While we often touch on the contemporary songs of our own and subsequent generations in the show, we also like to drill into the performers and sounds that contributed to our musical heritage. The foundation of America’s music is not just a single flavor. It is a melting pot of many from all corners: the British Isles, the African continent, the islands of the Caribbean, and points south and north. The resulting harmonies, topics, and musical celebrations have further woven themselves into the fabric of our culture. This week’s show leans on some pieces that were suggested by a listener and this allowed me to take liberties when digging a bit deeper for the show. We’ll hear from Pete Seeger, The Million Dollar Quartet, Buck Owens, Alison Krauss and Mississippi Fred McDowell. We’ll also take in the American Songbag’s In The Pines and then proceed down the river and over the hill in the show this week.
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Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
99-1/2 Won't Do [Live]
The Gospel Music Of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives [Live]
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Annie Mae & Fred McDowell
I'm Going Over The Hill
The Essential Guide To Gospel
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Stringbean
Going Over the Hill
Layin' Low
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John Martyn
Over the Hill
Couldn't Love You More
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Mahalia Jackson
Just Over the Hill
Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting with Mahalia Jackson
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Buck Owens
Goin' Down To The River
Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 4]
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Alison Krauss
Down To The River To Pray
Oxford American Southern Sampler 2000
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Ray Charles
I'm Going Down To The River
Ain't That Fine
10
Suzy Boggus
It All Falls Down To The River w/ McCrary Sisters
Prayin' For Sunshine
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Mississippi Fred McDowell
Going Down The River
The First Recordings
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Etta Baker & Taj Mahal
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Etta Baker With Taj Mahal
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Bobby Bare
Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning
Darker Than Light
14
Down Like Silver
To the River
Light That Match – Single
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Lead Belly
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Best Of Leadbelly
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The Browns
In the Pines
Classics 1960 (Warped 6062)
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Dave Van Ronk
In the Pines
The Folkway Years: 1959-1961
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Robert Johnson
Crossroads Blues
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
19
Elmore James
Standing At The Crossroads
Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James
20
The Million Dollar Quartet
Great Speckled Bird
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
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Buzz Cason
Hats Off to Hank
Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank
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Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.
There's A Tear In My Beer
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
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Hank Williams, Jr.
Tee Tot Song
Almeria Club
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Dallas Wayne
Crank the Hank
Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank
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Pat Johnson
Hank And Tee Tot
Acoustic Rainbow Roots Volume 48
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Washboard Sam
Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]
That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
This week we’ll take some time away for a celebration of Americana sounds from every corner. It’s a mixed bag of jazz, blues, country, rock, and everything in between in another of our free form eclectic romps here on Deeper Roots. Count on some wild swings and some quiet moments reserved for the corner booth in the show today. Aretha, Cat Power, Etta Jones and Gale Garnett are some of the female vocalists that we’ll feature this morning. We’ll also visit that ‘boulevard of broken dreams’ with Esquivel, some lighter instrumentals from Ethel Smith and Herb Alpert; classic softer side Americana from Chris Isaak and Pokey LaFarge and the polar opposite from Creedence and BB King. What a way to blast on into 2025. Join Dave Stroud as he begins yet another year with the promise of doing the right thing…always.
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Little Milton
We're Gonna Make It
Chess Blues Disc 4
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Marvin Gaye
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 2]
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Jimmy Ruffin
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
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Cat Power
Aretha, Sing One For Me
Jukebox
6
Aretha Franklin
Don't Play That Song
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
7
Jimmy Reed
Hush-Hush
The Roots of the Rolling Stones: MOJO Presents 15 Stones-Approved Classics
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Willie Nelson
I'll Love You Till The Day I Die
A Beautiful Time
9
Chris Isaak
Only the Lonely
Baja Sessions
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J.J. Cale
I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)
Okie
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Pokey LaFarge
Home Home Home
Rhumba Country
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The Mavericks
That's Not My Name
Suited Up and Ready… – EP
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Esquivel
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Better Call Saul: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)
14
The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band
The Joker (On A Trip Thru The Jungle)
Ultimate Northern Soul – The Classics
15
Bob Moore & His Orchestra
Mexico
Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms
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Louis Jordan
Run Joe – Calypso Boys, Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
Number Ones
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Ethel Smith
Tico Tico
Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952
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Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Spanish Flea
Definitive Hits
19
Herbie Hancock
Rockit
Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976-1999 [Disc 1]
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Dick Haymes & Eileen Wilson
It's A Lovely Day Today
Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
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Julie London
Watermelon Man
Wild Cool and Swingin'
22
Etta Jones With J.C. Heard And His Band
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
Vol. 3-Blues Roots
23
B.B. King
Why I Sing the Blues
Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics
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Gale Garnett
We'll Sing In The Sunshine
Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2]
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future…and it’s tickin’ tickin’ tickin’, too. Steve Miller certainly summed it up and our theme this week is all about the passing of time, events that take place in time, biding our time, and recalling a time. We’ll be making a swing through a number of genres and performers including Little Joe, Booker T., Bobby Bare, Evie Sands, Tom Waits and Harry James. But there’s plenty more including classic country, mid-to-late century rock n’ roll, folkie business, and the sweet torch songs that take us back. We’ve chosen to forego the Christmas celebrations because, for the most part, we can hear it elsewhere and the season is a short one with some desperation on the doorstep. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.
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Steve Miller Band
Fly Like An Eagle (2006 Digital Remaster)
Fly Like An Eagle – 30th Anniversary
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Little Joe Cook
It's Been a Long Time
Peanuts and Other Delicacies: The Little Joe Cook Story (1951-1962)
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Steve Forbert
It's Been a Long Time
Young Guitar Days
5
Harry James & His Orchestra
Its Been A Long Long Time
The Women of WW2 [V 4]
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Ella Mae Morse
A Long Time Ago
Barrelhouse, Boogie, And The Blues [Disc 5]
7
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Long Time Gone
Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Tom Waits
Time
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
9
Mick Lloyd
A Long Long Time Ago
…Next Stop Is Vietnam – The War On Record, 1961-2008
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Los Lobos Feat. Dave Alvin
Somewhere In Time
The Ride
11
Charley Crockett
Time of the Cottonwood Trees
The Man from Waco
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Connie Smith
Plenty of Time
1970-1971 (Warped 7108F)
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Evie Sands
Untill It's Time For You To Go
Any Way That You Want Me
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Junior Brown
Baby Let The Bad Times Be
12 Shades of Brown
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The Louvin Brothers
Are You Wasting My Time
Long Play Collection
16
Don Williams
Tulsa Time
The Definitive Collection
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Bobby Bare
One Day at a Time (1965)
All American Boy – CD 4
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Willie Nelson
Healing Hands of Time
Willie and the Boys: Willie's Stash vol. 2
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Danny Dill
He's Biding His Time
Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
20
Bob Dylan
Time Passes Slowly
Biograph Disc 3
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Dwight Yoakam
Just Passin' Time
Blame The Vain
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The Sweetback Sisters
King Of Killing Time
King Of Killing Time
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Harry Nilsson
As Time Goes By
All-Time Greatest Hits
24
Dooley Wilson & Elliot Carpenter
As Time Goes By
Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
25
The Platters
Twilight Time
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
On this Friday the 13th, our show takes on the constructs of heaven and hell as its chosen theme. Songs that explore the debatable and sometimes fantastical concepts that, while they vary significantly across cultures and tradition, still remain human constructs rather than universal truths. Or are they? I sure don’t know and I doubt that you do. They have no doubt been formed as symbolic or metaphorical ideas formulated to help humankind find a straight path to that ‘great morning’…or something like that anyway. We’re not here to practice heresy or blasphemy, only to observe…and there’s plenty of music to call this theme one of mixed metaphors. Tune in for some Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Eric Clapton, Solomon Burke, Bill Neely and a whole crowd of other sinners and saints pounding out the concepts of heaven and hell in song with melodies both fierce and solemn. Tune in for quite the time.
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David Lindley and Wally Ingram
Oh Death
Twango Bango II
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John Lee Hooker & Ben Harper
Burnin' Hell
The Best Of Friends
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Dr. John
Party Hellfire
Anutha Zone
5
Miss Rhapsody & Orchestra
The Night Before Judgement Day
Blues Women
6
Eric Clapton
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
Sessions For Robert J
7
The Louvin Brothers
The Great Judgement Morning
Close Harmony [Disc 8]
8
Johnny Cash
Redemption
American Recordings
9
Joe Strummer/Mescaleros
Redemption Song
Streetcore
10
Vera Hall
Death, Have Mercy
Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
11
Jimmy Reed
Going By The River (Pt. 1)
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 37
12
Hank Williams
The Angel Of Death
Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
13
Dave Van Ronk
St. James Infirmary
Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
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Ralph Stanley
The Death Of John Henry [Album Version]
Ralph Stanley
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David Johansen & The Harry Smiths
Oh Death
David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
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Solomon Burke
The Judgement
Don't Give Up on Me
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beams of Heaven
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
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The Zion Harmonizers
Old Time Religion
Ultimate Gospel Fest
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Camille Howard
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
Brown Gal
20
The Cats & The Fiddle
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
The Very Best Of
21
John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
Standard Songs for Average People
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Red Foley
Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
Tennessee Saturday Night
23
Bill Neely
Satan's Burning Hell
The Essential Guide To Gospel
24
Sheryl Crow
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Home For Christmas
25
Iris DeMent
I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)
Lifeline
26
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway To Heaven
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
27
Grandpa Jones
Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me
An American Original
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Carl Story
When the Pearly Gates Swing Open
1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
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The Golden Gate Quartet
No Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven) (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
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Flatt & Scruggs
The Drunkard's Hell
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
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Mississippi Fred McDowell
Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room)
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1]
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Fannie Bell Chapman
He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield
Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
The 1950s were an incredibly vibrant decade for music, clearly a reflection of a post-war energy and relief. Urban jazz, the bright lights of broadway, and the crooning magic moments that lept off the silver screen were a paradox to the golden age of country music, the passionate rhythm of swing and R&B and, of course, the new audiences celebrating youth at sock hops, malt shops and sleepovers. It was an age of celebration and discovery if you were young; an age of culture shock if you weren’t. This week on Deeper Roots, we’ll tiptoe through the sounds of Dave Brubeck, Dion, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and a host of others who planted their flag in the decade of the fifties. An unusual playlist for sure. Drop on by and try to get past the fact that Black Friday will soon be over and holiday madness gets into full swing.
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Rosemary Clooney
Hey There
Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
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Peggy Lee
Bali Ha'i
American Beauty
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Doris Day
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
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Sarah Vaughan
Lover Man
Great American Songbook
6
Chet Baker
My Funny Valentine
Blue Note Blend: On The Count Of 3
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Take Five
Pop Memories of the '60s
8
The Champs
Tequila
Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S
9
Duane Eddy
Rebel Rouser
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1]
10
Santo & Johnny
Sleepwalk
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
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Hank Williams
Hey, Good Lookin'
24 Greatest
12
Johnny Cash
I Walk The Line
Original Greatest Hits
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Porter Wagoner
A Satisfied Mind
A Slice Of Life & Satisfied Mind
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Dion
I Wonder Why
Doo Wop Box Disc 3
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Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
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The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
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The Fleetwoods
Come Softly To Me
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
18
The Platters
Only You (And You Alone)
All-Time Greatest Hits
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The Platters
The Great Pretender
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
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Fats Domino
Blueberry Hill
This Is Fats Domino
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Frankie Avalon
Venus
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
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Ricky Nelson
Lonesome Town
Destination Lonely Street
23
Ricky Nelson
Poor Little Fool
Ricky Nelson
24
Paul Anka
Diana
Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
25
Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel
Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
26
Chuck Berry
Roll Over Beethoven
Blowing The Fuse: 1956
27
Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1]
28
Eddie Cochran
Summertime Blues
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
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Bill Haley & The Comets
Rock Around The Clock
Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1
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Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock
Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered)
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Danny & the Juniors
At the Hop
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
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Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
There’s hope in music. And if we need something to carry us forward over the coming years it’s hope. So we’ll take all we can get with all the music we can get. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes us through a blend of genres, making a free form journey across the landscape of America’s music from the past century. We’ll bring you Cannonball Adderley right alongside Hank Thompson and The Neville Brothers, The Doors, Patsy Cline and Mink Deville to start. Dave Stroud’s done some scouring through those dusty digital archives for well- (and little-) known gems with stories and ballads. He’ll be taking you to where country meets soul, jazz meets boogie woogie and where there’s an unlikely fusion of reggae, folk, and zydeco. Topics include wedding days, jiggers of gin, honeydrippers, and the topic of Texas and some big blue diamonds. Tune in this week. Take your mind off the grifters and haters that have polluted the pond.
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Elvis Presley
Burning Love
Nippers 70's-Vol.1
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Long Lost And Worried
Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
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Mink Deville
A Train Lady
The Mink De Ville Collection
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Major Lance
Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
The Very Best of Major Lance
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Linda Lyndell
What A Man
Soul Sides: Volume One
7
Little Johnny Taylor
Big Blue Diamonds
Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
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Tex Ritter
Big Blue Diamonds
Famous Country Music Makers
9
Waylon Jennings
Drinkin' and Dreamin'
The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
10
The Doors
The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
L.A. Woman: 40th Anniversary Mixes [Bonus Tracks]
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Tex Williams
I Got Texas In My Soul
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 10
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Willie Nelson
Texas In My Soul
One Hell Of A Ride
13
Patsy Cline
Got A Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul
Volume 3
14
Pokey LaFarge
End of My Rope
Rock Bottom Rhapsody
15
O. C. Smith
The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
16
The Eternals
Babalu's Wedding Day
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
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Snooks Eaglin
My Head Is Spinning
Complete Imperial Recordings
18
Arthur Alexander
I Hang My Head And Cry
Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
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Jimmy Lee
You Ain't No Good For Me
Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
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Andre Williams
Pardon Me (I've Got Someone To Kill)
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
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Big Daddy Wilson
I Got Plenty
Deep in My Soul
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Ray Charles
Mess Around
Atlantic Rock & Roll
23
Dr. John
Honey Dripper
Definitive Pop Collection
24
Varetta Dillard
Mercy, Mr. Percy
The Lovin' Bird
25
Mink DeVille
Mazurka
Le Chat Bleu
26
BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet
Zydeco Gris Gris
Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco [Disc 1]
27
Rockin' Dopsie
Zydeco Around The World
Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco [Disc 1]
28
The Neville Brothers
Sitting in Limbo
Fiyo on the Bayou
29
Hank Thompson
Scotch And Soda
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
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Cannonball Adderley
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
31
Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers
My Sugar Is So Refined
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
This week it’s a rock-a-beatin’ boogie extravaganza. Vintage tracks from the rocking archives of the fifties and sixties, all meant to make you feel good. Hand-picked sizzlers and twenty flight scorchers set alongside some of the more familiar sounds of the Everlys, The Dixie Cups and Shirley & Lee. First, second and third helpings of some of the very best of the day including tributes to Kansas City, Caldonia, Peggu Sue, Jim Dandy and a host of others, all brought to you from the sock hop to the rent party. Tune in for some LaVern Baker, Elvis, Nappy Brown, Wynona Carr and Big Joe Turner. They’ve all got a place in this week’s show here on Sonoma County Community Radio in yet another Deeper Roots barn burner. Hope you can join us and spend two hours leading off with Boston’s favorite son, Freddy Cannon. All of this coming your way from the outskirts of the Cherry Street Historic District of downtown Santa Rosa. Will there be reason to celebrate? We’re countin’ on it.
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Freddy Cannon
Buzz Buzz A-Diddle It
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
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Bo Diddley
Bring It To Jerome
Bo Diddley
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Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Down The Line
A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Night Train To Memphis
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
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Chuck Berry
Almost Grown
Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
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Big Joe Turner
Oke: She: Moke: She: Pop
Big Joe Rocks
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Jimmy Edwards
Love Bug Crawl
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
10
Shirley & Lee
Feel So Good
Shirley & Lee Rock
11
The Blue Angels
I Wonder
Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day, Vol. 6
12
Dixie Cups
Chapel Of Love
Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day, Vol. 6
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Wynona Carr
Ding Dong Daddy
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2]
14
Margie Day
Dumplin' Dumplin'
Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
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Ike & Tina Turner
Mamma Tell Him
Don't Play Me Cheap
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Ike & Tina Turner
Wake Up
Don't Play Me Cheap
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Richard Berry & The Pharoahs
Louie, Louie
Coffee And Cigarettes
18
Nappy Brown
Don't Be Angry
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
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Little Willie Littlefield
K. C. Loving
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
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Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
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Chuck Willis
Caldonia
Roots of Rock 'n' Roll – Rough and Rowdy, Vol. 3
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Elvis Presley
Make Me Know It
Elvis Is Back!
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Elvis Presley
Like a Baby
Elvis Is Back!
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Ricky Nelson
My Babe
James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
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Buddy Holly & The Fireballs
Peggy Sue Got Married
Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
26
The Everly Brothers
Bye Bye Love
Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1]
27
The Everly Brothers
Take a Message to Mary
A Portrait of Dylan
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LaVern Baker
Jim Dandy
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
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LaVern Baker
Whipper Snapper
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2]
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Bobby "Mr Blues" Merrell
I Ain't Mad At You
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2]
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Ann Cole
I Got My Mojo Working
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4]
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Wynonie Harris
Bloodshot Eyes
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
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Smiley Lewis
She's Got Me Hook, Line And Sinker
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
There are a handful of common story threads that run through classic country songs. I’m not talking about trucks, beer the ‘merica that seems to have overwhelmed modern so-called country with autotune and synth pop. The heartbreak of cheating situations that were among the most common storylines in the Golden Age of country at a time when family unity was of paramount importance. It was country music’s frank portrayal of infidelity that offered a counterpoint which was both relatable and controversial. Cheating songs became a central theme, reflecting the complexities and emotional intensity of love, betrayal, and heartbreak. Dave will share as many as will fit in two hours in this week’s episode with early tearjerkers from Kitty Wells, The Louvin Brothers, Billy Walker, Bonnie Owens and George Jones. There will also be the very best of the classics from Charley Pride, Dolly Parton, and Loretta Lynn to take us into the 70s and beyond. . .
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Hank Williams
Your Cheatin' Heart
24 Greatest
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Patsy Cline
Your Cheatin' Heart
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
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Charlie Walker
Cheaters Never Win
1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
5
Billy Walker
One Heart's Beatin' One Heart's Cheatin'
1949-1952 (Warped 4960)
6
Hank Thompson
I Find You Cheatin' on Me
1946-1949 (Warped 4660)
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Lee Elliott
Cheaters Never Win
Country & Western Nuggets
8
Jerry Lee Lewis
She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
The Definitive Collection
9
Sanford Clark
A Cheat
Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
10
The Rockin' Saints
Cheat On Me Baby
That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
11
Bonnie Owens
How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
12
The Louvin Brothers
While You're Cheating On Me
Close Harmony [Disc 4]
13
Kitty Wells
Cheated Out of Love
Lonely Street/Dust On the Bible
14
Kitty Wells
Cheatin's a Sin
The Complete Country Hits
15
George Jones
The Window Up Above
George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
16
Loretta Lynn
You Ain't Woman Enough
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
17
Billie Jo Spears
The Cheating Kind
Country Greats #2
18
Crystal Gayle
Talking In Your Sleep
Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
19
Dolly Parton
Jolene
Dolly [Disc 3]
20
Charley Pride
Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger
Golden Age of Country Volume 4: Honky-Tonk Man [Disc 1]
21
Gary Stewart
She's Acting Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)
Superstars Of Country: Good Ol Songs [Disc 2]
22
Del McCoury
Cheater's in the Soup
1975-1976 (Warped 7553F)
23
Ricky Skaggs
Don't Cheat In Our Hometown [Album Version]
Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs
24
T.G. Sheppard
Last Cheater's Waltz
Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold
25
Moe Brandy
I Cheated Me Right Out Of You
Contemporary Country: The Late 70's – Hot Hits
26
Moe Bandy
It's A Cheating Situation
The Late '70s
27
John Prine With Dolores Keane
It's A Cheating Situation
In Spite Of Ourselves
28
John Anderson
She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs
Anthology
29
Dale Watson
Cheatin' Heart Attack
Cheatin' Heart Attack
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Mickey Gilley
My Baby's Cheatin' On Me
Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade
31
Dwight Yoakam
King of Fools
Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
We’ll be sharing a Wake Up call with everyone out there…no…not election day. Although it’s just around the corner. There’s an alarm clock buzzing or ringing or chiming that is bent on a theme…that of ‘waking up’. That’s our theme in the show todays as we excavate the mines of rich Americana ore from the past century, sharing songs whose thematic tone demands that our eyes open to the brighter days ahead. Dave has a boatload of sounds that include the rockabilly sounds of Mac Curtis and some country bop from Billy Briggs. That’s not all…there’s the brothers Everly, Merle Haggard, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Richard Thompson, Nat King Cole, Bob Dorough and a couple dozen others. Join Dave for a thematic romp on Deeper Roots this Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio.
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Artist
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Album
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Gene Bianco
Alarm Clock Rock
Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
3
Les Paul & Mary Ford
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
Time-Life – Your Hit Parade: The Early '50S
4
Ike & Tina Turner
Wake Up
Don't Play Me Cheap
5
Bobby Rush
Wake Up
Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
6
Michelle Willson and the Evil Gal Orchestra
Wake Up Call
Wake Up Call
7
Norah Jones
Wake Me Up
Not Too Late
8
White Owl Red
Wake Up
Afterglow
9
The Neville Brothers
Wake Up
Yellow Moon
10
Richard Thompson
I Can't Wake up to Save My Life
Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years
11
The Ravens
Rooster
Old Man River
12
Cab Calloway
Wake Up And Live
Best Of The Big Bands
13
Bob Dorough
Wake Up Sally, It's Saturday
Too Much Coffee Man
14
Cecil Gant
Wake Up, Cecil, Wake Up
Blues in L.A. (The Blues Collection Vol.88)
15
Wilco
When You Wake up Feeling Old
Summerteeth
16
The Bellfuries
I Don't Wanna Wake Up Tomorrow
Just Plain Lonesome
17
Jimmy Murphy
Wake Me up Sweet Jesus
Electricity
18
Merle Haggard
Wake Up
His Greatest & His Best
19
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
Wake Up Irene
Vintage Collections
20
Ralph Stanley
It's Time To Wake Up
A Mother's Prayer
21
Mac Curtis
Wake Up Rock N' Roll
Rockabilly Uprising – The Best Of Mac Curtis
22
Billy Briggs
Alarm Clock Boogie
Boogie Man Boogie
23
Los Lobos
Wake Up Dolores
Kiko
24
The Browns
Wake Up Jonah
Warped 5773 – The Browns – 1956 – 1959
25
The Everly Brothers
Wake Up Little Susie
Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1]
26
Lula Wiles
Wake Up
Shame and Sedition
27
Dustbowl Revival
I Wake Up
Is It You, Is It Me
28
Nat King Cole Trio
I Wake Up Screaming Dreaming Of You
Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
29
Snooks Eaglin
Reality [Formerly Titled Wake up]
Complete Imperial Recordings
30
Mahalia Jackson
When I Wake Up In Glory
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 2]
31
The Oak Ridge Boys
I'll Wake Upon The Other Side
Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection [Disc 2]
32
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Wake Up Everybody
Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Much of Kris Kristofferson’s musical narratives put you on the opposing seat in the confessional while all the while there are fleeting glimpses of your own story reflecting back. Kris was more than a renaissance man. He was an individual whose values and beliefs were held close but easily parsed in the music that made him who he was. There was all that we want in our own selves: honesty, forthrightness, certainty, humor, and a social conscience like the one he shared with the late Sinead O’Conner. A poignant and aspirational tribute from a man who was army ranger, a helicopter pilot, firefighter, a Golden Gloves boxer and Rhodes Scholar in literature who credited a philosophy professor as his greatest influence. We’ll spend time with his words and music this October morning. Here’s hoping you can join us.
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The Little Willies
Best Of All Possible Worlds
The Little Willies
3
Kris Kristofferson
[Untitled Hidden Track]
Closer to the Bone
4
Kris Kristofferson
Stairway to the Bottom
Feeling Mortal
5
Kris Kristofferson
Closer to the Bone
Closer to the Bone
6
Kris Kristofferson
Come Sundown
Kristofferson
7
Janis Joplin
Me And Bobby McGee
Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 1]
8
Elvis Presley
For The Good Times
Elvis Country
9
Dean Martin
Just the Other Side of Nowhere
Dino/You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
10
Waylon Jennings
The Taker
Country USA 1970
11
Ryan Bingham
The Taker
The Life & Songs Of Kris Kristofferson
12
Jerry Lee Lewis
Once More With Feeling
Country USA 1970
13
Jerry Lee Lewis
Mean Old Man
Mean Old Man
14
Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson
Roll Me Up (Album version)
Heroes
15
Jamey Johnson
Love Makes A Fool Of Us All (featuring Kris Kristofferson)
Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
16
Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
Forever I Still Miss Someone
Johnny Cash: Forever Words Expanded Wave 2
17
Raul Malo
For the Good Times
After Hours
18
Johnny Cash
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Classic Country: 1970-1974 [Disc 2]
19
Johnny Cash
Why Me Lord
God
20
The Country Gentlemen
Casey's Last Ride
The Complete Vanguard Recordings
21
David Rawlings; Gillian Welch; Kris Kristofferson
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
22
Sammi Smith
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Classic Country: 1970-1974 [Disc 2]
23
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
Loving Arms
Delta Lady: The Rita Coolidge Anthology [Disc 1]
24
Kris Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge
I'd Rather Be Sorry
The Essential Kris Kristofferson Disc 2
25
Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson/Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson
