Category Archives: American Popular

Christmas Special 2015

December 26, 2015 Dave

We’ve got some holiday roots music featuring new and old. Join Dave Stroud for Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music for music from the outskirts of R&B, rock, blues, country, and pop. We’ll hear holiday cheer in the form of blues with Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and Lloyd Glenn; contemporary pieces from Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and The Boxmasters; confectionary pop from The Andrews Sisters, Eileen Barton, and The Beach Boys; and some of the very best R&B from Ray Charles, Betty Carter, and Amos Milburn. There’s a large helping of country pop and blues including Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big ‘D’ Boys, The Living Sisters, and (of course) Elvis. Two hours of Christmas cheer on a hump day Wednesday evening on the voice of West Sonoma County! You can follow it here: http://www.kows.fm/listen

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
3	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
4	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
5	The Living Sisters	Merry Happy Christmas	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
6	She & Him	Blue Christmas	A Very She & Him Christmas
7	The Ronettes	Frosty the Snowman	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
8	The Beach Boys	Toy Drive Public Service Announcement	Ultimate Christmas
9	Darlene Love	Winter Wonderland	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
10	The Beach Boys	Dennis Wilson Christmas Message	Ultimate Christmas
11	Darlene Love	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
12	The Beach Boys	Man With All the Toys, The	Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
13	Leroy Carr	Christmas In Jail – Ain't That A Pain	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
14	Lloyd Glenn	Sleigh Ride	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
15	Amos Milburn	Christmas Comes But Once A Year	King single 45-5405
16	B.B. King	Christmas Celebration	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
17	Walter Davis	Santa Claus	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
18	Blind Blake	Lonesome Christmas Blues	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
19	Leon Redbone	Christmas Island	Christmas Island
20	The Andrews Sisters	Christmas Island	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
21	Eileen Barton	The Night Before Christmas Song	Coral single 9-60880
22	Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
23	Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys	Santa's Helper	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
24	Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren	Christmas Choo Choo Train	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
25	Elvis Presley	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
26	Elvis Presley	If Every Day Was Like Christmas	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
27	The Living Sisters	Silver Bells	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
28	Dean Martin	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
29	Betty Carter	Baby It's Cold Outside	The Spirit Of Christmas
30	Ray Charles	Winter Wonderland	The Spirit Of Christmas
31	Cajun Gold	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
32	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
33	Lou Rawls	Christmas Is	Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails
34	The Louvin Brothers	It's Christmas Time	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
35	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
36	James Brown	Please Come Home for Christmas	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
37	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Roots of Doo Wop

December 12, 2015 Dave

The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Turbans	When You Dance	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
3	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
4	Heavenly Gospel Singers	The Prodigal Son	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5	The Heavenly Gospel Singers	When Was Jesus Born?	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
6	The Deep River Boys	Melody of Love	The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
7	The Charioteers	All God's Chillun Got Shoes	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
8	The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	Best of the Decca Years
9	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
10	Lewis Bronzville Five	Low Down Gal Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
11	The Ink Spots	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	40 Your Hit Parade
12	The Ink Spots	My Prayer	Greatest Hits
13	The Cats & The Fiddle	I Miss You So	The Very Best Of
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	We Cats Will Swing For You	The Very Best Of
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
16	The Delta Rhythm Boys	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Do You Care	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
18	Slim & Slam	The Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
19	Five Red Caps	Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
20	The Cap-Tans	I'm So Crazy For Love	Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
21	The Ravens	Count Every Star	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
22	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
23	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
24	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
25	The Toppers	If Money Grew on Trees	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
26	The Five Keys	The Glory of Love	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
27	The Orioles	It's Too Soon to Know	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
28	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
29	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
30	The Crows	Gee	Feelin Fine
31	The Flamingos	Would I Be Crying	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
32	The Flamingos	Golden Teardrops	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
33	The Five Satins	In The Still Of The Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
34	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
35	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
36	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1

American Popular, Deeper Roots on KWTF

Broadway and Film

November 7, 2015 Dave

Not to ignore the obvious influences that Hollywood had on our culture and music, we dig into the archives to sample some of the greats as well as some of the unknowns. Popular entertainment began with minstrelsy, traveling medicine shows, vaudeville, and finally ‘the Great White Way’ of New York’s Broadway. Entertainers such as Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, as well as Harlem’s profound contribution in the names of Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway would capture a light-heartedness and nostalgic sound while telling small stories in a very big way. Tune in Friday night on KWTF and hear the musicals, the novelty pieces, and find yourselves riding down the river of some of the more energetic swells of the past century.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Benny Goodman	Hooray For Hollywood	Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
3	Al Jolson	My Mammy – from The Jazz Singer	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
4	Fanny Brice	My Man – from My Man	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
5	Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse	That's Entertainment (The Band Wagon)	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s
6	Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.	42nd Street – from 42nd Street	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
7	Ginger Rogers & Chorus / Busby Berkeley	We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song) (Album Version from 'Gold Diggers of 1933')	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
8	Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T.	San Francisco (Soundtrack Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
9	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (from Hi-De-Ho short)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
10	Dooley Wilson	As Time Goes By – from Casablanca	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
11	The Mills Brothers	Congo Fever (Jungle Fever)	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
12	Johnnie 'Scat' Davis, Frances Langford & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Let That Be A Lesson To You	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
13	Ethel Waters	Heat Wave	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
14	Bing Crosby	So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together	Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
15	Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong	Now You Has Jazz	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
16	Louis Armstrong & His Allstars/Jack Teagaredn	Ain't Misbehavin'	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
17	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
18	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain (Singin' in the Rain)	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s
19	Kern/Hammerstein	Buck & Wing	Show Boat Soundtrack
20	Christine Johnson, Jean Darling, Chorus	June Is Bustin' Out All Over	The Original Broadway Cast Album
21	Ray Bolger	Once in Love With Amy	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
22	Carol Channing	Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
23	Richard Burton	Camelot	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
24	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
25	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	Viva Las Vegas	Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
26	Carol Channing	Hello Dolly!	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
27	Robert Preston	Seventy Six Trombones	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
28	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Bonnie And Clyde	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
29	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell	Dueling Banjos	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
30	Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson	In the Jailhouse Now	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
31	Bette Midler	Optimistic Voices/Lullaby Of Broadway	Bette Midler
32	John Raitt	Hey There The Pajama Game]	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s

Night Time – KOWS Oct 28, 2015

October 29, 2015 Dave

No more alternating Saturday mornings for Deeper Roots. We’re a weekly publication now…every Wednesday evening at 7 Pacific!. We’re going to settle into our new KOWS time-slot tonight with music that celebrates our new day of the week and we’ll also roam east, south, west and north in our pursuit of the best from the last 100 years of American music. Join us right after Robert Feuer’s Blues Up the River for some ‘down river’ sounds including Johnny Horton, Tom Rush, Riley Puckett, and some John Lee Hooker. Because the night time is the right time.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nappy Brown	Just a Little Love	Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
3	John Lee Hooker	Night Time Is The Right Time	Boogie Chillun
4	Ray Charles	Night Time Is the Right Time	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
5	James Brown	Night Train	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
6	Billy Jones	When It's Night Time in Italy, It's Wednesday over Here	The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)
7	Riley Puckett	Wednesday Night Waltz	Country Music Pioneer vol 1
8	Josh White	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday	Vol. 3-(1935-40)
9	Misisipi Mike Wolf	Calling the Shots	The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
10	Kevin Russell	Head South	Trouble In Mind
11	Asleep at the Wheel	South of the Border (with George Strait)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
12	Willie Nelson	South (Featuring Paul Shaffer & Vince Gill)	Willie and the Wheel
13	Cleo Brown	I'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North)	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
14	Kinky Friedman	Girl From The North Country	The Loneliest Man I Ever Met
15	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	The Northern Lights	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
16	Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel	Northern Lights	Freight Train Boogie
17	Johnny Horton	North to Alaska	Magic Moments
18	David Luning	Northern California	Just Drop On By
19	Bill Monroe And Doc Watson	East Tennessee Blues	Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2
20	June Carter Cash	East Virginia Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 2
21	Grandpa Jones	East Bound Freight Train	16 Greatest Hits
22	Tom Rush	East of Eden	What I Know
23	Jerry Reed	East Bound And Down	The Essential Jerry Reed
24	Geraint Watkins	Go West	Dial 'W' for Watkins
25	Chris Isaak	Western Stars	Silvertone
26	Les Paul	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
27	The Benny Goodman Sextet	East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)	Benny Goodman Sextet
28	Whitt Denson "One Voice Quartette"	New Morning Sun 436	I Belong to This Band: Eight-Five Years of Sacred Harp Recordings
29	Ruthie Foster	Brand New Day	Promise of a Brand New Day
30	Nappy Brown	Little By Little	Night Time Is the Right Time
31	Chris Hillman/Herb Pedersen	Invitation to the Blues	Way Out West
32	Willie Nelson/Lukas Nelson	My Window Faces The South	Heroes

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

No Parking Here – KOWS October 10, 2015

October 11, 2015 Dave

Saturday mornings are root-bound…in the very best sense of the phrase. Tune into KOWS for an eclectic blend of gospel from Jimmy Murphy and The Loyal Five, early century pop from Cliff Edwards and Emmett Miler, R&B from Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland and Dr. John, country from Red Foley and Jimmy Littlejohn, and more of the sounds that matters from the past century of American music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gene Autry	Rhythm Of The Range	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 3]
3	Cliff Edwards	Hang on to Me	The Collection
4	Emmett Miller	(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way	Minstrel Man From Georgia
5	Sons of the Pioneers	Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown	Songs of the Prairie – CD3
6	Arthur Smith	Follow Me Boogie (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
7	Johnny Cash	Calilou (The Rambler)	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4]
8	Dr. John	How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)	Goin' Back To New Orleans
9	Bobby "Blue" Bland	I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
10	Piano Red	Ain't Goin To Be Your Low Down Dog No	Blues, Blues, Blues
11	Pee Wee King	Dog House Blues	Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
12	Neko Case	John Saw That Number	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
13	The Loyal Five	John The Revelator	Heaven Bound Train
14	Jimmy Murphy	John the Baptist [Live]	Electricity
15	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Get Up John	Bill Monroe: Anthology
16	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Private Property (No Tresspassing)	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
17	Jimmy Littlejohn	No Parking Here	The World Is A Monster
18	Woody Guthrie	Riding in My Car (Car Song)	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
19	Billy Murray	The Little Old Ford	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
20	Vince Gill	Love Bug	Bradley Barn Sessions
21	Little Jimmy Dickens	When That Love Bug Bites You	Country Boy [Disc 2]
22	Jimmy Edwards	Love Bug Crawl	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
23	Red Foley & Minnie Pearl	Love Bug Itch	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
24	The Mills Brothers	The Love Bug Will Bite You	Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
25	Vera Lynn	The Love Bug Will Bite You	A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
26	Doc & Merle Watson	Corrina, Corrina	Then And Now/Two Days In November
27	Spade Cooley	Crazy' Cause I Love You	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
28	The Weavers	Meet the Johnson Boys	The Weavers at Home
29	Clifton Chenier	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Bogalusa Boogie
30	Huey "Piano" Smith	We I'll Be John Brown	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
31	Junior Brown & Red Simpson	Nitro Express	Rig Rock Deluxe
32	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
33	Tex Ritter	Dear John	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
34	Ray Charles	You Don't Know Me	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
35	Dr. John The Night Tripper	Mama Roux	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974

Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Rhythm and Blues

Wild Men and Wild Women

October 10, 2015 Dave

It’s theme time once again and we’re going to find ourselves among the wild and crazy men as well as the wild, woolly women. Round town girls celebrate, burning that candle, and Keely Smith will jump, jive, and wail with Louis Prima. Red Ingle and His Natural Seven will join the Sons of the Pioneers in spreading the word about ‘cigareets, whuskey, and wild, wild women”. Mae West, Julia Lee, Ernie Ford, and Jerry Lee Lewis will keep the party going and Deeper Roots will keep the lights on ’till 11pm sharp (that’s Pacific Time, of course). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of a century of America’s music on KWTF, 88.1 FM, community radio for Bodega Bay.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mary Ford	Running Wild	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
3	Garland Jeffreys	Wild in the Streets	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
4	The Jive Bombers	Bad Boy	Cry-Baby
5	Donnie Elbert	Wild Child (Deluxe 6156)	R&B Humdingers Volume 11
6	Johnny Carroll	Wild Wild Women	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	Real Wild Child (Wild One)	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
8	Carl Mann	Born To Be Bad	Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
9	Charline Arthur	Burn That Candle	Welcome To The Club
10	Wanda Jackson	Hard Headed Woman	There's A Party Goin' On
11	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
12	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I'm A Bad Man	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
13	The Dave & Deke Combo	Wild Woman	Hollywood Barndance
14	Freda & the Firedogs	Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad	Freda & The Firedogs
15	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Cigareetes, Whusky And Wild, Wild Women	Country Legends
16	Red Ingle & His Natural Seven	Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
17	Wanda, Ruth Neal	Round Town Girls	Flowers In The Wildwood
18	King James	Wild Wooly Woman	Stompin' 25
19	Julia Lee	Do You Want It?	Burlesque – 100 Classics
20	Eunice Davis	Let's Have A Party	Stompin' 25
21	Little Richard	The Girl Can't Help It	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
22	Keely Smith/Louis Prima/Sam Butera & the Witnesses	Jump, Jive, An' Wail	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
23	Carmen MacRae	Whatever Lola Wants	Burlesque – 100 Classics
24	Mae West	I'm No Angel	The Mae West Collection
25	Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers	Don't Bring Lulu	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
26	Cecil Gant	Little Baby You're Running Wild	The Cecil Gant Collection
27	Wynonie Harris	Young And Wild	Playful Baby
28	Rudy Greene	Wild Life	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
29	Memphis Nighthawks	Wild Man Stomp	Document Shortcuts Vol. 3 – My Babe
30	Memphis Minnie	I'm A Bad Luck Woman	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
31	Champion Jack Dupree	Bad Whiskey And Wild Women	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
32	JB Hutto & The Hawks	Wild Wild Woman	Masters Of Modern Blues
33	Albert King	Wild Women	Door To Door
34	Little Jimmy King	Wild Woman	Little Jimmy King and the Memphis Soul Survivors
35	Amy Helm	Wild Girl	Didn't It Rain
36	John Hammond	Wild Man On The Loose	Trouble No More
37	Louis Armstrong & The Hot 7	Wild Man Blues	The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3]

Early Pop

Deeper Hoagy Carmichael

October 3, 2015 Dave

Our show explores the music of the great Hoagy Carmichael, the American songwriter who would pair up with some of the great lyricists of the early century to produce a body of work that, while it generally is written about another time in the south, endures for it’s soft-spoken charm, inventiveness, and sophistication. He worked his way through law school by performing in his own three-piece band but a couple of his early songs, “Riverboat Shuffle” and “Stardust” made it clear that songwriting was the inevitable vocation for this would-be lawyer. Although the Great Depression almost put him back with the bar, it was the song “Stardust” that would convince him that he could make a go of it. And he did. He was a font of music, teaming with Johnny Mercer and numerous other great lyricists to pen songs that maintain a fresh face to this day…and Deeper Roots will have the vintage sounds of Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, and The Mills Brothers alongside the contemporary interpretations of Carmichael’s standards including Linda Ronstadt, Norah Jones, and Junior Brown. Join Dave Stroud as he queues up the timeless work of Hoagy Carmichael.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willie Nelson	Ole Buttermilk Sky	Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 Disc 3
3	Nat King Cole	Stardust	30 Greatest Hits Disc 1
4	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
5	Glenn Miller, Ray Eberle	Blue Orchids	Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957
6	Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman	In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2]
7	Kate Smith	Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2]
8	Mildred Bailey	Rockin' Chair	Rockin' Chair
9	Louis Armstrong	Rockin' Chair	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
10	Ethel Waters	Old Man Harlem	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
11	Ethel Waters	Georgia On My Mind	Smithsonian Songbook Series: Hoagy Carmichael
12	Django Reinhardt	Georgia On My Mind	The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 4]
13	The Mills Brothers	Lazybones	Sweeter Than Sugar
14	Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra	Moon Country (Is Home To Me)	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
15	Dinning Sisters	The Old Music Master	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 2]
16	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	The Old Music Master	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
17	Linda Ronstadt	Skylark	Round Midnight With Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra [Disc 1]
18	Norah Jones	The Nearness of You	Come Away With Me
19	Jo Stafford	Ivy	Candy
20	Willie Nelson	Stardust	Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
21	Ray Charles	Georgia On My Mind	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
22	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	Ev'ntide	Heart Full Of Rhythm / Volume 2 (1936-38)
23	Bing Crosby	Moonburn [Single Version]	Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends
24	Dinning Sisters	I Get Along Without You Very Well	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 2]
25	Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra	Sing It Way Down Low	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
26	Hoagy Carmichael	A Tune For Humming	Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957
27	Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra	Come Easy, Go Easy Love	Stardust & Much More
28	Hoagy Carmichael	Huggin & Chalkin	47 Your Hit Parade
29	Johnny Mercer	Memphis In June	Smithsonian Songbook Series: Hoagy Carmichael
30	The Mills Brothers	Lazy River	Best of the Decca Years
31	Louis Prima	Lazy River	Capitol Collectors Series
32	Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra	Small Fry	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
33	Junior Brown	Hong Kong Blues	Semi-Crazy
34	Hoagy Carmichael	Hong Kong Blues	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2]
35	The Boswell Sisters	Charlie Two Step	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2

High Noon

September 26, 2015 Dave

It’s a new morning…as it always is…and was when we celebrated another Saturday morning in Occidental with Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music with host Dave Stroud. This twice-monthly show opens with a mule kicking in the stall, some barnyard rhythm and then moves swiftly into a blend of 1950s country and big band. Ray Charles, Frankie Laine, Chick Webb, Otis Spann, and Merle Travis are just a sampling of performers we’ll hear from. West County living deserves roots music wafting over the airwaves on a Saturday morning in early autumn. Let’s set the airwaves stage with some Otis Spann.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nellie Lutcher	He's A Real Gone Guy	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
3	Nellie Lutcher	There's Another Mule In Your Stall	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 1]
4	Otis Spann	Mule Kicking In My Stall	Cryin' Time
5	Louis Jordan	Barnyard Boogie	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Joe Liggins	Rhythm In The Barnyard	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
7	The Andrews Sisters	A Man is a Brother To a Mule	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
8	Charlie Poole With Sid Harkreader and Uncle Dave Macon	Man that Rode the Mule Around the World	You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 2]
9	Ralph Stanley	I've Got A Mule To Ride	Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection
10	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Mule Train (1996 Digital Remaster)	Vintage Collections
11	Frankie Laine	That Lucky Old Sun [Album Version]	Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits
12	Ray Charles	That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
13	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	High Noon	Country Guitar Giants
14	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	Country Greats #2
15	Chick Webb and his Orchestra	Don't Be That Way	from CD; orig. Decca 483
16	Ella Fitzgerald	Melinda the Mousle	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
17	Annette Hanshaw	Who's That Knocking At My Door	The Twenties Sweetheart
18	Brother Grady Coffee	I'm Working on a Building	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
19	Elvis Presley	Working on the Building	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
20	Murry Hammond	In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
21	John & Jamie Hartford	When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland	Hartford & Hartford
22	June Carter Cash	Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?	Wildwood Flower
23	George Jones	Worried Man Blues	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
24	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
25	David Lindley and Wally Ingram	Coot From Tennessee	Twango Bango Deluxe
26	Ole Ramussen	Sleepy Eyed John	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
27	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Oozlin' Daddy Blues	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
28	Cliff Hobbs;Bill Cox	Oozlin' Daddy Blues [Album Version]	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
29	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	Big Mamou	We've Got a Live One Here!
30	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Big Mamou	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
31	Bonnie Guitar	Noon Train	Affair
32	Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips	If I Had My Way	Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips

Songs of the Century – Misses

August 15, 2015 Dave

Songs of the Century - The Misses — Songs of the Century – The Misses

Join us on our second of two episodes exploring the Top 30 songs of the 20th century as it is so suggested by the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA)…this time, however, Dave Stroud suggests 30 that he believes were worthy of the list but which either a) did not make the list or was b) buried further down the larger list of 365. The fun continues. Last week we discovered that “Over the Rainbow” was #1 and that “Rhapsody in Blue” was nowhere to be found on the larger list. This week we get payback and find songs like “Blue Moon of Kentucky”, “Rocket 88″, and “West End Blues” our own list. Our list too is not without controversy.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beatles	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Rubber Soul [Capitol Album]
3	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Begin The Beguine	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
4	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5	Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone	Biograph Disc 1
6	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
7	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
8	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Artist of the Century Disc 1
9	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Blue Moon of Kentucky	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
10	Sidney Bechet	Summertime	Summertime
11	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
12	Dave Brubeck	Take Five	Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
13	Patsy Cline	Crazy	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
14	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
15	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	Minnie The Moocher (Brunswick Version)	Jukebox Hits 1930-1950
16	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	24 Greatest
17	Glen Campbell	Gentle On My Mind	Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits
18	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
19	Vernon Dalhart	The Prisoner's Song	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
20	Led Zeppelin	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin IV
21	Johnny Cash	I Walk The Line	Original Greatest Hits
22	The Beatles	With a Little Help from My Friends	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
23	Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
24	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	San Antonio Rose	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
25	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag	RCA Victor Jazz/The First Half-Century: The 20's
26	Billie Holiday	God Bless the Child	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
27	Louis Armstrong	Heebie Jeebies	The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 1]
28	Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five	West End Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
29	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
30	Paul Whiteman	Rhapsody in Blue	Greatest Hits
31	W.C. Handy	St. Louis Blues	Jazzin' the Blues

African American Gospel, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition, Jazz

San Antone – KOWS August 10, 2015

August 11, 2015 Dave

We’re filling in once more for Mark Hogan and his Bluegrass and Old Time Hour. This week, we’ve put together another two hours of music that spans close to a full century…including Cliff Edwards from 1933, Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Lunceford, and Dave Van Ronk (just to name a few). There will be some themes and schemes built into our sets this evening including the story of Caldonia, the Texas town of San Antone, and heading down a dusty road of a century of America’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Charlie Gracie	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Angel on My Shoulder
3	Doug Sahm	Chicken and the Bop	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
4	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
5	Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band	Mama Was the Rose of San Antone	Swingin' by Request
6	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
7	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	San Antone	Running Wild
8	Les Paul	I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way (feat. Bing Crosby) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
9	Bobby Bare	Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning	Darker Than Light
10	Woody Guthrie	Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad)	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
11	Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin	I'm Going Down the Road	First Time Together
12	Doug Jayne	Running Lightly Down The Road	It Looks Like She's Going on a Trip
13	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
14	The Mills Brothers	Old-Fashioned Love	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3
15	Cliff Edwards	It's Only A Paper Moon	Columbia Records 25th
16	Frank Auburn Orchestra w/Benny Goodman	I Found a Million Dollar Baby	Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s
17	Jimmie Lunceford	Cement Mixer	Strictly Lunceford Blues In The Night
18	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
19	Ella Mae Morse	Forty Cups Of Coffee	The Morse Code [Disc 2]
20	Smiley Lewis	Cadonia's Party	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
21	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
22	B.B. King	Caldonia	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
23	Dave Van Ronk	Your Feet's Too Big	Sweet & Lowdown
24	Nat King Cole Trio	Honeysuckle Rose	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1]
25	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
26	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
27	The Blasters	Trouble Bound	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
28	The Staple Singers	This Train	Freedom Highway
29	The Fairfield Four	Hallelujah	Revival
30	Sam Cooke	Trouble Blues	The Rhythm And The Blues
31	Maria Muldaur	I Belong To That Band	Richland Woman Blues
32	Mother McCollum	Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!	Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
33	Emmylou Harris	When Halley Came To Jackson	Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1]
34	Arthur Alexander	Every Day I Have to Cry Some	Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter

A Century of America's Music