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
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Dill Jones Trio
Four Walls And One Dirty Window Blues
The Chiaroscuro Songbook, Vol. 1
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Irma Thomas
These Four Walls
Irma Thomas: A Woman's Viewpoint: The Essential 1970s Recordings
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Willie Nelson
Hello Walls
Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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Jimmie Driftwood
The Pony Express (I've Got to Carry the Mail)
Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
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Bill Carter
Pony Express
Country & Western Nuggets
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Pee Wee King
Postage Due
Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
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Roy Rogers
The Mail Must Go Through
1939-1940 (Warped 3936)
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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
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Hank Thompson
Yesterday's Mail
1946-1949 (Warped 4660)
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Cowboy Copas
The Postman Just Passes Me By
1949-1950
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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]
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Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra
Mailman's Sack (Mail)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
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Tiny Mayberry
Mailman Blues
Jazzin' the Blues
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Memphis Slim
A Letter Home (Mail)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
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Smiley Lewis
No Letter Today
ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
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The Ravens
Write Me A Letter
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
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Andrew Tibbs & Cherokee Conyer's Orchestra
Mother's Letter
Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults
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The Marvelettes
Please Mr. Postman
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
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Bob Rivers
Please Don't Shoot, Mr Postman
Best of Answer Songs vol 2
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The Marvelettes
Twistin' Postman
Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
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Buddy Holly
Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants
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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]
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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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Robert Preston & Company
Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man
Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
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Clara Ward (Solo)
When We Get Up There
Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
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Gospel Hebrews
Jesus Is All Over Me
Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama
He's Alright
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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Chosen Gospel Singers
Prayer for the Doomed
20 Gospel Greats
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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
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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
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Blue Mountain
I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
Roots
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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'
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The Louvin Brothers
The Great Speckled Bird
Close Harmony [Disc 8]
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Mac Wiseman
The Wild Side Of Life
Most Requested
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Skeets McDonald
Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
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The Royals
Moonrise
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
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The Sheppards
Pretend You're Still Mine
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
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Louis Armstrong
On Treasure Island
Rhythm Saved The World
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Eddie Cantor
Makin' Whoopee – The Eddie Cantor Story
Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
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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]
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The Rhythm Wreckers
Never No Mo' Blues
White Country Blues (1926-1938)
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Ethel Waters
Buds Won't Bud
Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
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Lena Horne
Stormy Weather
Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
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John Hiatt
Gone
Crossing Muddy Waters
31
Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
A while back we explored road songs in the genres of blues and tradition. This week’s show complements the theme with a country flavor. Songs of the lonesome road, the lost highway, the wrong highway taken, as well as hitting the road with those classic country kings of the road and highway queens. We’ll hear some early Waylon Jennings, bluegrass from Bill Monroe, trucker laments from Red Simpson, and a tribute to the Carters on the Road to Kaintuck. We’ve battened down the hatches, closed shop, and are practicing social distancing as if our lives (and those of our neighbors) depended on it. Join Dave Stroud on a KWTF Friday evening remote production of Deeper Roots.
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Bonus Track
CB Radio Chatter
Eighteen Wheelers! Twisted Tales from the Truckstops
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Johnny Darrell
It's A Rough Old Road To Travel
The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
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Don Gibson
Lonesome Road
1961-1962
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Jimmie Skinner
Lonesome Road Blues
1960-1962 (Warped 6188)
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Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Travelin' This Lonesome Road
All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4]
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Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Rocky Road Blues
All The Classic Releases, 1937-1949 [Disc 3]
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The Carter Family
It's a Long Road to Travel Alone
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 5)
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Johnny Cash
Wide Open Road
Get Rhythm [Sun]
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Johnny Cash
Hit The Road And Go (The Rambler)
Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4]
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Johnny Cash
Further on Up the Road
American V: A Hundred Highways
12
Billy Bob Thornton & The Peasall Sisters
Road To Kaintuck
Anchored In Love: A Tribute To June Carter Cash
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Lefty Frizzell
Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee
1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
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Wayne Hancock
Man Of The Road
A-Town Blues
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Rig Rock Deluxe
Six Days On The Road
Rig Rock Deluxe
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Red Simpson
Six Days on the Road
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
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Tiny Harris
Endless Black Ribbon
Lonesome Highway Songs
18
Billy Grammer
Gotta Travel On
Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics
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Henson Cargill
A Very Well Traveled Man
Skip a Rope
20
Faron Young
Traveling On
This Is Faron Young / My Garden Of Prayer
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Roger Miller
King Of The Road
Country Legends
22
Tom T. Hall
Once Upon a Road
Sings Dixie & Tom T.
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Billy Walker
Headin' Down the Wrong Highway
Billy Walker – 1954-1957
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Waylon Jennings
The Road
Love of The Common People
25
Dolly Parton
Traveling Man
1971
26
Nikki Lane
Highway Queen
Highway Queen
27
Johnny Horton
Lost Highway
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
All live recordings this week, all from the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium. From its early years in a modest Insurance Building as the WSM Barn Dance, the Grand Ole Opry, for all its staid tradition, has become the capitol of country music. Selectively provincial from early on, it brought together country, gospel, and bluegrass radio listeners well into the Golden Age of Country. Deeper Roots digs into the dusty digital archives for recordings from those times in this week’s show plus brings you some new sounds that have grown from the early seeds sown by Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff and George Hay. We’ve got Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, and the Oak Ridge Quartet filling time alongside the Old Crow Medicine Show and Rhonda Vincent. Join in the revelry!
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Roy Acuff
Night Train To Memphis
Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics
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Stonewall Jackson
Old Showboat (Live at the Grand Ole Opry 1970)
Singles
4
Hank Snow
I've Been Everywhere
Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics
5
Bobby Bare
Detroit City
Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics
6
The Osborne Brothers
Take This Hammer
Bluegrass at the Opry
7
George Hamilton IV
Abilene
Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics
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Patsy Cline
Walkin' After Midnight
Live at the Opry
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Hank Williams
I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living
Grand Ole Opry Time
10
Dave Dudley
Six Days On The Road
Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics
11
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
The Last Thing On My Mind
Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection: Duets
12
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
Jackson
Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection: Duets
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Patsy Cline
Just A Closer Walk With Thee [Live (Ryman Auditorium)]
Blues, folk, and plenty of tradition. Songs that celebrate sisters in a fight for equal rights. That’s right. This is still part of the conversation in the 21st century. The right to vote. The right to equal pay. And the right to choose. There is still exclusivity beyond measure and yet gender equality is still a topic, not a reality. This week’s show stands up for International Women’s Day, held this past Sunday, March 8th, around the world. Deeper Roots digs deep for soul from Aretha, Nina, and Betty Wright, blues from Lucille Bogan and Bessie Smith, and fresh sounds from Amy Rigby, TLC, and the Secret Sisters on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Join us. #EachforEqual #IWD2020.
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Betty Wright
Clean Up Woman
Funk Soul Sisters
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Aretha Franklin
Respect
Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
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Aretha Franklin
Chain Of Fools
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
5
TLC
No Scrubs
Fanmail
6
Destiny's Child
Independent Woman, Part 1
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
7
Lauryn Hill
246-Doo Wop (That Thing)
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
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Lesley Gore
You Don't Own Me
Dancing Queens [Disc 1]
9
The Secret Sisters
You Don't Own Me Anymore
You Don't Own Me Anymore
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Billie Holiday
I Get Along Without You Very Well
Lady In Satin
11
Helen Reddy
I Am Woman
AM Gold 1970-1974
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Dolly Parton
Just Because I'm A Woman
Just Because I'm A Woman
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Dolly Parton
9 To 5
I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1
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Loretta Lynn
The Pill
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
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Jeannie C. Riley
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2]
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Kitty Wells
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
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Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
Don't Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There
The Rounder Records Story
18
Peasall Sisters
I Never Will Marry
Home to You
19
Amy Rigby
Girls Got It Bad
Little Fugitive
20
The Miller Sisters
Ten Cats Down
Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3]
21
Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)
Were Sisters Under the Skin
Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
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Bessie Smith
Sam Jones Blues
ABC Of The Blues Vol 39
23
Georgia White
The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man
Yes, there’s a theme this week and it’s about as sweet a theme as you’ll hear on Deeper Roots. It’s not surprising there’s a wealth of content to choose from given that it is one of the favorite attention- getters, no matter your age. Candy. Sweets. Whether that’s a nickel, a penny, or a quarter a dose. Our favorites from the convenience aisle near the cash register, there to lure you. This week’s show is not for the glucose intolerant as we walk the convenience aisle of 20th century pop, rhythm & blues, country, jazz, and vocal group odes to the sugar in all things, sweet and small, short and tall, and sticky with the syrup-sweet. We’ll hear from The Strangeloves, Elvis, Lee Dorsey, Eddie Holland, Red Foley, and Barbie Gaye in our exploration of the sugar rush.
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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
My Little Rock Candy Baby
Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years [Disc 2]
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Doris Allen
Like Candy From A Baby
Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day, Vol. 6
4
Eddie Holland
Candy To Me
It Moves Me: The Complete Recordings
5
Sue Perrin
Candy Store Man
Original Sound Of Detroit – Vol 1
6
Art Neville
Little Girl From The Candy Store
Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
7
Charlie Walker
Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy
1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
8
Little Jimmy Dickens
Who Licked the Red Off Your Candy
Warped 6668 – Little Jimmy Dickens – 1965 – 1966
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Red Foley
Candy Kisses
Tennessee Saturday Night
10
George Morgan
Candy Kisses
Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 2
11
George Jones
Candy Hearts
Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums
12
Peter, Paul & Mary
Talkin' Candy Bar Blues
A Song Will Rise
13
The Chordettes
Lollipop
Red, White & Rock Disc 1
14
Barbie Gaye
My Boy Lollipop
American Roots of the British Invasion
15
Shirelles
A Teardrop and a Lollipop
The Shirelles
16
Billy Bletcher
The Lollipop Guild
The Wizard Of Oz
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Shirley Temple
On The Good Ship Lollipop
America's Sweetheart
18
Alma(the Lollipop Mama) Mondy
Miss Lollipop's Confession
Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Southwest Blues V1
19
Champion Jack Dupree
Lollipop Baby
Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
20
Wynonie Harris
Lollipop Mama
Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
21
The Strangeloves
I Want Candy
Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
22
Elvis Presley
Cotton Candy Land
Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco
23
Bow Wow Wow
I Want Candy
200 Cigarettes
24
Lola Albright
Candy
Bombshells
25
Dodie Stevens
Candy Store Blues
Ultimate Collection
26
Ray Charles
Candy
Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
27
Roy Orbison
Candy Man
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
Whether it was Prohibition, the need for comic relief from the worst Depression our country has known, or the release from Victorian norms in the age of the flapper…something was afoot. The humor it portended is not something that we all understand in this age… but it’s worth looking at. Novelty ruled the day and every Victrola and Edison radio spilled a silly song, whether it worked from puns or light humor (pop music), corny songs that sometimes had hidden charms (country and folk), or right in your face real life naughty bits (the blues)…there was something for everyone to sample. We’ll hear from Lonzo and Oscar, Milton Brown, Frank Crumit, George Formby, and Lonnie Johnson in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. A hoot and a holler by any other name on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Lonnie Johnson
She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight
Hot Fingers
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Frank Crumit
My Little Bimbo Down on the Bimbo Isle (1920)
grimriper2u@yahoo.com
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Billy Murray
I'll See You In C-U-B-A
Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
5
Ozzie & Harriet Nelson
Oh Susanna, Dust off That Old Pianna
The Nelson Touch
6
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Down By the O-H-I-O
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
7
Roy Newman
I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
We’ll be taking a bit of a traditional free form exploration of gospel, blues, soul, and country, pairing up The Blind Boys of Alabama with James Carr and Bobby “Blue” Bland for a soul stew of the day. The fun doesn’t stop there; in face, it just gets started and we’ll be reaching into the dusty country bins for some Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. And new sounds: a benefit piece, a cover of Tom Petty’s For Real performed by Willie Nelson and the Family…right alongside a new track from The James Hunter Six. Friday evenings on KWTF pushes the roots envelope every week. Join Dave Stroud at 9 Pacific.
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
Stay On the Gospel Side
Almost Home
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The Norman Luboff Choir
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea
4
Big Bill Broonzy
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy
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Ryan Bingham
Nobody Knows My Trouble
Fear And Saturday
6
Elvis Presley
Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
Elvis Double Features: Live a Little, Love a Little + Charro! + The Trouble with Girls + Change of Habit
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Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Turn On Your Love Light
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
8
James Carr
These Ain't Raindrops
The Essential James Carr
9
Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir
I Shall Wear A Crown
Do Not Pass Me By Vol. II
10
Big Al Downing
The Story Of My Life
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
11
The Bobby Fuller Four
Never To Be Forgotten
The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
12
Los Super Seven
Let Her Dance (ft. Joe Ely)
Heard It On The X
13
Buddy Holly
Rock Me Baby
Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants
14
John Hiatt
Crossing Muddy Waters
Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012
15
Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Micah Nelson, Jakob Dylan, Dhani Harrison & Amos Lee
For Real
For Real – Single
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Maria Muldaur
Moonlight
Heart of Mine
17
The Everly Brothers
Devoted To You
Singles 1955-1959
18
The 5 Royales
Dedicated To The One I Love
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
19
Wilson Pickett
Three-Time Loser
A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
A good year…if I do say so myself. We’re going to count down the top ten of the year 1952…in pop, country, and R&B. The music that year featured sounds that portended the birth of rock ‘n roll, the blossoming of the Golden Age of Country, and the droll mainstream charts couldn’t have been more ripe for steamrolling. Webb Pierce and Hank Williams dominated the country charts while the white bread pop charts found Al Martino, Johnny Ray, and Rosemary Clooney. But it was the R&B charts that mirrored the emerging energy of swing, rhythm and blues, and rock with the likes of The Clovers, Ruth Brown, and The Five Royales. The DOW Jones average closed at an all-time high of (a whopping) 269.86. Tune in for the countdown. 67 years in the rear-view on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Goody, Goody
75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]
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Percy Faith
Delicado
16 Most Requested Songs
4
Willie Mabon
I Don't Know
Atlantic Blues: Piano
5
Eddy Arnold
A Full Time Job
Eddy's Song: A Full Time Job
6
Al Martino
Here In My Heart
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po
7
Ruth Brown
5-10-15 Hours
Ruth Brown: Mama He Treats Your Daugher Mean & Other Hits
8
Hank Williams
I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 5
9
Patti Page
I Went To Your Wedding
The Patti Page Collection: The Mercury Years, Volume 1
10
The 5 Royales
Baby Don't Do It
The Complete Singles 1952-1962
11
Webb Pierce
Back Street Affair
All Hits! [Disc 1]
12
Eddie Fisher
Wish You Were Here
The Great American Crooners [Disc 5]
13
Little Walter
Juke
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
14
Carl Smith
(When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There
The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
15
Rosemary Clooney
Half As Much
Tenderly
16
Fats Domino
Goin' Home
Rock And Rollin
17
Lefty Frizzell
Give Me More, More, More (of Your Kisses)
Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night)
18
Vera Lynn
Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart
White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1]
19
Johnny Ace
My Song
Memorial Album
20
Webb Pierce
That Heart Belongs To Me
All Hits! [Disc 1]
21
Jo Stafford
You Belong To Me
Your Hit Parade – 1952
22
The Clovers
One Mint Julep
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
23
Slim Whitman
Indian Love Call
Golden Age of Country Volume 5: The Wild Side of Life
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Johnny Ray
Cry
The Best Jukeboxhits
25
Jimmy Forrest
Night Train Mambo
Rumba Gone Mambo
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Kitty Wells
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
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Kay Starr
Wheel Of Fortune
Shutter Island [Disc 2]
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Billy Ward & the Dominoes
Have Mercy Baby
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
