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Dylan & The Gospel

June 16, 2018 Dave

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.

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Highway to Heaven

June 10, 2018 Dave

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!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford	It's A Highway To Heaven	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
3	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
29	Marion Williams	Sometimes I Ring Up Heaven	Packin' Up
30	The Davis Sisters	Too Close To Heaven	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
31	The Swan Silvertones	Heavenly Light Shine On Me	Heavenly Light
32	The Golden Gate Quartet	No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949)
33	Brother Claude Ely	I Want To Go To Heaven	Satan Get Back
34	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	The Essential Guide To Gospel

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Early Gospel Blues

March 31, 2018 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	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
27	Sister O. M. Terrell	God's Little Birds	Country Gospel 1946-1953
28	Rev. Gary Davis	Get Right Church	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
29	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Harlem Street Singer
30	Blind Willie McTell	Lord Have Mercy If You Please	Pig 'n Whistle Red
31	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
32	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Saviour Don't Pass Me By	Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
33	Big Joe Williams	King Jesus	Shake Your Boogie

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Rockin’ Rhythm & Gospel

February 10, 2018 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	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
35	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds

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Pure Religion

January 28, 2017 Dave

Gospel is the order of the day … inspirational American roots music to moderate the gloomy days of mid-Winter here in Sonoma County. Blues, rock, country, and the sanctified sounds of spirituality coming to you on another Wednesday evening on Deeper Roots. Our playlist will take you to Maxwell Street with Daddy Stovepipe, the ‘heavenly shore’ with Blind Gussie Nesbit, into the deep country southern climes with Polk Miller and Mac Odell, and we’ll explore contemporary religious topics with Warren Zevon, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, and Lucinda Williams. Tune in!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fern Jones	I Ain't Got Time	The Glory Road
3	Reverend Gary Davis	Pure Religion	Harlem Street Singer
4	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Pure Religion	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
5	Rory Block	Pure Religion	I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis
6	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
7	Lonnie Johnson	Devil's Got The Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
8	The Louvin Brothers	Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
9	Iris DeMent	I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)	Lifeline
10	Wade Mainer	Streamlined Religion	1961 King Session
11	Doug Macleod	Dubb's Talking Religion Blues	There's a Time
12	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	Old Time Religion	Farther Along
13	Pete Seeger	Old Time Religion	Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (1 of 2)
14	Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson)	Old Time Religion	Blues From Maxwell Street
15	Polk Miller's Old South Quartette	That "Old Time" Religion	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Claim Jesus First	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
17	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Good Religion	Spirit Of The Century
18	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Devils Look Like Angels	Between the Ditches
19	Warren Zevon	Dirty Little Religion	Life'll Kill Ya
20	Mac Odell	One Day Religion	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
21	T. Texas Tyler	You've Got to Live Your Religion Every Day	T. Texas Tyler Hymns
22	Lucinda Williams	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion	Ramblin'
23	Rev. Pearly Brown	By And By (I'm Gonna See The King)	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
24	The Staple Singers	I Know I Got Religion	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
25	Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips	Give Me That Old Time Religion	Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
26	Reverend Edward Clayborn	Then We'll Need That True Religion	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
27	The Weavers	True Religion	The Weavers Almanac
28	Clara Ward & Ward Singers	You Must Have Good Religion	I Feel the Holy Spirit
29	Maria Muldaur	He Calls That Religion	Garden Of Joy
30	Reverend Gary Davis	I Didn't Want to Join the Band	Pure Religion and Bad Company
31	Rev. Pearly Brown	Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
32	Mississippi Fred McDowell	I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion	Good Morning Little School Girl
33	Wilson Pickett	Ninety-Nine & A Half (Won't Do)	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]

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Evil Blues

December 17, 2016 Dave

It’s the story of evil told in the voice of the blues. All things evil are explored in the voices of gospel, country blues, urban blues, and the folk blues. Evil ways, bad blood, fear, and the depths to which the evil in man’s heart can go are the themes tonight in a show that features the likes of Otis Spann, Elmore James, Henry Truvillion, The Golden Gate Quartet, and many others. All of this coming to you on a cold December evening in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Howlin' Wolf	Evil	Blues From Hell
3	The Golden Gate Quartet	Atom And Evil (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
4	The Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, baritone/William Langford, tenor/Henry Owens, tenor/Arlandus Wilson, Bass) (Aka "Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet")	The Devil With The Devil	Vol. 3, 1939 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 3, 1939)
5	Chris Smither	The Devil's Real	A Little On The Cd Side Volume 11
6	Noah Lewis	Devil In The Wood Pile	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
7	Don Byas's Swig Seven, Albinia Jones	Evil Gal Blues	Savoy Blues 1944-1994 [Disc 1]
8	Dinah Washington	Evil Gal Blues	Gold
9	T-Bone Walker	Evil Hearted Woman (Alt. Take)	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
10	Champion Jack Dupree	Evil Woman	Blues from the Gutter
11	Doctor Gaddy	Evil Man Blues	Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
12	Otis Spann	Evil Ways	Essential Blues Hits Disc 2
13	Washboard Sam	Evil Blues	Vol. 6 1941 – 1942
14	Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe	Evil Devil Woman Blues	Vol 4 (1933-34)
15	Moreland & Arbuckle	Mean And Evil	Promised Land Or Bust
16	B.B. King	Mean And Evil	There Is Always One More Time
17	Elmore James	Mean And Evil	Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James
18	Lightnin' Hopkins	Mean and Evil Blues	Texas Guitar Killers Disc 1
19	Blind Boy Fuller	Worried and Evil Man Blues	Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937
20	Reverend Gary Davis	Cross And Evil Woman Blues	Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2]
21	Lowell Fulson	Don't Be So Evil	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
22	Gatemouth Moore	Evil Gal's Jockey	Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings
23	Albert King	I Get Evil	More Big Blues
24	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Bad Blood	Sportin' the Blues Disc 2
25	Ramona Hicks	Evil and Blue	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
26	Ollie Shepard	King Of All Evil	Vol. 2-1939-41
27	Walter Brown	What Evil Have I Done?	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
28	Alice Moore	Black And Evil Blues	Black Swan Sampler
29	Koko Taylor	Evil	The Best of Koko Taylor
30	Ella Fitzgerald	Necessary Evil	The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951
31	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	I Want to Be Evil	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
32	Aretha Franklin	Evil Gal Blues	Aretha Sings The Blues

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Gospel Dynamite II

September 24, 2016 Dave

In the second of two parts, we celebrate the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. This week…”This Little Light Of Mine”, “How I Got Over”, “This Train”, “This Train”, and many more. We’ll play the sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, The Swan Silvertones, and Louis Armstrong. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
3	Amy Helm	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain
4	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
5	Abyssinian Baptist Radio Choir	Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody, Pts. 1&2	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
6	The Blackwood Brothers	Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody	Southern Gospel Heritage Series: The Blackwood Brothers
7	Sweet Honey In The Rock	Just a Closer Walk With Thee	African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
8	Sweet Honey In the Rock	Precious Memories	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
9	Five Blind Boys of Mississippi	Precious Memories	20th Century Masters – The Best Of
10	Shirley Caesar And Ann Nesby	The Stone	Fighting Temptations
11	The Million Dollar Quartet	Old Time Religion	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
12	The Louvin Brothers	This Little Light Of Mine	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
13	Sam Cooke	This Little Light Of Mine	Sam Cooke At the Copa
14	Sam Cooke	That's Heaven To Me	The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
15	Sam Cooke	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
16	Al Kooper	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	Naked Songs
17	The Swan Silvertones	Mary Don't You Weep	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
18	Long John Baldry	Oh Mary Don't You Weep	Remembering Leadbelly
19	Bruce Springsteen	O Mary Don't You Weep	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
20	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
21	Linda Gail Lewis	This Train	Hard Rocking Woman
22	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
23	Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho [Album Version]	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
24	Louis Armstrong	Bye and Bye	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
25	The Golden Gate Quartet	Bye and Bye Little Children	Vol. 2 (1938-1939)
26	Reverend Robert Ballinger	How I Got Over	1950s Gospel Classics
27	Clara Ward & Ward Singers	How I Got Over	I Feel the Holy Spirit
28	The Chambers Brothers	People Get Ready	Roots Of Folk
29	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
30	The Selah Singers	He's My Rock, Sword And Shield	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
31	The Selah Singers	I'll Be Satisfied	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
32	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Let's Go Out to the Programs (Single)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
33	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of

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Gospel Dynamite I

September 17, 2016 Dave

It’s a two part celebration of the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. There just was not enough time to capture the great songs like “I’ll Fly Away”, “This Train”, “Please In The Valley”, “Down By The Riverside”, and so many others in just a single episode…so we broke it into two parts which is still barely enough. We’ll play the influential sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Chet Atkins, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley, and the CBS Trumpeteers. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul	The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD2]
3	Reverend Robert Ballinger	This Train	1950s Gospel Classics
4	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	This Train	Vintage Collections
5	Ricky Nelson	Glory Train	Legacy [Disc 2]
6	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
7	Mahalia Jackson	I'm on My Way To Canaan	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
8	Chet Atkins	On My Way to Canaan's Land	The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]
9	The Dillards	I'll Fly Away	There Is A Time: 1963-70
10	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
11	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	I'll Fly Away	Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion
12	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Amazing Grace	Spirit Of The Century
13	Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues	Amazing Grace	Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2]
14	The Golden Gate Quartet	Swing Down, Chariot (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
15	Elvis Presley	Swing Down Sweet Chariot	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
16	Elvis Presley	Milky White Way	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
17	CBS Trumpeteers	Milky White Way	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
18	Mahalia Jackson	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Something to Believe In
19	Fern Jones	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	The Glory Road
20	Mike Farris	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Salvation in Lights
21	Bonnie Guitar	Down By the Riverside	The Velvet Lounge – By the Fireside
22	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers	There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
24	Johnny Cash	Peace In The Valley	Gospel Glory
25	Elvis Presley	Peace in the Valley	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
26	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Uncloudy Day	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
27	The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28	Smith Jubilee Singers	Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Smith Jubilee Singers	The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
29	Willie Nelson	Just a Little Walk With Jesus	Old Time Religion
30	Loretta Lynn	Old Time Religion	All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 2]
31	Reverend James Cleveland And The Caravans	Old Time Religion	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
32	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
33	Fern Jones	Didn't It Rain	The Glory Road
34	Elvis Presley	Joshua Fit The Battle	Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
35	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	This Little Light of Mine	Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1

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Folk Songs Pt 2 – Spirituals

April 9, 2016 Dave

Folks Songs of North America II - Spirituals — Folks Songs of North America II – Spirituals

The second installment in our exploration of the Alan Lomax book of the same name, this time focusing our energies on tradition in gospel and spiritual. Leader-chorus work songs to lighten the load of heavy labor; dancing songs to quicken the spirit on those rare holidays; and spirituals to replace their lost African religions and to console in times of physical torment and spiritual degradation are all captured here, including the stories and lineage behind the original pieces. We’ll hear from a diverse selection of performers including The Dixie Jubilee Singers, Odetta, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Eva Cassidy, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fisk Jubilee Singers	I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	The Gold and Blue Album
3	Bessemer Sunset Four	Climbing Jacob's Ladder	Bessemer Sunset Four (1928-1930)
4	Kenneth Benfield	Jacob's Ladder (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
5	Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger	Jacob's Ladder	H.A.R.P. A Time To Sing Disc 1
6	The Staple Singers	Jacob's Ladder	Freedom Highway
7	The Fairfield Four	Roll Jordan	Revival
8	Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931)
9	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Roll Jordan Roll	Home of the Blues
10	The Golden Gate Quartet	Roll Jordan, Roll	The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD1]
11	The Golden Gate Quartet	Go Where I Send Thee	Vol. 1 (1937-1938)
12	Magnolia Five	The Holy Baby	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
13	Nina Simone	Children Go Where I Send You	The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
14	Odetta	Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
15	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
16	Eva Cassidy	Wade In the Water	Hear Music volume 6
17	The Harmonizing Four	Wade In The Water	The Essential Guide To Gospel
18	Mavis Staples	Wade In The Water	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
19	Tom Waits	John The Revelator	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
20	Son House	John the Revelator	Death Letter
21	The Weavers	When the Stars Begin to Fall	The Weavers Almanac
22	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
23	Mississippi John Hurt	All Night Long	The Complete Studio Recordings: Last Sessions
24	Reverend Gary Davis	All Night Long	Twelve Gates To The City: In Concert, 1962-1966, Volume Three
25	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
26	Fern Jones	Didn't It Rain	The Glory Road
27	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
28	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
29	Louis Armstrong	This Train	Louis And The Good Book
30	Samuel Patterson	This Train	Americana Roots Songbook: Gospel
31	Pops Staples	The Downward Road	Father Father
32	The Golden Gate Quartet	Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again	Radio Transcriptions 1941 – 1944
33	John D. Foster & Leonard Rutherford	These Bones Gwine Rise Again	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
34	Sons of the Pioneers	Dese Bones Gwine to Rise Again	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
35	Willie Eason With The Campbell Brothers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Sacred Steel – Live!
36	Mississippi Fred McDowell	When The Saints Go Marching In	My Home Is In The Delta
37	Fats Domino	When The Saints Go Marchin' In	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)

African American Gospel, Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Deeper Blind Willie Johnson

March 17, 2016 Dave

Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.

The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell	Dark Was The Night	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
3	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
4	Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
5	Hot Tuna	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live]	Live In Japan
6	Bruce Cockburn	Soul of a Man	Nothing But a Burning Light
7	Ry Cooder	Dark Was The Night	Paris, Texas
8	Maria Muldaur	Oh, the Rain	Any Woman's Blues
9	Sinead O'Connor	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
10	Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams	Motherless Children	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2]
11	John Hammond, Jr.	Motherless Willie Johnson	Country Blues
12	Odetta	Motherless Children	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
13	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Nobody's Fault	Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
14	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
15	Blind Willie Johnson	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
16	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
17	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
18	The Staple Singers	Samson And Delilah	Freedom Highway
19	Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four	John the Revelator	Peace in the Valley [Arista]
20	The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
21	Blind Willie Johnson	Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
22	The Levon Helm Band	God Don't Never Change	The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3
23	David Bromberg Band	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Only Slightly Mad
24	The Blasters	Samson and Delilah	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
25	Blind Willie Johnson	If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down	ABC Of The Blues Vol 20
26	Johnny Shines	It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine	Traditional Delta Blues
27	Irma Thomas	Soul of a Man	After the Rain
28	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
29	Taj Mahal	You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond	The Real Thing
30	Rev. Gary Davis	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs

A Century of America's Music