Get Down With It

August 28, 2020 Dave

Free form Friday this month. Lots of favorites to share with you as we reach out to our awesome first responders once more here in Sonoma County. August, our static month of warm weather, has turned on us this year (as has everything else) as climate change once more comes knocking on our front and back doors. We’ll try to work on two hours of musical distraction with NRBQ, Little Richard, O. C. Smith, Marlene Dietrich, and Merle Haggard…how’s that for a lineup? Songs about San Antonio, a little place called Hickory Holler, some Madeline Kahn, Tommy Dorsey, and Nina Simone covering Chuck Berry. Money is the root of all evil, and Julia Lee will remind you this Friday morning. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio once more at 9 Pacific on 92.5 FM, streaming to the world at freespeechnobull.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Richard	Get Down With it	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
3	Ivory Joe Hunter	You Can't Stop This Rocking and Rolling	Ivory Joe Hunter
4	Three Sharps And A Flat	That's The Rhythm	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
5	The Miller Sisters	Ten Cats Down	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3]
6	The Sensations	Let Me In	Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
7	Lou Rawls	Love Is A Hurtin' Thing	On The Soul Side
8	Irma Thomas	Hurtin' for Certain	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
9	Billy Joe Royal	It Keeps Right On Hurtin'	Greatest Hits
10	O. C. Smith	The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
11	Arthur Alexander	Genie in the Jug	Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
12	Frank Black	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	Honeycomb
13	Marlene Dietrich	The Boys In The Back Room	The Blue Angel
14	Madeline Kahn With Mel Brooks And Company	I'm Tired – Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
15	Jimmy Durante	Start Off Each Day With A Song	The Great Schnozzle
16	Ella Mae Morse	An Occasional Man	Singles 3
17	John Fogerty	Down On The Corner	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
18	Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven	The Music Goes Round And Round	Me & Orson Welles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
19	NRBQ	Music Goes Round And Around	Tiddly Winks
20	Nina Simone	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul
21	Merle Haggard	San Antonio Rose	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
22	Riders in the Sky	Down the Trail to San Antone	The Best of the West Rides Again
23	Junior Brown	Long Walk Back to San Antone	Long Walk Back
24	Bill Kirchen	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Dieselbilly Road Trip
25	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
26	Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	Minnie, My Mountain Moocher	Singing In The Rain
27	Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	Paddlin' Madelin' Home	Singing In The Rain
28	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Don't Save It Too Long (The Money Song)	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
29	The Andrews Sisters	Rum And Coca-Cola	20th Century Masters: Millenni
30	Dinning Sisters	Buttons And Bows	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
31	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	The Three Caballeros	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
32	Bob Hope, The Clark Sisters	That's Not the Knot	Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records
33	The Boswell Sisters	Wha'd Ja Do To Me?	The Object Of My Affection
34	Little Richard	Jenny Jenny	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
35	James Barnett	Keep On Talking	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters

Blues, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Theme Time

Discovering Document Records

August 23, 2020 Dave

Today’s Deeper Roots show explores the Document label once more but, this time, we’ll be asking Gary and Gillian to tell us more. They’ll share some personal anecdotes about what brought them to their life’s work. So many of us from the baby boomer generation discovered early roots music through covers by bands from our early years that led us to recurring moments of musical revelation. And many of us found ourselves digging, rummaging, exploring, collecting, and listening for those mother lodes of musical treasures that surfaced like bits of gold on that river of time that runs from ‘then’ to the ‘now’. It’s the second part of our interview with this delightful couple from across the pond. Hear their stories of connecting with this music and how it informed their life’s work with Document Records.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Lil' Son Jackson	Rockin' And Rollin'	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
3	Big Bill Broonzy	Key to the Highway	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Deeper Roots	Intro and Early Document w Johnny Part	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
5	Peetie Wheatstraw	Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
6	Big Bill Broonzy	Good Boy	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
7	Deeper Roots	Discovery of the Folk and Blues	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
8	The Rolling Stones	Confessin' The Blues	12 X 5
9	Deeper Roots	Buys Document	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
10	Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather	Kid Man Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
11	Deeper Roots	Impact of American Music	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
12	Josh White	Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out	In Chronological Order, Volume 6 (1944-45)
13	Deeper Roots	Hunting Swap Meets for Blues (With Music)	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
14	Gitfiddle Jim (Kokomo Arnold)	Paddlin' Blues	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
15	Deeper Roots	Growing Up with Music to the Beatles	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
16	Cliff Richard & The Shadows	Please Don't Tease	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
17	The Beatles	Anna (Go to Him)	Please Please Me
18	Deeper Roots	Closing Snippet 1	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
19	Deeper Roots	Document Projects	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
20	Walter 'Cowboy' Washington	Ice Pick Mama	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
21	Blind Willie McTell	Stole Rider Blues	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order – Volume 1 – 18 October 1927 to 23 October 1931
22	Deeper Roots	Musical influences	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
23	John Lee Hooker	Democrat Man	That's My Story
24	Bo Diddley	Pretty Thing	His Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
25	Deeper Roots	Early music loves	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
26	Freddie & The Dreamers	If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody	A's, B's & EP's
27	James Ray	If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody	Birth Of Soul: 3
28	The McCoys	Hang on Sloopy	Operation Dumbo Drop

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Favorites, Featured Music

Crazy Blues Centennial

August 15, 2020 Dave

It was the year 1920. One of the more important events in the annals of popular music in the United States occurred 100 years ago this month. Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds’ recording of Perry Bradford‘s tune “Crazy Blues” became an instant hit and was the first significant recording in the blues genre. And Mamie herself was also the first African American female popular singer to lead a commercial recording. This week on Deeper Roots we celebrate with the first installment of a show featuring two hours of music including two very special guests: Gillian and Gary Atkinson, proprietors of Document Records in the UK. I had a chance to interview the two about the label and about the dawn of blues and jazz recording including the early century social impact of black artists. A very special opportunity offered for a very special time. We’ll also hear about a recent video release called Searching for Secret Heroes, a resurrection of a long lost documentary made by Sam Charters, released by Document this past April.

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No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	American Roots Music [Disc 2]
3	Deeper Roots	Pre 20th Century – Gillian Atkinson Interview	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
4	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band	The Darktown Strutters' Ball	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band (Remastered)
5	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band	Memphis Blues	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band (Remastered)
6	Deeper Roots	Crazy Blues Recording – Gary/Gillian Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
7	Deeper Roots	Selling the Crazy Blues	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
8	Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band	Royal Garden Blues	The History of Jazz :The Swing
9	Mamie Smith	Mamma Whip! Mamma Spank!	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2
10	Edna Hicks	Hard Luck Blues (Pm 12023, 1629-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
11	Ma Rainey and Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders	Honey Where You Been So Long? (Pm 12200, 1701-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
12	Deeper Roots	The Circle of Musicians – Gillian Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
13	Hall Johnson Choir	St. Louis Blues	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
14	Jelly Roll Morton	Buddy Bolden's Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) [Album Version]	The Rose & The Briar
15	Deeper Roots	Document Records with Gary Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
16	Lovie Austin and Her Blues Serenaders	Traveling Blues (Pm 12255, 10005-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
17	Deeper Roots	Gillian and Gary Discussing Blues in the Jazz Age	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
18	The Hokum Boys	We Don't Sell It Here No More	Georgia Tom – Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (September 1928 – 5 February 1930)
19	Deeper Roots	Early Influentials in the Circles	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
20	Deeper Roots	Early Influentials in the Circles	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
21	Bessie Smith	I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	The Anthology
22	Deeper Roots	Searching for Secret Heroes Serendipity	Crazy Blues Centennial Interviews
23	Furry Lewis	John Henry	Searching For Secret Heroes
24	JD Short – Memphis Willie B	Alone In The Evening Hours	Searching For Secret Heroes
25	Hattie Heart	Coldest Stuff in Town	Searching For Secret Heroes
26	Trixie Smith and her Down Home Syncopators	Freight Train Blues (Pm 12211, 1767-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
27	Sippie Wallace With Clarence Williams' Blue Five	Baby I Can't Use You No More	The Complete Clarence Williams Sessions, Vol. 2 – 1923-1925
28	Sara Martin/Fats Waller	Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 1]
29	Lizzie Miles	Electrician Blues	Rude Dudes
30	Victoria Spivey and Her Hallelujah Boys	Black Snake Swing	The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-1937
31	Ida Cox	I've Got The Blues For Rampart Street	Black Swan Sampler
32	Mamie Smith	You Can't Keep A Good Man Down	Mamie Smith Vol. 1 (1920-1921)

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Fall of Empire

August 7, 2020 Dave

Authoritarianism right in our own backyard. What are the signs that we should concern ourselves with? Much has been revealed over the centuries of how power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. While our so-called checks and balances lay down in fear in the face of fascism and the childish fear of being made fun of by the playground bully, the innocents are called terrorists and the terrorists, patriots. Up is down and down is up, right? Music’s been made of the human condition over time and there’s also been books and countless political speeches…and we’re going to take our time today to share the music and speak of the ballot box which is our only weapon, it seems, in a democracy. When cowards and sycophants led by the GOP and Fox News pretend patriotism, we know we’re in trouble and we know that the hard rain is falling. Federal troops are attacking mothers, veterans, and peaceful protesters with impunity and there are no checks. There is no balance. As songwriter R. B. Morris observes, that’s how every empire falls…and you can tune in for inspiration as the August march on Washington is just around the corner.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Great Big Sea	End of the World	Great Big CD
3	Danko, Fjeld & Andersen	When Morning Comes to America	Danko / Fjeld / Andersen
4	Neil Young	Bound for Glory	Old Ways
5	Willie Nelson	Vote Em Out	Vote 'Em Out
6	Ray Charles	America The Beautiful	Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
7	Ry Cooder	Rally 'Round The Flag	Boomer's Story
8	The Abyssinian Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir	Battle Hymn Of The Republic	The Civil War
9	Johnny Cash	Ragged Old Flag	Ragged Old Flag
10	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind
11	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Jesus Children of America	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
12	R.B. Morris	That's How Every Empire Falls	Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
13	Simon & Garfunkel	America	Old Friends Disc 2
14	Paul Simon	American Tune	There Goes Rhymin' Simon
15	Neko Case & Her Boyfriends	Thrice All American	No Depression Compilation – What It Sounds Like Vol. 1
16	Dr. John	The Patriotic Flag-Waiver	Babylon
17	Steve Earle	Dear Old Flag	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
18	Jay & the Americans	Only in America	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
19	Jimmy Griggs	The Beginning Of The End	The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
20	William Elliot Whitmore	Civilizations	Radium Death
21	Dorothy Love Coates	The Kingdom Of Babylon Is Falling Down	A City Built 4 Square
22	Bob Dylan	Something's Burning, Baby	Empire Burlesque
23	Bruce Cockburn	Call It Democracy	World Of Wonders
24	The Trumpeteers	Babylon's Fallen	Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water
25	Jerry Lee Lewis	End Of The Road	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
26	Roy Zimmerman	The Liar Tweets Tonight	The Liar Tweets Tonight (Single)

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Monthly Archives: August 2020

Get Down With It

Discovering Document Records

Crazy Blues Centennial

Fall of Empire

A Century of America's Music