Category Archives: Country Blues

In Honor Of Mississippi John Hurt

There was some devastating new this past week…nothing new; and certainly, it seems, not in Mississippi. The Mississippi John Hurt Museum, a small sanctuary of tribute located on the Mississippi Blues Trail, burned down last week. While authorities in Carroll County try to determine the cause, we mourn the loss of John Hurt’s home, a small house that had just been given landmark status on the national historical registry just hours before. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he combines notes from a 2018 tribute to Mississippi John Hurt with some of the news of the day and keep with the sounds of his contemporaries (of which there are few), Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Chris Smither and Rory Block. All paying tribute with songs of Avalon, Creole Belle, Spike Driver Blues, and Mermaids.  Tune in on Radio Rethink radio or KOWSFM.COM.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bruce Cockburn Avalon, My Home Town Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
3Jesse Colin Young Creole Belle Together Amazon
4John Oates Spike Driver Blues Arkansas Amazon
5Doc & Merle Watson Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) Live & Pickin' Amazon
6Taj Mahal Frankie And Albert The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
7Dave Van Ronk Spike Driver Blues Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
8Rhiannon Giddens The Angels Laid Him Away Freedom Highway Amazon
9David Johansen Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Shaker Amazon
10JL Stiles Trouble I Had All My Days Solo Sessions Amazon
11Bill Morrissey Avalon Blues The Essential Collection Amazon
12Mississippi John Hurt Farther Along Deadwood Amazon
13Mississippi John Hurt Spider, Spider The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
14Bettye LaVette Nobody's Dirty Business American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
15Dave Alvin With Dean Schlabowske Louis Collins The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
16Rory Block Candy Man Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
17R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
18Beck Stagolee Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
19Doc Watson My Creole Belle Songs From Home Amazon
20Doc & Merle Watson Stack O'lee Ballads From Deep Gap Amazon
21Mississippi John Hurt Chicken Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
22Mark Selby Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
23Mississippi John Hurt Richland Woman Blues Immortal Amazon
24Taj Mahal Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too The Essential Taj Mahal Amazon
25Mississippi John Hurt Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Discovery:The Rebirth Of Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
26John Fahey Requiem for John Hurt Essential John Fahey Amazon

Goin’ Home

Our theme of ‘returning home’ explores not just the physical place but also a reflection of our identities, memories, and the tension between the past and the present. Returning to one’s roots is often fraught with challenges and our understanding of home is deeply intertwined with our personal growth and the changing world around us. This week we’ll be pouring through memories and nostalgia to try to find the meaning of home. Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again” introduces characters who yearn for their pasts and the comforts of home, but the reality often falls short of their memories and would serve as a guidepost for our theme today. We’ll share gospel from the Gospel Hummingbirds, classic Americana from John Prine, country tradition from Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, and the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Big Maybelle, and Bruce Springsteen. We’re heading down that road to home in today’s show.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine My Darlin' Hometown Fair & Square Amazon
3John Fogerty Goin' Back Home Eye Of The Zombie Amazon
4Gospel Hummingbirds I'm Going Home Taking Flight Amazon
5Bill Kirchen Somebody's Going Home Transatlanticana Amazon
6Big Maybelle Going Home Baby The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
7Howlin' Wolf Going Back Home Blues From Hell Amazon
8Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers I Want To Go Home Sunny Road Amazon
9Charles Brown Homesick Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 2] Amazon
10Mickey & Sylvia I'm Going Home The Best of King Curtis (1952-1961) (Disc 2) Amazon
11Mississippi John Hurt Avalon, My Home Town Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
12Jack Guthrie Oklahoma Hills American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
13Woody Guthrie I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
14Hank Williams I'm Going Home Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
15Hazel Dickens West Virginia, My Home Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1] Amazon
16Bruce Springsteen My Oklahoma Home We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
17Maria Muldaur My Tennessee Mountain Home Maria Muldaur Amazon
18John Prine My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
19Jimmy Martin Homesick Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] Amazon
20The Louvin Brothers I'm Ready To Go Home Satan Is Real Amazon
21Dolly Parton Tennessee Homesick Blues I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
22Charlie Rich I Feel Like Going Home The Silver Fox Amazon
23Merle Haggard And The Strangers Sing Me Back Home (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
24Randy Newman Going Home Bad Love Amazon
25The Charioteers & Frank Sinatra I've Got A Home In That Rock Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
26Leon Redbone I'm Going Home Up A Lazy River Amazon
27Bobby Bare Homesick Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
28Merle Haggard And The Strangers Down The Old Road To Home Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
29Steve Earle Hometown Blues Train a Comin' Amazon
30Ricky Skaggs Little Cabin Home On The Hills Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon

Jubilee Theme

It’s theme time on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on Deeper Roots and we’ll take you pretty deep today, exploring songs of jubilation and celebration. Our theme revolves around the term ‘jubilee’ and it’s meaning, at least over the past century. While its etymology is centuries deep, with roots in the Old Testament and the Hebrew word ‘yobhel’ which refers to the ram’s horn which was sounded on the Day of Atonement, there are also the jubilee references to the freeing of slaves well into the 19th century. it speaks to anniversaries, rejoicing, and freedom. We could go much deeper but what better way to celebrate than with music, and there are plenty of Americana examples that tell of jubilees. We’ll hear from country favorites like The Sons of the Pioneers, Tyler Childers, and Joe Maphis alongside early century rhythm jazz and rhythm greats like Dinah Washington, Ivie Anderson, and Benny Goodman in this week’s show. Join us

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Roy Clark Alabama Jubilee Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers Amazon
3Benny Carter Jubilee Program Intro Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
4Benny Carter Jubilee Jump Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
5Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Jubilee The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
6Big Joe Turner Jumpin' At The Jubilee Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
7The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin Jubilee I'll Find A Way Amazon
8Dinah Washington There'll Be a Jubilee (from "In the Land of Hi-Fi") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
9Helen Humes Jubilee He May Be Your Man Amazon
10The Andrews Sisters There'll Be a Jubilee Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
11Ivie Anderson Let's Have a Jubilee Cocktail Hour Amazon
12Mildred Bailey With Benny Goodman & His V-Disc All Stars There'll Be A Jubilee The Women of WW2 [V 4] Amazon
13Ashley Monroe & The Americans Jubilee American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
14Kathy Mattea and Friends Jubilee Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
15Dave Alvin Jubilee Train Romeo's Escape Amazon
16The Blasters Jubilee Train Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
17The Devil Makes Three There'll Be A Jubilee Redemption & Ruin Amazon
18Riders in the Sky Cowboy Jubilee Best of the West Amazon
19Sons of the Pioneers Cowboy Jubilee The Lost Masters Amazon
20Sons of the Pioneers Barnyard Jubilee Songs of the Prairie – CD4 Amazon
21Joe Maphis Nashville Jubilee Country Guitar Thunder Amazon
22The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Hanna Bayou Jubilee Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 Amazon
23Elizabeth Mitchell Y Daniel Littleton Jubilee Putumayo Presents American Folk Amazon
24The War and Treaty Jubilee Hearts Town Amazon
25Arkansas Dave Jubilee Arkansas Dave Amazon
26Charlie Parr Jubilee Charlie Parr Amazon
27Tyler Childers Jubilee Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Amazon
28JD McPherson Jubilee Undivided Heart & Soul Amazon
29Carolyn Hester Swing And Turn Jubilee [Album Version] Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music) Amazon
30Jake Xerxes Fussell Jubilee Out of Sight Amazon
31R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Alabama Jubilee Chasin' Rainbows Amazon
32Doc Watson Alabama Jubilee Good Deal! Amazon

Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas

From the cold grey light of dawn to some gospel coverage from Luther Dickinson, George Jones and The Golden Gate Quartet, Deeper Roots this week takes another pull at the thread of tapestry of the past century, once again celebrating America’s music. We’re in fine form, no doubt, because the players this week move from the ‘king of boogie’, John Lee Hooker, to one of the great contemporary songwriters, Iris DeMent. We’ll share a track from her latest album, one that ventures into the dark corners of this country’s recent history with her brilliant eight minute soliloquy “Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas”. We’ll share songs about liars, feeling good, 99 year blues, and that last train to Memphis. Join Dave Stroud for two hours from America’s songbooks, from church to steeple to songs about its people. We’ll be coming to you live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Louis Armstrong Go Down Moses Louis And The Good Book Amazon
3Iris DeMent Goin' Down To Sing In Texas Workin' On A World Amazon
4Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Texas Flood Amazon
5George Jones Take The Devil Out Of Me George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
6The Golden Gate Quartet Let That Liar Alone Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
8Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples) Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
9Lucinda Williams Hot Blood Sweet Old World Amazon
10Dave Alvin I Feel So Good Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
11Taj Mahal Good Morning Little School Girl Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
12Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 99 Year Blues Penny's Farm Amazon
13Emily Scott Robinson Delta Line Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
14Eric Clapton So Tired Back Home Amazon
15John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back Ft. Van Morrison King Of The Boogie Amazon
16Van Morrison Streamline Train Moving On Skiffle Amazon
17Blues Image Parchman Farm Open Amazon
18Mose Allison The Seventh Son Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
19Little Feat Two Trains Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
20The Band Last Train To Memphis Jubilation Amazon
21Dr. John The Night Tripper Mama Roux The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
22Shirley & Lee Feel So Good The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
23Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
24Slim Harpo Baby Scratch My Back The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
25Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
26Lee Ann Womack Take The Devil Out Of Me The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone Amazon

O Brother Revisited

Roots music found commercial success in 2000 with the release of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, a finely crafted but outrageous tale of Depression-era America with fantastical imagery of hair wax, baptisms, and chain gangs woven into a tapestry built from Homer’s Odyssey. The music, assembled by T-Bone Burnett, was a major component of the film and recorded before the film even began with Burnett working with the Coen brothers while the script was in its working phases. It would become an effort that elevated a genre at the turn of the century called Americana. This week’s show will share some of the period-specific music that helped to propel the notion that blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and gospel could be used to put that time and a ghostly familiar culture into focus. We’ll use O Brother’s musical sensibilities to take us somewhere quite familiar (and at the same time quite terrifying) as we pay homage with Americana roots, featuring sounds from The Carters, Jesse Fuller, Dan Tyminski, Jimmie Rodgers, W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys, among others.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Estil C. Ball Lonesome Valley Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
3The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash Lonesome Valley Keep On The Sunny Side Amazon
4Harry McClintock Big Rock Candy Mountain O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
5Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra You Are My Sunshine Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon
6Alison Krauss Down To The River To Pray A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection Amazon
7Peasall Sisters Fair and Tender Ladies Home to You Amazon
8Roberta Martin Singers The Old Ship of Zion Halleluja Gospel & Prayers Amazon
9The Stanley Brothers A Life Of Sorrow Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys Amazon
10Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom Boys Man of Constant Sorrow O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
11W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
12Country Gentlemen I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) 1963 (Warped 6305) Amazon
13The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys Clinch Mountain Backstep Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3] Amazon
14The Whites Keep on the Sunny Side O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
15Chuck Wagon Gang I'll Fly Away 1941-1948 (Warped 4128) Amazon
16Hannah Peasall/Leah Peasall/Sarah Peasall/The Peasall Sisters In the Highways O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
17Ralph Stanley Oh, Death (Featuring Gillian Welch) Clinch Mountain Sweethearts Amazon
18Jesse Fuller Amazing Grace 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
19The Statler Brothers Statler Brothers – Amazing Grace Bless This House [Disc 3] Amazon
20The Stanley Brothers Angel Band O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
21Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 2] Amazon
22Doc Watson In the Jailhouse Now Memories Amazon
23Robert Johnson They're Red Hot ABC Of The Blues Vol 18 Amazon
24Lefty Frizzell My Rough And Rowdy Ways Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers Amazon
25Jimmie Rodgers Frankie And Johnnie Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2] Amazon
26Peerless Four Trouble in My Way Southern Journey Vol 8 (Velvet Voices: Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music) Amazon
27Chuck Wagon Gang/Jack Greene Family Bible 70th Anniversary Amazon
28J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers Goin' Down To The River Of Jordan Take Me To The Water Amazon
29The Carter Family River Of Jordan Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
30W. Lee O'Daniel O'Daniel radio show sign off Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
31The Carter Family Can The Circle Be Unbroken Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
32John Hartford Indian War Whoop [Instrumental] O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon

Soothe Me

We’re digging into the archives. Deep down into the wells…for a collection of rhythm & blues, country, gospel, and tradition with performances from Patsy Cline, Sonny Boy Williamson, Marty Stuart, Dinah Washington and nearly three dozen others. Friday morning inspiration from the courtroom bench, the gospel pew, and from the piano bench…as we bring you another episode of the very best of the past 100 years to the stream. There’s trouble and some double entendre from Julia Lee, some rousing sanctified call and response from Eugene Smith and The Roberta Martin Singers, as well as a bootleg Dylan piece that we’ll share with you. Join Dave Stroud this coming Friday morning for the very best of America’s music from the past century.
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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bob Dylan I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take) The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler) Amazon
3Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers Satisfied How Sweet it Was Amazon
4Marie Knight Satisfied With Jesus Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
5Spiritual Five Satisfied With Him I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3] Amazon
6Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers I Have A Friend Above All Others The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
7Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers Walk With Me 20 Gospel Greats Amazon
8Sam Cooke Trouble In Mind The Rhythm And The Blues Amazon
9Steve Forbert Devil (Here She Comes Now) Compromised Amazon
10Shorty Long Devil With a Blue Dress On Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
11Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly Detroit Breakout! 1 Amazon
12Julia Lee Trouble In Mind Kansas City Star [Disc 1] Amazon
13Julia Lee Lotus Blossom Kansas City Star [Disc 1] Amazon
14Wynonie Harris Good Morning Judge All She Wants To Do Is Rock Amazon
15Chuck Berry Have Mercy Judge The Chess Box Disc 3 Amazon
16Carl Martin Good Morning, Judge Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works Amazon
17Sonny Boy Williamson Your Funeral And My Trial His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Amazon
18Hugh Laurie Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
19Dinah Washington Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair The Bessie Smith Songbook Amazon
20Johnny Otis Court Room Blues Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
21Jorma Kaukonen Judge, I'm Not Sorry The Land Of Heroes Amazon
22The Country Gentlemen The Sentence The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
23Ernest Tubb Dear Judge Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
24Patsy Cline A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye Live at the Opry Amazon
25Washboard Sam Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002] That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
26Hank Williams My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 Amazon
27Louis Armstrong & All His Stars My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
28Page & Plant My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records Amazon
29Joe Ely Rock Me My Baby Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981) Amazon
30Marty Stuart A Satisfied Mind Country Music Amazon
31Tennessee Ernie Ford Cool, Cool Kisses Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
32Bea Foote Weed The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
33Sam & Dave Soothe Me The Best Of Sam & Dave Amazon
34The Persuasions Soothe Me Good News Amazon

Country Rhythm & Blues

We’ll be covering the covers once more this week but this time we’ll be burrowing into a cross section of genres to get to the heart of the matter. It’s country songs with rhythm & blues interpretations, all from the decades of the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear from a few familiars rhythm rockers including The Coasters, Fats Domino, King Curtis and Ruth Brown as they take on the very best of country and tradition with a style all their own. But there’s also the surprises and unknowns like Thin Man Watts, Piney Brown, and The Ray-o-Vacs to fill out the show this morning. From Jambalaya to Tumbling Tumbleweeds, we’ve got some fine soul and R&B interpretations for you. Tune in and find out.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Ray-O-Vacs Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
3Piney Brown Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf In Me Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
4Joe Liggins Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
5Billy Ward & The Dominoes Lonesome Road Vol. 4-21 Hits Amazon
6The Hurricanes Pistol Packin' Mama Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
7Scatman Crothers Ghost Riders In The Sky Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
8Andre Williams You Are My Sunshine Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
9Jimmy Ricks Do You Promise Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
10Thin Man Watts Walking The Floor Over You Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
11Mickey & Sylvia To The Valley Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
12The Coasters Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
13Clyde McPhatter I'm Movin' On More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
14Little Junior Parker Walking The Floor More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
15Guitar Jr Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
16Ruth Brown I Burned Your Letter Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
17Fats Domino Don't Come Knockin' A Lot Of Dominos Amazon
18Varetta Dillard A Little Bitty Tear The Lovin' Bird Amazon
19Bobby Hebb Night Train To Memphis Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
20Esther Phillips Release Me Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
21King Curtis Your Cheatin' Heart Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
22King Curtis Tumbling Tumbleweeds Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
23The Marvellettes Love Letters Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
24Damita Jo Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
25Travis Ricks No Need To Cry Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
26Little Mack Let Hootenanny Blues Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
27Joe Hinton Lovesick Blues Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
28Big Maybelle Cold Cold Heart Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
29Fats Domino Your Cheatin' Heart Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2) Amazon
30Ray Charles I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova) Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
31Esther Phillips Am I That Easy To Forget (LP Version) Country Side Of Esther Amazon
32Esther Phillips I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (LP Version) Country Side Of Esther Amazon
33O. C. Smith The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
34Ray Charles When I Stop Dreamin' Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
35Little Richard Settin' the Woods on Fire King of Rock and Roll [Collectors' Choice Music] Amazon
36Little Richard Joy, Joy, Joy (Down In My Heart) Rhythm & Western Volume 6 – I'm Moving On Amazon
37Koko Taylor Honky Tonky Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon

Finger Pickin’ Good

Tune in Friday morning for a finger pickin’ helping of Americana and beyond as our show revisits some guitar masters from blues, country blues, folk and tradition. We’ll take a spin across the landscape of steel and gut string tradition with a collection that features tracks from Stefan Grossman, Mississippi John Hurt, Leo Kottke, Merle Travis and over a dozen others. As February wraps up, we’ll be completing our February journey out of winter’s doldrums and into the sweet breezes of Spring. Let this show be a warmup for your good life and times. So put your feet up and drop in. We’d love to have you.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Leo Kottke Buckaroo Essential Amazon
3Chet Atkins Wheels Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker Amazon
4Doc Watson Windy and Warm The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
5Doc Watson Moody River Memories Amazon
6Doc Watson Doc's Guitar [#] The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
7Jefferson Airplane Embryonic Journey Walk on the Moon Amazon
8Jorma Kaukonen Fur Peace Rag Stars In My Crown Amazon
9John Fahey Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home The Legend of Blind Joe Death Amazon
10Davy Graham Angi 3/4 Ad – Single Amazon
11Davy Graham Davy's Train Blues 3/4 Ad – Single Amazon
12Reverend Gary Davis Candy Man Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
13Stefan Grossman Police Dog Blues How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
14Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie Roots of Rock Amazon
15Lonnie Johnson Untitled Steppin' On The Blues Amazon
16Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues Roots of Rock Amazon
17Riley Puckett Fuzzy Rag Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar Amazon
18Etta Baker One Dime Blues Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
19Merle Travis Freight Train (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
20Bob Brozman Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version] Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered] Amazon
21Merle Travis Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
22Jorma Kaukonen There's A Table Sitting In Heaven Stars In My Crown Amazon
23Leo Kottke Wonderland By Night Peculiaroso Amazon
24John Fahey Layla Rain Forests, Oceans And Other Amazon
25Leo Kottke Little Martha Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years Amazon
26Dave Van Ronk Green, Green Rocky Road Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
27David Bromberg Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
28Sam McGee Knoxville Blues Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1] Amazon
29Stefan Grossman Pallet On Your Floor How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
30Bob Hadley Celtic Reverie Imaginational Anthem Amazon
31Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Oh Well Sixty Six Steps Amazon
32Mance Lipscomb Sugar Babe Texas Songster Amazon

Sweet Dreams

Our show this week features sweet dreams, swamp pop, Americana, doo wop, and all that makes the past century of America’s music a delight to dream on. We’ll touch on the new album from a legend who is most deservedly having his moment right now with a new album and where a one hit wonder once existed. Tommy McLain’s new album is a revelation and reminds us that music, when carried and shared with a passion like his, will always bring a bright light even in the darkest of times. This week’s show is a free form romp featuring Tommy, Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant, Bill Kirchen, Corb Lund, Bob Wills, Paul Thorn, and a couple dozen others. Some fiery rock and roll blended with country, doo wop, pop and lots of circumstance. Please join in…we’d be delighted to spend a Friday morning with you on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Solomon Burke/Zucchero Diavolo in Me (A Devil in Me) Zucchero & Co. Amazon
3Tommy McLain I Ran Down Every Dream (feat. Elvis Costello) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
4Tommy McLain Sweet Dreams Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
5Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old The Essential Collection Amazon
6Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
7Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler I'll See You in My Dreams Neck and Neck Amazon
8Mark Knopfler Devil Baby The Ragpicker's Dream Amazon
9Chris Isaak Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Amazon
10Earl-Jean I'm Into Something Good The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
11Marvin & Johnny Cherry Pie Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
12Don Gardner & DeeDee Ford I Need Your Loving Soul Gold Oldies Amazon
13Ernie Maresca Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) The Best Jukeboxhits [Disc 1] Amazon
14Jesse Powell & The Caddies Ain't You Gonna Roulette Rock & Roll, Vol. 2 Amazon
15The Chiffons One Fine Day One Fine Day And Other Favorites Amazon
16Corb Lund Devil's Best Dress Americana Music Awards Sampler Amazon
17Gillian Welch The Devil Had a Hold of Me Hell Among the Yearlings Amazon
18Bill Kirchen Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version) Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods Amazon
19Paul Thorn Don't Let The Devil Ride Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
20Bob Wills The Devil Ain't Lazy Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar) Amazon
21Scott H. Biram Gotta Get To Heaven Sold Out To The Devil: Select Gospel Cuts By The Reverend Scott H. Biram Amazon
22Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
23Levon Helm Stuff You Gotta Watch Electric Dirt Amazon
24Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven Down The Road Apiece Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
25Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go Hank Ballard & the Midnighters – Greatest Hits Amazon
26Michael Nesmith Silver Moon Listen To The Band [UK] Amazon
27Louis Jordan Stone Cold Dead in the Market – Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Tympany Five Number Ones Amazon
28Rosemary Clooney Come On A My House Tenderly Amazon
29Tommy McLain Somebody (Radio Edit) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
30Pete Seeger Little Boxes The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon

Workin’ Man Blues

We’ll be spending two hours on a century of hard work, little pay, striking it rich as well as failing to do so. Songs about working the mines, panning in the mother lode, welfare and pittance wages, as well as the country sounds of Merle’s Working Man Blues. Plenty to keep us reflecting on a lifetime of keeping afloat knowing full well that you can’t take it with you. Not necessarily money for nothing and kicks for free but we’ve also got songs about blowing it all on a Saturday night. Join us for music from Johnny Horton, Wynn Stewart, Tex Ritter, Merle, Hazel Dickens, Roy Orbison and a cast of the very best of performances from the past century here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Tex Williams Money Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
3Howard Vokes The Miner Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
4Tex Ritter A Working Man's Prayer Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
5Doc Watson Dream of the Miner's Child 1964-1965 (Warped 6411F) Amazon
6Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter Amazon
7Merle Haggard And The Strangers Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
8Lyle Lovett Working Too Hard My Baby Don't Tolerate Amazon
9Slaid Cleaves Working Stiff Unsung Amazon
10Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn Living On The Welfare Check Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
11Buck Owens Waitin' In Your Welfare Line The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
12Johnny Paycheck Take This Job And Shove It Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1] Amazon
13Roy Orbison Working for the Man The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
14Brennen Leigh North To Alaska Too Thin To Plow Amazon
15Mudcrutch Six Days On the Road Mudcrutch Amazon
16Wynn Stewart Another Day, Another Dollar California Country Amazon
17The Westport Kids You Kaint Take It With You Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
18Billy Parker It Takes A Lot Of Money Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
19Bobby Barnett Workin' Man Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
20Arlie Duff Money Hungry Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
21Faron Young I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night 1953-1956 (Warped 5455) Amazon
22Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
23Jim Nesbitt Working All My Life Cash-A-Likes Amazon
24Marty Stuart Hard Working Man Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions Amazon
25Dick Curless I've Been Working On the Railroad A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969) Amazon
26John Prine & Mac Wiseman Saginaw Michigan Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
27Dolly Parton 9 To 5 Dolly [Disc 4] Amazon
28Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
29Tom Waits Heigh Ho Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3] Amazon
30Lee Dorsey Working In A Coal Mine Soul Mine Amazon
31Johnny Horton North To Alaska Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
32The Dwarf Chorus Heigh-Ho Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical Amazon
33Adriana Caselotti Whistle While You Work Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon