Listen To The Music

Friday mornings feature a two-hour journey through sound, soul, and even a dash of storytelling from the past century of America’s music. Tune in as Dave Stroud weaves an eclectic blend of genres that don’t always share a shelf, but definitely share a spirit. From the aching twang of country ballads to the velvet grooves of soul, as well as the thumping rhythms of rock…we’ve got it all. We’ll also be adding a touch of gospel to uplift and some shimmering pop in the show today. Legends and unsung heroes side by side—think John Fogerty easing into a track from BR5-49, or some classic Charlie Musselwhite introducing the soulful sounds of Solomon Burke. This isn’t a greatest hits show—it’s a feeling. It’s about the moments when music surprises you, connects you, and makes you feel more you. So whether you’re tuning in from the road, the living room, or somewhere in between, turn it up and let the music take you somewhere new..

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Mel Blanc Money Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four Amazon
3Louis Armstrong It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Pottery Barn Dinner At Eight Just Desserts Amazon
4Frank Sinatra (Love Is) The Tender Trap The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
5Elvis Presley Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
6Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires Never Ending From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters [Disc 2] Amazon
7Robert Gordon Fire Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials Amazon
8The Supremes Nothing But Heartache Gold Disc 1 Amazon
9Marvin Gaye Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
10Candi Staton In The Ghetto Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 2] Amazon
11Charlie Musselwhite Siboney Continental Drifter Amazon
12Solomon Burke What Good Am I? Make Do With What You Got Amazon
13Little Willie John Leave My Kitten Alone ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 Amazon
14Fats Domino Please Don't Leave Me Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
15Cookie & the Cupcakes Mathilda Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
16Charles Senns Dig Me A Crazy Record One More Record Please Amazon
17Johnny Burnette The Train Kept A Rollin' Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
18Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do The Brenda Lee Story: Her Grea Amazon
19Marshall Crenshaw Donna the Prima Donna (Bonus Track) Jaggedland Amazon
20Leon Russell Dixie Lullaby Leon Russell [Bonus Track] Amazon
21The Bobby Fuller Four Love's Made A Fool Of You The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
22John Fogerty Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
23BR5-49/Kay Adams Mama Was A Rock (Daddy Was A Rolling Stone) Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
24Southern Culture on the Skids Too Much Pork for Just One Fork Exposed Roots: Best of Alt. Country Disc 2 Amazon
25The Doobie Brothers Listen To The Music Toulouse Street Amazon
26Buffalo Springfield On The Way Home Retrospective – The Best of Buffalo Springfield Amazon
27Elvin Bishop Fooled Around and Fell In Love 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection The Best of Elvin Bishop Amazon
28Sister Rosetta Tharpe My Journey To The Sky Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record Amazon
29Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers Where Shall I Be 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
30Mahalia Jackson I'm On My Way The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
31Stephen Stills Do for the Others Stephen Stills Amazon
32Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) Pocket Full Of Rain The Low Highway [+digital booklet] Amazon
33Emmylou Harris Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight (Remastered LP Version) Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town (Remastered) Amazon

High On The Hog!

We’ll be rolling back our Hillbilly Wayback Machine to the year 1950 for romance in high pants at the barn dance. Country music really hadn’t yet caught on as a genre so a lot of the music we’ll share today had the misfortune of being coined “hillbilly music”; a blend of silver screen cowboy nostalgia for the lone prairie alongside swinging arrangements and occasional ballads of the heart. You even had yourself some down-home novelty and syncopated vocals that looked out at that land beyond the sun where the tumbleweeds bounced across the horizon. Without further waxing of the poetic, we’ll let you know that you’ll be treated to some very best from under the blanket of the prairie sky including the likes of Smiley Burnette, Jimmy Wakely, Tin Ear Tanner, Zeb Turner and Leon Chappel. These weren’t necessarily the big hits but they were honky tonk and jukebox favorites. Drop in and find out.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Gene Autry Dear Heart and Gentle People Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3] Amazon
3Hank Penny Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
4The Sons Of The Pioneers Land Beyond The Sun My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 4] – Riders In The Sky) Amazon
5Smiley Burnette and The Ewing Sisters It's My Lazy Day The Singing Cowboys Collection Amazon
6Ella Mae Morse The Blacksmith Blues Time-Life – Your Hit Parade: The Early '50S Amazon
7Tex Williams I Lost My Gal From Memphis Vintage Collections Amazon
8Hank Snow I'm Movin' On (Mono) Snow Country Amazon
9Jimmy Wakely Dust The Melody Kid – 1940-51 Amazon
10Audrey Williams I'm Telling You 1948-1951 (Warped 5021) Amazon
11Hank Williams Lovesick Blues 24 Greatest Amazon
12Leon Chappel You Hear Me Talkin' Automatic Mama Amazon
13Red Foley Choc'late Ice Cream Cone Hillbilly Fever [Disc 2] Amazon
14Tennesee Ernie Ford Anticipation Blues Southern Belle [Disc 2] Amazon
15Jimmie Dolan It Had To Come Someday Juke Box Boogie Amazon
16Bill Haley Susan Van Dusan Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1 Amazon
17Tennessee Ernie Ford Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1] Amazon
18Red Foley Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon
19Ernest Tubb The Lovebug Itch Ernest Tubb – The Texas Troubadour – Writers Galore [Disc 4] Amazon
20Zeb Turner Boogie Woogie Lou I've Got The Boogie Blues Amazon
21Al Dexter Hi-De-Ho Boogie On A Saturday Night Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag) Amazon
22Casey Simmons Juke Box Boogie Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
23Johnny Bond Mean Mama Boogie Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
24Hank Penny Bloodshot Eyes King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
25Hank Penny What You've Got King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
26Tin Ear Tanner I Used To Work In Chicago Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
27Shot Jackson & Webb Pierce I Need You Like A Hole In The Head Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood Amazon
28Oakie Jones Love Fever Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
29Jimmie Davis The Poodle Dog Song Doggone Country Amazon
30Roy Rogers & Dale Evans with Foy Willing & The Riders Of The Purple Sage May the Good Lord Take a Likin' to You (Dale Evans Foy Willing Riders of the PS) The Roy Rogers Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
31Red Kirk It's Raining In My Heart Red Kirk "The Voice of The Country" Amazon
32Hank Snow Breakfast With the Blues (Stereo) Snow Country Amazon
33Little Jimmy Dickens Out Of Business The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
34Lefty Frizzell My Baby's Just Like Money Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
35Spade Cooley (voc. Ginny Jackson & Les Anderson) Hillbilly Fever Crossroads In Cowtown Amazon
36Johnny Bond It Ain't Gonna Happen To Me Put Me To Bed Amazon
37Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy The Essential Recordings Amazon
38Hank Williams Cold, Cold Heart 24 Greatest Amazon

John Prine 79

We lost John Prine to COVID in 2020. We’re going to celebrate his 79th birthday along with the rest of his fans this morning as two new movies are on the horizon at just the right time. The two movies differ in their angles: one being a new tribute produced by his wife Fiona Whelan Prine called “You Got Gold” and the other is one produced by the Hello In There Foundation called “How Lucky Can One Man Get” which has its first screening this month in Denver. With today being his birth date, we’ll be doing a few different takes on John’s career in music including a couple reminiscences from Todd Snider and Steve Poltz who delivers a delightful memory of a trip to the Disney Store with John. There’s a reason that John is considered an American music treasure: as a songwriter he has few peers with his straight-ahead and simple sensibility. He delivered the goods as well as any of the legendary humorists , and that includes Mark Twain. Drop on in for something special this Friday morning.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Sturgill Simpson Paradise Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 Amazon
3John Prine My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
4The Brother Brothers Dear John The January Album Amazon
5Kacey Musgraves Burn One With John Prine Demos Amazon
6John Prine Fish and Whistle Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
7Carsie Blanton Fishin' with You Fishin' with You – Single Amazon
8Brandi Carlile I Remember Everything Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 Amazon
9Steve Poltz A Trip To The Disney Store Steve Poltz Remembers Amazon
10John Prine Souvenirs Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 12 The Heartland And Canada Amazon
11John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
12Justin Townes Earle Far From Me Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Amazon
13Donnie Fritts The Oldest Baby in the World Lucky 13 Amazon
14John Prine Color of the Blues (feat. Susa For Better, Or Worse Amazon
15Tommy Prine Ships in the Harbor Ships in the Harbor – Single Amazon
16Tommy Prine Cash Carter Hill This Far South Amazon
17Todd Snider John Prine (Live) Live: Return of the Storyteller Amazon
18John Prine with Peter Cooper I Sang The Song Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song Amazon
19Tammy Wynette Unwed Fathers Tears Of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
20Holly Williams/John Prine I'm Telling You For Better, Or Worse Amazon
21John Prine Kelsey Waldon Love At The Five & Dime More Than A Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith Amazon
22John Prine Summers End The Tree of Forgiveness Amazon
23Swamp Dogg Please Let Me Go Round Again (feat. John Prine) Sorry You Couldn't Make It Amazon
24Laurie Lewis Why'd You Have to Break My Heart_ (for John Prine) Trees Amazon
25John Prine That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
26John Prine Hey Ah Nothin' Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Amazon
27John Prine I Remember Everything I Remember Everything Amazon
28Kris Kristofferson Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine) The Essential Kris Kristofferson Disc 2 Amazon

Mean Old Frisco

It’s a City (with a capital ‘C’ to locals) whose cultural history practically hums with musical possibilities. This is due in large part to how the city has always been a meeting point for restless ideas and diverse communities. From the Gold Rush boomtown that lured fortune-seekers from every continent, to the Beat poets of North Beach and the psychedelic counterculture that turned Haight-Ashbury into a world stage, it’s been an easy mark for songwriters. This week’s show will visit that blend of beauty, grit and idealism with performances for and about San Francisco. Join us for a whole batch of vintage sounds covering any old genre we care to share with the likes of Harry “The Hipster” Gibson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Linda Martell, and, of course, Tony Bennett. We’ll celebrate from a short distance away with memories of Broadway, the fog rolling through the Golden Gate, and that endless palette of imagery and mood that is a living chorus always ready to be set to music.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Sound Of The City KSFO 560 – San Francisco 78s Amazon
3Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
4Logan Ledger The Lights Of San Francisco Logan Ledger Amazon
5Chris Isaak San Francisco Days San Francisco Days Amazon
6Journey Lights Journey's Greatest Hits Amazon
7Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged Amazon
8Linda Martell San Francisco is a Lonely Town (Remastered 2022) Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) Amazon
9Sugar Pie DeSanto Hello, San Francisco (Part I) Putumayo Presents: American Blues Amazon
10The Teskey Brothers San Francisco Run Home Slow Amazon
11Otis Redding (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay The Dock of the Bay Amazon
12Little Walter Mean Old Frisco Blues With A Feeling [Disc 2] Amazon
13Charlie Musselwhite When The Frisco Left The Shed Mississippi Son Amazon
14Richie Havens San Francisco Bay Blues Mixed Bag Amazon
15Eric Lindell Here In Frisco Matters Of The Heart Amazon
16Mark Spoelstra San Francisco Zoo Song Out Of My Hands Amazon
17Marty Robbins San Francisco Teardrops San Francisco With Fond Memories Amazon
18Dom Flemons San Francisco Baby Prospect Hill Amazon
19Jimmy Martin Fly Me To Frisco – 1973 Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] Amazon
20Johnny Paycheck The Ballad Of Frisco Bay Nowhere to Run: the Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970 Amazon
21Merle Haggard Return to San Francisco Like Never Before Amazon
22Harry "The Hipster" Gibson I Flipped My Wig In San Francisco Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? Amazon
23Connie Russell Foggy Night In San Francisco San Francisco – With Fond Memories Amazon
24Ramblin' Jack Elliott San Francisco Bay Blues South Coast Amazon
25Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T. San Francisco (Soundtrack Version) The 30s: Hollywood's Best Amazon
26Tee Vee Toons Streets Of San Francisco Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's Amazon
27Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Mean Ole Frisco That's All Right (Mama) Amazon
28Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton Lonesome Frisco Line [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
29Memphis Minnie 'Frisco Town Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
30Scott McKenzie San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) San Francisco – With Fond Memories Amazon
31Cab Calloway & His Orchestra San Francisco Fan Jazz Noire (Darktown Sleaze of 1940s L.A.) Amazon