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Summer Songs

Summer is here and so we’ll be celebrating those lazy, hazy, crazy days that come with it. We’re approaching the dog days, as they say, and that also means festivals, music, cool drinks, swimming gear, and lighter beers. This week’s show has us getting serious about summer songs:  Elvis, Sam Cooke, The Chantels, Dolly Parton, Dave Brubeck, and just a touch of surf sounds from The Sandals. Summer winds, summer wages, summer rain, and summer love this week on Deeper Roots, recorded at the KOWS studios planted square in the Cherry Street District of Santa Rosa.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Nat King Cole Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
3The Sandals Theme from "Endless Summer" The Perfect Day: The Music from 40 Years of Surfing Magazine Amazon
4The Beach Boys Your Summer Dream Surfer Girl Amazon
5The Percy Faith Orchestra Them From A Summer Place Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1] Amazon
6The Fleetwoods They Tell Me It's Summer Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods Amazon
7The Chantels Summers's Love (Richard Barrett with the Chantels) The Best of the Chantels Amazon
8Robin Ward Wonderful Summer Early Girls: 1 Amazon
9Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
10Frank Sinatra Something Wonderful Happens In Summer The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
11Sam Cooke Summertime Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
12Ian & Sylvia Summer Wages So Much For Dreaming Amazon
13It's a Beautiful Day Hot Summer Day It's a Beautiful Day Amazon
14Frank Sinatra Summer Wind Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Amazon
15Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Summertime Sing America Amazon
16Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin Summertime Cheap Thrills Amazon
17Dave Brubeck Summer Song [Album Version] Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective Amazon
18Seals & Crofts Summer Breeze AM Gold 1972 Amazon
19Dolly Parton Sweet Summer Lovin' I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
20Elvis Presley Summer Kisses, Winter Tears Elvis for Everyone! Amazon
21Nelson Riddle The Green Leaves of Summer The Best of Nelson Riddle Amazon
22Willie Nelson Summer Of Roses [Album Version] One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
23Desert Rose Band Summer Wind Running Amazon
24Robbie Fulks Rose of the Summer Gone Away Backward Amazon
25Don Henley The Boys of Summer Building the Perfect Beast Amazon
26Eddie Cochran Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
27The Lovin' Spoonful Summer in the City Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
28Basin Street Boys Summertime Gal The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 3- Doo-Wop Dreamin' Amazon
29Stan Kenton The Things We Did Last Summer The Ballad Style Of Stan Kenton Amazon
30Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Sweet Summer Breeze Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Amazon
31Jan & Dean Summer Means Fun Popsicle Amazon
32Danleers One Summer Night Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) Amazon

Steel Guitar Retrospective

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 19th and early 20th 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.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2King Nawahi's Hawaiians Hawaiian Capers Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
3Trio De Hawaii Melodias Populares Mexicana Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Amazon
4Sol Ho'opi'i Singing The Blues Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1 Amazon
5Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette An Orange Grove in California Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
6Hoot Gibson Mai Givee (Don't Give It Away) Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Amazon
7Kalama's Quartet Sassy Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934 Amazon
8Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians Heat Wave Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
9Sol Ho'opi'i I Like You With My Little Ukulele in My Hand Amazon
10King Nawahi's Hawaiians Under a Texas Moon Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Madame Riviere's Hawaiians Ellis March With My Little Ukulele in My Hand Amazon
12Buster Martin Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 10] Amazon
13Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians Bob & Jim by The Waters of Minetonka Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
14Jim & Bob The Song of the Range Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Amazon
15Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys I Won't Stand in Your Way Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
16Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons Singing Strings Of Steel The Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds Amazon
17Lone Star Playboys Steel Guitar Bounce The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 Amazon
18Albert Lee Rainbows All Over Your Blues The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons Amazon
19Howard White Steel Guitar Swallow Western Swing And Steel Instrumental Amazon
20Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar For Pete's Sake [Instrumental] For Pete's Sake [Gusto] Amazon
21Pete Drake Pedal Jumpin' Stars Of The Steel Guitar Amazon
22Speedy West Stainless Steel Steel Guitar Amazon
23Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys Hot Steel Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
24Jerry Byrd Hilo Steel Guitar Stars Of The Steel Guitar Amazon
25Bob Wills Texas Playboy Rag Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
26Doc Watson Steel Guitar Rag Memories Amazon
27Bobby Lee Steel Guitar Rag Quasar Steel Guitar Amazon
28Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Journey To The Beginning – A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds Amazon
29Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman Hawaiian Cowboy Four Hands Sweet & Hot Amazon
30Bob Brozman Dinah Devil's Slide Amazon
31Bob Brozman Just As Well To Let Her Go A Truckload of Blues Amazon
32Bob Brozman Let's Get It Stomp A Truckload of Blues Amazon
33Spade Cooley Spadella Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
34Sonny Treadway Don't Let The Devil Ride Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
35Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians Saint Louis Blues Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon

Too Darn Hot

One way to lounge about in the summer heat is to go directly at it with songs that complement the temperature from different angles (and genres). Tune in Saturday afternoon for a fresh look as Dave sits in for Steady Eddie once more with some rockabilly with Jimmy Simmons and Billy Lee Riley, hot country biscuits from Asleep at the Wheel and Al Dexter, hot soul stew from James Brown and Major Lance, and some humid yet playful pieces from Fats Waller and Lee Press-on & The Nails. We’ll also be taking a drone flight above some Mason-Dixon Line tradition from the very distant past with the Old South Quartette (featuring Polk Miller), and Victoria Spivey and Don Flemons. It’s summer and the heat will be with us for some weeks; too hot to handle? Too darn hot? Too hot for (fill in the blank)? Join this hot little collection in a special fill-in on a Saturday afternoon in Sonoma County. At least it’s a dry heat.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ella Fitzgerald Too Darn Hot Music & Moonlight Amazon
3Iris DeMent Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart Infamous Angel Amazon
4Old South Quartette When De Corn Pone's Hot Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette Amazon
5Al Dexter Hot Foot Shuffle Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag) Amazon
6Lonnie Johnson Hot Fingers Hot Fingers Amazon
7Asleep at the Wheel Hot Like That Reinventing the Wheel Amazon
8Jimmy Simmons Too Hot To Handle 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
9Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets Hot Tamale Pete The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon
10Johnny Carroll Hot Rock Classic Rockabilly Amazon
11Billy Lee Riley Red Hot Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
12Lee Press-On & the Nails Hot for Teacher Lee Press-On & the Nails Amazon
13Stephane Grappelli Hot Lips Stephane Grappelli Amazon
14Robert Johnson They're Red Hot The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1 Amazon
15Mississippi John Hurt Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
16Dom Flemons Hot Chicken Prospect Hill Amazon
17Austin Lounge Lizards Hot Tubs of Tears Creatures from the Black Saloon Amazon
18Major Lance Too Hot To Hold The Very Best Of Major Lance Amazon
19James Brown Hot Pants 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
20The Steve Miller Band Hot Chili Number 5 Amazon
21Tommy Douglas Hot Sauce Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2 Amazon
22Jay McShann Hot Biscuits R&B Jukebox Hits 1949 – Vol. 1 Amazon
23Stompy Jones Hot Sause Boss That's Alright Amazon
24Jimmie Lunceford Le Jazz Hot Strictly Lunceford: [Disc 3]: For Dancers Only Amazon
25Fats Waller Red Hot Dan The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 3] Amazon
26Jimmy Durante Hot Patatta The Great Schnozzle Amazon
27Victoria Spivey I'm A Red Hot Mama Black Snake Blues – The Best Of Amazon
28Memphis Minnie Hot Stuff – Take 2 Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
29Julie London Hot Toddy Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 18: Bottoms Up Amazon
30George Benson with Jack Mc Duff Hot Barbecue George Benson & Jack McDuff Amazon
31Ella Fitzgerald The Hot Canary The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951 Amazon
32Mr. Sad Head Hot Weather Blues Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon

Fat Daddy

“…crazy ’bout that woman ’cause Caldonia is her name”. Tune in for a mix of sounds coming from the free form archives, celebrating a century of America’s music as is the habit each Friday morning at 9 on Sonoma County Community Radio. We’ll be exploring the Cherry Red Blues, Evil Gal Blues, and Louis Jordan’s jump piece Caldonia as part of our show today. Country sounds feature two Georges: Strait and Jones, soul sounds from The Miracles and Arthur Alexander, rhythm & blues from the ladies including Varetta Dillard, Etta James, and Albinia Jones, and an oddball opening set that takes us down into some strange and exotic places “Ahbe Casaba” and “Katanga!”

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dinah Washington Fat Daddy Rock 'N' Roll Early Years – Vol. 3 Amazon
3Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm Katanga! Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
4Classie Ballou Classie's Whip Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
5Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers Police Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
6Kip Tyler Shadow Street Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
7Jimmy Rushing Where Were You Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
8Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
9Fats Waller Believe It Beloved Honeysuckle Rose Amazon
10The Three Riffs Cherry In My Lemon And Lime Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm Amazon
11Big Joe Turner Hollywood Red (Cherry Red Blues) Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
12Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Cherry Red Blues Lost Time Amazon
13Aretha Franklin Evil Gal Blues Aretha Sings The Blues Amazon
14Albinia Jones Evil Gal Blues Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938) Amazon
15Etta James Tell Mama Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
16Varetta Dillard I Can't Help Myself Got You On My Mind Amazon
17The Browns You Can't Grow Peaches On a Cherry Tree Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529) Amazon
18Ersel Hickey Bluebirds Over The Mountain Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
19George Strait All My Ex's Live In Texas 50 Number Ones [Disc 1] Amazon
20George Jones Just One More Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
21Ned Miller From A Jack To A King Classic Country Amazon
22Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You) The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
23The Spinners It's a Shame One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1 Amazon
24Arthur Alexander Cry Like A Baby The Monument Years Amazon
25Wilson Pickett I Found A True Love A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 2] Amazon
26Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Rock & Roll Never Forgets Night Moves Amazon
27Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
28Lil Palmore Lil's Caldonia Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
29Van Morrison Caledonia Swing Keep Me Singing [LP] Amazon
30The Five Stars Where Did Caldonia Go Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
31Huey "Piano" Smith Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
32Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry Swingin' by Request Amazon
33Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters Cry Baby Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
34Full Tilt Boogie Band/Janis Joplin Cry Baby Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits Amazon
35John Fogerty River Is Waiting Revival Amazon

Songs of Goffin & King

A couple of months ago we featured about 20 minutes on a songwriter special featuring the music of the husband and wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. We’ll take a bit more time in this week’s show sharing their tunes with you.  From the Brill Building onwards, their songs easily defined the soundtrack for a generation of young Americans of the 1960s. Light-hearted love songs, songs of reflection, and dreamlike hooks were the order: Carole the tunes and Gerry the lyrics. Join Dave Stroud in a look back featuring the music of The Cookies, Earl Jean, Lou Rawls Skeeter Davis, and many more on a Friday evening on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Cookies Chains The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
3Gene Pitney Every Breath I Take Anthology: 1961-1968 Amazon
4Aretha Franklin (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 2: Mid-'60s Amazon
5Tammy Montgomery Make The Night A Little Longer Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection Amazon
6Freddie Scott Hey, Girl Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
7Maxine Brown Oh No Not My Baby Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On Amazon
8Skeeter Davis I Can't Stay Mad At You Early Girls: 1 Amazon
9Little Eva The Loco-Motion The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
10Dusty Springfield That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) [*] Dusty in Memphis [Deluxe Edition] Amazon
11The Righteous Brothers Just Once in My Life Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3 Amazon
12The Drifters Some Kind of Wonderful Drifters' Golden Hits Amazon
13The Drifters Up on the Roof Drifters' Golden Hits Amazon
14Maurice & Mac So Much Love Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
15Carole King It Might As Well Rain Until September The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
16The Cookies Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
17The Crystals He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
18The Chiffons One Fine Day The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
19The Ronettes Is This What I Get for Loving You? The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
20The Blossoms So Much Love So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998 Amazon
21Earl-Jean I'm Into Something Good The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
22The Byrds Goin' Back The Notorious Byrd Brothers Amazon
23Lou Rawls I Can't Make It Alone The Essential Lou Rawls [Disc 2] Amazon
24Chuck Jackson I Need You The Very Best Of Chuck Jackson 1961-1967 Amazon
25Carole King Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Tapestry Amazon
26Dusty Springfield Some Of Your Lovin' The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield Amazon
27Gene McDaniels Point of No Return The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
28Bobby Vee Take Good Care of My Baby Absolutely the Best Amazon
29Bobby Vee Sharing You Absolutely the Best Amazon
30Carole King Smackwater Jack Tapestry Amazon
31Taj Mahal Take A Giant Step Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
32Dusty Springfield Goin' Back The Silver Collection Amazon
33Nils Lofgren & Grin Goin' Back The Best of Nils Lofgren & Grin: The A&M Years Amazon

Back to Back Blues

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.

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

Jumpin’ Jack

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ella Mae Morse Jumpin' Jack Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
3Ruth Brown Daddy Daddy Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
4The Cardinals Wheel Of Fortune Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
5Kay Starr Wheel Of Fortune Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
6Dr. John Let's Make A Better World (LP Version) Destively Bonnaroo (US Release) Amazon
7Big Joe Turner Hide and Seek Big Joe Rocks Amazon
8Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Everyday The Gospel of Blues Amazon
9The Clara Ward Singers Traveling Shoes Meetin' Tonight! Amazon
10Maria Muldaur Travelin' Shoes Waitress In a Donut Shop Amazon
11Blind Alfred Reed You Must Unload Complete Recorded Works 1927-29 Amazon
12Ry Cooder You Must Unload The Prodigal Son Amazon
13Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna El Watusi Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
14Orlons The Wah-Watusi Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1 Amazon
15Ricky Nelson Travelin' Man Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
16J.J. Cale Travelin' Light Troubadour Amazon
17Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman Travelin' Light Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
18Nat King Cole Dream A Little Dream Of Me The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3] Amazon
19Bert Kaempfert Wimoweh That Happy Feeling Amazon
20S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds Mbube The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48) Amazon
21Merle Haggard And The Strangers Travelin' Blues Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
22Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Papa's on the House Top Lost Time Amazon
23Dave Alvin Don't Look Now West of the West Amazon
24John Prine/Susan Tedeschi Color of the Blues For Better, Or Worse Amazon
25George Jones Color Of The Blues The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 Amazon
26Steve Earle Hillbilly Highway Guitar Town Amazon
27Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids Custer Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited Amazon
28Johnny Cash Understand Your Man 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
29Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Travelin' Playback Disc 6 Amazon
30Dr. John Old Settlers Live at Magfest 2014 Amazon
31Cousin Joe How Come My Dog Don't Bark? …..From New Orleans' Amazon

Leon Redbone Tribute

“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…

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Leon Redbone If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Double Time Amazon
3Merle Travis If We Never Meet Again Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
4Emmett Miller I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
5Red Nichols & His Five Pennies The Sheik Of Araby Saints Ramble & Sensation Amazon
6Laurel and Hardy Shine on Harvest Moon The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
7Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] Amazon
8Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Sugar Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05] Amazon
9Hoagy Carmichael Lazybones Sometimes I Wonder…. Amazon
10Hoagy Carmichael Lazy River Sometimes I Wonder…. Amazon
11Lonnie Johnson He's A Jelly-Roll Baker Tomorrow Night Amazon
12Peetie Wheatstraw Shake That Thing ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48 Amazon
13Dave Van Ronk Shake That Thing Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers Amazon
14Elvis Presley You're A Heartbreaker Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1) Amazon
15Julia Lee Breeze Kansas City Star [Disc 3] Amazon
16Cowboy Copas Breeze 1954-1958 Amazon
17Leon Redbone Breeze Sugar Amazon
18Rex Griffin Sweet Mama Hurry Home 1935-1936 (Warped 3520) Amazon
19Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy Bouquet Of Roses Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville Amazon
20Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special Amazon
21Emmett Miller Lovesick Blues American Yodeling Amazon
22Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
23Leon Redbone Diddy Wa Diddie Double Time Amazon
24Shirley Temple Polly Wolly Doodle America's Sweetheart Amazon
25Boswell Sisters When I Take My Sugar to Tea Boswell Sisters Amazon
26Paul Specht Sweet Lorraine Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930 Amazon
27Ruth Etting Shine on, Harvest Moon Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen Amazon
28Joe Keawe My Little Grass Shack Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I Amazon
29Leon Redbone My Little Grass Shack Whistling In The Wind Amazon
30Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel Baby It's Cold Outside Unknown Amazon
31Al Jolson Pretty Baby The Very Best Of Al Jolson Amazon
32Leon Redbone Pretty Baby Sugar Amazon
33Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Amazon
34Leon Redbone Lulu's Back In Town On The Track Amazon

Cajun Two-Step

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!

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

The Year 1954

We’re going to count down the top ten of the year 1954…in pop, country, and R&B. Nothing special about that year, just a random pick; but it was the year that Marilyn Monroe married Joltin’ Joe D. It was the year the Army-McCarthy hearings convened. The words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance. It was also a year of firsts:  That’s Alright, Mama, Elvis’ first big hit, was released on Sun Records, the first Burger King opened, and the first transistor radio was developed and announced by high-tech’s Texas Instruments. The DOW Jones average closed at an all-time high of (a whopping) 382.74. Tune in for the countdown. 65 years in the rear-view on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Frank Sinatra Young At Heart The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
3The Midnighters Annie Had a Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
4Archie Bleyer Hernando's Hideaway Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
5Johnnie & Jack (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely Golden Age of Country Volume 4: Honky-Tonk Man [Disc 2] Amazon
6The Midnighters Sexy Ways Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
7Doris Day Secret Love The Best Of Doris Day Amazon
8Jim Reeves Bimbo Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 1 Amazon
9Guitar Slim The Things That I Used To Do Living The Blues: Blues Masters Amazon
10The Four Aces Three Coins In The Fountain A Proper Introduction To The Four Aces – Heart And Soul Amazon
11Webb Pierce Even Tho All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
12Faye Adams Hurts Me to My Heart Keeper of My Heart Amazon
13Four Knights I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You) Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
14Hank Snow It Don't Hurt Anymore The Essential Hank Snow Amazon
15Roy Hamilton You'll Never Walk Alone Anthology 1 Amazon
16Eddie Fisher Oh! My Papa Your Hit Parade #1 Hits Of The '50s Amazon
17Eddy Arnold I Don't Really Want to Know (Remake) The Essential Eddy Arnold Amazon
18The Chords Sh-Boom Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon
19Jo Stafford Make Love To Me Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
20Webb Pierce More And More All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
21Ruth Brown Oh What A Dream Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2 Amazon
22The Crew Cuts Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
23Kitty Wells One By One (w/Red Foley) Singles Amazon
24Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Rocks Amazon
25Rosemary Clooney Hey There Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
26Webb Pierce Slowly All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
27Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Work With Me Annie The Roots Of Frank Zappa Amazon
28Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra/Perry Como Wanted The Very Best of Perry Como Amazon
29Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Wake Up Irene Vintage Collections Amazon
30The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter Honey Love (Single/LP Version) Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters Amazon
31Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean A Lot Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
32Stuart Hamblen This Ole House Classic Country Amazon
33Rosemary Clooney This Ole House 16 Most Requested Songs (K) Amazon
34The Crows Gee Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon
35Bill Haley & His Comets Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version) Rock Around The Clock Amazon
36The Four Tunes I Understand (Just How You Feel) Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 9 Amazon