Category Archives: Fifties Country

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Deeper Merle Travis

August 26, 2018 Dave

Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines. We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties. It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Travis	I'll See You In My Dreams	The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53)
3	Joe Maphis & Merle Travis	Alabama Jubilee	Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981)
4	John McEuen	Merle Travis Story	Live in L.A.
5	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Cannonball Rag	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Dark as a Dungeon	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
8	Willie Nelson	Dark As A Dungeon	Country Music
9	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Dark As A Dungeon	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
10	Willie Nelson	Sixteen Tons	Remember Me, Vol. 1
11	The Platters	Sixteen Tons	The Magic Touch: An Anthology
12	James & Bobby Purify	16 Tons	The Best Of
13	Hank Penny	Merle's Buck Dance	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
14	Merle Travis	Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
15	The Kentucky Colonels	Nine Pound Hammer	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
16	The Country Gentlemen	I Am a Pilgrim	On the Road (And More)
17	Johnny Cash	Loading Coal [Album Version]	Ride This Train
18	Merle Travis	Start Even	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
19	Merle Travis	No Vacancy	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
20	Ernest Tubb	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
21	Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris	Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1	Lead Kindly Light
22	Bill Frisell	Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis)	Guitar In The Space Age
23	Johnny Bond	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
24	Tex Ritter	Everybody Likes A Little Lovin'	High Noon
25	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
26	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Steel Guitar Rag	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
27	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis	Wildwood Flower	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
28	Merle Travis	Philosophy	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
29	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
30	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
31	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
32	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
33	Ricky Skaggs	Sweet Temptation	Favorite Country Songs
34	Merle Travis	When My Baby Double Talks To Me	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
35	Merle Travis	When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.

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Tragic Country Tales

August 26, 2018 Dave

Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
3	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	Always on My Mind
4	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
5	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	24 Greatest
6	Bobby Bare	Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963)	All American Boy – CD 2
7	Doc & Merle Watson	The Tragic Romance	Ballads From Deep Gap
8	David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant	Tragic Romance	Life Of Sorrow
9	Grandpa Jones	Tragic Romance	Makes The Rafters Ring
10	The Stanley Brothers	Tragic Love	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
11	Lefty Frizzell	The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3)
12	Red Fox Chasers	Wreck On The Mountain Road	People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine
13	Esco Hankins	Wreck on the Highway	1947-1951 (Warped 4732)
14	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
15	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	Mel Tillis	Life Turned Her That Way	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	Mary Gauthier	Mercy Now	Mercy Now
18	Townes Van Zandt	Waiting Around to Die	Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
19	Vern Gosdin	Chiseled in Stone	Chiseled in Stone
20	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
21	James King	He Stopped Loving Her Today	Three Chords & The Truth
22	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
23	Dwight Yoakam	I Sang Dixie	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
24	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
25	Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
26	Red Foley	Old Shep	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
27	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
28	Charlie Louvin	Wreck on the Highway	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
29	Doc & Merle Watson	The Wreck of The Old #9	Ballads From Deep Gap
30	Faron Young	Hello Walls	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
31	Merle Haggard	If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
32	Johnny Cash	Hurt	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American

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Answer Songs

August 4, 2018 Dave

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ernest Tubb	Rainbow At Midnight	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
3	Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
4	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side Of Life	Vintage Collections
5	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Complete Country Hits
6	Hank Locklin	Please Help Me, I'm Falling	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
7	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
9	Patsy Montana	16 Pounds	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
10	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
11	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
12	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
13	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
14	Elvis Presley	Little Sister	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
15	Lavern Baker	Hey Memphis	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
16	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
17	Dodie Stevens	Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight	Ultimate Collection
18	Claude King	Wolverton Mountain	Classic Country
19	Jo Ann Campbell	(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
20	Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell	Yes Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann	Hurry Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
22	Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
23	Bo Diddley	I'm A Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
24	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	The Definitive Collection
25	The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
26	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
27	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
28	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
29	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	All Time Greatest Hits
30	Carole King	Oh Neil	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
31	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
32	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	Gee Whiz & Other Hits
33	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Heatin' Up
34	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
35	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-In-Law	Absolutely the Best
36	Paul Peek	Brother-In-Law	Best of Answer Songs vol 2

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Devils and Angels

April 21, 2018 Dave

The devil is, indeed, an angel…albeit a fallen one. And the music we’ll be sharing this morning with our West County audience will take note of that fact with sounds that feature modern Americana as well as early to mid-century country sounds. Tune in to KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for the very best in roots sounds…and this week is no different: modern Americana from Rob Ickes and The Devil Makes Three, mid-century country from Cowboy Copas and Lefty Frizzell, as well as some wild-eyed worship pieces from The Sunshine Boys, Benny Joy, and Margie Singleton (who performs the infamous “Jesus is My Pusher”). Just for you. Just in time for a springtime April morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Sunshine Boys	We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll)	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
3	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Lucifer And The Fallen Angels	Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can
4	Bobby McMillon	The Devil Song (Child 275)	Art of Field Recording: Volume II – Disc 1: Survey
5	Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley	Friend Of The Devil	The Country Blues
6	Julie Miller	The Devil Is an Angel	Blue Pony
7	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
8	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands With The Devil	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
9	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
10	James King	The Devil's Train	Three Chords & The Truth
11	Carrie Rodriguez	Devil In Mind	Give Me All You Got
12	Shemekia Copeland	Devil's Hand	Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection
13	Rory Block	Devil Got My Woman	Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James
14	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Devils Look Like Angels	Between the Ditches
15	Merle Haggard	Dealing With The Devil	Rainbow Stew – Live
16	Benny Joy	Dark Angel	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
17	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Cupid And The Devil	Cupid And The Devil
18	Lee Ann Womack	Take The Devil Out Of Me	The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
19	Lefty Frizzell	From an Angel to a Devil	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4)
20	The Devil Makes Three	What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)	Redemption & Ruin
21	Willie Nelson	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Country Music
22	Robert Plant	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Band Of Joy
23	Margie Singleton	Jesus Is My Pusher	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
24	Eddie Noack	Psycho	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
25	The Treniers	Devil's Mambo	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
26	Billy Barton	The Devil, My Conscience And I	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
27	Peter Rowan	Pulling The Devil By the Tail	Reggaebilly
28	Coleman Brothers	Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
29	Rev W. M. Clark and Sisters	Satan At Church (Pm 12559, 4792-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)

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Truck Drivin’ Songs

March 3, 2018 Dave

White line fever…that endless gray ribbon…asphalt mixed with bennies…and a whole lot of attitude around semis, mile markers, county mounties, and bobtail returns. Terminology you won’t hear too much on our show…except for this show which shares the songs of the long-haulers. Bill Kirchen, Red Simpson, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard are just a sample of the performers joining in the fun where Cliff Bruner & His Boys introduce us to the first truck driving song “Truck Driver Blues” right up to that bad boy honky tonkin’ guitar trucker Dale Watson. You can’t escape the 18 wheel energy on Sonoma County Community Radio…straight from the Bakersfield asphalt to yours.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dick Curless	A Tombstone Every Mile (1)	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
3	Red Simpson	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
4	Lyle Lovett	The Truck Song	Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
5	Joe Ely	White Line Fever	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
6	Marty Stuart	Truck Drivers' Blues	Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
7	Bill Kirchen	Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man	Tied to the Wheel
8	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Diesel Smoke	Country Legends
9	Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
10	Bill Neely	I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy	Texas Law & Justice
11	Bob Ensign	Midnight Trucker	Front Porch Pickin': Bluegrass Instrumentals ('60s)
12	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	Semi-Truck	Rig Rock Deluxe
13	Red Simpson	Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
14	Jimmy Martin	Truck Driving Man	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
15	Buck Owens	Truck Drivin' Man	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
16	Norton Buffalo	Eighteen Wheels	Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon
17	Dale Watson	Been A Long Truckin Day	The Trucking Sessions Vol 3
18	Merle Haggard	Truck Driver's Blues	Working In Tennessee
19	Buck Owens	Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven	Rig Rock Deluxe
20	Dave Dudley	Six Days On The Road	Classic Country
21	Bill Kirchen	Mama Hated Diesels	Seeds and Stems
22	Cliff Bruner & His Boys	Truck Driver's Blues (1939)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
23	Jess Willard	Truck Driver's Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
24	Jimmy Martin	Truck Driver's Queen	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
25	Parker Millsap	Truck Stop Gospel	Parker Millsap
26	Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch	Truck Driver's Blues	It's A Good Day
27	Jim Lauderdale	Diesel, Diesel, Diesel	The Other Sessions
28	Leon Russell	Truck Drivin' Man	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
29	BR5-49	18 Wheels And A Crowbar	Big Backyard Beat Show
30	Bill Kirchen	Roll Truck Roll	Tied to the Wheel
31	Dale Watson	Jack's Truck Stop & Cafe	I Hate These Songs
32	Little Willies	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	For the Good Times

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The Hangman’s Rope

November 18, 2017 Dave

Songs about one of the most controversial of mankind’s attempt to balance the scales: the death penalty. Studies point to the fact that at least one in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent and yet the death penalty is legal in 32 states. In China, corporate fraud can be punishable by death…if it were the case here, our government would probably be on the straight and narrow. But I digress. The music this week will explore the long walk to eternity through the eyes of the condemned; the knowledge of the eventuality of the executioner’s song is clarity. And we’ve got country from a whole host of obscure characters, some blues and boogie, along with just a little bit of folk and bluegrass. A hundred years of the hangman’s rope in reflection.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	I Hung My Head	American IV: Man Comes Around
3	Gurf Morlix	Theyre Hangin Me Tonight	The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 3
4	Johnny Bond	At Dawn I Die	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
5	Marty Robbins	The Hanging Tree	All-Time Greatest Hits
6	Peter, Paul & Mary	Hangman	See What Tomorrow Brings
7	Marty Stuart	Hangman	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
8	Ralston Bowles and May Erlewine-Bernard	Hangman	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
9	Cowboy Copas	Hangman Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
10	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Puerto Muerto	The Hangman's Song	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1
11	Al Dean	Hangman	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
12	Leadbelly	Gallows Pole	Too Late, Too Late – Vol. 12 – 1917-48
13	Furry Lewis	Judge Harsh Blues	Furry Lewis 1927 – 1929
14	Brownie McGhee	Hangman's Blues	The Folkways Years (1945-1959)
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hangman's Blues	Complete Recordings Vol. 3
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Electric Chair	Blues Images Presents 1920's Blues Classics, Vol. 13
17	Lonesome Johnny	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
18	Jimmy Minor	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
19	Porter Wagoner	(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
20	Dave Alvin	Sonora's Death Row	West of the West
21	Lee Hazelwood	The Girl On Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
22	Johnny Cash	The Mercy Seat	American III: Solitary Man
23	Bessie Smith	Send Me To The Lectric Chair	Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
24	Booker T. & the MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
25	Hoyle Miller	Twelve Years On Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
26	Steve Earle	Walking Down Death Row	If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
27	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
28	Bob Dylan	Seven Curses	The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [Disc 2]
29	Joan Baez	Geordie	The First 10 Years
30	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Dean Schlabowske	Gary Gilmore's Eyes	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1

Everly Brothers Tribute

June 3, 2017 Dave

Hits from the 50s and 60s…covers by contemporary artists… original versions … songs from Phil and Don and from the songwriting team that brought them fame: Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. We’ll spend time on all of them…and more…in a special two hour tribute to the brothers who may not have been able to get along but they got along with their fans beginning with 1957’s Bye Bye Love. They lasted as solid pop, country, and rock crossovers well into the mid-1960s and we’re going to celebrate their music featuring performers including Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, The Persuasions, Buddy Miller, and a host of others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Everly Brothers	Should We Tell Him	Classic Everly Brothers CD1
3	The Everly Brothers	Cathy's Clown	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
4	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault, Pt. 3
5	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
6	The Everly Brothers	Crying in the Rain	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
7	Rockpile	Crying in the Rain	Seconds of Pleasure
8	Rockpile	Take a Message to Mary	Seconds of Pleasure
9	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Both Sides Of An Evening
10	Merle Travis	Muskrat	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	All I Have to Do Is Dream	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 2
12	The Persuasions	All I Have To Do Is Dream	Good News
13	Linda Ronstadt	When Will I Be Loved	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
14	Everly Brothers	When Will I Be Loved	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
15	The Everly Brothers	Walk Right Back [Single – 1961]	Singles / EP's /Radio / Live
16	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
17	David Lindley	Bye Bye Love	El Rayo-X
18	Madeleine Peyroux	Bye Bye Love	The Blue Room
19	Linda Ronstadt/Valerie Carter	Devoted to You	Dedicated to the One I Love
20	Teddy Thompson	The Price Of Love	A Piece Of What You Need (iTunes Version)
21	Everly Brothers	Till I Kissed You	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
22	Buddy Miller	The Price Of Love	Midnight And Lonesome
23	The Everly Brothers	The Price of Love	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
24	Emmylou Harris	Sleepless Nights	Pieces Of The Sky
25	Ray Charles	Bye Bye Love	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
26	Roy Orbison	All I Have To Do Is Dream	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2]
27	Roy Orbison	Bye Bye Love	Sings Lonely and Blue [US Bonus Tracks]
28	The Everly Brothers	Bowling Green	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
29	Kirsty MacColl	Walk Right Back	What Do Pretty Girls Do?
30	John Fogerty	When Will I Be Loved? (With Bruce Springsteen)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
31	The Everly Brothers	Memories Are Made Of This	It's Everly Time
32	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
33	Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
34	The Everly Brothers	Down In The Willow Garden	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
35	Kevin Russell	Walk Right Back	Plain Dirt Fashion

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Country Memories

April 8, 2017 Dave

Nostalgia sometimes sounds like a bad cold or some obscure disease. Well…the latter is certainly not so far from the mark. We’re going to bring some country performers into our playlist this evening to share memories of the old home, faded memories and faded loves. We’ll hear from The Dillards, Hazel Dickens, Jack Guthrie, Rodney Crowell, Bobby Bare, and many others in our theme of ‘Country Memories’ this week. Join Dave Stroud for two hours of ‘sweet memories’ on community radio this week.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Stoney Edwards	You'll Remember Me	Down Home in the Country
3	Flatt & Scruggs	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered [Album Version]	16 Biggest Hits
4	Mac Wiseman	Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Teenage Hangout
5	Johnny Cash	Memories Are Made of This	Unchained
6	Willie Nelson	Your Memory Won't Die	The Hungry Years
7	Doc Watson	My Rose of Old Kentucky	Memories
8	The Country Gentlemen	Green Green Grass Of Home	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3]
9	The Dillards	The Old Home Place	There Is A Time: 1963-70
10	Hazel Dickens	A Few Old Memories	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
11	Red Allen & Frank Wakefield	Faded Memory	Keep On Going: The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings
12	The Acoustic Medicine Show	Faded Memory	Steel String Line
13	Ricky Skaggs	River Of Memory	Family And Friends
14	Floyd Tillman & Leona Williams	Let's Make Memories Tonight	The Influence
15	Henson Cargill	Green, Green Grass of Home	Skip a Rope
16	Bobby Bare	500 Miles Away from Home	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
17	Rodney Crowell	Please Remember Me	The Essential Rodney Crowell
18	Doc Watson	I'm Going Back To The Old Home	Riding the Midnight Train
19	Jimmie Rodgers	My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans	The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
20	Hank Williams	Lost Highway	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
21	Jack Guthrie	Chained To A Memory	Oklahoma Hills
22	Webb Pierce	Memory Number One	Singles
23	The Carter Family	Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
24	The Stanley Brothers; vocal by Carter Stanley & Pee Wee Lambert	The Old Home	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
25	Elvis Presley	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	The Tupelo Mississippi Flash CD 2
26	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	Standard Songs for Average People
27	Stuart Hamblen	Remember Me	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
28	Grandpa Jones	I Guess You Don't Remember Now	Makes The Rafters Ring
29	Roland White Band	On My Way Back to the Old Home	I Wasn't Born to Rock'n Roll
30	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
31	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
32	Slim Harbert & His Boys	Honey, This Time I'm Gone	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
33	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Picture On The Wall	Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
34	Jimmie Davis	Pal Of Long Ago	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine: 1928-1937

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Deeper Fifties Fear

January 14, 2017 Dave

There was (is?) a time when the background noise (and it was loud) revolved around the likelihood that humankind would annihilate itself any day. The Cold War brought out the worst of us. Fear of your neighbor…fear of ideology or alternative ideas were the centerpiece of the day. The fear was embodied in the likelihood of the ‘big one’ dropping; yet our schools, media, and government soft-peddled the reality. The entertainment industry had it’s own take, of course; because artistic license allowed exploration from every corner, even though it would often make light of what was then assumed to be an eventuality. We’ll hear country from Charlie Louvin and Elton Britt, left-wing folkies like Pete Seeger and Mark Spoelstra, and gospel from the Golden Gate Quartet and The Spirit of Memphis Quartet. It’s a combination of novelty, contemporary takes on old standards, and vintage sounds (both musical and otherwise) in our Deeper Roots episode that explores the American way called ‘duck and cover’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
3	Ferlin Husky	Let's Keep the Communists Out	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
4	Armed Forces	How to spot a communist	Public Service
5	Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers	When They Drop The Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
6	Karl & Harty	When The Atom Bomb Fell	Atomic Platters
7	Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts	Love That Bomb	Atomic Platters
8	Charlie Louvin	Great Atomic Power (w. Jeff Tweedy)	Charlie Louvin
9	Mark Spoelstra	Civil Defense Sign	Atomic Platters
10	Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals	The Great Atomic Power	Song of America
11	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
12	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
14	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
15	The Five Stars	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
16	WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY	CONELRAD Radio Alert "Real Thing"	Atomic Platters
17	Pete Seeger	Study War No More (Peace): Talking Atom	If I Had a Hammer-Songs of Hope & Struggle
18	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
19	Glenn Barber	Atom Bomb	Atomic Platters
20	Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
21	Various	WW2 Air Raid Siren	Sound Effects Factory
22	Oscar Aleman	Tico Tico No Fuba	Swing Guitar Masterpieces
23	Connie Francis	Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow	Atomic Platters
24	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
25	Linda Hayes	Atomic Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
26	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Atomic Platters
27	Warren Smith	Uranium Rock	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
28	Bill Haley and his Comets	Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	Atomic Platters
29	Groucho Marx	Civil Defense Spot	Atomic Platters
30	Theme	Peter Gunn	Hit TV Themes Of The 50's
31	Billy Chambers	Fallout Shelter	Atomic Platters
32	The Ramones	I Wanna Be Well	Rocket to Russia (Expanded & Remastered)
33	Beastie Boys	Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
34	Johnny Cash	Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves	Atomic Platters
35	Pete Seeger	The Willing Conscript	Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
36	Hank Williams	No No Joe	Like an Atom Bomb
37	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
38	Al Rogers and the Rocky Mountain Boys	The Hydrogen Bomb	Atomic Platters
39	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Old Man Atom	Country Legends
40	Sonny Russell	Fifty Megatons	Atomic Platters

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Buck Owens Time!

November 12, 2016 Dave

Join us in a celebration of the the music of Buck Owens, a producer, songwriter, and musician who introduced many of us to the Bakersfield sound, that very distinctive blend of country, honky-tonk, and hillbilly music from the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear a few from Buck and the Buckaroos but will take the lion’s share of the show highlighting the music of artists covering some of the great (and obscure) songs of Buck Owens. We’ll bring you the music of Ray Charles, Bobby Bare, Dwight Yoakam, John Fogerty, Patsy Cline, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Buck Owens	Made In Japan (Live in Japan)	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
3	Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
4	Buck Owens	Down on the Corner of Love	You're For Me
5	Bobby Bare	Down On the Corner of Love	All American Boy – CD 1
6	George Morgan	There Goes My Love	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
7	Buck Owens and Bettye Swann	Today I Started Loving You Again	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
8	Ray Charles	Together Again	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
9	Raul Malo	Crying Time	After Hours
10	Buck Owens/George Jones	Love's Gonna Live Here	Friends in High Places
11	Patsy Cline	Foolin' Around	Patsy Cline Story
12	The Buckaroos	Foolin' Around (Instrumental)	Open Up Your Heart: The Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Recordings 1965-1968
13	Osborne Brothers	Where Does the Good Times Go	1968-1974 Disc 2
14	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
15	Red Simpson	Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
16	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	Take Me Back Again	Running Wild
17	Buck Owens	Take Me Back Again	Buck Owens
18	The Mavericks	Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)	From Hell to Paradise
19	Rose Maddox	Falling for You	$35 and a Dream
20	Merle Haggard	Falling For You	The Complete '60s Captiol Singles
21	The Secret Sisters	My Heart Skips A Beat	The Secret Sisters
22	Buck Owens and Buddy Alan	Let The World Keep On A Turnin	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
23	Buck Owens & Ringo Star	Act Naturally	Great Original Country Hits Of The 80's 2/3
24	Dwight Yoakam	The Sad Side of Town	Tomorrow's Sounds Today
25	Dwight Yoakam	Alright, I'm Wrong – Buck Owens	Reprise Please Baby (The Warner Bros. Years) [UK] Disc 3
26	Dwight Yoakam	Down on the Corner of Love	Dwight Sings Buck
27	Buck Owens	Waitin' In Your Welfare Line	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
28	Jessi Colter/Waylon Jennings	Under Your Spell Again	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]
29	Buck Owens	The Girl On Sugar Pie Lane	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
30	Buck Owens	Hello Trouble	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
31	Buck Owens	Under the Influence of Love	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
32	Ray Charles	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova)	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
33	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
34	Buck Owens	I Was There	Act Naturally
35	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Today I Started Loving You Again [Album Version]	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
36	Don Rich	Chicken Pickin'	Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology

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