“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…
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Leon Redbone
If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven
Double Time
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Merle Travis
If We Never Meet Again
Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
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Emmett Miller
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll
Minstrel Man From Georgia
5
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
The Sheik Of Araby
Saints Ramble & Sensation
6
Laurel and Hardy
Shine on Harvest Moon
The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
7
Nat King Cole
Sweet Lorraine
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
8
Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
Sugar
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
9
Hoagy Carmichael
Lazybones
Sometimes I Wonder….
10
Hoagy Carmichael
Lazy River
Sometimes I Wonder….
11
Lonnie Johnson
He's A Jelly-Roll Baker
Tomorrow Night
12
Peetie Wheatstraw
Shake That Thing
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
13
Dave Van Ronk
Shake That Thing
Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
14
Elvis Presley
You're A Heartbreaker
Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1)
15
Julia Lee
Breeze
Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
16
Cowboy Copas
Breeze
1954-1958
17
Leon Redbone
Breeze
Sugar
18
Rex Griffin
Sweet Mama Hurry Home
1935-1936 (Warped 3520)
19
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy
Bouquet Of Roses
Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
20
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special
21
Emmett Miller
Lovesick Blues
American Yodeling
22
Blind Blake
Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
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Leon Redbone
Diddy Wa Diddie
Double Time
24
Shirley Temple
Polly Wolly Doodle
America's Sweetheart
25
Boswell Sisters
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Boswell Sisters
26
Paul Specht
Sweet Lorraine
Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930
27
Ruth Etting
Shine on, Harvest Moon
Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
28
Joe Keawe
My Little Grass Shack
Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
Another gospel celebration, this time with a mix of country, bluegrass, classic black gospel, and a very special blending from the annals of rock n’ roll. We’re calling this roots celebration “Gospel Cross-Currents” and it makes its way through a mix of fifties country gospel of Fern Jones and Bonnie Owens and some recent country releases of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with folk, bluegrass and black gospel of the early century. Tune in for Mac Wiseman, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis, the Alphabetical Four, and Sister Lottie Peavy. Deeper Roots celebrates each Friday morning on KOWS and Friday evening on KWTF.
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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Good News
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Keep on the Firing Line
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
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Carl Story
Keep on the Firing Line
1942-1947 (Warped 4780)
5
Browns Ferry Four
Keep On The Firing Line
Goodbye, Babylon – Goodbye, Babylon [Disc 5]
6
Precious Bryant
Sit Down Servant
The Truth
7
Jackson Browne & David Lindley
Sit Down Servant
Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
8
Mike Farris
Sit Down Servant
Salvation in Lights
9
Bad Livers
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Dust On The Bible
10
Mac Wiseman
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Most Requested
11
Michelle Lanchester w/Sweet Honey In The Rock
I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior)
African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
12
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin
If You See My Savior
Lost Time
13
Porter Wagoner/Willie Nelson
Family Bible
Unplugged
14
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Family Bible
Lost In The Ozone
15
Lyle Lovett
I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Smile: Songs From The Movies
16
Willie Nelson
Sweet Bye and Bye
Old Time Religion
17
Elizabeth Cotten
Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes
18
Alphabetical Four
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
19
Bonnie Owens
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
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Fern Jones
By And By
The Glory Road
21
Elvis Presley
By and By
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
22
Paul Butterfield's Better Days
Nobody's Fault But Mine
'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back'
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Sister Lottie Peavy
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950
Back to the bayou once more, but this time with less the rocking rhythms of the mid-to-late century and more with tradition. We pick on the sound of cajun music, celebrating a simple dance style born of early century French/Canadian, African Creole from the Caribbean, and American Country: the two-step. It’s music is full of accordion, fiddle, washboard, bass fiddle, triangle, and percussion of all kinds…giving it a consistently energetic and lively signature. And the dance which is our focus is a simple but expressive one similar to the western two-step…just without the fancy turns and spins. Our performances include some classics from the early century including Amede Ardoin and Jimmy Newman as well as contemporaries and mid-century legends like Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Al Berard, Michael Doucet, and Louisiana energy from the swamps to Lake Pontchartrain. Tune in!
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.
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Frank Sinatra
Young At Heart
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 1]
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The Midnighters
Annie Had a Baby
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
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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
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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)
We’ve got a wild mix this week…sounds from the rock n’ roll archives, all done while excavating deeper into the halls of R&B, rockabilly, and country. Don’t count on the usual suspects, although there will be a few attending, but look to the under-the-radar floor pounders. The performances mostly qualify for shouts, shakes, and rocking fool’s gold, including some hillbilly ranters, New Orleans panters, and country banters. Tune in for some obscure Eddie Cochran alongside sounds from Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats, Sax Kari & His Ballin’ Blues Band, Royce Porter with The Kounts, and the Brewster Avenue Rhythm Boys. We’re Deeper Roots… and we’re going deeper on Friday mornings at 9am Pacific on KOWS 92.5 FM, repeating the following week on KWTF 88.1 FM. Check us out!
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Gene Summers
School of Rock & Roll
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
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Bobby Marchan
You Can't Stop Her
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
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Royce Porter with the Kounts
Beach of Love
Banana Split for My Baby
5
Huey "Piano" Smith
Hush Your Mouth
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
6
Bobby Marchan
Chicken – Wah – Wah
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
7
Amos Milburn
Soft Pillow
Amos Milburn Rocks
8
Sax Kari & His Ballin The Blues Band
Hush Your Lyin' Mouth
Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13
9
Bill Allen
Please Give Me Something
Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
10
Jerry Lee Lewis
Rockin' My Life Away
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2)
11
Bobby Brant
Piano Nellie
100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
12
The Cochran Brothers
Tired And Sleepy
Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits Of Eddie Cochran
13
Johnny Burnette
Please Don't Leave Me
The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
14
Thumper Jones
Rock It
Classic Rockabilly
15
Conway Twitty
Shake It Up
The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD1
16
Buck Owens
Hot Dog
The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
17
Bill Haley
Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
18
Charlie Adams
Cattin' Around
Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
19
Dick Penner
Cindy Lou
Rockin' Memphis [Disc 4]
20
Carmol Taylor
Tell Me What to Do
Country & Western Nuggets
21
Werly Fairburn
Everybody's Rockin'
Classic Rockabilly
22
Big Joe Turner
Flip, Flop and Fly
Big Joe Rocks
23
Ronnie Self
Ain't I'm A Dog?
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
24
Wynn Stewart
Come On
California Country
25
Billy Strange
Hell Train
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26
Len Barrow
Hades Highway
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
27
Tarheel Slim
Number Nine Train
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
28
Vince Taylor
Brand New Cadillac
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
29
Eddie Cochran
Fools Paradise
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 2]
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B.B. King
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
31
Amos Milburn
House Party (Tonight)
Amos Milburn Rocks
32
Louis Jordan
Caledonia
The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]
33
Rollee McGill
Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
34
Wynonie Harris
Lovin' Machine
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
35
Jerry Lee Lewis
Breathless
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
36
Johnny Otis
Willy & The Hand Jive
Vol. 1-Johnny Otis R & B Dance
37
Wanda Jackson
Let's Have a Party
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
38
Buddy Holly
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
39
Big Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
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!
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The Everly Brothers
Roving Gambler
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
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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)
Music this week that speaks to hard times. From the Dust Bowl and Great Depression to personal hardships, we’ll share some bluegrass sounds, tunes steeped in tradition, soothing notes of country gospel, and folk blues. We’ll hear from The Weavers, Mavis Staples, Bobby Bare, and Pearly “Grandma” Davis (a nugget from Mike Seeger’s Old Time Music series). There will be talk of failing crops, revolution, and Oklahoma dust this week. Deeper Roots goes a little bit deeper with more songs about hard times this week on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, where our neighbors just experienced their own hard times from flood waters. Thinking about them.
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Bobby Bare
Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning
Darker Than Light
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Tracy Chapman
Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
4
Uncle Tupelo
No Depression
No Depression
5
Bob Dylan
Hard Times
Good As I Been To You
6
Dave Alvin
Waiting for the Hard Times to Go
Interstate City
7
Mavis Staples
Hard Times Come Again No More
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
8
The Byrds
Old Blue
The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 3
9
Peter Rowan
Seeds My Daddy Sowed
Dust Bowl Children
10
Jimmy LaFave
My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed away)
Peace Town
11
Pearly 'Grandma' Davis
It's These Hard Times
Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
12
Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
Hard Times Come and Go
Riverboat Soul
13
Eddie Dattel
Trickle Down Blues
Trickle Down Blues
14
Buck Owens
Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
15
Ryan Bingham
Hard Times
Mescalito
16
Ry Cooder
You Must Unload
The Prodigal Son
17
The Louvin Brothers
Preach The Gospel
The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks
18
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Never No More Hard Times-Blues
The King Of Western Swing-25 Hits 1935-1945
19
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Hard Times Have Been Here (But They've Gone)
1978-1979
20
Country Joe McDonald
Talkin' Dust Bowl
Vanguard Visionaries
21
The Weavers
Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvia
Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
22
Josh White
Hard Times Blues
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 51
23
Sheryl Crow
No Depression In Heaven
The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family
24
Country Joe McDonald
This Land Is Your Land
Vanguard Visionaries
25
R.B. Morris
That's How Every Empire Falls
Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
This week we’ll explore the music of the legendary Charley Patton. We’ll be dipping our toes into the birth of the Delta blues featuring some classic tracks from the gravel-voiced masked wonder as well as some rich covers from contemporary performers. Listen in for music from Otis Taylor, David Johansen, Corey Harris, and Taj Mahal…just to drop a few names. We’ll also scratch the surface of Charley’s career including some reflections from a master’s thesis written by none other than the American musicologist and musician, John Fahey. Tune in Friday morning as we board ourselves a raft to roll down the waters in search of the rich and elusive legend of the Mississippi Delta blues that was Charley Patton.
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Bob Dylan
High Water (For Charley Patton)
Love and Theft
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Charley Patton
I Shall Not Be Moved
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
4
Paul Rishell & Anne Raines
I Shall Not Be Moved
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
5
Son House
The Pony Blues
Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The
6
Charley Patton
Pony Blues (Pm 12792, 15216–)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
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Guy Davis, T-Bone Wolk, Mark Murphy & Levon Helm
Some of These Days
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
8
Charley Patton
Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
9
Charley Patton
Poor Me
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3]
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Rising Sons
By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version]
Rising Sons
11
Charlie Musselwhite
Pea Vine Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
12
Otis Taylor
Stone Pony
Americana Roots Songbook: Modern Blues
13
Charley Patton
Stone Pony Blues
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3]
14
McHouston Baker
High Sheriff Blues
Mississippi Delta Dues
15
David Johansen
High Sheriff
Shaker
16
Charley Patton
High Sheriff Blues
Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
17
Steve James & Mark Rubin
Elder Greene Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
18
Charley Patton
Elder Greene Blues
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 1]
19
Taj Mahal
High Water Everywhere, Part 2
American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
20
Graham Parker
Poor Me
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
21
Corey Harris
Moon Going Down
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
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Charley Patton
Moon Going Down
Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
23
Dave Van Ronk
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
24
Robert Nighthawk
Mean Black Cat
Greatest Blues Licks
25
Charley Patton
Charley Patton – Mean Black Cat Blues
24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ]
Free form this morning, live from the studios in downtown Santa Rosa. Deeper Roots shares a rare mix of sounds including jug band sounds from Jim Kweskin, a new track from Maria Muldaur, The Ink Spots, Gal Holiday, and Pee Wee Crayton…oh what a mix. Dave hosts a unique blend of sounds each Friday morning and he’ll be setting aside a playlist or two that scratches the surface of the Burnette clan including Johnny, Dorsey, Billy and Rocky including a wrap up of some tracks from the great Bay Area-based Solid Smoke reissue from the early 80s of the Rock n’ Roll Trio. Tune in for some Hash House Hattie and One Eyed Jacks, this Friday evening at 9
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The Staple Singers
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
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Jay & The Americans
Cara Mia
Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
4
Marvin & Johnny
Cherry Pie
Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
5
Chuck Willis
It's Too Late
The King of the Stroll
6
The Ink Spots
You're Breaking My Heart
The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
7
Johnny Burnette
Moody River
The Ballads Of
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Johnny & Dorsey Burnette
One Eyed Jacks
Life is Like a Card Game (US Gambling Songs 1920s 1950s)
9
Dorsey Burnette
Hey Little One
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
10
Rocky Burnette
Tired Of Toein' The Line
Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980
11
Billy Burnette
Crazy Like Me
Crazy Like Me
12
Jim Kweskin
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
Vanguard Visionaries
13
Ames Brothers The
The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
Your Hit Parade – 1955
14
Maria Muldaur
Scat Skunk
Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker)
15
Cliff Edwards & His Hot Combination
Good Little Bad Little You
Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35
16
Rudy Vallie & His Connecticut Yankees
You Oughta Be In Pictures
The Voice That Had Them Fainting 1928-1937
17
John Hartford
Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home
Morning Bugle
18
Roy Rogers
You Can't Break My Heart
1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
19
Tommy Duncan
Please Come Back Home
Texas Moon
20
Dick Reinhart
Hash House Hattie
You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
21
Living Sisters
Make Love To Me
Run For Cover – EP
22
Bobby Bare
Come On Home (And Sing Blues To Daddy)
The Best Of Bobby Bare
23
Gal Holiday and the Hony Tonk Revue
Come Home
Lost & Found
24
Paul Simon
Mother And Child Reunion
Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar
25
Sonia Ross
Breaking My Heart
Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels
26
Marvin Gaye
Baby Don't You Do It
Anthology [Disc 1]
27
The Band
Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It)
To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
28
Pee Wee Crayton
Don't Break My Heart
Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
Long before we were graced with the voices of SAM, Siri, or Alexa, and before we could carry our smart devices around like a wallet or clutch…there were the women and men who served us from behind the receiver: the telephone operator. Maybe they didn’t have the answer to everything but they could connect us to about anyone anywhere in the world. But it usually cost more than we were willing to admit. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes on the theme of the telephone operator, the long distance connector, and the person with a soul…and usually a quick hangup if there were not enough coins to drop in the pay phone. It was the penalty for human interaction I guess. We’ll let Jorma, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, and Eddie Floyd take us on a trip back to rotary dials and party lines in this week’s episode, live from the Santa Rosa studios at KOWS.
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Mary Wells
Operator
Looking Back 1961-1964
3
Dusty Owens
Hello Operator
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
4
Rusty McDonald
Call Operator 210
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
5
Hank Snow
I Just Telephoned Upstairs
The Chronogical Classics 1951-1952 (Warped 5244)
6
Bonnie Guitar
Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
7
Wanda Jackson
Between The Window And The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
8
The Blue Sky Boys
The Royal Telephone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
9
Johnny Burnette
Operator
The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 9
10
Howard Crockett
Please Answer The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
11
Jorma Kaukonen
Operator
River Of Time
12
The Band
Long Distance Operator
A Musical History [Disc 2]
13
The Golden Gate Quartet
I Just Telephone Upstairs
Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
14
The Jordaniares
I Telephoned Upstairs
The Jordaniares Gospel
15
Selah Jubilee Singers
Royal Telephone
Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
16
Sister Wynona Carr
Operator, Operator
Dragnet For Jesus
17
Spirit Of Memphis Quartet
The Atomic Telephone
The Best Of King Gospel
18
Sister Wynona Carr
Don't Miss That Train
Dragnet For Jesus
19
Johnny Otis
Call Operator 210
Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
20
Tony & Tyrone
Please Operator
After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
21
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Operator
Soul Grooves
22
The Marvelettes
Beechwood 4-5789
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
