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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

Songs About Doctors

Songs About Doctors
Songs About Doctors

We go to the theme well once more on Deeper Roots, this time with music that explores the tincture of hadacol, the sick bed blues, the boogie woogie flu, measles, whooping cough, and snake oil…all in a show full of the very best of music about being sick in bed and sending for the doctor from the last century of big band, jazz, country, blues, and rock.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Betty Hutton Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957 Amazon
3Doc Pomus Send for the Doctor (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
4Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Part 1) Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
5Huey "Piano" Smith Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
6Doctor Ross Call The Doctor (Hi-Q 5033, 1963) Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 7] Amazon
7Doctor Ross The Boogie Disease Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon
8Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers Hadacol Bounce 'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
9Jerry Lee Lewis Hadacol Boogie A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3] Amazon
10Ray Charles I Don't Need No Doctor BMG Vol. 01 Disc 03 1966-1971 Amazon
11Joan Osborne I Dont Need No Doctor Bring It On Home Amazon
12Artie Shaw Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 3 – Frenesi Amazon
13Benny Goodman Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe Texas Tea Party Amazon
14Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah The Spasm Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937 Amazon
15Walter Smith The Cat's Got the Measles, the Dog's Got the Whooping Cough Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
16Bert Mays Snake Doctor Blues Blues From The Vocalion Vaults Amazon
17Memphis Minnie Doctor, Doctor Blues Memphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4] Amazon
18South Memphis Jug Band Doctor Medicine Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow! Amazon
19Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blues Boys Hadacol Boogie (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
20Shorty Godwin Jimbo Jambo Land Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937 Amazon
21Rev. Johnny L. Jones I Don't Need A Doctor (Sermon Excerpt) The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta Amazon
22Boyd Rivers You Gonna Take Sick and Die Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
23Skip James Sick Bed Blues [Album Version] Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Amazon
24Casey Bill Weldon Lady Doctor Blues Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters Of The 1930s Amazon
25Mance Lipscomb Mother Had A Sick Child Ash Grove 12/6/1964 Amazon
26Mississippi Sheiks When You're Sick With The Blues Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3 Amazon
27Warren Zevon Don't Let Us Get Sick Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
28Willie Nelson Too Sick To Pray One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
29Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks I Asked My Doctor Last Train To Hicksville… The Home Of Happy Feet Amazon
30The Rolling Stones Dear Doctor Beggars Banquet Amazon
31J.J. Cale Call The Doctor Naturally Amazon
32Guada La Habrians/Phil Alvin Oh, Doctor County Fair 2000 Amazon
33Boz Scaggs Sick And Tired Come On Home Amazon
34Otis Redding I'm Sick Y'All Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Amazon
35Irma Thomas Doctor Feelgood The Story of My Life Amazon

Songs About Telephones

Songs About The Telephone
Songs About The Telephone

It’s ‘theme time’ in this episode as we find a muse that songwriters have been looking to since it’s appearance in the 19th century: the telephone. Join us for operators, dial tones, party lines, busy signals, and hang-ups…just a few of the topics in a show featuring gospel from the Selah Jubilee Singers and Sister Wynona Carr, sixties soul from The Marvelettes and The Orlons, tradition from Bill Monroe and Wade Mainer, and more.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Manhattan Transfer Operator The Manhattan Transfer Amazon
3The Golden Gate Quartet I Just Telephone Upstairs Vol. 6 (1949-1952) Amazon
4The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet Atomic Telephone The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
5Selah Jubilee Singers Royal Telephone Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941) Amazon
6Burl Ives Royal Telephone Greatest Hits Amazon
7Sister Wynona Carr Operator, Operator Dragnet For Jesus Amazon
8Bill Monroe When The Phone Rang Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1] Amazon
9Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver The Phone Call More Behind the Picture Than the Wall Amazon
10Wade Mainer God's Radio Phone I'm Not Looking Backward Amazon
11Doc Watson No Telephone In Heaven My Dear Old Southern Home Amazon
12The Carter Family No Telephone In Heaven The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2] Amazon
13The Carter Family Hello Central! Give Me Heaven The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5] Amazon
14Orville Reed The Telephone Girl Lead Kindly Light Amazon
15Bonnie Guitar Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone Only The Moon Man Knows: Rare Recordings 1951-1957 Amazon
16George Jones Wrong Number Star Creek Promotions 4 Amazon
17Aaron Neville Wrong Number (I Am Sorry, Goodbye) Treacherous [Disc 1] Amazon
18Irma Thomas Sorry Wrong Number If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
19Mickey & Sylvia Can't Get You On The Phone Rock With A Sock Amazon
20The Orlons Don't Hang Up Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2) Amazon
21Marvelettes Beechwood 4-5789 The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1 Amazon
22Tony & Tyrone Please Operator After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
23Mary Wells Operator The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2 Amazon
24Jorma Kaukonen Operator River Of Time Amazon
25The Grateful Dead Operator American Beauty Amazon
26Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Pennsylvania 6-5000 The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
27Hank Penny Hold the Phone King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
28Stonewall Jackson Can't Hang Up the Phone Original Greatest Hits Amazon
29Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Answer The Phone With Loretta Lynn A Tribute To A Legend Amazon
30Tom T. Hall Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone) The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall Amazon
31Pee Wee Crayton Phone Call From My Baby ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 Amazon
32Pee Wee Crayton The Telephone Is Ringing ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 Amazon
33Floyd Dixon Call Operator 210 The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
34Floyd Dixon Telephone Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3] Amazon
35Eddie Gorman And His Group Telephone Blues Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
36Elana James Telephone Man Black Beauty Amazon

Free Form – May 2015

Free Form
Free Form

Every so often we like to spend time wandering about the last century of jazz, blues, gospel and country, sharing music that’s not lost, only tucked away. In this week’s episode we’ll do just that and share our first ‘free form’ show of the year with you all. We’ll have blues about clothes being ripped off by Lightnin’ Hopkins and the Chicago Black Swans, a gumbo of Louisiana sounds from the likes of Doug Kershaw, beer toasting Tex Mex from Doug Sahm, and pining bluegrass from Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, and Ralph Stanley. Tune in for another two hours of the very best of the last century of America’s music with Dave Stroud in a show produced exclusively for KWTF community radio.

Deep Elem Blues

Deep Elem Blues
Deep Elem Blues

Get up sleepy heads! West Sonoma County rolls out of bed on a Saturday morning at 9 with LaVern Baker in another episode of Deeper Roots featuring the music of Don Edwards, Jorma Kaukonen, The Boswell Sisters, and Mahalia Jackson (to name but a few). KOWS radio is also propelling itself in an important campaign to extend its broadcast signal to a larger audience across Sonoma County and is in it’s last month of its Indiegogo campaign where we’re asking our listeners to jump into with both feet. Please visit http://tinyurl.com/pom5kkq to donate. You can tune into KOWS on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month to get your regular dose of roots music. And there’s more to discover by visiting our Deeper Rootsweb site.