Tubb, and Elvis; plus a lot of special treats including tracks from Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Casey Bill Weldon, Joe Barry, and Larry Campbell. We’ll also be wishing on star power from Cliff Edwards and Petra Haden…and four leaf clover luck from Nick Lucas, Bill Haley, and Al Miller. From the turn of the century to a couple of contemporary sounds.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Chris Thomas King Superstitious Blues Me, My Guitar and the Blues Amazon
3Ernest Tubb Since That Black Cat Passed My Path Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1 Amazon
4Howlin' Wolf I Ain't Superstitious Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
5Casey Bill Weldon Jinx Blues Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
6Lucille Bogan Superstitious Blues (Hooch House Blues) Complete Recorded Works – Volume 2 Amazon
7Al Miller I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
8Bobby "Blue" Bland Friday The 13th Child His California Album Amazon
9Stevie Wonder Superstition Talking Book Amazon
10Dr. John I Been Hoodood Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
11Louis Jordan Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
12Al Reed Hoodoo The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (American Horror Songs 1930s – 1950s) Amazon
13Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Bad Luck If You Don't Know Me By Now Amazon
14Dusty Springfield Spooky Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Amazon
15Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings Spooky Anyway The Wind Blows Amazon
16Bill Frisell & Petra Haden When You Wish Upon A Star Petra Haden And Bill Frisell Amazon
17Robert Johnson Wish Upon A Star Close Personal Friend Amazon
18Koko Taylor Born Under a Bad Sign The Best of Koko Taylor Amazon
19Larry Campbell Bad Luck Charm Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
20Elvis Presley Good Luck Charm Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3) Amazon
21Joe Barry Four Leaf Clover I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1 Amazon
22Bill Haley Four Leaf Clover Blues Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1 Amazon
23Nick Lucas I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips Amazon
24Skeets McDonald Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
25Cliff Edwards When You Wish upon a Star 40 Your Hit Parade Amazon
26War Spill the Wine Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) Amazon
27Johnny Otis & Marci Lee Casting My Spell on You Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
28Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
29William Bell Born Under A Bad Sign This Is Where I Live Amazon
30Billy Boy Arnold Cell No. 13 Blues Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
31Brownie McGhee Secret Mojo Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
32Screamin' Jay Hawkins I Put a Spell on You Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon

Truck Drivin’ Songs

White line fever…that endless gray ribbon…asphalt mixed with bennies…and a whole lot of attitude around semis, mile markers, county mounties, and bobtail returns. Terminology you won’t hear too much on our show…except for this show which shares the songs of the long-haulers. Bill Kirchen, Red Simpson, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard are just a sample of the performers joining in the fun where Cliff Bruner & His Boys introduce us to the first truck driving song “Truck Driver Blues” right up to that bad boy honky tonkin’ guitar trucker Dale Watson. You can’t escape the 18 wheel energy on Sonoma County Community Radio…straight from the Bakersfield asphalt to yours.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dick Curless A Tombstone Every Mile (1) A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969) Amazon
3Red Simpson Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
4Lyle Lovett The Truck Song Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Amazon
5Joe Ely White Line Fever Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
6Marty Stuart Truck Drivers' Blues Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down Amazon
7Bill Kirchen Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man Tied to the Wheel Amazon
8The Sons Of The Pioneers Diesel Smoke Country Legends Amazon
9Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956 Amazon
10Bill Neely I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy Texas Law & Justice Amazon
11Bob Ensign Midnight Trucker Front Porch Pickin': Bluegrass Instrumentals ('60s) Amazon
12Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun Semi-Truck Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
13Red Simpson Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
14Jimmy Martin Truck Driving Man Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
15Buck Owens Truck Drivin' Man Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
16Norton Buffalo Eighteen Wheels Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Amazon
17Dale Watson Been A Long Truckin Day The Trucking Sessions Vol 3 Amazon
18Merle Haggard Truck Driver's Blues Working In Tennessee Amazon
19Buck Owens Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
20Dave Dudley Six Days On The Road Classic Country Amazon
21Bill Kirchen Mama Hated Diesels Seeds and Stems Amazon
22Cliff Bruner & His Boys Truck Driver's Blues (1939) The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3] Amazon
23Jess Willard Truck Driver's Boogie Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
24Jimmy Martin Truck Driver's Queen Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
25Parker Millsap Truck Stop Gospel Parker Millsap Amazon
26Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch Truck Driver's Blues It's A Good Day Amazon
27Jim Lauderdale Diesel, Diesel, Diesel The Other Sessions Amazon
28Leon Russell Truck Drivin' Man Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
29BR5-49 18 Wheels And A Crowbar Big Backyard Beat Show Amazon
30Bill Kirchen Roll Truck Roll Tied to the Wheel Amazon
31Dale Watson Jack's Truck Stop & Cafe I Hate These Songs Amazon
32Little Willies Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves For the Good Times Amazon