Category Archives: American Popular

Night Time – KOWS Oct 28, 2015

Night Time
Night Time

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Nappy Brown Just a Little Love Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1] Amazon
3John Lee Hooker Night Time Is The Right Time Boogie Chillun Amazon
4Ray Charles Night Time Is the Right Time Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
5James Brown Night Train 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
6Billy Jones When It's Night Time in Italy, It's Wednesday over Here The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934) Amazon
7Riley Puckett Wednesday Night Waltz Country Music Pioneer vol 1 Amazon
8Josh White Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Vol. 3-(1935-40) Amazon
9Misisipi Mike Wolf Calling the Shots The Cold Hard Facts of Mike Amazon
10Kevin Russell Head South Trouble In Mind Amazon
11Asleep 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 Amazon
12Willie Nelson South (Featuring Paul Shaffer & Vince Gill) Willie and the Wheel Amazon
13Cleo Brown I'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North) Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935) Amazon
14Kinky Friedman Girl From The North Country The Loneliest Man I Ever Met Amazon
15Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver The Northern Lights School of Bluegrass Disc 1 Amazon
16Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel Northern Lights Freight Train Boogie Amazon
17Johnny Horton North to Alaska Magic Moments Amazon
18David Luning Northern California Just Drop On By Amazon
19Bill Monroe And Doc Watson East Tennessee Blues Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2 Amazon
20June Carter Cash East Virginia Blues Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 2 Amazon
21Grandpa Jones East Bound Freight Train 16 Greatest Hits Amazon
22Tom Rush East of Eden What I Know Amazon
23Jerry Reed East Bound And Down The Essential Jerry Reed Amazon
24Geraint Watkins Go West Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
25Chris Isaak Western Stars Silvertone Amazon
26Les Paul East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered] 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
27The Benny Goodman Sextet East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) Benny Goodman Sextet Amazon
28Whitt Denson "One Voice Quartette" New Morning Sun 436 I Belong to This Band: Eight-Five Years of Sacred Harp Recordings Amazon
29Ruthie Foster Brand New Day Promise of a Brand New Day Amazon
30Nappy Brown Little By Little Night Time Is the Right Time Amazon
31Chris Hillman/Herb Pedersen Invitation to the Blues Way Out West Amazon
32Willie Nelson/Lukas Nelson My Window Faces The South Heroes Amazon

No Parking Here – KOWS October 10, 2015

No Parking Here
No Parking Here

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

Wild Men and Wild Women

Wild Men and Wild Women
Wild Men and Wild Women

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

Deeper Hoagy Carmichael

Deeper Hoagy Carmichael
Deeper Hoagy Carmichael

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Willie Nelson Ole Buttermilk Sky Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 Disc 3 Amazon
3Nat King Cole Stardust 30 Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
4Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
5Glenn Miller, Ray Eberle Blue Orchids Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957 Amazon
6Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2] Amazon
7Kate Smith Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2] Amazon
8Mildred Bailey Rockin' Chair Rockin' Chair Amazon
9Louis Armstrong Rockin' Chair Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
10Ethel Waters Old Man Harlem Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1] Amazon
11Ethel Waters Georgia On My Mind Smithsonian Songbook Series: Hoagy Carmichael Amazon
12Django Reinhardt Georgia On My Mind The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 4] Amazon
13The Mills Brothers Lazybones Sweeter Than Sugar Amazon
14Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra Moon Country (Is Home To Me) Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
15Dinning Sisters The Old Music Master Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 2] Amazon
16Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra The Old Music Master Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43 Amazon
17Linda Ronstadt Skylark Round Midnight With Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra [Disc 1] Amazon
18Norah Jones The Nearness of You Come Away With Me Amazon
19Jo Stafford Ivy Candy Amazon
20Willie Nelson Stardust Stardust [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
21Ray Charles Georgia On My Mind Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
22Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Ev'ntide Heart Full Of Rhythm / Volume 2 (1936-38) Amazon
23Bing Crosby Moonburn [Single Version] Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends Amazon
24Dinning Sisters I Get Along Without You Very Well Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 2] Amazon
25Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra Sing It Way Down Low Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
26Hoagy Carmichael A Tune For Humming Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957 Amazon
27Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra Come Easy, Go Easy Love Stardust & Much More Amazon
28Hoagy Carmichael Huggin & Chalkin 47 Your Hit Parade Amazon
29Johnny Mercer Memphis In June Smithsonian Songbook Series: Hoagy Carmichael Amazon
30The Mills Brothers Lazy River Best of the Decca Years Amazon
31Louis Prima Lazy River Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
32Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra Small Fry Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1] Amazon
33Junior Brown Hong Kong Blues Semi-Crazy Amazon
34Hoagy Carmichael Hong Kong Blues Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2] Amazon
35The Boswell Sisters Charlie Two Step The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon

High Noon

High Noon - KOWS September 12, 2015
High Noon – KOWS September 12, 2015

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Nellie Lutcher He's A Real Gone Guy Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
3Nellie Lutcher There's Another Mule In Your Stall Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 1] Amazon
4Otis Spann Mule Kicking In My Stall Cryin' Time Amazon
5Louis Jordan Barnyard Boogie Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
6Joe Liggins Rhythm In The Barnyard Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
7The Andrews Sisters A Man is a Brother To a Mule Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4] Amazon
8Charlie 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] Amazon
9Ralph Stanley I've Got A Mule To Ride Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection Amazon
10Tennessee Ernie Ford Mule Train (1996 Digital Remaster) Vintage Collections Amazon
11Frankie Laine That Lucky Old Sun [Album Version] Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits Amazon
12Ray Charles That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3 Amazon
13Merle Travis & Joe Maphis High Noon Country Guitar Giants Amazon
14Frankie Laine Rawhide Country Greats #2 Amazon
15Chick Webb and his Orchestra Don't Be That Way from CD; orig. Decca 483 Amazon
16Ella Fitzgerald Melinda the Mousle Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41 Amazon
17Annette Hanshaw Who's That Knocking At My Door The Twenties Sweetheart Amazon
18Brother Grady Coffee I'm Working on a Building This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
19Elvis Presley Working on the Building Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
20Murry Hammond In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
21John & Jamie Hartford When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland Hartford & Hartford Amazon
22June Carter Cash Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? Wildwood Flower Amazon
23George Jones Worried Man Blues The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
24The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
25David Lindley and Wally Ingram Coot From Tennessee Twango Bango Deluxe Amazon
26Ole Ramussen Sleepy Eyed John Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
27Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Oozlin' Daddy Blues Legends of Country Music Disc 2 Amazon
28Cliff Hobbs;Bill Cox Oozlin' Daddy Blues [Album Version] White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
29Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen Big Mamou We've Got a Live One Here! Amazon
30Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Big Mamou Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
31Bonnie Guitar Noon Train Affair Amazon
32Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips If I Had My Way Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips Amazon

Songs of the Century – Misses

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Beatles Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Rubber Soul [Capitol Album] Amazon
3Artie Shaw & His Orchestra Begin The Beguine Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
4Paul Robeson Ol' Man River Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
5Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone Biograph Disc 1 Amazon
6Ray Charles Georgia on My Mind Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2 Amazon
7Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
8Elvis Presley Mystery Train Artist of the Century Disc 1 Amazon
9Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Blue Moon of Kentucky Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
10Sidney Bechet Summertime Summertime Amazon
11Jackie Brenston Rocket 88 Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues Amazon
12Dave Brubeck Take Five Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective Amazon
13Patsy Cline Crazy I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1] Amazon
14Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle & Roll Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
15Cab Calloway & His Orchestra Minnie The Moocher (Brunswick Version) Jukebox Hits 1930-1950 Amazon
16Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart 24 Greatest Amazon
17Glen Campbell Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits Amazon
18Fisk Jubilee Singers Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920 Amazon
19Vernon Dalhart The Prisoner's Song Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon
20Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin IV Amazon
21Johnny Cash I Walk The Line Original Greatest Hits Amazon
22The Beatles With a Little Help from My Friends Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Amazon
23Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' Fats Waller Greatest Hits Amazon
24Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys San Antonio Rose Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
25Original Dixieland Jazz Band Tiger Rag RCA Victor Jazz/The First Half-Century: The 20's Amazon
26Billie Holiday God Bless the Child Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
27Louis Armstrong Heebie Jeebies The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
28Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five West End Blues Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
29Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1) Amazon
30Paul Whiteman Rhapsody in Blue Greatest Hits Amazon
31W.C. Handy St. Louis Blues Jazzin' the Blues Amazon

San Antone – KOWS August 10, 2015

Deeper Roots on KOWS
Deeper Roots on KOWS

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Charlie Gracie Just A Closer Walk With Thee Angel on My Shoulder Amazon
3Doug Sahm Chicken and the Bop Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
4Charley Pride Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1] Amazon
5Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band Mama Was the Rose of San Antone Swingin' by Request Amazon
6Tommy Duncan Stars Over San Antone Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk Amazon
7Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen San Antone Running Wild Amazon
8Les Paul I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way (feat. Bing Crosby) [Remastered] 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
9Bobby Bare Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning Darker Than Light Amazon
10Woody Guthrie Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad) Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection Amazon
11Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin I'm Going Down the Road First Time Together Amazon
12Doug Jayne Running Lightly Down The Road It Looks Like She's Going on a Trip Amazon
13Leon Redbone Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll Any Time Amazon
14The Mills Brothers Old-Fashioned Love The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3 Amazon
15Cliff Edwards It's Only A Paper Moon Columbia Records 25th Amazon
16Frank Auburn Orchestra w/Benny Goodman I Found a Million Dollar Baby Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
17Jimmie Lunceford Cement Mixer Strictly Lunceford Blues In The Night Amazon
18Frank Sinatra I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
19Ella Mae Morse Forty Cups Of Coffee The Morse Code [Disc 2] Amazon
20Smiley Lewis Cadonia's Party Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
21Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
22B.B. King Caldonia Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan Amazon
23Dave Van Ronk Your Feet's Too Big Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
24Nat King Cole Trio Honeysuckle Rose The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
25Fats Waller & His Rhythm It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936 Amazon
26Ivory Joe Hunter It's A Sin Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951) Amazon
27The Blasters Trouble Bound Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2) Amazon
28The Staple Singers This Train Freedom Highway Amazon
29The Fairfield Four Hallelujah Revival Amazon
30Sam Cooke Trouble Blues The Rhythm And The Blues Amazon
31Maria Muldaur I Belong To That Band Richland Woman Blues Amazon
32Mother McCollum Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951) Amazon
33Emmylou Harris When Halley Came To Jackson Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1] Amazon
34Arthur Alexander Every Day I Have to Cry Some Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter Amazon

Songs of the Century

Songs of the Century
Songs of the Century

The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) produced a list a few years back that they called the “Songs of The Century”. It was concocted based on a questionable set of sampling and was to represent and “promote a better understanding of America’s musical and cultural heritage.” The voting pool was a strange mixture elected officials, school students and teachers, as well as industry professionals. The respondent pool was about 200. The list is woefully inadequate but certainly worth discussing. Deeper Roots will spend this week exploring the top 30 (of 365) and follow up with its own list in a second episode next week. Listen in as we stretch the imagination.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Lennon Imagine Imagine Amazon
3Gladys Knight & The Pips Midnight Train To Georgia Singers And Songwriters: 1973- Amazon
4The Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand [Stereo] The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1 Disc 1 Amazon
5Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
6Lena Horne Stormy Weather (From "Stormy Weather") The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years Amazon
7Ben E. King Stand By Me Malt Shop Memories Save the Last Dance for Me Amazon
8The Beach Boys Good Vibrations Endless Summer Amazon
9Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
10Otis Redding (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through the Grapevine Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2 Amazon
12John Philip Sousa Stars And Stripes Forever The March King: John Philip Sousa Conducts His Own Marches and Other Favorites (An Historical Recording) Amazon
13Kate Smith With Orchestra God Bless America Nippers 30's-Vol.1 Amazon
14Fats Domino Blueberry Hill Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4 Amazon
15Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Take The "A" Train Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
16The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Singles Collection: The London Years Disc 1 Amazon
17Bobby Darin Mack The Knife Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
18Jimmie Davis You Are My Sunshine Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
19Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra When The Saints Go Marching In Pete Fountain Presents The Best Of Dixieland: Louis Armstrong Amazon
20Bill Haley & His Comets (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (Single Version) Rock Around The Clock Amazon
21Glenn Miller & His Orchestra In the Mood The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
22Scott Joplin The Entertainer compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
23The Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
24Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet Take Me Out To The Ball Game www.allaoijr.com Amazon
25Leonard Bernstein West Side Story Overture West Side Story Amazon
26The Andrews Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection – The Best Of The Andrews Sisters Amazon
27Don McLean American Pie American Pie [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
28Aretha Franklin Respect 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
29Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 Amazon
30Bing Crosby White Christmas Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits Amazon
31Judy Garland Over The Rainbow That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals Amazon
32George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon

Wake Up! – KOWS August 8, 2015

Deeper Roots on KOWS
Deeper Roots on KOWS

It’s a joy to queue up a century of America’s music every other Saturday morning in West County…live from the heart and voice of West Sonoma County’s KOWS studios in downtown Occidental. A common theme will run through this morning’s show and it’s all about waking up: gospel’s Mahalia Jackson and When I Wake Up in Glory, Roy Milton and the Wake Up Blues, James Brown’s Get Up Offa That Thing … and more!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Junior Brown Gotta Get Up Every Morning Semi-Crazy Amazon
3Buck Owens I've Got A Tiger By The Tail The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
4Dwight Yoakam Little Sister Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (1 of 4) Amazon
5The Mavericks All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down Music for All Occasions Amazon
6Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Get Up John At The Ryman [Live] Amazon
7The Band Get Up Jake A Musical History [Disc 3] Amazon
8James Brown Get Up Offa That Thing 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
9Lavern Baker Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head) London American Label Year By Year 1956 Amazon
10Jimmy Murphy Wake Me up Sweet Jesus Electricity Amazon
11Mahalia Jackson When I Wake Up In Glory The World's Greatest Gospel Singer Amazon
12Bill Landford And The Landfordaires Trouble Of This World [Album Version] The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1 Amazon
13Reverend CL Franklin Wings Of Faith Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
14Clara Ward Singers Packing Up Somebody Bigger Than You & I Amazon
15Charlie & His Orchestra You're Driving Me Crazy Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
16Bob Brozman You're Driving Me Crazy Devil's Slide Amazon
17Big Joe Turner Lipstick, Powder and Paint Big Joe Rocks Amazon
18Smiley Lewis Hook Line & Sinker Smiley Lewis Vol 1 Amazon
19Merrill Moore Yes Indeed (EP Version) Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
20The Carlisles Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
21Roy Milton Waking Up Blues ABC Of The Blues Vol 30 Amazon
22Ike & Tina Turner Wake Up Don't Play Me Cheap Amazon
23The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie 5 Classic Albums Amazon
24Roy Orbison Ride Away The Soul of Rock and Roll Amazon
25Hank Garland Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland Amazon
26The Knockouts Darling Lorrane The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
27Bobby "Blue" Bland Poverty The Definitive Collection Amazon
28Townes Van Zandt Snowin' On Raton (with James McMurtry) Texas Rain Amazon
29Jonathan Edwards Mole Tomorrow's Child Amazon
30Elvis Presley Somebody Bigger Than You and I Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
31Kim McLean Somebody Bigger Than You and I Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry Amazon
32J.J. Cale Money Talks The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
33Roy Zimmerman The Faucet's On Fire The Faucet's On Fire Amazon

Connections II

Connections II
Connections II

We take another trip down the roots rabbit hole with the usual selections of blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, and tradition in a show that follows a thread that begins with The Del McCoury Band’s bluegrass cover of Mama’s Hungry Eyes and winds its way to conclusion down the endless black ribbon. In between we’ve got kind words and last words, chain gangs and jailers, and songs about bird dogs and mockingbirds. The show is a special ‘stream of musical roots consciousness’ called “Connections”.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Del McCoury Mama's Hungry Eyes (feat. Emmylou Harris) Moneyland Amazon
3Merle Haggard Mama Tried The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Sugar Pie DeSanto Mama Didn't Raise No Fool Down In The Basement Amazon
5Rodney Crowell Famous Last Words of a Fool in Love Tarpaper Sky Amazon
6David Johansen The Last Kind Words Shaker Amazon
7Rhiannon Giddens Last Kind Words Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
8Geeshie Wiley Last Kind Words Mississippi Masters Amazon
9Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas Pick Poor Robin Clean Mississippi Masters Amazon
10Gennett Sound Effects Mocking Bird …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
11The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Listen To The Mockingbird Stars And Stripes Forever Amazon
12Doc Watson Bird Dog Docabilly Amazon
13The Everly Brothers I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Amazon
14Steve Earle & The V-Roys In The Jailhouse Now The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute Amazon
15Johnny Cash I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now American V: A Hundred Highways Amazon
16Wynona Sweet Please Mr. Jailer Cry-Baby Amazon
17Johnny Tillotson Jailer Bring Me Water The Tillotson Touch Amazon
18Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Jesus Gave Me Water Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
19Elvis Presley Bosom of Abraham He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 2 Amazon
20The Golden Gate Quartet Rock My Soul Rock My Soul & Other Gospel Favorites Amazon
21Louis Armstrong Rock My Soul Louis And The Good Book Amazon
22Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited Highway 61 Revisited Amazon
23Band Of Ruhks Lost Highway Band Of Ruhks Amazon
24Hank Williams Lost Highway Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
25Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) Down The Road Pt II The Low Highway [+digital booklet] Amazon
26Tiny Harris Endless Black Ribbon Lonesome Highway Songs Amazon
27Nat King Cole A Little Yellow Ribbon Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949 Amazon
28Sonny James & Taylor*Karla Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree Classic Country Duets Amazon
29Connie Smith Ribbon Of Darkness The Essential Connie Smith Amazon
30Willie Nelson Scarlett Ribbons Stardust [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
31Grateful Dead Scarlet Begonias Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel Amazon
32Gillian Welch Scarlet Town The Harrow & The Harvest Amazon
33David Olney One Tough Town One Tough Town Amazon
34Fats Waller Lulu's Back In Town Honeysuckle Rose Amazon
35Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun) Don't Bring Lulu [1925] The Charleston Era Amazon