It’s a two hour Robert Johnson tribute on Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. Legend has it…yes, we have all heard the story. But it is the music that makes us want to believe. In a short recording career where he recorded less than thirty tracks over two sessions, the songs are all his by identification. When you hear the Stones’ cover of “You Got to Move”, or virtually any that Johnson recorded…you overlook their lineage somewhat because their heritage began in the hotel room where he recorded them. We’ll hear from Rory Block, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Nigel Watson & Peter Green, and Bob Brozman as Deeper Roots celebrates the music of Robert Johnson.
The witching hour. The darkest moment in our day where the bell tolls another in the heart of the ancient wood. A muse for poets, writers, and songsmiths over the ages….midnight. Deeper Roots highlights the midnight muse with a delightful blend of the celebratory and the soulful sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Waits, Merle Travis, Big Joe Turner, and Lowell Fulson.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Midnight Special
Chronicle: Volume Two
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Big Bill Broonzy
Midnight Special
An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy
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The Louvin Brothers
Midnight Special
Long Play Collection
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Big Joe Turner
Midnight Special Train
Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
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Big Joe Turner
Midnight Cannonball
Big Joe Rocks
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Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
Big Midnight Special
Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
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The Delmore Brothers
Midnight Train
Sand Mountain Blues
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Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Ridin' That Midnight Train
The Three Pickers
10
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Midnight Train to Georgia
The Buddah Box Disc 3
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Maria Muldaur
Midnight at the Oasis
Maria Muldaur
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Patsy Cline
Intro Walkin' After Midnight
The Arthur Godfrey Show
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Patsy Cline
Walkin' After Midnight
12 Greatest Hits
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Ray Charles
The Midnight Hour
The Birth of Soul Disc 1
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Wilson Pickett
In the Midnight Hour
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
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J.J. Cale
After Midnight
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
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Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Midnight Shift
Lost In The Ozone
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The Mills Brothers
Long About Midnight
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
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Larry Campbell
Midnight Highway
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
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Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson
Midnight In Milpitas
Quah [Bonus Tracks]
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Lucinda Williams
Howlin' at Midnight
Happy Woman Blues
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Tom Waits
Midnight Lullabye
The Early Years
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Lowell Fulson
Midnight Showers Of Rain
Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
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Cowboy Copas
Midnight In Heaven
Songs That Made Him Famous
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Tony Rice Unit
Midnight on the Stormy Deep
Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
Our weekly show celebrates (albeit somewhat belatedly) Bob Dylan’s 75th birthday by tipping our caps not with his performances but with a collection of by others’ tribute pieces. We’ll hear songs written by Bob through the years and tell you the history of many of them at the same time. Tracks from Bobby Bare, Mavis Staples, Solomon Burke, Hazel Dickens, and Bill Frisell make this an eclectic journey on a Friday evening in Sonoma County. Be sure to tune in!
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Old Crow Medicine Show
Wagon Wheel
O.C.M.S.
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Sarah Jarosz
Simple Twist of Fate
Build Me Up From Bones
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Joan Baez
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
Baez Sings Dylan
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Bette Midler
I Shall Be Released
Bette Midler
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Bobby Bare
Farewell Angelina
Darker Than Light
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Marshall Crenshaw
My Back Pages
Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village In The 60's
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Flatt & Scruggs
Nashville Skyline Rag
Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane
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Hazel Dickens
Only a Hobo
It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
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New Riders of the Purple Sage
Farewell Angelina
The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage
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Peter Case
Long Time Gone
HWY 62
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Stephen Stills
The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Stills Alone
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Joan Osborne
Man in the Long Black Coat
Relish
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R.L. Burnside
Everything Is Broken
Tangled Up In Blues
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Susan Tedeschi
Lord Protect My Child
Hope and Desire
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Julie London
Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 1
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Solomon Burke
What Good Am I?
Make Do With What You Got
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Sounds Of Blackness
Solid Rock [Album Version]
Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
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Mavis Staples
Gotta Serve Somebody
Tangled Up In Blues
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The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver
Every Grain Of Sand
I'll Find A Way
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Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins
Handle With Care
Rabbit Fur Coat
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The Byrds
All I Really Want to Do
The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 1
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The Turtles
It Ain't Me Babe
20 Greatest Hits
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Antony With Bryce Dessner
I Was Young When I Left Home
Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1]
Mark Hogan’s in Grass Valley this week gearing up for the 41st Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival which opens this coming Thursday, June 16th. Dave Stroud will be sitting in for Mark and will feature new releases, old standards, and vintage country sounds from the likes of Doug Sahm, Chris Smither, The Hackensaw Boys, and Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers….not to mention a good helping of Bill Monroe recordings from 1960.
Coming up on our last live show of May, what better way but to dig just a little bit deeper into some of the field recordings of the first half of the 20th century that found popularity in the country, blues, and popular charts. Some of these songs had the ‘right’ rhythm or struck a chord with the message they sent. While most were traditional pieces by the time the musicologists had arrived with their primitive recording machines, others were original and told just the right story. We’ll hear Eric Clapton, Aaron Copland, B.B. King, and Tom Waits right alongside the originals done by Smith Casey, Gwen Foster, Belton Reese, and Ora Dell Graham.
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Warner Williams With Jay Summerour
Worried Life Blues
Blues Highway
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Thomas "Jaybird" Jones
Worried Life Blues
Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
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David Edwards
Worried Life Blues
Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection
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Eric Clapton & B.B. King
Worried Life Blues
Riding With The King
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Agustus "Track Horse" Haggerty
Hattie Green
Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
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George Hamilton IV
Abilene
Classic Country
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Rouse Brothers
My Family Circle
Classic Field Recordings
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
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Ace Johnson w/L. W. Gooden
Mama Don't Low No Swingin' Out In Here
Field Recordings Vol. 6: Texas (1933-1958)
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Doc Watson
Mama Don't Allow No Music
Memories
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W. M. Stepp
Bonapartes Retreat
Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
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Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield
Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes (Instrumental): IV. Hoedown
Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
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Dock Reed
Down on Me
Field Recordings, Vol. 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942)
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Big Brother & the Holding Company
Down on Me
Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 1
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Ozella Jones
Prisoner Blues
Field Recordings, Volume 7 : Florida
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Fiona Apple
Criminal
Tidal
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Smith Casey
East Texas Rag
Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
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Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
Not only was Merle Haggard an accomplished country performer but he was also one of the more prolific songwriters of the past century whose songs were aimed at the heart of ‘everyman’. In losing Merle Haggard, America lost a neighbor, the guy next door who was there when you needed him. We’ll share a number of sets of Merle’s music: some performed by Merle, others performed by contemporaries including George Jones, Emmylou Harris, and Charlie Louvin. We’ll also feature a number of duets including performances by Merle with Jimmie Davis, Marty Stuart, and Willie Nelson.
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Merle Haggard And Johnny Cash
I'm Leavin' Now
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
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Del McCoury
Fireside Chat, Part 1 (feat. Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Moneyland
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Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
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Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard
Farmer's Blues
Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
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Dwight Yoakam
Holding Things Together
Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
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Charlie Louvin
I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
The Battles Rage On
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Merle Haggard
Okie From Muskogee
Capitol Collector's Series
9
Dale Watson
Mama Tried
More Great Moments of Vinyl History
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Willie Nelson
Ramblin' Fever
Remember Me, Vol. 1
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Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson
It's All Going to Pot
Django and Jimmie
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George Jones
I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
Jones Sings Haggard, Haggard Sings Jones: Kickin' Out the Footlights…Again
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Workin' Man Blues
A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set)
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Ray Charles & Merle Haggard
Little Hotel Room (w/Merle Haggard)
The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4]
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Merle Haggard
Kern River Blues
Kern River Blues – Single
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Dave Alvin
Kern River
West of the West
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Iris DeMent
Big City
Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
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Emmylou Harris
Bottle Let Me Down
Pieces Of The Sky
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Lorrie Morgan
I Threw Away The Rose
Mama's Hungry Eyes: A TributeTo Merle Haggard
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Merle Haggard & Carl Jackson
Must You Throw Dirt In My Face?
Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
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Clint Black
I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
Mama's Hungry Eyes: A TributeTo Merle Haggard
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Carrie Rodriguez
I Started Loving You Again
Love and Circumstances
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Merle Haggard
The Fightin' Side Of Me
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
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The Seldom Scene
Mama Tried
Scenechronized
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Kevin Russell
Mama's Hungry Eyes
Plain Dirt Fashion
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Merle Haggard
Sing Me Back Home
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
In this, our second KOWS Americana Special, we put together a show so that we could fill in for Mark Hogan’s Bluegrass and Old Time Hour…and we’re featuring new music from C. W. Stoneking, Margo Price, Eric Clapton, and Bob Dylan. We’ll also pull out some dusty vintage nuggets from The Traveling Wilburys, Willie Nelson, and Frankie Laine. And there’s more…
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Lee Marvin
Wand'rin Star
Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
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The Blasters
American Music
American Music
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C.W. Stoneking
Goin' Back South
Gon' Boogaloo
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Seasick Steve
Hope
Hubcap Music
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Janiva Magness
When You Hold Me
Love Wins Again
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Left Arm Tan
Blacktop Blues
Lorene
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Hayes Carll
The Love That We Need
Lovers and Leavers
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Cyndi Lauper
Misty Blue
Detour
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Jason Wilber
The Game (Radio Edit)
Echoes
11
Bob Dylan
Melancholy Mood
Fallen Angels
12
Mo Kenney
Pretty Things
In My Dreams
13
The Traveling Wilburys
End of the Line (Extended)
Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
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The Traveling Wilburys
Where Were You Last Night?
Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3
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Bob Dylan
All the Way
Fallen Angels
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Bob Dylan
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Fallen Angels
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Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Shine
Call It What It Is
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The Lumineers
Ophelia
Cleopatra
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Frankie Laine
Moonlight Gambler
Country Greats #2
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C.W. Stoneking
Good Luck Charm
Gon' Boogaloo
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Bonnie Bishop
Looking For You
Ain't Who I Was
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Bonnie Raitt
Unintended Consequence of Love
Dig in Deep
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John Doe
Get On Board
The Westerner
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Margo Price
This Town Gets Around [FCC Warning]
Midwest Farmer's Daughter
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Eric Clapton
Can't Let You Do It
I Still Do
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Willie Nelson
Hello Walls
One Hell Of A Ride
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The Louvin Brothers
Cash On The Barrelhead
Capitol Country Music Classics
28
Mark Knopfler
Daddy's Gone to Knoxville
The Ragpicker's Dream
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Harley Allen
In the Jailhouse Now [*]
O Brother, Where Art Thou? [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] Disc 2
Dave Stroud will explore the gospel form, both African American and Country, focusing on the theme of ‘going to the water’ to be saved. The songs reflect the celebration of ‘washing the soul’ as a tradition of a Christian faith. The performers will include Da Costa Woltz, Clefs of Harmony, Dock Walsh, and Ernest Stoneman’s Dixie Mountaineers. There will also be a helping of passionate sermons to make sure we keep our paths straight.
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Gee's Bend Residents
Good Evening Everybody (I've Been to the River and I've Been Baptized)
How We Got Over: Sacred Songs of Gee's Bend
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Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
Baptist Shout
Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers (1927-1929)
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Mountain Ramblers
Baptizing Down By The Creek
Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
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Bill Monroe
The Old Country Baptising
Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 2]
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The Louvin Brothers
The River Of Jordan
Satan Is Real
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Zion Harmonizers
Brother Moses Smote The Water
Best of Louisiana Music SAMPLER
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Tommiettes Gospel Singers
Have You Been Through The Water
Powerhouse Gospel
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The Golden Gate Quartet
Dip Your Fingers in the Water
Vol. 4 (1939-1943)
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The Golden Gate Quartet
Wade in the Water
CD 2 the Recent Years
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The Staple Singers
Wade In The Water
Freedom Highway
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The Reverend J.M. Gates
Baptize Me
Take Me To The Water
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Elder JE Burch
Baptism By Water, And Baptism By The Holy Ghost
Take Me To The Water
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Take Me To The Water
I'll Find A Way
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The Harmonizing Four
Wade In The Water
The Essential Guide To Gospel
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Skylarks
Baptism Of Jesus
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
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Clefs of Harmony
Baptized
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
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Selah Jubilee Singers
It's Cool Down Yonder By Chilly Jordan
Vol. 2-(1941-44/45)
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Sam Cook & Soul Stirrers
Jesus Gave Me Water
Great Gospel – No Tears in Heaven
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The Holmes Brothers
I Surrender All
Gospel Brunch Classics
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The Chuck Wagon Gang & The Orthophonic Choir
Shall We Gather At The River
Orthophonic Joy
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The Carter Family
On My Way To Canaan's Land
The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3]
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Dock Walsh
Bathe In That Beautiful Pool
Take Me To The Water
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Ricky Skaggs
River Of Jordan
Family And Friends
25
Ernest Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers
Down To Jordan And Be Saved
The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [[Disc 4]]
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Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues Part 1
Take Me To The Water
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Vaetta Stewart And Heavenly Tones Of Berkeley
I Love The Lord
Swingin' On The Golden Gate Volume 2: A Survey Of Bay Area Gospel
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Rev. Arthur Ransburg And The Voices Of Christ Of Berkeley
I've Already Been To The Water
Swingin' On The Golden Gate, Volume 2: A Survey Of Bay Area Gospel
Country sounds from Johnny Cash, Wynn Stewart, and Ferlin Husky kick things off and we’ll run the blues and R&B gamut with B. B. King, John Jackson, and Duke Robillard…who will also complement the sounds of Dr. John. AÂ free form extravaganza continues with early pop and big band sounds, including Helen Forrest vocals, The Boswells, and Harry James.
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Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson
The Only Man Wilder Than Me
Django and Jimmie
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Wynn Stewart
Donna On My Mind
California Country
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Ferlin Husky
Puxico Polka
1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
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Johnny Cash
Tennessee Flat Top Box
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 1
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Patsy Cline
That's My Desire
The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 3]
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Mac Wiseman
Old Camp Meeting Time
Grassroots To Bluegrass
8
Leon Russell
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Retrospective
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Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen
Friend of the Devil
Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen
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C.W. Stoneking
Good Luck Charm
Gon' Boogaloo
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Bob Dylan
Talkin' Devil
It Could Even Be A Myth
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John Jackson
The Devil He Wore A Hickory Shoe
Front Porch Blues
13
Prophet G. Lusk
The Devil's Trying to Steal My Joy
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
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Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound
My Friend The Devil
Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound
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Duke Robillard
I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)
The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard
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Dr. John
How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)
Goin' Back To New Orleans
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Dr. John
Old Settlers
Live at Magfest 2014
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B.B. King & Dr. John
There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
Deuces Wild
19
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
It Don't Mean A Thing
The Great Summit [Disc 1]
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Dj Frogg
I Don't Mean a Mash
Mashups
21
Eugiene Baird & The Duke's Boys
Everything But You
American Songbook Series: Duke Ellington
22
Helen Forrest and Les Paul Trio
Everybody Knew But Me
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
I’ll say…finger pickin’ good music featuring finger pickin’ great performers from the past century. We’ve got a two hour sampling of sounds from the likes of Doc Watson, Jorma Kaukonen, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Blind Blake, Riley Puckett, and (of course) Merle Travis. Our Wednesday evening will keep it pretty folksy and traditional for the most part, leaning on tradition and the very best in string picking and chord strumming. All this and more on our roots music show which is produced exclusively for Sonoma County community radio, both KWTF and KOWS.
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Leo Kottke
Buckaroo
Essential
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Chet Atkins
Wheels
Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker
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Doc Watson
Windy and Warm
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
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Doc Watson
Moody River
Memories
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Doc Watson
Doc's Guitar [#]
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
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Jefferson Airplane
Embryonic Journey
Walk on the Moon
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Jorma Kaukonen
Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Instrumental)
Stars In My Crown
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John Fahey
Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home
The Legend of Blind Joe Death
10
Davy Graham
Angi
3/4 Ad – Single
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Davy Graham
Davy's Train Blues
3/4 Ad – Single
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Stefan Grossman
Police Dog Blues
How To Play Blues Guitar
13
Blind Blake
Diddie Wa Diddie
Roots of Rock
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Lonnie Johnson
Untitled
Steppin' On The Blues
15
Riley Puckett
Fuzzy Rag
Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
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Etta Baker
One Dime Blues
Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
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Merle Travis
Freight Train (Instrumental)
The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
18
Tommy Emmanuel
The Bug
It's Never Too Late
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Bob Brozman
Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version]
Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered]
20
Merle Travis
Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental)
The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
21
Jorma Kaukonen
Fur Peace Rag
Stars In My Crown
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Leo Kottke
Wonderland By Night
Peculiaroso
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Leo Kottke
Little Martha
Leo Live
24
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
Rings
Sixty Six Steps
25
John Fahey
Layla
Rain Forests, Oceans And Other
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Dave Van Ronk
Green, Green Rocky Road
Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
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Doc & Merle Watson
Bonaparte's Retreat
Then And Now/Two Days In November
28
Sam McGee
Knoxville Blues
Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
29
Mississippi John Hurt
Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
Complete Studio Recordings 3-CD Set
30
Stefan Grossman
Pallet On Your Floor
How To Play Blues Guitar
31
David Bromberg
Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens
Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
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Mance Lipscomb
Sugar Babe
Texas Songster
33
Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson
Barrier
Quah [Bonus Tracks]
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Bob Hadley
Celtic Reverie
Imaginational Anthem
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Bert Jansch
Angie
Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
