Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

Clouds & Silver Linings

Clouds & Silver Linings
Clouds & Silver Linings

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

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jimmy Martin Pray The Clouds Away Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
3Bill Cox The Clouds Gwine Roll Away 78s Amazon
4Doc & Merle Watson The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away On Stage Amazon
5Hylo Brown Clouds Gonna Roll Away Legends & Tall Tales Amazon
6Delmore Brothers God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds Hillbilly Boogie Best Amazon
7Dave Van Ronk Clouds (From Both Sides Now) A Chrestomathy [Disc 1] Amazon
8George Gershwin Kickin' The Clouds Away The Platinum Collection Amazon
9Annette Hanshaw There Must Be a Silver Lining The Personality Girl, Vol. 3, 1926-1928 Amazon
10Jim Hall Look for the Silver Lining Complete Jazz Guitar Amazon
11Dave Brubeck Look For The Silver Lining Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective Amazon
12Marion Harris Look For The Silver Lining 50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s Amazon
13Django Reinhardt Clouds The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1] Amazon
14Django Reinhardt Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) 1944-1946 Amazon
15Maurice Chevalier Sweeping the Clouds Away Maurice Chevalier: The Greatest Hits Amazon
16Johnny Hamp And His Kentucky Serenaders Up In The Clouds Johnny Hamp at Archive Amazon
17The Louvin Brothers You'll Meet Him In The Clouds Close Harmony [Disc 6] Amazon
18Alison Krauss Cloudy Days Every Time You Say Goodbye Amazon
19Sons of the Pioneers Cottage in the Clouds 1941 vol 1 (Warped 4108) Amazon
20Johnny Ray The Little White Cloud That Cried Magic Moments Amazon
21Red Norvo Trio, George Shearing Quintet Midnight on Cloud 69 Midnight on Cloud 69 Amazon
22The Blind Boys Of Alabama God Put A Rainbow In The Cloud I'll Find A Way Amazon
23Pops Staples Hope in a Hopeless World Father Father Amazon
24Moonalice Silver Lining Dave's Way Vol 4 Amazon
25First Aid Kit My Silver Lining Stay Gold Amazon
26Simon & Garfunkel Cloudy Old Friends Disc 2 Amazon
27Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick Flying Cloud Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray Amazon
28Hank Snow The Boogie Woogie Flying Cloud Southern Cannonball Amazon
29Bonnie Raitt Silver Lining [Radio Edit Version] The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US] Amazon
30Rilo Kiley Silver Lining The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
31Bunch Of Kids/Eddie Hodges/Frank Sinatra High Hopes Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2 Amazon

Pure Religion

Pure Religion
Pure Religion

Gospel is the order of the day … inspirational American roots music to moderate the gloomy days of mid-Winter here in Sonoma County. Blues, rock, country, and the sanctified sounds of spirituality coming to you on another Wednesday evening on Deeper Roots. Our playlist will take you to Maxwell Street with Daddy Stovepipe,  the ‘heavenly shore’ with Blind Gussie Nesbit, into the deep country southern climes with Polk Miller and Mac Odell, and we’ll explore contemporary religious topics with Warren Zevon, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, and Lucinda Williams. Tune in!

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Fern Jones I Ain't Got Time The Glory Road Amazon
3Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion Harlem Street Singer Amazon
4Blind Gussie Nesbit Pure Religion When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936 Amazon
5Rory Block Pure Religion I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis Amazon
6Rev. Pearly Brown God Don't Never Change You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
7Lonnie Johnson Devil's Got The Blues Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
8The Louvin Brothers Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music Amazon
9Iris DeMent I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart) Lifeline Amazon
10Wade Mainer Streamlined Religion 1961 King Session Amazon
11Doug Macleod Dubb's Talking Religion Blues There's a Time Amazon
12Willie and Bobbie Nelson Old Time Religion Farther Along Amazon
13Pete Seeger Old Time Religion Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (1 of 2) Amazon
14Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson) Old Time Religion Blues From Maxwell Street Amazon
15Polk Miller's Old South Quartette That "Old Time" Religion Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette Amazon
16Sister Rosetta Tharpe I Claim Jesus First The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3] Amazon
17The Blind Boys Of Alabama Good Religion Spirit Of The Century Amazon
18The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Devils Look Like Angels Between the Ditches Amazon
19Warren Zevon Dirty Little Religion Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
20Mac Odell One Day Religion Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
21T. Texas Tyler You've Got to Live Your Religion Every Day T. Texas Tyler Hymns Amazon
22Lucinda Williams You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Ramblin' Amazon
23Rev. Pearly Brown By And By (I'm Gonna See The King) You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
24The Staple Singers I Know I Got Religion Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
25Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips Give Me That Old Time Religion Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips Amazon
26Reverend Edward Clayborn Then We'll Need That True Religion …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
27The Weavers True Religion The Weavers Almanac Amazon
28Clara Ward & Ward Singers You Must Have Good Religion I Feel the Holy Spirit Amazon
29Maria Muldaur He Calls That Religion Garden Of Joy Amazon
30Reverend Gary Davis I Didn't Want to Join the Band Pure Religion and Bad Company Amazon
31Rev. Pearly Brown Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
32Mississippi Fred McDowell I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion Good Morning Little School Girl Amazon
33Wilson Pickett Ninety-Nine & A Half (Won't Do) A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1] 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

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

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.

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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

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

Mix of the Blues

Mix of the Blues
Mix of the Blues

Deeper Roots will spend time with a variety of blues styles this week with no focus but the roots of feeling blue, themes about being blue, junker’s blues, bar fly blues, cold rainy day blues, and the dark and somber blues. We’ll feature the urban sounds of Lowell Fulson and Bobby Blue Bland, the smooth sounds of T-Bone Walker, and we’ll also pick on some early jazz and blues vocals including Bertha “Chippie” Hill, Hattie McDaniels, and Memphis Minnie.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band In the Wee Wee Hours Hoodoo Man Blues Amazon
3R.L. Burnside Poor Black Mattie From Mississippi To Chicago Amazon
4Lowell Fulson Black Widow Spider Blues Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
5Sweet Papa Tadpole Black Spider Blues Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4 Amazon
6Jimmy Witherspoon Bar Fly Blues Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars Amazon
7John Hammond Evolution Blues Found True Love Amazon
8Eddie Lang You Got to Crawl Before You Walk Juke Joint Blues 1950's-1960's Amazon
9Muddy Waters Good Morning School Girl Folk Singer Amazon
10Rory Block Cypress Grove Blues Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James Amazon
11Kansas City Kitty (Thelma Holmes) Double Trouble Blues Four Women Blues – The Victor / Bluebird Recordings Of Memphis Minnie, Mississippi Matilda, Kansas City Kitty and Miss Rosie Mae Moore Amazon
12Berha 'Chippie' Hill Some Cold Rainy Day Heartbreakers Blue & Lonely Amazon
13Hattie McDaniels Boo Hoo Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 12 Amazon
14Memphis Minnie;Kansas Joe Don't Want No Woman (Have T' Give My Money To) [2002 Remastered] First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
15Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson I Got The Blues So Bad Idle Hours Amazon
16Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Tonight's the Night Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1 Amazon
17Hadda Brooks Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl I've Got News For You [Disc 1] Amazon
18Bobby "Blue" Bland I Pity The Fool Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Road To Memphis Amazon
19Big Mama Thornton How Come Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings Amazon
20Little Sylvia Everything I Need But You Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
21T-Bone Walker Feeling The Blues I Want A Little Girl Amazon
22Little Walter My Babe His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) Amazon
23Jimmy Reed Boogie In The Dark I'm Jimmy Reed (Original Vee-Jay Album) Amazon
24Professor Longhair Mean Old World Fess: The Professor Longhair A Amazon
25Memphis Slim Panic Street Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
26Champion Jack Dupree Junker Blues Gettin' Funky [Disc 1] – Piano Power Amazon
27Floyd Dixon Please Don't Go Marshall Texas Is My Home Amazon
28Otis Taylor My Soul's In Louisiana I Heard It On NPR: Shake These Blues Amazon
29Lightnin' Hopkins One Kind Favor Jake Head Boogie Amazon
30Frankie Jones Bring Your Mud and Let's Dob Jack Newman & Others Amazon
31Precious Bryant Blues All Around My Bed Fool Me Good Amazon
32Freddie King I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man King Of The Blues Amazon