Category Archives: American Popular

Free Form – September 2017

Join Dave Stroud for a special edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. He’ll be sitting in for Steady Eddie’s Retro Music Archives, filling the airwaves with sounds you would expect to hear on either show.  With a little blend of roots Americana stirred in. Hot rod sounds, killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, early century pop 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 Sunday afternoon in West County. Tune in.

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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 Hey Girl I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4 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
18Annette Hanshaw Moanin' Low Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
19Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection 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 I Got Rhythm Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952 Amazon
31The Happenings I Got Rhythm The Best Of The Happenings Amazon
32Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian Sail Away Lady The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2 Amazon
33The Americans Sail Away Ladies American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon

The Year in Pop – 1932

We look back…even though we weren’t there. Our show this week will celebrate the American songbook and popular music in the darkest of times: the year 1932. The clouds were only starting to clear in the heart of the Great Depression and the music was hopeful, sometimes saccharine, and the songwriting talent abundant. The performances were not bad either. The Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, The Boswell Sisters, Cab Calloway, Mildred Bailey, and many others contributed. Tune in on our morning look at the popular sounds of 1932.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination A Great Big Bunch Of You Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935 Amazon
3Jimmy Grier Orchestra voc. The Three Ambassadors Bend Down Sister Echoes From The Cocoanut Grove Amazon
4Ozzie & Harriet Nelson It's Gonna Be You The Nelson Touch Amazon
5The Mills Brothers Chinatown My Chinatown Sweeter Than Sugar Amazon
6The Mills Brothers I Can't Give You Anything But Love This Is Art Deco Amazon
7Boswell Sisters Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Boswell Sisters Amazon
8Boswell Sisters Stop the Sun Stop the Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
9Jeanette MacDonald Isn't It Romantic Hits of '32 Amazon
10Jimmy Grier Orchestra voc. The Three Ambassadors We`ve Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky Echoes From The Cocoanut Grove Amazon
11Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Bed) gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
12George Formby I Told My Baby With The Ukelele I'm The Ukulele Man Amazon
13Cab Calloway Eadie Was A Lady Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
14Ivie Anderson It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
15Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Doin' The New Lowdown A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1 Amazon
16Louis Armstrong All Of Me The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
17The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra Diga, Diga, Do The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2 Amazon
18The Mills Blue Rhythm Band Mighty Sweet Rhythm Spasm Amazon
19Helen Morgan with Victor Young & His Orchestra Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen Amazon
20Jimmie Grier & His Orchestra One Hour With You Paper Moon Amazon
21Al Bowlly Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries Just A Bowl Of Cherries Amazon
22Mildred Bailey Rockin' Chair Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
23Paul Robeson Ol' Man River Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
24The Mills Brothers Goodbye, Blues Hits of '32 Amazon
25Gene Austin A Ghost Of A Chance Voice Of The Southland Amazon
26Bing Crosby I Found A Million Dollar Baby Henry & June Amazon
27Bing Crosby Paradise Hits of '32 Amazon
28Bing Crosby Dinah Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1 Amazon
29Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton Douglas Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
30Sam Browne with Ambrose & His Orchestra The Sun Has Got His Hat On [Remastered 2003] Hits of '32 Amazon

Talk To Me

Talk is cheap. Talk can walk…if given the chance. With technology in our face each and every moment … it seems that talk has become even cheaper if not more full of falsehoods. From the very top the sewer of hyperbole flows downhill. But I digress. We’ll go from country to R&B, rock to gospel, and back again…with a theme show about ‘talking’. We’ve got Little Willie John, Nancy Wilson, Bob Wills, Bobby Charles, and Doris Day performing and following the talking points on our roots celebration on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Little Willie John Talk To Me, Talk To Me Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1] Amazon
3Los Super 7 Talk to Me Oxford American Southern Music Texas Amazon
4Polly Possum And Joe Wolverton With The Dog Patch Boys Don't Talk To Me About Men The World Is A Monster Amazon
5Ernest Ashworth Talk Back Trembling Lips Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
6Faron Young I Hear You Talkin' The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2) Amazon
7Buck Owens Loose Talk (With Rose Maddox) Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 3] Amazon
8Rose & The Maddox Brothers You've Been Talking In Your Sleep Maddox Brothers & Rose Amazon
9Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Heart to Heart Talk Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
10Gene O'Quin Keep A Talkin' Baby Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
11The Louvin Brothers I Know What You're Talking About Close Harmony [Disc 1] Amazon
12Bobby Charles Small Town Talk (single version) Bobby Charles Amazon
13Bobby Bare Talk Me Some Sense Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
14Lefty Frizzell No One to Talk to But the Blues (& Shirley Caddell) 1957 Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4) Amazon
15Little Willie John Let Them Talk Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962 Amazon
16Nancy Wilson Happy Talk Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley Amazon
17Peggy Lee Talkin' To Myself About You The Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
18Doris Day Pillow Talk Golden Girl Columbia Recordings 1944-1966 – Disc 2 Amazon
19Johnny Mercer & Martha Tilton with Paul Weston & His Orchestra If I Had A Talking Picture Of You Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55 Amazon
20Sam Cooke Talkin' Trash The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4) Amazon
21Frankie Ford You Talk Too Much The All Time Greatest Hits Of Amazon
22Snooks Eaglin Mama Talk to Your Daughter [#] Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
23Vicki Evans Dont Talk That Talk To Me Stompin' 34 Amazon
24The Table Toppers Talk To Me Baby Stompin' 2 Amazon
25Wynonie Harris Keep-A-Talking Women Whiskey & Fish Tails Amazon
26Bull Moose Jackson We Can Talk Some Trash Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950 Amazon
27Harold Burrage Hi-Yo Silver Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD) Amazon
28Fats Waller & His Rhythm Hate To Talk About Myself Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 Amazon
29Mose Allison I'm Not Talking Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness Amazon
30Eddie Jefferson Start Walkin' Stop Talkin' The BeBop Singers Amazon
31Billie Holiday Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone The Essential American Singers Amazon
32Norris The Troubador Talk About Jerusalem Mornin' Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3 Amazon
33Brother Claude Ely Talk About Jesus Satan Get Back Amazon
34The Bells Of Joy Let's Talk About Jesus Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults Amazon
35Annette Hanshaw If I Had a Talking Picture of You Volume 7 – Annette Hanshaw 1929-30 Amazon
36Dinah Washington Walkin' And Talkin' Gold Amazon

Free Form – June 2017

We’re going to mix it up this week on Deeper Roots in a regular free form show featuring music that runs the gamut. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm and Arthur Alexander, John Fogerty and Betty Wright, Memphis Minnie and Guy Lombardo, as well as a track from the late Gregg Allman. The topics will range anywhere from bad blood and bad boys to good news and bad news on a fresh collection of the vintage, on KOWS radio: Free Speech. No Bull. Community Radio for West Sonoma County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Gregg Allman I Believe I'll Go Back Home Low Country Blues Amazon
3Betty Wright He's Bad Bad Bad The Best of Betty Wright Amazon
4Derailers Bad, Bad Girl Guaranteed to Satisfy Amazon
5Doug Sahm Bad Boy The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm Amazon
6Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Bad Blood Cripple Creek Amazon
7Blind Lemon Jefferson Bad Luck Blues Classic Sides Disc 1 Amazon
8John Fogerty Bad Moon Rising The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
9Johnny Cash Bad News The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 2 Amazon
10Amy Helm Good News Didn't It Rain Amazon
11Cris Cuddy Good Bad News Sally's Waltz Amazon
12Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Good News Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
13George Olsen Good News Beyond The Blue Horizon Amazon
14Fats Domino Bad Luck and Trouble Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
15Sister Rosetta Tharpe What's That News The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3] Amazon
16Marvin Gaye What's The Matter With You Baby Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
17Memphis Minnie What's The Matter With The Mill? 21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10 Amazon
18Frank Stokes What's The Matter Blues Broke, Black & Blue [Disc 1] : Up Country Blues Amazon
19The Sunshine Boys What's the Matter With Deep Elem The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
20Joe Liggins What's The Reason (1949) The Chronological Joe Liggins 1948 – 1950 Amazon
21Guy Lombardo What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo Amazon
22The Mills Brothers What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?) The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3 Amazon
23Johnny Burnette With The Johnny Mann Singers You're The Reason 25 Greatest Hits Amazon
24Arthur Alexander You're The Reason The Greatest Hits Amazon
25Willie Nelson Reasons To Quit One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
26Tim Hardin Reason To Believe Best Of The Troubadours Amazon
27Django Reinhardt Believe It, Beloved The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1] Amazon
28Fern Jones I Do Believe The Glory Road Amazon
29Dan Hicks You Gotta Believe [Album Version] The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
30John Stewart She Believes In Me California Bloodlines Amazon
31The Louvin Brothers Making Believe Close Harmony [Disc 3] Amazon
32The Haden Triplets Making Believe The Haden Triplets Amazon
33Matt Urmy We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement) Out of the Ashes Amazon
34Neil Young I Believe in You After the Gold Rush Amazon
35Rick Nelson Believe What You Say Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon

Everly Brothers Tribute

Hits from the 50s and 60s…covers by contemporary artists… original versions … songs from Phil and Don and from the songwriting team that brought them fame: Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. We’ll spend time on all of them…and more…in a special two hour tribute to the brothers who may not have been able to get along but they got along with their fans beginning with 1957’s Bye Bye Love. They lasted as solid pop, country, and rock crossovers well into the mid-1960s and we’re going to celebrate their music featuring performers including Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, The Persuasions, Buddy Miller, and a host of others.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Everly Brothers Should We Tell Him Classic Everly Brothers CD1 Amazon
3The Everly Brothers Cathy's Clown Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1 Amazon
4The Everly Brothers So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault, Pt. 3 Amazon
5John Prine With Connie Smith So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad) In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
6The Everly Brothers Crying in the Rain Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1 Amazon
7Rockpile Crying in the Rain Seconds of Pleasure Amazon
8Rockpile Take a Message to Mary Seconds of Pleasure Amazon
9The Everly Brothers Muskrat Both Sides Of An Evening Amazon
10Merle Travis Muskrat Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
11The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band All I Have to Do Is Dream Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 2 Amazon
12The Persuasions All I Have To Do Is Dream Good News Amazon
13Linda Ronstadt When Will I Be Loved Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt Amazon
14Everly Brothers When Will I Be Loved Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2 Amazon
15The Everly Brothers Walk Right Back [Single – 1961] Singles / EP's /Radio / Live Amazon
16The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957 Amazon
17David Lindley Bye Bye Love El Rayo-X Amazon
18Madeleine Peyroux Bye Bye Love The Blue Room Amazon
19Linda Ronstadt/Valerie Carter Devoted to You Dedicated to the One I Love Amazon
20Teddy Thompson The Price Of Love A Piece Of What You Need (iTunes Version) Amazon
21Everly Brothers Till I Kissed You Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2 Amazon
22Buddy Miller The Price Of Love Midnight And Lonesome Amazon
23The Everly Brothers The Price of Love Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2 Amazon
24Emmylou Harris Sleepless Nights Pieces Of The Sky Amazon
25Ray Charles Bye Bye Love Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3 Amazon
26Roy Orbison All I Have To Do Is Dream The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2] Amazon
27Roy Orbison Bye Bye Love Sings Lonely and Blue [US Bonus Tracks] Amazon
28The Everly Brothers Bowling Green Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2 Amazon
29Kirsty MacColl Walk Right Back What Do Pretty Girls Do? Amazon
30John Fogerty When Will I Be Loved? (With Bruce Springsteen) The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again Amazon
31The Everly Brothers Memories Are Made Of This It's Everly Time Amazon
32The Everly Brothers I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Amazon
33Everly Brothers Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2 Amazon
34The Everly Brothers Down In The Willow Garden Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Amazon
35Kevin Russell Walk Right Back Plain Dirt Fashion Amazon

Lazy Day Lullabies

t’s the softer side of Americana sounds from the last 100 years. Digging into the dusty digital bins, Deeper Roots host Dave Stroud will keep the waters calm in the face of the storm that swirls around us. Love songs, songs of wistful desires, trips to the seashore cabin, and instrumentals for dreamers all take center stage in a collection of sounds from the mellow side. We’ll hear pop from Dean Martin, country from Charlie McCoy and Merle Haggard, rock from Mark Knopfler and Roy Orbison, and some soul sounds from Sam Cooke and Irma Thomas.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Santo & Johnny Lazy Day Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
3Jason Wilber Your Destiny Lazy Afternoon Amazon
4Merle Haggard Goin' Away Party Unforgettable Amazon
5Charlie McCoy Walkin' After Midnight Classic Country Amazon
6J.J. Cale After Midnight The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
7The Mills Brothers Lazy River Best of the Decca Years Amazon
8John Prine & Mac Wiseman Old Cape Cod Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
9Neil Young One of These Days Harvest Moon Amazon
10Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars You Got Me Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
11Waylon Jennings Dreaming My Dreams With You Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris Amazon
12Kevin Russell Lay Down Your Burden You Don't Know Me Amazon
13Dean Martin Sleepy Time Gal Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song Amazon
14Bob Hope, Shirley Ross Two Sleepy People Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957 Amazon
15Leo Reisman & His Orchestra Lazy Lullaby Society Swing Amazon
16Willie Nelson Blue Hawaii Honeymoon in Vegas Amazon
17The Arthur Lyman Group Yellow Bird Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6 Amazon
18Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler Tahitian Skies Neck and Neck Amazon
19Dire Straits Ticket To Heaven On Every Street Amazon
20Roy Orbison Ride Away Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68 Amazon
21Leon Russell Lady Blue Retrospective Amazon
22Randy Newman Baltimore The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 Amazon
23Bill Frisell Poem For Eva Good Dog, Happy Man Amazon
24Sam Cooke Bring It on Home to Me Greatest Hits Amazon
25Irma Thomas River Is Waiting Simply Grand Amazon
26Mississippi John Hurt Since I've Laid My Burden Down Immortal Amazon
27John Prine Speed of the Sound of Loneliness German Afternoons Amazon
28John Fogerty Back Home Again The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again Amazon
29Calvin Cooke Since I Laid My Burden Down The Best Of Sacred Steel Amazon
30Louis Armstrong When It's Sleepy Time Down South The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3] Amazon

Free Form – February 2017

Free Form February 2017
Free Form February 2017

We return to a free form blend of American roots this February evening. Our topics are of the varietal kind including a collection of blues including the Cocaine Blues, the Guitar Blues, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, Frisco Blues, and Evil Hearted Man Blues. We’ll also bring up the topics of Civilization with Louis Prima, Old Fashioned Love with The Mills Brothers, and Emmett Miller will delight the crowds with his jelly roll song. It’s R&B, blues, country, jazz and rock on a Wednesday evening in West County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Asleep at the Wheel Blues Stay Away from Me 10 Amazon
3Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Black And Blue Bottom Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-333 Remastered [Disc 1] Amazon
4Erskine Hawkins Tuxedo Junction The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
5Whispering Jack Smith Crazy Rhythm Me & My Shadow Amazon
6Ruth Etting with piano accompaniment by Rube Bloom It All Belongs To Me Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things Amazon
7Ted Lewis Aunt Hagar's Blues Is Everybody Happy Now? Amazon
8Lew Stone The Continental The Art Deco Music Collection: Falling In Love Again Amazon
9The Mills Brothers Old Fashioned Love Sweeter Than Sugar Amazon
10Louis Prima Civilization Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
11Tennessee Ernie Ford Anticipation Blues Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
12Bob Wills Mississippi Delta Blues Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist) Amazon
13Emmett Miller The Blues Singer (From Alabam') Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
14Fruit Jar Guzzlers Stack-O-Lee The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
15Mountain Mountaineers Dirty Dog Blues The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon
16Emmett Miller I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
17Jimmie Rodgers Never No Mo' Blues The Essential Jimmie Rodgers Amazon
18Billy Hughes Cocaine Blues The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 12 Amazon
19Dick Curless Evil Hearted Man Blues A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969) Amazon
20The Allen Brothers Frisco Blues Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 Amazon
21Bill Cox Georgia Brown Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
22Carlisle & Ball Guitar Blues [Album Version] White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
23Al Bernard Accompanied By The Goofus Five Hesitation Blues Okeh Western Swing Amazon
24Levon & The Hawks Honky Tonk A Musical History [Disc 1] Amazon
25Charlie Musselwhite Pea Vine Blues Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
26Billy Ward & the Dominoes Can't Do Sixty No More Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
27The Peppers It Wouldn't Be The Same Foot Stompin' Amazon
28Little Willie John Sleep Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962 Amazon
29Sam Cooke Having a Party The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4) Amazon
30Leon Redbone Sweet Substitute Any Time Amazon
31Tiny Bradshaw Shout, Sister, Shout (09-29-34) Breaking Up the House [Disc 1] Amazon
32Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
33Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
34The Deep River Boys Shake, Rattle and Roll Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
35Tennessee Ernie Ford Stack-O-Lee Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon

Free Form – January 2017

Free Form - January 2017
Free Form – January 2017

Dreams that flow from a nine-volt heart. Drop on by for a stream of sounds from the past century, illuminated by a one-way flow of connections between songs representing the best in blues (Howlin’ Wolf), gospel (Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sister O.M. Terrell), jazz (Nina Simone and Louis Armstrong), country (Guy Clark and The Louvins), contemporary Americana (The Devil Makes Three and Jefferson Ross), and so much more. Songs about trouble, bad roads and bad moons, little birds, coffee, and hidden charms…all for you on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dave Alvin Nine-Volt Heart Ashgrove Amazon
3Guy Clark Boats To Build Boats To Build Amazon
4Townes Van Zandt Pancho and Lefty Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt Amazon
5Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men Railroad Bill Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
6The Devil Makes Three Forty Days I'm a Stranger Here Amazon
7Duane Eddy Forty Miles Of Bad Road Dance With The Guitar Man Amazon
8Danny Overbea Forty Cups Of Coffee Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon
9Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
10Nappy Brown Hidden Charms Tore Up Amazon
11The Blasters Trouble Bound The Blasters Collection Amazon
12Ashley Monical Trouble Facing The Shadow Amazon
13Jefferson Ross Trouble Is Dogwood Cats Amazon
14Ry Cooder Trouble, You Can't Fool Me Bop Till You Drop (Remaster 2013) Amazon
15Ry Cooder The Pearls/Tia Juana Jazz (Remaster 2013) Amazon
16Dr. John Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen Ske-Dat-De-Dat&The Spirit Of Satch Amazon
17Nina Simone Strange Fruit Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
18Louis Armstrong Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Louis And The Good Book Amazon
19The Roadoilers Jonah and the Whale The Roadoilers Amazon
20Sister Rosetta Tharpe Jonah Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
21Tommy Magness Jesus Will Save Your Soul Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
22Bob Dylan Gospel Plow Bob Dylan Amazon
23The Louvin Brothers The Gospel Way Close Harmony [Disc 1] Amazon
24Sister O. M. Terrell God's Little Birds Country Gospel 1946-1953 Amazon
25Red Foley With The Sunshine Boys Peace In the Valley Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century Amazon
26Johnny Cash Peace In The Valley Gospel Glory Amazon
27John Fogerty Bad Moon Rising The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
28Fats Domino (All of My Life) For You This Is Gold Disc 2 Amazon
29Clyde McPhatter Lover's Question The Atlantic Story [UK] Amazon
30Clyde McPhatter Lover Please Hard to Find 45's on CD, Vol. 2: 1961-64 Amazon
31Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
32Shakey Jake & The Willie Dixon Band Roll Your Moneymaker Willie Dixon and Friends, Vol. 7 Amazon

Late 40s Pop

Late Forties Pop
Late Forties Pop

A brand new show…fresh from the digital bins of Deeper Roots’ archives. We’ve got the songs and the stories once again this week as we take a cruise down the American whitebread pop river, exploring post-war pop. Our focus will be a very narrow window of time where the very best in silk and satin voices mixed freely with Hollywood novelty and nostalgic swing bands. Tune in for Kay Kyser, Dinah Shore, The Harmonicats, Frankie Laine, Vaughn Monroe, and a whole host of others this week on Deeper Roots as we explore a sound that missed the R&B and rock train and would be run over by it at the same time.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Doris Day Sentimental Journey Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 1] Amazon
3The Andrews Sisters Rum And Coca-Cola 20th Century Masters: Millenni Amazon
4Johnny Mercer And Pied Pipers With Paul Weston And His Orchestra On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55 Amazon
5Dinah Shore Buttons And Bows The Dinah Shore Collection: Columbia and RCA Recordings 1942-1948 [Disc 2] Amazon
6Evelyn Knight A Little Bird Told Me Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
7Harmonicats Peg O' My Heart The White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 2] Amazon
8Swing & Sway & Sammy Kaye The Old Lamp-Lighter Your Hit Parade: 1946 Amazon
9Bing Crosby South America, Take It Away Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1] Amazon
10Blue Barron Cruising Down The River Your Hit Parade: 1949 Amazon
11Bing Crosby Don't Fence Me In Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1] Amazon
12The Ink Spots The Gypsy Greatest Hits Amazon
13Kay Kyser & His Orchestra Ole Buttermilk Sky Your Hit Parade: 1946 Amazon
14Frankie Carle And His Orchestra Rumors Are Flying Your Hit Parade: 1946 Amazon
15Betty Hutton Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief It's Been A Long, Long Time – Music Of The War Years Vol 3 Amazon
16Count Basie Open The Door Richard Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
17Harry James (Featuring Kitty Kallen) It's Been A Long, Long Time the Best of Big Band – volume 4 Amazon
18Perry Como Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) The Very Best of Perry Como Amazon
19Margaret Whiting A Tree In The Meadow Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting Amazon
20Nat King Cole Nature Boy Nat King Cole [Disc 1] Amazon
21Johnny Mercer Personality Your Hit Parade: 1946 Amazon
22Gene Krupa And His Orchestra With Anita O'Day Chickery Chick Young Anita -3- Boogie Blues Amazon
23Art Mooney I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
24Vaughn Monroe Riders In the Sky Classic Years of Vaughn Monroe, Vol. 1 Amazon
25Tex Williams Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 Amazon
26Frankie Laine Mule Train Your Hit Parade: 1949 Amazon
27Frankie Laine That Lucky Old Sun The Great American Crooners [Disc 3] Amazon
28The Ink Spots To Each His Own Greatest Hits Amazon
29Francis Craig Near You Cigar Classics 1: The Standards Amazon
30Frank Sinatra Five Minutes More The Great American Crooners [Disc 4] Amazon
31Bing Crosby It's Been a Long Long Time Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1] Amazon
32Vaughn Monroe Ballerina Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
33Kay Kyser On a Slow Boat to China Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon

Who We Lost in 2016

Who We Lost 2016
Who We Lost 2016

To say that the year 2016 was a bummer year is an understatement. While entertainment would take a backseat to the social and political conflagrations of the year, it was a very tough year for music lovers, nonetheless. Deeper Roots will be sharing tracks from some of the great, both known and unknown, who left us. We’ll hear from both Prince as well as Dan Hicks; Natalie Cole and Lonnie Mack; Juan Gabriel and Paul Kantner. It does not end there and we’ll barely be able to cover them all. Tune into our last show of the year and help us remember what these performers brought us.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ralph Stanley O Death O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
3Leonard Cohen Hallelujah Various Positions Amazon
4Kay Starr Wheel Of Fortune Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
5Debbie Reynolds Tammy Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
6Pete Fountain A Closer Walk Best of Pete Fountain Amazon
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