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.
The witching hour. The darkest moment in our day where the bell tolls another in the heart of the ancient wood. A muse for poets, writers, and songsmiths over the ages….midnight. Deeper Roots highlights the midnight muse with a delightful blend of the celebratory and the soulful sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Waits, Merle Travis, Big Joe Turner, and Lowell Fulson.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Midnight Special
Chronicle: Volume Two
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Big Bill Broonzy
Midnight Special
An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy
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The Louvin Brothers
Midnight Special
Long Play Collection
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Big Joe Turner
Midnight Special Train
Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
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Big Joe Turner
Midnight Cannonball
Big Joe Rocks
7
Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
Big Midnight Special
Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
8
The Delmore Brothers
Midnight Train
Sand Mountain Blues
9
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Ridin' That Midnight Train
The Three Pickers
10
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Midnight Train to Georgia
The Buddah Box Disc 3
11
Maria Muldaur
Midnight at the Oasis
Maria Muldaur
12
Patsy Cline
Intro Walkin' After Midnight
The Arthur Godfrey Show
13
Patsy Cline
Walkin' After Midnight
12 Greatest Hits
14
Ray Charles
The Midnight Hour
The Birth of Soul Disc 1
15
Wilson Pickett
In the Midnight Hour
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
16
J.J. Cale
After Midnight
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
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Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Midnight Shift
Lost In The Ozone
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The Mills Brothers
Long About Midnight
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
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Larry Campbell
Midnight Highway
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
20
Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson
Midnight In Milpitas
Quah [Bonus Tracks]
21
Lucinda Williams
Howlin' at Midnight
Happy Woman Blues
22
Tom Waits
Midnight Lullabye
The Early Years
23
Lowell Fulson
Midnight Showers Of Rain
Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
24
Cowboy Copas
Midnight In Heaven
Songs That Made Him Famous
25
Tony Rice Unit
Midnight on the Stormy Deep
Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
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.
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Warner Williams With Jay Summerour
Worried Life Blues
Blues Highway
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Thomas "Jaybird" Jones
Worried Life Blues
Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
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David Edwards
Worried Life Blues
Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection
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Eric Clapton & B.B. King
Worried Life Blues
Riding With The King
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Agustus "Track Horse" Haggerty
Hattie Green
Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
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George Hamilton IV
Abilene
Classic Country
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Rouse Brothers
My Family Circle
Classic Field Recordings
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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)
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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)
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Dock Reed
Down on Me
Field Recordings, Vol. 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942)
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Big Brother & the Holding Company
Down on Me
Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 1
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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
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Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
Country sounds from Johnny Cash, Wynn Stewart, and Ferlin Husky kick things off and we’ll run the blues and R&B gamut with B. B. King, John Jackson, and Duke Robillard…who will also complement the sounds of Dr. John. A free form extravaganza continues with early pop and big band sounds, including Helen Forrest vocals, The Boswells, and Harry James.
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Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson
The Only Man Wilder Than Me
Django and Jimmie
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Wynn Stewart
Donna On My Mind
California Country
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Ferlin Husky
Puxico Polka
1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
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Johnny Cash
Tennessee Flat Top Box
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 1
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Patsy Cline
That's My Desire
The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 3]
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Mac Wiseman
Old Camp Meeting Time
Grassroots To Bluegrass
8
Leon Russell
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Retrospective
9
Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen
Friend of the Devil
Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen
10
C.W. Stoneking
Good Luck Charm
Gon' Boogaloo
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Bob Dylan
Talkin' Devil
It Could Even Be A Myth
12
John Jackson
The Devil He Wore A Hickory Shoe
Front Porch Blues
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Prophet G. Lusk
The Devil's Trying to Steal My Joy
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
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Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound
My Friend The Devil
Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound
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Duke Robillard
I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)
The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard
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Dr. John
How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)
Goin' Back To New Orleans
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Dr. John
Old Settlers
Live at Magfest 2014
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B.B. King & Dr. John
There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
Deuces Wild
19
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
It Don't Mean A Thing
The Great Summit [Disc 1]
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Dj Frogg
I Don't Mean a Mash
Mashups
21
Eugiene Baird & The Duke's Boys
Everything But You
American Songbook Series: Duke Ellington
22
Helen Forrest and Les Paul Trio
Everybody Knew But Me
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
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.
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Leo Kottke
Buckaroo
Essential
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Chet Atkins
Wheels
Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker
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Doc Watson
Windy and Warm
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
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Doc Watson
Moody River
Memories
6
Doc Watson
Doc's Guitar [#]
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
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Jefferson Airplane
Embryonic Journey
Walk on the Moon
8
Jorma Kaukonen
Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Instrumental)
Stars In My Crown
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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
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Stefan Grossman
Police Dog Blues
How To Play Blues Guitar
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Blind Blake
Diddie Wa Diddie
Roots of Rock
14
Lonnie Johnson
Untitled
Steppin' On The Blues
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Riley Puckett
Fuzzy Rag
Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
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Etta Baker
One Dime Blues
Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
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Merle Travis
Freight Train (Instrumental)
The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
18
Tommy Emmanuel
The Bug
It's Never Too Late
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Bob Brozman
Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version]
Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered]
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Merle Travis
Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental)
The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
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Jorma Kaukonen
Fur Peace Rag
Stars In My Crown
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Leo Kottke
Wonderland By Night
Peculiaroso
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Leo Kottke
Little Martha
Leo Live
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Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
Rings
Sixty Six Steps
25
John Fahey
Layla
Rain Forests, Oceans And Other
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Dave Van Ronk
Green, Green Rocky Road
Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
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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
Deeper Roots takes on a theme this week… one that has us on the road, the rails, the ocean deep, and soaring in the clouds. We speak, of course, of our modes and muse of transport in music. There’s a variety of styling to be had including blues from Snooks Eaglin and Lightnin’ Hopkins, 50s country from Cowboy Copas and Bonnie Guitar, pop sounds from Jo Stafford and the Modernaires, and a host of others that all support the theme of the day. Tune in for another roots-infused Wednesday evening on KOWS, the heart and voice of West Sonoma County, California.
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The Modernaires
The Stanley Steamer
The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947)
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Kevin Russell
Cadillacin' Model A
You Don't Know Me
4
Snooks Eaglin
Model T And The Train
Country Boy Down In New Orleans
5
Rosco Gordon
T Model Boogie
Let's Get High (B)
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Lightnin' Hopkins
Automobile Blues
Lightnin'
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Ry Cooder
Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
Borderline (Remaster 2013)
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John Sebastian
Got No Automobiles
Chasin' Gus' Ghost
9
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Christian's Automobile
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
10
Mink Deville
Lilly's Daddy's Cadillac
Coup De Grace Plus Where Angels Fear To Tread
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Roger Miller
(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane
The Best Of : Vol 2
12
Peter, Paul & Mary
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Album 1700
13
Mother McCollum
Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane
Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
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Peter Case
Waiting On A Plane
HWY 62
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Cowboy Copas
Night Plane to Memphis
Settin' Flat On Ready
16
Dwight Yoakam
07 Trains and Boats and Planes
Population: Me
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Doc Watson
Blue Railroad Train
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
18
J. H. Howell
Howell's Railroad
Classic Field Recordings
19
Hank Williams
California Zephyr
Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
20
Chuck Berry
Down Bound Train
Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
21
Jimmie Driftwood
Sailing Away On The Ocean
Americana, Vol. 3
22
Earl Scruggs
My Ship Will Sail
The Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & Two
23
The Boxmasters
Goin' Home
Modbilly Disc 1
24
Jake Xerxes Fussell
Boat's up the River
Jake Xerxes Fussell
25
Jo Stafford
Shrimp Boats
You Belong To Me
26
Al Hendrickson
On A Slow Boat To China
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
27
Nick Lowe
Christmas At The Airport
Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
It’s popular in just about every form…well, not so with gospel…but it’s tradition goes back to minstrelsy: the song that has a humorous hook or a running joke to share or maybe a bandleader who takes us into new a ridiculous territories. We’ve got a lot of novelty tunes of this nature to bring you this week on Deeper Roots… a bit of a departure from our normal fare but it’s all for the fun. We’ll hear country sounds from Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, tearjerkers and rock therapy from Mabel Scott, The Chips, and Tiny Hill, and some classic novelty sounds from Danny Kaye, Spike Jones (of course), and Fats Waller.
Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.
The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.
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Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell
Dark Was The Night
Classic Sounds of New Orleans
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Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
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Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
5
Hot Tuna
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live]
Live In Japan
6
Bruce Cockburn
Soul of a Man
Nothing But a Burning Light
7
Ry Cooder
Dark Was The Night
Paris, Texas
8
Maria Muldaur
Oh, the Rain
Any Woman's Blues
9
Sinead O'Connor
Trouble Will Soon Be Over
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
10
Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams
Motherless Children
Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2]
11
John Hammond, Jr.
Motherless Willie Johnson
Country Blues
12
Odetta
Motherless Children
7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
13
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Nobody's Fault
Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
14
Arizona Dranes
Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
15
Blind Willie Johnson
Trouble Will Soon Be Over
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
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Blind Willie Johnson
Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]
The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
17
Rev. Pearly Brown
God Don't Never Change
You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
18
The Staple Singers
Samson And Delilah
Freedom Highway
19
Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four
John the Revelator
Peace in the Valley [Arista]
20
The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir
Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]
The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
21
Blind Willie Johnson
Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
22
The Levon Helm Band
God Don't Never Change
The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3
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David Bromberg Band
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Only Slightly Mad
24
The Blasters
Samson and Delilah
Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
25
Blind Willie Johnson
If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
ABC Of The Blues Vol 20
26
Johnny Shines
It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine
Traditional Delta Blues
27
Irma Thomas
Soul of a Man
After the Rain
28
Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
We return to a free form collection of American music, featuring blues from Markus James, Blind Willie Johnson, and Dinah Washington; country from Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells, and Leroy Van Dyke; pop memories from Frank Sinatra, Cliff Edwards, and Rusty Draper. The show will feature an expanded eclectic blend of bluegrass, gospel, rockabilly, and gospel and, in addition to Markus James, we’ll also feature a other local musical luminaries to ensure we’re reminded that our Sonoma County musical talent is a rich aquifer.
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Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding
Drivin' Wheel
Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
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Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
One More Cowboy (w/Willie Nelson)
Selected Shorts
4
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
Donkey Town
All The Roadrunning
5
Joe Maphis & Rose Lee
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)
Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
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Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards
Somebody Loves Me
With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (Disc 2)
7
Sophie Tucker
He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday
Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
8
BR5-49
The Devil In Me
Dog Days
9
Laurie London
The Gospel Train
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
10
Rusty Draper
The Train With The Rhumba Beat
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
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Leon Redbone
Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll
Any Time
12
Mississippi John Hurt
The Chicken
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
13
Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans
Shake Sugaree
Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
14
Kitty Wells
The Other Cheek
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
15
Leroy Van Dyke
Walk On By
Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 1]
16
Porter Wagoner
The Cold Hard Facts Of Life
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
17
Slim Gaillard
How High The Moon
Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
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Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Orchestra
Repeal The Blues
Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
19
Erwin Lehn
Sentimental Journey
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
20
Frank Sinatra
Day In – Day Out
Come Dance with Me!
21
Jimmy Elledge
Funny How Time Slips Away
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
22
The Rhythm Rangers
I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels
Not Out of the Woods Yet
23
Kevin Russell
Solid Wrong
Plain Dirt Fashion
24
Wendy DeWitt
29 Ways
Getaway
25
Markus James
Head For The Hills
Head For The Hills
26
Markus James
On a Mississippi Porch
Head For The Hills
27
Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28
Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
29
Lucinda Williams
God Don't Never Change
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
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.
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Cliff Edwards
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
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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]
