Category Archives: Free Form

Free Form – June 2016

Free Form - June 2016
Free Form – June 2016

Deeper Roots goes free form and our two hours will be filled with an eclectic blend of blues, gospel, tradition, and early century jazz. We’ll feature songs about vapor vipers, snakes, preachers, and a whole lot more. Join us for another summer evening in West Sonoma County, California with performances from Charley Patton, Josh White, Jimmie Driftwood, Noble Sissle, and Jumpin’ Bill Carlisle.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Madam Ernestine Washington And The Milleraires Holding On — Part 2 Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
3Stuffy Smith & His Onyx Club Boys You're a Viper Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
4Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's If You're A Viper Deep Ellum Amazon
5Noble Sissle/Sidney Bechet Viper Mad Sweet and Lowdown Amazon
6Fats Waller Viper's Drag [Piano Solo] The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
7Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks 'Long Come A Viper Last Train To Hicksville… The Home Of Happy Feet Amazon
8David Grisman Quintet Rattlesnake Dgq-20 Amazon
9Jumpin' Bill Carlisle Rattlesnake Daddy Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album Amazon
10Champion Jack Dupree Rattlesnake Boogie Classic Sounds of New Orleans Amazon
11Jaydee Short Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake (Pm 13043, L-468-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
12Luella Miller Rattle Snake Groan 24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ] Amazon
13Charley Patton Rattlesnake Blues The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2] Amazon
14Chris Smither Rattlesnake Preacher Honeysuckle Dog Amazon
15Mac Wiseman Old Rattler Songs From My Mother's Hand Amazon
16Jimmie Driftwood Rattlesnake Song Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
17Jimmie Driftwood The Battle Of New Orleans Vanguard: Roots Of Folk [Disc 1] Amazon
18Jimmie Driftwood Bunker Hill Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
19Jimmie Driftwood Country Boy Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Jonatha Brooke In the Gloaming Live Amazon
21Ed Lewis & Group I Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down Sounds of the South [Disc 1] – Blue Ridge Mountain Music Amazon
22Josh White When I Lay Down And Die In Chronological Order, Volume 5 (1944) Amazon
23Straight Street Holiness Group Victory Shall Be Mine Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 Amazon
24Sister Rosetta Tharpe My Journey to the Sky Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
25Johnnie Morisette Meet Me at the Twisting Place Sam Cooke's Sar Records Story 59-65 CD2 Amazon
26William Bell The Three Of Me This Is Where I Live Amazon
27The Sweet & Lowdown Violent Love Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From the Second Decades Amazon
28Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon
29Marvin Johnson & His Orchestra Hey Lawdy Mama Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
30Johnny Otis Baby Baby Blues Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars Amazon
31Robins My Baby Done Told Me Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53) Amazon
32Rose Marie McCoy Dippin' In My Business Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
33Junior Brown Venom Wearin' Denim Semi Crazy Amazon

The Midnight Hour

The Midnight Hour
The Midnight Hour

The witching hour. The darkest moment in our day where the bell tolls another in the heart of the ancient wood. A muse for poets, writers, and songsmiths over the ages….midnight. Deeper Roots highlights the midnight muse with a delightful blend of the celebratory and the soulful sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Waits, Merle Travis, Big Joe Turner, and Lowell Fulson.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Creedence Clearwater Revival The Midnight Special Chronicle: Volume Two Amazon
3Big Bill Broonzy Midnight Special An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
4The Louvin Brothers Midnight Special Long Play Collection Amazon
5Big Joe Turner Midnight Special Train Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
6Big Joe Turner Midnight Cannonball Big Joe Rocks Amazon
7Merle Travis & Joe Maphis Big Midnight Special Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis Amazon
8The Delmore Brothers Midnight Train Sand Mountain Blues Amazon
9Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Ridin' That Midnight Train The Three Pickers Amazon
10Gladys Knight & the Pips Midnight Train to Georgia The Buddah Box Disc 3 Amazon
11Maria Muldaur Midnight at the Oasis Maria Muldaur Amazon
12Patsy Cline Intro Walkin' After Midnight The Arthur Godfrey Show Amazon
13Patsy Cline Walkin' After Midnight 12 Greatest Hits Amazon
14Ray Charles The Midnight Hour The Birth of Soul Disc 1 Amazon
15Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
16J.J. Cale After Midnight The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
17Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Midnight Shift Lost In The Ozone Amazon
18The Mills Brothers Long About Midnight The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4 Amazon
19Larry Campbell Midnight Highway Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
20Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson Midnight In Milpitas Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
21Lucinda Williams Howlin' at Midnight Happy Woman Blues Amazon
22Tom Waits Midnight Lullabye The Early Years Amazon
23Lowell Fulson Midnight Showers Of Rain Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
24Cowboy Copas Midnight In Heaven Songs That Made Him Famous Amazon
25Tony Rice Unit Midnight on the Stormy Deep Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
26Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Midnight On the Stormy Deep Bill Monroe: Anthology Amazon
27The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Midnight at Woody Creek Welcome to Woody Creek Amazon
28B.B. King Blues at Midnight King of the Blues [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
29Peetie Wheatstraw Midnight Blues The Devil's Son-In-Law Amazon
30Howlin' Wolf Moanin' at Midnight Chess Blues Disc 1 Amazon
31Bob Dylan Soon After Midnight Tempest Amazon
32Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen Midnight In Moscow Easy Listening Gold 1962-1963 Amazon
33Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Amazon

Free Form – May 2016

Free Form - May 2016
Free Form

Country sounds from Johnny Cash, Wynn Stewart, and Ferlin Husky kick things off and we’ll run the blues and R&B gamut with B. B. King, John Jackson, and Duke Robillard…who will also complement the sounds of Dr. John. A free form extravaganza continues with early pop and big band sounds, including Helen Forrest vocals, The Boswells, and Harry James.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson The Only Man Wilder Than Me Django and Jimmie Amazon
3Wynn Stewart Donna On My Mind California Country Amazon
4Ferlin Husky Puxico Polka 1949-1950 (Warped 498F) Amazon
5Johnny Cash Tennessee Flat Top Box The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 1 Amazon
6Patsy Cline That's My Desire The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
7Mac Wiseman Old Camp Meeting Time Grassroots To Bluegrass Amazon
8Leon Russell Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms Retrospective Amazon
9Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen Friend of the Devil Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen Amazon
10C.W. Stoneking Good Luck Charm Gon' Boogaloo Amazon
11Bob Dylan Talkin' Devil It Could Even Be A Myth Amazon
12John Jackson The Devil He Wore A Hickory Shoe Front Porch Blues Amazon
13Prophet G. Lusk The Devil's Trying to Steal My Joy This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
14Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound My Friend The Devil Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound Amazon
15Duke Robillard I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You) The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard Amazon
16Dr. John How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round) Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
17Dr. John Old Settlers Live at Magfest 2014 Amazon
18B.B. King & Dr. John There Must Be A Better World Somewhere Deuces Wild Amazon
19Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington It Don't Mean A Thing The Great Summit [Disc 1] Amazon
20Dj Frogg I Don't Mean a Mash Mashups Amazon
21Eugiene Baird & The Duke's Boys Everything But You American Songbook Series: Duke Ellington Amazon
22Helen Forrest and Les Paul Trio Everybody Knew But Me Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1] Amazon
23Harry James & His Orchestra I've Heard That Song Before 43 Your Hit Parade Amazon
24The Boswell Sisters Heebie Jeebies The Object Of My Affection Amazon
25New Friends Of Rhythm Shoot The Schubert To me Hubert 1939-1947 Performances Amazon
26Fats Waller How Can You Face Me? Honeysuckle Rose Amazon
27Leon Redbone Bittersweet Waltz Up A Lazy River Amazon
28John Jorgenson F. A. Swing Franco-American Swing Amazon
29Nappy Brown The Hole I'm In Night Time Is the Right Time Amazon
30The Five Royales Tears Of Joy Dedicated To You Amazon
31Howlin' Wolf Baby How Long Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 Amazon
32Nappy Brown Little By Little Night Time Is the Right Time Amazon
33Nappy Brown Piddily Patter Patter Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1] Amazon

Trains & Boats & Planes & Automobiles

Trains Planes Automobiles
Trains Boats Planes & Automobiles

Deeper Roots takes on a theme this week… one that has us on the road, the rails, the ocean deep, and soaring in the clouds. We speak, of course, of our modes and muse of transport in music.  There’s a variety of styling to be had including blues from Snooks Eaglin and Lightnin’ Hopkins, 50s country from Cowboy Copas and Bonnie Guitar,  pop sounds from Jo Stafford and the Modernaires, and a host of others that all support the theme of the day. Tune in for another roots-infused Wednesday evening on KOWS, the heart and voice of West Sonoma County, California.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Modernaires The Stanley Steamer The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947) Amazon
3Kevin Russell Cadillacin' Model A You Don't Know Me Amazon
4Snooks Eaglin Model T And The Train Country Boy Down In New Orleans Amazon
5Rosco Gordon T Model Boogie Let's Get High (B) Amazon
6Lightnin' Hopkins Automobile Blues Lightnin' Amazon
7Ry Cooder Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) Borderline (Remaster 2013) Amazon
8John Sebastian Got No Automobiles Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
9The Dixie Hummingbirds Christian's Automobile 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
10Mink Deville Lilly's Daddy's Cadillac Coup De Grace Plus Where Angels Fear To Tread Amazon
11Roger Miller (The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane The Best Of : Vol 2 Amazon
12Peter, Paul & Mary Leaving On A Jet Plane Album 1700 Amazon
13Mother McCollum Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4] Amazon
14Peter Case Waiting On A Plane HWY 62 Amazon
15Cowboy Copas Night Plane to Memphis Settin' Flat On Ready Amazon
16Dwight Yoakam 07 Trains and Boats and Planes Population: Me Amazon
17Doc Watson Blue Railroad Train The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
18J. H. Howell Howell's Railroad Classic Field Recordings Amazon
19Hank Williams California Zephyr Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
20Chuck Berry Down Bound Train Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song Amazon
21Jimmie Driftwood Sailing Away On The Ocean Americana, Vol. 3 Amazon
22Earl Scruggs My Ship Will Sail The Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & Two Amazon
23The Boxmasters Goin' Home Modbilly Disc 1 Amazon
24Jake Xerxes Fussell Boat's up the River Jake Xerxes Fussell Amazon
25Jo Stafford Shrimp Boats You Belong To Me Amazon
26Al Hendrickson On A Slow Boat To China Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53 Amazon
27Nick Lowe Christmas At The Airport Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
28Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson Gulf Coast Highway Duets Amazon
29Patsy Cline Life's Railway To Heaven Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
30Tony Rice Unit Old Train Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
31Jimmie Driftwood I'm Leavin' On The Wagon Train Americana, Vol. 2 Amazon

Waltzes, Polkas, and Two-Steps

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

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

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

Guitar Theme

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

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

Free Form – December 2015

Free Form - December 2015
Free Form – December 2015

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

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

Night Time – KOWS Oct 28, 2015

Night Time
Night Time

No more alternating Saturday mornings for Deeper Roots. We’re a weekly publication now…every Wednesday evening at 7 Pacific!. We’re going to settle into our new KOWS time-slot tonight with music that celebrates our new day of the week and we’ll also roam east, south, west and north in our pursuit of the best from the last 100 years of American music. Join us right after Robert Feuer’s Blues Up the River for some ‘down river’ sounds including Johnny Horton, Tom Rush, Riley Puckett, and some John Lee Hooker. Because the night time is the right time. 

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Nappy Brown Just a Little Love Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1] Amazon
3John Lee Hooker Night Time Is The Right Time Boogie Chillun Amazon
4Ray Charles Night Time Is the Right Time Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
5James Brown Night Train 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
6Billy Jones When It's Night Time in Italy, It's Wednesday over Here The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934) Amazon
7Riley Puckett Wednesday Night Waltz Country Music Pioneer vol 1 Amazon
8Josh White Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Vol. 3-(1935-40) Amazon
9Misisipi Mike Wolf Calling the Shots The Cold Hard Facts of Mike Amazon
10Kevin Russell Head South Trouble In Mind Amazon
11Asleep 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 Amazon
12Willie Nelson South (Featuring Paul Shaffer & Vince Gill) Willie and the Wheel Amazon
13Cleo Brown I'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North) Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935) Amazon
14Kinky Friedman Girl From The North Country The Loneliest Man I Ever Met Amazon
15Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver The Northern Lights School of Bluegrass Disc 1 Amazon
16Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel Northern Lights Freight Train Boogie Amazon
17Johnny Horton North to Alaska Magic Moments Amazon
18David Luning Northern California Just Drop On By Amazon
19Bill Monroe And Doc Watson East Tennessee Blues Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2 Amazon
20June Carter Cash East Virginia Blues Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 2 Amazon
21Grandpa Jones East Bound Freight Train 16 Greatest Hits Amazon
22Tom Rush East of Eden What I Know Amazon
23Jerry Reed East Bound And Down The Essential Jerry Reed Amazon
24Geraint Watkins Go West Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
25Chris Isaak Western Stars Silvertone Amazon
26Les Paul East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered] 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
27The Benny Goodman Sextet East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) Benny Goodman Sextet Amazon
28Whitt Denson "One Voice Quartette" New Morning Sun 436 I Belong to This Band: Eight-Five Years of Sacred Harp Recordings Amazon
29Ruthie Foster Brand New Day Promise of a Brand New Day Amazon
30Nappy Brown Little By Little Night Time Is the Right Time Amazon
31Chris Hillman/Herb Pedersen Invitation to the Blues Way Out West Amazon
32Willie Nelson/Lukas Nelson My Window Faces The South Heroes Amazon

Songs of the Dust Bowl

Songs of the Dust Bowl
Songs of the Dust Bowl

Our story is one that we’ve covered before, previously focusing on the Great Depression and the music of Woody Guthrie. This episode pulls in the theme of that tragic chapter of a drought that uprooted nearly 60 percent of the population from the affected region of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. With the soil lacking a firm root due to poor farm practices, the plains winds would pick up the loose topsoil and create the dust clouds that ravaged farm and city alike. The music we’ll hear tonight brings us the stories, including those of Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Bob Gibson, Lane Hardin, Vernon Dahlart, and The Morrison Two Brothers String Band.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ramblin' Jack Elliott Talking Dust Bowl Hard Travelin' Amazon
3Ramblin' Jack Elliott Dust Storm Disaster Hard Travelin' Amazon
4Woody Guthrie Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster) Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] Amazon
5Woody Guthrie Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road (Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad) Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] Amazon
6Alison Krauss Dust Bowl Children Paper Airplane Amazon
7Peter Rowan Tumbleweed Dust Bowl Children Amazon
8Bob Gibson Pastures of Plenty Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson Amazon
9Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards Pasture of Plenty Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
10Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards So Long It's Been Good to Know You Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
11The Byrds Pretty Boy Floyd Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
12Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards Do Re Mi Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
13Cisco Houston The Great American Bum Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2] Amazon
14Mac "Harry" McClintock Hallelujah, I'm a Bum [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
15Billy Bragg I Ain't Got No Home Tooth & Nail Amazon
16Michelle Shocked Woody's Rag Arkansas Traveler Amazon
17Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
18Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton Douglas Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
19Woody Guthrie Talking Dust Bowl Blues Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] Amazon
20Woody Guthrie Dust Pneumonia Blues Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] Amazon
21Lane Hardin California Desert Blues [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
22Red Allen Deep Elem Blues The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983 Amazon
23Prairie Ramblers Deep Elem Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
24Joe Stone It's Hard Time Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
25Vernon Dalhart The Farm Relief Song Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
26The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band Dry and Dusty Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers Amazon
27Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Dealing With The Devil Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2] Amazon
28Jack Guthrie Oklahoma Hills Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
29Bruce Springsteen I Ain't Got No Home Folkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly Amazon
30Ry Cooder Vigilante Man Into The Purple Valley Amazon
31Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards Tom Joad Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
32Jimmy Lafave Dust Bowl Okies The Night Tribe Amazon

Free Form – October 2015

Free Form - October 2015
Free Form – October 2015

Free form with just a dose of playlist themes…R&B and sugar from Chuck Willis, some sweeter country from Bob Wills, more of the same with a moonlight-based theme from Tommy Duncan, Dale Evans, and Elton Britt. We’ve also got a mix of early century jazz from Satchmo and blues from Tampa Red, Charley Patton, and Blind Blake. Tune into community radio locally on KWTF 88.1 on the FM dial or catch us streaming on TuneIn, RadioBox, or from our web site at kwtf.net/listen.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Seasick Steve Dark Man from Another Time (Bonus Version) Amazon
3Wild Tchoupitoulas Meet De Boys On The Battlefront Treacherous [Disc 1] Amazon
4The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon Yellow Moon Amazon
5Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon Old Yellow Moon Amazon
6Bill Neely Big Yellow Moon Over Texas Texas Law & Justice Amazon
7Tommy Duncan Texas Moon Texas Moon Amazon
8Elton Britt Blue Texas Moonlight The RCA Years Amazon
9Dale Evans Under a Texas Moon The Rage of the Sage Amazon
10Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Sugar Moon Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line Amazon
11k.d. lang Sugar Moon Shadowland Amazon
12Merle Travis Too Much Sugar For A Dime Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
13Chuck Willis Sugar Sugar I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
14Muddy Waters Sugar Sweet The Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
15The Mills Brothers Sweeter Than Sugar The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3 Amazon
16Earl Bostic Sweet Lorraine Earl Bostic Flamingo Amazon
17Dave Van Ronk Sweet And Lowdown Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
18Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
19Blind Blake Sweet Papa Low Down Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker Amazon
20Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three Sweet Potato Blues Riverboat Soul Amazon
21Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Digging Potatoes Blues Highway Amazon
22Nat King Cole Solid Potato Salad Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1945 Amazon
23Hunter & Jenkins Meat Cuttin' Blues Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops Amazon
24Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven Potato Head Blues The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
25Fats Waller & His Rhythm All That Meat And No Potatoes 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
26The Swallows It Ain't The Meat Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
27Memphis Minnie Pig Meat On The Line [Album Version] Queen Of The Blues Amazon
28Tampa Red;Georgia Tom Dead Cats On The Line Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard Amazon
29Bob Brozman Dead Cat On The Line Blues Reflex Amazon
30Charley Patton Mean Black Cat Blues Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel Songs Amazon
31Harry Reser Cat And Dog Banjo Crackerjax 1922-1930 Amazon
32Bob Brozman Dog and Cat Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz! Amazon
33Joe Venuti's Blue Four Beatin' the Dog Wild Cats Amazon
34Dr. John How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round) Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
35Nat King Cole Open Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In) (1992 Digital Remaster) Nat King Cole [Disc 3] Amazon