Join us as we peer into the music of Mississippi John Hurt, performed by contemporary artists with some bits and pieces of his own music. We’ll also feature some fragments from the original interview conducted by Tom Hoskins in 1963 after some simple sleuthing, in the town of Avalon not far from Hurt’s boyhood home of Teoc, Mississippi. The story of his rediscovery after the sixties folk revival (and Harry Smith’s original Anthology of American Folk Music) is legend. Sit back on a Friday morning and listen in for some of the great music of the minstrel from Teoc
Gospel music informed much of the music from the early century and the blues took it’s soul and inspiration from many passages. Numerous street corner buskers promoted the scripture and many, like Blind Willie Johnson, Gary Davis, Oda Mae Terrell, and Mother McCollum were known as musical evangelists in addition to their place in the church. And the spirituals also informed the music of Blind Boy Fuller, Charley Patton, Barbecue Bob, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and so many early blues men and women. We’ll sample a few and take our Friday evening show with some reverence and grit.
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Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
3
Mississippi John Hurt
Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
4
Mother McCollum
Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane
Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
5
Mother McCollum
Oh Lord I'm Your Child
Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
6
Blind Lemon Jefferson
He Arose From The Dead
The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
7
Blind Joe Taggart And Joshua White
Scandalous And A Shame (Pm 12780, 20942-4)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
8
Sam Collins
I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
Complete Recorded Works 1927-31
9
Barbecue Bob
When The Saints Go Marching In
Complete Recorded Works Vol 1
10
Blind Willie Johnson
I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
11
Charley Patton
Lord I'm Discouraged
Blues Images Presents: 1920's Blues Classics Vol.14
12
Bukka White
I Am In the Heavenly Way
Masters Of The Delta Blues: The Friends Of Charlie Patton
13
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
Heaven Is My View
Backwoods Blues (1926-1935)
14
Lil McClintock
Sow Good Seeds
21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10
15
Blind Nesbit Gussie
Pure Religion
Vol. 2-(1929-34)
16
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Canaan's Land
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
17
Skip James
Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
Complete Early Recordings
18
Blind Boy Fuller
Precious Lord
Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55)
19
Blind Boy Fuller
Must Have Been My Jesus
Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55)
20
Josh White
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
21
Josh White
Lord, I Want To Die Easy
Complete Recorded Works 1929-1940 Vol. 2
22
Blind Willie McTell
I Got Religion I'm So Glad (w/ Kate McTell)
The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
23
Bull City Red
I Feel Like Shoutin'
Blues And Gospel From The Eastern States (1935-1944)
24
Memphis Minnie
Let Me Ride
Memphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4]
25
Brownie McGhee
Done What My Lord Said
The Complete Brownie McGhee [Disc 2]
26
Jimpson & Group
No More My Lord
Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.
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Irma Thomas
Old Records
If You Want It, Come and Get It
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Lewis Bronzeville Five
Natchez Mississippi Blues
The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
4
Leon Redbone
Sweet Lorraine
Any Time
5
Los Lobos
Goodnight My Love
El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4)
6
The Treniers
Good Rockin' Tonight
They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
7
The Larks
Rockin' in the Rocket Room
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
8
The Swallows
Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9
Irma Thomas
Girl Needs Boy
Soul Queen of New Orleans
10
Norah Jones
How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart?
The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
11
Arthur Alexander
Every Day I Have to Cry
Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
12
Arthur Alexander
Anna
The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
13
Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson
Texas Bop
The Border/Alamo Bay
14
The Mavericks
Hey Tonight (Bonus)
Quiero Creedence
15
The Texas Tornados
Little Bit Is Better Than Nada
4 Aces
16
Don Santiago Jimenez Sr
Ay Te Deja San Antonio
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
17
Linda Ronstadt
El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull)
Mas Canciones
18
Dwight Yoakam
This Time
This Time
19
Lefty Frizzell
Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More)
Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
20
Charlie Walker
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
21
Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys
What It Means To Be Blue
Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
22
Felix Arndt
Desecration Rag
The Big Broadcast vol. 9
23
The Sunshine Boys
It's Unanimous
1929-1931 – The Complete Set
24
Ted Weems & His Orchestra
From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning
The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928)
Superstition and luck are the topics for our theme show on a Friday night in Sonoma County on community radio. Deeper Roots explores those superstitious topics of charms, clovers, black cats, and numerology this week. Join Dave Stroud for blues from the Wolf, Lucille Bogan, and Albert King; county star power from Skeets McDonald, Ernest Tubb, and Elvis; plus a lot of special treats including tracks from Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Casey Bill Weldon, Joe Barry, and Larry Campbell. We’ll also be wishing on star power from Cliff Edwards and Petra Haden…and four leaf clover luck from Nick Lucas, Bill Haley, and Al Miller. From the turn of the century to a couple of contemporary sounds.
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Chris Thomas King
Superstitious Blues
Me, My Guitar and the Blues
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Ernest Tubb
Since That Black Cat Passed My Path
Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1
4
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain't Superstitious
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
5
Casey Bill Weldon
Jinx Blues
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
6
Lucille Bogan
Superstitious Blues (Hooch House Blues)
Complete Recorded Works – Volume 2
7
Al Miller
I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
8
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Friday The 13th Child
His California Album
9
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Talking Book
10
Dr. John
I Been Hoodood
Definitive Pop Collection
11
Louis Jordan
Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man
Jivin' With Jordan
12
Al Reed
Hoodoo
The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (American Horror Songs 1930s – 1950s)
13
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Bad Luck
If You Don't Know Me By Now
14
Dusty Springfield
Spooky
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
15
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Spooky
Anyway The Wind Blows
16
Bill Frisell & Petra Haden
When You Wish Upon A Star
Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
17
Robert Johnson
Wish Upon A Star
Close Personal Friend
18
Koko Taylor
Born Under a Bad Sign
The Best of Koko Taylor
19
Larry Campbell
Bad Luck Charm
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
20
Elvis Presley
Good Luck Charm
Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
21
Joe Barry
Four Leaf Clover
I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1
22
Bill Haley
Four Leaf Clover Blues
Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1
23
Nick Lucas
I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover
Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips
24
Skeets McDonald
Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star
Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
25
Cliff Edwards
When You Wish upon a Star
40 Your Hit Parade
26
War
Spill the Wine
Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film)
27
Johnny Otis & Marci Lee
Casting My Spell on You
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
28
Albert King
Born Under A Bad Sign
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
29
William Bell
Born Under A Bad Sign
This Is Where I Live
30
Billy Boy Arnold
Cell No. 13 Blues
Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy
31
Brownie McGhee
Secret Mojo
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
32
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
I Put a Spell on You
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
We gravitate towards gospel because it’s roots are so entwined with virtually every form of music we feature on Deeper Roots; so we’ll revisit the sound once more. However, in this episode we’ll focus on the rock and rhythm inspiration…gospel performances that were more worldliness than holiness. Jesus Rocked The Jukebox is the name of an album that we’ve leaned on in this episode and expanded from there with examples of over-the-top performances in the key of the sacred but with the pounding rhythmic syncopation of the secular. Join Dave Stroud as he pulls out the stop with the likes of The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Detroiters, The Highway QCs, Fannie Bell Chapman, and a host of others. Breathtaking gospel for a Friday evening in Sonoma County.
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Pilgrim Travelers
After While (Take 8)
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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The Detroiters
Let Jesus Lead You
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
4
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Jesus Children of America
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
5
The Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Love Lifted Me
6
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Trouble In My Way
The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
7
Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers
Walk With Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
8
The Original Blind Boys
People Don't Sing Like They Used To Sing
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
9
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
He's Alright
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
10
Fannie Bell Chapman
He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield
Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
11
The Chosen Gospel Singers
Ananais
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
12
The Chosen Gospel Singers
Trouble Of This World's Condition
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
13
Rosa Shaw
On The Highway
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14
Sister Emily Bram
Each Day
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
15
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air
Gospel Train
16
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
17
Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Gospel of Blues
18
The Staple Singers
Wade In The Water
Freedom Highway
19
The Staple Singers
Jacob's Ladder
Freedom Highway
20
The Golden Gate Quartet
Wade In The Water (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
21
Gospel Hummingbirds
Pray On
Taking Flight
22
The Highway QC'S
Walk with Me
Great Gospel – People Get Ready
23
The Highway Q.C.'s
The Way Up The Hill
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
24
Brother John Sellers
He's My Rock
Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel
25
The Swan Silvertones
My Rock
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 2: More Black Gospel
26
Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers
Rock My Soul
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27
Gospel Silhouettes
Rock In A Weary Land
Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1
28
The Swan Silvertones
Sinner Man
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
29
Gospel Supremes
Sinner Man
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
30
Silvertone Quintet
Stand By Me
Powerhouse Gospel
31
Mary Deloatch
The Lord's Gospel Train
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
32
Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette
Sinner's Crossroads
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
33
The Harmonizing Four
Hallelujah
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
34
The Staple Singers
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
35
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Christian's Automobile
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.
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Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
3
Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4
Ernest Tubb
I Love You Because
The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2)
5
Gene Austin
Love Letters In The Sand
A Time To Relax
6
Eddy Arnold
It's a Sin
Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
7
Red Foley
Old Shep
Tennessee Saturday Night
8
The Lone Star Cowboys
Just Because
East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
9
The Carter Family
I'm Working On A Building
The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
10
Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir
Working On The Building
Powerhouse Gospel
11
Kokomo Arnold
Milk Cow Blues
Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
12
Arthur Gunter
Baby Let's Play House
The Best Of Excello Records
13
Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
14
Jimmy Reed
Baby What You Want Me To Do
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
15
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
So Glad You're Mine
Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
16
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
So Glad You're Mine
Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
17
Little Junior Parker
Mystery Train
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18
Little Richard
Long Tall Sally
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
19
Chuck Berry
Promised Land
The Chess Box Disc 2
20
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
21
The Eagles
Trying To Get To You
Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1]
22
Smiley Lewis
One Night
I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
23
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Money Honey
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
24
Roy Brown
Good Rockin' Tonight
Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers
25
Ivory Joe Hunter
I Need You So
The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
26
Billy Bunn & His Buddies
That's When Your Heartaches Begin
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
27
Charlie Blackwell
The Girl of My Best Friend
Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
28
Big Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
29
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Believe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
30
The Golden Gate Quartet
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
31
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
Peace In The Valley
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1]
32
Mahalia Jackson
How Great Thou Art
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
33
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Precious Memories
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
34
Joe Dowell
Wooden Heart
Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961
35
Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra
Blue Moon
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
While the lyrics and music of Robert Hunter took the Grateful Dead into remarkable directions, codifying their place among the bands of the latter half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, by the time they reached their peak their roots were already firmly established. Their early music was clearly anchored in the sounds of tradition, reaching from the Appalachians to the Texas Gulf Coast. We’ll hear early (and contemporary) performances that inspired the band with songs of Blind Willie Johnson, Red Allen, The Mississippi Sheiks, Henry Thomas and Obray Ramsey. The landscape we’ll traverse includes blues, gospel, hillbilly, and folk…no Dead music, only music that served to inspire. This week on Sonoma County Community radio.
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David Grisman/Jerry Garcia
Been All Around This World
Been All Around This World
3
Dave Van Ronk
Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
Dave Van Ronk
4
Obray Ramsey
Rain And Snow
Best Of The Troubadours
5
Vince Martin & Fred Neil
I Know You Rider
Tear Down The Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal
6
Henry Thomas
Dont Ease Me In
Ragtime Texas Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
7
The Memphis Jug Band
On The Road Again
Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
8
The Memphis Jug Band
Stealin' Stealin'
Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 (1928-1929)
9
Cannon's Jug Stompers
Viola Lee Blues
First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series)
10
Hammie Nixon
Viola Lee Blues
Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 3
11
The Monroe Brothers
Rosa Lee McFall
Early Blue Grass Music
12
Prairie Ramblers
Deep Elem Blues
White Country Blues (1926-1938)
13
Mississippi Sheiks
Sittin' On Top of the World
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14
Roscoe Holcomb
Sittin' On Top of the World
Classic Piedmont Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
15
Dillard Chandler
Rain and Snow
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
16
The Chieftains
Rain And Snow
Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
17
Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
Minglewood Blues
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18
Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, et. al.
New Minglewood Blues
Jug Band Extravaganza
19
Blind Willie Johnson
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 3]
20
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Nobody's Fault But Mine
The Great Gospel Women
21
Rev. Pearly Brown
Nobody's Fault But Mine
You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
22
Lightnin' Hopkins
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
23
Lightnin' Hopkins
One Kind Favor
Jake Head Boogie
24
Memphis Slim
Next Time You See Me
The Greatest Hits Of
25
Bob Dylan
Jack-A-Roe
World Gone Wrong
26
Joan Baez
Jack-A-Roe
Rare, Live & Classic [Box] (3 of 3)
27
The Sunshine Boys
What's the Matter With Deep Elem
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
28
Red Allen
Deep Elem Blues
The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
29
The Light Crust Doughboys
Sittin' On Top Of The World
1936-1941
30
Dock Walsh
In The Pines
In The Pines – Tar Heel Folk Songs And Fiddle Tunes – Old-Time Music Of North Carolina 1926-1936
The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.
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Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard
Farmer's Blues
Country Music
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Freeman Stowers
Sunrise On The Farm
Sinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931
4
Bill Frisell
Farmer
Disfarmer
5
Levon Helm
Poor Old Dirt Farmer
Dirt Farmer
6
Bill Neely
Black Land Farmer
16 Down Home Country Classics
7
James King
Thirty Years of Farming
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
8
Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs Yeary
The Wheat Crop
Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
9
Lemuel Jones
Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers)
Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941)
10
Peter Rowan
Let the Harvest Go To Seed
Bluegrass Boy
11
Carolina Tar Heels
Got The Farm Land Blues
Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
12
Cisco Houston
Farmer's Lament
The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
13
J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert)
17 Living On The Farm
The Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4
14
Walter Brennan
Old Rivers
Old Rivers
15
The Bently Boys
Down On Penny's Farm
Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
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.
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Jimmie Rodgers
Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line
Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
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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
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.
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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
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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
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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
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Cowboy Copas
Hangman Boogie
Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
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The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Puerto Muerto
The Hangman's Song
The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1
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Al Dean
Hangman
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
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Leadbelly
Gallows Pole
Too Late, Too Late – Vol. 12 – 1917-48
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Furry Lewis
Judge Harsh Blues
Furry Lewis 1927 – 1929
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Brownie McGhee
Hangman's Blues
The Folkways Years (1945-1959)
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Hangman's Blues
Complete Recordings Vol. 3
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Electric Chair
Blues Images Presents 1920's Blues Classics, Vol. 13
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Lonesome Johnny
Death Row
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
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Jimmy Minor
Death Row
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
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Porter Wagoner
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
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Dave Alvin
Sonora's Death Row
West of the West
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Lee Hazelwood
The Girl On Death Row
Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
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Johnny Cash
The Mercy Seat
American III: Solitary Man
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Bessie Smith
Send Me To The Lectric Chair
Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
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Booker T. & the MG's
Hang 'Em High
The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
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Hoyle Miller
Twelve Years On Death Row
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
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Steve Earle
Walking Down Death Row
If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
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The Blue Sky Boys
Story Of The Knoxville Girl
Absolutely Bluegrass
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Bob Dylan
Seven Curses
The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [Disc 2]
