This past October, we lost a couple of very important ties to two whose stars shone bright in both the Golden Age of Country and the Golden Age of Rock ‘n Roll. We’ll take on a dual tribute to the passing of Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis. The torch has surely passed but their fire burned white hot as their stars rose, both sharing controversy and almost overnight fame. They also continued to perform into their later years, teaming up with songwriters and performers who were relevant to new generations, but true to their core calling. Our first hour take time to visit Loretta Lynn’s humble but no-nonsense storytelling and the second hour will take us into the whirlwind of unapologetic badassness that was Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Loretta Lynn
You Ain't Woman Enough
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1]
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Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter (Recitation)
Still Woman Enough
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Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
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Loretta Lynn,Margo Price
One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price)
One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price)
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Loretta Lynn & Jack White
Portland Oregon
Van Lear Rose
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Loretta Lynn
The Pill
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
8
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
After the Fire Is Gone
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
9
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn
Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn)
A Tribute To A Legend
10
Ernest Tubb/Loretta Lynn
Thanks a Lot
Legendary: It's Been So Long, Darling
11
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3]
12
Loretta Lynn
She's Got You
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
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Loretta Lynn
Success
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
14
Loretta Lynn
This Old House
Van Lear Rose
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Loretta Lynn
First City
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
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Loretta Lynn
Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1]
17
Loretta Lynn
In the Sweet Bye and Bye
All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 1]
18
Jerry Lee Lewis/Jimmy Page
Rock and Roll
Last Man Standing
19
Jerry Lee Lewis
Crazy Arms
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
End Of The Road
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
21
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
22
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire
Red, White & Rock Disc 1
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Jerry Lee Lewis
High School Confidential
Sun Recordings Greatest Hits
24
Jerry Lee Lewis
Breathless
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
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Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
I Saw The Light (With Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins)
The Survivors
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Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On (With Jerry Lee Lewis)
The Survivors
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The Million Dollar Quartet
You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
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Jerry Lee Lewis
What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)
We’ll be spending two hours on a century of hard work, little pay, striking it rich as well as failing to do so. Songs about working the mines, panning in the mother lode, welfare and pittance wages, as well as the country sounds of Merle’s Working Man Blues. Plenty to keep us reflecting on a lifetime of keeping afloat knowing full well that you can’t take it with you. Not necessarily money for nothing and kicks for free but we’ve also got songs about blowing it all on a Saturday night. Join us for music from Johnny Horton, Wynn Stewart, Tex Ritter, Merle, Hazel Dickens, Roy Orbison and a cast of the very best of performances from the past century here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Tex Williams
Money
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Howard Vokes
The Miner
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Tex Ritter
A Working Man's Prayer
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Doc Watson
Dream of the Miner's Child
1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
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Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter
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Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster)
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
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Lyle Lovett
Working Too Hard
My Baby Don't Tolerate
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Slaid Cleaves
Working Stiff
Unsung
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Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn
Living On The Welfare Check
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Buck Owens
Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
12
Johnny Paycheck
Take This Job And Shove It
Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
13
Roy Orbison
Working for the Man
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
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Brennen Leigh
North To Alaska
Too Thin To Plow
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Mudcrutch
Six Days On the Road
Mudcrutch
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Wynn Stewart
Another Day, Another Dollar
California Country
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The Westport Kids
You Kaint Take It With You
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Billy Parker
It Takes A Lot Of Money
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Bobby Barnett
Workin' Man
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Arlie Duff
Money Hungry
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Faron Young
I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night
1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
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Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired
The Best Of Western Swing
23
Jim Nesbitt
Working All My Life
Cash-A-Likes
24
Marty Stuart
Hard Working Man
Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
25
Dick Curless
I've Been Working On the Railroad
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
26
John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Saginaw Michigan
Standard Songs for Average People
27
Dolly Parton
9 To 5
Dolly [Disc 4]
28
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
29
Tom Waits
Heigh Ho
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3]
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Lee Dorsey
Working In A Coal Mine
Soul Mine
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Johnny Horton
North To Alaska
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
32
The Dwarf Chorus
Heigh-Ho
Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical
33
Adriana Caselotti
Whistle While You Work
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!
When we say roots, we mean roots. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll kick off Women’s History Month by paying tribute to the many female performers from early country, the Golden Age, and well into our latest century. Influential, talented, and more than many of the opposite sex, not afraid to make a political statement now and then. We’ll also be sharing some recent Americana ‘cowboy sweethearts’ with songs that are both winsome and traditional. Tune in to Community Radio for Sonoma County as we go back to the 30s with the Girls of The Golden West, Patsy Montana, and The Tune Wranglers. We’ve also got some favorites from Margo Smith, Dale Evans, Rose Maddox and Dolly Parton to share with you.
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Margo Smith
Hand Clappin' Foot Stompin' Country Music
The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler
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Patsy Montana
My Poncho Pony
Flowers In The Wildwood
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Patsy Montana
Old Nevada Moon
The Best Of Patsy Montana
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Patsy Montana
Out on the Lone Prairie
Yodeling Mad! The Best of Country Yodel Vol. 1
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Rickie Jones
'Neath The Blue Western Skies
I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two
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Dale Evans
When the White Roses Bloom
The Rage of the Sage
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Dale Evans
Don't Ever Fall in Love with a Cowboy
The Rage of the Sage
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Margo Smith
I Want To Be Your Cowboy Sweetheart
The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler
10
Margo Smith
Cowboy Yodel Song
The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler
11
Teresa Tudury
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Such Fine Things
12
Kacey Musgraves
Whatever Happened To The Yodelin' Cowgirls
Movin On
13
Kacey Musgraves
Cherokee Maiden
Wanted: One Good Cowboy
14
Girls Of The Golden West
My Love Is A Rider (Bucking Bronco)
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
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Girls Of The Golden West
Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven?
American Yodeling
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Judy Canova
Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
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Judy Canova
No Letter Today
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
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Maddox Brothers and Rose
Cowboy Bugle Boy
1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
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Rose Maddox & Her Brothers
I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
20
Wanda, Ruth Neal
Round Town Girls
Flowers In The Wildwood
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Polly Jenkins W. Texas Rose
I'm Gonna Straddle My Saddle
Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1
22
Rosalie Allen
I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1
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June Holms
Song Of Queensland
I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two
24
Dolly Parton
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel – No. 8)
1970
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Nora Jane Struthers
Cowgirl Yodel #3
Nora Jane Struthers
26
Shannon McNally
Mamas Don?t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
The Waylon Sessions
27
Kacey Musgraves
Texas Yodeler
Wanted: One Good Cowboy
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Sweetback Sisters
Cowboy Ham And Eggs
Looking For A Fight
29
Ramona Reed
If I Could Only Learn To Yodel (Live)
Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The
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The DeZurik Sisters
The Arizona Yodeler
American Yodeling
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Ann Jones
Baby Sitter's Blues
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
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Hank Penny & Jaye P Morgan
Fan It
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
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Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Get Rhythm
Rodeo Waltz
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Judy Canova
Walkin' The Floor Over You
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
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Carolina Cotton
I Love To Yodel
I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two
We lost one of the great country songwriters last week. You know his songs, no doubt, but it’s not likely you know his name. Dallas Frazier grew up with songsmithing in his blood. And he got around: the Bakersfield scene, penning a bit hit for The Hollywood Argyles and The Oak Ridge Boys, Portland, Los Angeles, Capitol Records and, of course, Nashville. He penned music for the likes of Elvis, Ferlin Husky, Connie Smith, George Jones, Charley Pride and dozens of others with a blending and re-imagining the kind of music he’d always been fond of: music of the early 20th century. Join us as we share the songs of Dallas Frazier and tell you a little bit about him in our next show here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Dallas Frazier
California Cotton Fields
Singing My Songs
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The Hollywood Argyles
Alley Oop
Oldies but Goodies, Volume 5
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The Oak Ridge Boys
Elvira
The Best Of Classic Country 80's
5
Charlie Rich
Mohair Sam
Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich
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Bill Kirchen
She's a Yum Yum
Big Hat
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Percy Sledge
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge
8
Various Artists
O. C. Smith – Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 9
9
Brenda Lee
Johnny One Time
The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
10
Willie Nelson
Johnny One Time
One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2]
11
Charley Pride
All I Have To Offer You Is Me
Fifty Years Of Hits
12
Charley Pride
I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
13
Jack Greene
There Goes My Everything
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
14
Charlie Louvin
Will You Visit Me On Sundays?
Greatest Hits
15
Connie Smith
Ain't Had No Lovin'
The Essential Connie Smith
16
George Jones
I'm A People
The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
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Roy Clark
Shoulder to Shoulder (Arm and Arm)
The Roy Clark Anthology
18
Ferlin Husky
Timber I'm Falling
Ferlin Husky Singles
19
Mel Street
Walk Softly On The Bridges
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
Touching Home
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2)
21
Elvis Presley
There Goes My Everything
Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2
22
Teddy Thompson
Touching Home
Up Front And Down Low
23
Keith Richards
Say It's Not You
Bradley Barn Sessions
24
Southside Johnny
Beneath Still Waters
Songs From the Barn
25
Connie Smith
If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)
The Essential Connie Smith
26
Connie Smith
Just a Little Bit of You
1971-1972 (Warped 7293F)
27
Loretta Lynn/Marty Stuart
Will You Visit Me on Sunday [#]
Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
28
Bonnie Owens
How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
29
Osborne Brothers
Long Lanky Woman
1968-1974 Disc 3
30
Elvis Presley
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
From Elvis in Memphis
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Slim Harpo
Mohair Sam
The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
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Dallas Frazier
I Can't Go On
The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
We’ll be settling into some classic country sounds from the golden age alongside some contemporary sounds that stay steadfast in a sound that rings true and authentic. We’ll hear some classics from Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings, Webb Pierce and others. There will be plenty of original sounds from BR5-49 and Chuck Mead, k.d. lang, Don Edwards, and The Mavericks to remind us of the clear line between authentic and what’s attempting to pass for country these days. Tune in for a mix of swing, story songs, love songs, and foot-tappin’ treasures on Deeper Roots this week on Sonoma County Community radio where the music will always take you somewhere other than the main stream. We seldom venture there.
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Willie Nelson
Sugar Moon
You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
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k.d. lang & the Reclines
Big Boned Gal
Absolute Torch and Twang
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k.d. lang
Western Stars
Recollection CD 1
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Charley Crockett
Over There That's Frank
10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand
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Asleep At The Wheel
You're From Texas
Ride With Bob
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Johnny Cash
I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar
Silver
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Charley Crockett
Music City USA
Music City USA
9
Ferlin Husky
Detour
Vintage Collections Series
10
Carl Smith
(When You Feel Like Youre in Love) Dont Just Stand There
Golden Age of Country Volume 3: Crazy Arms [Disc 1]
11
Carl Smith
Hey Joe!
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
12
Ray Price
Invitation To The Blues
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
13
Buck Owens
Above And Beyond
Buck Owens
14
John Fogerty
I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)
The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
15
Webb Pierce
I Ain't Never
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
16
The Tractors
The Tractors-Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Trade Union
17
Wynn Stewart
It's Such A Pretty World Today
Swing West 1: Bakersfield
18
George Strait
Big Ball's in Cowtown w/Asleep at the Wheel
Strait Out of the Box [Disc 4]
19
Asleep At The Wheel
Across The Alley From The Alamo
Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
20
Don Edwards
Texas Plains
West of Yesterday
21
Willie Nelson
This Old House
Remember Me, Vol. 1
22
BR5-49
Cherokee Boogie
BR5-49
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BR5-49
The Devil In Me
Dog Days
24
The Mavericks
One Step Away
Music for All Occasions
25
Little Jimmy Dickens
When They Get Too Rough (They're Just Right For Me)
Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
26
Wynn Stewart
Big City
California Country
27
Dwight Yoakam
Train in Vain
Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
28
Waylon Jennings
Sweet Dream Woman
The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
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Old Crow Medicine Show
Wagon Wheel
Americana
30
Marty Robbins
Devil Woman [Album Version]
Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Merrill Moore
Nola Boogie
Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
3
Al Dexter & His Troopers
Saturday Night Boogie
Hillibilly Boogie!
4
Hardrock Gunter
Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night
Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5
Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys
Crazy About The Boogie
Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
6
Hank Snow
Rhumba Boogie
Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
7
Johnny Tyler
Oakie Boogie
Southern Belle [Disc 1]
8
Sheb Wooley
Mule Boogie
Country & Western Nuggets
9
Johnny Bond
Alabama Boogie Boy
Put Me To Bed
10
Bob Newman
Hangover Boogie
Crossroads In Cowtown
11
Skeets McDonald
The Southland Boogie
Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
12
Dale Watson
Texas Boogie
Cheatin' Heart Attack
13
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant
Stratosphere Boogie
Stratosphere Boogie
14
Merle Travis
Merle's Boogie Woogie
Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
15
Les Paul
Guitar Boogie
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
16
Kate Mackenzie
Pan American Boogie
Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1
17
Doc Watson
Freight Train Boogie
Songs From Home
18
Red Foley
Hobo Boogie
The Essential Recordings
19
The Delmore Brothers
Peach Street Boogie
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15
20
Sonny Burgess
We Wanna Boogie
Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
21
Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five
Wooly Boogie
The Very Best Of
22
Sleepy Labeef
Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)
Sleepy Rocks
23
Webb Pierce
Teenage Boogie
All Hits! [Disc 2]
24
Robert Gordon and Link Wray
Rock Billy Boogie
Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
25
Asleep at the Wheel
08 Boogie Back to Texas
10
26
Tiny Hill
Milk Bucket Boogie
Country Music On the Mercury Label
27
Little Jimmy Dickens
You Better Not Do That
Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
28
Little Jimmy Dickens
Buddy's Boogie
Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
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Porky Freeman
Boogie Woogie Boy
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
It’s a songwriter’s showcase this morning on Deeper Roots. Country music songwriters Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, and Hank Williams are highlighted in a show that features covers by their contemporaries (and a few from the recent past) including Iris DeMent, Ernest Tubb, Billy Walker, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and at least two dozen others. Our show pays tribute to some amazing stalwarts who literally defined the country ‘voice’ and story. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all of planet earth on all your favorite services including OpenRadio.app, TuneIn.com, RadioGarden.io and, our web site, kowsfm.com. Good morning!
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John Prine
I Want to Be With You Always
The Missing Years
3
Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters
I Want To Be With You Always
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
4
Brennen Leigh
I Love You A Thousand Ways
Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell
5
George Jones
If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)
Sings Country and Western Hits
6
Keith Whitley
I Never Go Around Mirrors
The Rounder Records Story
7
Merle Haggard
My Baby's Just Like Money
Roots, Vol. 1
8
Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright
Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright)
The List
9
Bill Kirchen
Shelly's Winter Love (Album)
Word To The Wise
10
Iris DeMent
Big City
Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
11
George Jones
I Always Get Lucky With You
The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2
12
Dale Watson
Mama Tried
More Great Moments of Vinyl History
13
Ray Price
Night Life
Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
14
Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet
Funny How Time Slips Away
Elvis Country
15
k.d. lang & the Reclines
Three Days
Absolute Torch and Twang
16
The Little Willies
I Gotta Get Drunk
The Little Willies
17
The Secret Sisters
Why Don't You Love Me
The Secret Sisters
18
Bob Dylan
I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind
Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
19
Buckwheat Zydeco
Hey, Good Lookin'
Menagerie
20
Sleepy LaBeef
I Saw the Light
Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook
21
Jerry Lee Lewis
You Win Again
The Definitive Collection
22
Taj Mahal
Mind Your Own Business
Senor Blues
23
Elvis Costello
He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version)
Almost Blue
24
Rhiannon Giddens
She's Got You
Tomorrow Is My Turn
25
Patsy Cline
Why Can't He Be You
The Patsy Cline Collection
26
Dottie West
Me Today And Her Tomorrow
The Essential Dottie West
27
Bobby Bare
I'd Fight The World
The Best Of Bobby Bare
28
Jamey Johnson
Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)
Willie Nelson turns 88 this month. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, he wrote his first song at the age of seven and had his first band at the age of ten. From high school to the Air Force, then to his return home to Texas as a radio disc jockey, he was always in a band singing. In the 1950s he would write songs that would become country standards and we’ll be sharing some of them with you in today’s Deeper Roots, performed by Willie and his contemporaries. He endures just as his music does and the catalog is a legacy few parallel. We’ll hear from The Little Willies, Waylon Jennings, Faron Young, Asleep at the Wheel, and at least a dozen others performing the songs of Willie Hugh Nelson. Tune in Friday morning on KOWS.
We’ll be honoring the songwriting prowess of Harlan Howard this week on Deeper Roots. A country songwriter and performer whose career spanned six decades and wrote some of the classic songs of the Golden Age, turning formula into phrasing and stories of true life as he saw it. After a few minor successes, his song Pick Me Up on Your Way Down became a No. 2 hit for Charlie Walker in 1958 and Heartaches by the Number for Ray Price the following year,his name appeared at the forefront of songwriting talent of the time. His songs were performed by everyone from Merle Haggard to The Kingston Trio and Johnny Cash and Ray Charles. This week’s show will feature songs written by Harlan Howard and we’ll get to hear him perform many of his own. He coined the oft-quoted phrase “Three chords and the truth”. Tune in for the festivities.
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Porter Wagoner
Harlan Howard Medley
1964-1965 (Warped 6508)
3
Charlie Walker
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
4
Rodney Crowell
Above And Beyond (The Call Of Love)
Playlist: The Very Best Of Rodney Crowell
5
Bobby Bare
The Streets Of Baltimore
The Essential Bobby Bare
6
Kingston Trio
Everglades
Made In The USA
7
Waylon Jennings
Nashville Rebel
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 1
8
Brenda Lee
Too Many Rivers
The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
9
Patsy Cline
I Fall To Pieces
Lifetime Of Romance: Falling In Love [Disc 2]
10
Patsy Cline
He Called Me Baby
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
11
Tennessee Ernie Ford
She Called Me Baby
Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
12
George Jones
You Comb Her Hair
The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
13
Ray Charles
Busted
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
14
Joe Simon
The Chokin' Kind
The Soul Story, Vol. 1 [Disc 1]
15
Buck Owens
Sweet Thing
The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16
Derailers
I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love (Today)
Reverb Deluxe
17
Wynn Stewart
Heartaches For A Dime
Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
18
Buck Owens
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Original Mono Single Version)
Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
19
Harlan Howard
I Can't Stand It
1959-1963
20
Harlan Howard
My Baby's His Baby Now
1959-1963
21
Al Brumley
Someone's Gonna Get Hurt
The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
22
Ray Price
Heartaches By The Number
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
23
Guy Mitchell
Heartaches by the Number
Your Hit Parade -1959
24
Burl Ives
Call Me Mr. In-Between [Single Version]
20th Century Masters :The Millennium Collection: Best of Burl Ives
25
Patsy Cline
Foolin' Around
Patsy Cline Story
26
The Collins Kids
Soda Poppin' Around
Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
27
Waylon Jennings
Green River
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 1
