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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

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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)

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Finger Pickin’ Good

May 7, 2016 Dave

I’ll say…finger pickin’ good music featuring finger pickin’ great performers from the past century. We’ve got a two hour sampling of sounds from the likes of Doc Watson, Jorma Kaukonen, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Blind Blake, Riley Puckett, and (of course) Merle Travis. Our Wednesday evening will keep it pretty folksy and traditional for the most part, leaning on tradition and the very best in string picking and chord strumming. All this and more on our roots music show which is produced exclusively for Sonoma County community radio, both KWTF and KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leo Kottke	Buckaroo	Essential
3	Chet Atkins	Wheels	Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker
4	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
5	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
6	Doc Watson	Doc's Guitar [#]	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
7	Jefferson Airplane	Embryonic Journey	Walk on the Moon
8	Jorma Kaukonen	Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Instrumental)	Stars In My Crown
9	John Fahey	Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
10	Davy Graham	Angi	3/4 Ad – Single
11	Davy Graham	Davy's Train Blues	3/4 Ad – Single
12	Stefan Grossman	Police Dog Blues	How To Play Blues Guitar
13	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Roots of Rock
14	Lonnie Johnson	Untitled	Steppin' On The Blues
15	Riley Puckett	Fuzzy Rag	Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
16	Etta Baker	One Dime Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
17	Merle Travis	Freight Train (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
18	Tommy Emmanuel	The Bug	It's Never Too Late
19	Bob Brozman	Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version]	Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered]
20	Merle Travis	Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
21	Jorma Kaukonen	Fur Peace Rag	Stars In My Crown
22	Leo Kottke	Wonderland By Night	Peculiaroso
23	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Leo Live
24	Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon	Rings	Sixty Six Steps
25	John Fahey	Layla	Rain Forests, Oceans And Other
26	Dave Van Ronk	Green, Green Rocky Road	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
27	Doc & Merle Watson	Bonaparte's Retreat	Then And Now/Two Days In November
28	Sam McGee	Knoxville Blues	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
29	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight	Complete Studio Recordings 3-CD Set
30	Stefan Grossman	Pallet On Your Floor	How To Play Blues Guitar
31	David Bromberg	Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
32	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
33	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	Barrier	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
34	Bob Hadley	Celtic Reverie	Imaginational Anthem
35	Bert Jansch	Angie	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
36	Dave Van Ronk	Gaslight Rag	Going Back to Brooklyn
37	Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon	Strange	Clone
38	Bob Brozman	Devil's Slide	Devil's Slide

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Deeper Roots Ragtime

February 27, 2016 Dave

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	The Hillbillies	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
4	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tangled Tales
5	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
6	Sol Ho'opi'i	Twelfth Street Rag	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
7	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Hawkins Rag	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
8	Sons of the Pioneers	'A' Rag	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
9	Leon McAuliffe	Twin Fiddle Rag	Tulsa Straight Ahead
10	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Down Home Rag	Shame On You
11	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tiger Rag	The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
12	Pearl Bailey	Johnson Rag	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
13	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Beaumont Rag	Songs For Rounders
14	David Miller	Jailhouse Rag	Old-Time Mountain Guitar
15	The McCormick Brothers	Bugle Call Rag	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
16	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
17	David Grisman	Black Mountain Rag	Early Dawg
18	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
19	Chet Atkins	Dill Pickle Rag	Reflections with Doc Watson
20	Duck Baker	Maple Leaf Rag	Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques
21	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
22	Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
23	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
24	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
25	Bill Neely	Deep Elm Blues	Texas Law & Justice
26	Buddy Jones	Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
27	Cliffie Stone	Jump Rope Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
28	Big Bill Broonzy	Down by the Riverside	Absolutely the Best
29	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
30	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
31	Fats Domino	Darktown Strutters' Ball	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
32	The Davis Sisters	Jesus Steps Right In	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
33	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	You've Got To Bear The Consequence	Shakin' The Rafters
34	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Pure Religion	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
35	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
3	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
5	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
6	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
7	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
11	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
15	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
16	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
17	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
18	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
19	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
20	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
22	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
23	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
24	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
25	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
26	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
27	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
29	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
30	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
31	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
32	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
33	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

A Century of America's Music