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Dead Roots

January 7, 2018 Dave

While the lyrics and music of Robert Hunter took the Grateful Dead into remarkable directions, codifying their place among the bands of the latter half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, by the time they reached their peak their roots were already firmly established. Their early music was clearly anchored in the sounds of tradition, reaching from the Appalachians to the Texas Gulf Coast. We’ll hear early (and contemporary) performances that inspired the band with songs of Blind Willie Johnson, Red Allen, The Mississippi Sheiks, Henry Thomas and Obray Ramsey. The landscape we’ll traverse includes blues, gospel, hillbilly, and folk…no Dead music, only music that served to inspire. This week on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	David Grisman/Jerry Garcia	Been All Around This World	Been All Around This World
3	Dave Van Ronk	Hang Me, Oh Hang Me	Dave Van Ronk
4	Obray Ramsey	Rain And Snow	Best Of The Troubadours
5	Vince Martin & Fred Neil	I Know You Rider	Tear Down The Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal
6	Henry Thomas	Dont Ease Me In	Ragtime Texas Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
7	The Memphis Jug Band	On The Road Again	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
8	The Memphis Jug Band	Stealin' Stealin'	Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 (1928-1929)
9	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Viola Lee Blues	First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series)
10	Hammie Nixon	Viola Lee Blues	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 3
11	The Monroe Brothers	Rosa Lee McFall	Early Blue Grass Music
12	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
13	Mississippi Sheiks	Sittin' On Top of the World	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14	Roscoe Holcomb	Sittin' On Top of the World	Classic Piedmont Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
15	Dillard Chandler	Rain and Snow	Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
16	The Chieftains	Rain And Snow	Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
17	Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers	Minglewood Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, et. al.	New Minglewood Blues	Jug Band Extravaganza
19	Blind Willie Johnson	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 3]
20	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Nobody's Fault But Mine	The Great Gospel Women
21	Rev. Pearly Brown	Nobody's Fault But Mine	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
22	Lightnin' Hopkins	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
23	Lightnin' Hopkins	One Kind Favor	Jake Head Boogie
24	Memphis Slim	Next Time You See Me	The Greatest Hits Of
25	Bob Dylan	Jack-A-Roe	World Gone Wrong
26	Joan Baez	Jack-A-Roe	Rare, Live & Classic [Box] (3 of 3)
27	The Sunshine Boys	What's the Matter With Deep Elem	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
28	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
29	The Light Crust Doughboys	Sittin' On Top Of The World	1936-1941
30	Dock Walsh	In The Pines	In The Pines – Tar Heel Folk Songs And Fiddle Tunes – Old-Time Music Of North Carolina 1926-1936
31	John Sebastian	Minglewood Blues	Chasin' Gus' Ghost

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The Document Label

July 1, 2017 Dave

Get your morning cuppa roots sounds with a look at the record label whose catalog is overflowing with some of the most important recordings of the 20th century. From the birth of the blues to the birth of jazz; from the earliest gospel jubilee sounds of the deep South to the the electrifying sacred steel sounds of the late century; from the hillbilly string bands to the hokum sounds of the urban South…it’s all there. Document Records has amassed one of the world’s most revered collections of Americana out there and you can tune into Sonoma County community radio for a sampler of the music that has survived the century’s shift in technology , infiltrated our culture, and influenced performers to this day.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Hutchison	Stackalee [Vocal]	Worried Blues [Disc 1]
3	Frank Hutchison	The Deal	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
4	The Allen Brothers	Skipping And Flying	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
5	Sam McGee	Buck Dancer's Choice	Complete Recorded Works 1926-34
6	Georgia Yellow Hammers	White Lightning	The Georgia Yellow Hammers And Associates Vol. 4 "White Lightning – 1929-1931
7	Kirk & Sam McGhee	Brown's Ferry Blues	Complete Recorded Works 1926-34
8	Charley Jordan	Just A Spoonful	Charley Jordan Volume 1 1930-1931
9	Blind Willie McTell	Searching The Desert For The Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
10	Peetie Wheatstraw	Kind-Hearted Blues	Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
11	Barbecue Bob	Barbecue Blues	Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
12	Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon	Come On Mama, Do That Dance	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
13	Blind Arvella Gray	Have Mercy, Mr. Percy	Blues From Maxwell Street
14	Charlie Spand	Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
15	Leroy Carr	Don't Start No Stuff	1934-1941
16	Laura Rucker	St. Louis Blues	Female Blues Singers Vol. 13 R/S (1921-1931)
17	Rosa Henderson	Don't Advertise Your Man (Take A)	Vol. 2-Vocal Blues & Jazz
18	Memphis Mose	Hear Me Beefin' at You	Georgia Tom – Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (September 1928 – 5 February 1930)
19	Butterbeans and Susie	Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama	Please Warm My Weiner (Old Time Hokum Blues)
20	Big Maceo	Won't Be A Fool No More	Big Maceo Vol. 2 "Big City Blues" (1945 – 1950)
21	Tampa Red	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	Rude Dudes
22	Nora and Delle	Get Away From My Window	Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3
23	W.C. Handy	St. Louis Blues	Jazzin' the Blues
24	Cleo Brown	I'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North)	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
25	The Harlem Hamfats	She's Trickin' Me	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
26	Babe Wallace	Git It ('Cause I Love To See You Wid It)	Jazzin the Blues Vol. 5 (1930 – 1953)
27	Rev. Lonnie Farris	A Closer Walk To Thee	Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
28	Rev. Utah Smith	I Got Two Wings	Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
29	Sister O. M. Terrell	The Bible's Right	Country Gospel 1946-1953
30	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	My Journey to the Sky	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
31	Sister Goldia Haynes	Traveling	Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950
32	Rev. Robert Ballinger	This Train	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats

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Clouds & Silver Linings

February 18, 2017 Dave

The past few months have been brutal for democracy. There is no silver lining in sight but this week’s music will nonetheless feature some songs of hope: our theme is one of clouds and silver linings. It’s meant to give a two hour break (if that’s at all possible) to the malevolent stewing cauldron that is brewing in the most sacred halls of our democracy. We’ll discard with the political music this week and simply ride a topical wave featuring a blend of jazz, country, gospel, rock, and pop. Tune in for music from Van Morrison, The Sons of the Pioneers, George Gershwin, Dave Van Ronk, and Pops Staples…to name but a few…this week on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Martin	Pray The Clouds Away	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
3	Bill Cox	The Clouds Gwine Roll Away	78s
4	Doc & Merle Watson	The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away	On Stage
5	Hylo Brown	Clouds Gonna Roll Away	Legends & Tall Tales
6	Delmore Brothers	God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds	Hillbilly Boogie Best
7	Dave Van Ronk	Clouds (From Both Sides Now)	A Chrestomathy [Disc 1]
8	George Gershwin	Kickin' The Clouds Away	The Platinum Collection
9	Annette Hanshaw	There Must Be a Silver Lining	The Personality Girl, Vol. 3, 1926-1928
10	Jim Hall	Look for the Silver Lining	Complete Jazz Guitar
11	Dave Brubeck	Look For The Silver Lining	Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
12	Marion Harris	Look For The Silver Lining	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
13	Django Reinhardt	Clouds	The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]
14	Django Reinhardt	Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)	1944-1946
15	Maurice Chevalier	Sweeping the Clouds Away	Maurice Chevalier: The Greatest Hits
16	Johnny Hamp And His Kentucky Serenaders	Up In The Clouds	Johnny Hamp at Archive
17	The Louvin Brothers	You'll Meet Him In The Clouds	Close Harmony [Disc 6]
18	Alison Krauss	Cloudy Days	Every Time You Say Goodbye
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Cottage in the Clouds	1941 vol 1 (Warped 4108)
20	Johnny Ray	The Little White Cloud That Cried	Magic Moments
21	Red Norvo Trio, George Shearing Quintet	Midnight on Cloud 69	Midnight on Cloud 69
22	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	God Put A Rainbow In The Cloud	I'll Find A Way
23	Pops Staples	Hope in a Hopeless World	Father Father
24	Moonalice	Silver Lining	Dave's Way Vol 4
25	First Aid Kit	My Silver Lining	Stay Gold
26	Simon & Garfunkel	Cloudy	Old Friends Disc 2
27	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Flying Cloud	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
28	Hank Snow	The Boogie Woogie Flying Cloud	Southern Cannonball
29	Bonnie Raitt	Silver Lining [Radio Edit Version]	The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US]
30	Rilo Kiley	Silver Lining	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
31	Bunch Of Kids/Eddie Hodges/Frank Sinatra	High Hopes	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2

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Celebrating the Circle

October 1, 2016 Dave

This week, Dave Stroud revisits the seminal release of 1972 that brought together multiple generations of musicians, introducing a new generation of listeners to their music and, in some cases, to each other. Will The Circle Be Unbroken was a concept made real by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, then a “bunch of long-haired West Coast boys” (as Roy Acuff would describe them) and the talent that they were able to muster would influence country, bluegrass, and rock for decades to come. In addition to the big names of decades before them like Roy Acuff, Maybelle Carter, and Jimmy Martin, the Dirt Band would bring together lesser known names like Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, and Oswald Kirby to make an album that is as fresh and listenable today as it was then. We’ll feature tracks from the album alongside some of the original performances by these legendary masters.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
3	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
4	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Fair and Tender Ladies	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
5	Maybelle Carter	The Storms are on the Ocean	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
6	Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters	WIldwood Flower	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wreck on the Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
8	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	Wreck On The Highway	The Essential Roy Acuff
9	Roy Acuff	Pins & Needles (In My Heart)	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
10	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Pins and Needles (In My Heart)	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
11	Jimmy Martin	Sunny Side Of The Mountain	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
12	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Sunny Side of the Mountain	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
13	Jimmy Martin	You Don't Know My Mind	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
14	Jimmy Martin	Ocean Of Diamonds	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
15	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Nine Pound Hammer	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
16	Merle Travis	Nine Pound Hammer	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3]
17	Merle Travis	Dark As a Dungeon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Merle Travis	I Am A Pilgrim	The Best of Merle Travis
19	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Black Mountain Rag
20	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Down Yonder	Black Mountain Rag
21	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Down Yonder	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
22	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lonesome Fiddle Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
23	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Nashville Skyline Rag	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
24	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys	Earl's Breakdown [78rpm Version]	16 Biggest Hits
25	Hank Williams	Wait For The Light To Shine	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
26	Leon Payne	Lost Highway	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lost Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
28	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I Saw the Light	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
29	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (3)
30	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Honky Tonk Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
31	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Orange Blossom Special	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2

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Field Recording Covers

June 9, 2016 Dave

Coming up on our last live show of May, what better way but to dig just a little bit deeper into some of the field recordings of the first half of the 20th century that found popularity in the country, blues, and popular charts. Some of these songs had the ‘right’ rhythm or struck a chord with the message they sent. While most were traditional pieces by the time the musicologists had arrived with their primitive recording machines, others were original and told just the right story. We’ll hear Eric Clapton, Aaron Copland, B.B. King, and Tom Waits right alongside the originals done by Smith Casey, Gwen Foster, Belton Reese, and Ora Dell Graham.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Worried Life Blues	Blues Highway
3	Thomas "Jaybird" Jones	Worried Life Blues	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
4	David Edwards	Worried Life Blues	Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection
5	Eric Clapton & B.B. King	Worried Life Blues	Riding With The King
6	Agustus "Track Horse" Haggerty	Hattie Green	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
7	George Hamilton IV	Abilene	Classic Country
8	Rouse Brothers	My Family Circle	Classic Field Recordings
9	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
10	Ace Johnson w/L. W. Gooden	Mama Don't Low No Swingin' Out In Here	Field Recordings Vol. 6: Texas (1933-1958)
11	Doc Watson	Mama Don't Allow No Music	Memories
12	W. M. Stepp	Bonapartes Retreat	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
13	Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield	Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes (Instrumental): IV. Hoedown	Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
14	Dock Reed	Down on Me	Field Recordings, Vol. 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942)
15	Big Brother & the Holding Company	Down on Me	Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 1
16	Ozella Jones	Prisoner Blues	Field Recordings, Volume 7 : Florida
17	Fiona Apple	Criminal	Tidal
18	Smith Casey	East Texas Rag	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
19	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
20	Johnnie Barfield	Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby	Classic Field Recordings
21	Carl Perkins	Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby	Dixie Fried
22	Gwen Foster	How Many Biscuits Can I Eat?	Classic Field Recordings
23	Mac Wiseman	How Many Biscuits Can You Eat	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
24	Belton Reese	Bile Dem Cabbages Down	Field Recordings – Vol 9 – Georgia, SC, NC,Virginia, Kentucky (1924-39)
25	Doc Watson	Boil Them Cabbage Down	Milestones
26	Smith Casey	West Texas Blues	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
27	John Jackson	West Texas Blues	Front Porch Blues
28	Ora Dell Graham	Shortenin' Bread	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
29	Lee Dorsey	Shortnin' Bread	The Ep Collection…Plus
30	John Dudley	Cool Drink Of Water Blues	Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
31	Vassar Clements	Cool Drink of Water	Livin' with the Blues
32	Capitol City Laundry Quartet	Ezekiel Saw The Wheel	Field Recordings Vol. 12: Virginia & South Carolina (1936-1940)
33	Louis Armstrong	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Louis And The Good Book
34	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Ezekiel Saw the Wheel	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
35	James Shorty, Viola James, And Congregation	Jesus On The Main Line	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
36	Ry Cooder	Jesus On The Mainline	Paradise And Lunch (Remaster 2013)

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Waltzes, Polkas, and Two-Steps

February 25, 2016 Dave

It’s all about the traditional and popular dance music celebrated in the song of the past century. The show opens with the recognition of folk dance’s lineage, those ancestral elements that inhabit a very large part of our need to communicate and celebrate as a society. Most of the early rhythms we’ll hear to start the show are a blend of ancestral folk but we’ll also share the sound of popular dance. Tune in for country, pop, and folk sounds including cajun sounds from Michael Doucet, old-timey guitar and fiddle sounds of Darby and Tarlton, Tejano polka from Flaco Jimenez, and plenty more waltzes, polkas, and two steps.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band	Ozark Waltz	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Alto Waltz	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Pee Wee King	Tennessee Waltz	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
5	BeauSoleil	Cajun Midnight Waltz	The Mad Reel
6	Texas Troubadours	Gardenia Waltz	Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals
7	Ernest Tubb	Waltz Across Texas	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
8	Junior Brown	My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb	12 Shades of Brown
9	Louise Massey & The Westerners	Squeeze Box Polka	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 5]
10	Flaco Jiminez	Tico Taco Polka	Buena Suerte, Seqorita
11	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Beer Barrel Polka	Country Guitar Giants
12	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Polka on the Banjo	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
13	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Cowbell Polka	Shame On You
14	Arthur Smith	Rock And Rye Polka	Here Comes the Boogie Man
15	The Collins Kids	Rock And Roll Polka	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
16	Buck Owens	Buck's Polka	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
17	The Hot Frittatas	Il Pensiero Polka	What's Next ?
18	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	La Gima Polka	Singing In The Bathtub
19	Chet Atkins	New Spanish Two Step	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
20	Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers	Beau's Cajun Two Step	Beau Jocque Boogie
21	Doug Kershaw	Mamou Two-Step	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
22	Byrd Moore	Favourite Two Step	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
23	Zydeco Force	Shaggy Dog Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
24	Clifton Chenier	Louisiana Two Step	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
25	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Charleston [1925]	The Charleston Era
26	Aiken County String Band	Charleston Rag (1927)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
27	Sons of the Pioneers	Square Dance	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
28	Red Foley	Sugarfoot Rag Square Dance	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
29	Chet Atkins	Cosmic Square Dance	Chet Picks On The Grammys
30	Johnnie Lee Wills	Square Dance Boogie	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
31	Freeny's Barn Dance Band	Mississippi Square Dance – Part 2	The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American Countryside
32	Wanda, Ruth Neal	Round Town Girls	Flowers In The Wildwood
33	Blue Ridge Highballers	Round Town Girls	Lead Kindly Light
34	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Guitar Polka	Black Mountain Rag

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Higher Power Country Gospel

February 4, 2016 Dave

We visit the classic sounds of country and bluegrass with thematic overtones of gospel. The love of country music often had its roots in a performer’s childhood memories of community church and the sound that would evolve from country and bluegrass provided a tone that grew from those memories…with a tenor that could easily echo the word’. The greatest of them elevated their popularity with their flock by invoking the name of that higher power of God and church in the community of bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and even country groups like the The Louvin Brothers and The Whitstein Brothers made gospel a core of their repertoire.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Satan Is Real
3	The Whitstein Brothers	Way Up On The Mountain	Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins
4	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road
5	Kitty Wells	I Heard My Saviour Call	Dust on the Bible (1959)
6	Kitty Wells	(I've Got My) One-Way Ticket to the Sky	Dust on the Bible (1959)
7	Milton Estes	Hish! Somebody's Calling My Name	Favorite Sacred Songs
8	Brother Claude Ely	Fare You Well	Satan Get Back
9	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
10	J.E. Mainer	Workin' On A Building	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
11	The Carter Family	God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
12	The Carter Family	On My Way To Canaan's Land	Take Me To The Water
13	The Delmore Brothers	The Wrath Of God	Favorite Sacred Songs
14	The Stanley Brothers	Over the Glory Land	16 Greatest Gospel Hits
15	The Stanley Brothers	My Lord's Going To Set Me Free	Hymns & Sacred Songs
16	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
17	Mac Wiseman	Dust On The Bible	Grassroots To Bluegrass
18	Ricky Skaggs	Hallelujah I'm Ready	Family And Friends
19	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Springtime in Glory	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
20	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	Let's All Go Down To The River	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
22	Moore & Napier	Gathering In The Sky	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
23	Elvis Presley	I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
24	Willie Nelson	Sweet Bye and Bye	Old Time Religion
25	Johnny Cash	Unclouded Day	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
26	Chuck Wagon Gang/The Jordanaires	Down the Road	70th Anniversary
27	The Corley Family	Way To Glory Land (1929)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
28	The Corley Family	Give The World A Smile	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
29	Anonymous (Knight Home-recording Disc)	Beautiful Mansions of Gold	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
30	Ex-Governor Alf. Taylor's Old Limber Quartet	Brother Noah Built an Ark	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
31	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Long Walk to Heaven	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
32	Elvis Presley	Working on the Building	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
33	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
34	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways	From the Original Master Tapes

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Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
3	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
5	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
6	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
7	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
11	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
15	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
16	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
17	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
18	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
19	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
20	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
22	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
23	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
24	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
25	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
26	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
27	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
29	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
30	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
31	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
32	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
33	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

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Folk Songs of North America

January 2, 2016 Dave

Folk Songs of North America was first published in 1960. Compiled by Alan Lomax (with melodies transcribed by Peggy Seeger), it featured traditional music organized by locale and topic. The anecdotes provided by Lomax and others were culled from both the oral and transcribed traditions of those who listened and performed. Deeper Roots goes deeper and features sets organized by topical pieces outlined in the book. Performers of the early century are featured including Dock Boggs, David McCarn, Gid Tanner, the Carolina Tar Heels, and The Bently Boys. We’ll also feature a handful of mid-to-late century performers to cap things off. Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of the last century of America’s music on Sonoma County’s newest member-supported radio voice, KWTF 88.1 FM, streaming to the world on kwtf.net.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Alan Lomax	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair	Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co
3	Dock Boggs	Cumberland Gap	Bound For Glory
4	Kelly Harrell	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Archive.org
5	Pat Carrolls	Single Girl	Songcatcher
6	The Haden Triplets	Single Girl	The Haden Triplets
7	Jimmie Driftwood	Rattlesnake Song	Americana, Vol. 1
8	Joan Baez	John Riley [*]	Joan Baez [Bonus Tracks]
9	The Stonemans	Shady Grove	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
10	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Sally Goodin	Bill Monroe: Anthology
11	Andy Griffith	Cindy	Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs
12	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Cripple Creek	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
13	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	Cripple Creek	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
14	Coot Grant and Socks Wilson	Uncle Joe (Pm 12833, 349-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
15	The Bently Boys	Down On Penny's Farm	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
16	David McCarn	Cotton Mill Colic	Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
17	Jimmy Martin	Roll on Buddy, Roll On	First Time Together
18	Lonzo and Oscar	Last Ole Dollar	1947-1950 (Warped 4741)
19	Darby & Tarlton	Birmingham Jail	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
20	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
21	Darby & Tarlton	Rising Sun Blues	Darby & Tarlton [Disc 3]
22	Don Reno/Red Smiley	Mule Skinner Blues	Together Again
23	Merle Travis	Dark As A Dungeon	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
24	Bill Morrissey	Pay Day	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
25	Carolina Tar Heels	Peg And Awl	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 2
26	Etta Baker & Taj Mahal	Johnson Boys	Etta Baker With Taj Mahal
27	Kossoy Sisters Featuring Erik Darling	The Wagoner's Lad	Bluegrass Roots
28	Richard Hawley	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?	Coles Corner
29	The Whitstein Brothers	I'm Troubled	Old Time Duets
30	Rosanne Cash	Fair And Tender Ladies	Songcatcher
31	Flatt & Scruggs	On Top of Old Smokey	Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane
32	Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band	Charles Giteau	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
33	Bobby Bare	Tom Dooley	Darker Than Light
34	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Tom Dula	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
35	Doc Watson	Omie Wise	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
36	Ernest V. Stoneman & Sweet Brothers	John Hardy	My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Early American Rural Music. Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs, Vol. 1

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Songs of A.P. Carter

November 14, 2015 Dave

He grew up with music, learning to plan violin at a young age in Poor Valley, Virginia (now known as Maces Springs), sang in a church choir and helped his uncle, Flanders Bays, who ran a mobile music school in Scott County. He would go on to form one of the seminal country music groups of the day with his wife Sara and her cousin Maybelle. Their musicianship was remarkable but the song-writing was what set them apart, the compositions by A. P. Carter representing a treasury of classic folk, sentimental pop, cowboy songs, gospel favorites, and original love songs. While there may be little doubt as to whether all songs that carried his name were original, his treatment (and that of the Carter Family group) were without peer. Tune in this Friday night for music featuring performers covering A.P. Carter songs, including The Delmore Brothers, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Charlie Louvin, Ashley Monroe, and a host of others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ralph Stanley	Worried Man Blues [Album Version]	A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
3	Rosanne Cash	The Winding Stream	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
4	John Prine	Lulu Walls	German Afternoons
5	The Carter Family	Lulu Walls	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
6	The Carter Family	My Texas Girl	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
7	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Foggy Mountain Top	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
8	Osborne Brothers	You Are My Flower	Hillbilly Fever
9	Flatt & Scruggs	You Are My Flower [Album Version]	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered: The Essential Flatt & Scruggs
10	Charlie Haden	Oh Take Me Back	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
11	Ricky Skaggs & The Whites	Will My Mother Know Me There	Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1
12	Ashley Monroe	The Storms Are On The Ocean	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
13	The Delmore Brothers	The Storms are on the Ocean	Classic Cuts CD D – Atlanta 1940, New York 1940-41
14	Gene Autry	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
15	Red Allen	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter Family
16	Mac Wiseman	Jimmy Brown The Newsboy	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
17	Roy Clark	Jimmy Brown, the Newsboy	The Roy Clark Anthology
18	Charlie Louvin	My Texas Girl	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
19	Ralph Stanley	Distant Land To Roam [Album Version]	A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
20	The Carter Family	A Distant Land To Roam	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]
21	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Engine 143	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
22	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wabash Cannonball	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
23	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
24	Sister Bessie Griffin w/Brownie McGee	Heaven's Radio	Powerhouse Gospel
25	The Swan Silvertones, The Staple Singers, The Pilgrim Travelers	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	The Swan Silvertones 1946-1951
26	George Jones/Staples, Pop And Mavis	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
28	The Carter Family	Beautiful Brown Eyes & Sweet Fern	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
29	Jorma Kaukonen	Sweet Fern	Ain't In No Hurry
30	Loretta Lynn	Wildwood Flower	Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash
31	Norman & Nancy Blake	The Sunny Side of Life	Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1
32	Norman Blake	Fifty Miles of Elbow Room	Old Ties
33	Emmylou Harris	Hello Stranger (Remastered LP Version)	Luxury Liner [Remaster]

A Century of America's Music