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Lonely Avenue

June 30, 2018 Dave

Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Booker T. & The MG's	Lonely Avenue	Green Onions
3	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2]
4	Mel Walker	Feelin' Mighty Lonesome	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
5	Johnny Ace	So Lonely	Memorial Album
6	Smiley Turner	Lonely Boy Blues	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
7	Julia Lee	Have You Ever Been Lonely	Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
8	Irma Thomas	Woman Left Lonely	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
9	Maxine Sullivan	Kind'a Lonesome	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
10	T-Bone Walker	Blue Mood	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
11	Shakey Jake	Gimme A Smile	The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
12	The Holmes Brothers	I'm So Lonely	Simple Truths
13	Joe Liggins	Blues For Tanya	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
14	Sam Cooke	Lonely Island	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)
15	Eddie Burns	Lonely Man Plea	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
16	James Winfield	Lonely, Lonely, Nights	Lonely Lonely Nights
17	Champion Jack Dupree	Lonely Road Blues	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
18	Chris Kenner	I'm Lonely, Take Me	Land of 1000 Dances
19	Earl King	Those Lonely Lonely Nights	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
20	Eddie Boyd	Got Lonesome Here	Third Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58)
21	Johnny Bragg	Hurt & Lonely	The Johnny Bragg Story
22	Violet Hall	(All Alone) I Sit And Cry	The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
23	Fats Domino	I'm Alone Because I Love You	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 8
24	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Lonely Street	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
25	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection
26	Lowell Fulson	Everyday I Have The Blues	Trying to Find My Baby
27	Smiley Lewis	Lonesome Highway	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
28	Nappy Brown	I'm Getting Lonesome	Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
29	Little Richard	Lonesome And Blue	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
30	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	Alone Together	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
31	Ella Fitzgerald	I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
32	Lillie Mae Kirkman	Lonesome	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
33	Julia Lee	Back Street (06-13-47)	1947

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Women of 60s Southern Soul

June 23, 2018 Dave

Their songs are iconic and their voices, unforgettable. From the deep south and southeast, from the church choirs to the small urban clubs, there were only a handful of female soul vocalists who hit it big with crossover chart sounds. But there were so many more whose voices did not find the venue or the right producer or label to take them to the next level. They were mostly unknown but in our show this week, we’ll try to share examples of what might have been. We’ll hear from Veda Brown, Carla Thomas, Ruby Johnson, and the great Judy Clay on a show full of upbeat and backbeat soul, brass, Stax, and Volt. Discover those female soul sounds that continue to inspire and influence…here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning in West County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Veda Brown	Short Stopping	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
3	Barbara & the Browns	In My Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
4	Barbara & the Browns	My Lover	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
5	Carla Thomas	B-A-B-Y	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
6	Carla Thomas	I Want to Be Your Baby	The Queen Alone
7	Carla Thomas	Give Me Enough (To Keep Me Going)	The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue]
8	Jean Wells	Have A Little Mercy	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
9	Jean Wells	Ordinary Woman	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
10	Barbara Stephens	I Don't Worry	60's Southern Soul, Vol. 2
11	Veda Brown	Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me)	Private Numbers
12	Barbara Lynn	You'll Lose A Good Thing	Art Laboe's Dedicated To You, Vol. 2
13	Barbara Lynn	You're Losing Me	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
14	Ruby Johnson	Come to Me My Darling	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9)
15	Ruby Johnson	I'll Run Your Hurt Away	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
16	Irma Thomas	Gone	Soul Queen of New Orleans
17	Irma Thomas	Look Up (AKA Whenever)	Soul Queen of New Orleans
18	Irma Thomas	Ruler of My Heart	Soul Queen of New Orleans
19	Mitty Collier	I Had A Talk With My Man	Chess Uptown Soul
20	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Here You Come Running	Chess Uptown Soul
21	Fontella Bass	The Soul Of A Man	Chess Uptown Soul
22	Judy Clay	You Can't Run Away from Your Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9)
23	Judy Clay & William Bell	Private Number	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
24	Judy Clay & William Bell	Love-Eye-Tis	Private Numbers
25	Betty Harris	Cry to Me	Soul from the South
26	Betty Harris	Mean Man	Soul from the South
27	Betty Harris	I'm Evil Tonight	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957-
28	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
29	Etta James	Pushover	Chess Uptown Soul
30	Wendy Rene	Give You What I Got	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
31	Wendy Rene	After Laughter (Comes Tears)	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
32	Jan Bradley	Mama Didn't Lie	Chess Uptown Soul
33	Shirley Brown	Woman To Woman	Stax Number Ones

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Naughty Blues

May 26, 2018 Dave

For goodness sake! We’re going to toss aside our puritan ethics (what ethics, you ask) and look towards the sideways glances and double entendres for our inspiration this week on Deeper Roots. Songs about Sam The Hot Dog Man, keyholes, sugar bowls, poodles, jockeys, and lemons…all subjects that find their way in and around the blues in an auspiciously direct route to the heart of the matter. We’ve got the naughty blues today…songs that will encourage a blush or two…or three. We’ve got The Swallows, Lil’ Johnson, Emma Barrett, Tampa Red, and a host of other blues greats on a Sonoma County spring morning. Be sure to tune in and find your own blush point…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
3	Crown Prince Waterford	Move Your Hand Baby	Vintage Sex Songs
4	Barrelhouse Annie	If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It	Vintage Sex Songs
5	Memphis Minnie	Dirty Mother For You	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
6	Tampa Red	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
7	Lightnin' Hopkins	Let Me Play With Poodle	Vintage Sex Songs
8	Hattie Hart	I Let My Daddy Do That	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
9	Emma Barrett	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll	Sweet Emma
10	Butterbeans & Susie	I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll [Explicit]	Those Dirty Blues Volume 1 [Explicit]
11	Lil Johnson	Sam The Hot Dog Man	Vintage Sex Songs
12	Mabel Scott	Just Give Me A Man	Vintage Sex Songs
13	Connie Allen	Rocket 69	Vintage Sex Songs
14	The Swallows	It Ain't The Meat It's The Motion	Vintage Sex Songs
15	Julia Lee	My Man Stands Out	The Essential Julia Lee Vol 1
16	Julia Lee	King Size Papa	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
17	Al Miller	I Found Your Keyhole	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
18	Charlie Pickett	Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon	Vintage Sex Songs
19	Bessie Smith	Kitchen Man	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
20	Bessie Smith	Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	The Essential Bessie Smith
21	Hunter & Jenkins	Lollypop	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
22	Frankie Half Pint Jaxon and The Harlem Hamfats	Wet It [Explicit]	Those Dirty Blues Volume 1 [Explicit]
23	Victoria Spivey	How Do You Do It That Way?	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
24	Madelyn James	Stinging Snake Blues	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
25	Lucille Bogan	Skin Game Blues [Album Version]	Shave 'Em Dry: The Best Of Lucille Bogan
26	Lil Johnson	Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) [Album Version]	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
27	Lonnie Johnson	I Got The Best Jelly Rollin In Town	Dirty Blues [Disc 2]
28	Wynonie Harris	Hard Ridin Mama	Playful Baby
29	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Ten Inch Record	Badman Jackson Thats Me
30	Blu Lu Barker	Don't You Feel My Leg	Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949)
31	Blu Lu Barker	Buy Me Some Juice	Don't You Feel My Leg
32	Lillie Mae Kirkman	He's Just My Size	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
33	Lil Johnson & Black Bob	Press My Button, Ring My Bell	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940

Songs About Morning

May 12, 2018 Dave 2 Comments

Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Joe Turner	Morning, Noon And Night	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
3	Billie Holiday	Good Morning Heartache	Ken Burns Jazz
4	Blossom Dearie	A Fine Spring Morning	Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered)
5	Louis Jordan	Early In The Morning	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell	How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning?	Make Love With
7	Doris Day	I Got The Sun In The Morning	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
8	Gillian Welch	One Morning	Hell Among the Yearlings
9	Gram Parsons	We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning	G.P. / Grievous Angel
10	Bob Dylan	Meet Me in the Morning	Blood on the Tracks
11	Jesse Colin Young	Morning Sun	Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
12	Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Greatest Hits
13	Irma Thomas	Early In The Morning	Simply Grand
14	Joan Baez	One Too Many Mornings	Baez Sings Dylan
15	Joni Mitchell	Chelsea Morning	Hits
16	David Bromberg	I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning	The Player: A Retrospective
17	The South Street Trio	Cold Morning Shout	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
18	Lead Belly	Good Morning Blues	Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2
19	K.C. Douglas	Woke Up This Morning	Mercury Blues
20	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
21	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus	The First Recordings
22	Rev. Anderson Johnson	Death in the Morning	Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3]
23	Frank Sinatra	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2
24	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Some Velvet Morning	Nancy & Lee
25	Margaret Whiting	Good Morning Mister Echo	Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting
26	John Hartford	Morning Bugle	Morning Bugle
27	Hank Snow	Colorado Country Morning	I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2]
28	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
29	Shorty Long	Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
30	Billy Fair	Boogie In The Morning	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
31	Muddy Waters	Good Morning School Girl	Folk Singer

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Ships Upon the Sea

April 28, 2018 Dave

A wayfaring lot…music that touches on seafaring tragedies, punctuated by the loss of that most famous of them all: the HMS Titanic. This week’s show will focus on music that commemorated the ships that were lost at sea; tragedies that were headlines around the world; songs of the seafaring life and the sailors and crew that were a part of it. The stories are told in songs from the wells of tradition. We’ll hear from Frank Hutchison, Papa Harvey Hull, Pink Anderson, The Dillards and Dan Zanes. We’ll also hear some classic maritime music from the Smithsonian catalogs. Blues, country, folk, and so much more…all celebrating those ships upon the sea and the ones we lost along the way.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Gibson	Titanic	Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson
3	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer
4	Pink Anderson	The Ship Titanic	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
5	Charley Jordan	Titanic Blues	Charley Jordan Volume 2 1931-1934
6	Hi Henry Brown	Titanic Blues	21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10
7	Bessie Jones And Group	The Titanic	Alan Lomax Collection Sampler
8	Papa Harvey Hull & "Long Cleve" Reed	Sinking Of The Titanic	Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
9	Richard (Rabbit) Brown	Sinking Of The Titanic	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
10	Lead Belly	Titanic	The Definitive Leadbelly [Disc 3] – Leaving Blues
11	Frank Hutchison	The Last Scene Of The Titanic	If You Take Me Back
12	Clyde Spencer And Harry Fannin	The Sinking Of The Titanic	Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 [Disc 1]
13	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	After The Sinking Of The Titanic	On The Banks Of A Lonely River
14	Roy Acuff	The Great Titanic	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
15	Woody Guthrie	When That Great Ship Went Down	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
16	Ralph Stanley	Storms Are On The Ocean [Album Version]	A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
17	Gordon Lightfoot	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Songbook [Box Set] Disc 3
18	Jimmie Driftwood	The Ship That Never Returned	Americana, Vol. 3
19	Little Jimmy Dickens	When The Ship Hit The Sand	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
20	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	The Sinking of the Ruben James	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
21	June Carter Cash	Sinking in the Lonesome Sea	Wildwood Flower
22	Ashley Monroe	The Storms Are On The Ocean	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
23	Cowboy Copas	A Thousand Miles of Ocean	Settin' Flat On Ready
24	Red Allen	Out on the Ocean	Lonesome and Blue: The Complete County Recordings
25	The Country Gentlemen	Take Me In A Lifeboat	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
26	Dan Zanes	Across The Western Ocean	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
27	The Dicey Doh Singers	The Sloop John B.	Classic Maritime Music
28	Sam Eskin	Clear Away the Track and Let the Bullgine Run	Classic Maritime Music
29	Henry Morrison & St. Simon's Island Singers	I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
30	Louis Prima & Keely Smith	Barnacle Bill The Sailor	Breaking It Up!

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Free Form – Roll Like a Big Wheel

April 14, 2018 Dave

We mix it up once again. Nothing like ending the week on a high note, a low note, and just the right mix of jazz, pop, rock, country, bluegrass, and R&B. You know it won’t stop there because if it’s one thing we do well is find all that is good in between the boards. Join Dave Stroud for music featuring tracks from The Boswell Sisters, Red Foley, Julia Lee, The Prisonaires, Mose Allison, and John Prine. Friday mornings in West County … where we kick off the weekend on the stream our hearts out!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joan Osborne	Roll Like A Big Wheel	Bring It On Home
3	The Mills Brothers	Cherry (L. Armstrong)	The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
4	Les Paul & The Andrews Sisters	Rumors Are Flying (Single Version)	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
5	Louis Jordan	Hungry Man	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra	Shout, Brother, Shout – (featuring The Five Tones)	Not So Quiet Please
7	The Prisonaires	Just Walking in the Rain	Sun Ballads 1953-62
8	Mose Allison	Lost Mind	Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
9	Dinah Washington	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?	Verve Unmixed
10	Julia Lee	When Jennie Does That Lowdown Dance	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]
11	Nellie Lutcher	Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Guy	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 4]
12	Boswell Sisters	Put That Sun Back In the Sky	Boswell Sisters
13	Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters	I Want To Be With You Always	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
14	The Andrews Sisters	Pistol Packin' Mama	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 1]
15	Junior Brown	Where Has All the Money Gone?	Down Home Chrome
16	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
17	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Down In Mexico	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
18	Santiago Jimenez	Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
19	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Havana Moon	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
20	Levon Helm	Tennessee Jed	Electric Dirt
21	Grateful Dead	Dire Wolf	Workingman's Dead
22	Graham Parker	Sugaree	Your Country
23	Jim Lauderdale	The Night The Moon Fell Down	Carolina Moonshine
24	Jimmy Martin	20/20 Vision	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
25	Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart	24 Greatest
26	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
27	Billie Holiday	Gloomy Sunday	Ken Burns Jazz
28	Lula Reed	I'll Drown In My Own Tears	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
29	Effie Smith	Water, Water	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
30	Mildred Jones	Mr. Thrill	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
31	T-Bone Walker	Cold Cold Feeling	Electric Blues – Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
32	Jo Stafford	Shrimp Boats	Your Hit Parade – 1951
33	Louis Armstrong	The Music Goes Round And Around [Single Version]	Rhythm Saved The World

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Deeper Mississippi John Hurt

April 7, 2018 Dave

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

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bruce Cockburn	Avalon, My Home Town	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
3	Jesse Colin Young	Creole Belle	Together
4	John Oates	Spike Driver Blues	Arkansas
5	Doc & Merle Watson	Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)	Live & Pickin'
6	Bill Morrissey	Avalon Blues	The Essential Collection
7	Taj Mahal	Frankie And Albert	The Best Of Taj Mahal
8	John Hiatt	I'm Satisfied	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
9	David Johansen	Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me	Shaker
10	Dave Van Ronk	Spike Driver Blues	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
11	Rhiannon Giddens	The Angels Laid Him Away	Freedom Highway
12	JL Stiles	Trouble I Had All My Days	Solo Sessions
13	Taj Mahal	Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too	The Essential Taj Mahal
14	Chris Smither	Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt	Honeysuckle Dog
15	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey
16	Big Bill Broonzy	Frankie And Johnny	Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)
17	Ben Harper	Sliding Delta	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
18	Bettye LaVette	Nobody's Dirty Business	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
19	Mike Dowling	Blue Harvest Blues	The Blues Ain't News
20	Rory Block	Candy Man	Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
21	Lucinda Williams	Angels Laid Him Away	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
22	Dave Alvin With Dean Schlabowske	Louis Collins	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 2
23	Mississippi John Hurt	Chicken	Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live]
24	John Oates	My Creole Belle	Arkansas
25	Doc & Merle Watson	Stack O'lee	Ballads From Deep Gap
26	Mississippi John Hurt	Avalon Blues	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
27	Spuyten Duyvil	Make Me A Pallet	Social Hour Music

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Early Gospel Blues

March 31, 2018 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	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
27	Sister O. M. Terrell	God's Little Birds	Country Gospel 1946-1953
28	Rev. Gary Davis	Get Right Church	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
29	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Harlem Street Singer
30	Blind Willie McTell	Lord Have Mercy If You Please	Pig 'n Whistle Red
31	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
32	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Saviour Don't Pass Me By	Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
33	Big Joe Williams	King Jesus	Shake Your Boogie

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Free Form – Old Records

March 24, 2018 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Irma Thomas	Old Records	If You Want It, Come and Get It
3	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)
25	Danny Kaye	Civilization	Danny Kaye The Best of
26	Tampa Red	Shake It Up a Little	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
27	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	The Younger Generation	When you're smiling
28	Louis Armstrong	A Kiss To Build A Dream On	Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong – Demo
29	Bob Dylan	The Love That Faded	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
30	Charlie Louvin	Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham)	Charlie Louvin
31	Vince Gill	Randall Knife	This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
32	Modern Hicks	Wings Of A Dove	Tornado Alley
33	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection

Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Jazz, Rock, Theme Time

Superstition

March 10, 2018 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chris Thomas King	Superstitious Blues	Me, My Guitar and the Blues
3	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

A Century of America's Music