Long before we were graced with the voices of SAM, Siri, or Alexa, and before we could carry our smart devices around like a wallet or clutch…there were the women and men who served us from behind the receiver: the telephone operator. Maybe they didn’t have the answer to everything but they could connect us to about anyone anywhere in the world. But it usually cost more than we were willing to admit. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes on the theme of the telephone operator, the long distance connector, and the person with a soul…and usually a quick hangup if there were not enough coins to drop in the pay phone. It was the penalty for human interaction I guess. We’ll let Jorma, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, and Eddie Floyd take us on a trip back to rotary dials and party lines in this week’s episode, live from the Santa Rosa studios at KOWS.
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Mary Wells
Operator
Looking Back 1961-1964
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Dusty Owens
Hello Operator
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
4
Rusty McDonald
Call Operator 210
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
5
Hank Snow
I Just Telephoned Upstairs
The Chronogical Classics 1951-1952 (Warped 5244)
6
Bonnie Guitar
Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
7
Wanda Jackson
Between The Window And The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
8
The Blue Sky Boys
The Royal Telephone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
9
Johnny Burnette
Operator
The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 9
10
Howard Crockett
Please Answer The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
11
Jorma Kaukonen
Operator
River Of Time
12
The Band
Long Distance Operator
A Musical History [Disc 2]
13
The Golden Gate Quartet
I Just Telephone Upstairs
Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
14
The Jordaniares
I Telephoned Upstairs
The Jordaniares Gospel
15
Selah Jubilee Singers
Royal Telephone
Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
16
Sister Wynona Carr
Operator, Operator
Dragnet For Jesus
17
Spirit Of Memphis Quartet
The Atomic Telephone
The Best Of King Gospel
18
Sister Wynona Carr
Don't Miss That Train
Dragnet For Jesus
19
Johnny Otis
Call Operator 210
Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
20
Tony & Tyrone
Please Operator
After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
21
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Operator
Soul Grooves
22
The Marvelettes
Beechwood 4-5789
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
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
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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)
17
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)
The music of Albert E. Brumley resides in a shadowy corner of country gospel, but when it’s given the light of day, the glow is blinding. He was a shape note music composer and publisher whose southern gospel pieces are familiar to many. There’s not a lot of information about Albert but the musical legacy of his “I’ll Fly Away”, “Rank Strangers”, and “Turn Your Radio On” are masterpieces of the genre made popular by everyone from The Carters to Bill Monroe and Aretha Franklin to Alan Jackson and Kanye West. We’ll spend time with his music today, sharing numerous interpretations for you on a Friday morning in Sebastopol, live from KOWS studio at the UMC in the heart of town.
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Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones
Turn Your Radio On
70th Anniversary
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The Dillards
Introduction
There Is A Time: 1963-70
4
The Dillards
I'll Fly Away
There Is A Time: 1963-70
5
The Humbard Family
I'll Fly Away [Album Version]
Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
6
Stamps-Baxter Quartet
When We Sing Around The Throne Eternal
Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music
7
The Del McCoury Band
The Lord Is Writing Down Names
The Promised Land
8
The Del McCoury Band
It's Surprising What The Lord Can Do
The Promised Land
9
Clinch Mountain Boys/Jim Lauderdale/Ralph Stanley
This World Is Not My Home
I Feel Like Singing Today
10
Fern Jones
This World Is Not My Home
The Glory Road
11
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming
Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc One
12
The Louvin Brothers
He Set Me Free
Close Harmony [Disc 6]
13
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Standing By the River
Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc 4
14
The Country Gentlemen
Rank Strangers To Me
The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3]
15
Ricky Skaggs
Rank Stranger
Bluegrass Rules!
16
Leon Redbone
If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven
Double Time
17
Elvis Presley
If We Never Meet Again
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
18
Doc Watson
I'll Meet You In The Morning
Milestones [Disc 2]
19
Albert E. Brumley, Jr./Merle Haggard
I'll Meet You in the Morning
Two Old Friends
20
Johnnie and Jack
I Heard My Name on the Radio
1947-1950 (Warped 4720)
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Coon Creek Girls
Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood
Flowers In The Wildwood
22
Rangers Quartet
I've Found A Hiding Place
Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music
23
Marty Stuart
Lord, Give Me Just a Little More Time
Souls' Chapel
24
Mac Wiseman
By the Side of the Road
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
25
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
By The Side Of The Road
Beyond The Shadows
26
The Del McCoury Band
I'll Put On A Crown And Walk Around
The Promised Land
27
The Del McCoury Band
It's An Unfriendly World
The Promised Land
28
Merle Travis
If We Never Meet Again
Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
29
The Kingsmen
I'd Rather Be An Old-Time Christian
Crossroads: Southern Roots
30
Jimmie Davis
'Twill Be Sweet When We Meet
Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
31
Carl Story
I've Found a Hiding Place
Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
32
Wade Bowen
I'll Fly Away
Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother
33
Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
I'll Fly Away
Down From The Mountain: Live Concert Performances By The Artists & Musicians Of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
It’s a free form collection that knows no boundaries. Dynamic sounds from the past century of America’s music including tracks from Kinky Friedman, Hank Snow, Clara Ward, The Charioteers, and a host of others from every corner. We’ll be sharing The Old Spinning Wheel, a parlor song; songs about a baseball and silver screen legend; and gospel from the deeper wells. Join Dave Stroud for another Deeper Roots evening on KOWS Community Radio.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar
Get Happy
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El Pauling & Royal Abbit
Send Me Somebody
The Complete Singles 1952-1962
4
Freddie King
Please Send Me Someone To Love
King Of The Blues
5
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
6
Nina Simone
Children Go Where I Send You
The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
7
The Charioteers
Walk Together Children
Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water
8
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Just To Behold His Face
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
9
Clara Ward And The Ward Sisters
You Must Have Good Religion
Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
10
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
Plastic Jesus
Set Two
11
Wanda Jackson
No Wedding Bells For Joe (2002 Digital Remaster)
Wanda Jackson
12
John Prine/Iris Dement
In Spite of Ourselves
In Spite of Ourselves
13
Laura Nyro
Wedding Bell Blues
Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2)
14
The Del-Vikings
I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)
Hit The Road Jack- The ABC-Paramount Story
15
Kinky Friedman
Marilyn and Joe
Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman
16
Simon & Garfunkel
Mrs. Robinson
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
17
Blackjack Wayne
Holding Hands For Joe
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
18
Hank Williams
No, No Joe
Beyond The Sunset
19
Ernie K-Doe
Popeye Joe
Absolutely the Best
20
The Howlin' Brothers
World Spinning Round
Trouble
21
Hank Snow
The Old Spinning Wheel (Chet Atkins)
The Singing Ranger Disc 1 of 4
22
The Beau Hunks
The Old Spinning Wheel
The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music [Disc 2]
23
C.W. Stoneking
I'm The Jungle Man
Gon' Boogaloo
24
Duke Ellington
Jungle Jamboree
The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31)
25
Eddie Cantor
Hungry Women
grimriper2u@yahoo.com
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Dwight Yoakam
Send Me the Pillow
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
27
Fatso Bentley
June-teenth Jamboree
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
28
Duke Ellington
Mood Indigo
The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31)
There are a handful of record labels that subscribe to the ‘deeper roots’ dogma. And our show tries to cover all of them. But East Bay’s own Arhoolie, whose catalog was recently acquired by Smithsonian Folkways is a very special example, maybe the premiere example, of what it means to dig deeper. Founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz, a German transplant who moved to the States in 1947, Arhoolie was founded on the principle that the best music could be found by traveling the backroads. And that is precisely how it got started, with a recording device in his trunk and an ear for the sublime. Join us this Friday evening as we explore just a hint of the music you’ll find on a landmark roots label.
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
3
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
A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.
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Mavis Staples
We Go High
If All I Was Was Black
3
Fats Domino
Telling Lies
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
No Room In the Church for Liars
Precious Memories
5
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Let That Liar Alone
ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
6
Reverend A. Johnson
Let That Liar Pass On By
1950s Gospel Classics
7
Radio Yesterday
Lights Out
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
8
Martha Fields
Southern White Lies
Southern White Lies
9
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
10
The Carter Family
You Better Let That Liar Alone
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
11
David Olney
No Lies
One Tough Town
12
Rosalie Allen
Hitler Lives
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
13
Carl Smith
Wicked Lies
Kisses Don't Lie
14
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Biggest Liars in Town
Home of the Blues
15
Flatt & Scruggs
Poison Lies
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
16
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Lies
Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
17
Cyndi Lauper
Lies
A Hat Full Of Stars
18
The Roosevelts
Tell Only Lies
The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
19
Ian Gomm
Dirty Lies
Summer Holiday
20
The Castaways
Liar, Liar
Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
21
The Knickerbockers
Lies
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
22
Tex Grande & His Range Riders
Hitler's Reply to Mussolini
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
23
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
Tellin' Lies
The Eyes of Texas
24
John Hartford
Politic
Hamilton Ironworks
25
Mimi & Richard Farina
House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
26
Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk
All Men Are Liars
Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
27
J.J. Cale
Lies
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
28
Frankie Boots And The County Line
Pack Of Lies
Frankie Boots And The County Line
29
Neko Case
Lonely Old Lies
The Virginian
30
Johnnie Taylor
Running Out Of Lies
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]
We’ve got another free form collection of sounds for a Friday in Sonoma County. The July heat has us moving a little slower as everything around us appears to move at breakneck speed. So the idea is to help us find our center and we do that with sounds from the islands with Joe Keawe and Arthur Lyman, soul from the heart by Solomon Burke and Betty Everett, and some tradition with a mix of Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, and Bob Wills. We find our muse throughout with David Lindley and El Rayo-X. Join us.
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Dave Van Ronk
Tell Old Bill
Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
3
K.C. Douglas
Mercury Blues
Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
4
Jackson Browne & David Lindley
Mercury Blues
Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
5
Warren Zevon
Gorilla, You're A Desperado
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]
6
Billy Butler & The Enchanters
I Can't Work No Longer
Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
7
The Temptations
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
8
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Petite Fleur (Little FLower)
Your Hit Parade -1959
9
Joanie Sommers
Johnny Get Angry
Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
10
Arthur Lyman Group
Maui Chimes
The Best of the Arthur Lyman Group
11
Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians
Tomi Tomi
Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
12
Joe Keawe
My Little Grass Shack
Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
13
Dave Van Ronk
My Little Grass Shack (In Kealakekua, Hawaii)
A Chrestomathy [Disc 2]
14
Ry Cooder
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
Jazz (Remaster 2013)
15
Rhiannon Giddens
Up Above My Head
Tomorrow Is My Turn
16
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Singing in My Soul
The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
17
Etta James
Something's Got a Hold on Me
Chess Blues Disc 4
18
Betty Everett
You're No Good
Something's Got A Hold On Me
19
Solomon Burke
If You Need Me
Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
20
The Impressions
Gypsy Woman
Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
21
Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues
Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
22
Wild Tchoupitoulas
Brother John
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
23
Nappy Brown
Goody Goody Gum Drop
Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
24
Johnny Cash
Understand Your Man
16 Biggest Hits
25
Johnny Cash
Cindy[w. Nick Cave]
Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs
26
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Get Along Home, Cindy
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 8
27
The Louvin Brothers
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Close Harmony [Disc 3]
28
Jimmy Dean
Big Bad John (Uncensored Version)
Best of Answer Songs vol 3
29
Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin
Bye Bye Baby
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
30
Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers
Get Along Home, Miss Cindy
Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
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
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
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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
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Dorothy Love Coates
When I Reach My Heavenly Home
The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
