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Early Blues Women

Early Blues Women
Early Blues Women

We’ll take you to the early century when jazz was bubbling up in every urban quarter…Chicago, New York, New Orleans, Kansas City, and beyond. Our focus will be on the fringes where blues women would establish themselves with stories of cheating, stealing, and mean mistreating. The economy of the early twenties generated the disposable income for Victrolas, radios, and shellac recordings and the Great Migration from the south brought with it a culture that would affect the American music landscape forever. The ladies of the blues are featured on our show this week, including Lucille Bogan, Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Gertrude Saunders, and an opening piece about a razor-totin’ mama from Perline Ellison.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Perline Ellison Razor Totin' Mama Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949) Amazon
3Mamie Smith Mean Daddy Blues Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 Amazon
4Ida Cox How Long Daddy, How Long (Pm 12325, 2287-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
5Unknown Artist Mama Likes To Do It Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14 Amazon
6Ma Rainey Black Eye Blues Black Swan Sampler Amazon
7Ethel Waters My Handy Man Copulation Blues 1926 – 1940 H Amazon
8Dorothy Everetts Fat Mouth Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
9Josephine Byrd Mosquito Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 3 Amazon
10Christina Gray The Reverend Is My Man Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 7 Amazon
11Gertrude Saunders You Can't Have It Unless I Give It To You Female Blues Singers Vol. 13 R/S (1921-1931) Amazon
12Lucille Bogan Coffee Grindin' Blues Vol. 1-1923-30 Amazon
13Sippie Wallace A Man For Every Day In The Week Complete Recorded Works Amazon
14Mamie Smith Goin' Crazy With The Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
15Victoria Spivey Murder In The First Degree Black Snake Blues – The Best Of Amazon
16Betty Gray Mean Old Bed Bug Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
17Bessie Smith Mean Old Bed Bug Blues Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928) Amazon
18Bessie Smith Jail House Blues ABC Of The Blues Vol 39 Amazon
19Sara Martin Death Sting Me Blues The Blues: Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers [Disc 1] Amazon
20Lucille Bogan Sloppy Drunk Blues Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
21Billie Young When They Get Lovin' They's Gone Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14 Amazon
22Lucille Bogan Tired As I Can Be [Album Version] Shave 'Em Dry: The Best Of Lucille Bogan Amazon
23Billie Holiday My Last Affair Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2 Amazon
24Memphis Minnie Dirty Mother For You Memphis Minnie – Queen Of Country Blues, 1932 – 1935 [Disc 3] Amazon
25Memphis Minnie He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing) Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four Amazon
26Alberta Hunter You Can't Tell The Difference After Dark Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940 Amazon
27Wea Bea Booze These Young Men Blues Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949) Amazon
28Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings w/ Sippie Wallace Bedroom Blues The Boogie Woogie Man Amazon
29Blu Lu Barker Buy Me Some Juice (Alternate Take) Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
30Dinah Washington Jailhouse Blues The Bessie Smith Songbook Amazon
31LaVern Baker Pig Latin Blues Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
32Bonnie Raitt w/ Sippie Wallace Women Be Wise Bonnie Raitt Collection Amazon
33Ida Cox & Her Allstar Band Four Day Creep Blues From The Vocalion Vaults Amazon

Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

Happy Birthday Mr. Prine
Happy Birthday Mr. Prine

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October.  We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine Please Don't Bury Me Sweet Revenge Amazon
3Steve Goodman Donald And Lydia Steve Goodman Amazon
4John Prine Paradise The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970] Amazon
5John Prine Hello in There Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
6John Prine Souvenirs Tribute to Steve Goodman Amazon
7John Prine Sam Stone Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters Amazon
8John Prine Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970) The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2] Amazon
9John Prine Nine Pound Hammer Sweet Revenge Amazon
10John Prine Sweet Revenge Sweet Revenge Amazon
11John Prine The Oldest Baby in the World Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
12John Prine/Steve Goodman Souvenirs Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
13Bonnie Raitt And John Prine Angel From Montgomery Coal Country Music Amazon
14John Prine Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine Live Amazon
15John Prine It's Happening To You Storm Windows Amazon
16John Prine Linda Goes to Mars German Afternoons Amazon
17Tom Paxton Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine) Redemption Road Amazon
18My Morning Jacket All The Best Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Amazon
19The Boxmasters Christmas in Prison Christmas Cheer Amazon
20John Prine & Mac Wiseman Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
21John Prine with Fiona Prine 'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
22John Prine/Iris Dement (We're Not) The Jet Set In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
23John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better, Or Worse Amazon
24Holly Williams/John Prine I'm Telling You For Better, Or Worse Amazon
25Alison Krauss/John Prine Falling in Love Again For Better, Or Worse Amazon
26John Prine Color of the Blues (feat. Susa For Better, Or Worse Amazon
27John Prine Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home) In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
28John Prine Just Waitin' For Better, Or Worse Amazon
29John Prine With Connie Smith So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad) In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
30Johnny Cash Paradise [#] Personal File Disc 1 Amazon
31Fiona Prine/John Prine My Happiness For Better, Or Worse Amazon
32John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon

Celebrating the Circle

Celebrating the Circle
Celebrating the Circle

This week, Dave Stroud revisits the seminal release of 1972 that brought together multiple generations of musicians, introducing a new generation of listeners to their music and, in some cases, to each other. Will The Circle Be Unbroken was a concept made real by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, then a “bunch of long-haired West Coast boys” (as Roy Acuff would describe them) and the talent that they were able to muster would influence country, bluegrass, and rock for decades to come. In addition to the big names of decades before them like Roy Acuff, Maybelle Carter, and Jimmy Martin, the Dirt Band would bring together lesser known names like Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, and Oswald Kirby to make an album that is as fresh and listenable today as it was then. We’ll feature tracks from the album alongside some of the original performances by these legendary masters.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
3The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
4Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter Fair and Tender Ladies Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
5Maybelle Carter The Storms are on the Ocean Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1] Amazon
6Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters WIldwood Flower The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
7The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Wreck on the Highway Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
8Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys Wreck On The Highway The Essential Roy Acuff Amazon
9Roy Acuff Pins & Needles (In My Heart) King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail Amazon
10The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Pins and Needles (In My Heart) Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
11Jimmy Martin Sunny Side Of The Mountain Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
12The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sunny Side of the Mountain Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
13Jimmy Martin You Don't Know My Mind Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
14Jimmy Martin Ocean Of Diamonds Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
15The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nine Pound Hammer Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
16Merle Travis Nine Pound Hammer American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
17Merle Travis Dark As a Dungeon Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
18Merle Travis I Am A Pilgrim The Best of Merle Travis Amazon
19Doc Watson/Merle Watson Black Mountain Rag Black Mountain Rag Amazon
20Doc Watson/Merle Watson Down Yonder Black Mountain Rag Amazon
21The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Down Yonder Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
22The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lonesome Fiddle Blues Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
23Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt Nashville Skyline Rag The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2) Amazon
24Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys Earl's Breakdown [78rpm Version] 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
25Hank Williams Wait For The Light To Shine Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
26Leon Payne Lost Highway Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 Amazon
27The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lost Highway Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
28The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I Saw the Light Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
29Hank Williams I Saw The Light Hank Williams – A Country Legend (3) Amazon
30The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Honky Tonk Blues Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
31The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Orange Blossom Special Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon

Gospel Dynamite II

Gospel Dynamite II
Gospel Dynamite II

In the second of two parts, we celebrate the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. This week…”This Little Light Of Mine”, “How I Got Over”, “This Train”, “This Train”, and many more. We’ll play the sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, The Swan Silvertones, and Louis Armstrong. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Hugh Laurie Didn't It Rain Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
3Amy Helm Didn't It Rain Didn't It Rain Amazon
4Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus Didn't It Rain Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
5Abyssinian Baptist Radio Choir Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody, Pts. 1&2 Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
6The Blackwood Brothers Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody Southern Gospel Heritage Series: The Blackwood Brothers Amazon
7Sweet Honey In The Rock Just a Closer Walk With Thee African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers Amazon
8Sweet Honey In the Rock Precious Memories Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
9Five Blind Boys of Mississippi Precious Memories 20th Century Masters – The Best Of Amazon
10Shirley Caesar And Ann Nesby The Stone Fighting Temptations Amazon
11The Million Dollar Quartet Old Time Religion The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
12The Louvin Brothers This Little Light Of Mine Close Harmony [Disc 3] Amazon
13Sam Cooke This Little Light Of Mine Sam Cooke At the Copa Amazon
14Sam Cooke That's Heaven To Me The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke Amazon
15Sam Cooke Touch The Hem Of His Garment Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
16Al Kooper Touch The Hem Of His Garment Naked Songs Amazon
17The Swan Silvertones Mary Don't You Weep Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel Amazon
18Long John Baldry Oh Mary Don't You Weep Remembering Leadbelly Amazon
19Bruce Springsteen O Mary Don't You Weep We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
20Sister Rosetta Tharpe This Train Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
21Linda Gail Lewis This Train Hard Rocking Woman Amazon
22Fisk Jubilee Singers Joshua Fit The Battle American Roots Music [Disc 3] Amazon
23Mahalia Jackson Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho [Album Version] Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns Amazon
24Louis Armstrong Bye and Bye 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
25The Golden Gate Quartet Bye and Bye Little Children Vol. 2 (1938-1939) Amazon
26Reverend Robert Ballinger How I Got Over 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
27Clara Ward & Ward Singers How I Got Over I Feel the Holy Spirit Amazon
28The Chambers Brothers People Get Ready Roots Of Folk Amazon
29Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions People Get Ready Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
30The Selah Singers He's My Rock, Sword And Shield Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
31The Selah Singers I'll Be Satisfied Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
32The Dixie Hummingbirds Let's Go Out to the Programs (Single) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
33Sister Rosetta Tharpe Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon

Gospel Dynamite I

Gospel Dynamite
Gospel Dynamite

It’s a two part celebration of the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. There just was not enough time to capture the great songs like “I’ll Fly Away”, “This Train”, “Please In The Valley”, “Down By The Riverside”, and so many others in just a single episode…so we broke it into two parts which is still barely enough. We’ll play the influential sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Chet Atkins, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley, and the CBS Trumpeteers. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Golden Gate Quartet Rock My Soul The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD2] Amazon
3Reverend Robert Ballinger This Train 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
4Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys This Train Vintage Collections Amazon
5Ricky Nelson Glory Train Legacy [Disc 2] Amazon
6The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
7Mahalia Jackson I'm on My Way To Canaan 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
8Chet Atkins On My Way to Canaan's Land The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA] Amazon
9The Dillards I'll Fly Away There Is A Time: 1963-70 Amazon
10Willie and Bobbie Nelson I'll Fly Away Farther Along Amazon
11The Blind Boys Of Alabama I'll Fly Away Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion Amazon
12The Blind Boys Of Alabama Amazing Grace Spirit Of The Century Amazon
13Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues Amazing Grace Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2] Amazon
14The Golden Gate Quartet Swing Down, Chariot (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
15Elvis Presley Swing Down Sweet Chariot He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
16Elvis Presley Milky White Way Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
17CBS Trumpeteers Milky White Way I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
18Mahalia Jackson Take My Hand, Precious Lord Something to Believe In Amazon
19Fern Jones Take My Hand, Precious Lord The Glory Road Amazon
20Mike Farris Precious Lord, Take My Hand Salvation in Lights Amazon
21Bonnie Guitar Down By the Riverside The Velvet Lounge – By the Fireside Amazon
22Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Down by the Riverside The Gospel of Blues Amazon
23Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
24Johnny Cash Peace In The Valley Gospel Glory Amazon
25Elvis Presley Peace in the Valley Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
26Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Uncloudy Day Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
27The Staple Singers Uncloudy Day Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
28Smith Jubilee Singers Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Smith Jubilee Singers The History of Black Gospel Volume 6 Amazon
29Willie Nelson Just a Little Walk With Jesus Old Time Religion Amazon
30Loretta Lynn Old Time Religion All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 2] Amazon
31Reverend James Cleveland And The Caravans Old Time Religion Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
32Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus Didn't It Rain Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
33Fern Jones Didn't It Rain The Glory Road Amazon
34Elvis Presley Joshua Fit The Battle Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1) Amazon
35Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives This Little Light of Mine Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1 Amazon

City Blues

City Blues
City Blues

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Frank Hutchison K.C. Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
3HowellDevine KC Blues Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles Amazon
4Ernest Tubb Kansas City Blues Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours Amazon
5Sidney Bechet St. Louis Blues Blues In Thirds Amazon
6Lonnie Johnson Low Down St. Louis Blues Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1 Amazon
7Blind Willie McTell East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well) The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago Amazon
8Red Nichols Wabash Blues I Got Rhythm Amazon
9Leroy Carr Naptown Blues Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1] Amazon
10Fats Domino Detroit City Blues Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Mississippi Fred McDowell Kokomo Blues Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell Amazon
12Dan Pickett Chicago Blues I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar Amazon
13Don Flemons Milwaukee Blues What Got Over Amazon
14Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Milwaukee Blues The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
15Dorothy Everetts Macon Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
16Elmore James Madison Blues The Sky Is Crying Amazon
17Barbecue Bob Jacksonville Blues Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929) Amazon
18John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur Minglewood Blues The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
19Sam Chatmon Vicksburg Blues Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
20Black Birds of Paradise Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
21Lewis Bronzville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3 Amazon
22Howlin' Wolf Natchez Burning The Real Folk Blues Amazon
23Bo Chatmon East Jackson Blues Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 Amazon
24Mississippi Sheiks West Jackson Blues [Album Version] Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks Amazon
25Little Brother Montgomery Shreveport Blues Boogie Woogie [Disc 3] Amazon
26Memphis Piano Red Mobile Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
27Jorma Kaukonen Nashville Blues River Of Time Amazon
28The Louvin Brothers Nashville Blues Close Harmony [Disc 5] Amazon
29Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Dallas Blues Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939 Amazon
30Billy Boy Arnold San Antonio Blues Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
31Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2) Amazon
32Jabo Williams Pratt City Blues Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers Amazon
33Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
34Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers New Orleans Blues Sunny Road Amazon

Country Roots

Country Roots
Country Roots

Deeper Roots revisits the deeper roots…focusing on old-timey sounds of some of the great performers playing the classic standards. Country music roots go back into the European melodies and folk tunes and their instruments called to a celebration of the Diasporas. This week: Gid Tanner, Vernon Dalhart, Al Hopkins, Jimmie Rodgers, Bradley Kincaid, Charlie Poole, and many others provide us a glimpse at where it all began. Join us for another roots-infused evening here in Sonoma County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Vernon Dalhart The Wreck Of The Old '97 American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1] Amazon
3Vernon Dalhart The Prisoner's Song Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon
4Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A Drink And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1 Amazon
5Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers I Don't Love Nobody And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1 Amazon
6Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers You Ain't Talkin' to Me You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 2] Amazon
7The Carter Family Single Girl, Married Girl The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [Disc 3] Amazon
8Riley Puckett Little Brown Jug Country Music Pioneer vol 1 Amazon
9Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Roll On the Ground Lead Kindly Light Amazon
10Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Georgie Buck Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3 Amazon
11Frank Blevins Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
12Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues You Ain't Talkin' To Me, The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 1] Amazon
13Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues You Ain't Talkin' To Me, The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 1] Amazon
14The Allen Brothers Chattanooga Blues Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 Amazon
15The Allen Brothers Ain't That Skippin' And Flyin' Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 Amazon
16Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Old Dan Tucker Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3 Amazon
17Harry McClintock Jesse James When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
18Bradley Kincaid Froggie Went A-Courting …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
19Bradley Kincaid Sourwood Mountain The Story That the Crow Told Me Vol 2 Amazon
20Bascom Lamar Lundsford Lost John Dean Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
21The Lonely Eagles Been On The Job Too Long Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
22Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers The Burial Of Wild Bill When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
23The Happy Hayseeds The Tail Of Haley's Comet Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
24Buell Kazee The Cowboy Trail When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
25Paul Hamblin The Strawberry Roan When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
26Jimmie Rodgers Mississippi Delta Blues Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5] Amazon
27Jimmie Davis Cowboy's Home Sweet Home When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
28Red Foley Single Life Is Good Enough For Me Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever Amazon
29Gene Autry The Yellow Rose Of Texas The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
30Gene Autry Tumblin' Tumbleweeds The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
31Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1 Amazon

Free Form – August 2016

 

Free Form - August 2016
Free Form – August 2016

Country, rock, gospel, tradition, blues, and ragtime…just a sampling of the styles that you’ll hear when you tune into Deeper Roots this week. We’ll feature some contemporary sounds from Luther Dickinson and Bruce Hornsby…classic country from Hank Snow and Webb Pierce…traditional standards from John Prine and Mac Wiseman…rock gems from Bo Diddley and Elvis Presley. And, believe or not…there’s more!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Glenn Yarbrough Baby The Rain Must Fall Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon
3Randy Newman Louisiana 1927 Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
4Randy Newman Every Man a King Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
5Bonnie Raitt Guilty Bonnie Raitt Collection Amazon
6Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
7Elvis Presley Burning Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
8Marty Stuart/The Staple Singers Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True) The Marty Party Hit Pack Amazon
9Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples) Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
10Mavis Staples Hard Times Come Again No More Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
11The Staple Singers Jacob's Ladder Freedom Highway Amazon
12Bruce Hornsby & The Noise Makers Celestial Railroad Rehab Reunion Amazon
13The Staple Singers Going Away Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
14Webb Pierce/Willie Nelson You're Not Mine Anymore In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart Amazon
15Hank Snow Rhumba Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
16Roy Hogsed Cocaine Blues Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
17Roy Rogers I'm Gonna Gallop Gallop To Gallup New Mexico Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
18Spade Cooley Yodelling Polka Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
19Jimmy Walker Detour Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
20Cyndi Lauper Detour (Featuring Emmylou Harris) Detour Amazon
21John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better or Worse Amazon
22John Prine & Mac Wiseman Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
23John Prine & Mac Wiseman Old Rugged Cross Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
24Bob Dylan Lone Pilgrim World Gone Wrong Amazon
25Ricky Skaggs A Voice from on High Soldier of the Cross Amazon
26Jorma Kaukonen Blues Stay Away From Me Blue Country Heart Amazon
27Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson I Am The Light Of This World Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
28Reverend Gary Davis I Am The Light Of This World Slippin' 'til My Gal Comes In Partner: Columbia University 1958-59 Amazon
29R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Georgia Camp Meeting (Radio Broadcast) R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
30R. Crumb And His Keep-on-Truckin' Orchestra River Blues R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
31The Boswell Sisters Down Among The Sheltering Palms The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
32Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders Sunnyside Up Paper Moon Amazon
33Cab Calloway Everybody Eats When They Come To My House Are You Hep To The Jive? Amazon
34Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon

Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Days
Hot Summer Days

As we make it over the summer hump, we’ll take time to celebrate all the things we love about the summer heat.  Those stunning summer skies, sea breezes, backyard barbecues, and the lift of a summer rain. We’ve got the beach sounds of the sixties, Hawaiian medleys from the islands, sophisticated sass from Buster Poindexter, hot kissin’ from H-Bomb Ferguson, the summer rain, the summer sky, and the Summer Wind from Frank Sinatra.  Rock, zydeco, country, pop, bluegrass, rock, and so much of what comes from the in-between this week on Deeper Roots.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The David Thom Band California's Burning That Old Familiar Amazon
3Dave Alvin California's Burning Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
4Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians Heat Wave Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
5Bob Brozman Hawaiian Heat Waves Medley Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz! Amazon
6Mr. Sad Head Hot Weather Blues Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
7Teddy Bunn Summertime 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
8Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band In the Summertime 100% Fortified Zydeco Amazon
9Sly & the Family Stone Hot Fun in the Summertime Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
11The Lovin' Spoonful Summer in the City Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
12The Beach Boys The Warmth of the Sun Endless Summer Amazon
13It's a Beautiful Day Hot Summer Day It's a Beautiful Day Amazon
14Buster Poindexter Hot Hot Hot Buster Poindexter Amazon
15Ann Miller Too Darn Hot The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love Amazon
16Ella Fitzgerald Too Darn Hot Music & Moonlight Amazon
17Eilen Jewell Too Hot To Sleep Letters From Sinners & Strangers Amazon
18Kid Bangham, Dan McKinney, Bill Melcher & Dave Ferrara Some Summer Day Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
19Willie Nelson Summer Of Roses [Album Version] One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
20H-Bomb Ferguson Hot Kisses Big City Blues Amazon
21Judy Collins In The Heat Of The Summer Forever: [Disc 2] Amazon
22Sam Cooke Summertime Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
23The Donkeys Theme From The Endless Summer Theme From The Endless Summer [single] Amazon
24Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
25Johnny Burnette What a Summer Day The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6 Amazon
26Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
27Frank Sinatra Summer Wind The Reprise Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
28Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
29Charlie Parker Summertime Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes Amazon
30Nanci Griffith Summer Wages Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Amazon
31Bob Dylan Summer Days Love and Theft Amazon

 

Time is Passing

Time Is Passing
Time Is Passing

Theme time this week! We are going to dip into a sometimes raucous, other times wistful, blend of country, blues, jazz, and what-not…to celebrate (or is it bemoan) the passing of time in our show this week. The clock is ticking, the calendar flipping, and the little blue orb keeps spinning around that big bright one. And all the while we live our lives celebrating the luminous sounds on Deeper Roots; this week featuring Johnny Otis, Fenton Robinson, Bob Dylan, Texas Jim Lewis, Roy Acuff, and so many others. Time may be passing and we may like to reminisce and wax nostalgic, but we press on…driven by music from the past century (among other things).

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Hank Thompson The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music The Best Of Hank Thompson 1966-1979 Amazon
3Alfred G. Karnes Where We'll Never Grow Old (1927) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
4The Church Sisters Where We'll Never Grow Old Orthophonic Joy Amazon
5The Carter Family Darling, We Are Growing Older/The Old Texas Trail – Anita Carter On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1 Amazon
6Dick Curless Rock of Ages A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969) Amazon
7Jerry Lee Lewis Middle Age Crazy The Definitive Collection Amazon
8Doc Watson Grandfather's Clock My Dear Old Southern Home Amazon
9Texas Jim Lewis Way Back in Grandpa's Day Free at Archive.org Amazon
10Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys Old Age Pension Cheque King of Country Music [[Disc 2]: "Beautiful Brown Eyes: 1939-'41" Proper Records, 2004] Amazon
11Tom Russell Wayfarin' Stranger (Passage of Time) The Man From God Knows Where Amazon
12Dar Williams You're Aging Well The Honesty Room Amazon
13Stonewall Jackson Gettin' Older Waterloo Box Set Amazon
14Bob Dylan Time Passes Slowly New Morning Amazon
15Bob Dylan My Back Pages All I Really Want To Do Amazon
16Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Time Is A Passin' One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
17Johnny Otis / Jimmy Rushing Round The Clock The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4] Amazon
18Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra Take the Hands off the Clock Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947 Amazon
19Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Five O'Clock Whistle Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
20The Original Memphis Five Four O'clock Blues The Original Memphis Five Collection Vol. 1 – 1922-1923 Amazon
21Fenton Robinson As The Years Go Passing By Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
22Big Bill Broonzy Getting Older Every Day Great Blues Guitarsists: String Dazzlers Amazon
23Howlin' Wolf Getting Old & Gray Howlin' Wolf – 52 Essential Tracks Amazon
24Victoria Spivey Grow Old Together Black Snake Blues – The Best Of Amazon
25JL Stiles Never To Grow Old Solo Sessions Amazon
26David Johansen My Grandpa Is Old Too Shaker Amazon
27Ricky Skaggs In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old Rising Star Amazon
28Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone All The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2] Amazon
29Harry Reser & His Orchestra The Clock and the Banjo Trainin' The Fingers Amazon
30Ivory Joe Hunter Time Has Passed Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951) Amazon
31Tom Lehrer When You Are Old And Gray Song & More Songs Amazon
32Ray Wylie Hubbard After All These Years Eternal & Lowdown Amazon
33The Carter Family Where We'll Never Grow Old The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4] Amazon