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Rockabilly Road

Rockabilly Road
Rockabilly Road

It’s time once again to visit the wild side of rock n’ roll…unrestrained and unforgiving…and often out of tune. But that didn’t matter since it was the emotion and the sweat that filled the production gaps. A progenitor of punk, rockabilly music got its roots from hillbilly, country swing, and R&B. And it certainly owes a lot to Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. Our show this week will cover the known and the unknown. We’ll hear tracks from the Sun stable but we’ll also dig into the digital dust bins of the Imperial, Capitol, and Decca labels for vintage examples and a few rockabilly modernists will be on hand. So get your cat clothes on and get ready for a raucous evening in West County on community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny Burnette Eager Beaver Baby The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1 Amazon
3Doc Watson Shake, Rattle And Roll Docabilly Amazon
4Mac Wiseman The Fool Teenage Hangout Amazon
5Rock*A*Teens Doggone It Baby (Alt) 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
6Robert Gordon and Link Wray Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die Amazon
7Wanda Jackson There's A Party Goin' On Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
8Wanda Jackson The Graveyard Shift Unfinished Business Amazon
9Merle Kilgore Everybody Needs A Little Lovin Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
10Bill Allen Please Give Me Something Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
11Warren Smith Got Love If You Want It The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Warren Smith Rock and Roll Ruby Rockabilly Legend Amazon
13Billy Lee Riley Baby Please Don't Go The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
14Carl Perkins Glad All Over Original Sun Greatest Hits Amazon
15Malcom Yelvington Rockin' with my Baby SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]] Amazon
16Johnny Burnette Oh Baby Babe The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1 Amazon
17Jerry Lee Lewis Real Wild Child (Wild One) The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
18Eddie Bond Rockin' Daddy Classic Rockabilly Amazon
19Ronnie Dawson Rockin' Bones Rockin' Bones: The Legendary Masters [Disc 2] Amazon
20Charlie Feathers One Hand Loose CD2 Amazon
21Charlie Feathers Bottle to the Baby Rockabilly Kings Amazon
22The Collins Kids Rock Boppin' Baby 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
23Larry Collins/Lorrie Collins Mercy Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
24Ryan Cain And The Ables Kill Devil Hillbilly Cupid And The Devil Amazon
25Ryan Cain And The Ables Cupid And The Devil Cupid And The Devil Amazon
26Bill Kirchen Rockabilly Funeral Tombstone Every Mile Amazon
27Carl Perkins All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty) Go Cat Go Amazon
28Carl Perkins Rockabilly Music (with Paul Simon) Go Cat Go Amazon
29Carl Perkins Go Cat Go Go Cat Go Amazon
30Wanda Jackson Mean Mean Man Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
31Sleepy Labeef Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub) Sleepy Rocks Amazon
32Dean Beard Rock Around the Town The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
33Jimmy Wages Mad Man The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
34Memphis Rockabilly Band Pleated Pants Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection CD1 Amazon
35Charlie Feathers Corrina Good Rockin' Tonight Amazon
36Freddie Hart Snatch It And Grab It 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
37Hal Willis Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon

Free Form – January 2017

Free Form - January 2017
Free Form – January 2017

Dreams that flow from a nine-volt heart. Drop on by for a stream of sounds from the past century, illuminated by a one-way flow of connections between songs representing the best in blues (Howlin’ Wolf), gospel (Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sister O.M. Terrell), jazz (Nina Simone and Louis Armstrong), country (Guy Clark and The Louvins), contemporary Americana (The Devil Makes Three and Jefferson Ross), and so much more. Songs about trouble, bad roads and bad moons, little birds, coffee, and hidden charms…all for you on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dave Alvin Nine-Volt Heart Ashgrove Amazon
3Guy Clark Boats To Build Boats To Build Amazon
4Townes Van Zandt Pancho and Lefty Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt Amazon
5Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men Railroad Bill Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
6The Devil Makes Three Forty Days I'm a Stranger Here Amazon
7Duane Eddy Forty Miles Of Bad Road Dance With The Guitar Man Amazon
8Danny Overbea Forty Cups Of Coffee Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon
9Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
10Nappy Brown Hidden Charms Tore Up Amazon
11The Blasters Trouble Bound The Blasters Collection Amazon
12Ashley Monical Trouble Facing The Shadow Amazon
13Jefferson Ross Trouble Is Dogwood Cats Amazon
14Ry Cooder Trouble, You Can't Fool Me Bop Till You Drop (Remaster 2013) Amazon
15Ry Cooder The Pearls/Tia Juana Jazz (Remaster 2013) Amazon
16Dr. John Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen Ske-Dat-De-Dat&The Spirit Of Satch Amazon
17Nina Simone Strange Fruit Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
18Louis Armstrong Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Louis And The Good Book Amazon
19The Roadoilers Jonah and the Whale The Roadoilers Amazon
20Sister Rosetta Tharpe Jonah Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
21Tommy Magness Jesus Will Save Your Soul Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
22Bob Dylan Gospel Plow Bob Dylan Amazon
23The Louvin Brothers The Gospel Way Close Harmony [Disc 1] Amazon
24Sister O. M. Terrell God's Little Birds Country Gospel 1946-1953 Amazon
25Red Foley With The Sunshine Boys Peace In the Valley Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century Amazon
26Johnny Cash Peace In The Valley Gospel Glory Amazon
27John Fogerty Bad Moon Rising The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
28Fats Domino (All of My Life) For You This Is Gold Disc 2 Amazon
29Clyde McPhatter Lover's Question The Atlantic Story [UK] Amazon
30Clyde McPhatter Lover Please Hard to Find 45's on CD, Vol. 2: 1961-64 Amazon
31Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
32Shakey Jake & The Willie Dixon Band Roll Your Moneymaker Willie Dixon and Friends, Vol. 7 Amazon

Deeper Fifties Fear

 

Deeper Fifties Fear
Deeper Fifties Fear

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

Who We Lost in 2016

Who We Lost 2016
Who We Lost 2016

To say that the year 2016 was a bummer year is an understatement. While entertainment would take a backseat to the social and political conflagrations of the year, it was a very tough year for music lovers, nonetheless. Deeper Roots will be sharing tracks from some of the great, both known and unknown, who left us. We’ll hear from both Prince as well as Dan Hicks; Natalie Cole and Lonnie Mack; Juan Gabriel and Paul Kantner. It does not end there and we’ll barely be able to cover them all. Tune into our last show of the year and help us remember what these performers brought us.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ralph Stanley O Death O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
3Leonard Cohen Hallelujah Various Positions Amazon
4Kay Starr Wheel Of Fortune Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
5Debbie Reynolds Tammy Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
6Pete Fountain A Closer Walk Best of Pete Fountain Amazon
7Toots Thielemans Bluesette 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
8Mose Allison Baby, Please Don't Go Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
9Billy Paul Me And Mrs. Jones Body & Soul Love Senerade [Disc 2] Amazon
10Earth, Wind & Fire Shining Star The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Natalie Cole Song for You Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Amazon
12Leon Russell Tight Rope Carney Amazon
13Glenn Yarbrough Baby The Rain Must Fall Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon
14Dan Hicks How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away [Album Version] The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
15Oscar Brand Talking Atom Pie In The Sky Amazon
16Sonny James Young Love Young Love Amazon
17Al Caiola & His Orchestra Bonanza TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs Amazon
18Jean Shepard A Dear John Letter Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast Amazon
19Guy Clark Blowin' Like a Bandit Craftsman Disc 2 Amazon
20Merle Haggard Workin' Man Blues For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits (1 of 2) Amazon
21Lonnie Mack Memphis Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Scotty Moore & Elvis Presley How Do You Think I Feel The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues Amazon
23Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings New Shoes Soul Time! Amazon
24Buckwheat Zydeco Ya Ya Buckwheat's Zydeco Party Amazon
25Prince & the Revolution I Would Die 4 U The Very Best of Prince Amazon
26Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship Have You Seen The Stars Tonite Blows Against The Empire Amazon
27Thunderclap Newman Something in the Air Hollywood Dream Amazon
28George Michael Faith Faith Amazon
29Jim Lowe Green Door The London American Story Disc 1 Amazon
30Eagles Take It Easy The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 Amazon
31Bobby Vee With The Crickets Someday The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
32Juan Gabriel Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol) Quiero Creedence Amazon
33Cassius Clay Stand by Me Golden Throats, Vol. 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities Amazon
34Sugarloaf Green-Eyed Lady AM Gold – 1970 Amazon
35Holly Dunn Are You Ever Gonna Love Me Billboard's #1 Country Hits of the 80's Amazon
36David Bowie Changes Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary Amazon

Deeper Roots Yuletide 2016

Deeper Roots Yuletide
Deeper Roots Yuletide

Deeper Roots celebrates the Holidays! Dave Stroud digs deeper yet into those dusty digital bins to find contemporary and vintage music of the holidays. In addition to some selections from the Document Records “Blues Blues Christmas” releases, we’ll surface some newer sounds including Americana nuggets from David Myles, Kacey Musgraves,  and Raul Malo. To fill out the vintage, you’ll be entertained by Kay Starr, Elvis, Asleep At The Wheel, and the Prairie Ramblers.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Santa Gotta Choo Choo Crazy for Christmas Amazon
3Kay Starr (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With the Bag The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best – holiday 2002 Amazon
4Kacey Musgraves Ribbons And Bows A Very Kacey Christmas Amazon
5Leon Redbone That Old Christmas Moon Christmas Island Amazon
6Ella Fitzgerald Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney 1950 Amazon
7Kacey Musgraves Feliz Navidad A Very Kacey Christmas Amazon
8Cajun Gold Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas Amazon
9Louis Armstrong 'Zat You, Santa Claus? Verve Remixed Christmas Amazon
10Prarie Ramblers Cowboy Santa Claus Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2 Amazon
11David Myles Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo It's Christmas Amazon
12The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Christmas Dinner The Christmas Album Amazon
13Asleep at the Wheel Here Comes Santa Claus Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All Amazon
14Elvis Presley Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) Christmas Album Amazon
15Elvis Presley Santa Bring My Baby (Back to Me) Christmas Album Amazon
16Raul Malo Marshmallow World Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites Amazon
17Nat King Cole All I Want For Christmas Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949 Amazon
18Nick Lowe Christmas Can't Be Far Away Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
19The Living Sisters Christmas in California Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday Amazon
20Frank Sinatra Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Christmas Songs By Sinatra Amazon
21The Boxmasters My Dreams of Christmas Christmas Cheer Amazon
22Duke Robillard Santa Claus Blues The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard Amazon
23Si Cranstoun A Christmas Twist Old School Amazon
24Darlene Love White Christmas A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector Amazon
25The Crystals Santa Claus Is Coming to Town A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector Amazon
26Charles Brown Merry Christmas, Baby ABC Of The Blues Vol 3 Amazon
27Carla Thomas Gee Whiz, It's Christmas The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (3 of 9) Amazon
28Otis Redding Merry Christmas, Baby Blue, Blues Christmas Amazon
29James Brown Sweet Little Baby Boy (Part 1) Santa's Got a Brand New Bag Amazon
30John Prine Christmas in Prison Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
31Cyndi Lauper Hard Candy Christmas (Featuring Alison Krauss) Detour Amazon
32The Marquees Santa Done Got Hip Blues, Blues Christmas: Volume 4 – 1925-1962 (Disc 1) Amazon
33Tammy Lynn & Myles High Run Rudolf Run Myles High Christmas Amazon
34Count Basie Good Morning Blues (I Want To See Santa Claus) Blue, Blues Christmas Amazon
35Nick Lowe Christmas At The Airport Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
36Jimmy Martin Old Fashioned Christmas Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
37NRBQ Christmas Wish Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1] Amazon

Go West!

Go West!
Go West!

The westward movement is celebrated once more as Deeper Roots spends two hours digging through those dusty digital bins to find the more popular and, in some cases, more obscure pieces about the one of the great migrations. In addition to the 19th century land-grab where the call was “Westward Ho!”, we’ll hear songs about the not-so-celebratory movement following the 20th century Dust Bowl migration. Tune in for blues from Lowell Fulson, Barbecue Bob, and Albert King; country from Merle Haggard, Asleep at the Wheel, and John Hartford; tradition and folk from Woody Guthrie, Darryl Holter, and Jay Farrar; and jazz/pop from Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Sol Hoopii. All on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Geraint Watkins Go West Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
3Bing Crosby Go West, Young Man! [Single Version] Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1] Amazon
4Nat King Cole (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1946 Amazon
5Asleep at the Wheel Route 66 The Best of Asleep at the Wheel Amazon
6Sol Hoopii An Orange Grove in California Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 2 Amazon
7Sons of the Pioneers When It's Autumn in the Hills of California Songs of the Prairie – CD5 Amazon
8Sons of the Pioneers Let4s Go West Again (1950) Wagons West (CD3) Amazon
9Darryl Holter California Stars Radio Songs Amazon
10Hazel Dickens California Cottonfields It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song Amazon
11Webb Pierce California Blues Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
12Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n Skiffle California Zephyr Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon
13Jimmy Lafave Dust Bowl Okies The Night Tribe Amazon
14Peter Rowan Dust Bowl Children Dust Bowl Children Amazon
15Woody Guthrie Talking Dust Bowl Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection Amazon
16Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3 Amazon
17Emmylou Harris Kern River All I Intended To Be Amazon
18Merle Haggard Kern River Blues Kern River Blues – Single Amazon
19John Hiatt Adios To California Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns Amazon
20Lowell Fulson Highway 99 Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
21Jesse Thomas Gonna Move To California Complete Recorded Works 1948-1958 Amazon
22Barbecue Bob California Blues ABC Of The Blues Vol 2 Amazon
23Albert King Travelin' to California More Big Blues Amazon
24Doc & Merle Watson California Blues Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues Amazon
25Lefty Frizzell Blue Yodel #4 (California Blues) Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night) Amazon
26John Hartford California Earthquake Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South Amazon
27Joni Mitchell California Blue Amazon
28John Stewart California Bloodlines Gold [Disc 1] Amazon
29Steve Forbert When I Get To California (Americana Version) Compromised Amazon
30Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard California Zephyr One Fast Move or I'm Gone Amazon
31Chuck Berry Route 66 Cars Amazon

Free Form – November 2016

Free Form November 2016
Free Form November 2016

While the show this week is free form (something we like to do every few weeks), we’ll be leaning on a number of ‘connections’ including a couple of sets that feature tracks from the 1950 classic country album “Beyond The Sunset” which was released by Luke The Drifter aka Hank Williams, Sr. We’ll hear interpretations and originals that keep the focus on the country gospel solemnities that made this album one of country’s most interesting albums of the time.  We’ll also be rocking with The Prisonaires, Aretha Franklin; riding down the canyon with Gene Autry and Jonathan Edwards; and connecting with boot kicking pieces from Robert Gordon and Elvis. An interesting and fun two hours is in store for you on West County community radio. Join Dave Stroud for selections from the last 100 years.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Randy Newman Big Hat, No Cattle Bad Love Amazon
3Hank Williams Beyond The Sunset (Single Version) Beyond The Sunset Amazon
4Kevin Russell Ramblin Man Trouble In Mind Amazon
5Bill Haley Too Many Parties, Too Many Pals Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1 Amazon
6Hank Williams Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals Beyond The Sunset Amazon
7John Prine Just Waitin' For Better, Or Worse Amazon
8Hank Williams Please Make Up Your Mind Beyond The Sunset Amazon
9Hank Williams Just Waitin' Beyond The Sunset Amazon
10Johnny Cash I Dreamed About Mama Last Night Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
11Hank Williams Everything's Okay Beyond The Sunset Amazon
12Marty Stuart Pictures from Life's Other Side (w/ Hank III) Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down Amazon
13The Staple Singers Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw Freedom Highway Amazon
14Cliff Edwards A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody The Collection Amazon
15Ween Pretty Girl 12 Golden Country Greats Amazon
16Robert Gordon These Boots Are Made for Walking Satisfied Mind Amazon
17Elvis Presley Big Boots G.I. Blues Amazon
18Rosie Flores Rock-A-Bye Boogie Speed of Sound Amazon
19Aretha Franklin Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody The Electrifying Aretha Franklin Amazon
20The Prisonaires Rockin' Horse The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain Amazon
21Guy Clark She Loves To Ride Horses The Dark Amazon
22Old Crow Medicine Show Don't Ride That Horse Big Iron World Amazon
23John Hiatt Slow Turning Slow Turning Amazon
24Lew Childre Riding The Elevated Train Train 45: Railroad Songs Of The Early 1900s Amazon
25Gene Autry Ridin' Down The Canyon Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
26Ian Tyson Ridin' Down the Canyon Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry Amazon
27Ian Tyson Cottonwood Canyon Carnero Vaquero Amazon
28Jonathan Edwards Girl From the Canyon Tomorrow's Child Amazon
29Gene Autry The Call Of The Canyon The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
30Eddy Arnold Cattle Call Last Of The Love Song Singers: Then And Now [Disc 1] Amazon
31Buddy Miller Cattle Call The Majestic Silver Strings Disc 1 Amazon
32Gene Autry I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 2] Amazon
33Bruce Springsteen Galveston Bay …Next Stop Is Vietnam – The War On Record, 1961-2008 Amazon

Sugar Sugar

Sugar Sugar
Sugar Sugar

We’ve got a theme show for you tonight: the last century of America’s music with a focus on candy, cake, pie, and cola…all with that magic (deadly?) insidious ingredient that lures us to it’s flavor. A sure example of a muse if there ever was one. Tune for the sounds of Bill Haley, Al Hirt, Duke Ellington, Elvis, and the Collins Kids (among others). It’s folk, blues, R&B, country, pop, and rock…all in good sweet fun on KWTF radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny Temple Yum, Yum, Yum Broke, Black & Blue: Volume Four – Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame Amazon
3Chuck Willis Sugar Sugar I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
4Vocaltones Sugar Lump Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
5The Collins Kids Sugar Plum Hop, Skip And Jump [Disc 2] Amazon
6Peggy Lee Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine) The Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
7Sammy Davis Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation The Candy Man 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
8Bobby Bare Candy Coated Kisses (1964) All American Boy – CD 2 Amazon
9Dodie Stevens Candy Store Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon
10Jo Stafford Little Man With a Candy Cigar For You Amazon
11Julie London Yummy, Yummy, Yummy Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 2 Amazon
12Lola Albright Candy Bombshells Amazon
13Eddie Kirk Candy Kisses The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17 Amazon
14Little Jimmy Dickens Who Licked The Red Off Your Candy The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
15John Fogerty Rhubarb Pie Deja Vu All Over Again Amazon
16Jay & The Techniques Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie 45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969 Amazon
17Dinah Shore Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy Presenting…The Best of the Blues – Vol. 2 Amazon
18Big Bill Lister RC Cola And Moon Pie Country Boy's Dream Amazon
19Red Foley & Evelyn Knight Tater Pie Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
20Skip & Flip Cherry Pie (1960 #11) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
21Marvin & Johnny Cherry Pie Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
22Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod Candy Man Come On In Amazon
23Skeets McDonald Birthday Cake Boogie Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
24Texas Top Hands You Can't Have Your Cake Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9] Amazon
25Art Neville Little Girl From The Candy Store Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
26Elvis Presley Cotton Candy Land Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco Amazon
27The Collins Kids Soda Poppin' Around Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1] Amazon
28Johnny Burnette One Soda, Two Straws (2) The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 8 Amazon
29Poorhouse Gorgeous Angel Food Cake Poorhouse Gorgeous Amazon
30Bonnie Guitar Candy Apple Red Singles 1 Amazon
31Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra;Ivie Anderson;Sonny Greer;Ray Nance;Harry Carney Chocolate Shake Wicked Swing Amazon
32Bill Kirchen She's A Yum Yum Raise A Ruckus Amazon
33The Iguanas Sugar Cane Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart Amazon
34Harry McClintock Big Rock Candy Mountain Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
35Muddy Waters Sugar Sweet The Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
36Peter, Paul & Mary Talkin' Candy Bar Blues A Song Will Rise Amazon
37The Harlem Hamfats The Candy Man Harlem Hamfats Vol. 4 1938-1939 Amazon

Leon Russell Tribute

Leon Russell Tribute
Leon Russell Tribute

To quote one blogger: “[Leon Russell] was one of the most adept and prolific session men of the 1960s rock scene, playing on more records and [alongside] more artists than many people could name, and his abilities and multi-instrumental proficiency would make him an unstoppable force when he debuted as an artist in his own right in the early seventies.” Summed up perfectly. And Deeper Roots will pay tribute to Leon with a look at his music, his songwriting prowess, the arc of his career, and the performances that made him that ‘unstoppable force’. We’ll hear from Joe Cocker, The Carpenters, George Benson, and (of course) Leon himself in a hastily gathered, but oh so sublime, show that honors an artist who we lost this past weekend. Tune into (and support) Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Leon Russell She Smiles Like A River Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
3Gary Lewis & The Playboys Everybody Loves A Clown The Legendary Masters Series Amazon
4Gary Lewis & The Playboys She's Just My Style The Legendary Masters Series Amazon
5Glen Campbell Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits Amazon
6Joe Cocker Delta Lady Ultimate Collection Amazon
7Richie Havens Tightrope Collection Amazon
8Freddie King Palace Of The King Ultimate Collection Amazon
9Freddie King Big Legged Woman Ultimate Collection Amazon
10Leon Russell Out in the Woods Retrospective Amazon
11Leon Russell Back to the Island Retrospective Amazon
12Amy Winehouse A Song for You Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amazon
13The Carpenters Superstar Singles 1969-1981 Amazon
14George Benson This Masquerade (single edit) Breezin' Amazon
15Leon Russell Watching The River Flow Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
16Leon Russell Dixie Lullaby Leon Russell [Bonus Track] Amazon
17Leon Russell Roll Away the Stone Retrospective Amazon
18Leon Russell Goodnight Irene Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
19Leon Russell Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Best Of Hank Wilson Amazon
20George Jones The Window Up Above With Leon Russell Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets Amazon
21Leon Russell Slow Train A Mighty Flood Amazon
22Elton John & Leon Russell If It Wasn't For Bad The Union [+digital booklet] Amazon
23Leon Russell Angel In Disguise Angel In Disguise Amazon
24Leon Russell Come On In My Kitchen Life Journey Amazon
25Leon Russell I See The Light Snapshot Amazon
26Leon Russell Im Afraid the Masquerade Is Over Life Journey Amazon
27Leon Russell A Song for You Retrospective Amazon

Buck Owens Time!

Buck Owens Time!
Buck Owens Time!

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Buck Owens Made In Japan (Live in Japan) Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975) Amazon
3Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens Streets Of Bakersfield The Best Of Classic Country 80's Amazon
4Buck Owens Down on the Corner of Love You're For Me Amazon
5Bobby Bare Down On the Corner of Love All American Boy – CD 1 Amazon
6George Morgan There Goes My Love Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection Amazon
7Buck Owens and Bettye Swann Today I Started Loving You Again Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975) Amazon
8Ray Charles Together Again Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
9Raul Malo Crying Time After Hours Amazon
10Buck Owens/George Jones Love's Gonna Live Here Friends in High Places Amazon
11Patsy Cline Foolin' Around Patsy Cline Story Amazon
12The Buckaroos Foolin' Around (Instrumental) Open Up Your Heart: The Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Recordings 1965-1968 Amazon
13Osborne Brothers Where Does the Good Times Go 1968-1974 Disc 2 Amazon
14John Fogerty I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again Amazon
15Red Simpson Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
16Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen Take Me Back Again Running Wild Amazon
17Buck Owens Take Me Back Again Buck Owens Amazon
18The Mavericks Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) From Hell to Paradise Amazon
19Rose Maddox Falling for You $35 and a Dream Amazon
20Merle Haggard Falling For You The Complete '60s Captiol Singles Amazon
21The Secret Sisters My Heart Skips A Beat The Secret Sisters Amazon
22Buck Owens and Buddy Alan Let The World Keep On A Turnin Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975) Amazon
23Buck Owens & Ringo Star Act Naturally Great Original Country Hits Of The 80's 2/3 Amazon
24Dwight Yoakam The Sad Side of Town Tomorrow's Sounds Today Amazon
25Dwight Yoakam Alright, I'm Wrong – Buck Owens Reprise Please Baby (The Warner Bros. Years) [UK] Disc 3 Amazon
26Dwight Yoakam Down on the Corner of Love Dwight Sings Buck Amazon
27Buck Owens Waitin' In Your Welfare Line The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
28Jessi Colter/Waylon Jennings Under Your Spell Again Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
29Buck Owens The Girl On Sugar Pie Lane Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
30Buck Owens Hello Trouble The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1] Amazon
31Buck Owens Under the Influence of Love Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
32Ray Charles I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova) Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
33Buck Owens I've Got A Tiger By The Tail The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
34Buck Owens I Was There Act Naturally Amazon
35Bobby "Blue" Bland Today I Started Loving You Again [Album Version] Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings Amazon
36Don Rich Chicken Pickin' Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology Amazon