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Below the Mason-Dixon Line

November 25, 2017 Dave

Songs that highlight the states below the ‘line’ of intransigence. Portions are better known as Dixie, others (like Florida and Texas) appear as appendages or after-market expanses. The music this evening will explore songs of Louisiana from Doug Kershaw, Texas from Asleep at the Wheel, Alabama from Mance Lipscomb, and West Virginia featuring Louis Jordan. There’s a whole lot more including Taj Mahal, Bill Kirchen, The Louvin Brothers and Pokey LaFarge; all on a journey through a collection of states that two surveyors by the name of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, in an attempt to resolve a dispute, attached their names to in the late 18th century.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmie Rodgers	Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Down In Florida On A Hog	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Muddy Waters	Deep Down In Florida #2	King Bee
5	Claire Lynch	My Florida Sunshine	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1
6	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
7	Dave Van Ronk	Georgia Camp Meeting	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
8	Alex Campbell, Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby	Bringing in the Georgia Mail	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
9	Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers	Georgia Boogie	Travellin' Boogie
10	Guy Clark	Virginia's Real	Texas Cookin'
11	The Carter Family	Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3]
12	Al Bowlly	My Sweet Virginia	Just A Bowl Of Cherries
13	Ethel Waters	I'm Coming Virginia	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
14	Hazel Dickens	West Virginia, My Home	Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1]
15	Louis Jordan	Salt Pork, West Virginia	The Chronological Louis Jordan 1945-1946
16	Dr. Horse	South Poke West Virginia	Harlem Rock N' Blues
17	Mance Lipscomb	Alabama Bound	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
18	Evan Marshall	The Alabama Jubilee	Mandolin Magic
19	The Louvin Brothers	Alabama	Hand-Picked
20	Neil Young/Stray Gators	Alabama	Harvest
21	Jimmie Driftwood	Arkansas Traveler	Americana, Vol. 1
22	Carolina Cotton	Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas)	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
23	Bill Kirchen	Arkansas Diamond (Album)	Word To The Wise
24	Taj Mahal	Texas Woman Blues	The Essential [Disc 1]
25	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
26	Tommy Duncan	Texas Moon	Texas Moon
27	Tony Rice	He Rode All the Way to Texas	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
28	Waylon Jennings	Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
29	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Going Back To Louisiana	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
30	Doug Kershaw	Louisiana Man	Diggy Diggy Lo
31	Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three	Mississippi Girl	Middle of Everywhere
32	Nina Simone	Mississippi Goddam	Anthology Disc 1
33	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Mississippi Mud	Paper Moon
34	The Andrew Sisters	When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabama	Double Goldies [CD1]

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The Hangman’s Rope

November 18, 2017 Dave

Songs about one of the most controversial of mankind’s attempt to balance the scales: the death penalty. Studies point to the fact that at least one in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent and yet the death penalty is legal in 32 states. In China, corporate fraud can be punishable by death…if it were the case here, our government would probably be on the straight and narrow. But I digress. The music this week will explore the long walk to eternity through the eyes of the condemned; the knowledge of the eventuality of the executioner’s song is clarity. And we’ve got country from a whole host of obscure characters, some blues and boogie, along with just a little bit of folk and bluegrass. A hundred years of the hangman’s rope in reflection.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	I Hung My Head	American IV: Man Comes Around
3	Gurf Morlix	Theyre Hangin Me Tonight	The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 3
4	Johnny Bond	At Dawn I Die	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
5	Marty Robbins	The Hanging Tree	All-Time Greatest Hits
6	Peter, Paul & Mary	Hangman	See What Tomorrow Brings
7	Marty Stuart	Hangman	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
8	Ralston Bowles and May Erlewine-Bernard	Hangman	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
9	Cowboy Copas	Hangman Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
10	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Puerto Muerto	The Hangman's Song	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1
11	Al Dean	Hangman	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
12	Leadbelly	Gallows Pole	Too Late, Too Late – Vol. 12 – 1917-48
13	Furry Lewis	Judge Harsh Blues	Furry Lewis 1927 – 1929
14	Brownie McGhee	Hangman's Blues	The Folkways Years (1945-1959)
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hangman's Blues	Complete Recordings Vol. 3
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Electric Chair	Blues Images Presents 1920's Blues Classics, Vol. 13
17	Lonesome Johnny	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
18	Jimmy Minor	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
19	Porter Wagoner	(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
20	Dave Alvin	Sonora's Death Row	West of the West
21	Lee Hazelwood	The Girl On Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
22	Johnny Cash	The Mercy Seat	American III: Solitary Man
23	Bessie Smith	Send Me To The Lectric Chair	Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
24	Booker T. & the MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
25	Hoyle Miller	Twelve Years On Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
26	Steve Earle	Walking Down Death Row	If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
27	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
28	Bob Dylan	Seven Curses	The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [Disc 2]
29	Joan Baez	Geordie	The First 10 Years
30	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Dean Schlabowske	Gary Gilmore's Eyes	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1

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Bad Luck Blues

September 16, 2017 Dave

We’re exploring the blues this week on Deeper Roots. And it’s all about bad luck blues…when the dice roll snake eyes, when the crops won’t make the rent, when your woman asks for money and all you got is the dust in your pockets…when you ain’t got no money. Join Dave Stroud for a collection of the very best including Big Joe Williams’ Jinx Blues, bad luck stories from Dinah Washington and Memphis Minnie, piano moaning from Leroy Carr and Ivory Joe, as well as further tales of gambling, dice, and no luck from Clifford Gibson and Black Boy Shine. Friday evening blues….what more?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Milton	Bad Luck	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
3	Rory Block	Jinx Blues	Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House
4	Son House	The Jinx Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41
5	Big Joe Williams	Jinx Blues	Classic Delta Blues
6	Black Boy Shine	Gamblin' Jinx Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
7	Memphis Minnie	I'm A Bad Luck Woman	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
8	Mel Walker	Unlucky Man	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
9	Nat King Cole Trio	Chant Of The Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues)	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1]
10	Dinah Washington	Bad Luck	Dinah Washington Sings The Blues
11	Jimmy Lewis/Ray Charles	If It Wasn't for Bad Luck	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 4
12	Robert Belfour	Bad Luck	What's Wrong with You
13	Muddy Waters	Mother's Bad Luck Child	Can't Get No Grindin'
14	Lightnin' Slim	Bad Luck Blues	The Best Of Excello Records
15	Lightnin' Hopkins	Bad Luck And Trouble	Blues Kingpins
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Bad Luck Blues	Classic Sides Disc 1
17	Cliifford Gibson	Bad Luck Dice	Complete Recorded Works
18	Guitar Welch	Bad Luck Blues	Southern Prison Blues (Digitally Remastered)
19	Kokomo Arnold	Bad Luck Blues	Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1937-1938)
20	Ivory Joe Hunter	No Money, No Luck Blues	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
21	Bill Gaither	Bad Luck Child's Request	When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941
22	Leroy Carr	Bad Luck All The Time	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 2]
23	Champion Jack Dupree	Bad Luck Bound To Change	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
24	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
25	John Mayall	Bad Luck Time	Room To Move 1969-1974 [Disc 2]
26	Tommy Castro And The Painkillers	Bad Luck	Method To My Madness
27	Larry Campbell	Bad Luck Charm	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
28	The Harlem Hamfats	Bad Luck Man	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
29	Charlie Musselwhite	If I Should Have Bad Luck	Deluxe Edition – Charlie Musselwhite

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The Document Label

July 1, 2017 Dave

Get your morning cuppa roots sounds with a look at the record label whose catalog is overflowing with some of the most important recordings of the 20th century. From the birth of the blues to the birth of jazz; from the earliest gospel jubilee sounds of the deep South to the the electrifying sacred steel sounds of the late century; from the hillbilly string bands to the hokum sounds of the urban South…it’s all there. Document Records has amassed one of the world’s most revered collections of Americana out there and you can tune into Sonoma County community radio for a sampler of the music that has survived the century’s shift in technology , infiltrated our culture, and influenced performers to this day.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Hutchison	Stackalee [Vocal]	Worried Blues [Disc 1]
3	Frank Hutchison	The Deal	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
4	The Allen Brothers	Skipping And Flying	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
5	Sam McGee	Buck Dancer's Choice	Complete Recorded Works 1926-34
6	Georgia Yellow Hammers	White Lightning	The Georgia Yellow Hammers And Associates Vol. 4 "White Lightning – 1929-1931
7	Kirk & Sam McGhee	Brown's Ferry Blues	Complete Recorded Works 1926-34
8	Charley Jordan	Just A Spoonful	Charley Jordan Volume 1 1930-1931
9	Blind Willie McTell	Searching The Desert For The Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
10	Peetie Wheatstraw	Kind-Hearted Blues	Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
11	Barbecue Bob	Barbecue Blues	Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
12	Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon	Come On Mama, Do That Dance	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
13	Blind Arvella Gray	Have Mercy, Mr. Percy	Blues From Maxwell Street
14	Charlie Spand	Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
15	Leroy Carr	Don't Start No Stuff	1934-1941
16	Laura Rucker	St. Louis Blues	Female Blues Singers Vol. 13 R/S (1921-1931)
17	Rosa Henderson	Don't Advertise Your Man (Take A)	Vol. 2-Vocal Blues & Jazz
18	Memphis Mose	Hear Me Beefin' at You	Georgia Tom – Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (September 1928 – 5 February 1930)
19	Butterbeans and Susie	Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama	Please Warm My Weiner (Old Time Hokum Blues)
20	Big Maceo	Won't Be A Fool No More	Big Maceo Vol. 2 "Big City Blues" (1945 – 1950)
21	Tampa Red	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	Rude Dudes
22	Nora and Delle	Get Away From My Window	Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3
23	W.C. Handy	St. Louis Blues	Jazzin' the Blues
24	Cleo Brown	I'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North)	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
25	The Harlem Hamfats	She's Trickin' Me	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
26	Babe Wallace	Git It ('Cause I Love To See You Wid It)	Jazzin the Blues Vol. 5 (1930 – 1953)
27	Rev. Lonnie Farris	A Closer Walk To Thee	Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
28	Rev. Utah Smith	I Got Two Wings	Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
29	Sister O. M. Terrell	The Bible's Right	Country Gospel 1946-1953
30	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	My Journey to the Sky	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
31	Sister Goldia Haynes	Traveling	Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950
32	Rev. Robert Ballinger	This Train	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats

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More Country Blues

March 25, 2017 Dave

We get serious about the deeper roots … going much deeper this evening, working mostly in pairs, exploring the blues from the Delta and beyond. Acoustic blues, played on the front porch with the evening sun finally set beyond the hill. Blues from the cabin if you will. We’ll hear acoustic sounds from Big Joe Williams, Son House, Honeyboy Edwards, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and many others including a small sampling of some contemporary performers. Sonoma County Community radio’s musical archives are brimming.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Son House	Clarksdale Moan	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]
3	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
4	Mississippi John Hurt	Spike Driver Blues	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
5	Chris Smither	Frankie & Albert	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
6	Big Joe Williams	Whistling Pines	Bluesville
7	Big Joe Williams	She Left Me A Mule To Ride	Shake Your Boogie
8	Julius Daniels	Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
9	Snooks Eaglin	Bottle Up And Go	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
10	Snooks Eaglin	Possum Up A 'Simmon Tree	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
11	Big Bill Broonzy	Plough-Hand Blues	Trouble In Mind
12	Big Bill Broonzy	Trouble In Mind	Trouble In Mind
13	Ry Cooder	Boomer's Story	Boomer's Story (Remaster 2013)
14	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	Good Morning Little School Girl
15	Mississippi Fred McDowell	This Little Light of Mine	Legends of the Blues
16	Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry	Dark Road	Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2
17	John Jackson	John Henry	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
18	David "Honeyboy" Edwards	Lay My Burden Down	White Windows
19	Little Sammy Davis	Hey Little Girl	This Is The Blues Harmonica
20	Muddy Waters	My Home Is In The Delta	Folk Singer
21	Muddy Waters	Country Boy	Folk Singer
22	Furry Lewis	Big Chief Blues	The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers
23	The Reverend Gary Davis	Samson & Delilah (If I Had My Way)	At Newport
24	Son House	Am I Right Or Wrong	Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The
25	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
26	Maria Muldaur	Soul Of A Man	Richland Woman Blues
27	Big Bill Broonzy	House Rent Stomp	Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order vol. 1
28	Gabriel Brown and His Guitar	Going My Way	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
29	John Jackson	Louis Collins	Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)
30	Big Joe Williams	Down In The Bottoms	Blues on Highway 49
31	Josh White	Strange Fruit (73475)	Josh White – The Remaining Titles (1941-1947)

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Evil Blues

December 17, 2016 Dave

It’s the story of evil told in the voice of the blues. All things evil are explored in the voices of gospel, country blues, urban blues, and the folk blues. Evil ways, bad blood, fear, and the depths to which the evil in man’s heart can go are the themes tonight in a show that features the likes of Otis Spann, Elmore James, Henry Truvillion, The Golden Gate Quartet, and many others. All of this coming to you on a cold December evening in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Howlin' Wolf	Evil	Blues From Hell
3	The Golden Gate Quartet	Atom And Evil (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
4	The Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, baritone/William Langford, tenor/Henry Owens, tenor/Arlandus Wilson, Bass) (Aka "Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet")	The Devil With The Devil	Vol. 3, 1939 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 3, 1939)
5	Chris Smither	The Devil's Real	A Little On The Cd Side Volume 11
6	Noah Lewis	Devil In The Wood Pile	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
7	Don Byas's Swig Seven, Albinia Jones	Evil Gal Blues	Savoy Blues 1944-1994 [Disc 1]
8	Dinah Washington	Evil Gal Blues	Gold
9	T-Bone Walker	Evil Hearted Woman (Alt. Take)	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
10	Champion Jack Dupree	Evil Woman	Blues from the Gutter
11	Doctor Gaddy	Evil Man Blues	Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
12	Otis Spann	Evil Ways	Essential Blues Hits Disc 2
13	Washboard Sam	Evil Blues	Vol. 6 1941 – 1942
14	Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe	Evil Devil Woman Blues	Vol 4 (1933-34)
15	Moreland & Arbuckle	Mean And Evil	Promised Land Or Bust
16	B.B. King	Mean And Evil	There Is Always One More Time
17	Elmore James	Mean And Evil	Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James
18	Lightnin' Hopkins	Mean and Evil Blues	Texas Guitar Killers Disc 1
19	Blind Boy Fuller	Worried and Evil Man Blues	Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937
20	Reverend Gary Davis	Cross And Evil Woman Blues	Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2]
21	Lowell Fulson	Don't Be So Evil	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
22	Gatemouth Moore	Evil Gal's Jockey	Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings
23	Albert King	I Get Evil	More Big Blues
24	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Bad Blood	Sportin' the Blues Disc 2
25	Ramona Hicks	Evil and Blue	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
26	Ollie Shepard	King Of All Evil	Vol. 2-1939-41
27	Walter Brown	What Evil Have I Done?	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
28	Alice Moore	Black And Evil Blues	Black Swan Sampler
29	Koko Taylor	Evil	The Best of Koko Taylor
30	Ella Fitzgerald	Necessary Evil	The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951
31	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	I Want to Be Evil	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
32	Aretha Franklin	Evil Gal Blues	Aretha Sings The Blues

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City Blues

September 11, 2016 Dave

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Hutchison	K.C. Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
3	HowellDevine	KC Blues	Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles
4	Ernest Tubb	Kansas City Blues	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
5	Sidney Bechet	St. Louis Blues	Blues In Thirds
6	Lonnie Johnson	Low Down St. Louis Blues	Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1
7	Blind Willie McTell	East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well)	The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
8	Red Nichols	Wabash Blues	I Got Rhythm
9	Leroy Carr	Naptown Blues	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1]
10	Fats Domino	Detroit City Blues	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
11	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Kokomo Blues	Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell
12	Dan Pickett	Chicago Blues	I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar
13	Don Flemons	Milwaukee Blues	What Got Over
14	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Milwaukee Blues	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
15	Dorothy Everetts	Macon Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
16	Elmore James	Madison Blues	The Sky Is Crying
17	Barbecue Bob	Jacksonville Blues	Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929)
18	John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur	Minglewood Blues	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
19	Sam Chatmon	Vicksburg Blues	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1
20	Black Birds of Paradise	Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Lewis Bronzville Five	Natchez Mississippi Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
22	Howlin' Wolf	Natchez Burning	The Real Folk Blues
23	Bo Chatmon	East Jackson Blues	Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949
24	Mississippi Sheiks	West Jackson Blues [Album Version]	Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks
25	Little Brother Montgomery	Shreveport Blues	Boogie Woogie [Disc 3]
26	Memphis Piano Red	Mobile Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
27	Jorma Kaukonen	Nashville Blues	River Of Time
28	The Louvin Brothers	Nashville Blues	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
29	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Dallas Blues	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
30	Billy Boy Arnold	San Antonio Blues	Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy
31	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2)
32	Jabo Williams	Pratt City Blues	Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers
33	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	New Orleans Blues	Sunny Road

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Mix of the Blues

July 30, 2016 Dave

Deeper Roots will spend time with a variety of blues styles this week with no focus but the roots of feeling blue, themes about being blue, junker’s blues, bar fly blues, cold rainy day blues, and the dark and somber blues. We’ll feature the urban sounds of Lowell Fulson and Bobby Blue Bland, the smooth sounds of T-Bone Walker, and we’ll also pick on some early jazz and blues vocals including Bertha “Chippie” Hill, Hattie McDaniels, and Memphis Minnie.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	In the Wee Wee Hours	Hoodoo Man Blues
3	R.L. Burnside	Poor Black Mattie	From Mississippi To Chicago
4	Lowell Fulson	Black Widow Spider Blues	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
5	Sweet Papa Tadpole	Black Spider Blues	Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
6	Jimmy Witherspoon	Bar Fly Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
7	John Hammond	Evolution Blues	Found True Love
8	Eddie Lang	You Got to Crawl Before You Walk	Juke Joint Blues 1950's-1960's
9	Muddy Waters	Good Morning School Girl	Folk Singer
10	Rory Block	Cypress Grove Blues	Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James
11	Kansas City Kitty (Thelma Holmes)	Double Trouble Blues	Four Women Blues – The Victor / Bluebird Recordings Of Memphis Minnie, Mississippi Matilda, Kansas City Kitty and Miss Rosie Mae Moore
12	Berha 'Chippie' Hill	Some Cold Rainy Day	Heartbreakers Blue & Lonely
13	Hattie McDaniels	Boo Hoo Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 12
14	Memphis Minnie;Kansas Joe	Don't Want No Woman (Have T' Give My Money To) [2002 Remastered]	First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series)
15	Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson	I Got The Blues So Bad	Idle Hours
16	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Tonight's the Night	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1
17	Hadda Brooks	Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	I've Got News For You [Disc 1]
18	Bobby "Blue" Bland	I Pity The Fool	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Road To Memphis
19	Big Mama Thornton	How Come	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
20	Little Sylvia	Everything I Need But You	Jubilee Jezebels
21	T-Bone Walker	Feeling The Blues	I Want A Little Girl
22	Little Walter	My Babe	His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
23	Jimmy Reed	Boogie In The Dark	I'm Jimmy Reed (Original Vee-Jay Album)
24	Professor Longhair	Mean Old World	Fess: The Professor Longhair A
25	Memphis Slim	Panic Street	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
26	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker Blues	Gettin' Funky [Disc 1] – Piano Power
27	Floyd Dixon	Please Don't Go	Marshall Texas Is My Home
28	Otis Taylor	My Soul's In Louisiana	I Heard It On NPR: Shake These Blues
29	Lightnin' Hopkins	One Kind Favor	Jake Head Boogie
30	Frankie Jones	Bring Your Mud and Let's Dob	Jack Newman & Others
31	Precious Bryant	Blues All Around My Bed	Fool Me Good
32	Freddie King	I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man	King Of The Blues

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Robert Johnson Tribute

July 9, 2016 Dave

It’s a two hour Robert Johnson tribute on Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. Legend has it…yes, we have all heard the story. But it is the music that makes us want to believe. In a short recording career where he recorded less than thirty tracks over two sessions, the songs are all his by identification. When you hear the Stones’ cover of “You Got to Move”, or virtually any that Johnson recorded…you overlook their lineage somewhat because their heritage began in the hotel room where he recorded them. We’ll hear from Rory Block, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Nigel Watson & Peter Green, and Bob Brozman as Deeper Roots celebrates the music of Robert Johnson.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Eric Clapton	From Four Until Late	Sessions For Robert J
3	Eric Clapton	Stones In My Passway	I Still Do
4	Roy Rogers	Stones in My Passway	Slide of Hand
5	Nigel Watson/Peter Green	I'm a Steady Rollin' Man	Hot Foot Powder
6	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	I Believe I'll Dust My Broom	Delta Crossroads
7	Taj Mahal	Dust My Broom	Taj Mahal
8	Peter Green Splinter Group	32-20 Blues	Me & the Devil Disc 2
9	Eric Clapton	32-20 Blues	Me & Mr. Johnson
10	Leon Russell	Come On In My Kitchen	Life Journey
11	Rory Block	Come On In My Kitchen	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
12	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Little Queen Of Spades	Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters
13	Vassar Clements	Phonograph Blues	Livin' with the Blues
14	The Rolling Stones	Love in Vain	Let It Bleed [Japan]
15	Nigel Watson/Peter Green	They're Red Hot	Hot Foot Powder
16	Robert Johnson	They're Red Hot	ABC Of The Blues Vol 18
17	Dion	If I Had Possession (Over Judgement Day)	Son of Skip James
18	Eric Clapton	Hell Hound On My Trail	Me & Mr. Johnson
19	Lucinda Williams	Ramblin' On My Mind	Ramblin'
20	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	Delta Crossroads
21	Bonnie Raitt	Walking Blues	Bonnie Raitt
22	Pinetop Perkins	Sweet Home Chicago	Pinetop Perkins
23	Keb' Mo'	Last Fair Deal Gone Down	Just Like You
24	Eric Clapton	Last Fair Deal Gone Down	Me & Mr. Johnson
25	Nigel Watson/Peter Green	Cross Road Blues	Hot Foot Powder
26	Bob Brozman	Stones in My Passway	Devil's Slide
27	Lucinda Williams	Stop Breakin' Down	Ramblin'
28	Johnny Shines	Milk Cow Blues	Traditional Delta Blues
29	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Walking Blues	An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1
30	Robert Johnson	Come on in My Kitchen	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1

Country Blues, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Field Recording Covers

June 9, 2016 Dave

Coming up on our last live show of May, what better way but to dig just a little bit deeper into some of the field recordings of the first half of the 20th century that found popularity in the country, blues, and popular charts. Some of these songs had the ‘right’ rhythm or struck a chord with the message they sent. While most were traditional pieces by the time the musicologists had arrived with their primitive recording machines, others were original and told just the right story. We’ll hear Eric Clapton, Aaron Copland, B.B. King, and Tom Waits right alongside the originals done by Smith Casey, Gwen Foster, Belton Reese, and Ora Dell Graham.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Worried Life Blues	Blues Highway
3	Thomas "Jaybird" Jones	Worried Life Blues	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
4	David Edwards	Worried Life Blues	Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection
5	Eric Clapton & B.B. King	Worried Life Blues	Riding With The King
6	Agustus "Track Horse" Haggerty	Hattie Green	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
7	George Hamilton IV	Abilene	Classic Country
8	Rouse Brothers	My Family Circle	Classic Field Recordings
9	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
10	Ace Johnson w/L. W. Gooden	Mama Don't Low No Swingin' Out In Here	Field Recordings Vol. 6: Texas (1933-1958)
11	Doc Watson	Mama Don't Allow No Music	Memories
12	W. M. Stepp	Bonapartes Retreat	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
13	Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield	Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes (Instrumental): IV. Hoedown	Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
14	Dock Reed	Down on Me	Field Recordings, Vol. 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942)
15	Big Brother & the Holding Company	Down on Me	Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 1
16	Ozella Jones	Prisoner Blues	Field Recordings, Volume 7 : Florida
17	Fiona Apple	Criminal	Tidal
18	Smith Casey	East Texas Rag	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
19	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
20	Johnnie Barfield	Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby	Classic Field Recordings
21	Carl Perkins	Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby	Dixie Fried
22	Gwen Foster	How Many Biscuits Can I Eat?	Classic Field Recordings
23	Mac Wiseman	How Many Biscuits Can You Eat	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
24	Belton Reese	Bile Dem Cabbages Down	Field Recordings – Vol 9 – Georgia, SC, NC,Virginia, Kentucky (1924-39)
25	Doc Watson	Boil Them Cabbage Down	Milestones
26	Smith Casey	West Texas Blues	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
27	John Jackson	West Texas Blues	Front Porch Blues
28	Ora Dell Graham	Shortenin' Bread	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
29	Lee Dorsey	Shortnin' Bread	The Ep Collection…Plus
30	John Dudley	Cool Drink Of Water Blues	Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
31	Vassar Clements	Cool Drink of Water	Livin' with the Blues
32	Capitol City Laundry Quartet	Ezekiel Saw The Wheel	Field Recordings Vol. 12: Virginia & South Carolina (1936-1940)
33	Louis Armstrong	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Louis And The Good Book
34	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Ezekiel Saw the Wheel	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
35	James Shorty, Viola James, And Congregation	Jesus On The Main Line	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
36	Ry Cooder	Jesus On The Mainline	Paradise And Lunch (Remaster 2013)

A Century of America's Music