The past century’s puritanical interlopers, better known as the ‘thought police’, have had their way with music. And we’re not talking about just the lyrics (which will no doubt be the source of most of the songs in the show today)…whether that be the sound of the saxophone or Link Wray’s sinister fuzz and feedback…telling us how to think or suggesting that your children would be swayed to the dark side due a mention of Susie getting home past curfew. It’s an age old problem. It’s really stinkin’ thinkin’ if you’d have asked Frank Zappa. And someone did and summarized his opinions thusly: “Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are, in my opinion, more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate their sexuality.” All the songs this week suffered from some form of censorship, whether corporate or governmental. And we’re going to play them…damned be the fools.
Category Archives: Urban Blues
Celebrating Tom Waits
This week we’ll spend our two hours in a shroud of barroom musk, out-of-tune brass, and painted ladies all spent before the tunes of an American treasure. We speak of Tom Waits. The New York Times, in a review of Barney Hoskyns’ 2009 biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of The Road describes our subject today thusly: “He is as potent and unpredictable a musical force as most of us have witnessed in our lifetimes, and that’s not faint praise. The graveyard croak of his gravelly, bellowing baritone is righteous, paint-scraping, unmistakable; it scatters small animals and slaps your synapses to startled attention. With what’s left of your adrenalized wits, you can attend to his mordant lyrics, which he packs into songs he divides (as his wife, Kathleen Brennan, put it) into two primordial categories: “the grand weeper” and “the grim reaper”. He’s our neighbor here in Sonoma County and we could not be more proud of the boy…really.
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | John Hammond, Jr. | Clap Hands | Wicked Grin |  |
| 3 | Courtney Marie Andrews | Downtown Train | Come On Up To The House – Women Sing Waits | |
| 4 | Tom Waits | Tom Traubert's Blues | Small Change | |
| 5 | Willie Nelson;Sheryl Crow;Lukas Nelson | Come On Up To The House | Heroes | |
| 6 | The Blind Boys Of Alabama | Way Down In The Hole | Spirit Of The Century | |
| 7 | The Holmes Brothers | Train Song | Promised Land | |
| 8 | King Ernest | House Where Nobody Lives | Not The Same Old Blues Crap, Vol. 2 | |
| 9 | The Blue Hawaiians | Jockey Full of Bourbon | Savage Night | |
| 10 | Tom Waits | Dead & Lovely | Real Gone | |
| 11 | Tom Waits | Ice Cream Man | Closing Time | |
| 12 | Holly Cole | (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night | Temptation | |
| 13 | Norah Jones | The Long Way Home | Feels Like Home | |
| 14 | Tom Waits | I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You | Closing Time | |
| 15 | Hayes Carll | I Don't Wanna Grow Up | Trouble In Mind | |
| 16 | Eagles | Ol' '55 | The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 | |
| 17 | Willie Nelson | Picture In A Frame | It Always Will Be | |
| 18 | Tom Waits | On The Nickel | Heartattack And Vine | |
| 19 | Marc Ribot | Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits) | Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018 | |
| 20 | Tom Waits | The Soul Of A Man | God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson | |
| 21 | Solomon Burke | Diamond in Your Mind | Don't Give Up on Me | |
| 22 | Tom Waits | Whistlin4 Past The Graveyard | Used Songs 1973-1980 | |
| 23 | Tom Waits | Georgia Lee | Mule Variations | |
West Coast Blues Roots
The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta. Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.
| No. | ||||
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | Gangster Of Love | Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics | |
| 3 | Lowell Fulson | Blue Shadows | Chess Blues Disc 4 | |
| 4 | T-Bone Walker | T-Bone Shuffle | Living The Blues: Blues Greats | |
| 5 | Ivory Joe Hunter | Boogin' In The Rain | The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947 | |
| 6 | Amos Milburn | One, Two, Three, Everybody | Amos Milburn Rocks | |
| 7 | Amos Milburn | One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer | Amos Milburn Rocks | |
| 8 | Floyd Dixon | Hey Bartender | Marshall Texas Is My Home | |
| 9 | Big Jay McNeely | The Deacon's Hop | Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie | |
| 10 | Percy Mayfield | Please Send Me Someone To Love | Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues | |
| 11 | Johnny Guitar Watson | Mortorhead Baby | So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1 | |
| 12 | Little Esther And Willie Littlefield | Turn the Lights Down Low | Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13] | |
| 13 | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | Gonna Send You Where I Got You From | Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1 | |
| 14 | Peppermint Harris | I Got Loaded | Loaded, Vol. 1 | |
| 15 | Jimmy McCracklin | The Walk | Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] | |
| 16 | Little Willie Littlefield | K. C. Loving | Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10] | |
| 17 | T-Bone Walker | Stormy Monday | The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch] | |
| 18 | Roy Milton | The Hucklebuck | Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton | |
| 19 | Floyd Dixon | Call Operator 210 | The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3] | |
| 20 | Johnny Otis | Baby Baby Blues | Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars | |
| 21 | Johnny Otis | Head Hunter | The Roots Of Frank Zappa | |
| 22 | Etta James | Good Rockin Daddy | The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1 | |
| 23 | Pee Wee Crayton | Blues After Hours | ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 | |
| 24 | Johnny Moore's Three Blazers | Driftin' Blues | Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood | |
| 25 | Charles Brown | Black Night | Living The Blues: Blues Greats | |
| 26 | Cecil Gant | I Wonder | R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 | |
| 27 | Amos Milburn | Bad Bad Whiskey | Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn | |
| 28 | Juke Boy Bonner | Running Shoes | Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] | |
| 29 | Lloyd Glenn | The Shakedown | Chess Blues Disc 4 | |
| 30 | Etta James | I Just Want to Make Love to You | At Last! | |
| 31 | Percy Mayfield | The River's Invitation | ABC Of The Blues Vol 28 | |
| 32 | Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers | Deep Fried | Blues Pajama Party | |
| 33 | Roy Milton & His Solid Senders | R.M. Blues | Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton | |
New Orleans R&B
We just can’t get enough of this sound, a blend of sounds that cannot be pushed away with the urban renewal of auto-tune and electronic pasteurization. It’s long history of inspiration whose roots are driven by centuries of influence, from Congo Square to Rampart Street, and beyond. Our show today returns to the humid southern climes at the mouth of the Mississippi for some of the very best of rhythm, from Cosimo Matassa’s studios to the clubs that pepper the Crescent City on Bourbon Street. Popular rhythm and blues today from Nawlins inclues some Fats, Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Paul Gayen, Frankie Ford, and a couple dozen others giving us that signature percussive backbeat embellished by pounding piano. It’s a Friday evening celebration here on Sonoma County Community radio.
| No. | ||||
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Big Boy Myles | New Orleans | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] | |
| 3 | Dirty Dozen Brass Band | The Monkey [Album Version] | The New Orleans Album | |
| 4 | Fats Domino | When The Saints Go Marchin' In | Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2) | |
| 5 | Dr. John | Somebody Changed The Lock | Dr. John's Gumbo | |
| 6 | Huey "Piano" Smith | Mean Mean Mean | ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40 | |
| 7 | Professor Longhair | Got My Mojo Working | Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2] | |
| 8 | Ernie K-Doe | A Certain Girl | Absolutely the Best | |
| 9 | Frankie Ford | It Must Be Jelly | Very Best Of Frankie Ford | |
| 10 | Lee Diamond&The Upsetters | Hattie Malatti | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] | |
| 11 | Huey "Piano" Smith | Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors) | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 | |
| 12 | Dirty Dozen Brass Band | My Feet Can't Fail Me Now | Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album | |
| 13 | Smiley Lewis | Big Mamou | R&B Outbreak CD 2 | |
| 14 | Clarence "Frogman" Henry | It Won't Be Long | Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry | |
| 15 | Edgar Blanchard | Honeycomb | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] | |
| 16 | Charles "Hungry" Williams | So Glad You're Mine | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] | |
| 17 | Champion Jack Dupree | Mail Order Woman | New Orleans R&B Outbreak | |
| 18 | Paul Marvin | Hurry Up | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] | |
| 19 | Paul Gayten | For You My Love | Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] | |
| 20 | Larry Williams | Bad Boy | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] | |
| 21 | Fats Domino | Please Don't Leave Me | Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) | |
| 22 | Smiley Lewis | Mama Don't Like | ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 | |
| 23 | Charles Brown & Amos Milburn | Educated Fool | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] | |
| 24 | Kermit Ruffins | Holy Cow | Livin' A Tremi Life | |
| 25 | Barbara George | I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) | Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974 | |
| 26 | Jewel King | 3×7=21 | Gettin' Funky [Disc 4] | |
| 27 | Irma Thomas | Look Up (AKA Whenever) | Soul Queen of New Orleans | |
| 28 | Eddie Bo | Roamin-Itis | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6] | |
| 29 | Zorro & The Zips | Frankie & Johnny | Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins | |
| 30 | Danny White | Let's Play | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] | |
| 31 | The Showmen | True Fine Mama | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6] | |
| 32 | Lee Diamond &The Upsetters | It Won't Be Me | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] | |
| 33 | Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns | Alimony | Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan | |
| 34 | Jessie Hill | Scoop Scoobie Doobie | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] | |
| 35 | Earl King | No City Like New Orleans | Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans | |
| 36 | Galactic | Go Go | Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans | |
Got Blues If You Want It
It’s blues time once more. We’re in for a hard winter and before we roll out the Christmas cheer and jingles, it’s time for some deeper reflection. This week’s Deeper Roots show features music from the great blues performers, acoustic and electric, of the past century: Lightnin’ Hopkins, Howlin’ Wolf, Slim Harpo, Elmore James, Ray Charles, and a large contingent of the usual suspects. We make our way from Highway 51 to 49, the waterfront to the crossroads, buzzin’, shufflin’, walkin’ blues…all for you this week on KRJF community radio here in Sonoma County. Let your conscience be your guide.
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Slim Harpo | Got Love If You Want It | The Scratch | |
| 3 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Don't Embarrass Me Baby | The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 4] | |
| 4 | John Lee Hooker | Dimples | The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1] | |
| 5 | Muddy Waters | Trouble No More | The Definitive Collection | |
| 6 | Taj Mahal | Statesboro Blues | The Best Of Taj Mahal | |
| 7 | Lowell Fulson | Do Me Right | Willie Dixon and Friends Vol. 3 | |
| 8 | Albert King | Crosscut Saw | Born Under a Bad Sign [RM 2002] | |
| 9 | Little Junior Parker | Feelin' Good | Feelin4 Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings | |
| 10 | John Lee Hooker | I Cover The Waterfront | The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2] | |
| 11 | Jimmy Reed | Baby What You Want Me To Do | The Very Best of Jimmy Reed | |
| 12 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Mojo Hand | The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins | |
| 13 | Slim Harpo | Buzz Me Babe | The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1 | |
| 14 | The Paul Butterfield Blues Band | Walking Blues | An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1 | |
| 15 | Elmore James | Whose Muddy Shoes | Chess Blues Disc 2 | |
| 16 | Georgia White | The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man | Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] | |
| 17 | Memphis Minnie | Dirty Mother For You | Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] | |
| 18 | Howlin' Wolf | Rockin' Daddy | Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 | |
| 19 | Howlin' Wolf | Howlin' For My Darling (Or Baby) | Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 | |
| 20 | Otis Spann | Must Have Been The Devil | The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 | |
| 21 | Roosevelt Sykes | 44 Blues | ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41 | |
| 22 | Magic Sam | I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) | West Side Soul | |
| 23 | Little Walter | Hate To See You Go | His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) | |
| 24 | Howlin' Wolf | 300 Pounds Of Joy | The Chess Box | |
| 25 | Willie Mabon | Got to Have It | Chess Blues Disc 2 | |
| 26 | Howlin' Wolf | Highway 49 | The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions [Disc 1] | |
| 27 | Elmore James | Dust My Broom | The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1] | |
| 28 | Muddy Waters | The Same Thing | Electric Mud | |
| 29 | Sonny Boy Williamson [II] | Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide | The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson [MCA/Chess] Disc 1 | |
| 30 | B.B. King | See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | One Kind Favor | |
| 31 | Koko Taylor | What Kind of Man Is That? | Chess Blues Disc 4 | |
| 32 | Otis Rush | Homework | Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] | |
Love Bug Boogie
Love is in the air. And so is some foot-tappin’ rhythm on a Friday in our shelter-in-place here in Sonoma County. The genuine stuff brought to you by the supporters and underwriters of Community Radio here in the county. Tune in for a blast of soul and rhythm and blues in the key of love with Etta James, Ella Johnson, Julia Lee, Jackie Wilson, The Flairs, and the great Barbara Lynn. Our social distancing matters even though our first desire is to be close with each other. If we can’t have it first or second hand, then will take it third hand. So why not tune into some third hand roots sounds, all with the honest theme of love: sugar coated love, the miracle of love, and makin’ love. You can tune us in Friday evenings on 92.3 FM in Sonoma County or streaming to the world at krjf.org.
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Johnny Otis | The Love Bug Boogie | Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 | |
| 3 | Lula Reed | Rock Love | Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3 | |
| 4 | Albinia Jones | Love Is Such A Mystery | Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938) | |
| 5 | Katie Webster & Bobby Jay | Hey Mr Love | Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies | |
| 6 | Zilla Mays With John Peek And The Blues Caravan | Don't Give My Good Love Away | Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 8]: East Coast Blues V2 | |
| 7 | Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers | Make Love To Me | Vol. 2 – Dripper's Boogie | |
| 8 | Nellie Lutcher | For You My Love | Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3] | |
| 9 | Buddy & Ella Johnson | I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You) | Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2] | |
| 10 | Bull Moose Jackson | (Let Me Love You) All Night Long | Badman Jackson Thats Me | |
| 11 | The 5 Royales | Miracle of Love | The Complete Singles 1952-1962 | |
| 12 | Glow Tones | The Girl I Love | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era | |
| 13 | The Flairs | Let's Make With Some Love | The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues | |
| 14 | Little Royal | Do You Love Me | Golden Carnival Classics Pt. 3 | |
| 15 | Barbara Lynn | Sugar Coated Love | A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 | |
| 16 | Etta James | I Just Want To Love You | Enduring Soul | |
| 17 | Johnnie Taylor | Baby, We've Got Love | Lifetime [Disc 1] | |
| 18 | La Vern Baker | Love Me Right (Atlantic 1150) | R&B Humdingers Volume 11 | |
| 19 | Irma Thomas | Love Don't Change | If You Want It, Come and Get It | |
| 20 | Solomon Burke | Everybody Needs Somebody To Love | Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) | |
| 21 | Nappy Brown | Just A Little Love | Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's | |
| 22 | Ray Charles | Hallelujah I Love Her So | Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks | |
| 23 | Ben E. King | First Taste Of Love | Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2] | |
| 24 | Clyde McPhatter | A Lovers Question | Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1 | |
| 25 | Ray Charles | Ain't That Love | Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks | |
| 26 | Jackie Wilson | That's Why (I Love You So) | 7 Classic Albums | |
| 27 | Viola Watkins | It Must Be Love | Jubilee Jezebels | |
| 28 | Big Joe Turner | Love Roller Coaster | Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years | |
| 29 | Julia Lee | The Glory Of Love | Kansas City Star [Disc 4] | |
| 30 | Annie Laurie | It Hurts to Be In Love | Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2 | |
| 31 | Aaron Neville | How Can I Help But Love You | Treacherous [Disc 1] | |
| 32 | Richard Berry & The Pharaohs | Have Love Will Travel | Birth Of Soul: 3 | |
| 33 | The Boomerangs | Love Causes People To Go Insane | Bandera Doo Wop | |
| 34 | The Monotones | Book of Love | Doo Wop Box Disc 3 | |
| 35 | Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers | Why Do Fools Fall in Love? | Doo Wop Box Disc 2 | |
| 36 | Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra | Give Me Love | Barrell House Boogie and the Blues | |
| 37 | Ernie K-Doe | Make You Love Me | Absolutely the Best | |
Travelin’ Blues
This week’s episode of Deeper Roots focuses on gospel, blues, and tradition with a theme being the “travelin’ blues”. Whether that’s a long ride to perdition or salvation on the King’s highway or a ready roll down the road apiece…our journey will avoid the toll roads, whether they be the sacred or the profane. Performances this morning feature Rory Block, Chris Smither, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, and The Golden Gate Quartet. The show is a ‘first installment’ of traveling songs…songs about the highways…told in the key of blues with the followup in coming months being one that focuses on the country and bluegrass sound. But not today. Today’s about the blues and the gospel. Drop by.
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Maria Muldaur | Travelin' Shoes | Waitress In a Donut Shop | |
| 3 | Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell) | Travelin' Blues | Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song | |
| 4 | Taj Mahal | Farther On Down The Road | The Best Of Taj Mahal | |
| 5 | Roland Stone | Down The Road | The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] | |
| 6 | Freddie Slack | Down The Road | Boogie Woogie [Disc 10] | |
| 7 | Eric Clapton | Further On Down the Road | Old Sock | |
| 8 | Chris Smither | Look Down the Road | I'm a Stranger Too!/Don't It Drag On | |
| 9 | Mattie Delaney | Down The Big Road Blues | Mississippi Masters | |
| 10 | Unidentified Quartet | I Look Down The Road And Wonder | Powerhouse Gospel | |
| 11 | The Golden Gate Quartet | I Looked Down The Road And Wondered | Travelin' Shoes | |
| 12 | Vera Ward Hall | Travelin' Shoes | Crossroads: Southern Roots | |
| 13 | Rory Block | If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road | Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James | |
| 14 | Paul Butterfield's Better Days | Highway 28 | 'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back' | |
| 15 | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | Highway 60 | Space Guitar | |
| 16 | Lowell Fulson | Highway 99 | Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 | |
| 17 | Gatemouth Moore | Highway 61 Blues | Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings | |
| 18 | Honeyboy Edwards | Strollin' Down Highway 61 | Roamin and Ramblin | |
| 19 | Snooks Eaglin | Traveling Mood | Complete Imperial Recordings | |
| 20 | Doc Pomus | Traveling Dog | Singer & Songwriter | |
| 21 | Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson | Get On Down The Road | Go Ahead And Rock And Roll | |
| 22 | Ernie Andrews With Maxwell Davis Orchestra | Travelin' Baby | Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] | |
| 23 | Slim Gaillard & His Boogiereeners | Travelin' Blues | Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3] | |
| 24 | T-Bone Walker | Travelin' Blues | The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] | |
| 25 | Smiley Lewis | Lonesome Highway | ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 | |
| 26 | Howling Wolf | Driving This Highway | Sings The Blues | |
| 27 | Freddie King | Key To The Highway | Ultimate Collection | |
| 28 | Freddie King | Living On The Highway | The Best Of Freddie King: The Shelter Records Years | |
| 29 | Little Walter | Key to the Highway | Chess Blues Disc 3 | |
| 30 | Eric Clapton | Traveling Riverside Blues | Me & Mr. Johnson | |
| 31 | Tommy McClennan | Travelin' Highway Man | The Bluebird Recordings 1939-1942 Disc 2 | |
| 32 | Cripple Clarence Lofton | Traveling Blues | Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 1 (1935-1939) | |
Blues is a Woman
This week’s show dedicates two hours to the incredible blues women of the past century. We’ll be going deep, featuring tracks from the great early century trailblazers: Mamie Smith, Trixie Smith, Ma Rainey, Sippie Wallace, and others. Plus, we’ll hear from Ruthie Foster, Big Mama Thornton, Dinah Washington, and Varetta Dillard; all of this being the background to to last Saturday evening’s Blues is a Woman performance at the Raven Theater in downtown Healdsburg. Our special guest on the show will be Pamela Rose, performer, author, and vocalist, who has toured nationally with her critically acclaimed show Wild Women of Song: Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era. Pamela is part of the San Francisco ensemble Blues is a Woman along with Pat Wilder, Ruth Davies, Kristen Strom, Shani Johnson, Jennifer Jolly, and music director/pianist/vocalist Tammy Hall. Dave Stroud will be talking the ‘pearls’ of the blues with Pamela in a prerecorded interview. Join us.
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Ma Rainey | Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | |
| 3 | Ma Rainey with Tampa Red & Georgia Tom | Black Eye Blues | Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2] | |
| 4 | Ruthie Foster | Death Came A'Knockin' | Oxford American Southern Music Texas | |
| 5 | Big Mama Thornton/Muddy Waters Blues Band | Looking the World Over | With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966 | |
| 6 | Memphis Minnie | Looking The World Over [Album Version] | Queen Of The Blues | |
| 7 | Ida Cox with Coleman Hawkins Quintet | Wild Women Don't Have the Blues | Oxford American Music Issue – Visions of the Blues | |
| 8 | Ida Cox | One Hour Mama | I Can't Quit My Man | |
| 9 | Bonnie Raitt | Love Me Like A Man | Bonnie Raitt: Opus Collection | |
| 10 | Aretha Franklin | Evil Gal Blues | Aretha Sings The Blues | |
| 11 | Albinia Jones | Evil Gal Blues | Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938) | |
| 12 | Sippie Wallace | Up the Country Blues | Sippie Wallace Vol. 1 (1923-1925) | |
| 13 | Victoria Spivey | Murder In The First Degree | Black Snake Blues – The Best Of | |
| 14 | Alberta Hunter | Remember My Name | Remember My Name (Original Soundtrack Recording) | |
| 15 | Big Mama Thornton | Ball And Chain | Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics | |
| 16 | Varetta Dillard | See See Rider Blues | Got You On My Mind | |
| 17 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Didn't It Rain | Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of | |
| 18 | Trixie Smith | Freight Train Blues | Blues Was Her Business | |
| 19 | Clementine Smith | Nobody Knows What A Red Head Mama Can Do | Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14 | |
| 20 | Mamie Smith | Crazy Blues | Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken | |
| 21 | Bessie Smith | Lock And Key | Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] | |
| 22 | Pamela Rose | Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (feat. Daria Johnson) | Blues Is a Woman (Original Cast Recording) | |
| 23 | Etta James | Let's Burn Down The Cornfield | The Essential Etta James [Disc 2] | |
| 24 | Ruth Brown | (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean | The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! | |
| 25 | Dinah Washington | Blow Top Blues | Blues Was Her Business | |
Party at the House
November kicks off with a party at our house. Some rare R&B nuggets, some classic old time country and honky-tonk, and a little bit of the New Orleans and house party themes to kick off the morning here on Deeper Roots. House parties, rent parties, and dance hall jamborees are celebrated by Bob Wills, Babs Gonzales, Little Esther, Jackie Brenston, and Dale Watson. We’ll also hear from Willie, T-Bone, and Merle on a Friday morning show that brings a little bit of light into the Sonoma County after weeks of trepidation from the fires. Please join Dave Stroud broadcasting live from downtown Santa Rosa.
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| 2 | Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound | Jebidiah Moonshine's Friday Night Shack Party | Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound | |
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| 3 | Amos Milburn | House Party (Tonight) | Amos Milburn Rocks | |
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| 4 | Babs Gonzales | House Rent Party | Cool WhalinDon Gibson | Give Myself A Party | Fifty Years Of Hits (Vol. 3) | |
| 5 | Jesse Allen | Let's Party | Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock 'n' Roll Vol 2 [Disc 2] | |
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| 6 | The Hamptones | Turkey Hop | Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 | |
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| 7 | The Treniers | Go, Go, Go | Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 | |
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| 8 | The Four Jacks | The Last of the Good Rocking Men | Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3 | |
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| 9 | Rollee McGill | Rhythm Rockin' Boogie | Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2) | |
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| 10 | The Wild Magnolias | Party | Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans | |
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| 11 | Marcia Ball | The Party's Still Going On | Roadside Attractions | |
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| 12 | Jackie Brentson | Starvation | Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13 | |
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| 13 | Yvonne Baker & The Sensations | Party Across The Hall | Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 | |
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| 14 | Little Esther | Ring-A-Ding-Doo | Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3 | |
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| 15 | Sam Cooke | Having a Party | Greatest Hits | |
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| 16 | Tammi Terrell | Two Can Have A Party | Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection | |
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| 17 | The Enchanters | I Paid For The Party | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 | |
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| 18 | Quinn Golden | Party On the Weekend | On the Chitlin Circuit | |
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| 19 | T-Bone Walker | Party Girl | The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 2] | |
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| 20 | Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway | The Party's At Our House | Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway | |
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| 21 | Bob Wills | Goin' Away Party | For the Last Time | |
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| 22 | Merle Haggard/Ray Price/Willie Nelson | Goin' Away Party | Last of the Breed Disc 2 | |
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| 23 | Willie Nelson | The Party's Over ["Naked" version] | Naked Willie | |
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| 24 | Dale Watson | The Party's Over | Live Deluxe…Plus CD1 | |
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| 25 | Dale Watson | Pity Party | I Hate These Songs | |
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| 26 | The Cadillacs | Party for Two | For Collectors Only (Disc 3) | |
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| 27 | Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater | Party at My House | Mean Case of the Blues | |
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| 28 | Babs Gonzales | Babs' Celebrity Party | Cool WhalinKing Biscuit And The Ronnie Hawkins Band | Hoodoo Party | Blues Anthology: Screamin' The Blues | |
| 29 | Fats Domino | What a Party | My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino | |
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| 30 | Boogaloo & His Gallant Crew | Talk About A Party | Stompin' 1 | |
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| 31 | Shep & the Limelites | Party for Two | Daddy's Home to Stay | |
Covered by the Stones
It had to start somewhere. And it did. The music that inspired rock and roll also inspired the countless British Invasion groups that littered the charts beginning in the early-to-mid 60s. Mayall, The Yardbirds, and, of course, The Rolling Stones. The early years of the Stones found them playing covers of some of the great stateside R&B, blues, and soul classics. Our Deeper Roots show today feasts on the originals (as did Jagger, Richard and company) and brings you the seminal sounds of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Solomon Burke, Arthur Alexander, and a host of others in our tribute to the music that was a fusion of blues, R&B, and soul. Music that made rock and roll the world music phenomenon that it was to become. Tune into Community Radio on Fridays for roots music.
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| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Robert Wilkins | That's No Way To Get Along | Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] | |
| 3 | Bobby Fuller | Not Fade Away | Shakedown! The Texas Tapes Revisited Disc 1 | |
| 4 | Nat King Cole Trio | (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 | The World Of Nat King Cole | |
| 5 | Muddy Waters | I Just Want To Make Love To You | The Definitive Collection | |
| 6 | Jimmy Reed | Honest I Do | Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed | |
| 7 | Slim Harpo | I'm A King Bee (Single Version) | The Best Of Slim Harpo | |
| 8 | Chuck Berry | Carol | Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings | |
| 9 | Marvin Gaye | Can I Get A Witness | Anthology [Disc 1] | |
| 10 | Gene Allison | You Can Make It If You Try | The Devil's Jukebox | |
| 11 | Rufus Thomas | Walking The Dog | Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] | |
| 12 | Chuck Berry | Around and Around | The Chess Box Disc 1 | |
| 13 | Jay McShann | Confessin' The Blues | Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] | |
| 14 | Irma Thomas | Time Is On My Side | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4 | |
| 15 | The Valentinos | It's All Over Now | Sam Cooke's Sar Records Story 59-65 CD2 | |
| 16 | The Drifters | Under the Boardwalk | Drifters' Golden Hits | |
| 17 | Solomon Burke | If You Need Me | The Very Best Of Sixties Soul | |
| 18 | Dale Hawkins | Susie-Q | James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969 | |
| 19 | Solomon Burke | Everybody Needs Somebody To Love | Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) | |
| 20 | The Coasters | Down Home Girl | 50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2] | |
| 21 | Chuck Berry | You Can't Catch Me | Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings | |
| 22 | Bo Diddley | Mona | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley | |
| 23 | Will Bradley & Ray McKinley | Down The Road Apiece (Forget Chuck Berry & The Stones – Original Version!) | Best Of The Big Bands | |
| 24 | Otis Redding | Pain In My Heart | Birth Of Soul: 1 | |
| 25 | Howlin' Wolf | Little Red Rooster | Great Tomato Blues Package | |
| 26 | Don Covay | Mercy Mercy | Summertime Groove | |
| 27 | Marvin Gaye | Hitch Hike | Anthology [Disc 1] | |
| 28 | Otis Redding | That's How Strong My Love Is | Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1] | |
| 29 | Sam Cooke | Good Times | Ain't That Good News | |
| 30 | Betty Harris | Cry To Me | Soul From the South | |
| 31 | Chuck Berry | I'm Talking About You | The Chess Box Disc 2 | |
| 32 | Arthur Alexander | You Better Move On | The Greatest Hits | |
| 33 | Muddy Waters | Look What You've Done | The Anthology [Disc 2] | |
| 34 | Hank Snow | I'm Moving On | The Essential Hank Snow | |
| 35 | Slim Harpo | Shake Your Hips | The Best Of Slim Harpo | |
| 36 | Robert Johnson | Stop Breakin' Down Blues | The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2 | |
| 37 | The Temptations | Ain't Too Proud to Beg | Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 | |