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
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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)
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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
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!
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Fern Jones
I Ain't Got Time
The Glory Road
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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]
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.
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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]
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.
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Hugh Laurie
Didn't It Rain
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
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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
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.
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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)
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.
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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
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.
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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
Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.
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Cliff Edwards
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
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The Hillbillies
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
4
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Tangled Tales
5
Blind Blake
Diddie Wa Diddie
Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
6
Sol Ho'opi'i
Twelfth Street Rag
Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
7
Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins
Hawkins Rag
Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
8
Sons of the Pioneers
'A' Rag
Songs of the Prairie – CD5
9
Leon McAuliffe
Twin Fiddle Rag
Tulsa Straight Ahead
10
Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams
Down Home Rag
Shame On You
11
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Tiger Rag
The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
12
Pearl Bailey
Johnson Rag
Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
13
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
Beaumont Rag
Songs For Rounders
14
David Miller
Jailhouse Rag
Old-Time Mountain Guitar
15
The McCormick Brothers
Bugle Call Rag
Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
The Turbans
When You Dance
Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
3
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
Golden Gate Gospel Train
Vol. 1-(1937-38)
4
Heavenly Gospel Singers
The Prodigal Son
Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5
The Heavenly Gospel Singers
When Was Jesus Born?
Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
6
The Deep River Boys
Melody of Love
The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
7
The Charioteers
All God's Chillun Got Shoes
The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
8
The Mills Brothers
Paper Doll
Best of the Decca Years
9
The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra
Diga, Diga, Do
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
10
Lewis Bronzville Five
Low Down Gal Blues
Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
11
The Ink Spots
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
40 Your Hit Parade
12
The Ink Spots
My Prayer
Greatest Hits
13
The Cats & The Fiddle
I Miss You So
The Very Best Of
14
The Cats & The Fiddle
We Cats Will Swing For You
The Very Best Of
15
The Cats & The Fiddle
Killin' Jive
The Very Best Of
16
The Delta Rhythm Boys
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17
The Delta Rhythm Boys
Do You Care
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
18
Slim & Slam
The Flat Foot Floogie
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
19
Five Red Caps
Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)
Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
20
The Cap-Tans
I'm So Crazy For Love
Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
21
The Ravens
Count Every Star
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
22
The Ravens
My Baby's Gone
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
23
The Ravens
Write Me A Letter
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
24
The Moonglows
Sincerely
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
25
The Toppers
If Money Grew on Trees
Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
26
The Five Keys
The Glory of Love
The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
27
The Orioles
It's Too Soon to Know
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
28
The Orioles
You Belong to Me
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
29
The Cardinals
Wheel Of Fortune
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
30
The Crows
Gee
Feelin Fine
31
The Flamingos
Would I Be Crying
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
32
The Flamingos
Golden Teardrops
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
33
The Five Satins
In The Still Of The Night
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
34
The Penguins
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
35
The Cadillacs
Speedo (Cadillac)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3