Category Archives: Rhythm and Blues

Rockin’ Rhythm & Gospel

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.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Pilgrim Travelers After While (Take 8) Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
3The Detroiters Let Jesus Lead You Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
4The Dixie Hummingbirds Jesus Children of America 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
5The Swan Silvertones Trouble In My Way Love Lifted Me Amazon
6The Dixie Hummingbirds Trouble In My Way The History of Black Gospel Volume 6 Amazon
7Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers Walk With Me Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
8The Original Blind Boys People Don't Sing Like They Used To Sing Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
9The Blind Boys Of Alabama He's Alright Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
10Fannie Bell Chapman He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 Amazon
11The Chosen Gospel Singers Ananais Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
12The Chosen Gospel Singers Trouble Of This World's Condition I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
13Rosa Shaw On The Highway Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
14Sister Emily Bram Each Day Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
15Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air Gospel Train Amazon
16Sister Rosetta Tharpe Rock Me Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3 Amazon
17Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Shout, Sister, Shout! The Gospel of Blues Amazon
18The Staple Singers Wade In The Water Freedom Highway Amazon
19The Staple Singers Jacob's Ladder Freedom Highway Amazon
20The Golden Gate Quartet Wade In The Water (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
21Gospel Hummingbirds Pray On Taking Flight Amazon
22The Highway QC'S Walk with Me Great Gospel – People Get Ready Amazon
23The Highway Q.C.'s The Way Up The Hill Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
24Brother John Sellers He's My Rock Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel Amazon
25The Swan Silvertones My Rock Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 2: More Black Gospel Amazon
26Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers Rock My Soul Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
27Gospel Silhouettes Rock In A Weary Land Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1 Amazon
28The Swan Silvertones Sinner Man Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
29Gospel Supremes Sinner Man Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
30Silvertone Quintet Stand By Me Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
31Mary Deloatch The Lord's Gospel Train Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
32Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette Sinner's Crossroads Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
33The Harmonizing Four Hallelujah Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
34The Staple Singers Will The Circle Be Unbroken Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2 Amazon
35The Dixie Hummingbirds Christian's Automobile 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon

Bad Luck Blues

We’re exploring the blues this week on Deeper Roots. And it’s all about bad luck blues…when the dice roll snake eyes, when the crops won’t make the rent, when your woman asks for money and all you got is the dust in your pockets…when you ain’t got no money.  Join Dave Stroud for a collection of the very best including Big Joe Williams’ Jinx Blues, bad luck stories from Dinah Washington and Memphis Minnie, piano moaning from Leroy Carr and Ivory Joe, as well as further tales of gambling, dice, and no luck from Clifford Gibson and Black Boy Shine. Friday evening blues….what more?

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Little Milton Bad Luck Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
3Rory Block Jinx Blues Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House Amazon
4Son House The Jinx Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41 Amazon
5Big Joe Williams Jinx Blues Classic Delta Blues Amazon
6Black Boy Shine Gamblin' Jinx Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2] Amazon
7Memphis Minnie I'm A Bad Luck Woman Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
8Mel Walker Unlucky Man Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
9Nat King Cole Trio Chant Of The Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues) The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
10Dinah Washington Bad Luck Dinah Washington Sings The Blues Amazon
11Jimmy Lewis/Ray Charles If It Wasn't for Bad Luck Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 4 Amazon
12Robert Belfour Bad Luck What's Wrong with You Amazon
13Muddy Waters Mother's Bad Luck Child Can't Get No Grindin' Amazon
14Lightnin' Slim Bad Luck Blues The Best Of Excello Records Amazon
15Lightnin' Hopkins Bad Luck And Trouble Blues Kingpins Amazon
16Blind Lemon Jefferson Bad Luck Blues Classic Sides Disc 1 Amazon
17Cliifford Gibson Bad Luck Dice Complete Recorded Works Amazon
18Guitar Welch Bad Luck Blues Southern Prison Blues (Digitally Remastered) Amazon
19Kokomo Arnold Bad Luck Blues Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1937-1938) Amazon
20Ivory Joe Hunter No Money, No Luck Blues The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947 Amazon
21Bill Gaither Bad Luck Child's Request When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 Amazon
22Leroy Carr Bad Luck All The Time Sloppy Drunk [Disc 2] Amazon
23Champion Jack Dupree Bad Luck Bound To Change Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
24Fats Domino Bad Luck and Trouble Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
25John Mayall Bad Luck Time Room To Move 1969-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
26Tommy Castro And The Painkillers Bad Luck Method To My Madness Amazon
27Larry Campbell Bad Luck Charm Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
28The Harlem Hamfats Bad Luck Man Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 Amazon
29Charlie Musselwhite If I Should Have Bad Luck Deluxe Edition – Charlie Musselwhite Amazon

Free Form – September 2017

Join Dave Stroud for a special edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. He’ll be sitting in for Steady Eddie’s Retro Music Archives, filling the airwaves with sounds you would expect to hear on either show.  With a little blend of roots Americana stirred in. Hot rod sounds, killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, early century pop from Annette Hanshaw and Mae West, gospel from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Sam Cooke…and some sweet soul vocals from The Ravens and Barbara Lewis. You won’t go wrong on a Sunday afternoon in West County. Tune in.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Barbara Lewis Make Me Your Baby Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis Amazon
3The Ravens My Baby's Gone OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
4Smiley Lewis Hey Girl I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4 Amazon
5Kay Starr Kay's Lament Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
6Kay Starr Night Train Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
7The Blind Boys Of Alabama Free At Last Down In New Orleans Amazon
8The Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers Amazon
9Sam Cooke Mean Old World Night Beat Amazon
10The Golden Gate Quartet Dipsy Doodle Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
12Jimmy Liggins Cadillac Boogie Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
13Trailer Hot Rods to Hell So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3 Amazon
14Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
15Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines I Want a Lavender Cadillac So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 Amazon
16Mink Deville Spanish Stroll The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
17Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men What Does the Deep Sea Say? Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
18Annette Hanshaw Moanin' Low Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
19Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
20David Johansen Deep Blue Sea Shaker Amazon
21Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea One Hour Mama Amazon
22Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Vintage Collections Amazon
23Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely Rider in the Rain Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman Amazon
24Barbara Lewis Hello Stranger MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M Amazon
25John Prine Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
26Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Nothing in Common Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records Amazon
27The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Amazon
28Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey Rhythm Saved The World The Gems Of Jazz Amazon
29Louis Armstrong Rhythm Saved The World Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
30Ethel Smith I Got Rhythm Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952 Amazon
31The Happenings I Got Rhythm The Best Of The Happenings Amazon
32Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian Sail Away Lady The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2 Amazon
33The Americans Sail Away Ladies American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon

Jazz Fest 2017

We had a chance to catch the first weekend of JazzFest in New Orleans a couple of weeks back and thought it would be a good free form collection to share with everyone…so that’s what’s going to be on the bill this week on Deeper Roots. Music from Kermit Ruffins, The Sweet Olive String Band, Aaron Neville, Steve Riley, The Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. John, and an eclectic collection that you’ll just have to wait to be surprised by. Tune into Community Radio for Sonoma County and find your festive mood on a Spring evening.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Kermit Ruffins; The Barbeque Swingers What Is New Orleans Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series: Season Two Amazon
3Deacon John Going Back To New Orleans New Orleans Amazon
4Henry Butler Mama Roux Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series: Season Two Amazon
5Rebirth Brass Band Take It to the Street Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series: Season Two Amazon
6Dirty Dozen Brass Band Junko Partner Medicated Magic Amazon
7Trombone Shorty Ooh Poo Pah Doo Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
8Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers Jock-A-Mo (Iko Iko) #imsoneworleans Amazon
9Kermit Ruffins Exactly Like You We Partyin' Traditional Style Amazon
10Kermit Ruffins When It's Sleepy Time Down South We Partyin' Traditional Style Amazon
11Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers At Last (feat. Nayo Jones) #imsoneworleans Amazon
12Anders Osborne Ho-Di-Ko-Di-Ya-La-Ma-La Americana Roots Songbook: Louisiana Amazon
13The Mavericks Nitty Gritty Mono Amazon
14Galactic Sugar Doosie Into the Deep (Deluxe Edition) Amazon
15Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Creole Stomp (Happytown) Happytown Amazon
16BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet Two Step De Port Arthur From Bamako to Carenro Amazon
17Sweet Olive String Band Jackson Blues Sweet Olive String Band Amazon
18Aaron Neville Little Bitty Pretty One My True Story Amazon
19Buddy Guy (Baby) You Got What It Takes (feat. Joss Stone) Born To Play Guitar Amazon
20William Bell Poison In The Well This Is Where I Live Amazon
21James Winfield Hallelujah, I Love Her So Lonely Lonely Nights Amazon
22James Winfield Lonely, Lonely, Nights Lonely Lonely Nights Amazon
23Marc Broussard feat. Sam Bush Rising Sun Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2] Amazon
24Snoop Dogg California Roll (feat. Stevie Wonder) BUSH Amazon
25Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amour My Cherie Amour Amazon
26Harry Connick, Jr. Muskrat Ramble 25 Amazon
27Allen Toussaint with Rhiannon Giddens Rocks in My Bed Oxford American Music Issue – Visions of the Blues Amazon

Free Form – April 2017

Free Form - April 2017
Free Form – April 2017

Springtime sounds from our community radio studios with your host Dave Stroud. It’s another exhilarating free form journey into the depths of American roots music. This week, join Dave for a potpourri of soul, country, tradition, Americana, pop, and the deeper wells of the American songbook. We’ll also hear a celebratory set of Creole including the likes of Beau Jocque, Cyndi Lauper (?!!), and Feufollet. Tune in for good times and positive spins…

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Little Bob & The Lollipops Nobody But You Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 Amazon
3Johnnie Taylor I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Lifetime A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956-1999 Amazon
4Johnnie Taylor Rome (Wasn't Built In A Day) Lifetime [Disc 1] Amazon
5Maxine Brown Take It Out In Trade Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"] Amazon
6Ann Cole Got My Mojo Workin Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon
7Adam Hebert & Country Playboys Open The Door (Ouvre La Porte) Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]] Amazon
8Beau Jocque Don't Tell Your Moma, Don't Tell Your Papa The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
9Feufollet Femme L'a Dit Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 Amazon
10Cyndi Lauper Allons A Grand Coteau Creole Bred – A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco Amazon
11Crowder Brothers I Don't Let The Girls Worry My Mind Baby, How Can It Be? [Disc 3: Contempt] Amazon
12Tim O'Brien, Scott Nygaard Highway of Sorrow True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
13Tony Rice Big Mon Tony Rice Amazon
14Modern Hicks Gone, Gone, Gone Out Among the Stars Amazon
15June Carter Cash The L & N Don't Stop Here Any More The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
16Ollabelle Before This Time Ollabelle Amazon
17Brennen Leigh North To Alaska Too Thin To Plow Amazon
18Pee Wee King I Wanna Say Hello Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown Amazon
19Willie Nelson Touch Me Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
20Jeannie C. Riley The Back Side Of Dallas Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008] Amazon
21Boddy Sheen How Many Nights (How Many Days) The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
22Roy Hamilton Crazy Feelin' Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008] Amazon
23James Brown Three Hearts In A Tangle Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]] Amazon
24Brenda Lee Fool #1 The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits Amazon
25Goldie Hill It's A Lovely Lovely World I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 2] Amazon
26Clint Miller Bertha Lou Hit The Road Jack- The ABC-Paramount Story Amazon
27Cliff Edwards Paper Doll Cliff Edwards Grimriper2u@Yahoo.Com Amazon
28John Lithgow Swinging on a Star Singin' in the Bathtub Amazon
29Ivory Joe Hunter Since I Met You Baby Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1 Amazon
30Harry Belafonte Jamaica Farewell A Portrait of Dylan Amazon
31Dorothy Love Coates Ninety-Nine and a Half The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
32Rhiannon Giddens At the Purchaser's Option Freedom Highway Amazon
33Arlo Guthrie Valley to Pray Washington County (Remastered 2004) Amazon
34Doc Watson Down In The Valley To Pray Home Again Amazon
35Arlo Guthrie City Of New Orleans Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters Amazon

Rhythm & Blues & Soul

….’Cause it’s gotta have soul, rhythm, and blues to make the cut this week. That’s the answer to the question. We’ll look to a couple of iconic comedians from the late 70s to inspire us with a collection of sounds lifted from their albums…and their movies. Why not? Jake and Elwood teamed up with Stax legends Steve Cropper, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, and Duck Dunn to deliver punch after punch and we’re going to sample the best of it. We’ve got Willie Mabon, King Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Big Joe, The Robins, The Soul Survivors, and (of course) Aretha…all for you in a two hour rhythm & blues & soul extravaganza this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Aretha Franklin Think 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
3Aretha Franklin Respect The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
4James Brown Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 Gold Disc 1 Amazon
5Taj Mahal Mr. Pitiful Seqor Blues Amazon
6Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
7King Floyd Groove Me In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1 Amazon
8Johnnie Taylor Who's Making Love Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
9Sam & Dave Soul Man The Best Soul Album In The World… Ever! Amazon
10Otis Redding I Can't Turn You Loose Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
11Big Mama Thornton Let Your Tears Fall Baby Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings Amazon
12Floyd Dixon Hey Bartender Marshall Texas Is My Home Amazon
13Willie Mabon I Don't Know Atlantic Blues: Piano Amazon
14Linda Hayes Yes I Know Atomic Baby Amazon
15The Soul Survivors Expressway to Your Heart Striptease Amazon
16Solomon Burke Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
17The Contours Do You Love Me The Very Best of The Contours Amazon
18James & Bobby Purify Shake A Tail Feather The Best Of Amazon
19Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly Detroit Breakout! 1 Amazon
20The Playboys Good Golly Miss Molly Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
21Big Joe Turner Flip Flop and Fly Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
22The Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin' Notting Hill Amazon
23The Robins Riot in Cell Block #9 50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1] Amazon
24Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1) Amazon
25The Chips Rubber Biscuit The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
26Wilson Pickett 634-5789 The Very Best of Wilson Pickett Amazon
27Johnnie Taylor Cheaper To Keep Her Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
28Bobby "Blue" Bland Turn On Your Love Light Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
29Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band Messin' With The Kid Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics Amazon
30The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Born in Chicago An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1 Amazon
31The Blues Brothers (I Got Everything I Need) Almost The Definitive Collection Amazon
32Big Mama Thornton They Call Me Big Mama Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings Amazon
33Margie Anderson Yes I Know Stompin' 25 Amazon
34Jackie Wilson Baby Workout Something's Got A Hold On Me Amazon
35Etta James Tell Mama Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
36The Blues Brothers Soul Man The Definitive Collection Amazon

Beer Thirty

One of the more popular topics that follows the Americana and roots landscape (aside from love, death, and the gospel) is the topic of ice cold beer. Beer in the morning, beer in the evening, beer at suppertime. And our show this week is a sampler of 30 plus tracks of (mostly) country, rockabilly, rock, some blues, and we’ll be including some vintage television commercials that celebrate the suds. So kick back with a cold one and tune that dial to Deeper Roots on KWTF with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific as he steps up to the bar and shares a wild assortment of songs about a cold brew or two…and we’re not talkin’ boojie coffee.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Amos Milburn One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
3Smiley Maxedon Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer [Album Version] Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
4Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Bubbles In My Beer Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line Amazon
5Willie Nelson Bubbles In My Beer One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
6Andy Reynolds Beer Bottle Mama Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9] Amazon
7Garth Brooks/George Jones Beer Run God's Country: George Jones and Friends Disc 1 Amazon
8George Jones Beer, Bait And Ammo All Gone Fishin' Amazon
9Derailers Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music Soldiers of Love Amazon
10Dale Watson Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint The Best of the HighTone Years Amazon
11Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers Drink the Beer Barrel Dry Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers Amazon
12Various If You've Got The Time Miller Beer BigKevNastyCD Amazon
13Tom T. Hall I Like Beer The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall Amazon
14Bob Woodruff Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer Dreams & Saturday Nights Amazon
15Asylum Street Spankers Beer Spanker Madness Amazon
16Johnny Russell Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer 20 Hits Amazon
17Whitney Rose There's A Tear In My Beer Heartbreaker of the Year Amazon
18Stray Cats Lookin' Better Every Beer Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92 Amazon
19John Lee Hooker One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) Amazon
20Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Hey Bartender, There's A Big Bug In My Beer Blues Highway Amazon
21Various Bob Uecker Lite Beer Commercial BigKevNastyCD Amazon
22Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim Beer Drinking Woman Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
23Floyd Dixon Hey Bartender Marshall Texas Is My Home Amazon
24Bessie Smith Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer [Album Version] The Essential Bessie Smith Amazon
25Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942 Amazon
26Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters Shut Up And Drink Your Beer Western Swing  40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2] Amazon
27Various Artists Falstaff Beer 1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials Amazon
28Tommy Duncan Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)? Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
29Johnny Bond Bartender's Blues Put Me To Bed Amazon
30Merrill Moore Bartender's Blues Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
31The Texas Tornados In Heaven There Is No Beer !Esta Bueno! Amazon
32Washboard Hank Beer Cans Down The Trans Can Human Beans Amazon
33Reverend Horton Heat Beer Holder Laughin & Cryin Amazon
34Eddie Noack Beer Drinkin' Blues Psycho Amazon
35James Mask Beer Drinking Blues Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon

Cool Down R&B

Cool Down R&B
Cool Down R&B

Mellow R&B from a broad spectrum of performers who made a mark in the decade or so that preceded rock ‘n roll’s infancy. Indeed, they participated in the birth of the form with a sound that included the vocal quartet, jump and swing, and an incessant beat that could not be ignored. We’ll hear from the ‘feisty females’ of the day: Varetta Dillard, Blue Lu Barker, Big Maybelle, and Bernice Gooden right alongside Buddy Johnson’s Orchestra, the Three Bits of Rhythm, The Cats & the Fiddle, and Luke Jones and the Orchestra. Deeper Roots digs into a collection of tracks, some familiar, some from so deep in the archives that the dust is part of the sound, on another Friday evening of American roots sounds for Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman) Rock 'N' Roll Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
3Luke Jones and His Orchestra Rompin' the Boogie More Mellow Cats & Kittens Amazon
4Butch Stone & His Orchestra Ooh, Look A There Ain't She Pretty Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
5Three Bits of Rhythm Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
6Bebopper Lulu and Her Orchestra Mellow Scat More Mellow Cats & Kittens Amazon
7Slim Gaillard Rhythm Mad Laughing in Rhythm: Groove Juice Special [Disc 2] Amazon
8Three Bits Of Rhythm The Man That Comes To My House Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951 Amazon
9Coleman Brothers Raise A Rukus Tonight Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang Amazon
10Austin McCoy Happy Pay Day Part 1 More Mellow Cats & Kittens Amazon
11Nappy Brown Pitter Patter The R&B Years 1955 – Vol 2 Amazon
12Teddy Bunn With The Hootie McShann Trio In The Oven Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951 Amazon
13The Herb Fisher Trio Don't Want Nobody Else More Mellow Cats & Kittens Amazon
14Luke Jones & His Orchestra Jump Me Some Boogie Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951 Amazon
15Gene Phillips Women, Women, Women Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
16Big Maybelle Rock House Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
17Varetta Dillard Mercy, Mr Percy Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
18Varetta Dillard Promise Mr Thomas Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
19Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra Fine Brown Fame The Best of Buddy's Amazon
20Bernice Gooden Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter (On A Teen-Age Date) Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
21Little Willie Littlefield Hello Kats Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
22Bob Gaddy Come On Little Children The Classic Old Town Records Amazon
23Bob Gaddy Could I? The Classic Old Town Records Amazon
24The Cats & The Fiddle Mr. Rhythm Man The Very Best Of Amazon
25Effie Smith Be On Your Merry Way More Mellow Cats & Kittens Amazon
26Linda Hayes What's It To You, Jack Atomic Baby Amazon
27Johnny Alston and His Orchestra Everything Will Be Alright More Mellow Cats & Kittens Amazon
28Blue Lu Baker Here Is a Little Girl Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13] Amazon
29Hadda Brooks I Feel So Good I've Got News For You [Disc 1] Amazon
30Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends It Comes in Like a Lion Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1 Amazon
31Big Maybelle Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
32Dolly Cooper Ay La Bah Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
33The Robins That's What The Good Book Says Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
34The Cats & The Fiddle Gang Busters The Very Best Of Amazon
35Black Cats and the Kitten You Better Ask Somebody Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3 Amazon

Evil Blues

Evil Blues
Evil Blues

It’s the story of evil told in the voice of the blues. All things evil are explored in the voices of gospel, country blues, urban blues, and the folk blues. Evil ways, bad blood, fear, and the depths to which the evil in man’s heart can go are the themes tonight in a show that features the likes of Otis Spann, Elmore James, Henry Truvillion, The Golden Gate Quartet, and many others. All of this coming to you on a cold December evening in Sonoma County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Howlin' Wolf Evil Blues From Hell Amazon
3The Golden Gate Quartet Atom And Evil (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
4The Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, baritone/William Langford, tenor/Henry Owens, tenor/Arlandus Wilson, Bass) (Aka "Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet") The Devil With The Devil Vol. 3, 1939 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 3, 1939) Amazon
5Chris Smither The Devil's Real A Little On The Cd Side Volume 11 Amazon
6Noah Lewis Devil In The Wood Pile When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll Amazon
7Don Byas's Swig Seven, Albinia Jones Evil Gal Blues Savoy Blues 1944-1994 [Disc 1] Amazon
8Dinah Washington Evil Gal Blues Gold Amazon
9T-Bone Walker Evil Hearted Woman (Alt. Take) The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] Amazon
10Champion Jack Dupree Evil Woman Blues from the Gutter Amazon
11Doctor Gaddy Evil Man Blues Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2) Amazon
12Otis Spann Evil Ways Essential Blues Hits Disc 2 Amazon
13Washboard Sam Evil Blues Vol. 6 1941 – 1942 Amazon
14Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Evil Devil Woman Blues Vol 4 (1933-34) Amazon
15Moreland & Arbuckle Mean And Evil Promised Land Or Bust Amazon
16B.B. King Mean And Evil There Is Always One More Time Amazon
17Elmore James Mean And Evil Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James Amazon
18Lightnin' Hopkins Mean and Evil Blues Texas Guitar Killers Disc 1 Amazon
19Blind Boy Fuller Worried and Evil Man Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937 Amazon
20Reverend Gary Davis Cross And Evil Woman Blues Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2] Amazon
21Lowell Fulson Don't Be So Evil Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
22Gatemouth Moore Evil Gal's Jockey Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings Amazon
23Albert King I Get Evil More Big Blues Amazon
24Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Bad Blood Sportin' the Blues Disc 2 Amazon
25Ramona Hicks Evil and Blue Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939 Amazon
26Ollie Shepard King Of All Evil Vol. 2-1939-41 Amazon
27Walter Brown What Evil Have I Done? Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2 Amazon
28Alice Moore Black And Evil Blues Black Swan Sampler Amazon
29Koko Taylor Evil The Best of Koko Taylor Amazon
30Ella Fitzgerald Necessary Evil The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951 Amazon
31Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra I Want to Be Evil Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits Amazon
32Aretha Franklin Evil Gal Blues Aretha Sings The Blues Amazon

Free Form – June 2016

Free Form - June 2016
Free Form – June 2016

Deeper Roots goes free form and our two hours will be filled with an eclectic blend of blues, gospel, tradition, and early century jazz. We’ll feature songs about vapor vipers, snakes, preachers, and a whole lot more. Join us for another summer evening in West Sonoma County, California with performances from Charley Patton, Josh White, Jimmie Driftwood, Noble Sissle, and Jumpin’ Bill Carlisle.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Madam Ernestine Washington And The Milleraires Holding On — Part 2 Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
3Stuffy Smith & His Onyx Club Boys You're a Viper Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
4Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's If You're A Viper Deep Ellum Amazon
5Noble Sissle/Sidney Bechet Viper Mad Sweet and Lowdown Amazon
6Fats Waller Viper's Drag [Piano Solo] The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
7Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks 'Long Come A Viper Last Train To Hicksville… The Home Of Happy Feet Amazon
8David Grisman Quintet Rattlesnake Dgq-20 Amazon
9Jumpin' Bill Carlisle Rattlesnake Daddy Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album Amazon
10Champion Jack Dupree Rattlesnake Boogie Classic Sounds of New Orleans Amazon
11Jaydee Short Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake (Pm 13043, L-468-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
12Luella Miller Rattle Snake Groan 24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ] Amazon
13Charley Patton Rattlesnake Blues The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2] Amazon
14Chris Smither Rattlesnake Preacher Honeysuckle Dog Amazon
15Mac Wiseman Old Rattler Songs From My Mother's Hand Amazon
16Jimmie Driftwood Rattlesnake Song Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
17Jimmie Driftwood The Battle Of New Orleans Vanguard: Roots Of Folk [Disc 1] Amazon
18Jimmie Driftwood Bunker Hill Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
19Jimmie Driftwood Country Boy Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Jonatha Brooke In the Gloaming Live Amazon
21Ed Lewis & Group I Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down Sounds of the South [Disc 1] – Blue Ridge Mountain Music Amazon
22Josh White When I Lay Down And Die In Chronological Order, Volume 5 (1944) Amazon
23Straight Street Holiness Group Victory Shall Be Mine Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 Amazon
24Sister Rosetta Tharpe My Journey to the Sky Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
25Johnnie Morisette Meet Me at the Twisting Place Sam Cooke's Sar Records Story 59-65 CD2 Amazon
26William Bell The Three Of Me This Is Where I Live Amazon
27The Sweet & Lowdown Violent Love Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From the Second Decades Amazon
28Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon
29Marvin Johnson & His Orchestra Hey Lawdy Mama Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
30Johnny Otis Baby Baby Blues Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars Amazon
31Robins My Baby Done Told Me Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53) Amazon
32Rose Marie McCoy Dippin' In My Business Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
33Junior Brown Venom Wearin' Denim Semi Crazy Amazon