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
3
Patsy Montana
My Poncho Pony
Flowers In The Wildwood
4
Patsy Montana
Old Nevada Moon
The Best Of Patsy Montana
5
Patsy Montana
Out on the Lone Prairie
Yodeling Mad! The Best of Country Yodel Vol. 1
6
Rickie Jones
'Neath The Blue Western Skies
I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two
7
Dale Evans
When the White Roses Bloom
The Rage of the Sage
8
Dale Evans
Don't Ever Fall in Love with a Cowboy
The Rage of the Sage
9
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
15
Girls Of The Golden West
Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven?
American Yodeling
16
Judy Canova
Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
17
Judy Canova
No Letter Today
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
18
Maddox Brothers and Rose
Cowboy Bugle Boy
1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
19
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
21
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
23
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
25
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
28
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
30
The DeZurik Sisters
The Arizona Yodeler
American Yodeling
31
Ann Jones
Baby Sitter's Blues
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
32
Hank Penny & Jaye P Morgan
Fan It
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
33
Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Get Rhythm
Rodeo Waltz
34
Judy Canova
Walkin' The Floor Over You
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
35
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
3
The Hollywood Argyles
Alley Oop
Oldies but Goodies, Volume 5
4
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
6
Bill Kirchen
She's a Yum Yum
Big Hat
7
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
17
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
31
Slim Harpo
Mohair Sam
The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
32
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
3
k.d. lang & the Reclines
Big Boned Gal
Absolute Torch and Twang
4
k.d. lang
Western Stars
Recollection CD 1
5
Charley Crockett
Over There That's Frank
10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand
6
Asleep At The Wheel
You're From Texas
Ride With Bob
7
Johnny Cash
I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar
Silver
8
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
23
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
29
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
29
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
Six months later…’nuff said, right? Deeper Roots finally gets around to the theme of pandemic protection by staying at home until things stabilize. We were all put out when it looked like six weeks and here we are talking months, not weeks. Patience and commitment. Something we have to work on. But we’ve got music to comfort us. Our heritage is rich with an incredible catalog of works; from country classics to the raw country blues, soul from Motor City and the Eastern Seaboard, jazz from New Orleans and KC, and everything in between. Just look (or listen) back. This week’s Deeper Roots features songs about keeping safe in shelter with fresh sounds from the digital bins. Warren Zevon, Jim Reeves, Wynonie Harris, The Alphabetical Four, Kitty Wells, and Buddy Miller will be featured. No need to put on your helmets (or tin foil hats) or to duck and cover. But you might want to get out the vote!
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Jakob Dylan & Fiona Apple
In My Room
Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
3
Dill Jones Trio
Four Walls And One Dirty Window Blues
The Chiaroscuro Songbook, Vol. 1
4
Irma Thomas
These Four Walls
Irma Thomas: A Woman's Viewpoint: The Essential 1970s Recordings
5
Willie Nelson
Hello Walls
Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS
6
Jim Reeves
Four Walls
Essential Jim Reeves
7
Jeff Beck And Johnny Depp
Isolation
Isolation (Single)
8
Billy Vera & The Beaters
I Can Take Care Of Myself
By Request: The Best Of Billy Vera & The Beaters
9
Warren Zevon
Splendid Isolation
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 2]
10
Whiskeytown
Empty Baseball Park
Faithless Street
11
Buddy Miller
Shelter Me
Universal United House Of Prayer
12
Jerry Jeff Walker
Time to Stay Home
Hill Country Rain
13
Charlie Rich
Behind Closed Doors
Super Hits
14
Bob Dylan
Shelter from the Storm
Blood on the Tracks
15
Rodney Crowell
Shelter From The Storm [Album Version]
The Outsider
16
Lone Justice
Shelter
Ultimate Collection: Maria McKee
17
Ray LaMontagne
Shelter
Trouble
18
Joe Cocker
Shelter Me
Ultimate Collection
19
The Deadly Gentlemen
Locked Up
The Bastard Masterpiece
20
Dave Alvin
All by Myself
Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
21
Charline Arthur
I'm Having A Party All By Myself
Welcome To The Club
22
Alphabetical Four
I'm Gonna Walk Right in and Make Myself at Home
Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
23
Wynonie Harris
Drinkin' By Myself
Playful Baby
24
Garnet Mimms
A Little Bit of Soap
The Best of Garnet Mimms: Cry
25
Stonewall Jackson
I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water
Singles
26
Porter Wagoner
I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew & Dolly Parton
While the Cheetoh-in-chief comes up with hateful and pitiful distraction after distraction in an attempt to have us take our eyes off of failure after profound failure of his…we celebrate the folks in gray and blue who not only bring us the bills but also the packages, ballots, and cheer from friends and relatives. That little white truck is more than an institution: it is part of our collective heritage and a constant that should be cherished. It’s been celebrated in music from every corner over the past century and we’re scouring those dusty digital bins for country, blues, rock, and rhythm that are burnished with the colors of the letter carrier in word and rhyme. Tune in for everyone from Roy Rogers to Memphis Slim, Smiley Lewis, and Tiny Bradshaw this week. Sonoma County Community Radio goes deep on another pandemic Friday morning.
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Nat King Cole
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)
Just One Of Those Things (And More)
3
Jimmie Driftwood
The Pony Express (I've Got to Carry the Mail)
Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
4
Bill Carter
Pony Express
Country & Western Nuggets
5
Pee Wee King
Postage Due
Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
6
Roy Rogers
The Mail Must Go Through
1939-1940 (Warped 3936)
7
Leon Rusk
Air Mail Special On The Fly
Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
8
Ella Mae Morse
Hey, Mr Postman
Two Classic Albums And Singles CD2
9
Hank Thompson
Yesterday's Mail
1946-1949 (Warped 4660)
10
Cowboy Copas
The Postman Just Passes Me By
1949-1950
11
Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
I'm Gonna Tear Down The Mailbox – 1955
Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
12
Dinah Washington
Postman Blues
First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 1]
13
Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra
Mailman's Sack (Mail)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
14
Tiny Mayberry
Mailman Blues
Jazzin' the Blues
15
Memphis Slim
A Letter Home (Mail)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
16
Smiley Lewis
No Letter Today
ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
17
The Ravens
Write Me A Letter
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
18
Andrew Tibbs & Cherokee Conyer's Orchestra
Mother's Letter
Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults
19
The Marvelettes
Please Mr. Postman
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
20
Bob Rivers
Please Don't Shoot, Mr Postman
Best of Answer Songs vol 2
21
The Marvelettes
Twistin' Postman
Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
22
Buddy Holly
Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants
23
Buck Owens
Keys In The Mailbox
Hot Dog
24
Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson
No Mail Today
Quah [Bonus Tracks]
25
Suitcase Sam
Morning Mail
Goodnight Riverdale Park
26
Allan Sherman
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1]
27
Ernest Tubb
Letters Have No Arms
Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
28
Champion Jack Dupree
Mail Order Woman
New Orleans R&B Outbreak
29
Big Joe Turner
Teen Age Letter
Big Joe Rocks
30
Slim Harpo
Mailbox Blues
The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
31
Arlene Smith
Letter Full Of Tears
Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
32
Roosevelt Grier
The Mail Must Go Through
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
33
Gene Terry & The Downbeats
No Mail Today (Mail)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
We’re going the free form route today, celebrating an eclectic blend of gospel with the likes of Clara Ward and Patsy Cline, country greats from The Sons of the Pioneers and Skeets McDonald, doo wop street corner ballads from The Sheppards and The Royals, and vocals from Nat King Cole, Ethel Waters, and John Hiatt. Oh, in addition to a few choice show tunes, we’ll touch on topics of tears, loneliness, great speckled birds, and a visit to Treasure Island with Satchmo. Quarantine offers time for reflection but it also offers time for enjoying the sounds of deeper tracks. And that’s what you get day in and day out on Community Radio for Sonoma County. Join us.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Robert Preston & Company
Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man
Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
3
Clara Ward (Solo)
When We Get Up There
Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
4
Gospel Hebrews
Jesus Is All Over Me
Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
5
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
He's Alright
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
6
Chosen Gospel Singers
Prayer for the Doomed
20 Gospel Greats
7
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway To Heaven
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
8
Elvis Presley
If We Never Meet Again
Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
9
Nat King Cole
I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again
Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949-50
10
Evie Sands
I'll Never Be Alone Again
Any Way That You Want Me
11
Roger McGuinn
If We Never Meet Again
Back from Rio
12
The Sons Of The Pioneers
One More River To Cross
Okeh Western Swing
13
Dale Watson
Cryin' to Cryin' Time Again
Dale & Ray
14
Ray Charles
Crying Time
Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
15
Willie Nelson
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
16
Blue Mountain
I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
Roots
17
Ralph Stanley
I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes [Album Version]
A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
18
Lucinda Williams
Great Speckled Bird
Ramblin'
19
The Louvin Brothers
The Great Speckled Bird
Close Harmony [Disc 8]
20
Mac Wiseman
The Wild Side Of Life
Most Requested
21
Skeets McDonald
Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
22
The Royals
Moonrise
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
23
The Sheppards
Pretend You're Still Mine
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
24
Louis Armstrong
On Treasure Island
Rhythm Saved The World
25
Eddie Cantor
Makin' Whoopee – The Eddie Cantor Story
Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
26
Judy Garland & The M-G-M Studio Chorus
The Trolley Song (from "Meet Me in St. Louis")
Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 2]
27
The Rhythm Wreckers
Never No Mo' Blues
White Country Blues (1926-1938)
28
Ethel Waters
Buds Won't Bud
Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
29
Lena Horne
Stormy Weather
Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
30
John Hiatt
Gone
Crossing Muddy Waters
31
Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
