Welcome to a common theme we share on Deeper Roots: an eclectic blend of stories featuring grifters, the gallows, the law and prison time. Today we’ll be mixing current events with the rule of law and the focus takes on historic anthems of good versus evil. Playlists will feature topics of blind justice, the fate of liars and thieves, and stories of false prophets and demagogues. We’ll welcome them in their own words with pearls of justice that even the January 6th looters, traitors and thieves cannot escape. It’s a cult…and neither democracy nor faith abide much by the cult of personality that’s soiling our Constitution. We’ve got tracks from Dr. John, Three Dog Night, Hugh Laurie, Booker T and Ted Hawkins this week. Join us here on Deeper Roots for an expose about “Fear and Loathing at Mar-a-Lago”.
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Booker T. & The MG's
Hang 'Em High
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Can't Tear It Up Enuff
T-Bird Rhythm
4
Ted Hawkins
The Constitution
Happy Hour
5
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
6
The Louvin Brothers
Cash On The Barrelhead
Close Harmony [Disc 3]
7
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Call The Police
Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands
8
Ray Lum
A Trader Is
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
9
Bill Phillips
The Yankee Trader
Bill Phillips 1958-1961
10
Dr. John
Trader John
The Blues Biography
11
Three Dog Night
Liar
The Complete Hit Singles
12
Julia Lee
Lies
Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
13
JD McPherson
Mother Of Lies
Let The Good Times Roll
14
Julie London
Little White Lies
36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
15
Jackie Greene
About Cell Block #9
Sweet Somewhere Bound
16
Bill Carter with The Cooper Brothers
Jailer Man
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
17
Buck Owens
In the Jailhouse Now
Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
18
Hugh Laurie
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
19
Elton Britt
Uranium Fever
Atomic Platters
20
Sam Hinton
Old Man Atom
Atomic Platters
21
Dan Reeder
2016 Election Song
Every Which Way (Deluxe Edition)
22
Fay Simmons
You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb
Atomic Platters
23
Fred Kirby
When That Hell Bomb Falls
Atomic Platters
24
George Kent
I Always Did Like Leavenworth
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
Break out the libations! Deeper Roots celebrates it’s ten year anniversary on Sonoma County Community Radio and today’s show takes some time to celebrate the blend of sounds we’ve featured with the focus being on our first ten shows. I’ll be grabbing some of my very favorites from those early playlists and sharing them with everyone this morning. Great sounds featured include a trip to Chickashay with Roy Rogers, gospel tradition from Fern Jones, jitterbugging with The Roosevelts, some Duke, Fats, The Louvins, and, of course, Miss Morse (Ella Mae, that is). I’ll look back at some of the shows featured, the many sites visited and the folks that dropped by along the way. A little nostalgia on a Friday morning on KOWS radio and Saturday morning on KRJF and KWTF.
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Geraint Watkins
Go West
Dial 'W' for Watkins
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Mae West
I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love
The Mae West Collection
4
Roy Rogers with Country Washburne
My Chickashay Girl
26 All-Time Country Classics
5
Patsy Montana
My Poncho Pony
Cowgirl's Best
6
Bob Wills
The Devil Ain't Lazy
Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
7
Doug Sahm
(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone
Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
8
The Louvin Brothers
Cash On The Barrelhead
Capitol Country Music Classics
9
The Louvin Brothers
The Great Atomic Power
Hand-Picked
10
Kitty Wells
Amigo's Guitar
Greatest Songs
11
Lefty Frizzell
Saginaw, Michigan
Look What Thoughts Will Do
12
The Americans
Sweet and Low
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
13
The Ink Spots
Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)
Greatest Hits
14
Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends
(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It
Blues Classics 1945-1949
15
Duke Ellingtion
Take The "A" Train
Stompin' At The Savoy
16
The Roosevelts
Jitterbug Special
The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister
100 Ans De Jazz
18
Nina Simone
Children Go Where I Send You
The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
19
Gospel Hebrews
Jesus Is All Over Me
Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
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Fern Jones
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
The Glory Road
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Shout Sister Shout
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
What a decade. The Sixties. There was, of course, the mainlining of rock that took place, The Beatles, The Stones, Dylan, folk-rock, a rediscovery of tradition and the blues…and then there was something that had been bubbling underneath the pop, gospel, jazz, and rock elements. It would come to be called ‘soul’ and the sixties urban explosion out of a post-war northern cities like Chicago and (especially) Detroit, gave us something uniquely American. And the sixties charts were brimming with Motown, funk, cold sweat, and brassy ballads with a back beat and synchronicity of voice that established itself for good. The Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Chuck Jackson, Mary Wells, The Temptations, The Impressions…the list goes on…all of these acts and hundreds of others staked their claim to the charts, easily competing (if not comfortably sharing) with the British wave and psychedlic sounds that had stormed the gates. Join Dave Stroud for a taste of 60s soul.
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The Miracles
Shop Around [National Hit Version]
The 35th Anniversary Collection
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Ike & Tina Turner
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Birth Of Soul: 3
4
Sugar Pie DeSanto
A Little Taste of Soul
A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
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Chuck Jackson
Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
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Sam Cooke
Send Me Some Lovin'
The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
7
Mary Wells
Bye Bye Baby
Looking Back 1961-1964
8
The Impressions
I'm So Proud
Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
9
The Supremes
Come See About Me
Gold Disc 1
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Mary Wells
My Guy
Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
11
Brenda Holloway
Every Little Bit Hurts
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
12
The Tams
What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am)
Classic Rock: 1964 A Go Go
13
Jimmy Hughes
Steal Away
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
14
King Curtis
Soul Serenade
Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
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The Funk Brothers
Too Many Fish in the Sea
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Funk Brothers
Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!
A little bit of surf…just a bit…and some folk favorites right alongside some local performers in this week’s episode brought your way directly from the KOWS Studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Our theme is the Golden State where the living may be costly but the core soul is one of progressive culture and hard work: whether that’s in the fields, behind the desk, in the service industry, or on the road. This week’s show focuses on California, from the LA Freeway to the Streets of Bakersfield, on up to Lodi and the Monterey Bay. The past century has found the state a popular subject of song and we’ve got some favorites and off-the-wall nuggets just for you this Friday morning including tracks from Dave Alvin, Albert Hammond, and Red River Dave. Tune in.
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The Sound Of The City
KSFO 560 – San Francisco
78s
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Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
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Danny Sorentino
Sonoma County Stars
Real Music (Disc 1)
5
Kyle Martin
Santa Rosa
Kyle Martin
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Charley Crockett
The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa)
The Valley
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Lowell Levinger
Hippie From Olema
Get Together- Youngblood Classics
8
Kevin Russell
California Cottonfields
Trouble In Mind
9
John Hartford
California Earthquake
Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
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Norman Greenbaum
Petaluma
Spirit In The Sky – The Best of Norman Greenbaum
11
Neil Young
California Sunset
Old Ways
12
Joe Jones
California Sun
You Heard It Here First!
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Roy Orbison
California Blue
Mystery Girl
14
The Beach Boys
California
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 4
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The Beach Boys
California Girls
20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
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Jan & Dean
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
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Eric Clapton
San Francisco Bay Blues
Unplugged
18
Dave Alvin
Out in California
Interstate City
19
Various Artists
Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles #2
1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
20
The Mamas & The Papas
California Dreamin'
Southern California With Fond Memories
21
Joni Mitchell
California
Hits
22
America
Ventura Highway
Southern California With Fond Memories
23
Lucinda Williams
Here in California
Treasures left behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
24
Buck Owens
Streets of Bakersfield
The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
25
Randy Newman
I Love L.A.
Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
26
Albert Hammond
It Never Rains In California
Southern California With Fond Memories
27
The Ink Spots
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
Greatest Hits
28
The Four Preps
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
Southern California With Fond Memories
29
Red River Dave
California Hippie Murders
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
30
John Fogerty
Lodi
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection
From sunrise to sunset and then back. This Friday morning we take a journey on the roller coaster of life on the big blue marble using music as our rails. We’ll rise and shine in the cold grey light before dawn and follow summer rain with the summer wind as sundown approaches. This week’s theme is a fusion of sunrise, sundown and a misty moonlight rhapsody featuring the music of Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Chet and Les, Bobby Bare, Mahalia Jackson and a couple dozen others. We’ll take you from dawn to midnight as we bring on the best of America’s music from digital, vinyl and ethereal dustbins of the past 100 years. Join us once more for music from long ago, today, and far away here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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The Browns
The Three Bells
30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4
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Nick Lowe
Cold Grey Light of Dawn
Dig My Mood
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Emmylou Harris
Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
Roses in the Snow
5
Chet Atkins & Les Paul
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Chester & Lester
6
Luther Dickinson
Hurry up Sunrise
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II
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Norah Jones
Sunrise
Feels Like Home
8
Bruce Cockburn
Sunrise on the Mississippi
Dart to the Heart
9
Doris Day
I Got The Sun In The Morning
Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
10
Geoff Muldaur
Livin' In The Sunlight (Lovin' in the Moonlight)
Is Having Wonderful Time
11
Petra Haden
Sunshine Life for Me (with Lenny Pickett)
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
12
Ray Charles
You Are My Sunshine
Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
13
The Statler Brothers
You're My Sunshine
Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times
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Willie Nelson
Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version)
Naked Willie
15
Lyle Lovett
Summer Wind
Smile: Songs From The Movies
16
Johnny Rivers
Summer Rain
Best Of Johnny Rivers
17
Roger Miller
In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)
Super Hits
18
Robbie Fulks
Rose of the Summer
Gone Away Backward
19
The Mavericks
Summertime (When I'm With You)
Mono
20
Dale Hawkins
Summertime Down South
Wildcat Tamer
21
Slim Willett And His Hired Hands
Come Sundown
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
22
Bobby Bare
Come Sundown
1970
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Lonesome Sundown
Echo
24
J.J. Cale
Long About Sundown
Stay Around
25
Cab Calloway
Moonlight Rhapsody
1932-1934
26
Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
Let's Dream In The Moonlight
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
27
Dean Martin
In The Misty Moonlight
The Great Dean Martin
28
Maria Muldaur
Moonlight
Love Wants to Dance
29
Smokey Wood
Moonlight in Oklahoma
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
Hot weather this week and we’ll be sweatin’ out the oldies in the KOWS Studio this coming Friday. Summer may be just around the corner but we’re running hot already here in Sonoma County. Today’s show features a ‘double play’ collection of traditions and covers, focusing primarily on gospel tradition and contemporary covers. Brook Benton, Josh White, Wilson Pickett, Neko Case, and Hank Williams are among the performers we’ll be featuring this week. Covers of the Gambler’s Blues, Stormy Weather, Denomination Blues, and more coming your way from the studios located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.
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Freddie King
Trouble In Mind
King Of The Blues
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Mavis Staples Levon Helm
Trouble In My Mind
Carry Me Home
4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Trouble In My Mind
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
5
Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Manzarene Dreams
6
Rodney Crowell
Denomination Blues
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
7
Josh White
St. James Infirmary
Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love
8
Bobby "Blue" Bland
St. James Infirmary
Mississippi Blues
9
Blind Alfred Reed
You Must Unload
Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
10
Ry Cooder
You Must Unload
The Prodigal Son
11
Louis Armstrong
Shadrack
Louis And The Good Book
12
Brook Benton
Shadrack
Mercury 1962
13
CBS Trumpeteers
Milky White Way
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
14
Elvis Presley
Milky White Way
His Hand In Mine
15
Shades of Blue
Oh How Happy
Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
16
Carlene Carter
Oh How Happy
Carlene Carter/Blue Nun
17
Jeff Lynne
Stormy Weather
Armchair Theatre
18
Ethel Waters
Stormy Weather
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
19
Aaron Neville
I Saw The Light
Gospel Roots
20
Hank Williams
I Saw The Light
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21
Arizona Dranes
John Said He Saw A Number
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
22
Neko Case
John Saw That Number
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
23
Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
24
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Big Boss Man
Playback Disc 5
25
Wilson Pickett
Three-Time Loser
A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
We make a big tip of the hat to an institutional…who turns 77 years old this coming week. John Cameron Fogerty grew up in these parts, growing up in El Cerrito to a second grade teacher and linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette. He was a part-time Army reservist who, after completing his gig in 1968, formed a band with brother Tom called The Golliwogs and then, eventually, Creedence Clearwater. A talented songwriter clearly influenced by the core elements of gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, country, and (certainly) rock ‘n roll, John’s catalog of music, his distinctive vocals, and driving melodies are immediately recognizable, if not for Doug Clifford’s percussive direction, then for the rhythm and twang that took a Northern California ensemble sound into the mossy swamps and humid climes of the deeper South. Through a messy transition to his solo career to his late career recognition, John Fogerty is a legend and our show today takes some time to reflect…with music from contemporaries, solo efforts new and old, and most certainly a collection of Creedence classics. Tune in.
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John Fogerty
Don't You Wish It Was True
Revival
3
The Golliwogs
Action USA Promotional Spot
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
4
The Golliwogs
You Better Be Careful
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
5
The Golliwogs
Fight Fire
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
6
John Fogerty
Down On The Corner
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
7
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Midnight Special
Hot Stuff
8
Big Silver
Wrote A Song For Everyone
Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty
9
Irma Thomas
River Is Waiting
Simply Grand
10
John Jorgenson
Lookin Out My Back Door
Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty
11
Earl Scruggs/John Fogerty
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Earl Scruggs and Friends
12
John Fogerty
Have You Ever Seen the Rain (with Alan Jackson)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
13
Juan Gabriel
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)
Quiero Creedence
14
John Fogerty
The Old Man Down The Road
Centerfield
15
Marc Cohn
Long As I Can See The Light
Listening Booth: 1970
16
Ted Hawkins
Long As I Can See The Light
The Next Hundred Years
17
John Fogerty
Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
18
John Fogerty
Deja Vu (All Over Again)
Deja Vu All Over Again
19
Carl Perkins
All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty)
Go Cat Go
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bad Moon Rising
The London Sessions 1973
21
Elvis Presley
Proud Mary [#]
An Afternoon in the Garden
22
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Lodi
At The Ryman [Live]
23
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River
Green River
24
Buddy Guy
Change In The Weather
Feels Like Rain
25
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Hey Tonight
Pendulum
26
John Fogerty
Blue Moon Nights
Blue Moon Swamp
27
Dr. John; John Fogerty
New Orleans
The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music Disc 2
Bad luck and trouble are supposed to be common watchwords on a Friday the 13th but we’re not the superstitious kind. Those vintage holdovers from a Christian time gone long past are just reminders of the stinkin’ thinkin’ that got us to where we are today. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends vocal nuggets from Frank Sinatra and Elvis with blues from Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ray Charles, and Chester Burnett. We’ve also got some Jimmy Smith, Raul Malo, Chance Halladay, and Nappy Brown to keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Adopt a black cat. Despite longstanding superstitions, they have the very best of personalities.
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Jim Lauderdale
Lucky 13
Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
3
Chris Isaak
Waiting for My Lucky Day
Baja Sessions
4
The Bobby Fuller Four
I'm A Lucky Guy
The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
5
Frank Sinatra
Luck Be a Lady
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
6
Judy Garland
Lucky Day
Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
7
Jimmy Smith
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Standards
8
Ray Charles
Lucky Old Sun
Hear Music Volume 1
9
Tommy Flanagan
Friday The 13th
For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
10
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Friday The 13th Child
His California Album
11
Howlin' Wolf
Hard Luck
The Chess Box [Disc 3]
12
Chris Thomas King
Superstitious Blues
Me, My Guitar and the Blues
13
Albert King
Born Under A Bad Sign
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
14
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
15
J.J. Cale
Lady Luck
Travel Log
16
Raul Malo
Lucky One
Lucky One
17
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
I Feel Lucky
Come On Come On
18
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
19
k.d. lang & the Reclines
Luck in My Eyes
Absolute Torch and Twang
20
Charley Crockett
Lots of Luck
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
21
Johnny Cash
Thirteen
American Recordings
22
Gale Storm
Lucky Lips
Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
23
Ruth Brown
Lucky Lips
Feelin Fine
24
Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)
My Lucky Day
Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
25
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain't Superstitious
The Chess Box
26
John Fogerty
Bad Moon Rising
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
The story of R&B, gospel, and early rock were embellished by many performers, artists, and personalities. The early influencers behind the scenes also included people like Art Rupe, a native of Pittsburg who lept into the entertainment industry with both feet after the Second World War, co-founding a small West Coast label called Juke Box Records in 1944. Breaking away from his partners, he would later form a label of his own: Specialty Records. His keen ear for what he termed the “secret [that] lay in a big band sound with a churchy feel” was spot on. Specifically, he took the stigma out of the ‘race’ of ‘race records’ of the day and targeted larger audiences. There were dozens of performers that came from the Specialty stable, chief among them being Roy Milton, Percy Mayfield, Sam Cooke and, of course, Little Richard Penniman. Art Rupe passed away this month at the age of 104 and we’ll be sharing the early-to-mid-century classic pieces from a cross-section of Specialty performers that spanned the gospel, R&B and rock genres that Art helped bring into the mainstream.
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Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Little Joe's Boogie
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
3
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
R.M. Blues
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
4
Camille Howard
You Don't Love Me
The Specialty Story
5
Paul Gayten
My Rough And Ready Man
R&B Outbreak CD 2
6
Percy Mayfield
Strange Things Happening
Poet of the Blues
7
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
8
Joe Liggins
One Sweet Letter
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
9
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
10
Marvin & Johnny
Wine Woogie
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
11
Jesse & Marvin
Dream Girl
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
12
Joe Houston Orchestra
All Night Long
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
13
Marvin Phillips
Mamo Mamo (Specialty 554)
R&B Humdingers Volume 12
14
Tony Allen & the Champs
Nite Owl
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
15
Little Richard
Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE)
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
16
Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
17
Don & Dewey
Farmer John
Jungle Hop
18
Larry Williams
Short Fat Fannie
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
19
Larry Williams
Bony Maronie
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
20
Larry Williams
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version]
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
21
Art Neville
That Old Time Rock And Roll
His Specialty Recordings
22
Art Neville
Belle Amie
His Specialty Recordings
23
Hollywood Flames
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
24
Don & Dewey
Koko Joe
Jungle Hop
25
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Get Away Jordan
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
26
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Love Lifted Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
He's So Wonderful
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
28
Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
Come and Go To That Land
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
29
Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Gospel Music
30
Clifton Chenier
Eh, Petite Fille
Bayou Blues
31
Clifton Chenier
Boppin' The Rock
Bayou Blues
32
Frankie Lee Sims
Lucy Mae Blues
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
33
John Lee Hooker
My Baby's Got Something
No Friend Around
34
Little Richard
Shake A Hand
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
35
Professor Alex Bradford
What Folks Say About Me
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