We’ve waited four years so there’s no need for any more hopes, prayers, or incantations. Our way of American life is on the line. The choice is ours. As our image says: “Vote as you please, but please vote.” We’re kicking off the five day countdown with a collection of music featuring political songs, songs about voting, democracy, freedom, and civil rights; ; all of which are currently threatened by this administration and its sycophants, traitors, and rats. We’ll hear from Steve Goodman, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bob Dylan, The New Christy Minstrels, and (of course) Roy Zimmerman, all of whom touch on one or more of our topics of the day. We’ve got free speech, no bull radio here in Sonoma County and Deeper Roots will take this Friday out to use a bullhorn to ask that you go out and vote, for heaven’s (and democracy’s) sake. We need to turn this ship around and this is our best opportunity.
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Roy Zimmerman
My Vote My Voice My Right
The Faucet's On Fire
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Charles Bukowski
Face of a Political Candidate
Underwater Poetry Festival
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Ellis Paul
Election Day
The Storyteller's Suitcase
5
Steve Earle
Snake Oil
Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2)
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Keb' Mo' Featuring Rosanne Cash
Put A Woman In Charge
Put A Woman In Charge
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Sweet Honey In The Rock
We Want The Vote! Chant
The Women Gather
8
Mayor Richard Daley
Press Conference on the Riots at the Democratic Convention
Great Speeches of the 20th Century
9
Norman & Nancy Blake
The Democratic Donkey (Is In His Stall Again)
The Hobo's Last Ride
10
Utah Phillips
The rich will not permit you to vote away their wealth
Making Speech Free
11
Bruce Cockburn
Call It Democracy
Anything Anytime Anywhere (Singles 1979-2002)
12
Todd Snider
Talking Reality Television Blues
Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3
13
Dan Zanes
Lincoln And Liberty
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
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Ry Cooder
One Cat, One Vote, One Beer
My Name Is Buddy
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Leonard Cohen
Democracy
More Best of Leonard Cohen
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The New Christy Minstrels
My Name is Liberty
Green, Green
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Day of Liberty
Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
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Sweet Honey In The Rock
Give The People Their Right To Vote!
The Women Gather
19
Bob Dylan
Chimes Of Freedom
Another Side Of Bob Dylan
20
Bryan Sutton
Battle Cry of Freedom
Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
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Arlo Guthrie
Presidential Rag
Arlo Guthrie
22
Roy Zimmerman
The Don
Rize Up
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Randy Newman
Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)
Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
24
Chad Mitchell Trio
Your Friendly, Liberal, Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan
The Best Of The Chad Mitchell Trio The Mercury Years
25
Willie Nelson
Vote Em Out
Vote 'Em Out
26
Roy Zimmerman
Sweeney Trump
Rize Up
27
Moss Henry
Crazy at the Wheel
Crazy at the Wheel (Single)
28
Jay & The Americans
Only In America
Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
Free Form Friday is considered the calm before two upcoming events, both suspenseful in nature. Halloween and Election Day. Halloween because we’ll be sharing some of the haunted reminders as well as social distancing, whereas Election Day will send the right message and send the ghouls, rats, and seditionists scurrying back to their nests. This morning’s music is the bright reminder that good still can come of our situation, taking a time out for music that keeps us centered. We’ll make the leap from Mama Cass to Geraint Watkins, Ella to Laura Nyro, John Prine to The Beach Boys…all in perfect form. Join Dave Stroud for another celebration of a hundred years of America’s music on KOWS radio, a bastion of free speech and no bull, streaming to your ears on www.freespeechnobull.com. And donate to support community radio.
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Jimmie Davis
Mama's Getting Hot And Papa's Getting Cold
Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
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Nina Simone
Stompin' At The Savoy
The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
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Louis Armstrong
A Kiss To Build A Dream On
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
C'Est Si Bon
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Mama Cass Elliot
New World Coming
Mama's Big Ones
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The Soul Stirrers
Resting Easy
Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
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Laura Nyro
And When I Die
Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2)
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Rosanne Cash
Save The Country
Time & Love, The Music of Laura Nyro
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The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett
Long Time Gone (Dustbowl Version)
a Place at the Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Levon Helm
Rag Mama Rag
Ramble at the Ryman
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John Prine/Miranda Lambert
Cold Cold Heart
For Better, Or Worse
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John Prine & Mac Wiseman
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
Standard Songs for Average People
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John Prine
I Remember Everything
I Remember Everything
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Dave Van Ronk
Green, Green Rocky Road
Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
16
Grateful Dead
Rosa Lee McFall
Reckoning
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Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman
New Moon Over My Shoulder
Mac Doc Del
18
Dolly Parton
My Tennessee Mountain Home
1972
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Maria Muldaur
Any Old Time
Maria Muldaur
20
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
All I Have to Do Is Dream
Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 2
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Len Barry
1-2-3
Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On
22
The Beach Boys
Heroes and Villains [Track Only][*]
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 5
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Geraint Watkins
Heroes and Villains
Dial 'W' for Watkins
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Geraint Watkins
Two Rocks
Dial 'W' for Watkins
25
Mink Deville
A Train Lady
The Mink De Ville Collection
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The Holmes Brothers
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
State Of Grace
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Nick Lowe
Here Comes That Feeling
Lay It On Me
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Brenda Lee
Here Comes That Feelin'
Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
29
Louis Armstrong
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel
Louis And The Good Book
30
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down
Gospel Train
31
Duane Eddy
Streets of Laredo
Rebel Rouser
32
Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
Cool Disc Jockey
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio Vol.5
33
Fats Domino
Blue Monday
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
Six months later…’nuff said, right? Deeper Roots finally gets around to the theme of pandemic protection by staying at home until things stabilize. We were all put out when it looked like six weeks and here we are talking months, not weeks. Patience and commitment. Something we have to work on. But we’ve got music to comfort us. Our heritage is rich with an incredible catalog of works; from country classics to the raw country blues, soul from Motor City and the Eastern Seaboard, jazz from New Orleans and KC, and everything in between. Just look (or listen) back. This week’s Deeper Roots features songs about keeping safe in shelter with fresh sounds from the digital bins. Warren Zevon, Jim Reeves, Wynonie Harris, The Alphabetical Four, Kitty Wells, and Buddy Miller will be featured. No need to put on your helmets (or tin foil hats) or to duck and cover. But you might want to get out the vote!
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Jakob Dylan & Fiona Apple
In My Room
Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Dill Jones Trio
Four Walls And One Dirty Window Blues
The Chiaroscuro Songbook, Vol. 1
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Irma Thomas
These Four Walls
Irma Thomas: A Woman's Viewpoint: The Essential 1970s Recordings
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Willie Nelson
Hello Walls
Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS
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Jim Reeves
Four Walls
Essential Jim Reeves
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Jeff Beck And Johnny Depp
Isolation
Isolation (Single)
8
Billy Vera & The Beaters
I Can Take Care Of Myself
By Request: The Best Of Billy Vera & The Beaters
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Warren Zevon
Splendid Isolation
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 2]
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Whiskeytown
Empty Baseball Park
Faithless Street
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Buddy Miller
Shelter Me
Universal United House Of Prayer
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Jerry Jeff Walker
Time to Stay Home
Hill Country Rain
13
Charlie Rich
Behind Closed Doors
Super Hits
14
Bob Dylan
Shelter from the Storm
Blood on the Tracks
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Rodney Crowell
Shelter From The Storm [Album Version]
The Outsider
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Lone Justice
Shelter
Ultimate Collection: Maria McKee
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Ray LaMontagne
Shelter
Trouble
18
Joe Cocker
Shelter Me
Ultimate Collection
19
The Deadly Gentlemen
Locked Up
The Bastard Masterpiece
20
Dave Alvin
All by Myself
Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
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Charline Arthur
I'm Having A Party All By Myself
Welcome To The Club
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Alphabetical Four
I'm Gonna Walk Right in and Make Myself at Home
Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
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Wynonie Harris
Drinkin' By Myself
Playful Baby
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Garnet Mimms
A Little Bit of Soap
The Best of Garnet Mimms: Cry
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Stonewall Jackson
I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water
Singles
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Porter Wagoner
I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew & Dolly Parton
Today’s Deeper Roots show explores the Document label once more but, this time, we’ll be asking Gary and Gillian to tell us more. They’ll share some personal anecdotes about what brought them to their life’s work. So many of us from the baby boomer generation discovered early roots music through covers by bands from our early years that led us to recurring moments of musical revelation. And many of us found ourselves digging, rummaging, exploring, collecting, and listening for those mother lodes of musical treasures that surfaced like bits of gold on that river of time that runs from ‘then’ to the ‘now’. It’s the second part of our interview with this delightful couple from across the pond. Hear their stories of connecting with this music and how it informed their life’s work with Document Records.
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Lil' Son Jackson
Rockin' And Rollin'
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
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Big Bill Broonzy
Key to the Highway
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
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Deeper Roots
Intro and Early Document w Johnny Part
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
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Peetie Wheatstraw
Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
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Big Bill Broonzy
Good Boy
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
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Deeper Roots
Discovery of the Folk and Blues
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
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The Rolling Stones
Confessin' The Blues
12 X 5
9
Deeper Roots
Buys Document
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
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Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather
Kid Man Blues
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
11
Deeper Roots
Impact of American Music
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
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Josh White
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
In Chronological Order, Volume 6 (1944-45)
13
Deeper Roots
Hunting Swap Meets for Blues (With Music)
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
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Gitfiddle Jim (Kokomo Arnold)
Paddlin' Blues
Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
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Deeper Roots
Growing Up with Music to the Beatles
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
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Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Please Don't Tease
Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
17
The Beatles
Anna (Go to Him)
Please Please Me
18
Deeper Roots
Closing Snippet 1
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
19
Deeper Roots
Document Projects
Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
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Walter 'Cowboy' Washington
Ice Pick Mama
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
21
Blind Willie McTell
Stole Rider Blues
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order – Volume 1 – 18 October 1927 to 23 October 1931
Authoritarianism right in our own backyard. What are the signs that we should concern ourselves with? Much has been revealed over the centuries of how power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. While our so-called checks and balances lay down in fear in the face of fascism and the childish fear of being made fun of by the playground bully, the innocents are called terrorists and the terrorists, patriots. Up is down and down is up, right? Music’s been made of the human condition over time and there’s also been books and countless political speeches…and we’re going to take our time today to share the music and speak of the ballot box which is our only weapon, it seems, in a democracy. When cowards and sycophants led by the GOP and Fox News pretend patriotism, we know we’re in trouble and we know that the hard rainis falling. Federal troops areattacking mothers, veterans, and peaceful protesters with impunity and there are no checks. There is nobalance. As songwriter R. B. Morris observes, that’s how every empire falls…and you can tune in for inspiration as the August march on Washington is just around the corner.
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Great Big Sea
End of the World
Great Big CD
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Danko, Fjeld & Andersen
When Morning Comes to America
Danko / Fjeld / Andersen
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Neil Young
Bound for Glory
Old Ways
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Willie Nelson
Vote Em Out
Vote 'Em Out
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Ray Charles
America The Beautiful
Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
7
Ry Cooder
Rally 'Round The Flag
Boomer's Story
8
The Abyssinian Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
The Civil War
9
Johnny Cash
Ragged Old Flag
Ragged Old Flag
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Joan Baez
The President Sang Amazing Grace
Whistle Down the Wind
11
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Jesus Children of America
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
12
R.B. Morris
That's How Every Empire Falls
Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
13
Simon & Garfunkel
America
Old Friends Disc 2
14
Paul Simon
American Tune
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
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Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
Thrice All American
No Depression Compilation – What It Sounds Like Vol. 1
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Dr. John
The Patriotic Flag-Waiver
Babylon
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Steve Earle
Dear Old Flag
Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
18
Jay & the Americans
Only in America
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
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Jimmy Griggs
The Beginning Of The End
The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
Free Form Friday finds us filling the airwaves with soul, border music, a dose of gospel, blues, and so much more. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he brings you the stories and the sounds from the past century. As we go into our sixth month of pandemic isolation, we reflect on those lost and those suffering knowing full well that this virus could have been shunted by responsible adults. But we’re confronted with complete and utter idiocy at the highest (and lowest) locales: those who politicize and those pouty little man- and woman-babies who refuse to wear masks. We’ll look past this for two hours as we share soul sounds from James Carr and Bobby Womack, folk-rock anthems from Bob Dylan and John Sebastian, as well as good news gospel from Marion Williams and Sam Cooke. We’ll also go with a tribute to Texas where the suffering is reaching heights unimagined only a few months ago as they continue to suffer from failed leadership. Tune in on Fridays at 9 Pacific.
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Asleep at the Wheel
Miles and Miles of Texas
The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
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Charley Crockett
Goin' Back To Texas
Lonesome As A Shadow
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Waylon Jennings
Bob Wills Is Still The King (Studio Version)
RCA Country Legends [Disc 1]
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Doug Sahm
Texas Tornado
Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
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Bing Crosby
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits
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Mark Knopfler
Cannibals
Golden Heart
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Sam Cooke
(Ain't That) Good News
Ain't That Good News
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Marion Williams
Feel Like My Time Ain't Long
The Great Gospel Women
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Clay Hammond
Suzy Do It Better Than You
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
11
James Carr
Pouring Water on a Drowning Ma
The Essential James Carr
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Nat Hall With The Mellow 3
A Broken Hearted Clown
Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 3]
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Bobby Womack
How I Miss You Baby
The Best Of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years
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Leroy Washington
Baby Please Come Home
Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
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Clifton Chenier
Choo Choo CH-Boogie
Alligator Stomp 2: Cajun Zydeco Classics
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Slim Harpo
I've Got Love If You Want It
The Best Of Slim Harpo
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Slim Harpo
I've Got My Finger on Your Trigger
The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
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Jimmy Reed
I Wanna Be Loved
You Dont Have To Go (The Blues Collection Vol.18)
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Little Richard
Lucille
Crazy in Alabama
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Moose And The Pelicans
He's A Rebel
So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998
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Doris Troy
Just One Look
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
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Gary U.S. Bonds
Jole Blon
The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds
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The Neville Brothers
Run Joe
Fiyo on the Bayou
24
Bob Dylan
Mississippi
Love and Theft
25
John Sebastian
Rainbows All Over Your Blues
Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 1]
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The Lovin' Spoonful
Coconut Grove
Greatest Hits [Buddha]
27
Cliff Edwards
I'm Going to Give "It" To Mary
The Collection
28
Mississippi John Hurt
Good Morning, Carrie
The Complete Studio Recordings: Last Sessions
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Blind Blake
Black Dog Blues (Pm 12464, 4362-1)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
While the Cheetoh-in-chief comes up with hateful and pitiful distraction after distraction in an attempt to have us take our eyes off of failure after profound failure of his…we celebrate the folks in gray and blue who not only bring us the bills but also the packages, ballots, and cheer from friends and relatives. That little white truck is more than an institution: it is part of our collective heritage and a constant that should be cherished. It’s been celebrated in music from every corner over the past century and we’re scouring those dusty digital bins for country, blues, rock, and rhythm that are burnished with the colors of the letter carrier in word and rhyme. Tune in for everyone from Roy Rogers to Memphis Slim, Smiley Lewis, and Tiny Bradshaw this week. Sonoma County Community Radio goes deep on another pandemic Friday morning.
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Nat King Cole
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)
Just One Of Those Things (And More)
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Jimmie Driftwood
The Pony Express (I've Got to Carry the Mail)
Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
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Bill Carter
Pony Express
Country & Western Nuggets
5
Pee Wee King
Postage Due
Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
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Roy Rogers
The Mail Must Go Through
1939-1940 (Warped 3936)
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Leon Rusk
Air Mail Special On The Fly
Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
8
Ella Mae Morse
Hey, Mr Postman
Two Classic Albums And Singles CD2
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Hank Thompson
Yesterday's Mail
1946-1949 (Warped 4660)
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Cowboy Copas
The Postman Just Passes Me By
1949-1950
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Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
I'm Gonna Tear Down The Mailbox – 1955
Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
12
Dinah Washington
Postman Blues
First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 1]
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Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra
Mailman's Sack (Mail)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
14
Tiny Mayberry
Mailman Blues
Jazzin' the Blues
15
Memphis Slim
A Letter Home (Mail)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
16
Smiley Lewis
No Letter Today
ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
17
The Ravens
Write Me A Letter
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
18
Andrew Tibbs & Cherokee Conyer's Orchestra
Mother's Letter
Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults
19
The Marvelettes
Please Mr. Postman
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
20
Bob Rivers
Please Don't Shoot, Mr Postman
Best of Answer Songs vol 2
21
The Marvelettes
Twistin' Postman
Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
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Buddy Holly
Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants
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Buck Owens
Keys In The Mailbox
Hot Dog
24
Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson
No Mail Today
Quah [Bonus Tracks]
25
Suitcase Sam
Morning Mail
Goodnight Riverdale Park
26
Allan Sherman
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1]
27
Ernest Tubb
Letters Have No Arms
Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
28
Champion Jack Dupree
Mail Order Woman
New Orleans R&B Outbreak
29
Big Joe Turner
Teen Age Letter
Big Joe Rocks
30
Slim Harpo
Mailbox Blues
The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
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Arlene Smith
Letter Full Of Tears
Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
32
Roosevelt Grier
The Mail Must Go Through
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
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Gene Terry & The Downbeats
No Mail Today (Mail)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
Dark days with the devil. Self-centered, morally lacking, and incapable of empathizing with human kind. Sound like someone you know? This morning’s show finds us down in the hole where Satan never sleeps and where darkness pervades. There’s a very wide range of topics in our show, including the harnessing of the atom, the soul of man, and the valley where Jordan slices across the heart. Hillbillies from hell, a trip to St. James Infirmary, the lion’s den, and the belly of the whale are all to be seen with tracks from Brother Claude, the Jordan River Boys, The Doors, El Radio Fantastique, and Otis Spann in a show that is certain to have you taking stock of yesterday, today, and tomorrow as we make this social distancing a not-so-transient fixture in our lives. Balance this theme against the sun shining bright on a Spring morning in Sonoma County.
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Harry S. Truman
Speeches, Truman, Harry S. The First Atomic Bomb Attack On Japan Aug 06, 1945
Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 2 – the Changing World
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The Louvin Brothers
The Great Atomic Power
Close Harmony [Disc 7]
4
El Radio Fantastique
Devil Inside Me
Waking the Dead
5
The Doors
Moonlight Drive [Version 1]
The Doors [Bonus Tracks]
6
Johnny Cash
The Man Comes Around[Early]
Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs
7
Jordan River Boys
When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time
When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51
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John Fogerty
Goin' Back Home
Eye Of The Zombie
9
Timi Yuro
Satan Never Sleeps
I'm So Hurt
10
Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)
Satchmo Plays King Oliver
11
Hoyt Axton
The Devil
American Originals
12
Lead Belly
Black Betty
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
13
Elvis Presley
Run On
Artist of the Century Disc 2
14
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Jonah
Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
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Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals
The Great Atomic Power
Song of America
16
The Louvin Brothers
River of Jordan
Long Play Collection
17
Brother Claude Ely
I Want To Go To Heaven
Satan Get Back
18
Ralph Stanley
Are You Washed In The Blood
A Mother's Prayer
19
George Jones
Please Take the Devil Out of Me
Heartbreak Hotel (Gonna Shake This Shack)
20
Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
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Eels
Fresh Blood
Hombre Lobo
22
Tom Waits
Way Down In The Hole
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
23
Bill Jennings
Billy In The Lion's Den
Wailin' Vol. 1
24
Otis Spann
It Must Have Been The Devil
Walking The Blues
25
Jack Leonard
A Visit From The Devil
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26
Anita Carter
Satan's Child
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
In our Friday morning episode, we’re revisiting the traditional form of the murder ballad and we’ll also take some liberties with some more modern takes from the likes of Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, and Nick Cave. In the traditional form we’ll measure centuries-old cultural aberrations with the stories of gamblers, ramblers, and murdering misogynists that peppered the landscapes of country gospel, Appalachian folk, and urban alleyways. Frankie, Johnny, Stack-O-Lee, William Zanzinger, and Ellen Smith are just a few of the players in today’s show. Join Dave Stroud for a journey through tradition this Friday evening on Community Radio for Sonoma County.
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Johnny Cash
I Hung My Head
Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American
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Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
In The Pines
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
A while back we explored road songs in the genres of blues and tradition. This week’s show complements the theme with a country flavor. Songs of the lonesome road, the lost highway, the wrong highway taken, as well as hitting the road with those classic country kings of the road and highway queens. We’ll hear some early Waylon Jennings, bluegrass from Bill Monroe, trucker laments from Red Simpson, and a tribute to the Carters on the Road to Kaintuck. We’ve battened down the hatches, closed shop, and are practicing social distancing as if our lives (and those of our neighbors) depended on it. Join Dave Stroud on a KWTF Friday evening remote production of Deeper Roots.
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Bonus Track
CB Radio Chatter
Eighteen Wheelers! Twisted Tales from the Truckstops
3
Johnny Darrell
It's A Rough Old Road To Travel
The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
4
Don Gibson
Lonesome Road
1961-1962
5
Jimmie Skinner
Lonesome Road Blues
1960-1962 (Warped 6188)
6
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Travelin' This Lonesome Road
All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4]
7
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Rocky Road Blues
All The Classic Releases, 1937-1949 [Disc 3]
8
The Carter Family
It's a Long Road to Travel Alone
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 5)
9
Johnny Cash
Wide Open Road
Get Rhythm [Sun]
10
Johnny Cash
Hit The Road And Go (The Rambler)
Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4]
11
Johnny Cash
Further on Up the Road
American V: A Hundred Highways
12
Billy Bob Thornton & The Peasall Sisters
Road To Kaintuck
Anchored In Love: A Tribute To June Carter Cash
13
Lefty Frizzell
Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee
1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
14
Wayne Hancock
Man Of The Road
A-Town Blues
15
Rig Rock Deluxe
Six Days On The Road
Rig Rock Deluxe
16
Red Simpson
Six Days on the Road
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
17
Tiny Harris
Endless Black Ribbon
Lonesome Highway Songs
18
Billy Grammer
Gotta Travel On
Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics
19
Henson Cargill
A Very Well Traveled Man
Skip a Rope
20
Faron Young
Traveling On
This Is Faron Young / My Garden Of Prayer
21
Roger Miller
King Of The Road
Country Legends
22
Tom T. Hall
Once Upon a Road
Sings Dixie & Tom T.
23
Billy Walker
Headin' Down the Wrong Highway
Billy Walker – 1954-1957
24
Waylon Jennings
The Road
Love of The Common People
25
Dolly Parton
Traveling Man
1971
26
Nikki Lane
Highway Queen
Highway Queen
27
Johnny Horton
Lost Highway
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
