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More Country Blues

March 25, 2017 Dave

We get serious about the deeper roots … going much deeper this evening, working mostly in pairs, exploring the blues from the Delta and beyond. Acoustic blues, played on the front porch with the evening sun finally set beyond the hill. Blues from the cabin if you will. We’ll hear acoustic sounds from Big Joe Williams, Son House, Honeyboy Edwards, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and many others including a small sampling of some contemporary performers. Sonoma County Community radio’s musical archives are brimming.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Son House	Clarksdale Moan	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]
3	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
4	Mississippi John Hurt	Spike Driver Blues	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
5	Chris Smither	Frankie & Albert	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
6	Big Joe Williams	Whistling Pines	Bluesville
7	Big Joe Williams	She Left Me A Mule To Ride	Shake Your Boogie
8	Julius Daniels	Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
9	Snooks Eaglin	Bottle Up And Go	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
10	Snooks Eaglin	Possum Up A 'Simmon Tree	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
11	Big Bill Broonzy	Plough-Hand Blues	Trouble In Mind
12	Big Bill Broonzy	Trouble In Mind	Trouble In Mind
13	Ry Cooder	Boomer's Story	Boomer's Story (Remaster 2013)
14	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	Good Morning Little School Girl
15	Mississippi Fred McDowell	This Little Light of Mine	Legends of the Blues
16	Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry	Dark Road	Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2
17	John Jackson	John Henry	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
18	David "Honeyboy" Edwards	Lay My Burden Down	White Windows
19	Little Sammy Davis	Hey Little Girl	This Is The Blues Harmonica
20	Muddy Waters	My Home Is In The Delta	Folk Singer
21	Muddy Waters	Country Boy	Folk Singer
22	Furry Lewis	Big Chief Blues	The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers
23	The Reverend Gary Davis	Samson & Delilah (If I Had My Way)	At Newport
24	Son House	Am I Right Or Wrong	Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The
25	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
26	Maria Muldaur	Soul Of A Man	Richland Woman Blues
27	Big Bill Broonzy	House Rent Stomp	Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order vol. 1
28	Gabriel Brown and His Guitar	Going My Way	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
29	John Jackson	Louis Collins	Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)
30	Big Joe Williams	Down In The Bottoms	Blues on Highway 49
31	Josh White	Strange Fruit (73475)	Josh White – The Remaining Titles (1941-1947)

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Clouds & Silver Linings

February 18, 2017 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Martin	Pray The Clouds Away	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
3	Bill Cox	The Clouds Gwine Roll Away	78s
4	Doc & Merle Watson	The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away	On Stage
5	Hylo Brown	Clouds Gonna Roll Away	Legends & Tall Tales
6	Delmore Brothers	God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds	Hillbilly Boogie Best
7	Dave Van Ronk	Clouds (From Both Sides Now)	A Chrestomathy [Disc 1]
8	George Gershwin	Kickin' The Clouds Away	The Platinum Collection
9	Annette Hanshaw	There Must Be a Silver Lining	The Personality Girl, Vol. 3, 1926-1928
10	Jim Hall	Look for the Silver Lining	Complete Jazz Guitar
11	Dave Brubeck	Look For The Silver Lining	Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
12	Marion Harris	Look For The Silver Lining	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
13	Django Reinhardt	Clouds	The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]
14	Django Reinhardt	Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)	1944-1946
15	Maurice Chevalier	Sweeping the Clouds Away	Maurice Chevalier: The Greatest Hits
16	Johnny Hamp And His Kentucky Serenaders	Up In The Clouds	Johnny Hamp at Archive
17	The Louvin Brothers	You'll Meet Him In The Clouds	Close Harmony [Disc 6]
18	Alison Krauss	Cloudy Days	Every Time You Say Goodbye
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Cottage in the Clouds	1941 vol 1 (Warped 4108)
20	Johnny Ray	The Little White Cloud That Cried	Magic Moments
21	Red Norvo Trio, George Shearing Quintet	Midnight on Cloud 69	Midnight on Cloud 69
22	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	God Put A Rainbow In The Cloud	I'll Find A Way
23	Pops Staples	Hope in a Hopeless World	Father Father
24	Moonalice	Silver Lining	Dave's Way Vol 4
25	First Aid Kit	My Silver Lining	Stay Gold
26	Simon & Garfunkel	Cloudy	Old Friends Disc 2
27	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Flying Cloud	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
28	Hank Snow	The Boogie Woogie Flying Cloud	Southern Cannonball
29	Bonnie Raitt	Silver Lining [Radio Edit Version]	The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US]
30	Rilo Kiley	Silver Lining	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
31	Bunch Of Kids/Eddie Hodges/Frank Sinatra	High Hopes	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2

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Pure Religion

January 28, 2017 Dave

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!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fern Jones	I Ain't Got Time	The Glory Road
3	Reverend Gary Davis	Pure Religion	Harlem Street Singer
4	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Pure Religion	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
5	Rory Block	Pure Religion	I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis
6	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
7	Lonnie Johnson	Devil's Got The Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
8	The Louvin Brothers	Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
9	Iris DeMent	I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)	Lifeline
10	Wade Mainer	Streamlined Religion	1961 King Session
11	Doug Macleod	Dubb's Talking Religion Blues	There's a Time
12	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	Old Time Religion	Farther Along
13	Pete Seeger	Old Time Religion	Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (1 of 2)
14	Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson)	Old Time Religion	Blues From Maxwell Street
15	Polk Miller's Old South Quartette	That "Old Time" Religion	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Claim Jesus First	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
17	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Good Religion	Spirit Of The Century
18	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Devils Look Like Angels	Between the Ditches
19	Warren Zevon	Dirty Little Religion	Life'll Kill Ya
20	Mac Odell	One Day Religion	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
21	T. Texas Tyler	You've Got to Live Your Religion Every Day	T. Texas Tyler Hymns
22	Lucinda Williams	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion	Ramblin'
23	Rev. Pearly Brown	By And By (I'm Gonna See The King)	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
24	The Staple Singers	I Know I Got Religion	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
25	Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips	Give Me That Old Time Religion	Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
26	Reverend Edward Clayborn	Then We'll Need That True Religion	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
27	The Weavers	True Religion	The Weavers Almanac
28	Clara Ward & Ward Singers	You Must Have Good Religion	I Feel the Holy Spirit
29	Maria Muldaur	He Calls That Religion	Garden Of Joy
30	Reverend Gary Davis	I Didn't Want to Join the Band	Pure Religion and Bad Company
31	Rev. Pearly Brown	Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
32	Mississippi Fred McDowell	I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion	Good Morning Little School Girl
33	Wilson Pickett	Ninety-Nine & A Half (Won't Do)	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]

Who We Lost in 2016

December 30, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ralph Stanley	O Death	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
3	Leonard Cohen	Hallelujah	Various Positions
4	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
5	Debbie Reynolds	Tammy	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
6	Pete Fountain	A Closer Walk	Best of Pete Fountain
7	Toots Thielemans	Bluesette	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
8	Mose Allison	Baby, Please Don't Go	Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
9	Billy Paul	Me And Mrs. Jones	Body & Soul Love Senerade [Disc 2]
10	Earth, Wind & Fire	Shining Star	The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
11	Natalie Cole	Song for You	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
12	Leon Russell	Tight Rope	Carney
13	Glenn Yarbrough	Baby The Rain Must Fall	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1
14	Dan Hicks	How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
15	Oscar Brand	Talking Atom	Pie In The Sky
16	Sonny James	Young Love	Young Love
17	Al Caiola & His Orchestra	Bonanza	TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
18	Jean Shepard	A Dear John Letter	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
19	Guy Clark	Blowin' Like a Bandit	Craftsman Disc 2
20	Merle Haggard	Workin' Man Blues	For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits (1 of 2)
21	Lonnie Mack	Memphis	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
22	Scotty Moore & Elvis Presley	How Do You Think I Feel	The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues
23	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	New Shoes	Soul Time!
24	Buckwheat Zydeco	Ya Ya	Buckwheat's Zydeco Party
25	Prince & the Revolution	I Would Die 4 U	The Very Best of Prince
26	Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship	Have You Seen The Stars Tonite	Blows Against The Empire
27	Thunderclap Newman	Something in the Air	Hollywood Dream
28	George Michael	Faith	Faith
29	Jim Lowe	Green Door	The London American Story Disc 1
30	Eagles	Take It Easy	The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
31	Bobby Vee With The Crickets	Someday	The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
32	Juan Gabriel	Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)	Quiero Creedence
33	Cassius Clay	Stand by Me	Golden Throats, Vol. 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities
34	Sugarloaf	Green-Eyed Lady	AM Gold – 1970
35	Holly Dunn	Are You Ever Gonna Love Me	Billboard's #1 Country Hits of the 80's
36	David Bowie	Changes	Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary

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Go West!

December 10, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Geraint Watkins	Go West	Dial 'W' for Watkins
3	Bing Crosby	Go West, Young Man! [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1]
4	Nat King Cole	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1946
5	Asleep at the Wheel	Route 66	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
6	Sol Hoopii	An Orange Grove in California	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 2
7	Sons of the Pioneers	When It's Autumn in the Hills of California	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
8	Sons of the Pioneers	Let4s Go West Again (1950)	Wagons West (CD3)
9	Darryl Holter	California Stars	Radio Songs
10	Hazel Dickens	California Cottonfields	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
11	Webb Pierce	California Blues	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
12	Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n Skiffle	California Zephyr	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
13	Jimmy Lafave	Dust Bowl Okies	The Night Tribe
14	Peter Rowan	Dust Bowl Children	Dust Bowl Children
15	Woody Guthrie	Talking Dust Bowl	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
16	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
17	Emmylou Harris	Kern River	All I Intended To Be
18	Merle Haggard	Kern River Blues	Kern River Blues – Single
19	John Hiatt	Adios To California	Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
20	Lowell Fulson	Highway 99	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
21	Jesse Thomas	Gonna Move To California	Complete Recorded Works 1948-1958
22	Barbecue Bob	California Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 2
23	Albert King	Travelin' to California	More Big Blues
24	Doc & Merle Watson	California Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
25	Lefty Frizzell	Blue Yodel #4 (California Blues)	Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night)
26	John Hartford	California Earthquake	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
27	Joni Mitchell	California	Blue
28	John Stewart	California Bloodlines	Gold [Disc 1]
29	Steve Forbert	When I Get To California (Americana Version)	Compromised
30	Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard	California Zephyr	One Fast Move or I'm Gone
31	Chuck Berry	Route 66	Cars

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

October 15, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Sweet Revenge
3	Steve Goodman	Donald And Lydia	Steve Goodman
4	John Prine	Paradise	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970]
5	John Prine	Hello in There	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
6	John Prine	Souvenirs	Tribute to Steve Goodman
7	John Prine	Sam Stone	Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters
8	John Prine	Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970)	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2]
9	John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer	Sweet Revenge
10	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Sweet Revenge
11	John Prine	The Oldest Baby in the World	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
12	John Prine/Steve Goodman	Souvenirs	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
13	Bonnie Raitt And John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	Coal Country Music
14	John Prine	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	John Prine Live
15	John Prine	It's Happening To You	Storm Windows
16	John Prine	Linda Goes to Mars	German Afternoons
17	Tom Paxton	Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine)	Redemption Road
18	My Morning Jacket	All The Best	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
19	The Boxmasters	Christmas in Prison	Christmas Cheer
20	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
21	John Prine with Fiona Prine	'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose	In Spite Of Ourselves
22	John Prine/Iris Dement	(We're Not) The Jet Set	In Spite of Ourselves
23	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
24	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
25	Alison Krauss/John Prine	Falling in Love Again	For Better, Or Worse
26	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
27	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
28	John Prine	Just Waitin'	For Better, Or Worse
29	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
30	Johnny Cash	Paradise [#]	Personal File Disc 1
31	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
32	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves

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Celebrating the Circle

October 1, 2016 Dave

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

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City Blues

September 11, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Hutchison	K.C. Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
3	HowellDevine	KC Blues	Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles
4	Ernest Tubb	Kansas City Blues	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
5	Sidney Bechet	St. Louis Blues	Blues In Thirds
6	Lonnie Johnson	Low Down St. Louis Blues	Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1
7	Blind Willie McTell	East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well)	The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
8	Red Nichols	Wabash Blues	I Got Rhythm
9	Leroy Carr	Naptown Blues	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1]
10	Fats Domino	Detroit City Blues	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
11	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Kokomo Blues	Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell
12	Dan Pickett	Chicago Blues	I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar
13	Don Flemons	Milwaukee Blues	What Got Over
14	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Milwaukee Blues	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
15	Dorothy Everetts	Macon Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
16	Elmore James	Madison Blues	The Sky Is Crying
17	Barbecue Bob	Jacksonville Blues	Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929)
18	John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur	Minglewood Blues	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
19	Sam Chatmon	Vicksburg Blues	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1
20	Black Birds of Paradise	Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Lewis Bronzville Five	Natchez Mississippi Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
22	Howlin' Wolf	Natchez Burning	The Real Folk Blues
23	Bo Chatmon	East Jackson Blues	Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949
24	Mississippi Sheiks	West Jackson Blues [Album Version]	Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks
25	Little Brother Montgomery	Shreveport Blues	Boogie Woogie [Disc 3]
26	Memphis Piano Red	Mobile Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
27	Jorma Kaukonen	Nashville Blues	River Of Time
28	The Louvin Brothers	Nashville Blues	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
29	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Dallas Blues	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
30	Billy Boy Arnold	San Antonio Blues	Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy
31	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2)
32	Jabo Williams	Pratt City Blues	Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers
33	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	New Orleans Blues	Sunny Road

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Country Roots

September 3, 2016 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
3	Vernon Dalhart	The Prisoner's Song	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A Drink	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
5	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	I Don't Love Nobody	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
6	Charlie 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]
7	The Carter Family	Single Girl, Married Girl	The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [Disc 3]
8	Riley Puckett	Little Brown Jug	Country Music Pioneer vol 1
9	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Roll On the Ground	Lead Kindly Light
10	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Georgie Buck	Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3
11	Frank Blevins	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
12	Charlie 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]
13	Charlie 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]
14	The Allen Brothers	Chattanooga Blues	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
15	The Allen Brothers	Ain't That Skippin' And Flyin'	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
16	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Old Dan Tucker	Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3
17	Harry McClintock	Jesse James	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
18	Bradley Kincaid	Froggie Went A-Courting	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
19	Bradley Kincaid	Sourwood Mountain	The Story That the Crow Told Me Vol 2
20	Bascom Lamar Lundsford	Lost John Dean	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
21	The Lonely Eagles	Been On The Job Too Long	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
22	Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers	The Burial Of Wild Bill	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
23	The Happy Hayseeds	The Tail Of Haley's Comet	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
24	Buell Kazee	The Cowboy Trail	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
25	Paul Hamblin	The Strawberry Roan	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
26	Jimmie Rodgers	Mississippi Delta Blues	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
27	Jimmie Davis	Cowboy's Home Sweet Home	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
28	Red Foley	Single Life Is Good Enough For Me	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
29	Gene Autry	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
30	Gene Autry	Tumblin' Tumbleweeds	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
31	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Time is Passing

August 13, 2016 Dave

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).

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hank Thompson	The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music	The Best Of Hank Thompson 1966-1979
3	Alfred 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
4	The Church Sisters	Where We'll Never Grow Old	Orthophonic Joy
5	The Carter Family	Darling, We Are Growing Older/The Old Texas Trail – Anita Carter	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
6	Dick Curless	Rock of Ages	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	Middle Age Crazy	The Definitive Collection
8	Doc Watson	Grandfather's Clock	My Dear Old Southern Home
9	Texas Jim Lewis	Way Back in Grandpa's Day	Free at Archive.org
10	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	Old Age Pension Cheque	King of Country Music [[Disc 2]: "Beautiful Brown Eyes: 1939-'41" Proper Records, 2004]
11	Tom Russell	Wayfarin' Stranger (Passage of Time)	The Man From God Knows Where
12	Dar Williams	You're Aging Well	The Honesty Room
13	Stonewall Jackson	Gettin' Older	Waterloo Box Set
14	Bob Dylan	Time Passes Slowly	New Morning
15	Bob Dylan	My Back Pages	All I Really Want To Do
16	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Time Is A Passin'	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
17	Johnny Otis / Jimmy Rushing	Round The Clock	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4]
18	Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra	Take the Hands off the Clock	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
19	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Five O'Clock Whistle	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
20	The Original Memphis Five	Four O'clock Blues	The Original Memphis Five Collection Vol. 1 – 1922-1923
21	Fenton Robinson	As The Years Go Passing By	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
22	Big Bill Broonzy	Getting Older Every Day	Great Blues Guitarsists: String Dazzlers
23	Howlin' Wolf	Getting Old & Gray	Howlin' Wolf – 52 Essential Tracks
24	Victoria Spivey	Grow Old Together	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
25	JL Stiles	Never To Grow Old	Solo Sessions
26	David Johansen	My Grandpa Is Old Too	Shaker
27	Ricky Skaggs	In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old	Rising Star
28	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone	All The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2]
29	Harry Reser & His Orchestra	The Clock and the Banjo	Trainin' The Fingers
30	Ivory Joe Hunter	Time Has Passed	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
31	Tom Lehrer	When You Are Old And Gray	Song & More Songs
32	Ray Wylie Hubbard	After All These Years	Eternal & Lowdown
33	The Carter Family	Where We'll Never Grow Old	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4]

A Century of America's Music