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Steel Guitar Retrospective

August 3, 2019 Dave

We’ll be serenading you with some island melodies, country tunes, and rock, all featuring the steel guitar, an instrument whose origins take us back to the late 19^th and early 20^th century invention by native Joseph Kekuku. The music this Friday features some early Hawaiian popular influences including Sol Ho’opi, Hoot Gibson, and King Nawah’s Hawaiians. The focus moves to mid-to late century greats featuring Pete Drake, Buddy Emmons, Buster Martin and Speedy West. The popularity of the ‘island sound’ in the early century brought us the sound of steel across many genres, including gospel, folk, blues, and country. Spend a couple of hours on an August morning in Sonoma County taking a journey from Hawaii to Forth Worth.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	King Nawahi's Hawaiians	Hawaiian Capers	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
3	Trio De Hawaii	Melodias Populares Mexicana	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
4	Sol Ho'opi'i	Singing The Blues	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
5	Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette	An Orange Grove in California	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
6	Hoot Gibson	Mai Givee (Don't Give It Away)	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
7	Kalama's Quartet	Sassy	Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
8	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Heat Wave	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
9	Sol Ho'opi'i	I Like You	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
10	King Nawahi's Hawaiians	Under a Texas Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
11	Madame Riviere's Hawaiians	Ellis March	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
12	Buster Martin	Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 10]
13	Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians	Bob & Jim by The Waters of Minetonka	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
14	Jim & Bob	The Song of the Range	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
15	Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys	I Won't Stand in Your Way	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
16	Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons	Singing Strings Of Steel	The Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds
17	Lone Star Playboys	Steel Guitar Bounce	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
18	Albert Lee	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
19	Howard White	Steel Guitar Swallow	Western Swing And Steel Instrumental
20	Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar	For Pete's Sake [Instrumental]	For Pete's Sake [Gusto]
21	Pete Drake	Pedal Jumpin'	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
22	Speedy West	Stainless Steel	Steel Guitar
23	Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys	Hot Steel	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
24	Jerry Byrd	Hilo Steel Guitar	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
25	Bob Wills	Texas Playboy Rag	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
26	Doc Watson	Steel Guitar Rag	Memories
27	Bobby Lee	Steel Guitar Rag	Quasar Steel Guitar
28	Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Journey To The Beginning – A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds
29	Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman	Hawaiian Cowboy	Four Hands Sweet & Hot
30	Bob Brozman	Dinah	Devil's Slide
31	Bob Brozman	Just As Well To Let Her Go	A Truckload of Blues
32	Bob Brozman	Let's Get It Stomp	A Truckload of Blues
33	Spade Cooley	Spadella	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
34	Sonny Treadway	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Sacred Steel Guitar
35	Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians	Saint Louis Blues	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story

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Remembering Mac Wiseman

July 26, 2019 Dave

Mac Wiseman spoke with a roots music magazine in 2006, reflecting on his career in music. “Not to sound too critical, but the ‘bluegrass’ classification was the worst damned thing ever happened to me,” he observed. “Up until then I was getting as much airplay as Marty Robbins or Ray Price.” But it was his voice, those golden pipes, that will be remembered sweetly. In 1946 he moved to Knoxville and found a gig playing with country singer Molly O’Day on radio and in the studio recording that would catapult him into a career in bluegrass; first with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and then, Bill Monroe. We take some time to look at all sides of Mac’s music, from bluegrass to country and rock to pop. A truly American treasure.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Flatt & Scruggs	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered [Album Version]	16 Biggest Hits
3	Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks	The Tramp On The Street	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4	Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks	Poor Ellen Smith	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
5	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Travelin' This Lonesome Road	All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4]
6	Mac Wiseman & The Country Boys	Crazy Blues	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
7	Mac Wiseman	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered
8	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	1953-X6-XX Grand Old Opry
9	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs	I'm Going to Make Heaven My Home	1948-1950 (Warped 4890)
10	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs	Baby Blue Eyes	1948-1950 (Warped 4890)
11	Flatt & Scruggs	My Cabin In Caroline	Flatt & Scruggs 1948-1952 [Bear Fam. [Disc 1]]
12	Mac Wiseman	Jimmy Brown The Newsboy	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
13	Mac Wiseman	Fireball Mail	London American Label Year By Year 1956
14	Mac Wiseman	I Like This Kind Of Music	Teenage Hangout
15	Mac Wiseman	Teenage Hangout	Teenage Hangout
16	Mac Wiseman	One Mint Julep	Teenage Hangout
17	Shawn Camp	Going Back To Bristol	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
18	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	New Moon Over My Shoulder	Mac Doc Del
19	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	Mac Doc Del
20	David Grisman w/Mac Wiseman	You're The Girl Of My Dreams	Life Of Sorrow
21	Mac Wiseman	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes	Old Likker In A New Jug
22	John Prine with Peter Cooper	I Sang The Song	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
23	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Blue Eyed Elaine	Standard Songs for Average People
24	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
25	The Osborne Brothers with Mac Wiseman	I've Always Wanted To Sing In Renfro Valley	The Essential Osborne Brothers Collection
26	Mac Wiseman	The Wreck of the Number Nine	Songs From My Mother's Hand
27	Mac Wiseman And The Osborne Brothers	I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home	Mountain Music Collection, Vol. 4: "Farm & Home Hour "
28	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
29	Sierra Hull with Justin Moses	The Guitar	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
30	Mac Wiseman with Alison Krauss	Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
31	Bill Monroe	Can't You Hear Me Callin'?	1947-1949 (Warped 4988)
32	Mac Wiseman	I'm Moving On	Teenage Hangout

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Too Darn Hot

July 21, 2019 Dave

One way to lounge about in the summer heat is to go directly at it with songs that complement the temperature from different angles (and genres). Tune in Saturday afternoon for a fresh look as Dave sits in for Steady Eddie once more with some rockabilly with Jimmy Simmons and Billy Lee Riley, hot country biscuits from Asleep at the Wheel and Al Dexter, hot soul stew from James Brown and Major Lance, and some humid yet playful pieces from Fats Waller and Lee Press-on & The Nails. We’ll also be taking a drone flight above some Mason-Dixon Line tradition from the very distant past with the Old South Quartette (featuring Polk Miller), and Victoria Spivey and Don Flemons. It’s summer and the heat will be with us for some weeks; too hot to handle? Too darn hot? Too hot for (fill in the blank)? Join this hot little collection in a special fill-in on a Saturday afternoon in Sonoma County. At least it’s a dry heat.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Too Darn Hot	Music & Moonlight
3	Iris DeMent	Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart	Infamous Angel
4	Old South Quartette	When De Corn Pone's Hot	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
5	Al Dexter	Hot Foot Shuffle	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
6	Lonnie Johnson	Hot Fingers	Hot Fingers
7	Asleep at the Wheel	Hot Like That	Reinventing the Wheel
8	Jimmy Simmons	Too Hot To Handle	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
9	Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets	Hot Tamale Pete	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
10	Johnny Carroll	Hot Rock	Classic Rockabilly
11	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
12	Lee Press-On & the Nails	Hot for Teacher	Lee Press-On & the Nails
13	Stephane Grappelli	Hot Lips	Stephane Grappelli
14	Robert Johnson	They're Red Hot	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1
15	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
16	Dom Flemons	Hot Chicken	Prospect Hill
17	Austin Lounge Lizards	Hot Tubs of Tears	Creatures from the Black Saloon
18	Major Lance	Too Hot To Hold	The Very Best Of Major Lance
19	James Brown	Hot Pants	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
20	The Steve Miller Band	Hot Chili	Number 5
21	Tommy Douglas	Hot Sauce	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
22	Jay McShann	Hot Biscuits	R&B Jukebox Hits 1949 – Vol. 1
23	Stompy Jones	Hot Sause Boss	That's Alright
24	Jimmie Lunceford	Le Jazz Hot	Strictly Lunceford: [Disc 3]: For Dancers Only
25	Fats Waller	Red Hot Dan	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 3]
26	Jimmy Durante	Hot Patatta	The Great Schnozzle
27	Victoria Spivey	I'm A Red Hot Mama	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
28	Memphis Minnie	Hot Stuff – Take 2	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
29	Julie London	Hot Toddy	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 18: Bottoms Up
30	George Benson with Jack Mc Duff	Hot Barbecue	George Benson & Jack McDuff
31	Ella Fitzgerald	The Hot Canary	The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951
32	Mr. Sad Head	Hot Weather Blues	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]

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Fat Daddy

July 19, 2019 Dave

“…crazy ’bout that woman ’cause Caldonia is her name”. Tune in for a mix of sounds coming from the free form archives, celebrating a century of America’s music as is the habit each Friday morning at 9 on Sonoma County Community Radio. We’ll be exploring the Cherry Red Blues, Evil Gal Blues, and Louis Jordan’s jump piece Caldonia as part of our show today. Country sounds feature two Georges: Strait and Jones, soul sounds from The Miracles and Arthur Alexander, rhythm & blues from the ladies including Varetta Dillard, Etta James, and Albinia Jones, and an oddball opening set that takes us down into some strange and exotic places “Ahbe Casaba” and “Katanga!”

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dinah Washington	Fat Daddy	Rock 'N' Roll Early Years – Vol. 3
3	Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm	Katanga!	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
4	Classie Ballou	Classie's Whip	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
5	Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers	Police	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
6	Kip Tyler	Shadow Street	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
7	Jimmy Rushing	Where Were You	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
8	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
9	Fats Waller	Believe It Beloved	Honeysuckle Rose
10	The Three Riffs	Cherry In My Lemon And Lime	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
11	Big Joe Turner	Hollywood Red (Cherry Red Blues)	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 1]
12	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Cherry Red Blues	Lost Time
13	Aretha Franklin	Evil Gal Blues	Aretha Sings The Blues
14	Albinia Jones	Evil Gal Blues	Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938)
15	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
16	Varetta Dillard	I Can't Help Myself	Got You On My Mind
17	The Browns	You Can't Grow Peaches On a Cherry Tree	Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529)
18	Ersel Hickey	Bluebirds Over The Mountain	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
19	George Strait	All My Ex's Live In Texas	50 Number Ones [Disc 1]
20	George Jones	Just One More	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
21	Ned Miller	From A Jack To A King	Classic Country
22	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)	The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2]
23	The Spinners	It's a Shame	One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1
24	Arthur Alexander	Cry Like A Baby	The Monument Years
25	Wilson Pickett	I Found A True Love	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 2]
26	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	Rock & Roll Never Forgets	Night Moves
27	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
28	Lil Palmore	Lil's Caldonia Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
29	Van Morrison	Caledonia Swing	Keep Me Singing [LP]
30	The Five Stars	Where Did Caldonia Go	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
31	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
32	Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band	You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry	Swingin' by Request
33	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	Cry Baby	Birth Of Soul: 1
34	Full Tilt Boogie Band/Janis Joplin	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
35	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival

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Hot Piano Rhythms

July 13, 2019 Dave

Celebrate this week with some rocking boogie woogie, country, and rhythm and blues with a special emphasis on the pounding of the ivories. We’ll put the speakers to the test as the rug gets thrown aside and the neighbors all celebrate and rocking good time with Fats, Ella Mae and Her Boogie Woogie Seven, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Merrill Moore, Moon Mullican and a host of others. Tune in for Beer Bottle Boogie, Cherokee Boogie, and Crazy Rhythm as the piano is given the top billing. A hundred years of American music with the focus on good…no, great…music. Friday morning antics coming your way on Sonoma Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
3	Asleep at the Wheel	Cherokee Boogie	Back to the Future Now – Live at Arizona Charlie's
4	Merrill Moore	Snatchin' And Grabbin	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
5	Ray Charles	Jumpin' in the Mornin'	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
6	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
7	Madonna Martin	Madonna's Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
8	Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven	Down The Road Apiece	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
9	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
10	Professor Longhair	Boogie Woogie	New Orleans Piano
11	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
12	Dr. John	Mess Around	Definitive Pop Collection
13	Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'	The Joint Is Jumpin'
14	Albert Ammons	Bass Goin' Crazy	Best of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 1
15	Marylin Scott	Beer Bottle Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
16	Jack Mc Vea	Bartender Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 6]
17	Lucky Millinder	Bongo Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
18	Memphis Slim	Dedication to Pete Johnson	Classic Piano Blues
19	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Peter Johnson's Orchestra	Half Tight Boogie	The Small Groups – Boogie Woogie
21	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Moon Mullican	Bottom Of The Glass	The Very Best Of
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	What'd I Say	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
24	Bobbie Nelson	Boogie Woogie	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
25	Cliff Jackson	Crazy Rhythm	World Of Jazz – The Jazz Piano
26	Piano Red	Do She Love Me	Live And Feelin' Good (The Blues Collection Vol.68)
27	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
28	Pinetop Perkins	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	Let's Drink Some Juice…
29	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Big Joe Rocks
30	Hadda Brooks	Stompin' The Boogie (aka Bully Wully Stomp)	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
31	The Boogie Woogie Boys, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons	Boogie Woogie Prayer – Part 1	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
32	Dr. John	Good Night, Irene	Goin' Back To New Orleans
33	Amos Milburn	Down the Road Apiece	Amos Milburn Rocks
34	Adrian Rollini Trio	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

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Red River Valley

July 7, 2019 Dave 1 Comment

Deeper Roots will be filling in for Steady Eddie’s show this week while Eddie takes a well-deserved vacation. And Dave Stroud is jumping into those two hours with a nostalgic mix of Stephen Foster, western campfire trail songs, and silver screen sendups of life on the trail. Join the fun with some classic Bob Wills, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Driftwood, and John Hartford as we listen to those crickets callin’ and those coyotes makin’ their wail. Listening to the music as the wind is strummin’ a sagebrush guitar. A hundred years of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
3	Cowboy Jack Clement	Beautiful Dreamer	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
4	John Hartford	Lorena	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
5	Clint Eastwood	Claudia's Theme/Main Title – Unforgiven	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
6	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
7	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
8	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
9	Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
10	Kirk Douglas	And The Moon Grew Brighter	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
11	Jimmie Driftwood	When I Swim the Golden River	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
12	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
13	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
14	Willie Nelson	Sugar Moon	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
15	Bob Wills	Sugar Moon	1946 (Warped 4677)
16	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Along The Navajo Trail	Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy
17	Asleep at the Wheel	Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
18	Merle Kilgore	Nevada Smith	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Tumbling Tumbleweeds – The RCA Victor Years Voume 1
20	Tex Ritter	High Noon	Famous Country Music Makers
21	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
22	Elmer Bernstein: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra	The Magnificent Seven	Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein
23	Jason Isbell	Johnny Reb, That's Me	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
24	Jay Unger And Molly Mason With Fiddle Fever	Ashokan Farewell	Songs Of The Civil War
25	Johnny Bond	Red River Valley	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
26	Roy Rogers	Don't Fence Me In	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
27	Frankie Laine	Gunfight At O.K. Corral	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
28	Asleep at the Wheel	South of the Border (with George Strait)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
29	Asleep at the Wheel	San Antonio Rose	Western Standard Time
30	Ennio Morricone	The Good, The Bad And The Ugly	Stick It In: A Virgin Compilation
31	Jay Unger, Paul Roebling & David McCullough	Ashokan Farewell – Sullivan Ballou Letter	The Civil War

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Dave Bartholomew Tribute

July 5, 2019 Dave

Dave Bartholomew passed away in June at the age of 100. You may not know his name, but he was one of the architects of a sound that would become rock n’ roll. A New Orleans fixture he was a band leader, trumpet player, arranger, producer, and songwriter whose keen ear and direction led him to become A&R man for Imperial Records where he met Fats Domino. His songwriting and arrangements can be heard on “Blueberry Hill”, “Ain’t That a Shame”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, and hundreds more. Early rock has the signature of Dave Bartholomew just as the music of New Orleans would become identified with the expansiveness of jazz and rhythm & blues. We’ll hear early influences and early productions of Dave’s, prior to his collaborations with Fats Domino. And, as always, so much more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jewel King	3×7=21	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]
3	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
4	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	This Is Gold Disc 3
5	Smiley Lewis	One Night	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
6	Elvis Presley	One Night	Artist of the Century Disc 1
7	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
8	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
9	Dave Bartholomew	The Monkey Speaks His Mind	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
10	Chuck Willis	Going To The River	Let's Jump Tonight! The Best Of Chuck Willis from 1951 – '56
11	Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life)	Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]
12	Professor Longhair	Whole Lotta Loving	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
13	Dave Bartholomew	Shrimp And Gumbo	1952-1955
14	Snooks Eaglin	Yours Truly	Complete Imperial Recordings
15	Fats Domino	The Big Beat	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
16	Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
17	Dave Bartholomew	My Ding a Ling	Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2
18	Chuck Berry	My Ding-A-Ling	Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969 to 1974
19	Neil Young	Walking To New Orleans	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2]
20	Doug Sahm	My Girl Josephine [Live]	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm
21	Smiley Lewis	Blue Monday	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
22	Snooks Eaglin	By the Water	Complete Imperial Recordings
23	Berna Dean	I Walk In My Sleep	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
24	Fats Domino	Tell Me That You Love Me	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
25	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Let The Four Winds Blow	Rock 'n' Roll City
26	Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knockin'	The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1
27	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Hello Josephine	The Hard Stuff
28	John Lennon	Ain't That A Shame	Gimme Some Truth [Disc 4]
29	Jools Holland	Be My Guest	Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska
30	Robbie Robertson With Galactic	Going To The River	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1]
31	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	That's How You Got Killed Before [Album Version]	The New Orleans Album
32	Fats Domino	Walking to New Orleans	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
33	Fats Domino	I Want to Walk You Home	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
34	Smiley Lewis	How Long	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25

Songs of Goffin & King

June 29, 2019 Dave

A couple of months ago we featured about 20 minutes on a songwriter special featuring the music of the husband and wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. We’ll take a bit more time in this week’s show sharing their tunes with you. From the Brill Building onwards, their songs easily defined the soundtrack for a generation of young Americans of the 1960s. Light-hearted love songs, songs of reflection, and dreamlike hooks were the order: Carole the tunes and Gerry the lyrics. Join Dave Stroud in a look back featuring the music of The Cookies, Earl Jean, Lou Rawls Skeeter Davis, and many more on a Friday evening on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Cookies	Chains	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
3	Gene Pitney	Every Breath I Take	Anthology: 1961-1968
4	Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 2: Mid-'60s
5	Tammy Montgomery	Make The Night A Little Longer	Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection
6	Freddie Scott	Hey, Girl	Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
7	Maxine Brown	Oh No Not My Baby	Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On
8	Skeeter Davis	I Can't Stay Mad At You	Early Girls: 1
9	Little Eva	The Loco-Motion	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
10	Dusty Springfield	That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) [*]	Dusty in Memphis [Deluxe Edition]
11	The Righteous Brothers	Just Once in My Life	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3
12	The Drifters	Some Kind of Wonderful	Drifters' Golden Hits
13	The Drifters	Up on the Roof	Drifters' Golden Hits
14	Maurice & Mac	So Much Love	Chess Uptown Soul
15	Carole King	It Might As Well Rain Until September	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
16	The Cookies	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
17	The Crystals	He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
18	The Chiffons	One Fine Day	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
19	The Ronettes	Is This What I Get for Loving You?	The Best of the Ronettes
20	The Blossoms	So Much Love	So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998
21	Earl-Jean	I'm Into Something Good	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
22	The Byrds	Goin' Back	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
23	Lou Rawls	I Can't Make It Alone	The Essential Lou Rawls [Disc 2]
24	Chuck Jackson	I Need You	The Very Best Of Chuck Jackson 1961-1967
25	Carole King	Will You Love Me Tomorrow?	Tapestry
26	Dusty Springfield	Some Of Your Lovin'	The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield
27	Gene McDaniels	Point of No Return	The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
28	Bobby Vee	Take Good Care of My Baby	Absolutely the Best
29	Bobby Vee	Sharing You	Absolutely the Best
30	Carole King	Smackwater Jack	Tapestry
31	Taj Mahal	Take A Giant Step	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
32	Dusty Springfield	Goin' Back	The Silver Collection
33	Nils Lofgren & Grin	Goin' Back	The Best of Nils Lofgren & Grin: The A&M Years

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Back to Back Blues

June 21, 2019 Dave

We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Turtle Island String Quartet	Crossroads	A Little on the CD Side
3	Muddy Waters	Trouble No More	Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959)
4	The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars	Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)	Blues Blues Blues
5	Black Cats And The Kitten	Step It Up And Go [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
6	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Step It Up And Go	Blues Highway
7	Robert Wilkins	That's No Way to Get Along	Roots of Rock
8	The Rolling Stones	Prodigal Son	Beggars Banquet
9	Elmore James	One Way Out	The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1]
10	John Hiatt	One Way Out	All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
11	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
12	Jeff Beck	I Ain't Superstitious	Truth
13	Big Joe Williams	Baby Please Don't Go	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14	Tom Rush	Baby Please Don't Go	Town and Country Blues
15	Elmore James	Dust My Broom	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
16	Sonny Landreth	Dust My Broom	Bound by the Blues
17	Howlin' Wolf	Back Door Man	Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
18	John Hammond	Backdoor Man	The Best Of
19	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
20	Dr. John	Wang Dang Doodle	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
21	Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie	When the Levee Breaks	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
22	Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton	When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1	Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
23	Bukka White	Parchman Farm Blues	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
24	Rory Block	Parchman Farm Blues	Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White
25	Blind Willie McTell	Statesboro Blues	RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1]
26	Taj Mahal	Statesboro Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
27	Robert Johnson	Stones in My Passway	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
28	Roy Rogers	Stones in My Passway	Slide of Hand
29	The Allman Brothers Band	Statesboro Blues	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
30	The Allman Brothers Band	Trouble No More	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1

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Jumpin’ Jack

June 15, 2019 Dave

Free form provides our weekly exploration a wider berth in which to stretch our wings. And that’s precisely why I take a free form journey every week or so on Deeper Roots. This week we’ll be featuring at least two tracks from the great Ella Mae Morse, some R&B and Doo Wop from The Cardinals and Ruth Brown, a rare track you may never hear elsewhere featuring the late, great Dr. John, and selected tracks from John Prine, Nat King Cole, The Orlons, and a golden classic country favorite from George Jones. We’re just scratching the surface as we sail through two hours of gospel, tradition, pop, rock, country, bluegrass (inhale), blues, and jazz. Don’t miss this week’s Friday stroll on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Mae Morse	Jumpin' Jack	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
3	Ruth Brown	Daddy Daddy	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
4	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
5	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
6	Dr. John	Let's Make A Better World (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
7	Big Joe Turner	Hide and Seek	Big Joe Rocks
8	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Everyday	The Gospel of Blues
9	The Clara Ward Singers	Traveling Shoes	Meetin' Tonight!
10	Maria Muldaur	Travelin' Shoes	Waitress In a Donut Shop
11	Blind Alfred Reed	You Must Unload	Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
12	Ry Cooder	You Must Unload	The Prodigal Son
13	Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna	El Watusi	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
14	Orlons	The Wah-Watusi	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1
15	Ricky Nelson	Travelin' Man	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
16	J.J. Cale	Travelin' Light	Troubadour
17	Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman	Travelin' Light	Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1]
18	Nat King Cole	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
19	Bert Kaempfert	Wimoweh	That Happy Feeling
20	S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds	Mbube	The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48)
21	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Travelin' Blues	Same Train, A Different Time
22	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Papa's on the House Top	Lost Time
23	Dave Alvin	Don't Look Now	West of the West
24	John Prine/Susan Tedeschi	Color of the Blues	For Better, Or Worse
25	George Jones	Color Of The Blues	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
26	Steve Earle	Hillbilly Highway	Guitar Town
27	Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids	Custer	Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
28	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
29	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Travelin'	Playback Disc 6
30	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
31	Cousin Joe	How Come My Dog Don't Bark?	…..From New Orleans'

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