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Free Form – October 2016

Free Form Oct 2016
Free Form Oct 2016

We reflect on Columbus Day…that day of the year that something and nothing are both celebrated. While it may be another one of those “Flag Days”, it’s a day that we’ll set aside a set for in the most appropriate way. We’ll hear the “Ballad of Ira Hayes”, music from Robbie Robertson, and Maxine Sullivan in the set which is one of free form this week on Deeper Roots. A set about sin, a set about the glorious two-day event known as the weekend, ballads, bop, and and opening sweat bomb by Joyce Harris and the Daylighters. Sonoma County community radio it is…

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Joyce Harris & The Daylighters I Got My Mojo Working Ace Records 40th Anniversary Amazon
3Patrick Sky The Ballad of Ira Hayes Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3] Amazon
4Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble Coyote Dance Music For The Native Americans Amazon
5Joe Ely Wounded Knee Silver City Amazon
6The Flatlanders Homeland Refugee Hills and Valleys Amazon
7Maxine Sullivan & Her Jazz All-Stars Christopher Columbus Memories of You: A Tribute To Andy Razaf Amazon
8Hoagy Carmichael Sh'h The Old Man's Sleeping Old Music Master Amazon
9Mike Seeger Ballad Of Hollis Brown (with Bob) Third Annual Farewell Reunion Amazon
10Robert Mitchum Ballad of Thunder Road That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings Amazon
11Johnny Western The Ballad Of Paladin Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
12Joe Barry It's A Sin To Tell A Lie I'm A Fool To Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977 Amazon
13Fats Domino It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Fats Amazon
14George Morgan It's a Sin Morgan, By George Amazon
15Wanda Jackson Sinful Heart Four Classic Albums Plus Amazon
16The Delmore Brothers They Say It Is Sinful To Flirt Charlotte, NC 1937-38, Rocky Hill, SC 1938-39 Amazon
17Del McCoury Eli Renfro Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury Amazon
18Hi Neighbor Boys Zeke Terney's Stomp (Instrumental) Okeh Western Swing Amazon
19Margo Price Weekender Midwest Farmer's Daughter Amazon
20Tom Petty Big Weekend Highway Companion Amazon
21Steve Forbert The Weekend Young Guitar Days Amazon
22Charlie Rich Lonely Weekends Lonely Weekends: Best of the Sun Years [AVI] Amazon
23Bob Delevante Blitzkrieg Bop Columbus and the Colossal Mistake: A Collection of Songs and Photographs Amazon
24Buddy Holly Not Fade Away From the Original Master Tapes Amazon
25Geraint Watkins At Last In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition Amazon
26Etta James Tell Mama Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
27The Howlin Brothers Mama Don't You Tell Me Howl Amazon
28Polk Miller's Old South Quartette Jerusalem Mournin' Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette Amazon
29David Lindley and Wally Ingram Oh Death Twango Bango II Amazon
30Bill Kirchen Somebody's Going Home Transatlanticana Amazon
31The Tractors The Tractors-Up Jumped the Boogie Trade Union Amazon
32Geraint Watkins Easy to Say 'Bon Temps Rouler' In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition Amazon

Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

Happy Birthday Mr. Prine
Happy Birthday Mr. Prine

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October.  We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine Please Don't Bury Me Sweet Revenge Amazon
3Steve Goodman Donald And Lydia Steve Goodman Amazon
4John Prine Paradise The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970] Amazon
5John Prine Hello in There Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
6John Prine Souvenirs Tribute to Steve Goodman Amazon
7John Prine Sam Stone Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters Amazon
8John Prine Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970) The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2] Amazon
9John Prine Nine Pound Hammer Sweet Revenge Amazon
10John Prine Sweet Revenge Sweet Revenge Amazon
11John Prine The Oldest Baby in the World Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
12John Prine/Steve Goodman Souvenirs Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
13Bonnie Raitt And John Prine Angel From Montgomery Coal Country Music Amazon
14John Prine Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine Live Amazon
15John Prine It's Happening To You Storm Windows Amazon
16John Prine Linda Goes to Mars German Afternoons Amazon
17Tom Paxton Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine) Redemption Road Amazon
18My Morning Jacket All The Best Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Amazon
19The Boxmasters Christmas in Prison Christmas Cheer Amazon
20John Prine & Mac Wiseman Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
21John Prine with Fiona Prine 'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
22John Prine/Iris Dement (We're Not) The Jet Set In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
23John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better, Or Worse Amazon
24Holly Williams/John Prine I'm Telling You For Better, Or Worse Amazon
25Alison Krauss/John Prine Falling in Love Again For Better, Or Worse Amazon
26John Prine Color of the Blues (feat. Susa For Better, Or Worse Amazon
27John Prine Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home) In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
28John Prine Just Waitin' For Better, Or Worse Amazon
29John Prine With Connie Smith So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad) In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
30Johnny Cash Paradise [#] Personal File Disc 1 Amazon
31Fiona Prine/John Prine My Happiness For Better, Or Worse Amazon
32John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon

Celebrating the Circle

Celebrating the Circle
Celebrating the Circle

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
3The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
4Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter Fair and Tender Ladies Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
5Maybelle Carter The Storms are on the Ocean Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1] Amazon
6Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters WIldwood Flower The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
7The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Wreck on the Highway Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
8Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys Wreck On The Highway The Essential Roy Acuff Amazon
9Roy Acuff Pins & Needles (In My Heart) King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail Amazon
10The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Pins and Needles (In My Heart) Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
11Jimmy Martin Sunny Side Of The Mountain Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
12The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sunny Side of the Mountain Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
13Jimmy Martin You Don't Know My Mind Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
14Jimmy Martin Ocean Of Diamonds Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
15The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nine Pound Hammer Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
16Merle Travis Nine Pound Hammer American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
17Merle Travis Dark As a Dungeon Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
18Merle Travis I Am A Pilgrim The Best of Merle Travis Amazon
19Doc Watson/Merle Watson Black Mountain Rag Black Mountain Rag Amazon
20Doc Watson/Merle Watson Down Yonder Black Mountain Rag Amazon
21The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Down Yonder Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
22The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lonesome Fiddle Blues Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
23Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt Nashville Skyline Rag The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2) Amazon
24Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys Earl's Breakdown [78rpm Version] 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
25Hank Williams Wait For The Light To Shine Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
26Leon Payne Lost Highway Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 Amazon
27The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lost Highway Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
28The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I Saw the Light Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
29Hank Williams I Saw The Light Hank Williams – A Country Legend (3) Amazon
30The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Honky Tonk Blues Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
31The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Orange Blossom Special Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon

City Blues

City Blues
City Blues

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Frank Hutchison K.C. Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
3HowellDevine KC Blues Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles Amazon
4Ernest Tubb Kansas City Blues Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours Amazon
5Sidney Bechet St. Louis Blues Blues In Thirds Amazon
6Lonnie Johnson Low Down St. Louis Blues Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1 Amazon
7Blind Willie McTell East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well) The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago Amazon
8Red Nichols Wabash Blues I Got Rhythm Amazon
9Leroy Carr Naptown Blues Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1] Amazon
10Fats Domino Detroit City Blues Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Mississippi Fred McDowell Kokomo Blues Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell Amazon
12Dan Pickett Chicago Blues I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar Amazon
13Don Flemons Milwaukee Blues What Got Over Amazon
14Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Milwaukee Blues The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
15Dorothy Everetts Macon Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
16Elmore James Madison Blues The Sky Is Crying Amazon
17Barbecue Bob Jacksonville Blues Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929) Amazon
18John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur Minglewood Blues The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
19Sam Chatmon Vicksburg Blues Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
20Black Birds of Paradise Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
21Lewis Bronzville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3 Amazon
22Howlin' Wolf Natchez Burning The Real Folk Blues Amazon
23Bo Chatmon East Jackson Blues Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 Amazon
24Mississippi Sheiks West Jackson Blues [Album Version] Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks Amazon
25Little Brother Montgomery Shreveport Blues Boogie Woogie [Disc 3] Amazon
26Memphis Piano Red Mobile Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
27Jorma Kaukonen Nashville Blues River Of Time Amazon
28The Louvin Brothers Nashville Blues Close Harmony [Disc 5] Amazon
29Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Dallas Blues Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939 Amazon
30Billy Boy Arnold San Antonio Blues Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
31Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2) Amazon
32Jabo Williams Pratt City Blues Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers Amazon
33Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
34Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers New Orleans Blues Sunny Road Amazon

Country Roots

Country Roots
Country Roots

Deeper Roots revisits the deeper roots…focusing on old-timey sounds of some of the great performers playing the classic standards. Country music roots go back into the European melodies and folk tunes and their instruments called to a celebration of the Diasporas. This week: Gid Tanner, Vernon Dalhart, Al Hopkins, Jimmie Rodgers, Bradley Kincaid, Charlie Poole, and many others provide us a glimpse at where it all began. Join us for another roots-infused evening here in Sonoma County.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Vernon Dalhart The Wreck Of The Old '97 American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1] Amazon
3Vernon Dalhart The Prisoner's Song Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon
4Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A Drink And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1 Amazon
5Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers I Don't Love Nobody And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1 Amazon
6Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers You Ain't Talkin' to Me You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 2] Amazon
7The Carter Family Single Girl, Married Girl The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [Disc 3] Amazon
8Riley Puckett Little Brown Jug Country Music Pioneer vol 1 Amazon
9Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Roll On the Ground Lead Kindly Light Amazon
10Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Georgie Buck Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3 Amazon
11Frank Blevins Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
12Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues You Ain't Talkin' To Me, The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 1] Amazon
13Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues You Ain't Talkin' To Me, The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 1] Amazon
14The Allen Brothers Chattanooga Blues Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 Amazon
15The Allen Brothers Ain't That Skippin' And Flyin' Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 Amazon
16Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Old Dan Tucker Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3 Amazon
17Harry McClintock Jesse James When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
18Bradley Kincaid Froggie Went A-Courting …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
19Bradley Kincaid Sourwood Mountain The Story That the Crow Told Me Vol 2 Amazon
20Bascom Lamar Lundsford Lost John Dean Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
21The Lonely Eagles Been On The Job Too Long Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
22Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers The Burial Of Wild Bill When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
23The Happy Hayseeds The Tail Of Haley's Comet Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
24Buell Kazee The Cowboy Trail When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
25Paul Hamblin The Strawberry Roan When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
26Jimmie Rodgers Mississippi Delta Blues Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5] Amazon
27Jimmie Davis Cowboy's Home Sweet Home When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
28Red Foley Single Life Is Good Enough For Me Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever Amazon
29Gene Autry The Yellow Rose Of Texas The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
30Gene Autry Tumblin' Tumbleweeds The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
31Powder 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 Amazon

Free Form – August 2016

 

Free Form - August 2016
Free Form – August 2016

Country, rock, gospel, tradition, blues, and ragtime…just a sampling of the styles that you’ll hear when you tune into Deeper Roots this week. We’ll feature some contemporary sounds from Luther Dickinson and Bruce Hornsby…classic country from Hank Snow and Webb Pierce…traditional standards from John Prine and Mac Wiseman…rock gems from Bo Diddley and Elvis Presley. And, believe or not…there’s more!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Glenn Yarbrough Baby The Rain Must Fall Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon
3Randy Newman Louisiana 1927 Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
4Randy Newman Every Man a King Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
5Bonnie Raitt Guilty Bonnie Raitt Collection Amazon
6Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
7Elvis Presley Burning Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
8Marty Stuart/The Staple Singers Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True) The Marty Party Hit Pack Amazon
9Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples) Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
10Mavis Staples Hard Times Come Again No More Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
11The Staple Singers Jacob's Ladder Freedom Highway Amazon
12Bruce Hornsby & The Noise Makers Celestial Railroad Rehab Reunion Amazon
13The Staple Singers Going Away Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
14Webb Pierce/Willie Nelson You're Not Mine Anymore In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart Amazon
15Hank Snow Rhumba Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
16Roy Hogsed Cocaine Blues Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
17Roy Rogers I'm Gonna Gallop Gallop To Gallup New Mexico Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
18Spade Cooley Yodelling Polka Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
19Jimmy Walker Detour Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
20Cyndi Lauper Detour (Featuring Emmylou Harris) Detour Amazon
21John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better or Worse Amazon
22John Prine & Mac Wiseman Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
23John Prine & Mac Wiseman Old Rugged Cross Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
24Bob Dylan Lone Pilgrim World Gone Wrong Amazon
25Ricky Skaggs A Voice from on High Soldier of the Cross Amazon
26Jorma Kaukonen Blues Stay Away From Me Blue Country Heart Amazon
27Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson I Am The Light Of This World Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
28Reverend Gary Davis I Am The Light Of This World Slippin' 'til My Gal Comes In Partner: Columbia University 1958-59 Amazon
29R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Georgia Camp Meeting (Radio Broadcast) R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
30R. Crumb And His Keep-on-Truckin' Orchestra River Blues R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
31The Boswell Sisters Down Among The Sheltering Palms The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
32Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders Sunnyside Up Paper Moon Amazon
33Cab Calloway Everybody Eats When They Come To My House Are You Hep To The Jive? Amazon
34Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon

Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Days
Hot Summer Days

As we make it over the summer hump, we’ll take time to celebrate all the things we love about the summer heat.  Those stunning summer skies, sea breezes, backyard barbecues, and the lift of a summer rain. We’ve got the beach sounds of the sixties, Hawaiian medleys from the islands, sophisticated sass from Buster Poindexter, hot kissin’ from H-Bomb Ferguson, the summer rain, the summer sky, and the Summer Wind from Frank Sinatra.  Rock, zydeco, country, pop, bluegrass, rock, and so much of what comes from the in-between this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The David Thom Band California's Burning That Old Familiar Amazon
3Dave Alvin California's Burning Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
4Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians Heat Wave Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
5Bob Brozman Hawaiian Heat Waves Medley Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz! Amazon
6Mr. Sad Head Hot Weather Blues Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
7Teddy Bunn Summertime 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
8Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band In the Summertime 100% Fortified Zydeco Amazon
9Sly & the Family Stone Hot Fun in the Summertime Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
11The Lovin' Spoonful Summer in the City Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
12The Beach Boys The Warmth of the Sun Endless Summer Amazon
13It's a Beautiful Day Hot Summer Day It's a Beautiful Day Amazon
14Buster Poindexter Hot Hot Hot Buster Poindexter Amazon
15Ann Miller Too Darn Hot The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love Amazon
16Ella Fitzgerald Too Darn Hot Music & Moonlight Amazon
17Eilen Jewell Too Hot To Sleep Letters From Sinners & Strangers Amazon
18Kid Bangham, Dan McKinney, Bill Melcher & Dave Ferrara Some Summer Day Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
19Willie Nelson Summer Of Roses [Album Version] One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
20H-Bomb Ferguson Hot Kisses Big City Blues Amazon
21Judy Collins In The Heat Of The Summer Forever: [Disc 2] Amazon
22Sam Cooke Summertime Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
23The Donkeys Theme From The Endless Summer Theme From The Endless Summer [single] Amazon
24Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
25Johnny Burnette What a Summer Day The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6 Amazon
26Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
27Frank Sinatra Summer Wind The Reprise Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
28Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
29Charlie Parker Summertime Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes Amazon
30Nanci Griffith Summer Wages Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Amazon
31Bob Dylan Summer Days Love and Theft Amazon

 

Time is Passing

Time Is Passing
Time Is Passing

Theme time this week! We are going to dip into a sometimes raucous, other times wistful, blend of country, blues, jazz, and what-not…to celebrate (or is it bemoan) the passing of time in our show this week. The clock is ticking, the calendar flipping, and the little blue orb keeps spinning around that big bright one. And all the while we live our lives celebrating the luminous sounds on Deeper Roots; this week featuring Johnny Otis, Fenton Robinson, Bob Dylan, Texas Jim Lewis, Roy Acuff, and so many others. Time may be passing and we may like to reminisce and wax nostalgic, but we press on…driven by music from the past century (among other things).

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Hank Thompson The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music The Best Of Hank Thompson 1966-1979 Amazon
3Alfred G. Karnes Where We'll Never Grow Old (1927) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
4The Church Sisters Where We'll Never Grow Old Orthophonic Joy Amazon
5The Carter Family Darling, We Are Growing Older/The Old Texas Trail – Anita Carter On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1 Amazon
6Dick Curless Rock of Ages A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969) Amazon
7Jerry Lee Lewis Middle Age Crazy The Definitive Collection Amazon
8Doc Watson Grandfather's Clock My Dear Old Southern Home Amazon
9Texas Jim Lewis Way Back in Grandpa's Day Free at Archive.org Amazon
10Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys Old Age Pension Cheque King of Country Music [[Disc 2]: "Beautiful Brown Eyes: 1939-'41" Proper Records, 2004] Amazon
11Tom Russell Wayfarin' Stranger (Passage of Time) The Man From God Knows Where Amazon
12Dar Williams You're Aging Well The Honesty Room Amazon
13Stonewall Jackson Gettin' Older Waterloo Box Set Amazon
14Bob Dylan Time Passes Slowly New Morning Amazon
15Bob Dylan My Back Pages All I Really Want To Do Amazon
16Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Time Is A Passin' One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
17Johnny Otis / Jimmy Rushing Round The Clock The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4] Amazon
18Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra Take the Hands off the Clock Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947 Amazon
19Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Five O'Clock Whistle Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
20The Original Memphis Five Four O'clock Blues The Original Memphis Five Collection Vol. 1 – 1922-1923 Amazon
21Fenton Robinson As The Years Go Passing By Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
22Big Bill Broonzy Getting Older Every Day Great Blues Guitarsists: String Dazzlers Amazon
23Howlin' Wolf Getting Old & Gray Howlin' Wolf – 52 Essential Tracks Amazon
24Victoria Spivey Grow Old Together Black Snake Blues – The Best Of Amazon
25JL Stiles Never To Grow Old Solo Sessions Amazon
26David Johansen My Grandpa Is Old Too Shaker Amazon
27Ricky Skaggs In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old Rising Star Amazon
28Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone All The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2] Amazon
29Harry Reser & His Orchestra The Clock and the Banjo Trainin' The Fingers Amazon
30Ivory Joe Hunter Time Has Passed Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951) Amazon
31Tom Lehrer When You Are Old And Gray Song & More Songs Amazon
32Ray Wylie Hubbard After All These Years Eternal & Lowdown Amazon
33The Carter Family Where We'll Never Grow Old The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4] Amazon

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!

Smoke Smoke Smoke
Smoke Smoke Smoke

Songs from the past century will fill the air with second hand music smoke…all songs that reflect either the hawkish or ‘dove-ish’ opinions in words and music. We have two hours of country, jazz, blues, pop, and all those adventurous styles in between that use nicotine for their muse. Country from k.d. lang to The Sons of The Pioneers, R&B from the likes of Lucky Millender to Benny Spellman, some doo-wop, some Sam Cooke soul, and a little bit of sweet big band sounds from Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians. Maybe we won’t celebrate the habit…just the music.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jimmy Martin I Can't Quit Cigarettes Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 4] Amazon
3Otis Redding Cigarettes And Coffee Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
4Sam Cooke Smoke Rings The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4) Amazon
5The Mills Brothers Smoke Rings The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2 Amazon
6The Larks Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
7The Platters Smoke Gets In Your Eyes All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
8The Corsairs Smokey Places (1962 #12) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
9Lillian Leach/The Mellows Smoke from Your Cigarette The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 1 Amazon
10The Drake Sisters Smoke From Your Cigarette Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8 Amazon
11k.d. lang & The Reclines Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray Angel With A Lariat Amazon
12Patsy Cline Three Cigarettes In A Ashtray Country Greats #2 Amazon
13k.d. lang I'm Down to My Last Cigarette Shadowland Amazon
14Merle Travis Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Ash Grove 12/9/1966 Amazon
15Willie Nelson Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette Just One Love Amazon
16Benny Spellman Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
17Reverend Horton Heat Drinkin' and Smokin' Cigarettes Best Of Yep Roc Singles Amazon
18Manassas Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) Pieces Amazon
19Lefty Frizzell Cigarettes and Coffee Blues Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5) Amazon
20Jimmie Dolan Nicotine Fits Juke Box Boogie Amazon
21Curtis Gordon Caffeine And Nicotine Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
22Red Ingle & The Natural Seven Cigarettes, Whuskey And Wild, Wild Women Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
23The Sons Of The Pioneers Cigareefes, Whusky Country Hits Vol. 6 Amazon
24Kris Kristofferson I May Smoke Too Much Spooky Lady's Sideshow/Shake Hands with the Devil Amazon
25Dale Watson Smokey Old Bar El Rancho Azul Amazon
26Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians A Cigarette, Sweet Music & You Cigar Classics 1: The Standards Amazon
27Nina Simone Don't Smoke in Bed The Ultimate Nina Simone Amazon
28Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Chew Tobacco Rag Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon
29The Bottle Rockets Smokin' 100's Alone 24 Hours a Day Amazon
30Ry Cooder Fool For A Cigarette/Feelin' Good Paradise And Lunch Amazon
31Bo Carter Cigarette Blues Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
32Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
33Georgia White The Stuff Is Here The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon

Johnny Cash Tribute

Johnny Cash Tribute
Johnny Cash Tribute

Johnny Cash, like so many others, followed on the heels and inspiration of Elvis at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. But while others (save for possibly Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis) would fight for the scraps from this ‘new sound’, Johnny less-than-obligingly would ignore all the best advice. He began with the simplest of songs delivered in a farm boy’s tone and, with the Tennessee Three in tow, grew the sound into an identity.  Our show this week will lean on his own recordings as well as music from performers he was inspired by…we’ll also include music from contemporaries and those who he inspired.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny Cash Ring Of Fire Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound Amazon
3The Chuck Wagon Gang After The Sunrise [Album Version] Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon
4Brother Claude Ely There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down Favorite Sacred Songs Amazon
5Gene Autry I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
6Gene Autry High Steppin' Mama American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2] Amazon
7Bob Wills Faded Love For the Last Time Amazon
8Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys San Antonio Rose The Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
9The Carter Family Anchored In Love The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1] Amazon
10Johnny Cash Johnny Cash – Cowboy's Prayer Johnny Cash Interviews Amazon
11Goebel Reeves Cowboy's Prayer …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
12The Chuck Wagon Gang We Are Climbing Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
13Johnny Cash Big River His Sun Years: Down South Amazon
14Johnny Cash Hey Porter The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 1] Amazon
15Johnny Cash Five Feet High And Rising Songs Of Our Soil Amazon
16Johnny Cash Pickin' Time The Fabulous Johnny Cash Amazon
17Johnny Cash/The Carter Family Keep on the Sunny Side Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
18Johnny Cash I Walk The Line Classic Country Amazon
19June Carter Cash Oh, Susannah Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
20Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter Fair and Tender Ladies Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
21Johnny Cash & June Carter Jackson Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter Amazon
22Rosanne Cash I Still Miss Someone Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash Amazon
23Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan Girl From The North Country Nashville Skyline Amazon
24Johnny Cash Man in Black 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
25Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave American VI: Ain't No Grave Amazon
26Johnny Cash Tear Stained Letter American IV: Man Comes Around Amazon
27Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues At Folsom Prison Amazon
28George Jones/Johnny Cash I Got Stripes My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
29Rosanne Cash Tennessee Flat Top Box King's Record Shop Amazon
30Emmylou Harris; The Milk Carton Kids Apache Tears Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited Amazon
31Bruce Springsteen Give My Love To Rose Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash Amazon
32Johnny Cash Wanted Man The Mystery Of Life Amazon
33Bob Dylan Train Of Love Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash Amazon
34Dwight Yoakam Understand Your Man Dwight's Used Records Amazon