Today’s Deeper Roots show explores the Document label once more but, this time, we’ll be asking Gary and Gillian to tell us more. They’ll share some personal anecdotes about what brought them to their life’s work. So many of us from the baby boomer generation discovered early roots music through covers by bands from our early years that led us to recurring moments of musical revelation. And many of us found ourselves digging, rummaging, exploring, collecting, and listening for those mother lodes of musical treasures that surfaced like bits of gold on that river of time that runs from ‘then’ to the ‘now’. It’s the second part of our interview with this delightful couple from across the pond. Hear their stories of connecting with this music and how it informed their life’s work with Document Records.
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Lil' Son Jackson
Rockin' And Rollin'
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
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Big Bill Broonzy
Key to the Highway
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4
Deeper Roots
Intro and Early Document w Johnny Part
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
5
Peetie Wheatstraw
Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
6
Big Bill Broonzy
Good Boy
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
7
Deeper Roots
Discovery of the Folk and Blues
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
8
The Rolling Stones
Confessin' The Blues
12 X 5
9
Deeper Roots
Buys Document
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
10
Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather
Kid Man Blues
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
11
Deeper Roots
Impact of American Music
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
12
Josh White
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
In Chronological Order, Volume 6 (1944-45)
13
Deeper Roots
Hunting Swap Meets for Blues (With Music)
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
14
Gitfiddle Jim (Kokomo Arnold)
Paddlin' Blues
Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
15
Deeper Roots
Growing Up with Music to the Beatles
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
16
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Please Don't Tease
Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
17
The Beatles
Anna (Go to Him)
Please Please Me
18
Deeper Roots
Closing Snippet 1
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
19
Deeper Roots
Document Projects
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
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Walter 'Cowboy' Washington
Ice Pick Mama
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
21
Blind Willie McTell
Stole Rider Blues
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order – Volume 1 – 18 October 1927 to 23 October 1931
This week’s episode of Deeper Roots focuses on gospel, blues, and tradition with a theme being the “travelin’ blues”. Whether that’s a long ride to perdition or salvation on the King’s highway or a ready roll down the road apiece…our journey will avoid the toll roads, whether they be the sacred or the profane. Performances this morning feature Rory Block, Chris Smither, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, and The Golden Gate Quartet. The show is a ‘first installment’ of traveling songs…songs about the highways…told in the key of blues with the followup in coming months being one that focuses on the country and bluegrass sound. But not today. Today’s about the blues and the gospel. Drop by.
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Maria Muldaur
Travelin' Shoes
Waitress In a Donut Shop
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Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell)
Travelin' Blues
Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
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Taj Mahal
Farther On Down The Road
The Best Of Taj Mahal
5
Roland Stone
Down The Road
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
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Freddie Slack
Down The Road
Boogie Woogie [Disc 10]
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Eric Clapton
Further On Down the Road
Old Sock
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Chris Smither
Look Down the Road
I'm a Stranger Too!/Don't It Drag On
9
Mattie Delaney
Down The Big Road Blues
Mississippi Masters
10
Unidentified Quartet
I Look Down The Road And Wonder
Powerhouse Gospel
11
The Golden Gate Quartet
I Looked Down The Road And Wondered
Travelin' Shoes
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Vera Ward Hall
Travelin' Shoes
Crossroads: Southern Roots
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Rory Block
If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road
Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James
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Paul Butterfield's Better Days
Highway 28
'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back'
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Highway 60
Space Guitar
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Lowell Fulson
Highway 99
Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
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Gatemouth Moore
Highway 61 Blues
Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings
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Honeyboy Edwards
Strollin' Down Highway 61
Roamin and Ramblin
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Snooks Eaglin
Traveling Mood
Complete Imperial Recordings
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Doc Pomus
Traveling Dog
Singer & Songwriter
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Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson
Get On Down The Road
Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
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Ernie Andrews With Maxwell Davis Orchestra
Travelin' Baby
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
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Slim Gaillard & His Boogiereeners
Travelin' Blues
Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
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T-Bone Walker
Travelin' Blues
The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
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Smiley Lewis
Lonesome Highway
ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
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Howling Wolf
Driving This Highway
Sings The Blues
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Freddie King
Key To The Highway
Ultimate Collection
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Freddie King
Living On The Highway
The Best Of Freddie King: The Shelter Records Years
From the rail yard to back alleys of the urban south to St. James Infirmary, we explore that short life of trouble blending populist, folk, blues, and songs of the west. And we’ll hear contrasting sounds of new and old; stories of Gypsy Davie, Black Jack David, and hard gospel truths from the likes of Josh White, The Meat Purveyors, The Carters, Merrill Moore and Blind Willie Johnson. Deeper Roots’ first show of 2020 will inject the clarity of folk blues with traditional songs performed by contemporary artists alongside early century classics. Tune in every Friday morning at 9 on KOWS Community Radio for Deeper Roots. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.
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Johnny Cash
Rock Island Line
His Sun Years: Down South
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
Rock Island Line
A Long Way from Home
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Merrill Moore
Rock Island Line
Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 2]
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Richard Rabbitt Brown
James Alley Blues
Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3A: Songs
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Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
James Alley Blues (Featuring Aoife O'Donovan)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
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Bob Dylan
Black Jack Davey
Good As I Been To You
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Ray Rhodes
Black Jack Davy (Child 200)
Art of Field Recording: Volume II – Disc 4: Unaccompanied Songs and Ballads
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The Carter Family
Black Jack David
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 5)
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Woody Guthrie
Gypsy Davy
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
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Arlo Guthrie
Gypsy Davy
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
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Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men
A Short Life of Trouble
Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
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Buell Kazee
A Short Life Of Trouble
The Rose Grew Round The Briar
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Clarence Ashley
Little Sadie
A Portrait of Dylan
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Bob Dylan
Little Sadie
Self Portrait
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The Meat Purveyors
John Hardy
The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3
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The Carter Family
John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man
Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
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Blind Joe Taggart
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Vol. 2-(1929-34)
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Robert Plant
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Band Of Joy
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Paul Thorn
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed
Don't Let The Devil Ride
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Blind Willie Johnson
Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Disc 1)
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Blind Willie Johnson
John The Revelator
Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2B: Social Music
This week’s show dedicates two hours to the incredible blues women of the past century. We’ll be going deep, featuring tracks from the great early century trailblazers: Mamie Smith, Trixie Smith, Ma Rainey, Sippie Wallace, and others. Plus, we’ll hear from Ruthie Foster, Big Mama Thornton, Dinah Washington, and Varetta Dillard; all of this being the background to to last Saturday evening’s Blues is a Woman performance at the Raven Theater in downtown Healdsburg. Our special guest on the show will be Pamela Rose, performer, author, and vocalist, who has toured nationally with her critically acclaimed show Wild Women of Song: Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era. Pamela is part of the San Francisco ensemble Blues is a Woman along with Pat Wilder, Ruth Davies, Kristen Strom, Shani Johnson, Jennifer Jolly, and music director/pianist/vocalist Tammy Hall. Dave Stroud will be talking the ‘pearls’ of the blues with Pamela in a prerecorded interview. Join us.
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Ma Rainey
Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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Ma Rainey with Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
Black Eye Blues
Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2]
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Ruthie Foster
Death Came A'Knockin'
Oxford American Southern Music Texas
5
Big Mama Thornton/Muddy Waters Blues Band
Looking the World Over
With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
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Memphis Minnie
Looking The World Over [Album Version]
Queen Of The Blues
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Ida Cox with Coleman Hawkins Quintet
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
Oxford American Music Issue – Visions of the Blues
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Ida Cox
One Hour Mama
I Can't Quit My Man
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Bonnie Raitt
Love Me Like A Man
Bonnie Raitt: Opus Collection
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Aretha Franklin
Evil Gal Blues
Aretha Sings The Blues
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Albinia Jones
Evil Gal Blues
Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938)
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Sippie Wallace
Up the Country Blues
Sippie Wallace Vol. 1 (1923-1925)
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Victoria Spivey
Murder In The First Degree
Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
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Alberta Hunter
Remember My Name
Remember My Name (Original Soundtrack Recording)
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Big Mama Thornton
Ball And Chain
Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics
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Varetta Dillard
See See Rider Blues
Got You On My Mind
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Didn't It Rain
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
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Trixie Smith
Freight Train Blues
Blues Was Her Business
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Clementine Smith
Nobody Knows What A Red Head Mama Can Do
Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14
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Mamie Smith
Crazy Blues
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
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Bessie Smith
Lock And Key
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
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Pamela Rose
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (feat. Daria Johnson)
Blues Is a Woman (Original Cast Recording)
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Etta James
Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
The Essential Etta James [Disc 2]
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Ruth Brown
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean
The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
Well, it’s about time. For being one of the premier blues women of the 20th century, we’ve been remiss in our coverage here on Deeper Roots. You can, however, check out our blog post Memphis Minnie on the Ice Box to prepare you for the music we’ve got for you this coming Friday. Not only will we share some classic tunes from Minnie and Kansas City Joe McCoy but we’ll be pairing much of them with contemporary covers including some special ones: the Alabama Shakes, Maria Muldaur, Precious Bryant, and Eilen Jewell (just to name a few). The article mentioned above is a well worn first hand observation of a Memphis Minnie performance published in the Chicago Defender in 1942, written by Langston Hughes. We’ve got enough to fill the room…and the airwaves, this coming Friday morning so here’s hoping you can drop in.
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Memphis Minnie
Pig Meat On The Line [Album Version]
Queen Of The Blues
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Alabama Shakes
Killer Diller Blues
American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1]
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Memphis Minnie
Killer Diller Blues [Album Version]
Queen Of The Blues
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Maria Muldaur, Del Rey, Steve James
Crazy Cryin' Blues
….First Came Memphis Minnie
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Memphis Minnie
Crazy Cryin' Blues
Queen Of Country Blues
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Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton
When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1
Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
8
Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie
When the Levee Breaks
People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
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Rory Block
When You Love Me
….First Came Memphis Minnie
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Eilen Jewell
Nothing In Rambling
Down Hearted Blues
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Precious Bryant
Black Rat Swing
Fool Me Good
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Precious Bryant
My Chauffeur
The Truth
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Maria Muldaur, Del Rey
Lookin' The World Over
….First Came Memphis Minnie
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Clifton Chenier
Me And My Chauffeur
King Of The Bayous
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Maria Muldaur, Roy Rogers, Roly Salley
Me And My Chauffeur Blues
….First Came Memphis Minnie
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Memphis Minnie
What's The Matter With The Mill
Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
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Ben Winship
What's The Matter With the Well
Toolshed
18
Phoebe Snow, David Bromberg
In My Girlish Days
….First Came Memphis Minnie
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Doug Quattlebaum
You Is One Black Rat
The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
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Lucinda Williams
Nothing In Rambling [Live]
Passionate Kisses [EP]
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Memphis Minnie with Little Joe & His Band
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
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Johnny Shines
Bumble Bee Blues
Traditional Delta Blues
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Whispering Smith
Looking the World Over
Swamp Blues
24
Memphis Minnie
Dirty Mother For You
Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
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Memphis Minnie
New Dirty Dozen
Queen Of Country Blues
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Memphis Minnie
If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home)
Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
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Memphis Minnie
Ice Man (Come On Up)
Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
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Maria Muldaur
I'm Goin' Back Home
Richland Woman Blues
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Big Mama Thornton/Muddy Waters Blues Band
Looking the World Over
With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
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Tampa Red
Bumble Bee Blues
Guitar Wizards (1926-1935)
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Ruthie Foster, Steve Freund, Tanya Richardson, Samantha Banks
We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.
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Turtle Island String Quartet
Crossroads
A Little on the CD Side
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Muddy Waters
Trouble No More
Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959)
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The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars
Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)
Blues Blues Blues
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Black Cats And The Kitten
Step It Up And Go [Album Version]
Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
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Warner Williams With Jay Summerour
Step It Up And Go
Blues Highway
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Robert Wilkins
That's No Way to Get Along
Roots of Rock
8
The Rolling Stones
Prodigal Son
Beggars Banquet
9
Elmore James
One Way Out
The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1]
10
John Hiatt
One Way Out
All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
11
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain't Superstitious
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
12
Jeff Beck
I Ain't Superstitious
Truth
13
Big Joe Williams
Baby Please Don't Go
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14
Tom Rush
Baby Please Don't Go
Town and Country Blues
15
Elmore James
Dust My Broom
Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
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Sonny Landreth
Dust My Broom
Bound by the Blues
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Howlin' Wolf
Back Door Man
Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
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John Hammond
Backdoor Man
The Best Of
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Koko Taylor
Wang Dang Doodle
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
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Dr. John
Wang Dang Doodle
The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
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Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie
When the Levee Breaks
People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
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Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton
When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1
Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
23
Bukka White
Parchman Farm Blues
Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
24
Rory Block
Parchman Farm Blues
Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White
25
Blind Willie McTell
Statesboro Blues
RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1]
“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…
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Leon Redbone
If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven
Double Time
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Merle Travis
If We Never Meet Again
Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
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Emmett Miller
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll
Minstrel Man From Georgia
5
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
The Sheik Of Araby
Saints Ramble & Sensation
6
Laurel and Hardy
Shine on Harvest Moon
The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
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Nat King Cole
Sweet Lorraine
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
8
Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
Sugar
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
9
Hoagy Carmichael
Lazybones
Sometimes I Wonder….
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Hoagy Carmichael
Lazy River
Sometimes I Wonder….
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Lonnie Johnson
He's A Jelly-Roll Baker
Tomorrow Night
12
Peetie Wheatstraw
Shake That Thing
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
13
Dave Van Ronk
Shake That Thing
Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
14
Elvis Presley
You're A Heartbreaker
Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1)
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Julia Lee
Breeze
Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
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Cowboy Copas
Breeze
1954-1958
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Leon Redbone
Breeze
Sugar
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Rex Griffin
Sweet Mama Hurry Home
1935-1936 (Warped 3520)
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Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy
Bouquet Of Roses
Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
20
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special
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Emmett Miller
Lovesick Blues
American Yodeling
22
Blind Blake
Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
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Leon Redbone
Diddy Wa Diddie
Double Time
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Shirley Temple
Polly Wolly Doodle
America's Sweetheart
25
Boswell Sisters
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Boswell Sisters
26
Paul Specht
Sweet Lorraine
Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930
27
Ruth Etting
Shine on, Harvest Moon
Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
28
Joe Keawe
My Little Grass Shack
Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
Music this week that speaks to hard times. From the Dust Bowl and Great Depression to personal hardships, we’ll share some bluegrass sounds, tunes steeped in tradition, soothing notes of country gospel, and folk blues. We’ll hear from The Weavers, Mavis Staples, Bobby Bare, and Pearly “Grandma” Davis (a nugget from Mike Seeger’s Old Time Music series). There will be talk of failing crops, revolution, and Oklahoma dust this week. Deeper Roots goes a little bit deeper with more songs about hard times this week on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, where our neighbors just experienced their own hard times from flood waters. Thinking about them.
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Bobby Bare
Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning
Darker Than Light
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Tracy Chapman
Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
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Uncle Tupelo
No Depression
No Depression
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Bob Dylan
Hard Times
Good As I Been To You
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Dave Alvin
Waiting for the Hard Times to Go
Interstate City
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Mavis Staples
Hard Times Come Again No More
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
8
The Byrds
Old Blue
The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 3
9
Peter Rowan
Seeds My Daddy Sowed
Dust Bowl Children
10
Jimmy LaFave
My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed away)
Peace Town
11
Pearly 'Grandma' Davis
It's These Hard Times
Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
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Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
Hard Times Come and Go
Riverboat Soul
13
Eddie Dattel
Trickle Down Blues
Trickle Down Blues
14
Buck Owens
Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
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Ryan Bingham
Hard Times
Mescalito
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Ry Cooder
You Must Unload
The Prodigal Son
17
The Louvin Brothers
Preach The Gospel
The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks
18
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Never No More Hard Times-Blues
The King Of Western Swing-25 Hits 1935-1945
19
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Hard Times Have Been Here (But They've Gone)
1978-1979
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Country Joe McDonald
Talkin' Dust Bowl
Vanguard Visionaries
21
The Weavers
Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvia
Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
22
Josh White
Hard Times Blues
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 51
23
Sheryl Crow
No Depression In Heaven
The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family
24
Country Joe McDonald
This Land Is Your Land
Vanguard Visionaries
25
R.B. Morris
That's How Every Empire Falls
Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
This week we’ll explore the music of the legendary Charley Patton. We’ll be dipping our toes into the birth of the Delta blues featuring some classic tracks from the gravel-voiced masked wonder as well as some rich covers from contemporary performers. Listen in for music from Otis Taylor, David Johansen, Corey Harris, and Taj Mahal…just to drop a few names. We’ll also scratch the surface of Charley’s career including some reflections from a master’s thesis written by none other than the American musicologist and musician, John Fahey. Tune in Friday morning as we board ourselves a raft to roll down the waters in search of the rich and elusive legend of the Mississippi Delta blues that was Charley Patton.
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Bob Dylan
High Water (For Charley Patton)
Love and Theft
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Charley Patton
I Shall Not Be Moved
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
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Paul Rishell & Anne Raines
I Shall Not Be Moved
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
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Son House
The Pony Blues
Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The
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Charley Patton
Pony Blues (Pm 12792, 15216–)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
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Guy Davis, T-Bone Wolk, Mark Murphy & Levon Helm
Some of These Days
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
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Charley Patton
Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
9
Charley Patton
Poor Me
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3]
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Rising Sons
By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version]
Rising Sons
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Charlie Musselwhite
Pea Vine Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
12
Otis Taylor
Stone Pony
Americana Roots Songbook: Modern Blues
13
Charley Patton
Stone Pony Blues
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3]
14
McHouston Baker
High Sheriff Blues
Mississippi Delta Dues
15
David Johansen
High Sheriff
Shaker
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Charley Patton
High Sheriff Blues
Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
17
Steve James & Mark Rubin
Elder Greene Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
18
Charley Patton
Elder Greene Blues
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 1]
19
Taj Mahal
High Water Everywhere, Part 2
American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
20
Graham Parker
Poor Me
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
21
Corey Harris
Moon Going Down
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
22
Charley Patton
Moon Going Down
Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
23
Dave Van Ronk
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
24
Robert Nighthawk
Mean Black Cat
Greatest Blues Licks
25
Charley Patton
Charley Patton – Mean Black Cat Blues
24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ]
We had so much fun with our first installment a few months back that we thought it was worth a second installment…well, that and the depth and breadth of the American Songbag certainly lends itself to doing so. It doesn’t hurt either that it fits our deeper roots sensibilities so well. This installment finds us meandering about those classic songs whose topics include mellow blues ballads, hobo songs, Mexican border songs (how appropriate), tarnished love tales, and the ‘road to heaven’. Helping us through our sets we’ll be featuring an interesting collection of performers: Dave Van Ronk, Dock Boggs, Rosanne Cash, and Peter Case. A host of others will join in the fun on Community Radio for Sonoma County.
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Dave Van Ronk
Willie The Weeper
Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
3
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Willie the Weeper
Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
4
Dan Zanes
Roll The Chariot
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
5
Josh White
Barbara Allen
Best Of Josh White
6
Delmore Brothers
Frozen Girl
Brown's Ferry Blues
7
Dock Boggs
Pretty Polly
Country Blues
8
The Carter Family
My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Instrumental)
On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
9
Tony Rice
House Carpenter
Church Street Blues
10
Hylo Brown
Pretty Fair Maiden
Legends & Tall Tales
11
Ola Belle Reed, John Miller, Burl Kilby
The Orphan Girl
Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
12
David Rawlings
Midnight Train
Poor David's Almanack
13
Arlo Guthrie
Gypsy Davy
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
14
Peter Case
Roving Gambler
Sings Like Hell
15
Rosanne Cash
Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
The List
16
Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set One): Zion's Walls
Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
17
Louis Armstrong
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel
Louis And The Good Book
18
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Things That I used to do (and I Don't Do No More)
The Gospel Truth
19
The Robinson Children
I Ain't Gwine Study About War No More
Swinging Gospel Sounds (1935-1942)
20
The Bronzemen
Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again
The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)
21
Septeto Habanero
Cielito Lindo
Cuba. Por La Musica
22
Los Panchos
La Cucaracha – La Adelita
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
23
Dan Zanes
Lo Que Digo
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
24
Kathy Reid-Naiman
Pretty Betty Martin
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
25
Laurie Lewis
Weevily Wheat
Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
26
Dan Zanes
Cuckoo Waltz
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
27
Tom Paxton
Times A-Getting Hard, Boys
Seeds – The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Disc 2 Of 2 – Friends Of Pete)
