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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)

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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

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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

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Folk Songs Pt 2 – Spirituals

April 9, 2016 Dave

Folks Songs of North America II - Spirituals — Folks Songs of North America II – Spirituals

The second installment in our exploration of the Alan Lomax book of the same name, this time focusing our energies on tradition in gospel and spiritual. Leader-chorus work songs to lighten the load of heavy labor; dancing songs to quicken the spirit on those rare holidays; and spirituals to replace their lost African religions and to console in times of physical torment and spiritual degradation are all captured here, including the stories and lineage behind the original pieces. We’ll hear from a diverse selection of performers including The Dixie Jubilee Singers, Odetta, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Eva Cassidy, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fisk Jubilee Singers	I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	The Gold and Blue Album
3	Bessemer Sunset Four	Climbing Jacob's Ladder	Bessemer Sunset Four (1928-1930)
4	Kenneth Benfield	Jacob's Ladder (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
5	Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger	Jacob's Ladder	H.A.R.P. A Time To Sing Disc 1
6	The Staple Singers	Jacob's Ladder	Freedom Highway
7	The Fairfield Four	Roll Jordan	Revival
8	Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931)
9	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Roll Jordan Roll	Home of the Blues
10	The Golden Gate Quartet	Roll Jordan, Roll	The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD1]
11	The Golden Gate Quartet	Go Where I Send Thee	Vol. 1 (1937-1938)
12	Magnolia Five	The Holy Baby	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
13	Nina Simone	Children Go Where I Send You	The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
14	Odetta	Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
15	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
16	Eva Cassidy	Wade In the Water	Hear Music volume 6
17	The Harmonizing Four	Wade In The Water	The Essential Guide To Gospel
18	Mavis Staples	Wade In The Water	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
19	Tom Waits	John The Revelator	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
20	Son House	John the Revelator	Death Letter
21	The Weavers	When the Stars Begin to Fall	The Weavers Almanac
22	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
23	Mississippi John Hurt	All Night Long	The Complete Studio Recordings: Last Sessions
24	Reverend Gary Davis	All Night Long	Twelve Gates To The City: In Concert, 1962-1966, Volume Three
25	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
26	Fern Jones	Didn't It Rain	The Glory Road
27	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
28	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
29	Louis Armstrong	This Train	Louis And The Good Book
30	Samuel Patterson	This Train	Americana Roots Songbook: Gospel
31	Pops Staples	The Downward Road	Father Father
32	The Golden Gate Quartet	Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again	Radio Transcriptions 1941 – 1944
33	John D. Foster & Leonard Rutherford	These Bones Gwine Rise Again	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
34	Sons of the Pioneers	Dese Bones Gwine to Rise Again	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
35	Willie Eason With The Campbell Brothers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Sacred Steel – Live!
36	Mississippi Fred McDowell	When The Saints Go Marching In	My Home Is In The Delta
37	Fats Domino	When The Saints Go Marchin' In	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)

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Deeper Blind Willie Johnson

March 17, 2016 Dave

Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.

The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell	Dark Was The Night	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
3	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
4	Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
5	Hot Tuna	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live]	Live In Japan
6	Bruce Cockburn	Soul of a Man	Nothing But a Burning Light
7	Ry Cooder	Dark Was The Night	Paris, Texas
8	Maria Muldaur	Oh, the Rain	Any Woman's Blues
9	Sinead O'Connor	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
10	Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams	Motherless Children	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2]
11	John Hammond, Jr.	Motherless Willie Johnson	Country Blues
12	Odetta	Motherless Children	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
13	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Nobody's Fault	Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
14	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
15	Blind Willie Johnson	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
16	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
17	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
18	The Staple Singers	Samson And Delilah	Freedom Highway
19	Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four	John the Revelator	Peace in the Valley [Arista]
20	The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
21	Blind Willie Johnson	Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
22	The Levon Helm Band	God Don't Never Change	The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3
23	David Bromberg Band	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Only Slightly Mad
24	The Blasters	Samson and Delilah	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
25	Blind Willie Johnson	If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down	ABC Of The Blues Vol 20
26	Johnny Shines	It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine	Traditional Delta Blues
27	Irma Thomas	Soul of a Man	After the Rain
28	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
29	Taj Mahal	You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond	The Real Thing
30	Rev. Gary Davis	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs

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Deeper Roots Ragtime

February 27, 2016 Dave

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	The Hillbillies	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
4	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tangled Tales
5	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
6	Sol Ho'opi'i	Twelfth Street Rag	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
7	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Hawkins Rag	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
8	Sons of the Pioneers	'A' Rag	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
9	Leon McAuliffe	Twin Fiddle Rag	Tulsa Straight Ahead
10	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Down Home Rag	Shame On You
11	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tiger Rag	The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
12	Pearl Bailey	Johnson Rag	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
13	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Beaumont Rag	Songs For Rounders
14	David Miller	Jailhouse Rag	Old-Time Mountain Guitar
15	The McCormick Brothers	Bugle Call Rag	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
16	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
17	David Grisman	Black Mountain Rag	Early Dawg
18	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
19	Chet Atkins	Dill Pickle Rag	Reflections with Doc Watson
20	Duck Baker	Maple Leaf Rag	Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques
21	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
22	Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
23	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
24	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
25	Bill Neely	Deep Elm Blues	Texas Law & Justice
26	Buddy Jones	Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
27	Cliffie Stone	Jump Rope Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
28	Big Bill Broonzy	Down by the Riverside	Absolutely the Best
29	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
30	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
31	Fats Domino	Darktown Strutters' Ball	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
32	The Davis Sisters	Jesus Steps Right In	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
33	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	You've Got To Bear The Consequence	Shakin' The Rafters
34	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Pure Religion	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
35	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

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Waltzes, Polkas, and Two-Steps

February 25, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band	Ozark Waltz	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Alto Waltz	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Pee Wee King	Tennessee Waltz	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
5	BeauSoleil	Cajun Midnight Waltz	The Mad Reel
6	Texas Troubadours	Gardenia Waltz	Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals
7	Ernest Tubb	Waltz Across Texas	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
8	Junior Brown	My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb	12 Shades of Brown
9	Louise Massey & The Westerners	Squeeze Box Polka	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 5]
10	Flaco Jiminez	Tico Taco Polka	Buena Suerte, Seqorita
11	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Beer Barrel Polka	Country Guitar Giants
12	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Polka on the Banjo	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
13	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Cowbell Polka	Shame On You
14	Arthur Smith	Rock And Rye Polka	Here Comes the Boogie Man
15	The Collins Kids	Rock And Roll Polka	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
16	Buck Owens	Buck's Polka	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
17	The Hot Frittatas	Il Pensiero Polka	What's Next ?
18	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	La Gima Polka	Singing In The Bathtub
19	Chet Atkins	New Spanish Two Step	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
20	Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers	Beau's Cajun Two Step	Beau Jocque Boogie
21	Doug Kershaw	Mamou Two-Step	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
22	Byrd Moore	Favourite Two Step	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
23	Zydeco Force	Shaggy Dog Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
24	Clifton Chenier	Louisiana Two Step	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
25	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Charleston [1925]	The Charleston Era
26	Aiken County String Band	Charleston Rag (1927)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
27	Sons of the Pioneers	Square Dance	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
28	Red Foley	Sugarfoot Rag Square Dance	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
29	Chet Atkins	Cosmic Square Dance	Chet Picks On The Grammys
30	Johnnie Lee Wills	Square Dance Boogie	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
31	Freeny's Barn Dance Band	Mississippi Square Dance – Part 2	The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American Countryside
32	Wanda, Ruth Neal	Round Town Girls	Flowers In The Wildwood
33	Blue Ridge Highballers	Round Town Girls	Lead Kindly Light
34	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Guitar Polka	Black Mountain Rag

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Higher Power Country Gospel

February 4, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Satan Is Real
3	The Whitstein Brothers	Way Up On The Mountain	Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins
4	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road
5	Kitty Wells	I Heard My Saviour Call	Dust on the Bible (1959)
6	Kitty Wells	(I've Got My) One-Way Ticket to the Sky	Dust on the Bible (1959)
7	Milton Estes	Hish! Somebody's Calling My Name	Favorite Sacred Songs
8	Brother Claude Ely	Fare You Well	Satan Get Back
9	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
10	J.E. Mainer	Workin' On A Building	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
11	The Carter Family	God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
12	The Carter Family	On My Way To Canaan's Land	Take Me To The Water
13	The Delmore Brothers	The Wrath Of God	Favorite Sacred Songs
14	The Stanley Brothers	Over the Glory Land	16 Greatest Gospel Hits
15	The Stanley Brothers	My Lord's Going To Set Me Free	Hymns & Sacred Songs
16	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
17	Mac Wiseman	Dust On The Bible	Grassroots To Bluegrass
18	Ricky Skaggs	Hallelujah I'm Ready	Family And Friends
19	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Springtime in Glory	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
20	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	Let's All Go Down To The River	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
22	Moore & Napier	Gathering In The Sky	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
23	Elvis Presley	I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
24	Willie Nelson	Sweet Bye and Bye	Old Time Religion
25	Johnny Cash	Unclouded Day	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
26	Chuck Wagon Gang/The Jordanaires	Down the Road	70th Anniversary
27	The Corley Family	Way To Glory Land (1929)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
28	The Corley Family	Give The World A Smile	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
29	Anonymous (Knight Home-recording Disc)	Beautiful Mansions of Gold	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
30	Ex-Governor Alf. Taylor's Old Limber Quartet	Brother Noah Built an Ark	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
31	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Long Walk to Heaven	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
32	Elvis Presley	Working on the Building	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
33	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
34	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways	From the Original Master Tapes

Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
3	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
5	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
6	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
7	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
11	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
15	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
16	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
17	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
18	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
19	Long "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)
20	Long "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)
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
22	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
23	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
24	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
25	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
26	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
27	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
29	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
30	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
31	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
32	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
33	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

Americana, Bluegrass, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Guitar Theme

January 23, 2016 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Steve Earle	Guitar Town	Just an American Boy Disc 1
3	Walter Hurdt	Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild	Classic Field Recordings
4	Jimmie Rodgers	You And My Old Guitar	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1]
5	Jorma Kaukonen	More Than My Old Guitar	River Of Time
6	Jimmy Murphy	That First Guitar of Mine	1951-1956 (Warped 5101)
7	The Seldom Scene	Grandpa Getcha Guitar	Like We Used To Be
8	The Louvin Brothers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Long Play Collection
9	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
10	Hardrock Gunter	Guitar on the Mountain	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
11	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Steel Guitar Rag	Legends of Country Music Disc 1
12	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
13	Frank Crumit	Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar	Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
14	The Brown Bombers of Swing	Guitar Swing	If You Take Me Back
15	George Morgan	Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
16	Jerry Byrd	Hilo Steel Guitar	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
17	Les Paul	Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
18	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Yodeling Guitar	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
19	Duane Eddy	Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar	Dance With The Guitar Man
20	Bo Diddley	Bo's Guitar	Go Bo Diddley
21	Johnny Powers	Me and My Rhythm Guitar	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
22	Johnny Cash	I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3
23	Johnny Cash & June Carter	Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
24	Kitty Wells	Amigo's Guitar	Greatest Songs
25	Waylon Jennings	Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune	Clean Shirt
26	Willie Nelson	Guitar In the Corner	Band of Brothers
27	George Jones	Best Guitar Picker	The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
28	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
29	Merle Haggard	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Capitol Collector's Series
30	Freddie King	Me And My Guitar	Texas Cannonball
31	Tony Rice	Me and My Guitar	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
32	Lucinda Williams	Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings	World Without Tears
33	Guy Clark	The Guitar	Somedays the Song Writes You
34	Neil Young	This Old Guitar	Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank

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