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Americana, Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

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]

Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz, Folk and Tradition, Urban Blues

Mix of the Blues

July 30, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	In the Wee Wee Hours	Hoodoo Man Blues
3	R.L. Burnside	Poor Black Mattie	From Mississippi To Chicago
4	Lowell Fulson	Black Widow Spider Blues	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
5	Sweet Papa Tadpole	Black Spider Blues	Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
6	Jimmy Witherspoon	Bar Fly Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
7	John Hammond	Evolution Blues	Found True Love
8	Eddie Lang	You Got to Crawl Before You Walk	Juke Joint Blues 1950's-1960's
9	Muddy Waters	Good Morning School Girl	Folk Singer
10	Rory Block	Cypress Grove Blues	Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James
11	Kansas 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
12	Berha 'Chippie' Hill	Some Cold Rainy Day	Heartbreakers Blue & Lonely
13	Hattie McDaniels	Boo Hoo Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 12
14	Memphis 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)
15	Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson	I Got The Blues So Bad	Idle Hours
16	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Tonight's the Night	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1
17	Hadda Brooks	Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	I've Got News For You [Disc 1]
18	Bobby "Blue" Bland	I Pity The Fool	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Road To Memphis
19	Big Mama Thornton	How Come	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
20	Little Sylvia	Everything I Need But You	Jubilee Jezebels
21	T-Bone Walker	Feeling The Blues	I Want A Little Girl
22	Little Walter	My Babe	His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
23	Jimmy Reed	Boogie In The Dark	I'm Jimmy Reed (Original Vee-Jay Album)
24	Professor Longhair	Mean Old World	Fess: The Professor Longhair A
25	Memphis Slim	Panic Street	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
26	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker Blues	Gettin' Funky [Disc 1] – Piano Power
27	Floyd Dixon	Please Don't Go	Marshall Texas Is My Home
28	Otis Taylor	My Soul's In Louisiana	I Heard It On NPR: Shake These Blues
29	Lightnin' Hopkins	One Kind Favor	Jake Head Boogie
30	Frankie Jones	Bring Your Mud and Let's Dob	Jack Newman & Others
31	Precious Bryant	Blues All Around My Bed	Fool Me Good
32	Freddie King	I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man	King Of The Blues

Americana, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition

Johnny Cash Tribute

July 16, 2016 Dave

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

Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, Rhythm and Blues

Free Form – June 2016

July 9, 2016 Dave

Deeper Roots goes free form and our two hours will be filled with an eclectic blend of blues, gospel, tradition, and early century jazz. We’ll feature songs about vapor vipers, snakes, preachers, and a whole lot more. Join us for another summer evening in West Sonoma County, California with performances from Charley Patton, Josh White, Jimmie Driftwood, Noble Sissle, and Jumpin’ Bill Carlisle.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Madam Ernestine Washington And The Milleraires	Holding On — Part 2	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
3	Stuffy Smith & His Onyx Club Boys	You're a Viper	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
4	Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's	If You're A Viper	Deep Ellum
5	Noble Sissle/Sidney Bechet	Viper Mad	Sweet and Lowdown
6	Fats Waller	Viper's Drag [Piano Solo]	The Joint Is Jumpin'
7	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	'Long Come A Viper	Last Train To Hicksville… The Home Of Happy Feet
8	David Grisman Quintet	Rattlesnake	Dgq-20
9	Jumpin' Bill Carlisle	Rattlesnake Daddy	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
10	Champion Jack Dupree	Rattlesnake Boogie	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
11	Jaydee Short	Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake (Pm 13043, L-468-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
12	Luella Miller	Rattle Snake Groan	24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ]
13	Charley Patton	Rattlesnake Blues	The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
14	Chris Smither	Rattlesnake Preacher	Honeysuckle Dog
15	Mac Wiseman	Old Rattler	Songs From My Mother's Hand
16	Jimmie Driftwood	Rattlesnake Song	Americana, Vol. 1
17	Jimmie Driftwood	The Battle Of New Orleans	Vanguard: Roots Of Folk [Disc 1]
18	Jimmie Driftwood	Bunker Hill	Americana, Vol. 1
19	Jimmie Driftwood	Country Boy	Americana, Vol. 1
20	Jonatha Brooke	In the Gloaming	Live
21	Ed Lewis & Group	I Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down	Sounds of the South [Disc 1] – Blue Ridge Mountain Music
22	Josh White	When I Lay Down And Die	In Chronological Order, Volume 5 (1944)
23	Straight Street Holiness Group	Victory Shall Be Mine	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	My Journey to the Sky	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
25	Johnnie Morisette	Meet Me at the Twisting Place	Sam Cooke's Sar Records Story 59-65 CD2
26	William Bell	The Three Of Me	This Is Where I Live
27	The Sweet & Lowdown	Violent Love	Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From the Second Decades
28	Art Neville	That Old Time Rock And Roll	His Specialty Recordings
29	Marvin Johnson & His Orchestra	Hey Lawdy Mama	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
30	Johnny Otis	Baby Baby Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
31	Robins	My Baby Done Told Me	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53)
32	Rose Marie McCoy	Dippin' In My Business	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	Junior Brown	Venom Wearin' Denim	Semi Crazy

Americana, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Rock

Dylan Covers

June 18, 2016 Dave

Our weekly show celebrates (albeit somewhat belatedly) Bob Dylan’s 75th birthday by tipping our caps not with his performances but with a collection of by others’ tribute pieces. We’ll hear songs written by Bob through the years and tell you the history of many of them at the same time. Tracks from Bobby Bare, Mavis Staples, Solomon Burke, Hazel Dickens, and Bill Frisell make this an eclectic journey on a Friday evening in Sonoma County. Be sure to tune in!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Old Crow Medicine Show	Wagon Wheel	O.C.M.S.
3	Sarah Jarosz	Simple Twist of Fate	Build Me Up From Bones
4	Joan Baez	I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine	Baez Sings Dylan
5	Bette Midler	I Shall Be Released	Bette Midler
6	Bobby Bare	Farewell Angelina	Darker Than Light
7	Marshall Crenshaw	My Back Pages	Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village In The 60's
8	Flatt & Scruggs	Nashville Skyline Rag	Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane
9	Hazel Dickens	Only a Hobo	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
10	New Riders of the Purple Sage	Farewell Angelina	The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage
11	Peter Case	Long Time Gone	HWY 62
12	Stephen Stills	The Ballad Of Hollis Brown	Stills Alone
13	Joan Osborne	Man in the Long Black Coat	Relish
14	R.L. Burnside	Everything Is Broken	Tangled Up In Blues
15	Susan Tedeschi	Lord Protect My Child	Hope and Desire
16	Julie London	Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)	Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 1
17	Solomon Burke	What Good Am I?	Make Do With What You Got
18	Sounds Of Blackness	Solid Rock [Album Version]	Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
19	Mavis Staples	Gotta Serve Somebody	Tangled Up In Blues
20	The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver	Every Grain Of Sand	I'll Find A Way
21	Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins	Handle With Care	Rabbit Fur Coat
22	The Byrds	All I Really Want to Do	The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 1
23	The Turtles	It Ain't Me Babe	20 Greatest Hits
24	Antony With Bryce Dessner	I Was Young When I Left Home	Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1]
25	Rod Stewart	Only A Hobo	Gasoline Alley
26	Sophie Zelmani	Most Of The Time	Masked & Anonymous

Americana, Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Bluegrass & Old Time Hour Special

June 14, 2016 Dave

Mark Hogan’s in Grass Valley this week gearing up for the 41st Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival which opens this coming Thursday, June 16th. Dave Stroud will be sitting in for Mark and will feature new releases, old standards, and vintage country sounds from the likes of Doug Sahm, Chris Smither, The Hackensaw Boys, and Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers….not to mention a good helping of Bill Monroe recordings from 1960.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Up Above My Head	My Native Home
3	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Monroebilia	My Native Home
4	Emmylou Harris	Get Up John	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
5	Adkins & Loudermilk	Georgia Mountain Man	Adkins & Loudermilk
6	Tony Rice	Thunderclouds Of Love	Bluegrass Today [Disc 2]
7	John Hartford	Gumtree Canoe	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
8	Bill Monroe	Flowers Of Love	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
9	Bill Monroe	Time Changes Everything	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
10	David Grisman	Watson Blues (feat. Tony Rice)	Dawg Plays Big Mon
11	Tony Rice	He Rode All the Way to Texas	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
12	Charlie Haden	Ocean Of Diamonds	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
13	Cyndi Lauper	Walkin' After Midnight	Detour
14	Old Crow Medicine Show	8 Dogs 8 Banjos	Remedy
15	Dale Watson	Fly Away	Blessed Or Damned
16	Jefferson Ross	Dogwood Cats	Dogwood Cats
17	Hackensaw Boys	Cmon Baby Dont Bet Against Me	Charismo
18	Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice	Longneck Blues	Poor Boy's Pleasure
19	Josh Williams	Girl From The Canyon	Modern Day Man
20	Hamilton County Ramblers	Standing On the Mountain	Hamilton County Ramblers
21	Traveling Show	Token Of Love	Songs From The Road Band
22	Asleep at the Wheel	Don't Ask Me Why (I'm Going to Texas)	Swing Time
23	Texas Tornados	Wasted Days and Wasted Nights	Live from the Limo, Vol. 1
24	Doug Sahm	Faded Love	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
25	Doug Sahm	(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
26	Guy Clark	To Live Is To Fly	Poet: A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt
27	Guy Clark	My Favorite Picture of You	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
28	Kelly Joe Phelps	Beggars Oil (Album Version)	Beggars Oil EP
29	Chris Smither	Frankie & Albert	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
30	Bill Monroe	Darling Corey	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 2]
31	IIIrd Time Out	John & Mary	Bluegrass Today [Disc 2]
32	Dreadful Snakes	Blue Yodel #4	Snakes Alive!

Country Blues, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Field Recording Covers

June 9, 2016 Dave

Coming up on our last live show of May, what better way but to dig just a little bit deeper into some of the field recordings of the first half of the 20th century that found popularity in the country, blues, and popular charts. Some of these songs had the ‘right’ rhythm or struck a chord with the message they sent. While most were traditional pieces by the time the musicologists had arrived with their primitive recording machines, others were original and told just the right story. We’ll hear Eric Clapton, Aaron Copland, B.B. King, and Tom Waits right alongside the originals done by Smith Casey, Gwen Foster, Belton Reese, and Ora Dell Graham.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Worried Life Blues	Blues Highway
3	Thomas "Jaybird" Jones	Worried Life Blues	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
4	David Edwards	Worried Life Blues	Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection
5	Eric Clapton & B.B. King	Worried Life Blues	Riding With The King
6	Agustus "Track Horse" Haggerty	Hattie Green	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
7	George Hamilton IV	Abilene	Classic Country
8	Rouse Brothers	My Family Circle	Classic Field Recordings
9	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
10	Ace Johnson w/L. W. Gooden	Mama Don't Low No Swingin' Out In Here	Field Recordings Vol. 6: Texas (1933-1958)
11	Doc Watson	Mama Don't Allow No Music	Memories
12	W. M. Stepp	Bonapartes Retreat	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
13	Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield	Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes (Instrumental): IV. Hoedown	Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
14	Dock Reed	Down on Me	Field Recordings, Vol. 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942)
15	Big Brother & the Holding Company	Down on Me	Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 1
16	Ozella Jones	Prisoner Blues	Field Recordings, Volume 7 : Florida
17	Fiona Apple	Criminal	Tidal
18	Smith Casey	East Texas Rag	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
19	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
20	Johnnie Barfield	Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby	Classic Field Recordings
21	Carl Perkins	Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby	Dixie Fried
22	Gwen Foster	How Many Biscuits Can I Eat?	Classic Field Recordings
23	Mac Wiseman	How Many Biscuits Can You Eat	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
24	Belton Reese	Bile Dem Cabbages Down	Field Recordings – Vol 9 – Georgia, SC, NC,Virginia, Kentucky (1924-39)
25	Doc Watson	Boil Them Cabbage Down	Milestones
26	Smith Casey	West Texas Blues	Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939
27	John Jackson	West Texas Blues	Front Porch Blues
28	Ora Dell Graham	Shortenin' Bread	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
29	Lee Dorsey	Shortnin' Bread	The Ep Collection…Plus
30	John Dudley	Cool Drink Of Water Blues	Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
31	Vassar Clements	Cool Drink of Water	Livin' with the Blues
32	Capitol City Laundry Quartet	Ezekiel Saw The Wheel	Field Recordings Vol. 12: Virginia & South Carolina (1936-1940)
33	Louis Armstrong	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Louis And The Good Book
34	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Ezekiel Saw the Wheel	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
35	James Shorty, Viola James, And Congregation	Jesus On The Main Line	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
36	Ry Cooder	Jesus On The Mainline	Paradise And Lunch (Remaster 2013)

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Gospel

A Gospel Baptismal

May 23, 2016 Dave

Dave Stroud will explore the gospel form, both African American and Country, focusing on the theme of ‘going to the water’ to be saved. The songs reflect the celebration of ‘washing the soul’ as a tradition of a Christian faith. The performers will include Da Costa Woltz, Clefs of Harmony, Dock Walsh, and Ernest Stoneman’s Dixie Mountaineers. There will also be a helping of passionate sermons to make sure we keep our paths straight.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gee's Bend Residents	Good Evening Everybody (I've Been to the River and I've Been Baptized)	How We Got Over: Sacred Songs of Gee's Bend
3	Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters	Baptist Shout	Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers (1927-1929)
4	Mountain Ramblers	Baptizing Down By The Creek	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
5	Bill Monroe	The Old Country Baptising	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 2]
6	The Louvin Brothers	The River Of Jordan	Satan Is Real
7	Zion Harmonizers	Brother Moses Smote The Water	Best of Louisiana Music SAMPLER
8	Tommiettes Gospel Singers	Have You Been Through The Water	Powerhouse Gospel
9	The Golden Gate Quartet	Dip Your Fingers in the Water	Vol. 4 (1939-1943)
10	The Golden Gate Quartet	Wade in the Water	CD 2 the Recent Years
11	The Staple Singers	Wade In The Water	Freedom Highway
12	The Reverend J.M. Gates	Baptize Me	Take Me To The Water
13	Elder JE Burch	Baptism By Water, And Baptism By The Holy Ghost	Take Me To The Water
14	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Take Me To The Water	I'll Find A Way
15	The Harmonizing Four	Wade In The Water	The Essential Guide To Gospel
16	Skylarks	Baptism Of Jesus	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
17	Clefs of Harmony	Baptized	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
18	Selah Jubilee Singers	It's Cool Down Yonder By Chilly Jordan	Vol. 2-(1941-44/45)
19	Sam Cook & Soul Stirrers	Jesus Gave Me Water	Great Gospel – No Tears in Heaven
20	The Holmes Brothers	I Surrender All	Gospel Brunch Classics
21	The Chuck Wagon Gang & The Orthophonic Choir	Shall We Gather At The River	Orthophonic Joy
22	The Carter Family	On My Way To Canaan's Land	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3]
23	Dock Walsh	Bathe In That Beautiful Pool	Take Me To The Water
24	Ricky Skaggs	River Of Jordan	Family And Friends
25	Ernest Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers	Down To Jordan And Be Saved	The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [[Disc 4]]
26	Washington Phillips	Denomination Blues Part 1	Take Me To The Water
27	Vaetta Stewart And Heavenly Tones Of Berkeley	I Love The Lord	Swingin' On The Golden Gate Volume 2: A Survey Of Bay Area Gospel
28	Rev. Arthur Ransburg And The Voices Of Christ Of Berkeley	I've Already Been To The Water	Swingin' On The Golden Gate, Volume 2: A Survey Of Bay Area Gospel
29	Delaney & Bonnie	Wade In The River Of Jordan	D & B Together
30	Nina Simone	Take Me To The Water	Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul
31	Charlie Haden & Hank Jones	Wade in the Water	Steal Away / Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs
32	Jean Ritchie	Now Is The Cool Of The Day	Coal Country Music
33	Apostles Of Music	Wade In the Water	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
34	Ramsey Lewis	Wade In The Water	Heatin' Up

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Finger Pickin’ Good

May 7, 2016 Dave

I’ll say…finger pickin’ good music featuring finger pickin’ great performers from the past century. We’ve got a two hour sampling of sounds from the likes of Doc Watson, Jorma Kaukonen, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Blind Blake, Riley Puckett, and (of course) Merle Travis. Our Wednesday evening will keep it pretty folksy and traditional for the most part, leaning on tradition and the very best in string picking and chord strumming. All this and more on our roots music show which is produced exclusively for Sonoma County community radio, both KWTF and KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leo Kottke	Buckaroo	Essential
3	Chet Atkins	Wheels	Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker
4	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
5	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
6	Doc Watson	Doc's Guitar [#]	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
7	Jefferson Airplane	Embryonic Journey	Walk on the Moon
8	Jorma Kaukonen	Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Instrumental)	Stars In My Crown
9	John Fahey	Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
10	Davy Graham	Angi	3/4 Ad – Single
11	Davy Graham	Davy's Train Blues	3/4 Ad – Single
12	Stefan Grossman	Police Dog Blues	How To Play Blues Guitar
13	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Roots of Rock
14	Lonnie Johnson	Untitled	Steppin' On The Blues
15	Riley Puckett	Fuzzy Rag	Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
16	Etta Baker	One Dime Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
17	Merle Travis	Freight Train (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
18	Tommy Emmanuel	The Bug	It's Never Too Late
19	Bob Brozman	Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version]	Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered]
20	Merle Travis	Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
21	Jorma Kaukonen	Fur Peace Rag	Stars In My Crown
22	Leo Kottke	Wonderland By Night	Peculiaroso
23	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Leo Live
24	Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon	Rings	Sixty Six Steps
25	John Fahey	Layla	Rain Forests, Oceans And Other
26	Dave Van Ronk	Green, Green Rocky Road	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
27	Doc & Merle Watson	Bonaparte's Retreat	Then And Now/Two Days In November
28	Sam McGee	Knoxville Blues	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
29	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight	Complete Studio Recordings 3-CD Set
30	Stefan Grossman	Pallet On Your Floor	How To Play Blues Guitar
31	David Bromberg	Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
32	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
33	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	Barrier	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
34	Bob Hadley	Celtic Reverie	Imaginational Anthem
35	Bert Jansch	Angie	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
36	Dave Van Ronk	Gaslight Rag	Going Back to Brooklyn
37	Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon	Strange	Clone
38	Bob Brozman	Devil's Slide	Devil's Slide

A Century of America's Music