Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

Waltzes, Polkas, and Two-Steps

Waltzes, Polkas and Two-Steps
Waltzes, Polkas & Two-Steps

It’s all about the traditional and popular dance music celebrated in the song of the past century. The show opens with the recognition of folk dance’s lineage, those ancestral elements that inhabit a very large part of our need to communicate and celebrate as a society. Most of the early rhythms we’ll hear to start the show are a blend of ancestral folk but we’ll also share the sound of popular dance. Tune in for country, pop, and folk sounds including cajun sounds from Michael Doucet, old-timey guitar and fiddle sounds of Darby and Tarlton, Tejano polka from Flaco Jimenez, and plenty more waltzes, polkas, and two steps.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band Ozark Waltz Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers Amazon
3Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton Alto Waltz Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29) Amazon
4Pee Wee King Tennessee Waltz Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 Amazon
5BeauSoleil Cajun Midnight Waltz The Mad Reel Amazon
6Texas Troubadours Gardenia Waltz Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals Amazon
7Ernest Tubb Waltz Across Texas Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection Amazon
8Junior Brown My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb 12 Shades of Brown Amazon
9Louise Massey & The Westerners Squeeze Box Polka Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 5] Amazon
10Flaco Jiminez Tico Taco Polka Buena Suerte, Seqorita Amazon
11Merle Travis & Joe Maphis Beer Barrel Polka Country Guitar Giants Amazon
12Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Polka on the Banjo School of Bluegrass Disc 1 Amazon
13Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams Cowbell Polka Shame On You Amazon
14Arthur Smith Rock And Rye Polka Here Comes the Boogie Man Amazon
15The Collins Kids Rock And Roll Polka Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1] Amazon
16Buck Owens Buck's Polka Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
17The Hot Frittatas Il Pensiero Polka What's Next ? Amazon
18R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders La Gima Polka Singing In The Bathtub Amazon
19Chet Atkins New Spanish Two Step Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2) Amazon
20Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers Beau's Cajun Two Step Beau Jocque Boogie Amazon
21Doug Kershaw Mamou Two-Step The Best Of Doug Kershaw Amazon
22Byrd Moore Favourite Two Step Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34 Amazon
23Zydeco Force Shaggy Dog Two-Step Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation Amazon
24Clifton Chenier Louisiana Two Step Louisiana Blues and Zydeco Amazon
25Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra Charleston [1925] The Charleston Era Amazon
26Aiken County String Band Charleston Rag (1927) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
27Sons of the Pioneers Square Dance Songs of the Prairie – CD4 Amazon
28Red Foley Sugarfoot Rag Square Dance Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
29Chet Atkins Cosmic Square Dance Chet Picks On The Grammys Amazon
30Johnnie Lee Wills Square Dance Boogie The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
31Freeny's Barn Dance Band Mississippi Square Dance – Part 2 The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American Countryside Amazon
32Wanda, Ruth Neal Round Town Girls Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
33Blue Ridge Highballers Round Town Girls Lead Kindly Light Amazon
34Doc Watson/Merle Watson Guitar Polka Black Mountain Rag Amazon

Higher Power Country Gospel

Higher Power
Higher Power

We visit the classic sounds of country and bluegrass with thematic overtones of gospel. The love of country music often had its roots in a performer’s childhood memories of community church and the sound that would evolve from country and bluegrass provided a tone that grew from those memories…with a tenor that could easily echo the word’. The greatest of them elevated their popularity with their flock by invoking the name of that higher power of God and church in the community of bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and even country groups like the The Louvin Brothers and The Whitstein Brothers made gospel a core of their repertoire.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Louvin Brothers There's A Higher Power Satan Is Real Amazon
3The Whitstein Brothers Way Up On The Mountain Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins Amazon
4Fern Jones I Do Believe The Glory Road Amazon
5Kitty Wells I Heard My Saviour Call Dust on the Bible (1959) Amazon
6Kitty Wells (I've Got My) One-Way Ticket to the Sky Dust on the Bible (1959) Amazon
7Milton Estes Hish! Somebody's Calling My Name Favorite Sacred Songs Amazon
8Brother Claude Ely Fare You Well Satan Get Back Amazon
9King's Sacred Quartette Turn Your Radio On Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
10J.E. Mainer Workin' On A Building Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
11The Carter Family God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
12The Carter Family On My Way To Canaan's Land Take Me To The Water Amazon
13The Delmore Brothers The Wrath Of God Favorite Sacred Songs Amazon
14The Stanley Brothers Over the Glory Land 16 Greatest Gospel Hits Amazon
15The Stanley Brothers My Lord's Going To Set Me Free Hymns & Sacred Songs Amazon
16Mac Wiseman I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map Grassroots To Bluegrass Amazon
17Mac Wiseman Dust On The Bible Grassroots To Bluegrass Amazon
18Ricky Skaggs Hallelujah I'm Ready Family And Friends Amazon
19The Johnson Mountain Boys Springtime in Glory Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music Amazon
20Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Jesus Gave Me Water Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
21George Jones & Tammy Wynette Let's All Go Down To The River Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
22Moore & Napier Gathering In The Sky Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
23Elvis Presley I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
24Willie Nelson Sweet Bye and Bye Old Time Religion Amazon
25Johnny Cash Unclouded Day Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
26Chuck Wagon Gang/The Jordanaires Down the Road 70th Anniversary Amazon
27The Corley Family Way To Glory Land (1929) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
28The Corley Family Give The World A Smile Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937 Amazon
29Anonymous (Knight Home-recording Disc) Beautiful Mansions of Gold …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
30Ex-Governor Alf. Taylor's Old Limber Quartet Brother Noah Built an Ark …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
31Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Long Walk to Heaven Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
32Elvis Presley Working on the Building Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
33Willie and Bobbie Nelson I'll Fly Away Farther Along Amazon
34Buddy Holly True Love Ways From the Original Master Tapes Amazon

Back Country Blues

Back Country Blues
Back Country Blues

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Taj Mahal Fishin' Blues The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
3John Sebastian Jug Band Music Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
4Cannon's Jug Stompers Bring it with You When You Come Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
5Cannon's Jug Stompers Going To Germany The Rose Grew Round The Briar Amazon
6Dick Justice Little Lulie Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi Amazon
7Dick Justice Brown Skin Blues Hillbilly Blues Amazon
8Geeshie Wiley Last Kind Words Mississippi Masters Amazon
9Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas Pick Poor Robin Clean Mississippi Masters Amazon
10Luke Jordan Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte) Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters Amazon
11Tommie Bradley Nobody's Business if I Do Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
12Mississippi John Hurt Praying On The Old Camp Ground Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings Amazon
13Mississippi John Hurt Frankie Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings Amazon
14Mississippi John Hurt Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1) Amazon
15Frank Stokes How Long Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2) Amazon
16Frank Stokes I Got Mine Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
17Henry Thomas Bull Doze Blues Roots of Rock Amazon
18Luke Jordan Church Bell Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
19Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
20Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
21Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah Burleskin' Blues Blues From The Vocalion Vaults Amazon
22Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah The Spasm Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937 Amazon
23Sweet Papa Stovepipe All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me Cluck Old Hen Amazon
24Pink Anderson He's In the Jailhouse Now Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs Amazon
25Will Bennett Railroad Bill Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters Amazon
26Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas" Railroadin' Some Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937 Amazon
27Rory Block Railroadin' Some Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection Amazon
28Papa Charlie Jackson Drop That Sack Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2] Amazon
29Papa Charlie Jackson Skoodle-Um-Skoo Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934) Amazon
30Jim Jackson I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
31Jim Jackson Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1 Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
32Jim Jackson Love Sick Blues Jim Jackson Vol.2 Amazon
33Geeshie Wiley Skinny Leg Blues The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2] Amazon

Guitar Theme

Once considered in its earliest forms a noble instrument, the history of the guitar can be traced back over forty centuries (yes, that’s 4000 years). While we won’t got back quite so far in our exploration, we will explore the popular form of this instrument in song this week. We’re not going after the genius as much as we go after the topic with songs whose theme is that of the guitar. It seems that there has always been a personal connection between the instrument and the player, sometimes as a confidant and others as a foil. Our show will feature yodeling guitars, lonely guitars, Bo’s guitar, long-legged pickers, amigos, and a number of performances about ‘one’s first guitar’. Join Dave Stroud for plenty in a guitar themed journey.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Steve Earle Guitar Town Just an American Boy Disc 1 Amazon
3Walter Hurdt Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild Classic Field Recordings Amazon
4Jimmie Rodgers You And My Old Guitar Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1] Amazon
5Jorma Kaukonen More Than My Old Guitar River Of Time Amazon
6Jimmy Murphy That First Guitar of Mine 1951-1956 (Warped 5101) Amazon
7The Seldom Scene Grandpa Getcha Guitar Like We Used To Be Amazon
8The Louvin Brothers Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Long Play Collection Amazon
9Byron Parker & His Mountaineers Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Byron Parker & His Mountaineers Amazon
10Hardrock Gunter Guitar on the Mountain Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night Amazon
11Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Steel Guitar Rag Legends of Country Music Disc 1 Amazon
12Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years Amazon
13Frank Crumit Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
14The Brown Bombers of Swing Guitar Swing If You Take Me Back Amazon
15George Morgan Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man) Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection Amazon
16Jerry Byrd Hilo Steel Guitar Stars Of The Steel Guitar Amazon
17Les Paul Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered] 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
18Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Yodeling Guitar Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2 Amazon
19Duane Eddy Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar Dance With The Guitar Man Amazon
20Bo Diddley Bo's Guitar Go Bo Diddley Amazon
21Johnny Powers Me and My Rhythm Guitar The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Johnny Cash I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3 Amazon
23Johnny Cash & June Carter Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter Amazon
24Kitty Wells Amigo's Guitar Greatest Songs Amazon
25Waylon Jennings Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune Clean Shirt Amazon
26Willie Nelson Guitar In the Corner Band of Brothers Amazon
27George Jones Best Guitar Picker The Complete United Artists Solo Singles Amazon
28Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
29Merle Haggard Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
30Freddie King Me And My Guitar Texas Cannonball Amazon
31Tony Rice Me and My Guitar Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection Amazon
32Lucinda Williams Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings World Without Tears Amazon
33Guy Clark The Guitar Somedays the Song Writes You Amazon
34Neil Young This Old Guitar Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank Amazon

2015 Tributes and Covers

Tributes and Covers
Tributes and Covers

We’re going to take a step away from vintage releases in our first episode of 2016 and look back at last year’s Americana releases, focusing on tributes and covers from some of the very best performers of the time. We’ll hear from Happy Traum, Jorma Kaukonen, Robert Earl Keen Jr., the Alvin Brothers, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Edwards and many others as the cover music from the past century. While most are those of tradition, we’ll also hear covers of Stephen Foster, Carter Family, and Woody Guthrie for good measure. Tribute albums include Bob Dylan’s Shadows in the Night and Asleep at the Wheel’s “Still The King” Bob Wills tribute. Lots of territory to cover so I hope you’ll join in!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Mavis Staples See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Your Good Fortune (EP) Amazon
3Jorma Kaukonen Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Ain't In No Hurry Amazon
4Jorma Kaukonen Sweet Fern Ain't In No Hurry Amazon
5Darryl Holter California Stars Radio Songs Amazon
6Darryl Holter Do Re Mi Radio Songs Amazon
7Jonathan Edwards Mole Tomorrow's Child Amazon
8Hamilton County Ramblers Hard Times Hamilton County Ramblers Amazon
9Emmylou Harris Bury Me Beneath The Willow Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon
10Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers Train On The Island Orthophonic Joy Amazon
11The Cox Family Cash On The Barrelhead Gone Like The Cotton Amazon
12Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Footprints in the Snow Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions Amazon
13Lyle Lovett; Robert Earl Keen, Jr. T For Texas Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions Amazon
14Asleep at the Wheel Time Changes Everything (with Buddy Miller) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
15Asleep at the Wheel Faded Love (with The Time Jumpers) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
16Robbie O'Connell Pretty Saro Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
17Happy Traum Careless Love Blues (feat. Jerry Marotta, Byron Isaacs & John Sebastian) Just For the Love Of It Amazon
18Happy Traum I Aint Got No Home (feat. John Sebastian, Byron Isaacs & Jerry Marotta) Just For the Love Of It Amazon
19Spuyten Duyvil Keep your Skillet Good and Greasy Social Hour Music Amazon
20Spuyten Duyvil Make Me A Pallet Social Hour Music Amazon
21Charlie Gracie Just A Closer Walk With Thee Angel on My Shoulder Amazon
22Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Cherry Red Blues Lost Time Amazon
23Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin World's In A Bad Condition Lost Time Amazon
24The Mavericks Nitty Gritty Mono Amazon
25Bob Dylan That Lucky Old Sun Shadows in the Night Amazon
26Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson Don't Think Twice, It's Alright Django and Jimmie Amazon
27Billy Gibbons And The BFG's Treat Her Right Perfectamundo Amazon
28Larry Campbell Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon

Folk Songs of North America

Folk Songs of North America
Folk Songs of North America

Folk Songs of North America was first published in 1960. Compiled by Alan Lomax (with melodies transcribed by Peggy Seeger), it featured traditional music organized by locale and topic. The anecdotes provided by Lomax and others were culled from both the oral and transcribed traditions of those who listened and performed. Deeper Roots goes deeper and features sets organized by topical pieces outlined in the book. Performers of the early century are featured including Dock Boggs, David McCarn, Gid Tanner, the Carolina Tar Heels, and The Bently Boys. We’ll also feature a handful of mid-to-late century performers to cap things off. Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of the last century of America’s music on Sonoma County’s newest member-supported radio voice, KWTF 88.1 FM, streaming to the world on kwtf.net.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Alan Lomax Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co Amazon
3Dock Boggs Cumberland Gap Bound For Glory Amazon
4Kelly Harrell I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again Archive.org Amazon
5Pat Carrolls Single Girl Songcatcher Amazon
6The Haden Triplets Single Girl The Haden Triplets Amazon
7Jimmie Driftwood Rattlesnake Song Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
8Joan Baez John Riley [*] Joan Baez [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
9The Stonemans Shady Grove 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass Amazon
10Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Sally Goodin Bill Monroe: Anthology Amazon
11Andy Griffith Cindy Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs Amazon
12Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt Cripple Creek The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2) Amazon
13Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Cripple Creek And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1 Amazon
14Coot Grant and Socks Wilson Uncle Joe (Pm 12833, 349-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
15The Bently Boys Down On Penny's Farm Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
16David McCarn Cotton Mill Colic Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931 Amazon
17Jimmy Martin Roll on Buddy, Roll On First Time Together Amazon
18Lonzo and Oscar Last Ole Dollar 1947-1950 (Warped 4741) Amazon
19Darby & Tarlton Birmingham Jail compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
20Slim Whitman Down In The Valley Country Greats #2 Amazon
21Darby & Tarlton Rising Sun Blues Darby & Tarlton [Disc 3] Amazon
22Don Reno/Red Smiley Mule Skinner Blues Together Again Amazon
23Merle Travis Dark As A Dungeon Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
24Bill Morrissey Pay Day Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
25Carolina Tar Heels Peg And Awl The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 2 Amazon
26Etta Baker & Taj Mahal Johnson Boys Etta Baker With Taj Mahal Amazon
27Kossoy Sisters Featuring Erik Darling The Wagoner's Lad Bluegrass Roots Amazon
28Richard Hawley Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? Coles Corner Amazon
29The Whitstein Brothers I'm Troubled Old Time Duets Amazon
30Rosanne Cash Fair And Tender Ladies Songcatcher Amazon
31Flatt & Scruggs On Top of Old Smokey Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane Amazon
32Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band Charles Giteau Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
33Bobby Bare Tom Dooley Darker Than Light Amazon
34Carolina Chocolate Drops Tom Dula Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind Amazon
35Doc Watson Omie Wise The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
36Ernest V. Stoneman & Sweet Brothers John Hardy My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Early American Rural Music. Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon

Free Form – December 2015

Free Form - December 2015
Free Form – December 2015

Every couple of months, Deeper Roots shares a free form playlist with host Dave Stroud. This week we’ll share ‘contemporary roots’ infused music including the sounds of Howell Devine, Jason Isbell, and Ian Tyson as well as a broad selection of R&B (from The Blenders), early blues (from Blind Lemon Jefferson), and ‘ding dong daddy’ country swing (featuring Bob Wills). We’ll also wrap it up with a festive foodie theme.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Ink Spots Street Of Dreams Greatest Hits Amazon
3The Delta Rhythm Boys Scandalize My Name I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem Amazon
4The Cats & The Fiddle I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
5The Penguins Ookey Ook Great Googa Mooga [Ace] Amazon
6The Roosevelts Jitterbug Special The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2 Amazon
7The Ravens Gotta Find My Baby OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
8The Blenders Don't Play Around with Love Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
9Robins My Baby Done Told Me Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53) Amazon
10Esther Phillips Your Love Is So Doggone Good [Album Version] Jazz Moods – Hot Amazon
11Hawkins, Coleman: The Bebop Years [Disc 2]: Cattin' at Keynote Blue Moon The Bebop Years [Disc 2] ~ Cattin' at Keynote Amazon
12Justin Townes Earle Workin' for the MTA Harlem River Blues [Explicit] Amazon
13Robert Plant Central Two-O-Nine Band Of Joy Amazon
14Jason Isbell Johnny Reb, That's Me You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold Amazon
15Howell Devine Boat's Up the River Delta Grooves Amazon
16Billy Walker Cross The Brazos At Waco Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
17Chris Smither No More Cane On The Brazos Still On The Levee CD 1 Amazon
18Odetta No More Cane On The Brazos 7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks Amazon
19Red Foley & The Sunshine Boys (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) Johnny Cash: Artist's Choice – Music That Matters To Him Amazon
20Ian Tyson Ridin' Down the Canyon Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry Amazon
21Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) Legends of Country Music Disc 2 Amazon
22Asleep at the Wheel Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
23Jerry Lee Lewis Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set) Amazon
24Jo-El Sonnier Tear-Stained Letter Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
25Clifton Chenier Accordion Boogie Louisiana Blues and Zydeco Amazon
26Blind Lemon Jefferson Hot Dogs The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2] Amazon
27Lil Johnson Sam The Hot Dog Man Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
28Rosie Flores Hot Dog Speed of Sound Amazon
29Dale Hawkins Hot Dog Rock'n'roll Tornado Amazon
30Bill Haley Hot Dog Buddy Buddy From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock Amazon
31Wanda Jackson Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
32Buck Owens Hot Dog Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 1] Amazon
33The Four Shells Hot Dog The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9) Amazon
34Shakin' Stevens Hot Dog Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles #1 Amazon
35John Hiatt Adios To California Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns Amazon

There She Goes – KOWS 12/16/15

There She Goes
There She Goes

West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Tommy Duncan Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)? Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
3Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros) Invitation to the Blues Hillbilly Rhythm Amazon
4T. Texas Tyler Red Light Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
5Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies My Galveston Gal Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin' Amazon
6Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Amazon
7Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga. The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
8Precious Bryant Georgia Buck The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
9The Band & Emmylou Harris Evangeline A Musical History [Disc 5] Amazon
10John Prine There She Goes Bruised Orange Amazon
11Jerry Jeff Walker Viva Luckenbach Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song Amazon
12Carl Smith Are You Teasing Me The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) Amazon
13The Louvin Brothers Are You Teasing Me Close Harmony [Disc 3] Amazon
14Carolina Chocolate Drops Hello Stranger The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
15Maria Muldaur Me And My Chauffeur Blues Richland Woman Blues Amazon
16Black Bottom McPhail John Jack Newman & Others Amazon
17Jimmy Strange Yas Yas Yas Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939 Amazon
18Lightnin' Hopkins Speedin' Boogie Po' Lightnin' Amazon
19Pete Johnson Boogie Woogie Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
20Kate & Anna McGarrigle Hard Times Come Again No More Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
21Robert Shaw Chorale Nelly Bly Stephen Foster Songbook Amazon
22Grandpa Jones Nelly Bly An American Original Amazon
23Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks I Scare Myself The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973 Amazon
24Larry Jon Wilson Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways] The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
25Carl Perkins Don't Stop The Music Go Cat Go Amazon
26Jake Xerxes Fussell Raggy Levy The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
27Dirty Dozen Brass Band Jelly Roll's Misgiving Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton Amazon
28Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers The Pearls The Pearls Amazon
29Ry Cooder The Pearls/Tia Juana Jazz Amazon
30Dr. John Wild Honey City Lights Amazon
31John Fred Shirley Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
32Red Saunders & His Orchestra Honky Tonk Train Blues Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
33Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio Down The Road A Piece Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon

Main Street – KOWS December 2, 2015

Main Street
Main Street

A bit of a celebration is in order. We will be broadcasting live from the new KOWS studios located in downtown Sebastopol with a playlist that scours the last century of America’s music for relevant sounds and themes that relate:  songs of settling into home, saying goodbye,  moving on, going west (or east, that is), and ‘getting gone’. We’ll feature The Cats & The Fiddle, local favorites Markus James and Doug Blumer & The Bohemian Highway, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, and a host of others who welcome us into our new home on Gravenstein Highway…or, as it is formally known hereabouts, Main Street.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Muddy Waters Gone To Main Street Mad Love Amazon
3Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers Main Street Breakdown Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years Amazon
4David Bromberg The Main Street Moan The Player: A Retrospective Amazon
5Los Lobos On Main Street Tin Can Trust Amazon
6Loudon Wainwright III Moving Day High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project Amazon
7Leon Redbone There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays Christmas Island Amazon
8Little Jimmy Dickens No Place Like Home On Christmas Country Boy [Disc 5] Amazon
9Leon Selph Now That You Have Gone You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
10The Leake County Revelers Been to the East, Been to the West Lead Kindly Light Amazon
11Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway Moving Day Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway Amazon
12JL Stiles Movin Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs Amazon
13Howlin' Wolf Moving The Back Door Wolf Amazon
14Markus James Goin' Down South Head For The Hills Amazon
15Les Paul I'm Movin' On Legend and Legacy [Disc 3] Amazon
16Peter, Paul & Mary Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway) Moving Amazon
17Florence Lowery Moving Day Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11 Amazon
18Bertha Idaho Move It On Out Of Here Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10 Amazon
19Monroe Moe Jackson Move It On Over Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956 Amazon
20Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys Move It On Over 26 All-Time Country Classics Amazon
21Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Amazon
22The Dixie Hummingbirds Moving On Looking Back Amazon
23Mahalia Jackson I Will Move On Up A Little Higher Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
24The Staple Singers Move Along Train Freedom Highway Amazon
25Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Raising Sand Amazon
26Jerry Lee Lewis Move on Down the Line The London Sessions 1973 Amazon
27Charline Arthur Welcome To The Club Welcome To The Club Amazon
28Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3 Amazon
29John Hiatt Gone Crossing Muddy Waters Amazon
30Irma Thomas Gone Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
31The Cats & The Fiddle Gone The Very Best Of Amazon
32Mr. Scruff Get a Move On Electro Swing Vol. 1 Amazon
33Paul Simon Gone at Last 1964-1993 Disc 2 Amazon
34Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Gotta Move On West Side Strut Amazon

Country Strings

Country Strings
Country Strings

Our show this week revisits the great country guitar innovators and talents who contributed both session time to classic hits as well as original performances of their own. Whether they were pedal steel, Fender or Gibson electric magicians, or country pickers, we won’t discriminate. Tune in for Leon McAuliffe, Joe Maphis, James Burton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson and others on another Friday night on KWTF 88.1, Bodega Bay, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Lovin' Spoonful Nashville Cats Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
3Leon McAuliffe Take It Away, Leon Country Boy's Dream Amazon
4Bob Wills Twin Guitar Boogie For the Last Time Amazon
5Joe Maphis Randy Lynn Rag [Album Version] Fire On The Strings Amazon
6Joe Maphis – duet with Larry Collins Flying Fingers [Album Version] Fire On The Strings Amazon
7James Burton And Ralph Mooney Sneaky Strings Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin' Amazon
8James Burton & Ralph Mooney Moonshine James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969 Amazon
9Little Jimmy Dickens Buddy's Boogie (Instrumental) Country Boy [Disc 5] Amazon
10Buddy Emmons w. Nashville session men Four Wheel Drive Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals Amazon
11Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers Sugarfoot Rag (feat. Red Foley) Guitar Magic 1949-1957 Amazon
12Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers Hillbilly Express Guitar Magic 1949-1957 Amazon
13Red Foley, Grady Martin Pinball Boogie Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4] Amazon
14Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
15Lefty Frizzell Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin) Classic Country Amazon
16Marty Robbins El Paso Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
17Johnny Horton I'm Coming Home Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2) Amazon
18Chet Atkins Tennesse Ray/Beaumont Rag The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA] Amazon
19Chet Atkins I Know That You Know Mister Guitar – Workshop Amazon
20Chet Atkins & Les Paul Lover Come Back To Me Chester & Lester Amazon
21Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Bryant's Bounce Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
22Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Frettin' Fingers Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2 Amazon
23Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Old Joe Clark Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
24Jerry Reed Guitar Man The Essential Jerry Reed Amazon
25Roy Clark Riders in the Sky The Roy Clark Anthology Amazon
26Albert Lee Rainbows All Over Your Blues The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons Amazon
27Marty Stuart Hollywood Boogie Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down Amazon
28The Hellecasters Orange Blossom Special The Return Of The Hellecasters Amazon
29Junior Brown Where Has All the Money Gone? Down Home Chrome Amazon
30Doc Watson/Merle Watson Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Black Mountain Rag Amazon
31Doc Watson/Merle Watson Down Yonder Black Mountain Rag Amazon
32Peter Rowan, Don Edwards, Tony Rice & Norman Blake Trail to Mexico Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1 Amazon
33Norman Blake Eastbound Freight Train America Roots Songbook – Americana Amazon
34Tony Rice Stoney Point The Bluegrass Guitar Collection Amazon
35Tony Rice He Rode All the Way to Texas Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection Amazon
36Merle Travis Nine Pound Hammer Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
37Merle Travis Done Rovin' Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon