Category Archives: American Popular

100 Years Ago

July 21, 2018 Dave

We’re taking this ‘Century of America’s Music’ theme quite serious this week. The tracks we’ll be playing are from the the first few decades of the 20th Century. Parlor music had lost its attraction by the turn of the century in favor of minstrel, vaudeville, and the emergence of Tin Pan Alley. Ragtime and jazz would evolve in an organic manner and blues would inform much of the jazz and band music that would become popular with the advent of the Victrola. Music today includes tracks from Vernon Dahlart, Billy Murray, Frank Crumit, and Ben Selvin & His Orchestra as we find the music of the teens and early 20s on a show that keeps our tagline strong. Tune in for this celebration of American popular music in its infancy.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	W.C. Handy	Livery Stable Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Burt Williams	Nobody	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Felix Arndt	Desecration Rag	The Big Broadcast vol. 9
5	Paramount Symphony Orchestra	Made In America (Pm 2008, 60-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
6	Harry McClaskey	Your Country And My Country (Pm 2011, 2011-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
7	Arthur Fields	Good Morning, Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip (Pm 2052, 2052-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
8	Whit Cunliffe	Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser!	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
9	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag	78s
10	Billy Murray	The Little Old Ford	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	Edith Day, Rosario Bourdon	Alice Blue Gown	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
12	Paul Whiteman	Whispering	Greatest Hits
13	Billy Murray	I'll See You In C-U-B-A	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
14	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	Dardanella	Dardanella
15	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	Dardanella
16	Al Jolson	Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night (1916)	Columbia-1976
17	Al Jolson	Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land (World War I Song) (1918)	Columbia-2542 (77753)
18	Vernon Dalhart	Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline?	Puttin on the Style
19	Fisk Jubilee Singers	O Mary Don't You Weep Don't You Mourn	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
20	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Shout All Over God's Heaven	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
21	Van Eps Trio	Ragging The Scale (Pm 2050, 87R-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
22	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
23	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Indianola (Those Draftin' Blues)	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
24	Pale K. Lua	The Rosary	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
25	Frank Crumit	I'm a Lonesome Little Rain Drop (1920)	Columbia-3332 (79460)
26	Louise, Ferera and Rose	Aloha Land (Pm 30060, 245-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
27	Helen Louise & Frank Derera's Hawaiians	Kai Maia O ka Maoli	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
28	Helen Louise & Palakiko Ferreira – Moana Lua	Hawaiian Hula Medley	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
29	Ford's Hawaiian Orchestra	Kahola March	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
30	Al Jolson	Swanee	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
31	Bert Williams	Moon Shines On The Moonshine, The	A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1
32	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	American Roots Music [Disc 2]

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Lonely Avenue

June 30, 2018 Dave

Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Booker T. & The MG's	Lonely Avenue	Green Onions
3	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2]
4	Mel Walker	Feelin' Mighty Lonesome	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
5	Johnny Ace	So Lonely	Memorial Album
6	Smiley Turner	Lonely Boy Blues	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
7	Julia Lee	Have You Ever Been Lonely	Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
8	Irma Thomas	Woman Left Lonely	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
9	Maxine Sullivan	Kind'a Lonesome	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
10	T-Bone Walker	Blue Mood	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
11	Shakey Jake	Gimme A Smile	The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
12	The Holmes Brothers	I'm So Lonely	Simple Truths
13	Joe Liggins	Blues For Tanya	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
14	Sam Cooke	Lonely Island	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)
15	Eddie Burns	Lonely Man Plea	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
16	James Winfield	Lonely, Lonely, Nights	Lonely Lonely Nights
17	Champion Jack Dupree	Lonely Road Blues	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
18	Chris Kenner	I'm Lonely, Take Me	Land of 1000 Dances
19	Earl King	Those Lonely Lonely Nights	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
20	Eddie Boyd	Got Lonesome Here	Third Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58)
21	Johnny Bragg	Hurt & Lonely	The Johnny Bragg Story
22	Violet Hall	(All Alone) I Sit And Cry	The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
23	Fats Domino	I'm Alone Because I Love You	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 8
24	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Lonely Street	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
25	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection
26	Lowell Fulson	Everyday I Have The Blues	Trying to Find My Baby
27	Smiley Lewis	Lonesome Highway	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
28	Nappy Brown	I'm Getting Lonesome	Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
29	Little Richard	Lonesome And Blue	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
30	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	Alone Together	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
31	Ella Fitzgerald	I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
32	Lillie Mae Kirkman	Lonesome	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
33	Julia Lee	Back Street (06-13-47)	1947

Early Female Pop Vocals

May 19, 2018 Dave

Here’s to the pioneering pop mavens. Don’t think we won’t draw a little bit outside the lines as well in this show, bringing in flappers, jazz, and novelty sounds. The groups and solo acts are thoroughly represented with the likes of Marion Harris, Ruth Etting, Billie Holiday, Kate Smith, and The Andrews Sisters. We’ll go a little bit further and bring you songs to uplift in hard times, ring with a bit of jingoism in war time, and celebrate the good times in every way possible. West County radio will get a good dose of the best of the early and mid-century popular music…all from the ladies.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Boswell Sisters	Heebie Jeebies, #1	The Boswell Sisters Collection
3	Marion Harris	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
4	Helen Kane, Leonard Joy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
5	Lee Morse	If You Want the Rainbow	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
6	Lee Morse	If I Can't Have You	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
7	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
8	Annette Hanshaw	I Get The Blues When It Rains	The Girl Next Door
9	Ethel Shutta With George Olsen & His Music	I'm On A Diet Of Love	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
10	Ruth Etting	My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
11	Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls
12	Vaughn De Leath	Ukulele Lady	With My Little Ukulele In My Hand (Disc 4 Of 4)
13	Vaughn De Leath	Banana Oil	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
14	Marion Harris	Spring Is Here Again	The Big Broadcast vol. 6
15	Boswell Sisters	Put That Sun Back In the Sky	Boswell Sisters
16	The Boswell Sisters	Shuffle Off To Buffalo	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
17	Kate Smith	Twenty Million People	Emergence Of A Legend
18	Kate Smith	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Emergence Of A Legend
19	Josephine Baker	Confessing	1926-1932
20	Billie Holiday	My Last Affair	Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2
21	Billie Holiday	I Wished On The Moon	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
22	Billie Holiday	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Hallelujah!	Cryin' Mood
24	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
25	Helen Forrest	Two Blind Loves	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
26	The Andrews Sisters	Rhumboogie	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
27	The Andrews Sisters	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
28	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
29	Dinning Sisters	Beg Your Pardon	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
30	Dinning Sisters	Oh Monah	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
31	The McGuire Sisters	Sugartime	The McGuire Sisters Greatest Hits
32	Helen Kane	Button Up Your Overcoat	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls

Songs About Morning

May 12, 2018 Dave 2 Comments

Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Joe Turner	Morning, Noon And Night	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
3	Billie Holiday	Good Morning Heartache	Ken Burns Jazz
4	Blossom Dearie	A Fine Spring Morning	Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered)
5	Louis Jordan	Early In The Morning	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell	How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning?	Make Love With
7	Doris Day	I Got The Sun In The Morning	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
8	Gillian Welch	One Morning	Hell Among the Yearlings
9	Gram Parsons	We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning	G.P. / Grievous Angel
10	Bob Dylan	Meet Me in the Morning	Blood on the Tracks
11	Jesse Colin Young	Morning Sun	Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
12	Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Greatest Hits
13	Irma Thomas	Early In The Morning	Simply Grand
14	Joan Baez	One Too Many Mornings	Baez Sings Dylan
15	Joni Mitchell	Chelsea Morning	Hits
16	David Bromberg	I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning	The Player: A Retrospective
17	The South Street Trio	Cold Morning Shout	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
18	Lead Belly	Good Morning Blues	Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2
19	K.C. Douglas	Woke Up This Morning	Mercury Blues
20	Julius Daniels	Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
21	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus	The First Recordings
22	Rev. Anderson Johnson	Death in the Morning	Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3]
23	Frank Sinatra	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2
24	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Some Velvet Morning	Nancy & Lee
25	Margaret Whiting	Good Morning Mister Echo	Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting
26	John Hartford	Morning Bugle	Morning Bugle
27	Hank Snow	Colorado Country Morning	I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2]
28	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
29	Shorty Long	Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
30	Billy Fair	Boogie In The Morning	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
31	Muddy Waters	Good Morning School Girl	Folk Singer

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Free Form – Roll Like a Big Wheel

April 14, 2018 Dave

We mix it up once again. Nothing like ending the week on a high note, a low note, and just the right mix of jazz, pop, rock, country, bluegrass, and R&B. You know it won’t stop there because if it’s one thing we do well is find all that is good in between the boards. Join Dave Stroud for music featuring tracks from The Boswell Sisters, Red Foley, Julia Lee, The Prisonaires, Mose Allison, and John Prine. Friday mornings in West County … where we kick off the weekend on the stream our hearts out!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joan Osborne	Roll Like A Big Wheel	Bring It On Home
3	The Mills Brothers	Cherry (L. Armstrong)	The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
4	Les Paul & The Andrews Sisters	Rumors Are Flying (Single Version)	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
5	Louis Jordan	Hungry Man	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra	Shout, Brother, Shout – (featuring The Five Tones)	Not So Quiet Please
7	The Prisonaires	Just Walking in the Rain	Sun Ballads 1953-62
8	Mose Allison	Lost Mind	Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
9	Dinah Washington	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?	Verve Unmixed
10	Julia Lee	When Jennie Does That Lowdown Dance	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]
11	Nellie Lutcher	Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Guy	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 4]
12	Boswell Sisters	Put That Sun Back In the Sky	Boswell Sisters
13	Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters	I Want To Be With You Always	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
14	The Andrews Sisters	Pistol Packin' Mama	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 1]
15	Junior Brown	Where Has All the Money Gone?	Down Home Chrome
16	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
17	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Down In Mexico	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
18	Santiago Jimenez	Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
19	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Havana Moon	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
20	Levon Helm	Tennessee Jed	Electric Dirt
21	Grateful Dead	Dire Wolf	Workingman's Dead
22	Graham Parker	Sugaree	Your Country
23	Jim Lauderdale	The Night The Moon Fell Down	Carolina Moonshine
24	Jimmy Martin	20/20 Vision	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
25	Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart	24 Greatest
26	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
27	Billie Holiday	Gloomy Sunday	Ken Burns Jazz
28	Lula Reed	I'll Drown In My Own Tears	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
29	Effie Smith	Water, Water	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
30	Mildred Jones	Mr. Thrill	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
31	T-Bone Walker	Cold Cold Feeling	Electric Blues – Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
32	Jo Stafford	Shrimp Boats	Your Hit Parade – 1951
33	Louis Armstrong	The Music Goes Round And Around [Single Version]	Rhythm Saved The World

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Free Form – Old Records

March 24, 2018 Dave

Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Irma Thomas	Old Records	If You Want It, Come and Get It
3	Lewis Bronzeville Five	Natchez Mississippi Blues	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
4	Leon Redbone	Sweet Lorraine	Any Time
5	Los Lobos	Goodnight My Love	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4)
6	The Treniers	Good Rockin' Tonight	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
7	The Larks	Rockin' in the Rocket Room	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
8	The Swallows	Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9	Irma Thomas	Girl Needs Boy	Soul Queen of New Orleans
10	Norah Jones	How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart?	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
11	Arthur Alexander	Every Day I Have to Cry	Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
12	Arthur Alexander	Anna	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
13	Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson	Texas Bop	The Border/Alamo Bay
14	The Mavericks	Hey Tonight (Bonus)	Quiero Creedence
15	The Texas Tornados	Little Bit Is Better Than Nada	4 Aces
16	Don Santiago Jimenez Sr	Ay Te Deja San Antonio	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
17	Linda Ronstadt	El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull)	Mas Canciones
18	Dwight Yoakam	This Time	This Time
19	Lefty Frizzell	Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More)	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
20	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
21	Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys	What It Means To Be Blue	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
22	Felix Arndt	Desecration Rag	The Big Broadcast vol. 9
23	The Sunshine Boys	It's Unanimous	1929-1931 – The Complete Set
24	Ted Weems & His Orchestra	From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning	The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928)
25	Danny Kaye	Civilization	Danny Kaye The Best of
26	Tampa Red	Shake It Up a Little	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
27	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	The Younger Generation	When you're smiling
28	Louis Armstrong	A Kiss To Build A Dream On	Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong – Demo
29	Bob Dylan	The Love That Faded	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
30	Charlie Louvin	Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham)	Charlie Louvin
31	Vince Gill	Randall Knife	This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
32	Modern Hicks	Wings Of A Dove	Tornado Alley
33	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection

A Dreamer’s Holiday

March 17, 2018 Dave

Sit back and relax. Today’s Deeper Roots takes on a quieter mood with easy and sweet pop melodies from the past century. Dreamy classics from the American Songbook featuring the likes of Ray Charles, Leon Redbone, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, The Pied Pipers, and many more. From the 1930s to the 2010s, this week’s show contains the polish of moonlight, the wisp of clouds against a blue sky, and a trip to the Isle of Golden Dreams. Something to ponder…a dream or two…adrift like smoke rings in low light. All for our West County fans on Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Redbone	A Dreamer's Holiday	Up A Lazy River
3	Solitaire Miles	Darn That Dream	Melancholy Lullaby
4	Mama Cass	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	Dream A Little Dream Of Me
5	The Pied Pipers	Dream	It's Been A Long, Long Time – Music Of The War Years Vol 3
6	Roy Orbison	Dream	You've Got Mail
7	The Prisonaires	Dreaming Of You	The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain
8	Sam Cooke	Smoke Rings	The Rhythm And The Blues
9	Little Jimmy Scott	Street of Dreams	Glengarry Glen Ross
10	Dr. John	Blue Skies	Afterglow
11	Bill Frisell & Petra Haden	I've Got A Crush On You	Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
12	k.d. lang	Skylark	Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
13	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Drifting and Dreaming	Lovers' Luau
14	Peggy Lee	Is That All There Is?	The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
15	Patti Page	Old Cape Cod	Your Hit Parade – 1957
16	Ray Charles	Moonlight In Vermont	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
17	Roy Orbison	In Dreams	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 4]
18	Neil Young	Dreamin' Man	Harvest Moon
19	Willie Nelson	A Dreamer's Holiday	Without a Song
20	Keely Smith	You Go to My Head	The Essential Capitol Collection
21	Frank Sinatra	September Song	The Reprise Collection [Disc 2]
22	Dean Martin	Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams	Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song
23	Dean Martin	Hit The Road To Dreamland	Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song
24	The Ink Spots	Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat	Greatest Hits
25	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
26	Les Paul	My Isle Of Golden Dreams	Les Paul: Guitar Wizard
27	Waylon Jennings	Dreaming My Dreams With You	Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2
28	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
29	Nat King Cole	Orange Colored Sky	Nat King Cole [Disc 2]
30	Alden Howard/Dick Hyman	I'll See You in My Dreams	Sweet and Lowdown
31	Tony Bennett	I Wanna Be Around	Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil

Jazz Guitar Redux

February 24, 2018 Dave

Jazz guitar masters take center stage on a February Friday in Sonoma County on community radio. Join Dave Stroud as he revisits some of the great jazz guitar performances including tracks from Charlie Christian, Eddie Lang, Teddy Bunn, and Kenny Burrell. This week’s two hour show will also include some country and rock favorites whose guitar work stands alongside the great influential performers of the day….Les Paul, Chet Atkins, and Hank Garland among them.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli	Jeepers Creepers	Swing 39
3	Carl Kress	Jazz in G	Presenting& The Great Guitarists
4	Stiphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel	It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing	The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
5	Teddy Bunn	I've Got The World on A String	Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
6	Charlie Christian	Solo Flight	Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
7	Gaillard, Slim Quartette	Tee Say Malee	Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
8	Slim Gaillard	Blue Heaven	ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
9	Eddie Lang	Add A Little Wiggle	Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35
10	Eddie Lang	Eddie's Twister	Jazz Guitar Virtuoso
11	John Trueheart	Lonesome Moments	Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
12	Dick Bernstein	Ramble	HIttin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
13	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Jazz Me Blues	Les Paul: Guitar Wizard
14	Chet Atkins	Mountain Melody	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
15	Chet Atkins, George Barnes, Henry Haynes, Kenneth Burns, Charles R. Grean, Irving Goldberg, Bob Davis	I'll See You In My Dreams	Jazz from the Hills
16	George Barnes	Little Rock Getaway	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
17	Oscar Aleman	Bye Bye Blues	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
18	Tal Farlow	Yardbird Suite	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
19	Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang	Guitar Blues	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
20	Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown	On Green Dolphin Street	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
21	Joe Pass	Night and Day	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
22	George Benson with Jack Mc Duff	Easy Living	George Benson & Jack McDuff
23	Kenny Burrell	Chitlins Con Carne	Midnight Blue
24	Jim Hall	Autumn Leaves	Hallmarks: The Best Of Jim Hall (1971-2000)
25	Pat Martino	Road Song	Footprints
26	Wes Montgomery	The Surrey With The Fringe On Top	Willow Weep For Me
27	Hank Garland	Some of These Day	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
28	Grant Green	Jean De Fleur	Idle Moments

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Elvis’ Roots

February 3, 2018 Dave

The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
3	Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4	Ernest Tubb	I Love You Because	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2)
5	Gene Austin	Love Letters In The Sand	A Time To Relax
6	Eddy Arnold	It's a Sin	Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
7	Red Foley	Old Shep	Tennessee Saturday Night
8	The Lone Star Cowboys	Just Because	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
9	The Carter Family	I'm Working On A Building	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
10	Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir	Working On The Building	Powerhouse Gospel
11	Kokomo Arnold	Milk Cow Blues	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
12	Arthur Gunter	Baby Let's Play House	The Best Of Excello Records
13	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man	The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
14	Jimmy Reed	Baby What You Want Me To Do	The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
15	Arthur Big Boy Crudup	So Glad You're Mine	Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
16	Arthur Big Boy Crudup	So Glad You're Mine	Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
17	Little Junior Parker	Mystery Train	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
19	Chuck Berry	Promised Land	The Chess Box Disc 2
20	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
21	The Eagles	Trying To Get To You	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1]
22	Smiley Lewis	One Night	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
23	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters	Money Honey	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
24	Roy Brown	Good Rockin' Tonight	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers
25	Ivory Joe Hunter	I Need You So	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
26	Billy Bunn & His Buddies	That's When Your Heartaches Begin	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
27	Charlie Blackwell	The Girl of My Best Friend	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
28	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
29	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Believe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe
30	The Golden Gate Quartet	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
31	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Peace In The Valley	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1]
32	Mahalia Jackson	How Great Thou Art	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
33	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Precious Memories	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
34	Joe Dowell	Wooden Heart	Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961
35	Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra	Blue Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals

Free Form – January 2018

January 13, 2018 Dave

We open 2018 with a mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans piano, gospel, and country… nothing that you would not expect from the show. Here’s hoping to something much better from all of us…as a democracy and a society. While the 1 percent have fooled the desperate we’ll be spending time with the passions of Ivie Anderson, Ray Charles, Madeline Bell, Doug Sahm, and Sam Cooke to keep our hearts, minds, and eyes on the prize. Join Dave Stroud for a free form exploration of American roots music every other Friday morning at 9am on KOWS and weekly (Friday evenings at 9) on KWTF.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Blossom Dearie	Everything I've Got	Got Nothing But Song
3	Professor Longhair	Mean Old World	Fess: The Professor Longhair A
4	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
5	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	Free At Las'	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
6	Anthony Butler	Judgement's Coming Soon	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
7	Cowboy Junkies	Jesus Is Coming Soon	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
8	Madeline Bell	Can't Get Used To Losing You	Bell's A Poppin'
9	Laura Lee	Up Tight, Good Man	The Muscle Shoals Sound
10	Jean Wells	Have a Little Mercy	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1
11	Varetta Dillard	I Can't Help Myself	Got You On My Mind
12	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
13	The Commands	No Time For You	Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label
14	Slim Gaillard	Blue Heaven	ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	Darling, Can't We Make A Date	The Very Best Of
16	Ivie Anderson	I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
17	Ivie Anderson	Oh Babe! Maybe Someday	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
18	Louis Jordan	I Seen What'cha Done	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
19	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4]
20	Willie Nelson	Let's Face The Music And Dance	Let's Face The Music And Dance
21	Asleep at the Wheel	Dance With Who Brung You	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
22	Leon McAuliffe	Tulsa, Straight Ahead	Tulsa Straight Ahead
23	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Better Do It Now	Shame On You
24	Doug Sahm	I Wanna Be Your Mama Again	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
25	Bruce Daigrepont	Acadie A la Louisiane	Alligator Stomp 3: Cajun Zydeco Classics
26	Elijah & The Ebonites	Hot Grits!!!	Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label
27	Lee Dorsey	Work, Work, Work	The Ep Collection…Plus
28	Bo Diddley	You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover	The Chess Box
29	Magic Sam	Feels So Good (I Wanna Boogie)	Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics
30	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	Blues From Hell
31	Ella Mae Morse	Jumpin' Jack	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
32	The Boswell Sisters	Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy	The Object Of My Affection
33	Ethel Waters	Stormy Weather	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
34	Juan Gabriel	Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)	Quiero Creedence

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