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Fat Daddy

July 19, 2019 Dave

“…crazy ’bout that woman ’cause Caldonia is her name”. Tune in for a mix of sounds coming from the free form archives, celebrating a century of America’s music as is the habit each Friday morning at 9 on Sonoma County Community Radio. We’ll be exploring the Cherry Red Blues, Evil Gal Blues, and Louis Jordan’s jump piece Caldonia as part of our show today. Country sounds feature two Georges: Strait and Jones, soul sounds from The Miracles and Arthur Alexander, rhythm & blues from the ladies including Varetta Dillard, Etta James, and Albinia Jones, and an oddball opening set that takes us down into some strange and exotic places “Ahbe Casaba” and “Katanga!”

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dinah Washington	Fat Daddy	Rock 'N' Roll Early Years – Vol. 3
3	Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm	Katanga!	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
4	Classie Ballou	Classie's Whip	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
5	Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers	Police	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
6	Kip Tyler	Shadow Street	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
7	Jimmy Rushing	Where Were You	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
8	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
9	Fats Waller	Believe It Beloved	Honeysuckle Rose
10	The Three Riffs	Cherry In My Lemon And Lime	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
11	Big Joe Turner	Hollywood Red (Cherry Red Blues)	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 1]
12	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Cherry Red Blues	Lost Time
13	Aretha Franklin	Evil Gal Blues	Aretha Sings The Blues
14	Albinia Jones	Evil Gal Blues	Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938)
15	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
16	Varetta Dillard	I Can't Help Myself	Got You On My Mind
17	The Browns	You Can't Grow Peaches On a Cherry Tree	Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529)
18	Ersel Hickey	Bluebirds Over The Mountain	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
19	George Strait	All My Ex's Live In Texas	50 Number Ones [Disc 1]
20	George Jones	Just One More	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
21	Ned Miller	From A Jack To A King	Classic Country
22	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)	The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2]
23	The Spinners	It's a Shame	One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1
24	Arthur Alexander	Cry Like A Baby	The Monument Years
25	Wilson Pickett	I Found A True Love	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 2]
26	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	Rock & Roll Never Forgets	Night Moves
27	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
28	Lil Palmore	Lil's Caldonia Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
29	Van Morrison	Caledonia Swing	Keep Me Singing [LP]
30	The Five Stars	Where Did Caldonia Go	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
31	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
32	Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band	You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry	Swingin' by Request
33	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	Cry Baby	Birth Of Soul: 1
34	Full Tilt Boogie Band/Janis Joplin	Cry Baby	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
35	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival

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Red River Valley

July 7, 2019 Dave 1 Comment

Deeper Roots will be filling in for Steady Eddie’s show this week while Eddie takes a well-deserved vacation. And Dave Stroud is jumping into those two hours with a nostalgic mix of Stephen Foster, western campfire trail songs, and silver screen sendups of life on the trail. Join the fun with some classic Bob Wills, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Driftwood, and John Hartford as we listen to those crickets callin’ and those coyotes makin’ their wail. Listening to the music as the wind is strummin’ a sagebrush guitar. A hundred years of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
3	Cowboy Jack Clement	Beautiful Dreamer	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
4	John Hartford	Lorena	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
5	Clint Eastwood	Claudia's Theme/Main Title – Unforgiven	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
6	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
7	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
8	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
9	Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
10	Kirk Douglas	And The Moon Grew Brighter	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
11	Jimmie Driftwood	When I Swim the Golden River	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
12	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
13	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
14	Willie Nelson	Sugar Moon	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
15	Bob Wills	Sugar Moon	1946 (Warped 4677)
16	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Along The Navajo Trail	Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy
17	Asleep at the Wheel	Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
18	Merle Kilgore	Nevada Smith	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Tumbling Tumbleweeds – The RCA Victor Years Voume 1
20	Tex Ritter	High Noon	Famous Country Music Makers
21	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
22	Elmer Bernstein: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra	The Magnificent Seven	Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein
23	Jason Isbell	Johnny Reb, That's Me	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
24	Jay Unger And Molly Mason With Fiddle Fever	Ashokan Farewell	Songs Of The Civil War
25	Johnny Bond	Red River Valley	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
26	Roy Rogers	Don't Fence Me In	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
27	Frankie Laine	Gunfight At O.K. Corral	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
28	Asleep at the Wheel	South of the Border (with George Strait)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
29	Asleep at the Wheel	San Antonio Rose	Western Standard Time
30	Ennio Morricone	The Good, The Bad And The Ugly	Stick It In: A Virgin Compilation
31	Jay Unger, Paul Roebling & David McCullough	Ashokan Farewell – Sullivan Ballou Letter	The Civil War

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Jumpin’ Jack

June 15, 2019 Dave

Free form provides our weekly exploration a wider berth in which to stretch our wings. And that’s precisely why I take a free form journey every week or so on Deeper Roots. This week we’ll be featuring at least two tracks from the great Ella Mae Morse, some R&B and Doo Wop from The Cardinals and Ruth Brown, a rare track you may never hear elsewhere featuring the late, great Dr. John, and selected tracks from John Prine, Nat King Cole, The Orlons, and a golden classic country favorite from George Jones. We’re just scratching the surface as we sail through two hours of gospel, tradition, pop, rock, country, bluegrass (inhale), blues, and jazz. Don’t miss this week’s Friday stroll on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Mae Morse	Jumpin' Jack	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
3	Ruth Brown	Daddy Daddy	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
4	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
5	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
6	Dr. John	Let's Make A Better World (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
7	Big Joe Turner	Hide and Seek	Big Joe Rocks
8	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Everyday	The Gospel of Blues
9	The Clara Ward Singers	Traveling Shoes	Meetin' Tonight!
10	Maria Muldaur	Travelin' Shoes	Waitress In a Donut Shop
11	Blind Alfred Reed	You Must Unload	Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
12	Ry Cooder	You Must Unload	The Prodigal Son
13	Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna	El Watusi	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
14	Orlons	The Wah-Watusi	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1
15	Ricky Nelson	Travelin' Man	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
16	J.J. Cale	Travelin' Light	Troubadour
17	Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman	Travelin' Light	Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1]
18	Nat King Cole	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
19	Bert Kaempfert	Wimoweh	That Happy Feeling
20	S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds	Mbube	The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48)
21	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Travelin' Blues	Same Train, A Different Time
22	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Papa's on the House Top	Lost Time
23	Dave Alvin	Don't Look Now	West of the West
24	John Prine/Susan Tedeschi	Color of the Blues	For Better, Or Worse
25	George Jones	Color Of The Blues	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
26	Steve Earle	Hillbilly Highway	Guitar Town
27	Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids	Custer	Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
28	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
29	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Travelin'	Playback Disc 6
30	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
31	Cousin Joe	How Come My Dog Don't Bark?	…..From New Orleans'

The Year 1954

May 18, 2019 Dave

We’re going to count down the top ten of the year 1954…in pop, country, and R&B. Nothing special about that year, just a random pick; but it was the year that Marilyn Monroe married Joltin’ Joe D. It was the year the Army-McCarthy hearings convened. The words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance. It was also a year of firsts: That’s Alright, Mama, Elvis’ first big hit, was released on Sun Records, the first Burger King opened, and the first transistor radio was developed and announced by high-tech’s Texas Instruments. The DOW Jones average closed at an all-time high of (a whopping) 382.74. Tune in for the countdown. 65 years in the rear-view on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Sinatra	Young At Heart	The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 1]
3	The Midnighters	Annie Had a Baby	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
4	Archie Bleyer	Hernando's Hideaway	Your Hit Parade – 1954
5	Johnnie & Jack	(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely	Golden Age of Country Volume 4: Honky-Tonk Man [Disc 2]
6	The Midnighters	Sexy Ways	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
7	Doris Day	Secret Love	The Best Of Doris Day
8	Jim Reeves	Bimbo	Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 1
9	Guitar Slim	The Things That I Used To Do	Living The Blues: Blues Masters
10	The Four Aces	Three Coins In The Fountain	A Proper Introduction To The Four Aces – Heart And Soul
11	Webb Pierce	Even Tho	All Hits! [Disc 1]
12	Faye Adams	Hurts Me to My Heart	Keeper of My Heart
13	Four Knights	I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)	Your Hit Parade – 1954
14	Hank Snow	It Don't Hurt Anymore	The Essential Hank Snow
15	Roy Hamilton	You'll Never Walk Alone	Anthology 1
16	Eddie Fisher	Oh! My Papa	Your Hit Parade #1 Hits Of The '50s
17	Eddy Arnold	I Don't Really Want to Know (Remake)	The Essential Eddy Arnold
18	The Chords	Sh-Boom	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
19	Jo Stafford	Make Love To Me	Your Hit Parade – 1954
20	Webb Pierce	More And More	All Hits! [Disc 1]
21	Ruth Brown	Oh What A Dream	Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2
22	The Crew Cuts	Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
23	Kitty Wells	One By One (w/Red Foley)	Singles
24	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll	Big Joe Rocks
25	Rosemary Clooney	Hey There	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
26	Webb Pierce	Slowly	All Hits! [Disc 1]
27	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Work With Me Annie	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
28	Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra/Perry Como	Wanted	The Very Best of Perry Como
29	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Wake Up Irene	Vintage Collections
30	The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter	Honey Love (Single/LP Version)	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
31	Kitty Kallen	Little Things Mean A Lot	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
32	Stuart Hamblen	This Ole House	Classic Country
33	Rosemary Clooney	This Ole House	16 Most Requested Songs (K)
34	The Crows	Gee	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
35	Bill Haley & His Comets	Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version)	Rock Around The Clock
36	The Four Tunes	I Understand (Just How You Feel)	Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 9

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Brothers in Harmony

April 1, 2019 Dave

Harmony. That blend of knowing how the instruments and vocals will reverberate against each other…and the Delmore Brothers introduced the tightest of harmonies combining the early sentiments of gospel, folk, and blues, becoming, in their time, the most popular act on the Grand Ole Opry. The Louvin Brothers were blessed with not only pure complementing vocal chops but an innate sense of timing. Others, like the Osbornes, the Stanleys, and the Monroes took the Appalachian folk sound of what would become bluegrass to another level, using their kinship as a vault that would surpass others whose symbiotic relationships would often lack the requisite DNA (not to mention timing). Deeper Roots explores a number of performers who leveraged that DNA to set themselves apart from others on the stage. It’s sibling country harmony this week on Sonoma County Community Radio. Join in the fun!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Everly Brothers	Roving Gambler	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
3	The Monroe Brothers	Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
4	The Monroe Brothers	Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
5	The Monroe Brothers	On The Banks Of The Ohio	What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? Volume One
6	Bill Monroe	New River Train	The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers
7	The Delmore Brothers	Brown's Ferry Blues	Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
8	The Delmore Brothers	Hillbilly Boogie	Boogie Man Boogie
9	The Delmore Brothers	Lonesome Yodel Blues	Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
10	The Delmore Brothers	Southern Moon	Hillbilly Boogie Best
11	The Delmore Brothers	I've Got The Big River Blues	Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
12	The Stanley Brothers	Rank Strangers	Back Roads to Cold Mountain
13	The Stanley Brothers	I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow	Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
14	The Stanley Brothers	Let Me Be Your Friend	Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
15	The Stanley Brothers	Poor Ellen Smith	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
16	The Blue Sky Boys	Only One Step More	Something Got A Hold Of Me
17	Blue Sky Boys	I'm S-A-V-E-D	1939-1940 (Warped 3976)
18	The Blue Sky Boys	Mary Of The Wild Moor	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
19	Blue Sky Boys	Story of the Knoxville Girl	The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807)
20	The Louvin Brothers	Knoxville Girl	Capitol Country Music Classics
21	The Louvin Brothers	I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby	Capitol Country Music Classics
22	The Louvin Brothers	If I Could Only Win Your Love	Capitol Country Music Classics
23	The Louvin Brothers	Pitfall	Close Harmony [Disc 2]
24	Osborne Brothers	Take This Hammer	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
25	Osborne Brothers	Charlie Cotton	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
26	Osborne Brothers	My Sweet Love Ain't Around	1968-1974 Disc 2
27	Osborne Brothers	Gotta Travel On	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
28	The Everly Brothers	Crying In The Rain	Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 2]
29	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1]
30	The Everly Brothers	Down In The Willow Garden	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
31	The Everly Brothers	Take a Message to Mary	A Portrait of Dylan
32	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
33	The Louvin Brothers	When I Stop Dreaming	Capitol Country Music Classics
34	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Capitol Country Music Classics

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Western Sunsets

February 19, 2019 Dave

This week’s show has us revisiting the Old Chisholm Trail and prairie passages that resemble all things that follow those romantic icons whose life on the range was less than what their songs usually embellish. In the western sunsets where John Lomax first went out in search of the ‘cowboy song’, we’ll explore more enlightened performances from the silver screen to the deep folk traditions that have become so laminated with romance that it’s hard to see the images beneath. This week’s show will take us from Carl T. Sprague, the original cowboy crooner, to Johnny Horton, Fess Parker, Rex Allen, and Roy Rogers. The music is sometimes sappy (Rick Nelson’s My Rifle, My Pony, and Me), sometimes light (Roy Rogers’ My Chickashay Girl), and other times full of storytelling and history. So many performances to light up the evening sky…just before dusk…just before that ceiling of stars appears in the night sky. Join us for our first live show from our new KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Rex Allen	The Covered Wagon	Riding All Day
3	Jimmie Rodgers	Prairie Lullaby	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
4	Carl T. Sprague	O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
5	The Carter Family	Cowboy Jack	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 2
6	Rhubarb Red	Little Green Valley (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
7	The Riders Of The Purple Sage	Cool Water (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
8	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	The Strawberry Roan	Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1
9	Hank Snow	I Traded My Saddle for a Rifle	1942-1943 (Warped 4206)
10	Rex Allen	Dreaming of the Western Plains	Riding All Day
11	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Girl	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
12	Roy Rogers	Don't Fence Me In	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
13	Sons of the Pioneers	Moonlight On the Prairie	Songs of the Prairie – CD1
14	Sons of the Pioneers	Cool Water	Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites
15	Charlie Haden	Oh Shenandoah	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
16	Al Caiola & His Orchestra	Bonanza	TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
17	Various	The Virginian	Television's Greatest Hits Vol.II – 65 More TV Themes 50s and 60s
18	Johnny Western	The Ballad Of Paladin	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
19	Johnny Cash	The Rebel Johnny Yuma	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
20	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
21	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
22	Rick Nelson	My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin)	Legacy [Disc 1]
23	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	The Cowboy Album
25	Johnny Horton	Sleepy-Eyed John	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
26	Patsy Montana	My Dear Old Arizona Home	The Best Of Patsy Montana
27	Roy Rogers	Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
28	Fess Parker	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett	The Cowboy Album
29	Vaughn Monroe	(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)	The Cowboy Album
30	Johnny Cash	The Sons Of Katie Elder	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
31	Gene Autry	Red River Valley	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
32	Johnny Bond	Twilight On The Trail	Country Hits Vol. 6
33	The Sons Of The Pioneers	O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie	Sons Of The Pioneers
34	The Cinema Sound Orchestra	High Noon	Western Film Themes
35	Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [Album Version]	Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)

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Country Songwriters

January 19, 2019 Dave

This week’s Deeper Roots pays tribute to a collection of country songwriters who made an impact on the American musical art form, defining the tone and story that was told. We’ll walk through nearly a hundred years of performances by the familiars: Emmylou Harris, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, and Ray Charles, all taking on the songs of A.P. Carter, Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, and Cindy Walker. We’ll also hear from Dolly, Willie, and Elvis on a cold and wet January Friday in West Sonoma County. Join Dave Stroud as he enters his seventh year hosting our two hour show live from the Sebastopol studios of KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Emmylou Harris	Gold Watch and Chain	Roses in the Snow
3	Rosanne Cash	Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow	The List
4	Jorma Kaukonen	You & My Old Guitar	Blue Country Heart
5	Ricky Skaggs	I Don't Care	The Essential Ricky Skaggs
6	The Louvin Brothers	The Precious Jewel	Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs
7	Leon Russell	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
8	Jerry Lee Lewis	You Win Again	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
9	Dwight Yoakam	Always Late (With Your Kisses)	Hillbilly Deluxe
10	Ray Charles	Busted	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
11	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
12	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	Take Me Back Again	Running Wild
13	Cyndi Lauper	Night Life (Featuring Willie Nelson)	Detour
14	Willie Nelson	Crazy	One Hell Of A Ride
15	Hank Snow/Willie Nelson	Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On	In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart
16	Patsy Cline	I Fall To Pieces	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
17	Burl Ives	A Little Bitty Tear (Single Version)	20th Century Masters :The Millennium Collection: Best of Burl Ives
18	Les Paul	I'm Movin' On	Legend and Legacy [Disc 3]
19	Elvis Presley	Guitar Man	Artist of the Century Disc 2
20	John Cowan	Devil Woman (feat. John McFee)	Sixty
21	Jim Reeves	Home	Essential Jim Reeves
22	Roger Miller	Husbands And Wives	Country Legends
23	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Branded Man (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
24	Dave Alvin	Kern River	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
25	Tom T. Hall	A Week In A Country Jail	Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1]
26	Johnny Cash	I'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again	The Mystery Of Life
27	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Jolene
28	Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station	Coat of Many Colors	Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton
29	Willie Nelson	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down ["Naked" version]	Naked Willie
30	Bobby Bare	Miller's Cave	The Best Of Bobby Bare
31	Steve Earle	Tecumseh Valley	Train a Comin'

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Stay a Little Longer

December 26, 2018 Dave

Country swing is the thing this morning on Deeper Roots. We won’t be spending time on the ancestral roots as much as we’ll be exploring the small local bands of the Southwest. We’ll use Jean A. Boyd’s excellent reference “Dance All Night : Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands Past and Present” as our rudder and guidebook in the show. The heartbeat of any American genre is usually the local band and during the later years of the Great Depression and throughout the Second World War people were looking for something uplifting to dance to. In Texas (and really all across the Southwest) the sound was country swing: a mix of jazz, blues, polka, latin and hillbilly fiddle. We’ll be featuring the small time big names like The Tune Wranglers, Cliff Bruner, Leon Selph, Floyd Tillman, and Adolph Hofner and so many more in our show this morning, direct from our studios in downtown Sebastopol.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Adolph Hofner	Let's Count The Stars	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
3	The Tune Wranglers	Red's Tight Like That	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
4	The Tune Wranglers	Up Jumped The Devil	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
5	The Tune Wranglers	El Rancho Grande	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
6	Jimmy Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys	Dirty Dog	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
7	Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys	Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
8	Adolph Hofner & His Texans	I'll Keep My Old Guitar (1938)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
9	Bar X Cowboys	Underneath The Sun	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
10	Bar X Cowboys	When Mama Goes Out	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 3]
11	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
12	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	I Was A Gambler In Texas	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
13	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)	Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 1: Legends Of Western Swing
14	Shelly Lee Alley & His Alley Cats	Women Women Women	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
15	Shelly Lee Alley & The Alley Cats	Try It Once Again	King Of Western Swing Volume One
16	Leon Selph	When You Smile	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
17	Leon Selph	In My Dreams	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
18	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys, feat. Floyd Tillman	Why Do I Love You	Country Music Hall Of Fame
19	Floyd Tillman & The Village Boys	Daisy May	Country Music Hall Of Fame
20	Village Boys	Boogie Woogie In the Village	Boogie Man Boogie
21	Village Boys	Old Joe Is At It Again	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
22	Modern Mountaineers	Getting That Lowdown Swing	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
23	Smokey Wood & The Woodchips	Keep On Truckin'	King Of Western Swing Volume One
24	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Bass Man Jive	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
25	Ocie Stockard	Twin Guiter Polka	Country Hits Vol. 6
26	Ocie Stockard	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
27	Bill & Boyd	Drink The Barrel Dry	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
28	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	(When I Had) My Pony On the Range	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
29	Bill & Boyd	Jitterbug Jive	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 4]
30	The Hi-Flyers	Watcha Gonna Do	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
31	The Hi-Flyers	I'm Doing It Too	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
32	Adolph Hofner	South Texas Swing	South Texas Swing

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Golden Age of Country

November 10, 2018 Dave

It’s a time that followed the second World War and baked into its foundation were the sounds of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Spade Cooley, Bob Wills among others. The music was inspired by bluegrass, folk, blues, and jazz with Country Swing and barn dances sparking a popularity that blanketed the American musical landscape from the Pacific to the southern Atlantic. It was a sound that solidified the title of “Country and Western” and he’ll be sharing some of the great performances in this week’s episode: Patsy Cline, Little Jimmy Dickens, George Jones, Ferlin Husky, and Webb Pierce…just to name a few. While the sound would fade away sometime around the turn of the seventies, when rock n’ roll would elbow it (more like steamroll it) out in popularity on the airwaves, it is revered and restated to this day as a cornerstone of what we recognize as Americana music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Robbins	Singing The Blues	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
3	Webb Pierce	Why Baby Why Featuring Red Sovine	All Hits! [Disc 2]
4	Ray Price	Crazy Arms	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
5	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Collections
6	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 1
7	Little Jimmy Dickens	Hey Worm (You Wanna Wiggle)	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
8	Ferlin Husky	Gone	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
9	Marty Robbins	The White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)	Magic Moments
10	Bobby Helms	Fraulein	Classic Country
11	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	12 Greatest Hits
12	Ray Price	My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You	The Essential Ray Price 1951-1962
13	Little Jimmy Dickens	A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed	The Old Country Church/Raisin' The Dickens
14	Marvin Rainwater	Gonna Find Me A Bluebird	Three Classic Albums Plus Singles 1955-1962
15	Johnny Cash	Ballad Of A Teenage Queen	His Sun Years
16	Johnny Cash	I Still Miss Someone	16 Biggest Hits
17	Lefty Frizzell	If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time	Selected Sides – 1957-59
18	Little Jimmy Dickens	Me And My Big Loud Mouth	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
19	Don Gibson	Oh, Lonesome Me	RCA Country Legends
20	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
21	Jim Reeves	Billy Bayou	Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times
22	Patsy Cline	I Can See An Angel	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
23	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Drivin' Nails In My Coffin	Songs For Rounders
24	George Jones	White Lightning	The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 1
25	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country
26	Stonewall Jackson	Waterloo	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
27	The Browns	The Three Bells	Classic Country
28	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
29	Buck Owens	Under Your Spell Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
30	Kitty Wells	Amigos Guitar	Queen of Country
31	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	A Six Pack To Go	Vintage Collections
32	Wynn Stewart	Wishful Thinking	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
33	Loretta Lynn	I'm A Honkey Tonk Girl	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
34	Willie Nelson	Nite Life	One Hell Of A Ride
35	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts of Life	The Essential Porter Wagoner
36	Jimmie Skinner	Don4t Let Love Get You Down	Country & Western Nuggets

Roger Miller Tribute

October 13, 2018 Dave

There’s a new tribute album out, celebrating the music of country renaissance troubadour Roger Miller. Produced by his son Dean it’s a fully formed varietal that, as Rolling Stone magazine critic Stephen Betts notes, features a dazzling lineup after being beset by repeated delays since 2015. Miller was an extraordinary songwriter with offbeat humor, part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, and a poet of the uncommon whose song King of the Road “was positively average compared to his other oddball compositions, including Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug, and You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd” as Betts goes on to point out. Our show features tracks from the album, some other notable covers of Roger Miller’s music, and, of course, some wacky, some tame originals from Roger himself.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
3	Roger Miller	Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD2)
4	Doug Kershaw	You Don't Want My Love	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
5	Ernest Tubb	Half a Mind	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
6	Faron Young	A World So Full of Love	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
7	Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell	Invitation to the Blues	Old Yellow Moon
8	George Jones	Tall Tall Trees	George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
9	Roger Miller	Tall, Tall Trees	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
10	Roger Miller	My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died	The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
11	Charley Pride	Billy Bayou	20 Classics
12	Jim Reeves	Home	Essential Jim Reeves
13	Roger Miller	Little Green Apples	All Time Greatest Hits
14	Bill Kirchen	Husbands and Wives (Album)	Word To The Wise
15	Roger Miller/Willie Nelson	Husbands and Wives	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
16	Willie Nelson	Old Friends	One Hell Of A Ride
17	Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard	Old Friends	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
18	Patsy Cline	When Your House Is Not A Home [Radio Transcription]	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
19	Little Jimmy Dickens	When Your House Is Not A Home	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
20	Merle Haggard	Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go	Chicago Wind
21	Ray Price	Invitation To The Blues	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
22	Jon Rauhouse	Pardon This Coffin	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3
23	Roger Miller	King Of The Road	The Best Of : Vol 2
24	Dick Curless	King of the Road	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
25	Roger Miller	Kansas City Star	The Best Of : Vol 2
26	Kacey Musgraves	Kansas City Star	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
27	Roger Miller	Dang Me	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
28	Willie Nelson	When Two Worlds Collide	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
29	Alison Krauss	You Oughta Be Here With Me / I've Been a Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
30	Alison Krauss	River In The Rain	Windy City
31	Roger Miller	Where Have All The Average People Gone	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
32	Roger Miller	Hoppy's Gone	The Best Of : Vol 2
33	The Dead South	One Dying And A Burying	King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
34	Nick Lowe	Old Toy Trains	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
35	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2

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