There’s hope in music. And if we need something to carry us forward over the coming years it’s hope. So we’ll take all we can get with all the music we can get. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes us through a blend of genres, making a free form journey across the landscape of America’s music from the past century. We’ll bring you Cannonball Adderley right alongside Hank Thompson and The Neville Brothers, The Doors, Patsy Cline and Mink Deville to start. Dave Stroud’s done some scouring through those dusty digital archives for well- (and little-) known gems with stories and ballads. He’ll be taking you to where country meets soul, jazz meets boogie woogie and where there’s an unlikely fusion of reggae, folk, and zydeco. Topics include wedding days, jiggers of gin, honeydrippers, and the topic of Texas and some big blue diamonds. Tune in this week. Take your mind off the grifters and haters that have polluted the pond.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Elvis Presley
Burning Love
Nippers 70's-Vol.1
3
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Long Lost And Worried
Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
4
Mink Deville
A Train Lady
The Mink De Ville Collection
5
Major Lance
Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
The Very Best of Major Lance
6
Linda Lyndell
What A Man
Soul Sides: Volume One
7
Little Johnny Taylor
Big Blue Diamonds
Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
8
Tex Ritter
Big Blue Diamonds
Famous Country Music Makers
9
Waylon Jennings
Drinkin' and Dreamin'
The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
10
The Doors
The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
L.A. Woman: 40th Anniversary Mixes [Bonus Tracks]
11
Tex Williams
I Got Texas In My Soul
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 10
12
Willie Nelson
Texas In My Soul
One Hell Of A Ride
13
Patsy Cline
Got A Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul
Volume 3
14
Pokey LaFarge
End of My Rope
Rock Bottom Rhapsody
15
O. C. Smith
The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
16
The Eternals
Babalu's Wedding Day
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
17
Snooks Eaglin
My Head Is Spinning
Complete Imperial Recordings
18
Arthur Alexander
I Hang My Head And Cry
Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
19
Jimmy Lee
You Ain't No Good For Me
Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
20
Andre Williams
Pardon Me (I've Got Someone To Kill)
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
21
Big Daddy Wilson
I Got Plenty
Deep in My Soul
22
Ray Charles
Mess Around
Atlantic Rock & Roll
23
Dr. John
Honey Dripper
Definitive Pop Collection
24
Varetta Dillard
Mercy, Mr. Percy
The Lovin' Bird
25
Mink DeVille
Mazurka
Le Chat Bleu
26
BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet
Zydeco Gris Gris
Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco [Disc 1]
27
Rockin' Dopsie
Zydeco Around The World
Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco [Disc 1]
28
The Neville Brothers
Sitting in Limbo
Fiyo on the Bayou
29
Hank Thompson
Scotch And Soda
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
30
Cannonball Adderley
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
31
Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers
My Sugar Is So Refined
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53