Category Archives: Theme Time

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Superstition

March 10, 2018 Dave

Superstition and luck are the topics for our theme show on a Friday night in Sonoma County on community radio. Deeper Roots explores those superstitious topics of charms, clovers, black cats, and numerology this week. Join Dave Stroud for blues from the Wolf, Lucille Bogan, and Albert King; county star power from Skeets McDonald, Ernest Tubb, and Elvis; plus a lot of special treats including tracks from Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Casey Bill Weldon, Joe Barry, and Larry Campbell. We’ll also be wishing on star power from Cliff Edwards and Petra Haden…and four leaf clover luck from Nick Lucas, Bill Haley, and Al Miller. From the turn of the century to a couple of contemporary sounds.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chris Thomas King	Superstitious Blues	Me, My Guitar and the Blues
3	Ernest Tubb	Since That Black Cat Passed My Path	Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1
4	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
5	Casey Bill Weldon	Jinx Blues	Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
6	Lucille Bogan	Superstitious Blues (Hooch House Blues)	Complete Recorded Works – Volume 2
7	Al Miller	I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
8	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Friday The 13th Child	His California Album
9	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Talking Book
10	Dr. John	I Been Hoodood	Definitive Pop Collection
11	Louis Jordan	Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man	Jivin' With Jordan
12	Al Reed	Hoodoo	The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (American Horror Songs 1930s – 1950s)
13	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Bad Luck	If You Don't Know Me By Now
14	Dusty Springfield	Spooky	Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
15	Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings	Spooky	Anyway The Wind Blows
16	Bill Frisell & Petra Haden	When You Wish Upon A Star	Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
17	Robert Johnson	Wish Upon A Star	Close Personal Friend
18	Koko Taylor	Born Under a Bad Sign	The Best of Koko Taylor
19	Larry Campbell	Bad Luck Charm	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
20	Elvis Presley	Good Luck Charm	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
21	Joe Barry	Four Leaf Clover	I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1
22	Bill Haley	Four Leaf Clover Blues	Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1
23	Nick Lucas	I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover	Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips
24	Skeets McDonald	Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
25	Cliff Edwards	When You Wish upon a Star	40 Your Hit Parade
26	War	Spill the Wine	Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film)
27	Johnny Otis & Marci Lee	Casting My Spell on You	Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
28	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
29	William Bell	Born Under A Bad Sign	This Is Where I Live
30	Billy Boy Arnold	Cell No. 13 Blues	Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy
31	Brownie McGhee	Secret Mojo	Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
32	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You	Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961

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Truck Drivin’ Songs

March 3, 2018 Dave

White line fever…that endless gray ribbon…asphalt mixed with bennies…and a whole lot of attitude around semis, mile markers, county mounties, and bobtail returns. Terminology you won’t hear too much on our show…except for this show which shares the songs of the long-haulers. Bill Kirchen, Red Simpson, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard are just a sample of the performers joining in the fun where Cliff Bruner & His Boys introduce us to the first truck driving song “Truck Driver Blues” right up to that bad boy honky tonkin’ guitar trucker Dale Watson. You can’t escape the 18 wheel energy on Sonoma County Community Radio…straight from the Bakersfield asphalt to yours.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dick Curless	A Tombstone Every Mile (1)	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
3	Red Simpson	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
4	Lyle Lovett	The Truck Song	Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
5	Joe Ely	White Line Fever	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
6	Marty Stuart	Truck Drivers' Blues	Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
7	Bill Kirchen	Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man	Tied to the Wheel
8	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Diesel Smoke	Country Legends
9	Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
10	Bill Neely	I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy	Texas Law & Justice
11	Bob Ensign	Midnight Trucker	Front Porch Pickin': Bluegrass Instrumentals ('60s)
12	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	Semi-Truck	Rig Rock Deluxe
13	Red Simpson	Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
14	Jimmy Martin	Truck Driving Man	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
15	Buck Owens	Truck Drivin' Man	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
16	Norton Buffalo	Eighteen Wheels	Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon
17	Dale Watson	Been A Long Truckin Day	The Trucking Sessions Vol 3
18	Merle Haggard	Truck Driver's Blues	Working In Tennessee
19	Buck Owens	Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven	Rig Rock Deluxe
20	Dave Dudley	Six Days On The Road	Classic Country
21	Bill Kirchen	Mama Hated Diesels	Seeds and Stems
22	Cliff Bruner & His Boys	Truck Driver's Blues (1939)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
23	Jess Willard	Truck Driver's Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
24	Jimmy Martin	Truck Driver's Queen	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
25	Parker Millsap	Truck Stop Gospel	Parker Millsap
26	Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch	Truck Driver's Blues	It's A Good Day
27	Jim Lauderdale	Diesel, Diesel, Diesel	The Other Sessions
28	Leon Russell	Truck Drivin' Man	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
29	BR5-49	18 Wheels And A Crowbar	Big Backyard Beat Show
30	Bill Kirchen	Roll Truck Roll	Tied to the Wheel
31	Dale Watson	Jack's Truck Stop & Cafe	I Hate These Songs
32	Little Willies	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	For the Good Times

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The Old Chisholm Trail

February 17, 2018 Dave

Songs about moonlight on the trail this week. We revisit songs about Old Paint, cowpokes, outlaws, and the wide expanse of the range in this week’s show. Tradition, temperance, and memories of the Red River Valley with Michael Martin Murphey, Jimmie Driftwood, Rex Allen, Powder River Jack (featuring Kitty Lee), and many more cowboys from Hollywood and the old Navajo Trail. Storytelling and nostalgic novelties, most elevating the hardscrabble life of the West to a Disney featurette. Right here on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Norman Luboff Choir	Shenandoah	Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea
3	Gene Autry	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
4	Gene Autry	Back In the Saddle Again	Don't Fence Me In:Western Music Early Golden Era
5	The Western Flyers	Along The Navajo Trail	Wild Blue Yonder
6	Marty Robbins	The Strawberry Roan	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
7	Duane Eddy	Streets of Laredo	Rebel Rouser
8	Ernest Tubb	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
9	Gene Autry & Jimmy Long	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]
10	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
11	Johnny Bond	Red River Valley	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
12	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	The Old Chisholm Trail	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
13	Ken Curtis & The Sons of the Pioneers	Home On The Range	The Cowboy Album
14	Ken Maynard	Home On The Range	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
15	Judy Canova	Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
16	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Along The Santa Fe Trail	Sons Of The Pioneers
17	Rex Allen	Riding Down To Mexico	The Last of The Great Singing Cowboys
18	Johnny Bond	Goodbye Old Paint	Standard Transcriptions
19	Cisco Houston	I Ride An Old Paint	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
20	Michael Martin Murphey	I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo/Git Along Little Doggies	Cowboy Songs
21	Eddy Arnold	Cattle Call	Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
22	Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers	Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")	Country Legends
23	Ken Maynard	Lone Star Trail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	Strawberry Roan	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles	Sleepy Desert	Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
26	Carson Robison's Buckaroos	Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
27	Crowder Brothers	Wild West Rambler	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
28	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
29	Jimmie Driftwood	Billy The Kid	Americana, Vol. 2
30	Don Edwards	Sam Bass	Saddle Songs (1 of 2)
31	The Light Crust Doughboys	Oh Susannah	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
32	Tex Ritter	My Darling Clementine	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
33	Tex Ritter	Chisholm Trail	High Noon
34	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	The Streets Of Laredo	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
35	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans With Frank Worth & His Orchestra	Happy Trails	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]

Who We Lost in 2017

December 31, 2017 Dave

We look back at the great ones we lost in 2017…and there were a number of great ones: Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Tom Petty. While two hours provides only a limited amount of time, our parameters are such that we look at contributions and influences, focusing our honor to those who fit the roots and the body of work that these greats brought to the fore. We’ll feature music of Rosalie Sorrels, Greg Allman, Steely Dan, Don Williams, Glen Campbell, and numerous others whose lives will live on in their music. Join Dave Stroud for two hours of music from the last century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	A Lot Of Dominos
3	Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship	The Baby Tree	Blows Against The Empire
4	Rosalie Sorrels	Rock, Salt And Nails	Cover to Cover: The Originals, Vol. 2 [Disc 1]
5	Harry Dean Stanton	Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain	Partly Fiction
6	Mark Selby	Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
7	Wayne Cochran	Last Kiss	30 Country Hits – A History of Country Music
8	Chuck Berry	Back In The U.S.A.	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
9	Sonny Burgess	Red Headed Woman	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3]
10	The Allman Brothers Band	Melissa	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1
11	Tower Of Power	You're Still A Young Man	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
12	The Main Ingredient	Everybody Plays the Fool	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
13	Sister Sledge	We Are Family	Ultimate Disco
14	J. Geils Band	Give It To Me	Must Have Got Lost
15	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Don't Do Me Like That	Damn the Torpedoes
16	The Smithereens	Blood & Roses	Blown to Smithereens: The Best of the Smithereens
17	Lonnie Brooks	Mr. Hot Shot	Stompin' 3
18	Steam	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969
19	Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton	When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1	Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
20	Della Reese	Don't You Know	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
21	Keely Smith/Louis Prima	That Old Black Magic	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin
22	Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis	Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
23	The Partridge Family	I Think I Love You	Have A Nice Day: Super Hits Of The '70s, Vol. 3
24	Al Jarreau	We're In This Love Together	BMG Vol. 03 Disc 01 1981-1983
25	D.L. Menard	The Back Door	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
26	Mel Tillis	Who's Julie	Only Country – 1965-1969
27	Don Williams	Amanda	The Definitive Collection
28	Glen Campbell	Rhinestone Cowboy	70s Music Explosion – Magic Disc 2
29	Johnny Cash	Rusty Cage	Unchained
30	Steely Dan	Reeling in the Years	A Decade of Steely Dan
31	The Roches	Wedding Bell Blues	Time & Love, The Music of Laura Nyro
32	James Brown	Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)	In the Jungle Groove
33	James Brown	Cold Sweat	CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics

Songs About Youth

October 7, 2017 Dave

A nostalgic celebration of youth, love, and idealism…some saccharine sounds for a Friday evening whose theme is young at heart. We’ll be digging into mid-century popular sounds, with a laser focus on the many songs for young lovers that poured out of AM radio during the early years of jukebox rock from the soda fountain. But we’ll also reflect on the loss of youth, childlike wonder, and a little bit of tongue-in-cheek heartbreak and bitterness. Country sounds from Hayes Carll and Roger Miller, symphonic soliloquies from Percy Faith and Ray Conniff, and reflective studies by Bob Dylan and Antony, and some growing pains from Tom Waits and Billy Bob Thornton. How can you go wrong?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	Young at Heart	Fallen Angels
3	Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus	Hello Young Lovers	Broadway In Rhythm
4	Percy Faith	Theme for Young Lovers	16 Most Requested Songs
5	Paul & Paula	Young Lovers	Hard to Find 45's on CD, Vol. 2: 1961-64
6	Ruby & Romantics (63-64)	When You're Young And In Love	Our Day Will Come: The Very Be
7	Sonny James	Young Love	Singles
8	Robin Ward	Young Lovers After Midnight	The Very Best Of
9	Rick Nelson	Young World	Greatest Love Songs
10	Rick Nelson	Young Emotions	Greatest Love Songs
11	Nat King Cole	Too Young	Your Hit Parade – 1951
12	Hank Garland	Blame It On My Youth	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
13	Bing Crosby & Guy Lombardo	Young At Heart	Your Hit Parade – 1954
14	Flying Pickets	When You're Young and in Love	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 4
15	Bob Dylan	Forever Young	The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
16	Billy Bob Thornton	I Gotta Grow Up	Beautiful Door
17	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
18	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
19	Bill Frisell & Petra Haden	I Don't Want To Grow Up	Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
20	Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Blues	Singing In The Rain
21	The Deer Run Drifters	Restless Youth	Restless Youth
22	Antony With Bryce Dessner	I Was Young When I Left Home	Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1]
23	The Mavericks	Children	From Hell to Paradise
24	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Teach Your Children	Deja Vu
25	Carole King	Like Little Children	Crazy in Alabama
26	The The	Jealous of Youth	Solitude
27	Felix Dukes & Mississippi Fred McDowell	Motherless Children	Sounds of the South Vol 4: American Folk Songs for Children
28	Willie Dixon And Friends	Youth to You	Willie Dixon and Friends, Vol. 8
29	Daniel Romano	Middle Child	Come Cry With Me
30	Roger Miller	Little Children Run and Play	The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
31	Jackson Browne	I Thought I Was A Child (LP Version)	For Everyman
32	Willie Nelson	Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [w/ Waylon Jennings]	One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2]

Talk To Me

July 15, 2017 Dave

Talk is cheap. Talk can walk…if given the chance. With technology in our face each and every moment … it seems that talk has become even cheaper if not more full of falsehoods. From the very top the sewer of hyperbole flows downhill. But I digress. We’ll go from country to R&B, rock to gospel, and back again…with a theme show about ‘talking’. We’ve got Little Willie John, Nancy Wilson, Bob Wills, Bobby Charles, and Doris Day performing and following the talking points on our roots celebration on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Willie John	Talk To Me, Talk To Me	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
3	Los Super 7	Talk to Me	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
4	Polly Possum And Joe Wolverton With The Dog Patch Boys	Don't Talk To Me About Men	The World Is A Monster
5	Ernest Ashworth	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 2]
6	Faron Young	I Hear You Talkin'	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
7	Buck Owens	Loose Talk (With Rose Maddox)	Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 3]
8	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	You've Been Talking In Your Sleep	Maddox Brothers & Rose
9	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Heart to Heart Talk	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
10	Gene O'Quin	Keep A Talkin' Baby	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
11	The Louvin Brothers	I Know What You're Talking About	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
12	Bobby Charles	Small Town Talk (single version)	Bobby Charles
13	Bobby Bare	Talk Me Some Sense	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
14	Lefty Frizzell	No One to Talk to But the Blues (& Shirley Caddell) 1957	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4)
15	Little Willie John	Let Them Talk	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
16	Nancy Wilson	Happy Talk	Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley
17	Peggy Lee	Talkin' To Myself About You	The Capitol Collector's Series
18	Doris Day	Pillow Talk	Golden Girl Columbia Recordings 1944-1966 – Disc 2
19	Johnny Mercer & Martha Tilton with Paul Weston & His Orchestra	If I Had A Talking Picture Of You	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
20	Sam Cooke	Talkin' Trash	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
21	Frankie Ford	You Talk Too Much	The All Time Greatest Hits Of
22	Snooks Eaglin	Mama Talk to Your Daughter [#]	Complete Imperial Recordings
23	Vicki Evans	Dont Talk That Talk To Me	Stompin' 34
24	The Table Toppers	Talk To Me Baby	Stompin' 2
25	Wynonie Harris	Keep-A-Talking	Women Whiskey & Fish Tails
26	Bull Moose Jackson	We Can Talk Some Trash	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
27	Harold Burrage	Hi-Yo Silver	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)
28	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Hate To Talk About Myself	Complete Recorded Works Vol.3
29	Mose Allison	I'm Not Talking	Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness
30	Eddie Jefferson	Start Walkin' Stop Talkin'	The BeBop Singers
31	Billie Holiday	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	The Essential American Singers
32	Norris The Troubador	Talk About Jerusalem Mornin'	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
33	Brother Claude Ely	Talk About Jesus	Satan Get Back
34	The Bells Of Joy	Let's Talk About Jesus	Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults
35	Annette Hanshaw	If I Had a Talking Picture of You	Volume 7 – Annette Hanshaw 1929-30
36	Dinah Washington	Walkin' And Talkin'	Gold

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Songs About Cats

June 12, 2017 Dave 1 Comment

Nothing wrong with a little theme fun…and what better way to have it than with a topic that can be heard from in virtually any genre: cats. cool cats, tom cats, go cats, hep-cats, black cats, pussy cats, kitty cats and kittens…all of them are subject to our musical scrutiny in this week’s Deeper Roots show. We’ll hear from the early banjo novelty genius Harry Reser, key meddling Fats Waller, lounge swingers like Bobby Darin, Cy Coleman, and The Blue Hawaiians. And you know there’s also a hint of of black cat and pussy cat jazz and blues from Bo Carter, Bob Brozman, Benny Goodman, and Eddie Lang.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mongo Santamaria	El Pussy Cat	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Julia Lee	Scat You Cats	Ugly Papa
4	Bo Carter	Pussy Cat Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
5	Bob Brozman	Dead Cat On The Line	Blues Reflex
6	Bob Brozman	Dog and Cat	Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz!
7	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
8	Roy Orbison	Bad Cat [Demo Recording]	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 1]
9	Roy Orbison	Cat Called Domino	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 1]
10	Harry Reser	Cat And Dog	The Collection
11	Harry Reser	Kitten On The Keys	The Collection
12	Fats Waller	Kitten On The Keys	Music By Fats Waller
13	Eddie Lang	Wild Cat	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
14	Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, The Benny Goodman Sextet	Wholly Cats	The Original Guitar Hero
15	The Blue Hawaiians	Searchin' for da Cat	Sway
16	The Blue Hawaiians	Da Cat (Reprise)	Sway
17	Four Piece Suit	Something for Cat	Ready to Where?
18	Cy Coleman	Pussy Cat	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
19	Dean Martin	Open Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In) (1992 Digital Remaster)	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
20	Norma Tanega	Walkin' My Cat Named Dog	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
21	Bobby Darin	Gyp the Cat [#]	Wild Cool & Swingin
22	Cappy Bianco	The Cat	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
23	Lee Allen And His Band	Cat Walk	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
24	Dave "Baby" Cortez	Cat Nip	Happy Organs, Wild Guitars
25	Bob Dylan	Cat's In The Well	Under The Red Sky
26	Lee Dorsey	The Kitty Cat Song	The Ep Collection…Plus
27	The Coasters	Three Cool Cats	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
28	Maria Muldaur	Shout You Cats	Garden Of Joy
29	Jimmy Swan	Country Cattin'	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
30	Charlie Walker	Wild as a Wildcat	The Best of Country
31	Charlie Adams	Cattin' Around	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
32	Louis Jordan	At The Swing Cats Ball	Jivin' With Jordan
33	Curley Weaver & Clarence Moore	Wild Cat Kitten	Georgia Blues 1928-33
34	Cisco Houston	The Cat Came Back	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
35	Freddie Neil & Friend	Listen Kitten	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
36	Tom Jones	What's New Pussycat?	The Best of Tom Jones [Polygram]

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420 Music

May 27, 2017 Dave

It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll hear mellow sounds from Trixie Smith, Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats, winsome themes from Fountains of Wayne, snark from The Harlem Hamfats, and recent relevance from The Devil Makes Three. While April 20th has passed, the topic is a lively one here in California these days and we’re mostly on friendly terms with the weed…even for those that don’t imbibe. The fact is, we have the freedom to do so if we so choose, right?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fountains Of Wayne	Planet Of Weed	Traffic And Weather
3	Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson	Roll Me Up (Album version)	Heroes
4	Hugh Laurie	The Weed Smoker's Dream	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
5	Bea Foote	Weed	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
6	Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy	All The Jive Is Gone	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
7	Buck Washington	Save The Roach For Me	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
8	Don Redman & His Orchestra	Chant of the Weed	When Hemp Was Hip
9	Buster Bennett	Reefer Head Woman	Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947)
10	Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats	Weed Smoking Mama	Memphis Highway Stomp
11	The Toyes	Smoke Two Joints	Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2
12	Harlan Pepper	Reefer	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
13	Neil Young	Roll Another Number (For The Road)	Tonight's The Night
14	Trixie Smith	Jack I'm Mellow	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
15	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
16	Barney Bigard Sextet	Sweet Marihuana Brown	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
17	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
18	Fats Waller	The Reefer Song	Last Testament His Final Recor
19	Cab Calloway	Reefer Man	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
20	Tampa Red & The Chicago Five	I'm Gonna Get High	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
21	The Harlem Hamfats	Weed Smokers' Dream	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
22	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
23	Larry Adler	Smoking Reefers	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
24	Ella Fitzgerald With Chick Webb & His Orchestra	Wacky Dust	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
25	The Devil Makes Three	Champagne And Reefer	Redemption & Ruin
26	Bob Dylan & The Band	Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 [Live]	The Complete, Historic "Isle Of Wight" Concert, 1969 (Remixed and Remastered 2013)
27	Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin'	Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie	Putomayo Presents Zydeco
28	KC & the Sunshine Band	I Get Lifted	25th Anniversary Edition Disc 1
29	Rick James	Mary Jane	Old School Friday
30	Ringo Starr	The No No Song	Blast From Your Past

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Country Memories

April 8, 2017 Dave

Nostalgia sometimes sounds like a bad cold or some obscure disease. Well…the latter is certainly not so far from the mark. We’re going to bring some country performers into our playlist this evening to share memories of the old home, faded memories and faded loves. We’ll hear from The Dillards, Hazel Dickens, Jack Guthrie, Rodney Crowell, Bobby Bare, and many others in our theme of ‘Country Memories’ this week. Join Dave Stroud for two hours of ‘sweet memories’ on community radio this week.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Stoney Edwards	You'll Remember Me	Down Home in the Country
3	Flatt & Scruggs	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered [Album Version]	16 Biggest Hits
4	Mac Wiseman	Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Teenage Hangout
5	Johnny Cash	Memories Are Made of This	Unchained
6	Willie Nelson	Your Memory Won't Die	The Hungry Years
7	Doc Watson	My Rose of Old Kentucky	Memories
8	The Country Gentlemen	Green Green Grass Of Home	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3]
9	The Dillards	The Old Home Place	There Is A Time: 1963-70
10	Hazel Dickens	A Few Old Memories	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
11	Red Allen & Frank Wakefield	Faded Memory	Keep On Going: The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings
12	The Acoustic Medicine Show	Faded Memory	Steel String Line
13	Ricky Skaggs	River Of Memory	Family And Friends
14	Floyd Tillman & Leona Williams	Let's Make Memories Tonight	The Influence
15	Henson Cargill	Green, Green Grass of Home	Skip a Rope
16	Bobby Bare	500 Miles Away from Home	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
17	Rodney Crowell	Please Remember Me	The Essential Rodney Crowell
18	Doc Watson	I'm Going Back To The Old Home	Riding the Midnight Train
19	Jimmie Rodgers	My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans	The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
20	Hank Williams	Lost Highway	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
21	Jack Guthrie	Chained To A Memory	Oklahoma Hills
22	Webb Pierce	Memory Number One	Singles
23	The Carter Family	Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
24	The Stanley Brothers; vocal by Carter Stanley & Pee Wee Lambert	The Old Home	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
25	Elvis Presley	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	The Tupelo Mississippi Flash CD 2
26	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	Standard Songs for Average People
27	Stuart Hamblen	Remember Me	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
28	Grandpa Jones	I Guess You Don't Remember Now	Makes The Rafters Ring
29	Roland White Band	On My Way Back to the Old Home	I Wasn't Born to Rock'n Roll
30	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
31	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
32	Slim Harbert & His Boys	Honey, This Time I'm Gone	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
33	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Picture On The Wall	Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
34	Jimmie Davis	Pal Of Long Ago	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine: 1928-1937

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Rhythm & Blues & Soul

March 18, 2017 Dave

….’Cause it’s gotta have soul, rhythm, and blues to make the cut this week. That’s the answer to the question. We’ll look to a couple of iconic comedians from the late 70s to inspire us with a collection of sounds lifted from their albums…and their movies. Why not? Jake and Elwood teamed up with Stax legends Steve Cropper, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, and Duck Dunn to deliver punch after punch and we’re going to sample the best of it. We’ve got Willie Mabon, King Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Big Joe, The Robins, The Soul Survivors, and (of course) Aretha…all for you in a two hour rhythm & blues & soul extravaganza this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Aretha Franklin	Think	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
3	Aretha Franklin	Respect	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
4	James Brown	Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1	Gold Disc 1
5	Taj Mahal	Mr. Pitiful	Seqor Blues
6	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
7	King Floyd	Groove Me	In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1
8	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
9	Sam & Dave	Soul Man	The Best Soul Album In The World… Ever!
10	Otis Redding	I Can't Turn You Loose	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
11	Big Mama Thornton	Let Your Tears Fall Baby	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
12	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
13	Willie Mabon	I Don't Know	Atlantic Blues: Piano
14	Linda Hayes	Yes I Know	Atomic Baby
15	The Soul Survivors	Expressway to Your Heart	Striptease
16	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
17	The Contours	Do You Love Me	The Very Best of The Contours
18	James & Bobby Purify	Shake A Tail Feather	The Best Of
19	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly	Detroit Breakout! 1
20	The Playboys	Good Golly Miss Molly	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
21	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop and Fly	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
22	The Spencer Davis Group	Gimme Some Lovin'	Notting Hill
23	The Robins	Riot in Cell Block #9	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
24	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
25	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
26	Wilson Pickett	634-5789	The Very Best of Wilson Pickett
27	Johnnie Taylor	Cheaper To Keep Her	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
28	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
29	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Messin' With The Kid	Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics
30	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Born in Chicago	An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1
31	The Blues Brothers	(I Got Everything I Need) Almost	The Definitive Collection
32	Big Mama Thornton	They Call Me Big Mama	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
33	Margie Anderson	Yes I Know	Stompin' 25
34	Jackie Wilson	Baby Workout	Something's Got A Hold On Me
35	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
36	The Blues Brothers	Soul Man	The Definitive Collection

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