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Guy Clark Tribute

September 28, 2019 Dave

Songs that were personal. Vignettes about the real world. A study in memories but on a deeper level where one wrestles the blood out of the words; and his were usually the simplest of words. Economy of words means a broader vision. That’s what I think of when I think of Guy Clark’s songs. From his sprawling narratives to the trapdoors he leaves you when he’s finished, his music was a little slice of melodic nuance laced with words that mattered. Every one. This week’s show won’t beat around the bush; we’ll just put them out there to reflect on and give a little bit of thanks that we have them. We’ll hear from Emmylou Harris, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle, Vince Gill, and a few nuggets from Guy himself.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Rosanne Cash	Better Days	This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark
3	Jerry Jeff Walker	Boats to Build	Cowboy Boots & Bathin Suits
4	Steve Earle & The Dukes	L.A. Freeway	Guy
5	Ricky Skaggs	Heartbroke	Highways & Heartaches
6	Guy Clark	Desperadoes Waiting For A Train	Heartworn Highways
7	Joe Ely	Magdalene	Panhandle Rambler
8	Jerry Jeff Walker	My Favorite Picture Of You	This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
9	Willie Nelson	My Favorite Picture of You	Ride Me Back Home
10	Nanci Griffith	She Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Blue Roses From The Moons
11	Guy Clark	Intro: The Randall Knife	Songs and Stories
12	Guy Clark	The Randall Knife	Songs and Stories
13	Vince Gill	Randall Knife	This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
14	Asleep at the Wheel	The Cape	Reinventing the Wheel
15	Asleep At The Wheel	Blowin' Like A Bandit [Album Version]	The Swingin' Best Of Asleep At The Wheel
16	Verlon Thompson	All Through Throwin' Good Love After Bad	This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
17	Johnny Cash	Let Him Roll	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
18	The Everly Brothers	A Nickel For The Fiddler	Country Classics
19	Lyle Lovett	Step Inside This House (Step Inside My House)	Step Inside This House Disc 1
20	Jamie Lin Wilson	Instant Coffee Blues (feat. Jack Ingram)	Jumping Over Rocks
21	Hayes Carll	Rivertown	Little Rock
22	Emmylou Harris	Bang the Drum Slowly	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
23	Shannon McNally	Black Haired Boy	Black Irish
24	Rodney Crowell	Stuff That Works	Let The Picture Paint Itself
25	Steve Earle & The Dukes	Dublin Blues	Guy
26	Guy Clark & The Jordanaires	Honky Tonk Song	Caught in the Webb
27	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Homegrown Tomatoes	This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark

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More Western Swing

September 20, 2019 Dave

The home page of the Western Swing Society describes western swing as “a division of the American phenomenon known as jazz [fusing] elements of musical roots…including blues, Dixieland, ragtime, big band, country, pop, and breakdowns.” That kind of explains why we revisit this genre so often here on Deeper Roots. What it has most in common with jazz is the use of improvisation; what it does try to do is to take things one step further: make it dance-able. The foot-tapping rhythm and the encouragement of participation drew audiences far and wide from the north, south, east and west. This week show meanders through some fun sounds including tracks Hank Penny, Milton Brown, Ocie Stockard, and (of course) Bob Wills. We’ll have some tribute songs and old standards for you on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
3	Milton Brown	Hesitation Blues	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 2]
4	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
5	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Somebody Stole My Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
6	Ocie Stockard	You Turned Me Down	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
7	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Bass Man Jive	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
8	The Sunshine Boys	Gonna Get Tight (1939)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
9	Louise Massey & The Westerners	Billy Boy (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
10	Sons Of The West	Sally's Got a Wooden Leg	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
11	The Hi-Flyers	Watcha Gonna Do	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
12	Johnny Cash	W. Lee O Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
13	The Light Crust Doughboys	Good Gracious Gracie (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
14	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
15	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Old Yazoo	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
16	Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys	Chill Tonic (Instrumental)	Okeh Western Swing
17	Hank Penny	Wildcat Mama	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
18	Hank Penny	Cowboy's Swing	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
19	Don Churchill & The Texas Mavericks	One Year Ago Tonight	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
20	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
21	Bob Wills	Cherokee Maiden	Columbia Historic Edition
22	Bob Wills	Right or Wrong	Columbia Historic Edition
23	Adolph Hofner	Let's Count The Stars	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
24	Ted Daffan's Texans	Too Far Gone	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
25	Zeke Clements	Oklahoma Blues	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
26	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	I Found a New Baby	Shame On You
27	Spade Cooley	You Better Do It Now	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
28	Tommy Duncan	You Put Me On My Feet	Texas Moon
29	Slim Harbert & His Boys	Around The Corner At Smokey Joe's	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
30	Leon Rusk	Air Mail Special On The Fly	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
31	Leon Selph	She's Gone Away	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
32	Ted Daffan's Texans	Worried Mind	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
33	W. Lee O'Daniel	O'Daniel radio show sign off	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
34	Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blue Boys	She Selling What She Used To Give Away	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2

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Deeper Memphis Minnie

September 6, 2019 Dave

Well, it’s about time. For being one of the premier blues women of the 20th century, we’ve been remiss in our coverage here on Deeper Roots. You can, however, check out our blog post Memphis Minnie on the Ice Box to prepare you for the music we’ve got for you this coming Friday. Not only will we share some classic tunes from Minnie and Kansas City Joe McCoy but we’ll be pairing much of them with contemporary covers including some special ones: the Alabama Shakes, Maria Muldaur, Precious Bryant, and Eilen Jewell (just to name a few). The article mentioned above is a well worn first hand observation of a Memphis Minnie performance published in the Chicago Defender in 1942, written by Langston Hughes. We’ve got enough to fill the room…and the airwaves, this coming Friday morning so here’s hoping you can drop in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Memphis Minnie	Pig Meat On The Line [Album Version]	Queen Of The Blues
3	Alabama Shakes	Killer Diller Blues	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1]
4	Memphis Minnie	Killer Diller Blues [Album Version]	Queen Of The Blues
5	Maria Muldaur, Del Rey, Steve James	Crazy Cryin' Blues	….First Came Memphis Minnie
6	Memphis Minnie	Crazy Cryin' Blues	Queen Of Country Blues
7	Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton	When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1	Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
8	Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie	When the Levee Breaks	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
9	Rory Block	When You Love Me	….First Came Memphis Minnie
10	Eilen Jewell	Nothing In Rambling	Down Hearted Blues
11	Precious Bryant	Black Rat Swing	Fool Me Good
12	Precious Bryant	My Chauffeur	The Truth
13	Maria Muldaur, Del Rey	Lookin' The World Over	….First Came Memphis Minnie
14	Clifton Chenier	Me And My Chauffeur	King Of The Bayous
15	Maria Muldaur, Roy Rogers, Roly Salley	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	….First Came Memphis Minnie
16	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
17	Ben Winship	What's The Matter With the Well	Toolshed
18	Phoebe Snow, David Bromberg	In My Girlish Days	….First Came Memphis Minnie
19	Doug Quattlebaum	You Is One Black Rat	The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
20	Lucinda Williams	Nothing In Rambling [Live]	Passionate Kisses [EP]
21	Memphis Minnie with Little Joe & His Band	Me and My Chauffeur Blues	Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
22	Johnny Shines	Bumble Bee Blues	Traditional Delta Blues
23	Whispering Smith	Looking the World Over	Swamp Blues
24	Memphis Minnie	Dirty Mother For You	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
25	Memphis Minnie	New Dirty Dozen	Queen Of Country Blues
26	Memphis Minnie	If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home)	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
27	Memphis Minnie	Ice Man (Come On Up)	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
28	Maria Muldaur	I'm Goin' Back Home	Richland Woman Blues
29	Big Mama Thornton/Muddy Waters Blues Band	Looking the World Over	With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
30	Tampa Red	Bumble Bee Blues	Guitar Wizards (1926-1935)
31	Ruthie Foster, Steve Freund, Tanya Richardson, Samantha Banks	Keep Your Big Mouth Closed	….First Came Memphis Minnie

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Steel Guitar Retrospective

August 3, 2019 Dave

We’ll be serenading you with some island melodies, country tunes, and rock, all featuring the steel guitar, an instrument whose origins take us back to the late 19^th and early 20^th century invention by native Joseph Kekuku. The music this Friday features some early Hawaiian popular influences including Sol Ho’opi, Hoot Gibson, and King Nawah’s Hawaiians. The focus moves to mid-to late century greats featuring Pete Drake, Buddy Emmons, Buster Martin and Speedy West. The popularity of the ‘island sound’ in the early century brought us the sound of steel across many genres, including gospel, folk, blues, and country. Spend a couple of hours on an August morning in Sonoma County taking a journey from Hawaii to Forth Worth.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	King Nawahi's Hawaiians	Hawaiian Capers	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
3	Trio De Hawaii	Melodias Populares Mexicana	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
4	Sol Ho'opi'i	Singing The Blues	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
5	Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette	An Orange Grove in California	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
6	Hoot Gibson	Mai Givee (Don't Give It Away)	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
7	Kalama's Quartet	Sassy	Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
8	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Heat Wave	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
9	Sol Ho'opi'i	I Like You	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
10	King Nawahi's Hawaiians	Under a Texas Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
11	Madame Riviere's Hawaiians	Ellis March	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
12	Buster Martin	Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 10]
13	Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians	Bob & Jim by The Waters of Minetonka	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
14	Jim & Bob	The Song of the Range	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
15	Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys	I Won't Stand in Your Way	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
16	Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons	Singing Strings Of Steel	The Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds
17	Lone Star Playboys	Steel Guitar Bounce	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
18	Albert Lee	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
19	Howard White	Steel Guitar Swallow	Western Swing And Steel Instrumental
20	Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar	For Pete's Sake [Instrumental]	For Pete's Sake [Gusto]
21	Pete Drake	Pedal Jumpin'	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
22	Speedy West	Stainless Steel	Steel Guitar
23	Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys	Hot Steel	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
24	Jerry Byrd	Hilo Steel Guitar	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
25	Bob Wills	Texas Playboy Rag	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
26	Doc Watson	Steel Guitar Rag	Memories
27	Bobby Lee	Steel Guitar Rag	Quasar Steel Guitar
28	Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Journey To The Beginning – A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds
29	Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman	Hawaiian Cowboy	Four Hands Sweet & Hot
30	Bob Brozman	Dinah	Devil's Slide
31	Bob Brozman	Just As Well To Let Her Go	A Truckload of Blues
32	Bob Brozman	Let's Get It Stomp	A Truckload of Blues
33	Spade Cooley	Spadella	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
34	Sonny Treadway	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Sacred Steel Guitar
35	Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians	Saint Louis Blues	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story

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Red River Valley

July 7, 2019 Dave 1 Comment

Deeper Roots will be filling in for Steady Eddie’s show this week while Eddie takes a well-deserved vacation. And Dave Stroud is jumping into those two hours with a nostalgic mix of Stephen Foster, western campfire trail songs, and silver screen sendups of life on the trail. Join the fun with some classic Bob Wills, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Driftwood, and John Hartford as we listen to those crickets callin’ and those coyotes makin’ their wail. Listening to the music as the wind is strummin’ a sagebrush guitar. A hundred years of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
3	Cowboy Jack Clement	Beautiful Dreamer	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
4	John Hartford	Lorena	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
5	Clint Eastwood	Claudia's Theme/Main Title – Unforgiven	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
6	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
7	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
8	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
9	Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
10	Kirk Douglas	And The Moon Grew Brighter	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
11	Jimmie Driftwood	When I Swim the Golden River	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
12	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
13	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
14	Willie Nelson	Sugar Moon	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
15	Bob Wills	Sugar Moon	1946 (Warped 4677)
16	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Along The Navajo Trail	Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy
17	Asleep at the Wheel	Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
18	Merle Kilgore	Nevada Smith	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Tumbling Tumbleweeds – The RCA Victor Years Voume 1
20	Tex Ritter	High Noon	Famous Country Music Makers
21	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
22	Elmer Bernstein: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra	The Magnificent Seven	Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein
23	Jason Isbell	Johnny Reb, That's Me	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
24	Jay Unger And Molly Mason With Fiddle Fever	Ashokan Farewell	Songs Of The Civil War
25	Johnny Bond	Red River Valley	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
26	Roy Rogers	Don't Fence Me In	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
27	Frankie Laine	Gunfight At O.K. Corral	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
28	Asleep at the Wheel	South of the Border (with George Strait)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
29	Asleep at the Wheel	San Antonio Rose	Western Standard Time
30	Ennio Morricone	The Good, The Bad And The Ugly	Stick It In: A Virgin Compilation
31	Jay Unger, Paul Roebling & David McCullough	Ashokan Farewell – Sullivan Ballou Letter	The Civil War

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Back to Back Blues

June 21, 2019 Dave

We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Turtle Island String Quartet	Crossroads	A Little on the CD Side
3	Muddy Waters	Trouble No More	Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959)
4	The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars	Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)	Blues Blues Blues
5	Black Cats And The Kitten	Step It Up And Go [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
6	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Step It Up And Go	Blues Highway
7	Robert Wilkins	That's No Way to Get Along	Roots of Rock
8	The Rolling Stones	Prodigal Son	Beggars Banquet
9	Elmore James	One Way Out	The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1]
10	John Hiatt	One Way Out	All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
11	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
12	Jeff Beck	I Ain't Superstitious	Truth
13	Big Joe Williams	Baby Please Don't Go	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14	Tom Rush	Baby Please Don't Go	Town and Country Blues
15	Elmore James	Dust My Broom	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
16	Sonny Landreth	Dust My Broom	Bound by the Blues
17	Howlin' Wolf	Back Door Man	Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
18	John Hammond	Backdoor Man	The Best Of
19	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
20	Dr. John	Wang Dang Doodle	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
21	Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie	When the Levee Breaks	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
22	Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton	When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1	Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
23	Bukka White	Parchman Farm Blues	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
24	Rory Block	Parchman Farm Blues	Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White
25	Blind Willie McTell	Statesboro Blues	RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1]
26	Taj Mahal	Statesboro Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
27	Robert Johnson	Stones in My Passway	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
28	Roy Rogers	Stones in My Passway	Slide of Hand
29	The Allman Brothers Band	Statesboro Blues	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
30	The Allman Brothers Band	Trouble No More	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1

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Jumpin’ Jack

June 15, 2019 Dave

Free form provides our weekly exploration a wider berth in which to stretch our wings. And that’s precisely why I take a free form journey every week or so on Deeper Roots. This week we’ll be featuring at least two tracks from the great Ella Mae Morse, some R&B and Doo Wop from The Cardinals and Ruth Brown, a rare track you may never hear elsewhere featuring the late, great Dr. John, and selected tracks from John Prine, Nat King Cole, The Orlons, and a golden classic country favorite from George Jones. We’re just scratching the surface as we sail through two hours of gospel, tradition, pop, rock, country, bluegrass (inhale), blues, and jazz. Don’t miss this week’s Friday stroll on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Mae Morse	Jumpin' Jack	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
3	Ruth Brown	Daddy Daddy	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
4	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
5	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
6	Dr. John	Let's Make A Better World (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
7	Big Joe Turner	Hide and Seek	Big Joe Rocks
8	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Everyday	The Gospel of Blues
9	The Clara Ward Singers	Traveling Shoes	Meetin' Tonight!
10	Maria Muldaur	Travelin' Shoes	Waitress In a Donut Shop
11	Blind Alfred Reed	You Must Unload	Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
12	Ry Cooder	You Must Unload	The Prodigal Son
13	Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna	El Watusi	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
14	Orlons	The Wah-Watusi	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1
15	Ricky Nelson	Travelin' Man	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
16	J.J. Cale	Travelin' Light	Troubadour
17	Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman	Travelin' Light	Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1]
18	Nat King Cole	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
19	Bert Kaempfert	Wimoweh	That Happy Feeling
20	S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds	Mbube	The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48)
21	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Travelin' Blues	Same Train, A Different Time
22	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Papa's on the House Top	Lost Time
23	Dave Alvin	Don't Look Now	West of the West
24	John Prine/Susan Tedeschi	Color of the Blues	For Better, Or Worse
25	George Jones	Color Of The Blues	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
26	Steve Earle	Hillbilly Highway	Guitar Town
27	Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids	Custer	Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
28	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
29	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Travelin'	Playback Disc 6
30	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
31	Cousin Joe	How Come My Dog Don't Bark?	…..From New Orleans'

Leon Redbone Tribute

June 8, 2019 Dave

“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
3	Merle Travis	If We Never Meet Again	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
4	Emmett Miller	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll	Minstrel Man From Georgia
5	Red Nichols & His Five Pennies	The Sheik Of Araby	Saints Ramble & Sensation
6	Laurel and Hardy	Shine on Harvest Moon	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
7	Nat King Cole	Sweet Lorraine	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
8	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	Sugar	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
9	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazybones	Sometimes I Wonder….
10	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy River	Sometimes I Wonder….
11	Lonnie Johnson	He's A Jelly-Roll Baker	Tomorrow Night
12	Peetie Wheatstraw	Shake That Thing	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
13	Dave Van Ronk	Shake That Thing	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
14	Elvis Presley	You're A Heartbreaker	Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1)
15	Julia Lee	Breeze	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
16	Cowboy Copas	Breeze	1954-1958
17	Leon Redbone	Breeze	Sugar
18	Rex Griffin	Sweet Mama Hurry Home	1935-1936 (Warped 3520)
19	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy	Bouquet Of Roses	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
20	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special
21	Emmett Miller	Lovesick Blues	American Yodeling
22	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
23	Leon Redbone	Diddy Wa Diddie	Double Time
24	Shirley Temple	Polly Wolly Doodle	America's Sweetheart
25	Boswell Sisters	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Boswell Sisters
26	Paul Specht	Sweet Lorraine	Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930
27	Ruth Etting	Shine on, Harvest Moon	Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
28	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
29	Leon Redbone	My Little Grass Shack	Whistling In The Wind
30	Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel	Baby It's Cold Outside	Unknown
31	Al Jolson	Pretty Baby	The Very Best Of Al Jolson
32	Leon Redbone	Pretty Baby	Sugar
33	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
34	Leon Redbone	Lulu's Back In Town	On The Track

African American Gospel, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies

Gospel Crosscurrents

June 1, 2019 Dave

Another gospel celebration, this time with a mix of country, bluegrass, classic black gospel, and a very special blending from the annals of rock n’ roll. We’re calling this roots celebration “Gospel Cross-Currents” and it makes its way through a mix of fifties country gospel of Fern Jones and Bonnie Owens and some recent country releases of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with folk, bluegrass and black gospel of the early century. Tune in for Mac Wiseman, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis, the Alphabetical Four, and Sister Lottie Peavy. Deeper Roots celebrates each Friday morning on KOWS and Friday evening on KWTF.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Good News	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
3	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Keep on the Firing Line	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
4	Carl Story	Keep on the Firing Line	1942-1947 (Warped 4780)
5	Browns Ferry Four	Keep On The Firing Line	Goodbye, Babylon – Goodbye, Babylon [Disc 5]
6	Precious Bryant	Sit Down Servant	The Truth
7	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Sit Down Servant	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
8	Mike Farris	Sit Down Servant	Salvation in Lights
9	Bad Livers	I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap	Dust On The Bible
10	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap	Most Requested
11	Michelle Lanchester w/Sweet Honey In The Rock	I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior)	African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
12	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	If You See My Savior	Lost Time
13	Porter Wagoner/Willie Nelson	Family Bible	Unplugged
14	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Family Bible	Lost In The Ozone
15	Lyle Lovett	I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord	Smile: Songs From The Movies
16	Willie Nelson	Sweet Bye and Bye	Old Time Religion
17	Elizabeth Cotten	Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus	Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes
18	Alphabetical Four	What a Friend We Have in Jesus	Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
19	Bonnie Owens	What a Friend We Have in Jesus	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
20	Fern Jones	By And By	The Glory Road
21	Elvis Presley	By and By	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
22	Paul Butterfield's Better Days	Nobody's Fault But Mine	'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back'
23	Sister Lottie Peavy	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950
24	Brother Claude Ely	I'm Crying Holy Unto The Lord	Satan Get Back
25	Bad Livers	Crying Holy Unto The Lord	Dust On The Bible
26	The Jordaniares	Dig a Little Deeper	The Jordaniares Gospel
27	Mahalia Jackson	Dig A Little Deeper	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
28	Johnny Cash	Where We'll Never Grow Old	Unearthed Volume Four. My Mother's Hymn Book
29	Patty Griffin	Never Grow Old	Downtown Church
30	Johnny Cash & The Carter Family	Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
31	Aaron Neville	Were You There	Gospel Roots
32	Jessi Colter	His Eye Is On The Sparrow [Album Version]	Out Of The Ashes
33	The Staple Singers	This May Be The Last Time	Swing Low

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Playlists, Theme Time

Cajun Two-Step

May 25, 2019 Dave

Back to the bayou once more, but this time with less the rocking rhythms of the mid-to-late century and more with tradition. We pick on the sound of cajun music, celebrating a simple dance style born of early century French/Canadian, African Creole from the Caribbean, and American Country: the two-step. It’s music is full of accordion, fiddle, washboard, bass fiddle, triangle, and percussion of all kinds…giving it a consistently energetic and lively signature. And the dance which is our focus is a simple but expressive one similar to the western two-step…just without the fancy turns and spins. Our performances include some classics from the early century including Amede Ardoin and Jimmy Newman as well as contemporaries and mid-century legends like Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Al Berard, Michael Doucet, and Louisiana energy from the swamps to Lake Pontchartrain. Tune in!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Two-Step de Grand Mallet	Creole Bred – A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco
3	Savoy Family Band	Two-Step de Amede	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
4	Amidi Ardoin	Amadie Two-Step	I'm Never Comin' Back
5	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	Amedee Two-Step [Cajun]	Planet Squeezebox [Disc 1]
6	Jimmy Breaux	Perrodin Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
7	Sammy Naquin	Perrodin Two Step	Best of Cajun Instrumentals
8	Michael Doucet	Awesome Ossun Two-Step	Bayou Deluxe: The Best of Michael Doucet &…
9	The Savoy-Doucet Band	High Point Two-Step	Alligator Stomp, Vol. 3
10	Beausoleil	Acadian Two-Step	Vintage Beausoleil
11	Jimmy Newman	Fais Do Do Two Step	1948-1953 (Warped 5060)
12	Jimmy Newman	Teiyut Two Step	1948-1953 (Warped 5060)
13	Jerry Jericho	Cajun Pete Jingle for Dr. Tichenor	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 8)
14	Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers	Beau's Cajun Two Step	Beau Jocque Boogie
15	Nathan Williams & The Zydeco Cha-Chas	Zydeco Two-Step	Creole Bred – A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco
16	Al Berard & The Basin Brothers	Le Two-Step De Choupique (Choupique Two-Step)	Dans La Louisiane (In Louisiana)
17	Balfa Toujours	Two-Step @ Tina	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
18	Aldus Roger	Mamou Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 3: Cajun Zydeco Classics
19	Bruce Daigrepont	Marksville Two-Step	Cajun Cookin' [Easy Disc]
20	Rockin Sidney	Two Steppin The Two Step	The Best Of Louisiana Cajun Classics
21	BeauSoleil	Eunice Two-Step	L'Amour Ou La Folie
22	Zydeco Force	Shaggy Dog Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
23	Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys	Bayou noir/Back of Town Two-Step	Trace Of Time
24	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	Ossun Two-Step	American Roots Music [Disc 4]
25	Clifton Chenier	Zodico Two-Step	King Of The Bayous
26	Lawrence Ardoin	Bayou Two-Step	Tradition Creole
27	Lawrence Ardoin	Midland Two Step	Tradition Creole
28	BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet	Two Step De Port Arthur	From Bamako to Carenro
29	Clifton Chenier	Louisiana Two Step	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
30	Wilson & Joel Savoy	Fiddle Two-Step	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
31	Delbert McClinton	Two Step Too	Cost Of Living

A Century of America's Music