Springtime sounds from classic corners this week. Now, we all know that real bluegrass is green but, like the music’s own origins which are steeped in gospel, blues, and tradition, we overlook the formalities and accept the generalities’. This week’s Deeper Roots will take a journey with the greats (Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, and The Monroe Brothers to name a few) while also tipping our hats to the new-grass sounds of David Thom, Sam Bush, Tony Furtado, and Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms. We offer different takes outside the lines including some Charlie Haden and Brennen Leigh. A Friday morning celebration of the old home place and the little white church where traditional rings … coming to you from Bodega Bay: KWTF Community Radio.
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The Whites
Used To Be
Songs of Bill Monroe
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Rhonda Vincent
Lonesome Wind Blues
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
4
Hazel Dickens
I Can't Find Your Love Any More
O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
5
Hazel Dickens, Carol Elizabeth Jones & Ginny Hawker
Love Me or Leave Me Alone
Heart of a Singer
6
Brennen Leigh
North To Alaska
Too Thin To Plow
7
Charlie Haden
Road Of Broken Hearts
Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
8
The Rice Brothers
Grapes On the Vine
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
9
Ricky Skaggs
I Hope You've Learned
Bluegrass Rules!
10
Tony Furtado
Man of Constant Sorrow
Long Journey Home: Songs of the Stanley Brothers
11
The David Thom Band
The Little White Church
That Old Familiar
12
Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas
Big Mon
True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe
13
David Grisman, Peter Rowan
Travelin' This Lonesome Road
True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe
14
Bill Monroe & Kenny Baker
Jerusalem's Ridge
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
15
The Monroe Brothers
Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy
What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? Volume One
16
Ralph Stanley
Dad's Old Rocky Field
Old Songs & Ballads
17
The Gentlemen of Bluegrass
Old Old House
Carolina Memories
18
Jim & Jesse
Long Journey Home
Long Journey Home: Songs of the Stanley Brothers
19
The David Thom Band
Home Is Where The Heart Is
That Old Familiar
20
David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger
The Old Home Place
Retrograss
21
Morris Brothers
Salty Dog Blues
Legends Of Bluegrass [Disc 3]
22
Kenny Baker/Bobby Osborne
Sally Ann
World's Greatest Country Fiddlers
23
Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt
Randy Lynn Rag
The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
24
Doc Watson
Shady Grove
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
25
Ralph Stanley
The Fields Have Turned Brown
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
26
Laurie Lewis
Tall Pines
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
27
Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms
Montana Cowboy
Innocent Road
28
Lynn Morris Band
The Bramble and the Rose
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
29
Alison Krauss & Union Station
So Long So Wrong
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
A wayfaring lot…music that touches on seafaring tragedies, punctuated by the loss of that most famous of them all: the HMS Titanic. This week’s show will focus on music that commemorated the ships that were lost at sea; tragedies that were headlines around the world; songs of the seafaring life and the sailors and crew that were a part of it. The stories are told in songs from the wells of tradition. We’ll hear from Frank Hutchison, Papa Harvey Hull, Pink Anderson, The Dillards and Dan Zanes. We’ll also hear some classic maritime music from the Smithsonian catalogs. Blues, country, folk, and so much more…all celebrating those ships upon the sea and the ones we lost along the way.
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Bob Gibson
Titanic
Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson
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Rory Block
Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)
Confessions of A Blues Singer
4
Pink Anderson
The Ship Titanic
Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
5
Charley Jordan
Titanic Blues
Charley Jordan Volume 2 1931-1934
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Hi Henry Brown
Titanic Blues
21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10
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Bessie Jones And Group
The Titanic
Alan Lomax Collection Sampler
8
Papa Harvey Hull & "Long Cleve" Reed
Sinking Of The Titanic
Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
9
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
Sinking Of The Titanic
Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
10
Lead Belly
Titanic
The Definitive Leadbelly [Disc 3] – Leaving Blues
11
Frank Hutchison
The Last Scene Of The Titanic
If You Take Me Back
12
Clyde Spencer And Harry Fannin
The Sinking Of The Titanic
Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 [Disc 1]
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Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton
After The Sinking Of The Titanic
On The Banks Of A Lonely River
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Roy Acuff
The Great Titanic
compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
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Woody Guthrie
When That Great Ship Went Down
This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
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Ralph Stanley
Storms Are On The Ocean [Album Version]
A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
17
Gordon Lightfoot
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Songbook [Box Set] Disc 3
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Jimmie Driftwood
The Ship That Never Returned
Americana, Vol. 3
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Little Jimmy Dickens
When The Ship Hit The Sand
The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
20
Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards
The Sinking of the Ruben James
Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
21
June Carter Cash
Sinking in the Lonesome Sea
Wildwood Flower
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Ashley Monroe
The Storms Are On The Ocean
Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
23
Cowboy Copas
A Thousand Miles of Ocean
Settin' Flat On Ready
24
Red Allen
Out on the Ocean
Lonesome and Blue: The Complete County Recordings
25
The Country Gentlemen
Take Me In A Lifeboat
The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
26
Dan Zanes
Across The Western Ocean
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
27
The Dicey Doh Singers
The Sloop John B.
Classic Maritime Music
28
Sam Eskin
Clear Away the Track and Let the Bullgine Run
Classic Maritime Music
29
Henry Morrison & St. Simon's Island Singers
I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean
Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
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.
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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)
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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
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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
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Merle Haggard
Dealing With The Devil
Rainbow Stew – Live
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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)
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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)
We mix it up once again. Nothing like ending the week on a high note, a low note, and just the right mix of jazz, pop, rock, country, bluegrass, and R&B. You know it won’t stop there because if it’s one thing we do well is find all that is good in between the boards. Join Dave Stroud for music featuring tracks from The Boswell Sisters, Red Foley, Julia Lee, The Prisonaires, Mose Allison, and John Prine. Friday mornings in West County … where we kick off the weekend on the stream our hearts out!
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Joan Osborne
Roll Like A Big Wheel
Bring It On Home
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The Mills Brothers
Cherry (L. Armstrong)
The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
4
Les Paul & The Andrews Sisters
Rumors Are Flying (Single Version)
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
5
Louis Jordan
Hungry Man
Jivin' With Jordan
6
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Shout, Brother, Shout – (featuring The Five Tones)
Not So Quiet Please
7
The Prisonaires
Just Walking in the Rain
Sun Ballads 1953-62
8
Mose Allison
Lost Mind
Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
9
Dinah Washington
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
Verve Unmixed
10
Julia Lee
When Jennie Does That Lowdown Dance
Kansas City Star [Disc 5]
11
Nellie Lutcher
Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Guy
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 4]
12
Boswell Sisters
Put That Sun Back In the Sky
Boswell Sisters
13
Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters
I Want To Be With You Always
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
14
The Andrews Sisters
Pistol Packin' Mama
Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 1]
15
Junior Brown
Where Has All the Money Gone?
Down Home Chrome
16
Merle Haggard
Mama Tried
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
17
Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra
Down In Mexico
Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
18
Santiago Jimenez
Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio
Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
19
Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
Havana Moon
Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
20
Levon Helm
Tennessee Jed
Electric Dirt
21
Grateful Dead
Dire Wolf
Workingman's Dead
22
Graham Parker
Sugaree
Your Country
23
Jim Lauderdale
The Night The Moon Fell Down
Carolina Moonshine
24
Jimmy Martin
20/20 Vision
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
25
Hank Williams
Cold, Cold Heart
24 Greatest
26
John Prine
Summers End
The Tree of Forgiveness
27
Billie Holiday
Gloomy Sunday
Ken Burns Jazz
28
Lula Reed
I'll Drown In My Own Tears
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
29
Effie Smith
Water, Water
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
30
Mildred Jones
Mr. Thrill
Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
Join us as we peer into the music of Mississippi John Hurt, performed by contemporary artists with some bits and pieces of his own music. We’ll also feature some fragments from the original interview conducted by Tom Hoskins in 1963 after some simple sleuthing, in the town of Avalon not far from Hurt’s boyhood home of Teoc, Mississippi. The story of his rediscovery after the sixties folk revival (and Harry Smith’s original Anthology of American Folk Music) is legend. Sit back on a Friday morning and listen in for some of the great music of the minstrel from Teoc
Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.
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Irma Thomas
Old Records
If You Want It, Come and Get It
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Lewis Bronzeville Five
Natchez Mississippi Blues
The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
4
Leon Redbone
Sweet Lorraine
Any Time
5
Los Lobos
Goodnight My Love
El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4)
6
The Treniers
Good Rockin' Tonight
They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
7
The Larks
Rockin' in the Rocket Room
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
8
The Swallows
Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9
Irma Thomas
Girl Needs Boy
Soul Queen of New Orleans
10
Norah Jones
How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart?
The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
11
Arthur Alexander
Every Day I Have to Cry
Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
12
Arthur Alexander
Anna
The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
13
Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson
Texas Bop
The Border/Alamo Bay
14
The Mavericks
Hey Tonight (Bonus)
Quiero Creedence
15
The Texas Tornados
Little Bit Is Better Than Nada
4 Aces
16
Don Santiago Jimenez Sr
Ay Te Deja San Antonio
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
17
Linda Ronstadt
El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull)
Mas Canciones
18
Dwight Yoakam
This Time
This Time
19
Lefty Frizzell
Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More)
Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
20
Charlie Walker
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
21
Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys
What It Means To Be Blue
Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
22
Felix Arndt
Desecration Rag
The Big Broadcast vol. 9
23
The Sunshine Boys
It's Unanimous
1929-1931 – The Complete Set
24
Ted Weems & His Orchestra
From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning
The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928)
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.
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Dick Curless
A Tombstone Every Mile (1)
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
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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
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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]
Songs about moonlight on the trail this week. We revisit songs about Old Paint, cowpokes, outlaws, and the wide expanse of the range in this week’s show. Tradition, temperance, and memories of the Red River Valley with Michael Martin Murphey, Jimmie Driftwood, Rex Allen, Powder River Jack (featuring Kitty Lee), and many more cowboys from Hollywood and the old Navajo Trail. Storytelling and nostalgic novelties, most elevating the hardscrabble life of the West to a Disney featurette. Right here on Sonoma County community radio.
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The Norman Luboff Choir
Shenandoah
Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea
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Gene Autry
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
4
Gene Autry
Back In the Saddle Again
Don't Fence Me In:Western Music Early Golden Era
5
The Western Flyers
Along The Navajo Trail
Wild Blue Yonder
6
Marty Robbins
The Strawberry Roan
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
7
Duane Eddy
Streets of Laredo
Rebel Rouser
8
Ernest Tubb
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
9
Gene Autry & Jimmy Long
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]
10
Marty Robbins
Red River Valley
All-Time Greatest Hits
11
Johnny Bond
Red River Valley
History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
12
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
The Old Chisholm Trail
16 Great Songs Of The Old West
13
Ken Curtis & The Sons of the Pioneers
Home On The Range
The Cowboy Album
14
Ken Maynard
Home On The Range
When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
15
Judy Canova
Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
16
The Sons Of The Pioneers
Along The Santa Fe Trail
Sons Of The Pioneers
17
Rex Allen
Riding Down To Mexico
The Last of The Great Singing Cowboys
18
Johnny Bond
Goodbye Old Paint
Standard Transcriptions
19
Cisco Houston
I Ride An Old Paint
The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
20
Michael Martin Murphey
I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo/Git Along Little Doggies
Cowboy Songs
21
Eddy Arnold
Cattle Call
Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
22
Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers
Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")
Country Legends
23
Ken Maynard
Lone Star Trail
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
24
Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
Strawberry Roan
Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25
Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles
Sleepy Desert
Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
26
Carson Robison's Buckaroos
Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
27
Crowder Brothers
Wild West Rambler
When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
28
Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee
Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail
When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
29
Jimmie Driftwood
Billy The Kid
Americana, Vol. 2
30
Don Edwards
Sam Bass
Saddle Songs (1 of 2)
31
The Light Crust Doughboys
Oh Susannah
Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
32
Tex Ritter
My Darling Clementine
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
33
Tex Ritter
Chisholm Trail
High Noon
34
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
The Streets Of Laredo
16 Great Songs Of The Old West
35
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans With Frank Worth & His Orchestra
Happy Trails
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.
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Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
3
Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4
Ernest Tubb
I Love You Because
The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2)
5
Gene Austin
Love Letters In The Sand
A Time To Relax
6
Eddy Arnold
It's a Sin
Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
7
Red Foley
Old Shep
Tennessee Saturday Night
8
The Lone Star Cowboys
Just Because
East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
9
The Carter Family
I'm Working On A Building
The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
10
Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir
Working On The Building
Powerhouse Gospel
11
Kokomo Arnold
Milk Cow Blues
Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
12
Arthur Gunter
Baby Let's Play House
The Best Of Excello Records
13
Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
14
Jimmy Reed
Baby What You Want Me To Do
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
15
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
So Glad You're Mine
Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
16
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
So Glad You're Mine
Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
17
Little Junior Parker
Mystery Train
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18
Little Richard
Long Tall Sally
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
19
Chuck Berry
Promised Land
The Chess Box Disc 2
20
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
21
The Eagles
Trying To Get To You
Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1]
22
Smiley Lewis
One Night
I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
23
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Money Honey
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
24
Roy Brown
Good Rockin' Tonight
Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers
25
Ivory Joe Hunter
I Need You So
The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
26
Billy Bunn & His Buddies
That's When Your Heartaches Begin
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
27
Charlie Blackwell
The Girl of My Best Friend
Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
28
Big Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
29
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Believe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
30
The Golden Gate Quartet
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
31
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
Peace In The Valley
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1]
32
Mahalia Jackson
How Great Thou Art
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
33
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Precious Memories
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
34
Joe Dowell
Wooden Heart
Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961
35
Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra
Blue Moon
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
We open 2018 with a mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans piano, gospel, and country… nothing that you would not expect from the show. Here’s hoping to something much better from all of us…as a democracy and a society. While the 1 percent have fooled the desperate we’ll be spending time with the passions of Ivie Anderson, Ray Charles, Madeline Bell, Doug Sahm, and Sam Cooke to keep our hearts, minds, and eyes on the prize. Join Dave Stroud for a free form exploration of American roots music every other Friday morning at 9am on KOWS and weekly (Friday evenings at 9) on KWTF.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Blossom Dearie
Everything I've Got
Got Nothing But Song
3
Professor Longhair
Mean Old World
Fess: The Professor Longhair A
4
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
Mean Old World
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
5
Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist
Free At Las'
2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
6
Anthony Butler
Judgement's Coming Soon
Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
7
Cowboy Junkies
Jesus Is Coming Soon
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
8
Madeline Bell
Can't Get Used To Losing You
Bell's A Poppin'
9
Laura Lee
Up Tight, Good Man
The Muscle Shoals Sound
10
Jean Wells
Have a Little Mercy
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1
11
Varetta Dillard
I Can't Help Myself
Got You On My Mind
12
The Orioles
You Belong to Me
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
13
The Commands
No Time For You
Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label
14
Slim Gaillard
Blue Heaven
ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
15
The Cats & The Fiddle
Darling, Can't We Make A Date
The Very Best Of
16
Ivie Anderson
I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye
An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
17
Ivie Anderson
Oh Babe! Maybe Someday
An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
18
Louis Jordan
I Seen What'cha Done
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
19
Ray Charles & Willie Nelson
Seven Spanish Angels
The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4]
20
Willie Nelson
Let's Face The Music And Dance
Let's Face The Music And Dance
21
Asleep at the Wheel
Dance With Who Brung You
The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
22
Leon McAuliffe
Tulsa, Straight Ahead
Tulsa Straight Ahead
23
Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams
Better Do It Now
Shame On You
24
Doug Sahm
I Wanna Be Your Mama Again
Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
25
Bruce Daigrepont
Acadie A la Louisiane
Alligator Stomp 3: Cajun Zydeco Classics
26
Elijah & The Ebonites
Hot Grits!!!
Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label
27
Lee Dorsey
Work, Work, Work
The Ep Collection…Plus
28
Bo Diddley
You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover
The Chess Box
29
Magic Sam
Feels So Good (I Wanna Boogie)
Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics
30
Howlin' Wolf
Smokestack Lightnin'
Blues From Hell
31
Ella Mae Morse
Jumpin' Jack
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
