Music comes in all shapes and sizes. There are always the also-rans, the one hit wonders, the bright little shiny piece that gets lost among the thousands of others of the same mint, the ones that couldn’t afford to compete, as well as all the B-sides and album leftovers. We’re picking a few of those and a couple dozen others that we found as we ‘walked the beach’ in search of the perfect playlist to share this morning. Tune in for a sweet mix of just about everything featuring David Seville, Scatman Crothers, Lou Monte, Neil Young, Esquivel, and Johnny Cash as we lay out a brimming sea of sound like so much flotsam and jetsam on the Sonoma County airwaves this morning. Tune in for an earful and more.
Classic pairings with some rocking gospel from Elvis, country and bluegrass classics, some sacred steel, tradition, and some of the richest black gospel performances from the past century, with the focus being on those performers who put the passion into the ‘word’. The roots of rock, jazz, blues, and country are closer to the surface than you’d imagine and we’re here to share it with you: The Golden Gate Quartet, Willie and Bobbie Nelson, The Jordanaires, Nina Simone, and a couple dozen others here to celebrate and evangelize through great music. Deeper Roots heads back through the church and barn doors from the past century where the power of music tells a story in all it’s glory. Join us!
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Big Mama Thornton
Wade in the Water
This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
3
Apostles Of Music
Wade In the Water
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
4
Josh White
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono)
The Elektra Years – disc 1
5
The Jordaniares
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
The Jordaniares Gospel
6
Elvis Presley
By and By
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
7
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
In The Sweet By And By
Farther Along
8
Selah Jubilee Singers
I'll Fly Away
Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
9
Bonnie Owens
I'll Fly Away
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
10
The Haden Triplets
I'll Fly Away
The Family Songbook
11
Marie Knight
Milky White Way
Hallelujah What A Song!
12
Elvis Presley
Milky White Way
His Hand In Mine
13
Lonnie Johnson
The Old Rugged Cross
Stompin' At The Penny
14
George Jones
The Old Rugged Cross
24 Greatest Gospel Hits
15
Ray Price
Rock of Ages
K-Tel Presents Country Gospel Classics
16
The Jordanaires
Rock Of Ages
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
17
The Byrds
Farther Along
The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 4
18
Connie Smith
08. Farther Along
Connie Smith 1965-1966
19
Aubrey Ghent
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
The Best Of Sacred Steel
20
Willie Nelson And Patsy Cline
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
The Essential Guide To Gospel
21
Bruce Cockburn
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Christmas
22
Mahalia Jackson
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection
23
The Golden Gate Quartet
Golden Gate Gospel Train
CD 1 the Old Days
24
The Staple Singers
This Train
Freedom Highway
25
Peter, Paul & Mary
This Train
Peter, Paul & Mary
26
Nina Simone
Trouble in Mind
Hear Music Volume 8
27
Jorma Kaukonen
Trouble In Mind
River Of Time
28
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Bedside of a Neighbor
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
29
The Cox Family
Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor
Everybody's Reaching out for Someone
30
Johnny Cash
Life's Railway To Heaven
Life Unheard
31
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway To Heaven
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
32
Reverend Robert Ballinger
How I Got Over
1950s Gospel Classics
33
The Williams Family
How I Got Over
Great Gospel – Maybe the Last Time
34
Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
Free form sounds with time to kill from the past century. This week’s Deeper Roots show features soul, seventies rock, some gospel, country and rhythm & blues. We’ll be sharing an interesting blend of under-the-radar sounds from some greats: Ben E. King, Wanda Jackson, The Band, Mavis Staples, Neil Young, and beyond. Sonoma County Community radio is community radio at it’s best. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classics from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. We enjoy sharing and we hope you enjoy listening on Friday mornings on KOWS Occidental (and Friday evenings on KRJF Santa Rosa).
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The Band
Time To Kill
A Musical History [Disc 3]
3
Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
Back To Black
4
Shirley & Company
Shame, Shame, Shame (Vocal Version)
Shame Shame Shame
5
Arthur Conley
Sweet Soul Music
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
6
LaVern Baker
Saved
Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
7
Mamie Bradley
I Feel Like A Million
The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul [Disc 1]
8
George Jackson
I Got A Feeling
Leavin' Your Homework Undone
9
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Long Lost And Worried
Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
10
Ben E. King
Show Me The Way
Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962
11
Roy Orbison
Let's Make a Memory
Crying
12
Leon Russell
Delta Lady
Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
13
Gospel Supremes
Sinner Man
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
14
Grandpa Jones
Turn Your Radio On
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
15
Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship
The Baby Tree
Blows Against The Empire
16
Wanda Jackson
Just A Queen For A Day
Wanda Jackson
17
Neil Young
Union Man (2016 Remaster)
Hawks & Doves
18
Merle Haggard
Roly Poly
Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
19
Mavis Staples
Your Good Fortune
Your Good Fortune (EP)
20
Candi Staton
He Called Me Baby
Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
21
Arthur Alexander
Call Me Honey
The Monument Years
22
Dan Hicks
You Gotta Believe [Album Version]
The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.
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Joe Liggins
Brand New Deal In Mobile
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
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Fletcher Smith
Brand New Neighborhood
Stompin' 12
4
George Green
Brand New Rockin' Chair
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
5
Al Harrison
Brand New Money
Fool Mule
6
Barrel House Blott & Lee
Brand New Man
Dapper Dan
7
Fats Domino
Brand New Baby
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
8
Wayne Hancock
Brand New Cadillac
That's What Daddy Wants
9
The Payments
Brand New Automobile
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
10
Lightnin' Hopkins
Brand New Lock
Po' Lightnin'
11
Lead Belly
I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
12
Ruthie Foster
Brand New Day
Promise of a Brand New Day
13
Al Kooper
Brand New Day (Bonus Track)
You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
14
Dion
Brand New Morning
Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
15
Gary Stewart
Brand New Whiskey
An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
16
Mel Tillis
Brand New Mister Me
36 All Time Greatest Hits
17
The Everly Brothers
Brand New Heartache
The Everly Brothers
18
Dave Edmunds
Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets
Get It
19
Gram Parsons
Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]
Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
20
Emmylou Harris
Brand New Dance
Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
21
Tex Ritter
You're Always Brand New
High Noon
22
Don Henley
The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Cass County (Deluxe)
23
Steve Earle
Brand New Companion
Townes
24
Dave Alvin
Brand New Heart
Blue Blvd
25
Greg Brown
Brand New '64 Dodge
Poet Game
26
Jesse Winchester
Brand New Tennesse Waltz
Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage
27
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
Brand New Start
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
28
Modern Hicks
Brand New
Tornado Alley
29
Melanie
Brand New Key
70s Music Explosion – Miracles
30
Will Kimbrough
Brand New Song
Americanitis
31
Leftover Salmon
Brand New Good Old Days
Brand New Good Old Days
32
Elvis Presley
There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon
Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
It’s Black Friday here in Sonoma County and we don’t really know what to expect. Worn out from the ongoing pandemic, we’re still moderating here but we very much need music to help us light the way. We like to make that possible on Friday mornings on KOWS when we find another free form collection full of small themes and nuggets. With a sprinkling of classic Carole King, Sonny Bono and Brill Building sounds, we’ll move forward into the holidays with hand clapping gospel, soul stew from Booker T., some Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Gene Pitney, and The Cookies. The playlist this morning will circle back to celebrating all the things that matter in musical themes including true love, change, and (most of all) dance. Join us this week once again for some great sounds .
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The Cuff Links
Guided Missiles
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
3
The Highway Q.C.'s
Pray
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
4
The Staple Singers
Hammer and Nails
Hammer and Nails
5
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway To Heaven
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
6
Paul Simon
Slip Slidin' Away
Sounds of the Seventies: 1977
7
Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos
Go Where You Wanna Go
Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
8
The Mamas & the Papas
Do You Wanna Dance
Greatest Hits
9
Bobby Freeman
Do You Wanna Dance
MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
10
The Drifters
Dance With Me
The 50's – A Decade to Remember: Do You Wanna Dance
11
Billy Bland
Let the Little Girl Dance
One Hit Wonders
12
Dash And Dot
Dance With Me Henry
Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1
13
The Diatones
Oh Baby, Come Dance With Me
Bandera Doo Wop
14
Billy Storm
When You Dance
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
15
Marvin Gaye
Stubborn Kind of Fellow
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
16
The O'Jays
Back Stabbers
The O'Jays Greatest Hits
17
Ann Cole
Have Fun
Birth Of Soul: 1
18
James Brown
Lost Someone
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
19
Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's
Time Is Tight
Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
20
Redbone
Come And Get Your Love
Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s
21
Phoebe Snow
Shakey Ground
The Best Of Phoebe Snow
22
Percy Sledge
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
23
The Cookies
Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)
The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
24
Leon Russell
I Believe To My Soul
Best Of Hank Wilson
25
Ray Charles
Greenbacks
Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
This weekend we observe Mother’s Day, a day that got buried among the many lost celebrations last year due to the pandemic. So it is only fitting that we elevate the gratitude we have this coming Sunday. At Deeper Roots, we’re taking time this Friday to celebrate with only the finest in the many American genres including country, bluegrass, rock, pop vocals, soul, and everything in between…with a little bit of spark thrown in. We’ve got Aretha, The Louvins, Zydeco sounds with Fernest Arceneaux, JJ Cale and Dr. Hook, all in tow to pay tribute to all of those moms out there who play such a big part in our formation as adults. Tune in Friday mornings live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.
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Bill & The Belles
Finger Pointin' Mama
Dreamsongs, Etc.
3
Nat King Cole
My Mother Told Me
Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
4
J.J. Cale
Blues For Mama
To Tulsa And Back
5
Paul Simon
Mother And Child Reunion
Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar
6
Fernest Arceneaux, The Zydeco All Stars, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr.
Don't Tell Your Mother
Zydeco Blues Party
7
Miracles
If Your Mother Only Knew
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
8
Dee Dee Sharp
(That's What) My Mama Said
The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
9
The Shirelles
Mama Said
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
10
Jackie Deshannon
Did He Call Today, Mama
Breakin' It Up On the Beatles
11
Hello, Dolly! 1994 Broadway Revival Cast
Motherhood
Hello, Dolly!: The New 1994 Cast Recording
12
Charles Colman & William Eaton
Doncha Hear Yo'Po Mother Callin'?
5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
13
Lou Monte
Mama (Mamma)
Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings
14
The Mills Brothers
Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother
Mills Brothers – Golden Greats
15
The Taylor Brothers
Mother's Advice
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
16
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Hear My Mother Call My Name
The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
17
Buck Owens
Dust On Mother's Bible
Dust On Mother's Bible
18
Bonnie Owens
Medals for Mothers
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
19
The Haden Triplets
Gray Mother Dreaming
The Family Songbook
20
Faron Young
Let Old Mother Have Her Way
Hello Walls / The Young Approach
21
Mac Wiseman
Mother Knows Best
1962-1965 (Warped 6339)
22
The Louvin Brothers
God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother)
Long Play Collection
23
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Let My Mother Live
Almost Home
24
Ike & Tina Turner
Mamma Tell Him
Don't Play Me Cheap
25
Aretha Franklin
A Mother's Love
Soul Sister
26
B.B. King
Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
Indianola Mississippi Seeds
27
Earl King
Mother Told Me Not To Go
Let The Good Times Roll
28
Buddy Guy
My Mother
The Treasure Untold
29
Leo Welch
Mother Loves Her Children
Sabougla Voices
30
Chris Smither
Every Mother's Son
I'm a Stranger Too!/Don't It Drag On
31
Troy Hess
Please Don't Go Topless, Mother
Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
32
Louis Armstrong
Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
Blues In The Night: The Johnny Mercer Songbook
33
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Mother, the Queen of My Heart
Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers
Don’t tell me…it’s theme time but with the negative bent. No, no, no, honey don’t. This week’s show takes on songs of which there is no reduced supply chain: songs that ask us ‘not to’. A somewhat obscure theme, no question, but it’s all about the message after all. We’ll hear a variety of genres this week, all with their warnings prefaced with the contraction “don’t”. We’ll hear from Elvis (a favorite of the idiom), Blue Lu Barker, Julia Lee, Charles Brown, Buddy Emmons, and those representing doo wop, country, early rock, and Americana. All of this coming your way on our first show of May 2021, a rebroadcast of a KOWS show recorded live from the KOWS studios, located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Don’t get defensive, it’s all in fun.
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Carl Perkins
Honey Don't
American Roots of the British Invasion
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Johnny Cash
Don't Go Near The Water
Ragged Old Flag
4
Elvis Presley
Don't Cry Daddy
2nd To None
5
Elvis Presley
Don't
Elvis Is Back!
6
Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles)
7
Fats Domino
Don't Come Knockin'
They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
8
Billy Tate
Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671)
R&B Humdingers Volume 11
9
Shirelles
Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin')
The Shirelles
10
Lowell Fulson
Don't Be So Evil
Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
11
Muddy Waters
Don't Go No Farther
The Definitive Collection
12
Blue Lu Barker
Don't You Make Me High
Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
13
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Don't Come Too Soon
Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
14
Etta James
Don't Cry Baby
The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
15
Bee Arnold
Don't Do It Daddy
Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
16
Continentals
Don't Do It Baby
Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey
17
The Drifters
Don't Dog Me
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
18
The Penguins
Don't Do It
Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
We’re going rare and under-the-radar for the most part this Friday morning, taking time to peek our heads above the surface only a few times. This week we’ve got a collection of mostly unknown soul sounds from some of the classic labels as well as some rare gems from the vaults of labels like Prix and Cash. There will be some vocal powerhouse sounds from Dee Dee Warwick, Jean Wells, Madeline Bell and Darrel Banks. We’ll also share some fun sixties sounds from The Olympics, a special pair of Barbara Lynn and Dee Dee Sharp gems from the Deeper Roots dusty digital bins. Join Dave Stroud on a Friday morning recorded live from the KOWS studios in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa
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J. J. Jackson
But It's Alright
But It's Alright
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Mary Wells
When I'm Gone
Looking Back 1961-1964
4
Barbara Lewis
How Can I Say Goodbye
Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis
5
Thelma Jones
I Won't Give Up My Man
Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides
6
Barbara Lynn
You Better Quit It
A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
7
Barbara Lynn
New Kind Of Love
A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
8
Madeline Bell
Mercy Mercy Mercy
Bell's A Poppin'
9
Wilson Pickett
I'm In Love
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
10
Dee Dee Warwick
We're Doing Fine
Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
11
Bobby Womack
Check It Out
The Best Of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years
12
Skip Drake
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Eccentric Soul: The Cash Label
13
Royal Esquires
Our Love Used To Be
Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
14
Michael Bell
Can't Make It Without You
Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label
15
Bobby Womack
Baby I Can't Stand It
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
16
Andy Mack & The Carltons
Do You Wanta Go
Chess Uptown Soul
17
Little Stevie Wonder
Contract On Love
The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
18
Jimmy Hughes
You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy (You Really Know How To Make Him Cry)
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
19
Barrett Strong
Misery
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
20
Darrel Banks
Our Love (Is In The Pocket)
Detroit Sounds
21
The Olympics
Baby Do The Philly Dog
Northern Soul Originals
22
Joe Tex
You Better Get It
25 All Time Greatest Hits
23
William Bell
Every Man Oughta Have A Woman
The Very Best Of William Bell
24
Chuck Edwards
I Need You
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
25
Jean Wells
After Loving You
Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
26
Jean Wells
Keep On Doin'It
Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
27
Dee Dee Sharp
(It's Wonderful) The Love I Fe
The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
28
Dee Dee Sharp
It's A Funny Situation
The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
29
Eddie Holman
I'm Not Gonna Give Up
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
30
Ralph Soul Jackson
You Left the Water Running
Hall of Fame – Volume 3
31
Elijah & The Ebonites
Pure Soul
Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label
32
Marjorie Ingram
I'm Gonna Start Checking Up On My Man
Hall of Fame – Volume 2
33
Eula Cooper
Shake Daddy Shake
Let Our Love Grow Higher
34
Etta James
Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
Enduring Soul
35
Timmy Willis
Easy as Saying 1-2-3
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1
This past January was as much a month to remember as it was to forget. We’ll keep the serenity we need by softening the blow with music while also celebrating the good with swing, country, rhythm and gospel in another eclectic free form show on Sonoma County community radio. Cold weather and rain arrives so we’ll share the soul sounds of William Bell and Johnnie Taylor, some folk rock from Linda Ronstadt, swing vocals from The Mills Brothers and The Four Vagabonds, and gospel with Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers. We’ll visit Shenandoah, The Red River Valley, and Forty Miles of Bad Road in our Friday morning show, recorded this week in the Deeper Roots Den. I hope you’ll join us.
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Michael Nesmith
Begin The Beguine
Tropical Campfires
3
Mikki Wilcox
Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
Sun Ballads 1953-62
4
Maria Muldaur
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
Love Wants to Dance
5
The Four Vagabonds
Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer
The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
6
Jimmie Rodgers
Shenandoah
40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 2]
7
Duane Eddy
Forty Miles Of Bad Road
Dance With The Guitar Man
8
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
The Image of Me
Playback Disc 5
9
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Patricia
Hear Music, Vol. 9: Souvenirs
10
The Texas Tornados
Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
The Best Of Texas Tornados
11
Glories
Dark End Of The Street
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
12
Bessie Banks
Go Now
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
13
William Bell
Everybody Loves a Winner
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
14
Wilson Pickett
I'm In Love
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
15
Johnnie Taylor
Who's Making Love
Stax Number Ones
16
Booker T. & The MG's
Time Is Tight
I'll Take You There
17
Elvis Presley
I Gotta Know
Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
18
Marshall Crenshaw
I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)
Downtown
19
Brenda Lee
That's All You Gotta Do
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
20
The Jack Fords
That's All You Gotta Do
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
21
Big Boy Groves
I Gotta New Car
Fool Mule
22
Corey Glover
Three Time Loser
Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
With a new album just released, Dan Penn reminds everyone that there are few songwriters, and only one living, that have influenced (if not defined) the Memphis soul sound as he has. At 78, Dan Penn’s legacy is already sealed with songs that are enduring: “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “Dark End of the Street”, “Cry Like a Baby”, and so many more. Our show this Friday had to carefully curate tracks from Irma Thomas, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke, Arthur Alexander, and a couple dozen more to pay proper tribute. As a musician and songwriter, this Muscle Shoals legend deserves a spot in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame and, while never considered a performer, his catalog includes three solo studio albums, one from 1973, another from 1994, and this year’s Living On Mercy. You’ll hear tracks from these and so much more in this morning’s episode of Deeper Roots.
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Dan Penn
Living On Mercy
Living On Mercy
3
Otis Redding
You Left The Water Running
The Muscle Shoals Sound
4
Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
A Woman Left Lonely
Pearl
5
Aretha Franklin
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
6
James Carr
The Dark End of the Street
The Essential James Carr
7
Jimmy Hughes
Slippin' Around With You
After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
8
The Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspiration
Something's Got A Hold On Me
9
Solomon Burke
Take Me (Just As I Am)
King Solomon / I Wish I Knew
10
Arthur Alexander
Rainbow Road (Album Version)
Rainbow Road
11
Marshall Crenshaw
I'd Do It All over Again
Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander
12
James & Bobby Purify
I'm Your Puppet
The Best Of
13
Arthur Conley
Take Me (Just As I Am)
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
14
Dan Penn
Strangest Feeling
The Fame Recordings
15
Irma Thomas
I Count the Teardrops
If You Want It, Come and Get It
16
Irma Thomas
Blue in the Heart
My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
17
Irma Thomas
The Joke Is on You
My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
18
Dan Penn
Let Them Talk
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
19
The Box Tops
Cry Like A Baby
The Classic Sixties Collection: 1968 – The Hits That Rocked A Whole Generation
