Fortunate Son

The days are getting darker both by season and on the sidewalks of your town. Jackboot thugs with masks, clubs, and weapons are descending for you. Make no mistake. If you believe in your right to free speech and all that our Constitution affords you, think again. Know that you and your neighbor are in the crosshairs of this regime. This week’s show won’t break the spell but it will share with its language of comfort, joy and hope that music delivers as it stimulates the release of dopamine triggering pleasure and relaxation. Our prescription this morning is a compound of a free form eclectic blend that delivers a response from all corners. America’s music has always been built on a foundation of free expression so why not make the best…and that’s what we’ll be doing this morning with tracks from Glenn Miller, Charlie Christian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Randy Newman and Dean Martin, just to name a few. Dream when you’re feeling blue. Rise up when you’re being pushed down. This week’s show takes us where we want to go.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Fogerty Fortunate Son The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
3Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Midnight Ramble Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
4Charlie Christian Till Tom Special Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution Amazon
5Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli You're Driving Me Crazy Quintesential Amazon
6The Miracles Mickey's Monkey Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
7Mink Deville You Just Keep Holding On The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
8The Staple Singers Let's Do It Again The Buddah Box Disc 3 Amazon
9Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
10Etta James I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) Love Songs [MCA] Amazon
11Bob Dylan The Levee's Gonna Break Modern Times Amazon
12Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
13The Secret Sisters Tennessee Me The Secret Sisters Amazon
14Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
15Dean Martin Dream Late at Night with Dean Martin Amazon
16Les Baxter And His Orchestra The High And The Mighty Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55 Amazon
17Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood Canadian Sunset Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
18Billie Holiday Too Marvelous For Words Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1] Amazon
19Doris Day The Deevil, Devil, Divil Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
20Jean Shepard I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1 Amazon
21The Andrews Sisters Rum And Coca-Cola 20th Century Masters: Millenni Amazon
22Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
23Linda Lyndell What A Man Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
24The Meters Running Fast (single version) Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
25The Notting Hillbillies Run Me Down Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time Amazon
26Vocaltones Sugar Lump Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
27Dominoes Sixty Minute Man Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
28The Coasters Run Red Run 50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2] Amazon
29Del Shannon Runaway Oldies But Goodies: 21 #1 Hits Amazon
30Buddy Holly Think It Over From the Original Master Tapes Amazon
31Lovett Sisters Bacon And Eggs Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The Amazon
32Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys Pizza Pie Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
33Creedence Clearwater Revival Run Through the Jungle Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
34Party Ben Single Ladies (In Mayberry) The Party Ben Experience Amazon

Sixties Songbirds

From the cool and sultry lounge sounds smothered in smoke to the soul venues that celebrated love and all its pitfalls, we bring you the songbirds this week. We’ll be exploring vocalists, known and unknown, that delivered the goods in the first few years of the 1960s. Rock ‘n roll was finding its foothold at the same time as soul music was beginning to bust out in a big way. You’ll be hearing some you know and some you don’t in this week’s Deeper Roots. Yeah, we’ve got The Chordettes, Brenda Lee and The Shirelles but we’ve also got some very special gems from Helen Shapiro, Judy Thomas, Kitty Ford and Betty O’Brian this week. We’ll run a chronological marathon from 1960 to 1963, ignoring the genre guardrails as we make our way along. Hope you can join in on the fun.



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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra Takin' Care Of Business Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3) Amazon
3Connie Francis My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
4The Shirelles Welcome Home Baby The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities Amazon
5Shirley Bassey The Party's Over We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites Amazon
6The Chordettes Never On Sunday American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
7The Marvelettes Way Over There 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
8Diana Ross & The Supremes Those D.J. Shows 25th Anniversary [Disc 2] Amazon
9Tammy Montgomery It's Mine 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
10Ann-Margret I Just Don't Understand American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
11Kitty Ford Don't Play No. 9 Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2] Amazon
12Sarah Vaughan True Believer Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
13Betty O' Brian She'll Be Gone 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
14Brenda Lee You Can Depend On Me American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
15Helen Shapiro Little Miss Lonely Halfway To Paradise_ The Epic Records Story Amazon
16Helen Shapiro Tell Me What He Said Girl Power – Vol. 3 Amazon
17The Pips Every Beat Of My Heart American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
18The Shirelles A Teardrop and a Lollipop The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities Amazon
19Timi Yuro Count Everything I'm So Hurt Amazon
20Barbara George I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974 Amazon
21Sugar Pie DeSanto Open Your Heart Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
22Aretha Franklin Just For A Thrill Jazz To Soul [Disc 1] Amazon
23Cathy Carroll Young Ones New Discgems From Warner Brothers Amazon
24Judy Thomas Never Say Devil Woman Stampede! The United Artists Story Amazon
25Barbara Stephens Wait a Minute The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1 of 9) Amazon
26Linda Hopkins Mama's Doin' The Twist The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
27Christine Quaite Your Nose Is Gonna Grow The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
28Timi Yuro What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
29Joy Dawn Hang It Up Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster Amazon
30Claudine Clark Who Will You Hurt? Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster Amazon
31Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
32Miss X Christine Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
33Barbara & the Boys Hooty Sapperticker Las Vegas Grind Part 1 Amazon
34Glenda & Glen Voodoo Doll Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
35Betty Harris Cry To Me Birth Of Soul: 2 Amazon

How Deep Is The Ocean

A whole new season of Deeper Roots lands on your doorstep…just like the Sunday paper: full of human interest stories (as told in song) and local gab (also told in song). It’s a free form collection of songs from the past century with performances from the usual (and sometimes unusual) suspects. Only minor themes and genre recaps today in a carefully crafted eclectic blend that runs the gamut from Jimmie Dale Gilmore to Mary Wells, The Velvetones, Billy Walker and Hot Lips Page. We’ll hear some Texas tradition from Deep Elem and Milwaukee’s finest from Jerry Lee. But we’re also rolling out some really fine, under the radar, female soul and R&B numbers that come from off the beaten track including Doris Allen, Faye Adams and Mary Wells. And we wonder out loud ‘how deep is the ocean’ with Big Maybelle. Drop on by!

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Eric Clapton If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Sessions For Robert J Amazon
3Hot Lips Page and His Texas Blusicians Harlem Rumbain' The Blues 52nd Street Swing: New York In The '30s Amazon
4Johnnie & Joe Who Do You Love The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea Amazon
5Ruth Brown Sea of Love Along Comes Ruth Amazon
6Big Maybelle How Deep Is the Ocean The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
7Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
8Blue Sky Boys Asleep in the Briny Deep The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807) Amazon
9Kristi Jean & Her Ne'er-Do-Wells Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Country-billy Collision Amazon
10Anita Carter Satan's Child Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
11The Sunshine Boys What's the Matter With Deep Elem The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
12Levon Helm Deep Elem Blues Ramble at the Ryman Amazon
13Jimmie Dale Gilmore Deep Eddy Blues Jimmie Dale Gilmore Amazon
14Asleep at the Wheel All My Exes (Live in Texas) Riding High In Texas Amazon
15Geraint Watkins Deep In The Heart Of Texas Geraint Watkins & The Dominators Amazon
16Geraint Watkins Walking to Milwaukee Aide Memoire Amazon
17John Prine With Melba Montgomery Milwaukee Here I Come In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
18Dolly Parton Milwaukee, Here I Come 1968-1969 Amazon
19Billy Walker Till I Drink Milwaukee Dry 20 Hits Amazon
20Jerry Lee Lewis What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
21Clyde McPhatter Lovey Dovey (LP Version) Deep Sea Ball – The Best of Clyde McPhatter Amazon
22The Velvetones Glory Of Love Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
23Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces Searching For My Love Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
24Doris Allen A Shell Of A Woman Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
25Mary Wells My Heart Is Like A Clock (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
26Mary Wells Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
27Faye Adams Keeper Of My Heart Crescent City Soul Amazon
28Reverend Gary Davis I Am The Light Of This World Harlem Street Singer Amazon
29Jorma Kaukonen Blues Stay Away From Me Blue Country Heart Amazon
30Big Daddy Wilson Couldn't Keep It to Myself Deep in My Soul Amazon
31Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos Love Is Coming Back The Hotel Child Amazon
32Hot Tuna Candy Man Hot Tuna Amazon

Amen!

We’re taking a slow walk back to the gospel well this morning, exploring a particularly expansive landscape of classic hymns, choir harmonies, and new-fangled secular reflections from the likes of Elizabeth King, Ben Harper and Amy Helm. There are also the traditional pulpit pounders like Elder Charles Beck, jubilee and country groups including The Jordanaires (with and without Elvis) and The Golden Gate Quintet, as well as a sampling old favorites from Johnny Cash, The Blue Sky Boys and the Neville Brothers. It’s a morning dish of reflection and exploration once again as we take that deep dive into the gospel classics once more. Hope you can climb aboard that gospel train and redeem your ticket to the great beyond.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls Testify Living in the Last Days Amazon
3Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Plastic Jesus Set Two Amazon
4The Amazing Rhythm Aces Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song) Stacked Deck Amazon
5The Staple Singers He's Got the Whole World In His Hands Amen/Why Amazon
6The Jordaniares Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
7Washboard Rhythm Kings, Washboard Rhythm Band Shoutin' in the Amen Corner All Time Jazz: Washboard Rhythm Kings Amazon
8Abraham Alexander Amen SEA/SONS Amazon
9Colleen Kattau Amen to the Freedom Rides Besos Kisses Amazon
10Johnny Cash Amen [Album Version] Orange Blossom Special Amazon
11Drive-By Truckers Thoughts and Prayers (Radio Edit) The Unraveling Amazon
12Judy Collins Amazing Grace Forever: [Disc 2] Amazon
13Sonny Treadway Amazing Grace Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
14The Zion Travelers Milky White Way This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
15Elvis Presley Milky White Way His Hand in Mine Amazon
16Elvis Presley Working on the Building He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
17The Blue Sky Boys The Lord Be With Us, Amen Classic Country Remastered CD E Amazon
18Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite When I Go No Mercy In This Land Amazon
19Elder Charles Beck Didn't It Rain Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
20Mahalia Jackson Didn't It Rain 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
21Fern Jones I Do Believe The Glory Road Amazon
22Amy Helm Ain't That Good News Didn't It Rain Amazon
23Rounders Power In The Blood Around With The Gospel Amazon
24Paul Newman Plastic Jesus Cool Hand Luke Amazon
25Tia Blake Plastic Jesus Folksongs & Ballads Amazon
26Paul Thorn Soon I Will Be Done Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
27Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
28Harrod's Jubilee Singers Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho (Pm 12116, 12116B) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
29Josh White Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono) The Elektra Years – disc 1 Amazon
30The Golden Gate Quartet Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Vol. 5 (1945-1949) Amazon
31Angelic Gospel Singers and Dixie Hummingbirds One Day Gospel Music Amazon
32The Zion Harmonizers Old Time Religion Ultimate Gospel Fest Amazon
33The Soul Stirrers Wade In The Water Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1] Amazon

Deeper Roots of Rock

Deeper Roots means just that…and this week we’re spinning some blues, gospel, r&b, and swing … all music that introduced the rhythm that would become known as rock ‘n roll. We’ll go as far back as the late 1930s with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and make the picaresque journey across the alleys, juke joints, and house parties where tradition and urban electric blues became the foundation of a sound. We’ll share blues from Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and a handful of others. Also on tap, Goree Carter, Sticks McGhee, Amos Milburn and Julia Lee with some rhythm and blues and jump whose beat and attitude would influence many a rock ‘n roll musician and songwriter. Also on board: Hadda Brooks, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and Tiny Bradshaw. Don’t miss a wailin’, rockin’ morning here on KOWS Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Big Joe Turner Roll 'em Pete Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
3Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59) Amazon
4Joe Liggins The Honeydripper Part 1 The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3] Amazon
5Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
6Charles Brown Driftin' Blues Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
7Hadda Brooks Swingin' The Boogie I've Got News For You [Disc 2] Amazon
8The Ravens Write Me A Letter Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
9T-Bone Walker Call It Stormy Monday Raw Blues Amazon
10Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends Snatch It And Grab It Kuties And Krooners Amazon
11Roy Brown Good Rockin' Tonight Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
12John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen The Definitive Collection Amazon
13Amos Milburn Chicken Shack Boogie Devil in a Blue Dress Amazon
14Goree Carter & His Hepcats Rock Awhile Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 Amazon
15Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002] That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
16Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone To Love Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
17Tiny Bradshaw The Train Kept a-Rollin' Breaking Up the House [Disc 2] Amazon
18Sticks McGhee Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee The Atlantic Story [UK] Amazon
19Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon
20Little Junior Parker Mystery Train MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock! Amazon
21Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy Drunk Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
22Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Workin Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1] Amazon
23Little Walter My Babe Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] Amazon
24Sonny Boy Williamson II Don't Start Me Talkin' Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues Amazon
25Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7] Amazon
26Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
27John Lee Hooker Dimples The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1] Amazon
28Slim Harpo I Got Love If You Want It Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon
29Lazy Lester I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
30Ray Charles Night Time Is the Right Time Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
31Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
32Billy Boy Arnold I Ain't Got You Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2] Amazon
33Sonny Boy Williamson Good Morning Little Schoolgirl The History of Rhythm & Blues 1925-1942 Amazon

Twist & Shout

A little bit of twisting and a little bit of shouting…as well as some gospel rhythms, hand clapping, and some back beat rhythms from the gulf and whole lot more. This week’s show will be a free form extravaganza which means there’s a bright day ahead, as always. My springboard was an afternoon’s listen to the music of David Lindley who, in addition to being a fine musician, he had extraordinary taste in music. We’ll hear some gospel tracks from Sister Marie Knight and the Reverend James Cleveland, classic funk and soul from The Temptations, Billy Butler and The Isleys. We’ll also spinning up some Wild Tchoupitoulas, Otis Rush and be featuring some three-time track samples and a brand new track from the 30th anniversary release of John Prine’s Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, slated for release in early September. There’s a whole lot more to share with everyone out there so it’s a good morning to drop in and here a Twist and Shout sample from Top Note going back to 1961…oh yes, as well as a couple David Lindley tracks.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Three Times Seven Dance Ranch Amazon
3Dave Edmunds Three Time Loser Twangin' Amazon
4Corey Glover Three Time Loser Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay Amazon
5Otis Rush Three Times a Fool Essential Collection: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958 Amazon
6Robert Gordon Three Alley Cats (feat. Dave Alvin ) Rockabilly for Life Amazon
7Chris Bouchillon I've Been Married Three Times 1925-1928 (Warped 2690F) Amazon
8David Lindley & El Rayo-X I Just Can't Work No Longer Very Greasy Amazon
9Billy Butler & The Enchanters I Can't Work No Longer Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
10Top Note Twist And Shout Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
11The Isley Brothers Twist And Shout Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3 Amazon
12The Temptations Don't Look Back The Temptations [Disc 1] Amazon
13John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back The Best Of Friends Amazon
14John Prine Hey Ah Nothin' Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Amazon
15John Prine Lake Marie Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings Amazon
16The Righteous Brothers Something's Got A Hold On Me The Moonglow Years Amazon
17Reverend James Cleveland Something Got A Hold On Me I Walk With God Amazon
18Johnny Cash Unclouded Day Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
19Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Laurie London The Gospel Train Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando Amazon
21Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
22David Lindley and Wally Ingram Oh Death Twango Bango II Amazon
23David Lindley and Wally Ingram Shame And Scandal In The Family Twango Bango III Amazon
24Odetta Shame And Scandal Sings Ballads And Blues Amazon
25Waylon Jennings Jole Blon Nashville Rebel (1958-1969) Amazon
26Gary U.S. Bonds Jole Blon The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds Amazon
27Wild Tchoupitoulas Brother John Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
28John Sebastian Minglewood Blues Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
29Grateful Dead Dire Wolf Workingman's Dead Amazon
30Fats Domino Shurah A Lot Of Dominos Amazon

Sun Shadows: The Untold Tracks

In the long view, rock ‘n roll’s rise was no surprise as it’s sound had been peeking through the tall grass since the 1930s with some risque (and risky) rhythm and blues, gospel celebrations and fast-paced swinging country sounds. When Sam Phillips’ small operation in Memphis kicked off, who would have guessed that the fusion of all these sounds would somehow resonate with it’s blend of hillbilly, blues, rhythm and gospel influences. But it did. And here we are. Tune into Deeper Roots as we go a bit deeper into the sounds of Sun Records, beyond the Elvis, Roy, Johnny, Carl and Jerry Lees. We’ll turn our attention to others from the early years including The Miller Sisters, Slim Rhodes, Barbara Pittman and The Prisonaires. The music we’ve got is sometimes raw, sometimes wild and always headed in the same direction. Don’t miss this one!

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bobbie Jean Cheaters Never Win Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
3Jack Clement Ballad of a Teenage Queen The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened Amazon
4Bobbie & the Boys To Tell the Truth Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
5The Prisonaires There Is Love in You Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
6The Prisonaires Just Walking in the Rain Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
7Miller Sisters Finders Keepers Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
8Miller Sisters It Only Hurts for a Little While Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
9Roy Orbison Trying to Get to You Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
10Slim Rhodes Band Bad Girl Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
11Slim Rhodes Band (Vocal: Sandy Brooks) Take and Give Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
12Slim Rhodes Do What I Do The Sun Country Box CD1 Memphis Bounce Amazon
13Ken Cook I Was a Fool Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
14Ray Smith Sail Away Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
15Charlie Feathers So Ashamed The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened Amazon
16Jimmy Williams That Depends On You Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
17Sonny Burgess Sweet Misery Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
18Carl Mann I'm Bluer Than Anyone Can Be Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
19Tommy Blake Ballad of a Broken Heart The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened Amazon
20Warren Smith I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
21Jeanie Greene aka Mary Johnson River of No Return Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
22Mikki Wilcox I Know What It Means Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
23Mikki Wilcox Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
24Barbara Pittman Two Young Fools in Love Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
25Barbara Pittman No Matter Who's to Blame Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
26Little Hannah Fay The Miracle of You Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
27Maggie Sue Wimberly Daydreams Come True Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
28Harold Jenkins aka Conway Twitty Just in Time Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
29Vernon Taylor Breeze Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
30The Sunrays Love Is a Stranger Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
31The Five Tinos Sitting By My Window Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
32Scotty Moore & Elvis Presley How Do You Think I Feel The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues Amazon
33Harmonica Frank Floyd Step It Up and Go The Sun Country Box CD1 Memphis Bounce Amazon
34Smokey Joe Baugh The Signifying Monkey The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues Amazon

Killer Diller Blues

Join Dave Stroud for another encore edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. With vacation from the show in full swing, he’s taken the time to fill the airwaves with a free form blend of blues, hot rod rock, early century pop, gospel, soul and more. There will be some killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, some pop melodies from Annette Hanshaw and Mae West, gospel from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Sam Cooke…and some sweet soul vocals from The Ravens and Barbara Lewis. You won’t go wrong on a Friday morning in West County. Tune in on your favorite streaming service or the Radio Rethink app…all free for your ears. 

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Barbara Lewis Make Me Your Baby Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis Amazon
3The Ravens My Baby's Gone OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
4Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
5Kay Starr Kay's Lament Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
6Kay Starr Night Train Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
7The Blind Boys Of Alabama Free At Last Down In New Orleans Amazon
8The Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers Amazon
9Sam Cooke Mean Old World Night Beat Amazon
10The Golden Gate Quartet Dipsy Doodle Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
12Jimmy Liggins Cadillac Boogie Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
13Trailer Hot Rods to Hell So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3 Amazon
14Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
15Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines I Want a Lavender Cadillac So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 Amazon
16Mink Deville Spanish Stroll The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
17Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men What Does the Deep Sea Say? Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
18Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
19Annette Hanshaw Moanin' Low Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
20David Johansen Deep Blue Sea Shaker Amazon
21Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea One Hour Mama Amazon
22Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Vintage Collections Amazon
23Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely Rider in the Rain Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman Amazon
24Barbara Lewis Hello Stranger MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M Amazon
25John Prine Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
26Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Nothing in Common Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records Amazon
27The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Amazon
28Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey Rhythm Saved The World The Gems Of Jazz Amazon
29Louis Armstrong Rhythm Saved The World Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
30Ethel Smith Tico Tico Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952 Amazon
31The Happenings I Got Rhythm The Best Of The Happenings Amazon
32The Americans Sail Away Ladies American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
33The Louvin Brothers You'll Meet Him In The Clouds Close Harmony [Disc 6] Amazon
34Polly Possum And Joe Wolverton With The Dog Patch Boys Don't Talk To Me About Men The World Is A Monster Amazon

Back on the Farm 2025

The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show, an encore presentation from 2017. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.
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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard Farmer's Blues Country Music Amazon
3Freeman Stowers Sunrise On The Farm Sinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931 Amazon
4Bill Frisell Farmer Disfarmer Amazon
5Levon Helm Poor Old Dirt Farmer Dirt Farmer Amazon
6Bill Neely Black Land Farmer 16 Down Home Country Classics Amazon
7James King Thirty Years of Farming Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
8Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs Yeary The Wheat Crop Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song Amazon
9Lemuel Jones Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers) Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941) Amazon
10Peter Rowan Let the Harvest Go To Seed Bluegrass Boy Amazon
11Carolina Tar Heels Got The Farm Land Blues Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
12Cisco Houston Farmer's Lament The Folkways Years: 1944-1961 Amazon
13J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert) Living On The Farm The Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4 Amazon
14Walter Brennan Old Rivers Old Rivers Amazon
15The Bently Boys Down On Penny's Farm Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
16Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur Down on Penny's Farm Penny's Farm Amazon
17The Four Wanderers Farmer's Life For Me Black Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942) Amazon
18Ben & Ellen Harper Farmer's Daughter Childhood Home Amazon
19Bobby Bare The Farmer Feeds Us All Hard Time Hungrys Amazon
20Porter Wagoner The Farmer and the Lord 20 All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
21Paula Brown Farm Hollers Hollerin' Amazon
22Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers McDonald's Farm (1928) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
23Bubby Bishop I Want To Go Back To The Farm The Great Vintage Country Amazon
24Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) On A Little Two Acre Farm Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58 Amazon
25Goose Island Ramblers I Worked For a Farmer Polkabilly Amazon
26Buster Carter & Preston Young A Lazy Farmer Boy Before The Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
27Rosetta Howard Plow Hand Blues [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
28Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail Amazon
29Fiddlin' John Carson Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
30Ray Wylie Hubbard After the Harvest Crusades of the Restless Nights Amazon
31Dry Branch Fire Squad Devil, Take The Farmer 481 Bluegrass Class of 1990 Amazon
32Glen Campbell Arkansas Farmboy Adios Amazon
33Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin' Amazon
34Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Mother Maybelle Carter The Homestead On The Farm [Album Version] Songs Of The Famous Carter Family Amazon
35Walter Brennan Back To The Farm Old Shep Amazon

Juke Box Blues

Jukeboxes were not only cultural touchstones and vital engines for the music industry in the forties and fifties, but they also contributed to the democratization of music consumption in a way that radio could not: by allowing people to pay a nickel and choose the exact song they wanted to hear. Radio’s best effort was to feed the listener versus allow the listener to make their own choice. Over a half century later, streaming has become juggernaut replacing the jukebox. Like streaming of today, the jukebox once helped with music discovery driving regional hits and elevating lesser-known artists, turning local favorites into national stars. This week’s show will be a thematic one and, yes, we’re picking the music. But it’s a fun and mixed bag of country, early rock and pop all with the jukebox as centerpiece. Drop into Deeper Roots this morning for some classic Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison and Little Richard from the edgy side of the aisle and be ready for upbeat and swinging country from Ernest Tubb, Buck Owens, and Mel Tillis. Tune in for a show that recognizes this cultural phenomenon and proves the old saw “what is old is new again”. 

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bob King Rockin' The Jukebox Rockin' The Jukebox Amazon
3Jimmy Donley Radio, Jukebox And T.V. The Precious Years Amazon
4The Marigolds Juke Box Rock & Roll The Johnny Bragg Story Amazon
5Shirley & Lee Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
6Katy Moffatt Stoned At The Jukebox A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
7Gale Storm Love By The Jukebox Light Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm Amazon
8Roy Orbison Here Comes That Song Again Three Classic Albums+Singles and Sessions 1956-1962 [Disc 2] Amazon
9Teresa Brewer Music! Music! Music! Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
10Perry Como Juke Box Baby Kuties And Krooners Amazon
11The Mills Brothers I Gotta Have My Baby Back(E. Fitzgerald) The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3) Amazon
12Jerry Lee Lewis High School Confidential The Definitive Collection Amazon
13Little Richard All Around The World The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
14Bill Haley (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (3): Rock Around the Clock Amazon
15Chuck Berry Roll Over Beethoven Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
16Chuck Berry School Days The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
17James Mask & His Impalas Let The Juke Box Die Bandera Rockabilly And Country Roots Amazon
18BR5-49 A1 On The Jukebox Dog Days Amazon
19Buck Owens Put A Quarter In The Jukebox Hot Dog Amazon
20Buck Owens A-11 The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1] Amazon
21Joshua Hedley Mr. Jukebox Mr. Jukebox Amazon
22Ernest Tubb Mr. Jukebox Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
23James Hand In the Corner, at the Table, By the Jukebox The Truth Will Set You Free Amazon
24George Kent Hello, I'm A Jukebox The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
25Mel Tillis Jukebox Man (Single Version) The Best of Mel Tillis Amazon
26Tammy Wynette Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad Classic Country Vol. 15 The Sixties Legends Disc 1 Amazon
27Becky Hobbs Jones On the Jukebox Best of the Beckaroo – Part One Amazon
28June Carter Cash Juke Box Blues Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
29Emmylou Harris Amarillo Elite Hotel [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
30Charley Crockett Jukebox Charley Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley Amazon
31Pee Wee King Juke Box Blues Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin' Amazon
32Anita Carter That's What Makes the Juke Box Play 1950-1955 (Warped 5051) Amazon
33Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Juke Box Saturday Night The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
34Bill Haley with the Saddlemen Jukebox Cannonball From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint Amazon
35Luke Wills Rhythm Busters A Nickel In The Jukebox Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon

A Century of America's Music