The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.
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Warren Barker
Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip')
Jazz Noir
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The Manhattan Transfer
Java Jive
Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
4
King Cole Trio
You're The Cream In My Coffee
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
5
Ella Mae Morse
Coffee Date
Singles 3
6
Patricia Kaas
Black Coffee
Jazz a Saint Germain
7
Jack Barlow
Hot Cup Of Coffee
I Live The Country Songs I Sing
8
Merle Travis
I Can't Afford The Coffee
The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)
9
Tex Ritter
01 – Coffee Pot
(2000) High Noon (CD 4)
10
Claude Gray
I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee
Country & Western Nuggets
11
Lefty Frizzell
Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee
1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
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Curtis Gordon
Caffeine And Nicotine
Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
13
Jon Rauhouse
Corn & Coffee
Steel Guitar Rodeo
14
Frank Sinatra
The Coffee Song
Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
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Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee
American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin
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Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas
Moliendo Cafe
Cuba. Por La Musica
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Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer
Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
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Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra
Forty Cups of Coffee
Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
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The Modernaires
Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five
The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
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The Ink Spots
Java Jive
The Great Entertainers
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Atilla
Coffee, Coffee
Mo 33004
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Greg Brown
Good Morning Coffee
If I Had Known
23
Kim Lenz
Percolate
Slowly Speeding
24
Julie London
Black Coffee
36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
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Ruth Etting
You're The Cream In My Coffee
Love Me or Leave Me CD1
26
Brook Benton
Another Cup Of Coffee
Best Of Brook Benton
27
The Boswell Sisters
Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version]
Fats Waller was a master of stride piano, a style that emerged in the early 20th century and became a cornerstone of jazz. His virtuosity in this style influenced countless pianists who came after him. But he is remembered most for his songwriting and the lively and humorous quality to his performances, incorporating all of these elements into his music. His ability to infuse joy and playfulness into his compositions and improvisations set him apart and made his music accessible to a wide audience. His contributions to the Great American songbook include jazz standards like “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” and “Black and Blue” which have been covered by countless artists over the years. This morning on Deeper Roots, we drop in to revel in the music, humor, warmth and charisma that was Thomas “Fats” Waller.
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Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Squeeze Me
One Hour Mama
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James P. Johnson
Carolina Shout
Jazz In The Charts Vol. 2 – Hot Lips
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James P. Johnson
What's The Use Of Being Alone
A Piano Anthology
5
Duke Ellington
That Rhythm Man
The Okeh Ellington [Disc 2]
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Willie The Lion Smith & His Cubs
More Than That
Harlem Jazz (The 30's)
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Willie "The Lion" Smith
Morning Air
A Piano Anthology
8
Fats Waller
The Joint Is Jumpin'
The Joint Is Jumpin'
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Fats Waller
Ain't Misbehavin'
The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
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Fats Waller
I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
The Joint Is Jumpin'
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Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards
I'm Goin' Huntin'
The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
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Fats Waller With Morris' Hot Babies
Fats Waller Stomp
The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 2]
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Mamacita
100 Ans De Jazz
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Thomas "Fats" Waller & Jeni Le Gon
Living In A Great Big Way
Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
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Fats Waller
I Wish I Were Twins
The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4]
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Ethel Waters
What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?
Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
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Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue [Album Version]
Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
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Fats Waller
Let's Pretend There's A Moon
The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4]
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Fats Waller
I'm Going To Sit Down & Write Myself A Letter
Music By Fats Waller
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Fats Waller
(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places
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Fats Waller
Your Feet's Too Big
Fats Waller Greatest Hits
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm
You're The Picture
Complete Recorded Works Vol.3
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Fats Waller
All That Meat & No Potatoes
Music By Fats Waller
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Fats Waller
Sweet Savannah Sue
The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1]
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Fats Waller
Sweet Sue
Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
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Fats Waller
Six Or Seven Times
The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1]
Fresh from a couple of weeks away, we’re going for the easy listening, classic pieces from the Great American Songbook. Join Dave Stroud on a dream-laden journey on the waters of the past century of America’s music as he pairs up some of the classic ballads and torch songs from the past. Mostly crooners but there’s plenty of jazz and pop standards to celebrate. We’ll hear pairings from The Mills Brothers and Les Paul & Mary Ford, Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan, Rosemary Clooney and Leon Redbone, Etta James, Billie Holiday, and Peggy Lee. That’s the short list. We’ll hear versions of “Fever”, “Dream”, “Smile”, “April in Paris” and “Autumn Leaves” in a show that reminds us that so many of these pop standards hold up well when put to the test of time. Drop by on a Friday morning where there’s whispering grasses among the autumn leaves here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Peggy Lee
Bali Ha'i
American Beauty
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Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
I'm Making Believe
R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
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April Stevens
I'm Making Believe
Teach Me Tiger
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Betty Carter/Ray Charles
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
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Natalie Cole
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
De-Lovely
7
Tony Bennett
Smile
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 2
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Nat King Cole
Smile
30 Greatest Hits Disc 1
9
Nat King Cole
Autumn Leaves
Sings For Two In Love (And More)
10
Roger Williams
Autumn Leaves
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
11
Clem Snide
Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
Sweetheart
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The Ink Spots
I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire
Your Hit Parade – 1941
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The Ink Spots
Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)
Greatest Hits
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Ringo Starr
Whispering Grass
Sentimental Journey
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The Mills Brothers
April In Paris
The Very Best Of The Mills Brothers [Disc 2]
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Frank Sinatra
April in Paris
Come Fly with Me [Capitol]
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Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
When You're Smiling
When you're smiling
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Frank Sinatra
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More
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Frank Sinatra
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter
Songs For Young Lovers & Swing Easy!
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Sarah Vaughan
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)
Quaint, sweet, nostalgic…just a few adjectives to describe today’s music. Digging into the digital bins we’ve surfaced some of the more familiar of tunes from the last century. Early century pop, country, jazz and vocal harmonies all being serenades with upbeat and good natured favorites of the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear from Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Ted Lewis, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Blind Blake with songs that ring a true bell in the heart. Songs about lazy rivers, love letters, the lovesick blues, and Kentucky moon. Don’t let yourself get carried away as you lean in closer to the speakers. We certainly don’t want you to hurt yourself. KOWS Community radio is a connection worth making with an eclectic blend of sounds from up and down the genre expanses…streaming to planet Earth at http://www.FreeSpeechNoBull.com. Join us.
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Fats Waller
Ain't Misbehavin'
Music By Fats Waller
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Gene Austin
Love Letters In The Sand
A Time To Relax
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Gene Austin
My Blue Heaven
A Time To Relax
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Ted Lewis
I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby
Is Everybody Happy Now?
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Bing Crosby
Someday, Sweetheart [Single Version]
Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends
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The Boswell Sisters Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Those Were The Days. [Disc 1]
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The Spirits Of Rhythm
Nobody's Sweetheart (Remastered)
The Spirits of Rhythm feat. Teddy Bunn
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Eddie Condon
Aint' Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll
That's A Serious Thing
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Blind Blake
Diddie Wah Diddie
ABC Of The Blues Vol 5
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Emmett Miller
Right Or Wrong
Minstrel Man From Georgia
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Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Right Or Wrong
King Of Western Swing Volume One
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Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Somebody Stole My Gal
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
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Jimmy Wakely
Roll Along, Kentucky Moon
Vintage Collections
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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Lazy River
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
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Johnny Davis And His Orchestra
Sugar
The Big Broadcast, Volume 8: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
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Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
Some Sweet Day
The Best Of Western Swing
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Sons of the Pioneers
Prairie Lullaby
Songs of the Prairie – CD2
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W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys
All I Do Is Dream of You
Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
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Hank Williams
Lovesick Blues
Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash
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The Mills Brothers
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (L. Armstrong)
Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
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The Mills Brothers
My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5
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Nat King Cole
Sweet Lorraine
Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
24
Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
Lazy River
The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.
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Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
The Sidewalks of New York
Internet Archives
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George Cohan Jr.
Give My Regards To Broadway
The Golden Entertainers
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Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.
42nd Street – from 42nd Street
Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
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McGlinn/London Sinfonietta
Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street)
The Busby Berkeley Album
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Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell
Lullaby Of Broadway
Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren
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Jo Stafford
Manhattan Serenade
For You
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Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson
Going To New York
Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
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Ella Fitzgerald
Manhattan
Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
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Babs Gonzales
Dem New York People
Cool Whalin'
Babs
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Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris
America
West Side Story
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Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra
She's a Latin from Manhattan
Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4
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Desi Arnaz
I Come From New York
The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
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Bobby Darin
Sunday in New York
Wild Cool & Swingin
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Frank Sinatra
Theme from New York, New York
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
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Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York
The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
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The Ad Libs
The Boy From New York City
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
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The Drifters
On Broadway
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
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John Barry
Midnight Cowboy
Moviola
21
Harry Nilsson
Everybody's Talkin'
Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
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Harry Nilsson
I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City
All-Time Greatest Hits
23
Simon & Garfunkel
The Only Living Boy In New York
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
24
Henry Mancini
Rhapsody in Blue
Instrumental Favorites
25
Garland Jeffreys
New York Skyline
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell, A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.
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Louis Armstrong
Jeepers Creepers
Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
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Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Tain't What You Do
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4
Fats Waller
Your Feet's Too Big
The Joint Is Jumpin'
5
Count Basie's Kansas City 7
Lester Leaps In
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
6
Woody Herman
Woodchopper's Ball
Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
7
Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
8
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
9
Billie Holiday
Them There Eyes
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06]
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Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra
Old Man Harlem
Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
11
Marlene Dietrich
Falling In Love Again
The Blue Angel
12
Bob Hope & Shirley Ross
Thanks for the Memory
Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2
13
Judy Garland
Over The Rainbow
That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
A bright future is in store….that’s our story and we’re stickin’ to it! Today’s show contains an inordinate amount of upbeat tickers including a trip to Tulsa with Asleep at the Wheel, a Fats Waller song about those wide open places, a journey following the North Star with Rhiannon Giddens, The Boswells, Hank Williams, Les Paul, and a whole lot more. We’re in a free form mood on a Friday morning here in Sonoma County, celebrating the Twelve Days of Inauguration the best way we know how. Join us on Sonoma County Community radio from the Deeper Roots Den with your host Dave Stroud, celebrating our democracy in a big, big way.
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Fats Waller
(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places
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Asleep at the Wheel
Take Me Back to Tulsa
The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
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Robert Gordon
Take Me Back
Are You Gonna Be The One
5
Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans
Shake Sugaree
Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
6
Jerry Garcia
Sugaree
Garcia
7
Elizabeth Cotten
Freight Train
Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
8
Les Paul
The Lonesome Road (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]
100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
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Sam Cooke
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
Swing Low
10
John Lee Hooker
I Cover The Waterfront
Mr. Lucky
11
The Ravens
Deep Purple
The Greatest Group of Them All
12
Rhiannon Giddens
Following the North Star
Freedom Highway
13
Rhiannon Giddens
I'm On My Way
There Is No Other
14
Geraint Watkins
Heart of Stone
Rush of Blood
15
Paul Thorn
Soon I Will Be Done
Don't Let The Devil Ride
16
James Carr
Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
17
The Pilgrim Travelers
I Never Knew Joy Before
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
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Reliable True Tones
I Came a Long Way
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
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Paramount Singers
There's A Leak In This Old Building
15 Down Home Gospel Classics
20
Rick Danko
When I Get My Just Rewards
Cryin' Heart Blues
21
John Fahey
Texas & Pacific Blues (My Bucket's Got A Hole In It)
Your Past Comes Back – Disc 5
22
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men
Dark Eyes
Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
23
Hank Williams
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Hank Williams – A Country Legend (1)
24
Boswell Sisters
Everybody Loves My Baby
Boswell Sisters
25
Fats Waller
Dry Bones
Music By Fats Waller
26
Ivie Anderson
Five O'clock Whistle
Cocktail Hour
27
Cleo Brown
Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes
The Legendary Cleo Brown
28
Danny Kaye
Oh By Jingo!
Danny Kaye The Best of
29
Mae West
He's A Bad, Bad Man
The Mae West Collection
30
Rosanne Cash
I Still Miss Someone
Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
Swing with us here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning, one week ahead of the Christmas festivities. The big band sound is that apple pie sound that grew out of the traveling musicians and dance hall bands of the 1920s. From the radio to ballrooms across the land, as the jazz orchestras grew in size, the arrangements had to be formalized to avoid mass confusion. The arranger became the focal point of the band. Improvisation during solos was written into the arrangements but their location and duration were controlled and the vocal stylings grew around the easy flowing style of the evolving jazz that would become known as ‘Swing’. Tune in for two hours of exploration of a century of America’s music.
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Benny Goodman
King Porter Stomp
RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's
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Benny Carter (With Lionel Hampton Orchestra)
I'm in the Mood for Swing
RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's
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Chick Webb
Go Harlem
Stompin' At The Savoy
5
Cab Calloway
The Jumpin' Jive
Best Of The Big Bands
6
Benny Goodman
When Buddha Smiles
Stompin' at the Savoy
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Count Basie
Doggin' Around
Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie
8
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra / Artie Shaw's Symphony Swing
Begin The Beguine (LP Version)
The 30s: Hollywood's Best
9
Glenn Miller Orchestra
In The Mood
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
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Woody Herman
Woodchopper's Ball
Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
11
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Why Don't You Do Right
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
12
Charlie Barnet
Skyliner
Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
13
Les Brown
Bizet Has His Day
Best of the Big Bands
14
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Four Brothers
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
15
Ella Fitzgerald
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Tuxedo Junction
The Centennial Collection Disc 1
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Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Let's Dance
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
18
Duke Ellington
Take The A Train
Watch The Closing Doors – A History Of New Yorks Musical Melting Pot Vol 1 1945-59 (CD 1)
19
Tony Pastor
Bell Bottom Trousers
Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
20
Benny Goodman
Sing, Sing, Sing (Part I)
Sing, Sing, Sing
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Woody Herman
Apple Honey
The Essence of Woody Herman
22
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Moonlight Serenade
The Centennial Collection Disc 1
23
Artie Shaw
Stardust
Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
24
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
I'll Be Seeing You
Kiss the Boys Goodbye: Classic Songs from World War II, Vol.1
25
Tommy Dorsey
Opus One
Stompin' At The Savoy
26
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
A String of Pearls
The Centennial Collection Disc 1
27
Benny Goodman
Stompin' At The Savoy
Stompin' At The Savoy
28
The Andrew Sisters
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Double Goldies [CD2]
29
Artie Shaw
I Got the Sun in the Morning
The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 4 – Little Jazz
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Harry James
You Made Me Love You
Time-Life Swing Era – 1940-1941 [Disc 1]
31
Doris Day/Les Brown
Sentimental Journey
Those Wonderful Years: Sentimental Journey 1930's & 1940's
Whether it was Prohibition, the need for comic relief from the worst Depression our country has known, or the release from Victorian norms in the age of the flapper…something was afoot. The humor it portended is not something that we all understand in this age… but it’s worth looking at. Novelty ruled the day and every Victrola and Edison radio spilled a silly song, whether it worked from puns or light humor (pop music), corny songs that sometimes had hidden charms (country and folk), or right in your face real life naughty bits (the blues)…there was something for everyone to sample. We’ll hear from Lonzo and Oscar, Milton Brown, Frank Crumit, George Formby, and Lonnie Johnson in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. A hoot and a holler by any other name on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Lonnie Johnson
She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight
Hot Fingers
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Frank Crumit
My Little Bimbo Down on the Bimbo Isle (1920)
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Billy Murray
I'll See You In C-U-B-A
Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
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Ozzie & Harriet Nelson
Oh Susanna, Dust off That Old Pianna
The Nelson Touch
6
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Down By the O-H-I-O
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
7
Roy Newman
I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
We’ll be serenading you with some island melodies, country tunes, and rock, all featuring the steel guitar, an instrument whose origins take us back to the late 19th and early 20th century invention by native Joseph Kekuku. The music this Friday features some early Hawaiian popular influences including Sol Ho’opi, Hoot Gibson, and King Nawah’s Hawaiians. The focus moves to mid-to late century greats featuring Pete Drake, Buddy Emmons, Buster Martin and Speedy West. The popularity of the ‘island sound’ in the early century brought us the sound of steel across many genres, including gospel, folk, blues, and country. Spend a couple of hours on an August morning in Sonoma County taking a journey from Hawaii to Forth Worth.
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King Nawahi's Hawaiians
Hawaiian Capers
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Trio De Hawaii
Melodias Populares Mexicana
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
4
Sol Ho'opi'i
Singing The Blues
Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
5
Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
An Orange Grove in California
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
6
Hoot Gibson
Mai Givee (Don't Give It Away)
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
7
Kalama's Quartet
Sassy
Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
8
Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians
Heat Wave
Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
9
Sol Ho'opi'i
I Like You
With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
10
King Nawahi's Hawaiians
Under a Texas Moon
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
11
Madame Riviere's Hawaiians
Ellis March
With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
12
Buster Martin
Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka
Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 10]
13
Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians
Bob & Jim by The Waters of Minetonka
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
14
Jim & Bob
The Song of the Range
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
15
Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys
I Won't Stand in Your Way
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
16
Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons
Singing Strings Of Steel
The Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds
17
Lone Star Playboys
Steel Guitar Bounce
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
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Albert Lee
Rainbows All Over Your Blues
The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
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Howard White
Steel Guitar Swallow
Western Swing And Steel Instrumental
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Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar
For Pete's Sake [Instrumental]
For Pete's Sake [Gusto]
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Pete Drake
Pedal Jumpin'
Stars Of The Steel Guitar
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Speedy West
Stainless Steel
Steel Guitar
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Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys
Hot Steel
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Jerry Byrd
Hilo Steel Guitar
Stars Of The Steel Guitar
25
Bob Wills
Texas Playboy Rag
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Doc Watson
Steel Guitar Rag
Memories
27
Bobby Lee
Steel Guitar Rag
Quasar Steel Guitar
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Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Journey To The Beginning – A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds
