Category Archives: Blues

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Deeper Memphis Minnie

September 6, 2019 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Memphis Minnie	Pig Meat On The Line [Album Version]	Queen Of The Blues
3	Alabama Shakes	Killer Diller Blues	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1]
4	Memphis Minnie	Killer Diller Blues [Album Version]	Queen Of The Blues
5	Maria Muldaur, Del Rey, Steve James	Crazy Cryin' Blues	….First Came Memphis Minnie
6	Memphis Minnie	Crazy Cryin' Blues	Queen Of Country Blues
7	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
9	Rory Block	When You Love Me	….First Came Memphis Minnie
10	Eilen Jewell	Nothing In Rambling	Down Hearted Blues
11	Precious Bryant	Black Rat Swing	Fool Me Good
12	Precious Bryant	My Chauffeur	The Truth
13	Maria Muldaur, Del Rey	Lookin' The World Over	….First Came Memphis Minnie
14	Clifton Chenier	Me And My Chauffeur	King Of The Bayous
15	Maria Muldaur, Roy Rogers, Roly Salley	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	….First Came Memphis Minnie
16	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
17	Ben Winship	What's The Matter With the Well	Toolshed
18	Phoebe Snow, David Bromberg	In My Girlish Days	….First Came Memphis Minnie
19	Doug Quattlebaum	You Is One Black Rat	The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
20	Lucinda Williams	Nothing In Rambling [Live]	Passionate Kisses [EP]
21	Memphis Minnie with Little Joe & His Band	Me and My Chauffeur Blues	Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
22	Johnny Shines	Bumble Bee Blues	Traditional Delta Blues
23	Whispering Smith	Looking the World Over	Swamp Blues
24	Memphis Minnie	Dirty Mother For You	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
25	Memphis Minnie	New Dirty Dozen	Queen Of Country Blues
26	Memphis Minnie	If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home)	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
27	Memphis Minnie	Ice Man (Come On Up)	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
28	Maria Muldaur	I'm Goin' Back Home	Richland Woman Blues
29	Big Mama Thornton/Muddy Waters Blues Band	Looking the World Over	With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
30	Tampa Red	Bumble Bee Blues	Guitar Wizards (1926-1935)
31	Ruthie Foster, Steve Freund, Tanya Richardson, Samantha Banks	Keep Your Big Mouth Closed	….First Came Memphis Minnie

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Covered by the Stones

August 17, 2019 Dave

It had to start somewhere. And it did. The music that inspired rock and roll also inspired the countless British Invasion groups that littered the charts beginning in the early-to-mid 60s. Mayall, The Yardbirds, and, of course, The Rolling Stones. The early years of the Stones found them playing covers of some of the great stateside R&B, blues, and soul classics. Our Deeper Roots show today feasts on the originals (as did Jagger, Richard and company) and brings you the seminal sounds of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Solomon Burke, Arthur Alexander, and a host of others in our tribute to the music that was a fusion of blues, R&B, and soul. Music that made rock and roll the world music phenomenon that it was to become. Tune into Community Radio on Fridays for roots music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robert Wilkins	That's No Way To Get Along	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
3	Bobby Fuller	Not Fade Away	Shakedown! The Texas Tapes Revisited Disc 1
4	Nat King Cole Trio	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	The World Of Nat King Cole
5	Muddy Waters	I Just Want To Make Love To You	The Definitive Collection
6	Jimmy Reed	Honest I Do	Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed
7	Slim Harpo	I'm A King Bee (Single Version)	The Best Of Slim Harpo
8	Chuck Berry	Carol	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
9	Marvin Gaye	Can I Get A Witness	Anthology [Disc 1]
10	Gene Allison	You Can Make It If You Try	The Devil's Jukebox
11	Rufus Thomas	Walking The Dog	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
12	Chuck Berry	Around and Around	The Chess Box Disc 1
13	Jay McShann	Confessin' The Blues	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
14	Irma Thomas	Time Is On My Side	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
15	The Valentinos	It's All Over Now	Sam Cooke's Sar Records Story 59-65 CD2
16	The Drifters	Under the Boardwalk	Drifters' Golden Hits
17	Solomon Burke	If You Need Me	The Very Best Of Sixties Soul
18	Dale Hawkins	Susie-Q	James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
19	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
20	The Coasters	Down Home Girl	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]
21	Chuck Berry	You Can't Catch Me	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
22	Bo Diddley	Mona	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
23	Will Bradley & Ray McKinley	Down The Road Apiece (Forget Chuck Berry & The Stones – Original Version!)	Best Of The Big Bands
24	Otis Redding	Pain In My Heart	Birth Of Soul: 1
25	Howlin' Wolf	Little Red Rooster	Great Tomato Blues Package
26	Don Covay	Mercy Mercy	Summertime Groove
27	Marvin Gaye	Hitch Hike	Anthology [Disc 1]
28	Otis Redding	That's How Strong My Love Is	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
29	Sam Cooke	Good Times	Ain't That Good News
30	Betty Harris	Cry To Me	Soul From the South
31	Chuck Berry	I'm Talking About You	The Chess Box Disc 2
32	Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	The Greatest Hits
33	Muddy Waters	Look What You've Done	The Anthology [Disc 2]
34	Hank Snow	I'm Moving On	The Essential Hank Snow
35	Slim Harpo	Shake Your Hips	The Best Of Slim Harpo
36	Robert Johnson	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
37	The Temptations	Ain't Too Proud to Beg	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1

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Too Darn Hot

July 21, 2019 Dave

One way to lounge about in the summer heat is to go directly at it with songs that complement the temperature from different angles (and genres). Tune in Saturday afternoon for a fresh look as Dave sits in for Steady Eddie once more with some rockabilly with Jimmy Simmons and Billy Lee Riley, hot country biscuits from Asleep at the Wheel and Al Dexter, hot soul stew from James Brown and Major Lance, and some humid yet playful pieces from Fats Waller and Lee Press-on & The Nails. We’ll also be taking a drone flight above some Mason-Dixon Line tradition from the very distant past with the Old South Quartette (featuring Polk Miller), and Victoria Spivey and Don Flemons. It’s summer and the heat will be with us for some weeks; too hot to handle? Too darn hot? Too hot for (fill in the blank)? Join this hot little collection in a special fill-in on a Saturday afternoon in Sonoma County. At least it’s a dry heat.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Too Darn Hot	Music & Moonlight
3	Iris DeMent	Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart	Infamous Angel
4	Old South Quartette	When De Corn Pone's Hot	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
5	Al Dexter	Hot Foot Shuffle	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
6	Lonnie Johnson	Hot Fingers	Hot Fingers
7	Asleep at the Wheel	Hot Like That	Reinventing the Wheel
8	Jimmy Simmons	Too Hot To Handle	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
9	Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets	Hot Tamale Pete	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
10	Johnny Carroll	Hot Rock	Classic Rockabilly
11	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
12	Lee Press-On & the Nails	Hot for Teacher	Lee Press-On & the Nails
13	Stephane Grappelli	Hot Lips	Stephane Grappelli
14	Robert Johnson	They're Red Hot	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1
15	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
16	Dom Flemons	Hot Chicken	Prospect Hill
17	Austin Lounge Lizards	Hot Tubs of Tears	Creatures from the Black Saloon
18	Major Lance	Too Hot To Hold	The Very Best Of Major Lance
19	James Brown	Hot Pants	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
20	The Steve Miller Band	Hot Chili	Number 5
21	Tommy Douglas	Hot Sauce	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
22	Jay McShann	Hot Biscuits	R&B Jukebox Hits 1949 – Vol. 1
23	Stompy Jones	Hot Sause Boss	That's Alright
24	Jimmie Lunceford	Le Jazz Hot	Strictly Lunceford: [Disc 3]: For Dancers Only
25	Fats Waller	Red Hot Dan	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 3]
26	Jimmy Durante	Hot Patatta	The Great Schnozzle
27	Victoria Spivey	I'm A Red Hot Mama	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
28	Memphis Minnie	Hot Stuff – Take 2	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
29	Julie London	Hot Toddy	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 18: Bottoms Up
30	George Benson with Jack Mc Duff	Hot Barbecue	George Benson & Jack McDuff
31	Ella Fitzgerald	The Hot Canary	The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951
32	Mr. Sad Head	Hot Weather Blues	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]

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Fat Daddy

July 19, 2019 Dave

“…crazy ’bout that woman ’cause Caldonia is her name”. Tune in for a mix of sounds coming from the free form archives, celebrating a century of America’s music as is the habit each Friday morning at 9 on Sonoma County Community Radio. We’ll be exploring the Cherry Red Blues, Evil Gal Blues, and Louis Jordan’s jump piece Caldonia as part of our show today. Country sounds feature two Georges: Strait and Jones, soul sounds from The Miracles and Arthur Alexander, rhythm & blues from the ladies including Varetta Dillard, Etta James, and Albinia Jones, and an oddball opening set that takes us down into some strange and exotic places “Ahbe Casaba” and “Katanga!”

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dinah Washington	Fat Daddy	Rock 'N' Roll Early Years – Vol. 3
3	Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm	Katanga!	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
4	Classie Ballou	Classie's Whip	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
5	Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers	Police	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
6	Kip Tyler	Shadow Street	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
7	Jimmy Rushing	Where Were You	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
8	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
9	Fats Waller	Believe It Beloved	Honeysuckle Rose
10	The Three Riffs	Cherry In My Lemon And Lime	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
11	Big Joe Turner	Hollywood Red (Cherry Red Blues)	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 1]
12	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Cherry Red Blues	Lost Time
13	Aretha Franklin	Evil Gal Blues	Aretha Sings The Blues
14	Albinia Jones	Evil Gal Blues	Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938)
15	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
16	Varetta Dillard	I Can't Help Myself	Got You On My Mind
17	The Browns	You Can't Grow Peaches On a Cherry Tree	Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529)
18	Ersel Hickey	Bluebirds Over The Mountain	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
19	George Strait	All My Ex's Live In Texas	50 Number Ones [Disc 1]
20	George Jones	Just One More	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
21	Ned Miller	From A Jack To A King	Classic Country
22	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)	The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2]
23	The Spinners	It's a Shame	One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1
24	Arthur Alexander	Cry Like A Baby	The Monument Years
25	Wilson Pickett	I Found A True Love	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 2]
26	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	Rock & Roll Never Forgets	Night Moves
27	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
28	Lil Palmore	Lil's Caldonia Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
29	Van Morrison	Caledonia Swing	Keep Me Singing [LP]
30	The Five Stars	Where Did Caldonia Go	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
31	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
32	Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band	You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry	Swingin' by Request
33	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	Cry Baby	Birth Of Soul: 1
34	Full Tilt Boogie Band/Janis Joplin	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
35	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival

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Hot Piano Rhythms

July 13, 2019 Dave

Celebrate this week with some rocking boogie woogie, country, and rhythm and blues with a special emphasis on the pounding of the ivories. We’ll put the speakers to the test as the rug gets thrown aside and the neighbors all celebrate and rocking good time with Fats, Ella Mae and Her Boogie Woogie Seven, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Merrill Moore, Moon Mullican and a host of others. Tune in for Beer Bottle Boogie, Cherokee Boogie, and Crazy Rhythm as the piano is given the top billing. A hundred years of American music with the focus on good…no, great…music. Friday morning antics coming your way on Sonoma Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
3	Asleep at the Wheel	Cherokee Boogie	Back to the Future Now – Live at Arizona Charlie's
4	Merrill Moore	Snatchin' And Grabbin	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
5	Ray Charles	Jumpin' in the Mornin'	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
6	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
7	Madonna Martin	Madonna's Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
8	Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven	Down The Road Apiece	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
9	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
10	Professor Longhair	Boogie Woogie	New Orleans Piano
11	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
12	Dr. John	Mess Around	Definitive Pop Collection
13	Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'	The Joint Is Jumpin'
14	Albert Ammons	Bass Goin' Crazy	Best of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 1
15	Marylin Scott	Beer Bottle Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
16	Jack Mc Vea	Bartender Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 6]
17	Lucky Millinder	Bongo Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
18	Memphis Slim	Dedication to Pete Johnson	Classic Piano Blues
19	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Peter Johnson's Orchestra	Half Tight Boogie	The Small Groups – Boogie Woogie
21	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Moon Mullican	Bottom Of The Glass	The Very Best Of
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	What'd I Say	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
24	Bobbie Nelson	Boogie Woogie	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
25	Cliff Jackson	Crazy Rhythm	World Of Jazz – The Jazz Piano
26	Piano Red	Do She Love Me	Live And Feelin' Good (The Blues Collection Vol.68)
27	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
28	Pinetop Perkins	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	Let's Drink Some Juice…
29	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Big Joe Rocks
30	Hadda Brooks	Stompin' The Boogie (aka Bully Wully Stomp)	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
31	The Boogie Woogie Boys, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons	Boogie Woogie Prayer – Part 1	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
32	Dr. John	Good Night, Irene	Goin' Back To New Orleans
33	Amos Milburn	Down the Road Apiece	Amos Milburn Rocks
34	Adrian Rollini Trio	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

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Dave Bartholomew Tribute

July 5, 2019 Dave

Dave Bartholomew passed away in June at the age of 100. You may not know his name, but he was one of the architects of a sound that would become rock n’ roll. A New Orleans fixture he was a band leader, trumpet player, arranger, producer, and songwriter whose keen ear and direction led him to become A&R man for Imperial Records where he met Fats Domino. His songwriting and arrangements can be heard on “Blueberry Hill”, “Ain’t That a Shame”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, and hundreds more. Early rock has the signature of Dave Bartholomew just as the music of New Orleans would become identified with the expansiveness of jazz and rhythm & blues. We’ll hear early influences and early productions of Dave’s, prior to his collaborations with Fats Domino. And, as always, so much more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jewel King	3×7=21	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]
3	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
4	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	This Is Gold Disc 3
5	Smiley Lewis	One Night	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
6	Elvis Presley	One Night	Artist of the Century Disc 1
7	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
8	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
9	Dave Bartholomew	The Monkey Speaks His Mind	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
10	Chuck Willis	Going To The River	Let's Jump Tonight! The Best Of Chuck Willis from 1951 – '56
11	Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life)	Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]
12	Professor Longhair	Whole Lotta Loving	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
13	Dave Bartholomew	Shrimp And Gumbo	1952-1955
14	Snooks Eaglin	Yours Truly	Complete Imperial Recordings
15	Fats Domino	The Big Beat	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
16	Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
17	Dave Bartholomew	My Ding a Ling	Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2
18	Chuck Berry	My Ding-A-Ling	Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969 to 1974
19	Neil Young	Walking To New Orleans	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2]
20	Doug Sahm	My Girl Josephine [Live]	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm
21	Smiley Lewis	Blue Monday	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
22	Snooks Eaglin	By the Water	Complete Imperial Recordings
23	Berna Dean	I Walk In My Sleep	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
24	Fats Domino	Tell Me That You Love Me	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
25	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Let The Four Winds Blow	Rock 'n' Roll City
26	Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knockin'	The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1
27	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Hello Josephine	The Hard Stuff
28	John Lennon	Ain't That A Shame	Gimme Some Truth [Disc 4]
29	Jools Holland	Be My Guest	Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska
30	Robbie Robertson With Galactic	Going To The River	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1]
31	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	That's How You Got Killed Before [Album Version]	The New Orleans Album
32	Fats Domino	Walking to New Orleans	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
33	Fats Domino	I Want to Walk You Home	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
34	Smiley Lewis	How Long	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25

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Back to Back Blues

June 21, 2019 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Turtle Island String Quartet	Crossroads	A Little on the CD Side
3	Muddy Waters	Trouble No More	Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959)
4	The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars	Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)	Blues Blues Blues
5	Black Cats And The Kitten	Step It Up And Go [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
6	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Step It Up And Go	Blues Highway
7	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
16	Sonny Landreth	Dust My Broom	Bound by the Blues
17	Howlin' Wolf	Back Door Man	Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
18	John Hammond	Backdoor Man	The Best Of
19	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
20	Dr. John	Wang Dang Doodle	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
21	Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie	When the Levee Breaks	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
22	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]
26	Taj Mahal	Statesboro Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
27	Robert Johnson	Stones in My Passway	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
28	Roy Rogers	Stones in My Passway	Slide of Hand
29	The Allman Brothers Band	Statesboro Blues	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
30	The Allman Brothers Band	Trouble No More	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1

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Jumpin’ Jack

June 15, 2019 Dave

Free form provides our weekly exploration a wider berth in which to stretch our wings. And that’s precisely why I take a free form journey every week or so on Deeper Roots. This week we’ll be featuring at least two tracks from the great Ella Mae Morse, some R&B and Doo Wop from The Cardinals and Ruth Brown, a rare track you may never hear elsewhere featuring the late, great Dr. John, and selected tracks from John Prine, Nat King Cole, The Orlons, and a golden classic country favorite from George Jones. We’re just scratching the surface as we sail through two hours of gospel, tradition, pop, rock, country, bluegrass (inhale), blues, and jazz. Don’t miss this week’s Friday stroll on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Mae Morse	Jumpin' Jack	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
3	Ruth Brown	Daddy Daddy	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
4	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
5	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
6	Dr. John	Let's Make A Better World (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
7	Big Joe Turner	Hide and Seek	Big Joe Rocks
8	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Everyday	The Gospel of Blues
9	The Clara Ward Singers	Traveling Shoes	Meetin' Tonight!
10	Maria Muldaur	Travelin' Shoes	Waitress In a Donut Shop
11	Blind Alfred Reed	You Must Unload	Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
12	Ry Cooder	You Must Unload	The Prodigal Son
13	Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna	El Watusi	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
14	Orlons	The Wah-Watusi	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1
15	Ricky Nelson	Travelin' Man	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
16	J.J. Cale	Travelin' Light	Troubadour
17	Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman	Travelin' Light	Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1]
18	Nat King Cole	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
19	Bert Kaempfert	Wimoweh	That Happy Feeling
20	S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds	Mbube	The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48)
21	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Travelin' Blues	Same Train, A Different Time
22	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Papa's on the House Top	Lost Time
23	Dave Alvin	Don't Look Now	West of the West
24	John Prine/Susan Tedeschi	Color of the Blues	For Better, Or Worse
25	George Jones	Color Of The Blues	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
26	Steve Earle	Hillbilly Highway	Guitar Town
27	Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids	Custer	Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
28	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
29	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Travelin'	Playback Disc 6
30	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
31	Cousin Joe	How Come My Dog Don't Bark?	…..From New Orleans'

Leon Redbone Tribute

June 8, 2019 Dave

“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…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
3	Merle Travis	If We Never Meet Again	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
4	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
7	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….
10	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy River	Sometimes I Wonder….
11	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)
15	Julia Lee	Breeze	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
16	Cowboy Copas	Breeze	1954-1958
17	Leon Redbone	Breeze	Sugar
18	Rex Griffin	Sweet Mama Hurry Home	1935-1936 (Warped 3520)
19	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
21	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)
23	Leon Redbone	Diddy Wa Diddie	Double Time
24	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
29	Leon Redbone	My Little Grass Shack	Whistling In The Wind
30	Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel	Baby It's Cold Outside	Unknown
31	Al Jolson	Pretty Baby	The Very Best Of Al Jolson
32	Leon Redbone	Pretty Baby	Sugar
33	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
34	Leon Redbone	Lulu's Back In Town	On The Track

The Year 1954

May 18, 2019 Dave

We’re going to count down the top ten of the year 1954…in pop, country, and R&B. Nothing special about that year, just a random pick; but it was the year that Marilyn Monroe married Joltin’ Joe D. It was the year the Army-McCarthy hearings convened. The words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance. It was also a year of firsts: That’s Alright, Mama, Elvis’ first big hit, was released on Sun Records, the first Burger King opened, and the first transistor radio was developed and announced by high-tech’s Texas Instruments. The DOW Jones average closed at an all-time high of (a whopping) 382.74. Tune in for the countdown. 65 years in the rear-view on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Sinatra	Young At Heart	The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 1]
3	The Midnighters	Annie Had a Baby	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
4	Archie Bleyer	Hernando's Hideaway	Your Hit Parade – 1954
5	Johnnie & Jack	(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely	Golden Age of Country Volume 4: Honky-Tonk Man [Disc 2]
6	The Midnighters	Sexy Ways	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
7	Doris Day	Secret Love	The Best Of Doris Day
8	Jim Reeves	Bimbo	Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 1
9	Guitar Slim	The Things That I Used To Do	Living The Blues: Blues Masters
10	The Four Aces	Three Coins In The Fountain	A Proper Introduction To The Four Aces – Heart And Soul
11	Webb Pierce	Even Tho	All Hits! [Disc 1]
12	Faye Adams	Hurts Me to My Heart	Keeper of My Heart
13	Four Knights	I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)	Your Hit Parade – 1954
14	Hank Snow	It Don't Hurt Anymore	The Essential Hank Snow
15	Roy Hamilton	You'll Never Walk Alone	Anthology 1
16	Eddie Fisher	Oh! My Papa	Your Hit Parade #1 Hits Of The '50s
17	Eddy Arnold	I Don't Really Want to Know (Remake)	The Essential Eddy Arnold
18	The Chords	Sh-Boom	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
19	Jo Stafford	Make Love To Me	Your Hit Parade – 1954
20	Webb Pierce	More And More	All Hits! [Disc 1]
21	Ruth Brown	Oh What A Dream	Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2
22	The Crew Cuts	Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
23	Kitty Wells	One By One (w/Red Foley)	Singles
24	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll	Big Joe Rocks
25	Rosemary Clooney	Hey There	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
26	Webb Pierce	Slowly	All Hits! [Disc 1]
27	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Work With Me Annie	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
28	Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra/Perry Como	Wanted	The Very Best of Perry Como
29	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Wake Up Irene	Vintage Collections
30	The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter	Honey Love (Single/LP Version)	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
31	Kitty Kallen	Little Things Mean A Lot	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
32	Stuart Hamblen	This Ole House	Classic Country
33	Rosemary Clooney	This Ole House	16 Most Requested Songs (K)
34	The Crows	Gee	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
35	Bill Haley & His Comets	Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version)	Rock Around The Clock
36	The Four Tunes	I Understand (Just How You Feel)	Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 9

A Century of America's Music