Category Archives: Urban Blues

The 99 Percent Blues

99 Percent Blues
99 Percent Blues

On Deeper Roots …”The 99 Percent Blues”, featuring music reflecting on the Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, and the recent financial crisis…songs and stories of the working class. We take a trip back to the twenties and share with you the sounds of Vernon Delhart, Joe Stone, Harry McClintock, and others…and we’ll share the more contemporary songs of Ry Cooder, Randy Newman, and Uncle Tupelo.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Uncle Dave Macon All In Down And Out Blues [2003 Remastered] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
3Joe Stone It's Hard Time Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
4Vernon Dalhart The Farm Relief Song Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
5Charlie McFadden Times Are So Tight Bankers Blues – A Study in the Effects of Fiscal Mischeif Amazon
6Snooks and the Memphis Ramblers,Julia Gerity and Her Boys Sittin' on a Rubbish Can [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
7Ry Cooder No Banker Left Behind Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down Amazon
8Little Village Do You Want My Job Little Village Amazon
9The Reverend J.M. Gates President Roosevelt Is Everybody's Friend [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
10Randy Newman Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
11The Weavers Brother Can You Spare a Dime The Weavers Almanac Amazon
12Cisco Houston Do Re Mi Best Of The Vanguard Years Amazon
13Woody Guthrie Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh) [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
14Mac "Harry" McClintock Hallelujah, I'm a Bum [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
15Fiddlin' John Carson Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
16Ry Cooder Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All Into The Purple Valley Amazon
17Hank Penny Taxes Taxes Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
18Ralph Willis Income Tax Blues Bankers Blues – A Study in the Effects of Fiscal Mischeif Amazon
19Fenton Robinson Somebody Loan Me A Dime Living The Blues: The 70's Blues Classics Amazon
20Bob Miller The Rich Man And The Poor Man [Rematered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
21Roy Bargy;Ramona Raising the Rent [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
22Bing Crosby Brother Can You Spare A Dime? Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
23William (Bill) Moore Ragtime Millionaire 1927-30-Ragtime Blues Guitar Amazon
24Lead Belly The Bourgeois Blues Best Of Leadbelly Amazon
25Ry Cooder The Bourgeois Blues Chicken Skin Music Amazon
26Uncle Tupelo No Depression No Depression Amazon
27Sheryl Crow No Depression In Heaven The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family Amazon
28The Carter Family No Depression In Heaven Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four Amazon
29David McCarn Poor Man, Rich Man (Cotton Mill Colic No. 2) Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931 Amazon
30Cedar Creek Sheik Jimmy Shut His Store Doors [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
31Woody Guthrie The Jolly Banker (Woody Guthrie) Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
32Bo Carter Times Is Tight Like That Bankers Blues – A Study in the Effects of Fiscal Mischeif Amazon
33Woody Guthrie Pastures of Plenty Dust Bowl Blues Amazon

2120 South Michigan Avenue

2120 Michigan Avenue
2120 Michigan Avenue

We take a tour of Chicago’s 2120 South Michigan Avenue, home of Chess Records. The label was formed by two Polish immigrants, Phil and Leonard Chess, and its musical history is rich with soul, R&B, gospel, and rock music. The sounds in this week’s show include performances from Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Chuck Berry and some of the contract recordings out of New Orleans…Bobby Charles, Eddie Bo, and Earl King. Simply divine R&B coming your way, from the very earliest to the later sounds of Sugar Pie DeSanto and Fontella Bass…

Blue Light Christmas Special

Christmas Special
Christmas Special

Deeper Roots celebrates its first holiday special this weekend spending two hours celebrating a wild yuletide journey filled with blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, and a bit of country. It’s our Blue Light Christmas Special! This year marks the release of a third volume of excavated Christmas recordings by Document Records out of the UK. These are the folks that have brought us the Blues Odyssey series by Bill Wyman and, most recently, they’ve teamed up with Third Man Records for an incredible set of re-mastered Charley Patton and Mississippi Sheiks vinyl releases. We’ll play a number of cuts from their most recent Christmas release, “Blues Blues Christmas” as well as tracks from the first two volumes. The show features performers like Kansas City Kitty, Titus Turner, Bumble Bee Slim, and Smokey Hogg…as well as a blend of country pieces from Merle Haggard, Nick Lowe, and Jimmy Martin. Keep in mind that our Deeper Roots podcasts are always available later in the weekend on deeperroots.podomatic.com for any of you who can’t make the party!