This week’s show celebrates the Godmother of rock ‘n roll who was finally paid tribute with her 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s sanctified electric guitar work not only touched on the cusp of soul and blues, but it foretold what was to come less than a decade later. There were the R&B bands, which she would dabble in (much to the chagrin of her followers), that would also have an impact…but it was her sound that influenced and inspired Elvis, Wanda Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many others, even to this day. We’ll take a deep dive into the music and story of this legend including some of those who she would draw her own inspirations from. Tune in.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Down By the Riverside
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
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Fisk Jubilee Singers
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
4
Thomas A. Dorsey
If You See My Savior
Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5
Golden Gate Quartet
Blind Barnabas
Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
6
Memphis Minnie
I Called You This Morning
Queen Of Country Blues
7
Sister O. M. Terrell
God's Little Birds
Country Gospel 1946-1953
8
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Didn't It Rain?
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
9
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Four or Five Times
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
10
Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio
Trouble In Mind
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11
Marie Knight
Gospel Train
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
12
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
13
Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
14
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beams of Heaven
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
15
Phoebe Snow
Beams of Heaven (feat. The Holmes Brothers)
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
16
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Intro – Didn't It Rain
Newport Jazz Festival 7/3/64
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Marie Knight
Didn't It Rain
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
18
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
99 1/2 Won't Do
Gospel Train
19
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Fly Away
Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20
Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith
When I Lay This Body Down
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
21
Mahalia Jackson
His Eye Is On The Sparrow
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
22
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Two Little Fishes
Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
23
Fern Jones
Strange Things Happening Every Day
The Glory Road
24
Brittany Howard
That's All Live
That's All – RRHOF
25
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
That's All
Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
26
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Red Foley
Have a Little Talk With Jesus
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
Raising Sand
28
Gospel Hebrews
Jesus Is All Over Me
Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
29
Louis Armstrong
Down By The Riverside
Louis And The Good Book
30
The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
I Want To Ride That Glory Train
Shakin' The Rafters
31
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Natural Facts
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
On this most relevant of days, we’ll be digging through some of the important songs from the past century focusing on its meaning and significance. While the embodiment of the music could have touched on every genre because the influences are vast, we’ll settle on the inspirational sounds from every corner. Juneteenth is a jubilant, high energy celebration of a somber reality. First recognized in 1865 it is the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger led thousands of federal troops to Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended, and slaves had been freed. Our observation on Deeper Roots includes tracks from Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, and gospel sounds galore leading off with Mahalia Jackson.
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Mahalia Jackson
I'm On My Way
The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
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Morgan Freeman, Terence Blanchard
The South
The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
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Southern Sons
Lift Every Voice & Sing
Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
5
The Clark Sisters
Is My Living In Vain
Is My Living In Vain
6
The Staple Singers
Wade In The Water
Freedom Highway
7
Bill Withers
Harlem
Best Of Bill Withers: Lean On Me
8
Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
9
The Sensational Nightingales
Freedom After a While
Great Gospel – People Get Ready
10
Aretha Franklin
Young, Gifted And Black
Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 3]
11
Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
12
Nina Simone
Feeling Good
Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends
13
Nina Simone
Mississippi Goddam
Anthology Disc 1
14
Little Esther & the Dominoes
The Deacon Moves In
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
15
Fatso Bently
Juneteenth Jamboree
Swing-O-Rama : Hepcats
16
SNCC Freedom Singers; Johnson, Bernice
Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom
Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
17
Coleman Brothers
Raise A Rukus Tonight
Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
18
Sam Cooke
A Change Is Gonna Come
Ain't That Good News
19
Gil Scott-Heron
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters
20
The Soul Stirrers
Free At Last
Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1]
21
The Holmes Brothers
Promised Land
Promised Land
22
Richie Havens
Freedom
Resume: The Best of Richie Havens
23
The Staple Singers
Swing Down, Chariot
Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
From the hills of Appalachia to the urban church pews of the East, North, South, and West…we’ve got camp meeting celebrations, old time religion, with biblical strains where voices raised above the fray brought solace to the masses. And speaking of voices, tune in for some of the very best gospel spanning bluegrass, tradition, soul, and black gospel from heaven’s radio. The Davis Sisters, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Aretha, The Blue Sky Boys, and Ralph Stanley are on the docket alongside The Carter Family, John Fogerty and Willie and Bobbie Nelson. Some brand new Americana surfaces to keep the kettle warm in the kitchen…Friday mornings with a dash of Billy Sunday’s crowd gatherings. It’s a Sunday meeting on a Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Ola Belle Reed
Uncloudy Day
Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
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The Swanee River Boys
Uncloudy Day
More Southern Gospel Classics
4
Charlie Parr
Jubilee
Charlie Parr
5
Rose Maddox
Turn Your Radio On
Hillbilly Jamboree
6
John Fogerty
Workin' on a Building
The Blue Ridge Rangers
7
Alison Krauss
Down To The River To Pray
A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
8
Chuck Wagon Gang/Gatlin Brothers
Heaven's Jubilee
70th Anniversary
9
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
Old Time Religion
Farther Along
10
Odetta
Meeting At The Building
7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
11
Mississippi John Hurt
Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 3
12
Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Manzarene Dreams
13
Reverend Gary Davis
Crucifixion
Heroes of the Blues – the very best of Re. Gary Davis
14
Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist
There's A Meeting Here Tonight
2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
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The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin
Jubilee
I'll Find A Way
16
Jorma Kaukonen
Have More Faith In Jesus
The Land Of Heroes
17
The Carter Family
Meeting in the Air
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 5)
18
Aretha Franklin
How I Got Over
Amazing Grace (The Complete Recordings – [Disc 1])
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Bruce Cockburn
Twelve Gates To The City
Bone On Bone
20
The Charioteers
Jubilee
Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water
21
The Davis Sisters
Get Right With God
Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
22
Grandpa Jones
Old Camp Meeting Time
An American Original
23
Mac Wiseman
Old Camp Meeting Time
Grassroots To Bluegrass
24
Blue Sky Boys
Old Fashioned Meeting
The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807)
25
The Blue Sky Boys
Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies
Something Got A Hold Of Me
26
Edwin Hawkins Singers
Oh Happy Day
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
27
John Fogerty
Somewhere Listening (For My Name)
The Blue Ridge Rangers
28
Ralph Stanley
Angel Band
Bluegrass Today [Disc 1]
29
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Up Above My Head
My Native Home
30
Leonard De Paur Infantry Chorus
In That Great Gettin' Up Morning [Album Version]
The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
Another gospel celebration, this time with a mix of country, bluegrass, classic black gospel, and a very special blending from the annals of rock n’ roll. We’re calling this roots celebration “Gospel Cross-Currents” and it makes its way through a mix of fifties country gospel of Fern Jones and Bonnie Owens and some recent country releases of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with folk, bluegrass and black gospel of the early century. Tune in for Mac Wiseman, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis, the Alphabetical Four, and Sister Lottie Peavy. Deeper Roots celebrates each Friday morning on KOWS and Friday evening on KWTF.
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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Good News
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Keep on the Firing Line
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
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Carl Story
Keep on the Firing Line
1942-1947 (Warped 4780)
5
Browns Ferry Four
Keep On The Firing Line
Goodbye, Babylon – Goodbye, Babylon [Disc 5]
6
Precious Bryant
Sit Down Servant
The Truth
7
Jackson Browne & David Lindley
Sit Down Servant
Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
8
Mike Farris
Sit Down Servant
Salvation in Lights
9
Bad Livers
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Dust On The Bible
10
Mac Wiseman
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Most Requested
11
Michelle Lanchester w/Sweet Honey In The Rock
I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior)
African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
12
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin
If You See My Savior
Lost Time
13
Porter Wagoner/Willie Nelson
Family Bible
Unplugged
14
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Family Bible
Lost In The Ozone
15
Lyle Lovett
I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Smile: Songs From The Movies
16
Willie Nelson
Sweet Bye and Bye
Old Time Religion
17
Elizabeth Cotten
Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes
18
Alphabetical Four
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
19
Bonnie Owens
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
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Fern Jones
By And By
The Glory Road
21
Elvis Presley
By and By
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
22
Paul Butterfield's Better Days
Nobody's Fault But Mine
'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back'
23
Sister Lottie Peavy
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950
We had so much fun with our first installment a few months back that we thought it was worth a second installment…well, that and the depth and breadth of the American Songbag certainly lends itself to doing so. It doesn’t hurt either that it fits our deeper roots sensibilities so well. This installment finds us meandering about those classic songs whose topics include mellow blues ballads, hobo songs, Mexican border songs (how appropriate), tarnished love tales, and the ‘road to heaven’. Helping us through our sets we’ll be featuring an interesting collection of performers: Dave Van Ronk, Dock Boggs, Rosanne Cash, and Peter Case. A host of others will join in the fun on Community Radio for Sonoma County.
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Dave Van Ronk
Willie The Weeper
Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
3
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Willie the Weeper
Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
4
Dan Zanes
Roll The Chariot
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
5
Josh White
Barbara Allen
Best Of Josh White
6
Delmore Brothers
Frozen Girl
Brown's Ferry Blues
7
Dock Boggs
Pretty Polly
Country Blues
8
The Carter Family
My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Instrumental)
On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
9
Tony Rice
House Carpenter
Church Street Blues
10
Hylo Brown
Pretty Fair Maiden
Legends & Tall Tales
11
Ola Belle Reed, John Miller, Burl Kilby
The Orphan Girl
Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
12
David Rawlings
Midnight Train
Poor David's Almanack
13
Arlo Guthrie
Gypsy Davy
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
14
Peter Case
Roving Gambler
Sings Like Hell
15
Rosanne Cash
Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
The List
16
Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set One): Zion's Walls
Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
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Louis Armstrong
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel
Louis And The Good Book
18
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Things That I used to do (and I Don't Do No More)
The Gospel Truth
19
The Robinson Children
I Ain't Gwine Study About War No More
Swinging Gospel Sounds (1935-1942)
20
The Bronzemen
Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again
The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)
21
Septeto Habanero
Cielito Lindo
Cuba. Por La Musica
22
Los Panchos
La Cucaracha – La Adelita
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
23
Dan Zanes
Lo Que Digo
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
24
Kathy Reid-Naiman
Pretty Betty Martin
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
25
Laurie Lewis
Weevily Wheat
Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
26
Dan Zanes
Cuckoo Waltz
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
27
Tom Paxton
Times A-Getting Hard, Boys
Seeds – The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Disc 2 Of 2 – Friends Of Pete)
Deeper Roots goes to the deeper wells of black American gospel which is one of the more powerful examples of bedrock sounds that we play here on our show. This show includes hand-picked classics such as “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Joshua Fit the Battle”, “Trouble in My Way”, and a medley of freedom classics from the SNCC Freedom Singers. It’s a mix of jubilee quartets, female gospel greats, sensational musical sermons, as well as Aretha, Sister Tharpe, Mahalia, and The Staples. Tune in for more….a whole lot more.
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Freedom Road
Higher Ground
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Mahalia Jackson
Didn't It Rain
16 Most Requested Songs
4
Marie Knight
The Old Rugged Cross
Hallelujah What A Song!
5
Marie Knight
Walk With Me
The Great Gospel Women
6
SNCC Freedom Singers
Woke Up This Morning
Crossroads: Southern Roots
7
The Freedom Singers
Freedom Medley:Freedom Chant, Oh Freedom, This Little Light Of Mine
Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
8
Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist
Free At Las'
2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
9
Southern Sons
I'm Free At Last (1942)
1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
10
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
Mean Old World
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
11
Aretha Franklin
Precious Lord (Part One)
Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
12
Marion Williams
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares
The Great Gospel Women
13
Clara Ward Singers
Somebody Bigger Than You & I
Somebody Bigger Than You & I
14
Morris Brown Quartet
Climbing Up The Mountain
I Hear Music In The Air
15
Southern Sons
Lift Every Voice And Sing
I Hear Music In The Air
16
The Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Love Lifted Me
17
Bill Landford And The Landfordaires
Trouble Of This World [Album Version]
The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
18
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Joshua Fit The Battle
American Roots Music [Disc 3]
19
Leonard de Paur conducting choir
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder
5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
20
Gospel Tones
Roll, Jordan, Roll
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
21
The Sensational Nightingales
Freedom After a While
Great Gospel – People Get Ready
22
Reverend Robert Ballinger
So Glad
1950s Gospel Classics
23
Mahalia Jackson
I'm on My Way To Canaan
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
24
The Trumpeteers
I'll Fly Away
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
25
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Stand By Me
Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
26
The Belleville A Cappella Choir of the Church of God and Saints of Christ
Great Camp Meeting… – Swing Low… – Steal Away – What Kind… – Oh Them… – I'm a Soldier… (Medley of Spirituals)
Southern Journey Vol 11: Honor the Lamb
27
The Staple Singers
Swing Down, Chariot
Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28
The Staple Singers
Uncloudy Day
Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
29
Golden Gate Quartet
God's Gonna Cut 'em Down
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
30
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Christian's Automobile
Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
31
Southern Sons
Above My Head, I Hear The Music In The Air
I Hear Music In The Air
32
Arizona Dranes
Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
The argument has been made that Bob Dylan’s earliest music contained more prophetic prose than his deep dive into the Christian faith in Slow Train Coming. His pen had always leaned on the big story lines of Old and New Testaments but he went all out, much as he did in his ‘rock’ conversion, when he made the direct connection to matters of the soul that he would find in the Bible. This week’s show features the gospel songs of Bob Dylan, performed by gospel greats The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Fairfield Four, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and so many others. Tune into Sonoma County Community radio for a Dylan gospel fest including Maria Muldaur and Willie Nile.
The first of two gospel Friday mornings coming up on Deeper Roots in June. This week, we’ll follow a ‘heavenly’ theme. The Christian vision of afterlife’s reward is expressed in music on a Friday morning in West County (of all places). There will be country and black gospel sounds emanating from the UMC in downtown Sebastopol on KOWS radio as we share performances about heaven including the electric voices of Marion Williams and Marie Knight; the rocking celebration of the good book from Sister Rosetta and Brother Claude Ely; and country gospel enlightenment from Willie and Bobbie Nelson. This one is worth the wait and worth it’s weight in heavenly gold. Tune in!
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Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford
It's A Highway To Heaven
Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
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Fisk Jubilee Singers
Shout All Over God's Heaven
Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
4
The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
Heaven Belongs To You
Shakin' The Rafters
5
The Staple Singers
What Are They Doing? (In Heaven Today)
Amen/Why
6
Washington Phillips
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
7
Mahalia Jackson
A City Called Heaven
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
8
Mahalia Jackson
Walk Over God's Heaven
16 Most Requested Songs
9
Clara Ward
When We All Get To Heaven
The Very Greatest
10
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Walk All Over To God's Heaven
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
11
Original Gospel Stars
I Want To Go To Heaven
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
12
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Canaan's Land
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
13
Mother McCollum
When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
14
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
When We All Get To Heaven
Farther Along
15
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway to Heaven
Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
16
Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys
I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven
King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
17
Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
Walk Over God's Heaven
New Country December 1994
18
The Stanley Brothers
Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight) [Album Version]
The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
19
Jimmy Martin
Little Angels In Heaven
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
20
Ethel Davenport & Ehel Davenport Singers
Heavenly Express
Powerhouse Gospel
21
The Staple Singers
On My Way To Heaven
Four Classic Albums
22
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Pure Religion
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
23
Sister Cally Fancy
Goin' On To Heaven In The Sanctified Way
Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2]
24
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Heaven Is Not My Home
Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
25
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beams of Heaven
The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
26
Marie Knight
Seal Of Heaven
Hallelujah What A Song!
27
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Heaven I Heard So Much About It
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983
28
Dorothy Love Coates
When I Reach My Heavenly Home
The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Gospel music informed much of the music from the early century and the blues took it’s soul and inspiration from many passages. Numerous street corner buskers promoted the scripture and many, like Blind Willie Johnson, Gary Davis, Oda Mae Terrell, and Mother McCollum were known as musical evangelists in addition to their place in the church. And the spirituals also informed the music of Blind Boy Fuller, Charley Patton, Barbecue Bob, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and so many early blues men and women. We’ll sample a few and take our Friday evening show with some reverence and grit.
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Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
3
Mississippi John Hurt
Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
4
Mother McCollum
Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane
Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
5
Mother McCollum
Oh Lord I'm Your Child
Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
6
Blind Lemon Jefferson
He Arose From The Dead
The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
7
Blind Joe Taggart And Joshua White
Scandalous And A Shame (Pm 12780, 20942-4)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
8
Sam Collins
I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
Complete Recorded Works 1927-31
9
Barbecue Bob
When The Saints Go Marching In
Complete Recorded Works Vol 1
10
Blind Willie Johnson
I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
11
Charley Patton
Lord I'm Discouraged
Blues Images Presents: 1920's Blues Classics Vol.14
12
Bukka White
I Am In the Heavenly Way
Masters Of The Delta Blues: The Friends Of Charlie Patton
13
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
Heaven Is My View
Backwoods Blues (1926-1935)
14
Lil McClintock
Sow Good Seeds
21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10
15
Blind Nesbit Gussie
Pure Religion
Vol. 2-(1929-34)
16
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Canaan's Land
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
17
Skip James
Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
Complete Early Recordings
18
Blind Boy Fuller
Precious Lord
Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55)
19
Blind Boy Fuller
Must Have Been My Jesus
Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55)
20
Josh White
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
21
Josh White
Lord, I Want To Die Easy
Complete Recorded Works 1929-1940 Vol. 2
22
Blind Willie McTell
I Got Religion I'm So Glad (w/ Kate McTell)
The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
23
Bull City Red
I Feel Like Shoutin'
Blues And Gospel From The Eastern States (1935-1944)
24
Memphis Minnie
Let Me Ride
Memphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4]
25
Brownie McGhee
Done What My Lord Said
The Complete Brownie McGhee [Disc 2]
26
Jimpson & Group
No More My Lord
Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
We gravitate towards gospel because it’s roots are so entwined with virtually every form of music we feature on Deeper Roots; so we’ll revisit the sound once more. However, in this episode we’ll focus on the rock and rhythm inspiration…gospel performances that were more worldliness than holiness. Jesus Rocked The Jukebox is the name of an album that we’ve leaned on in this episode and expanded from there with examples of over-the-top performances in the key of the sacred but with the pounding rhythmic syncopation of the secular. Join Dave Stroud as he pulls out the stop with the likes of The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Detroiters, The Highway QCs, Fannie Bell Chapman, and a host of others. Breathtaking gospel for a Friday evening in Sonoma County.
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Pilgrim Travelers
After While (Take 8)
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
3
The Detroiters
Let Jesus Lead You
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
4
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Jesus Children of America
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
5
The Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Love Lifted Me
6
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Trouble In My Way
The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
7
Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers
Walk With Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
8
The Original Blind Boys
People Don't Sing Like They Used To Sing
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
9
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
He's Alright
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
10
Fannie Bell Chapman
He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield
Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
11
The Chosen Gospel Singers
Ananais
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
12
The Chosen Gospel Singers
Trouble Of This World's Condition
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
13
Rosa Shaw
On The Highway
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14
Sister Emily Bram
Each Day
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
15
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air
Gospel Train
16
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
17
Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Gospel of Blues
18
The Staple Singers
Wade In The Water
Freedom Highway
19
The Staple Singers
Jacob's Ladder
Freedom Highway
20
The Golden Gate Quartet
Wade In The Water (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
21
Gospel Hummingbirds
Pray On
Taking Flight
22
The Highway QC'S
Walk with Me
Great Gospel – People Get Ready
23
The Highway Q.C.'s
The Way Up The Hill
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
24
Brother John Sellers
He's My Rock
Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel
25
The Swan Silvertones
My Rock
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 2: More Black Gospel
26
Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers
Rock My Soul
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27
Gospel Silhouettes
Rock In A Weary Land
Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1
28
The Swan Silvertones
Sinner Man
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
29
Gospel Supremes
Sinner Man
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
30
Silvertone Quintet
Stand By Me
Powerhouse Gospel
31
Mary Deloatch
The Lord's Gospel Train
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
32
Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette
Sinner's Crossroads
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
33
The Harmonizing Four
Hallelujah
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
34
The Staple Singers
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
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The Dixie Hummingbirds
Christian's Automobile
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
