Category Archives: Gospel

Free Form – February 2017

Free Form February 2017
Free Form February 2017

We return to a free form blend of American roots this February evening. Our topics are of the varietal kind including a collection of blues including the Cocaine Blues, the Guitar Blues, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, Frisco Blues, and Evil Hearted Man Blues. We’ll also bring up the topics of Civilization with Louis Prima, Old Fashioned Love with The Mills Brothers, and Emmett Miller will delight the crowds with his jelly roll song. It’s R&B, blues, country, jazz and rock on a Wednesday evening in West County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Asleep at the Wheel Blues Stay Away from Me 10 Amazon
3Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Black And Blue Bottom Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-333 Remastered [Disc 1] Amazon
4Erskine Hawkins Tuxedo Junction The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
5Whispering Jack Smith Crazy Rhythm Me & My Shadow Amazon
6Ruth Etting with piano accompaniment by Rube Bloom It All Belongs To Me Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things Amazon
7Ted Lewis Aunt Hagar's Blues Is Everybody Happy Now? Amazon
8Lew Stone The Continental The Art Deco Music Collection: Falling In Love Again Amazon
9The Mills Brothers Old Fashioned Love Sweeter Than Sugar Amazon
10Louis Prima Civilization Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
11Tennessee Ernie Ford Anticipation Blues Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
12Bob Wills Mississippi Delta Blues Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist) Amazon
13Emmett Miller The Blues Singer (From Alabam') Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
14Fruit Jar Guzzlers Stack-O-Lee The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
15Mountain Mountaineers Dirty Dog Blues The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon
16Emmett Miller I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
17Jimmie Rodgers Never No Mo' Blues The Essential Jimmie Rodgers Amazon
18Billy Hughes Cocaine Blues The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 12 Amazon
19Dick Curless Evil Hearted Man Blues A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969) Amazon
20The Allen Brothers Frisco Blues Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 Amazon
21Bill Cox Georgia Brown Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
22Carlisle & Ball Guitar Blues [Album Version] White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
23Al Bernard Accompanied By The Goofus Five Hesitation Blues Okeh Western Swing Amazon
24Levon & The Hawks Honky Tonk A Musical History [Disc 1] Amazon
25Charlie Musselwhite Pea Vine Blues Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
26Billy Ward & the Dominoes Can't Do Sixty No More Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
27The Peppers It Wouldn't Be The Same Foot Stompin' Amazon
28Little Willie John Sleep Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962 Amazon
29Sam Cooke Having a Party The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4) Amazon
30Leon Redbone Sweet Substitute Any Time Amazon
31Tiny Bradshaw Shout, Sister, Shout (09-29-34) Breaking Up the House [Disc 1] Amazon
32Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
33Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
34The Deep River Boys Shake, Rattle and Roll Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
35Tennessee Ernie Ford Stack-O-Lee Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon

Pure Religion

Pure Religion
Pure Religion

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Fern Jones I Ain't Got Time The Glory Road Amazon
3Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion Harlem Street Singer Amazon
4Blind Gussie Nesbit Pure Religion When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936 Amazon
5Rory Block Pure Religion I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis Amazon
6Rev. Pearly Brown God Don't Never Change You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
7Lonnie Johnson Devil's Got The Blues Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
8The Louvin Brothers Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music Amazon
9Iris DeMent I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart) Lifeline Amazon
10Wade Mainer Streamlined Religion 1961 King Session Amazon
11Doug Macleod Dubb's Talking Religion Blues There's a Time Amazon
12Willie and Bobbie Nelson Old Time Religion Farther Along Amazon
13Pete Seeger Old Time Religion Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (1 of 2) Amazon
14Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson) Old Time Religion Blues From Maxwell Street Amazon
15Polk Miller's Old South Quartette That "Old Time" Religion Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette Amazon
16Sister Rosetta Tharpe I Claim Jesus First The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3] Amazon
17The Blind Boys Of Alabama Good Religion Spirit Of The Century Amazon
18The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Devils Look Like Angels Between the Ditches Amazon
19Warren Zevon Dirty Little Religion Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
20Mac Odell One Day Religion Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
21T. Texas Tyler You've Got to Live Your Religion Every Day T. Texas Tyler Hymns Amazon
22Lucinda Williams You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Ramblin' Amazon
23Rev. Pearly Brown By And By (I'm Gonna See The King) You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
24The Staple Singers I Know I Got Religion Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
25Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips Give Me That Old Time Religion Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips Amazon
26Reverend Edward Clayborn Then We'll Need That True Religion …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
27The Weavers True Religion The Weavers Almanac Amazon
28Clara Ward & Ward Singers You Must Have Good Religion I Feel the Holy Spirit Amazon
29Maria Muldaur He Calls That Religion Garden Of Joy Amazon
30Reverend Gary Davis I Didn't Want to Join the Band Pure Religion and Bad Company Amazon
31Rev. Pearly Brown Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
32Mississippi Fred McDowell I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion Good Morning Little School Girl Amazon
33Wilson Pickett Ninety-Nine & A Half (Won't Do) A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1] Amazon

 

Evil Blues

Evil Blues
Evil Blues

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Howlin' Wolf Evil Blues From Hell Amazon
3The Golden Gate Quartet Atom And Evil (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
4The 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) Amazon
5Chris Smither The Devil's Real A Little On The Cd Side Volume 11 Amazon
6Noah Lewis Devil In The Wood Pile When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll Amazon
7Don Byas's Swig Seven, Albinia Jones Evil Gal Blues Savoy Blues 1944-1994 [Disc 1] Amazon
8Dinah Washington Evil Gal Blues Gold Amazon
9T-Bone Walker Evil Hearted Woman (Alt. Take) The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] Amazon
10Champion Jack Dupree Evil Woman Blues from the Gutter Amazon
11Doctor Gaddy Evil Man Blues Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2) Amazon
12Otis Spann Evil Ways Essential Blues Hits Disc 2 Amazon
13Washboard Sam Evil Blues Vol. 6 1941 – 1942 Amazon
14Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Evil Devil Woman Blues Vol 4 (1933-34) Amazon
15Moreland & Arbuckle Mean And Evil Promised Land Or Bust Amazon
16B.B. King Mean And Evil There Is Always One More Time Amazon
17Elmore James Mean And Evil Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James Amazon
18Lightnin' Hopkins Mean and Evil Blues Texas Guitar Killers Disc 1 Amazon
19Blind Boy Fuller Worried and Evil Man Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937 Amazon
20Reverend Gary Davis Cross And Evil Woman Blues Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2] Amazon
21Lowell Fulson Don't Be So Evil Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
22Gatemouth Moore Evil Gal's Jockey Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings Amazon
23Albert King I Get Evil More Big Blues Amazon
24Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Bad Blood Sportin' the Blues Disc 2 Amazon
25Ramona Hicks Evil and Blue Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939 Amazon
26Ollie Shepard King Of All Evil Vol. 2-1939-41 Amazon
27Walter Brown What Evil Have I Done? Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2 Amazon
28Alice Moore Black And Evil Blues Black Swan Sampler Amazon
29Koko Taylor Evil The Best of Koko Taylor Amazon
30Ella Fitzgerald Necessary Evil The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951 Amazon
31Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra I Want to Be Evil Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits Amazon
32Aretha Franklin Evil Gal Blues Aretha Sings The Blues Amazon

Leon Russell Tribute

Leon Russell Tribute
Leon Russell Tribute

To quote one blogger: “[Leon Russell] was one of the most adept and prolific session men of the 1960s rock scene, playing on more records and [alongside] more artists than many people could name, and his abilities and multi-instrumental proficiency would make him an unstoppable force when he debuted as an artist in his own right in the early seventies.” Summed up perfectly. And Deeper Roots will pay tribute to Leon with a look at his music, his songwriting prowess, the arc of his career, and the performances that made him that ‘unstoppable force’. We’ll hear from Joe Cocker, The Carpenters, George Benson, and (of course) Leon himself in a hastily gathered, but oh so sublime, show that honors an artist who we lost this past weekend. Tune into (and support) Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Leon Russell She Smiles Like A River Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
3Gary Lewis & The Playboys Everybody Loves A Clown The Legendary Masters Series Amazon
4Gary Lewis & The Playboys She's Just My Style The Legendary Masters Series Amazon
5Glen Campbell Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits Amazon
6Joe Cocker Delta Lady Ultimate Collection Amazon
7Richie Havens Tightrope Collection Amazon
8Freddie King Palace Of The King Ultimate Collection Amazon
9Freddie King Big Legged Woman Ultimate Collection Amazon
10Leon Russell Out in the Woods Retrospective Amazon
11Leon Russell Back to the Island Retrospective Amazon
12Amy Winehouse A Song for You Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amazon
13The Carpenters Superstar Singles 1969-1981 Amazon
14George Benson This Masquerade (single edit) Breezin' Amazon
15Leon Russell Watching The River Flow Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
16Leon Russell Dixie Lullaby Leon Russell [Bonus Track] Amazon
17Leon Russell Roll Away the Stone Retrospective Amazon
18Leon Russell Goodnight Irene Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
19Leon Russell Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Best Of Hank Wilson Amazon
20George Jones The Window Up Above With Leon Russell Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets Amazon
21Leon Russell Slow Train A Mighty Flood Amazon
22Elton John & Leon Russell If It Wasn't For Bad The Union [+digital booklet] Amazon
23Leon Russell Angel In Disguise Angel In Disguise Amazon
24Leon Russell Come On In My Kitchen Life Journey Amazon
25Leon Russell I See The Light Snapshot Amazon
26Leon Russell Im Afraid the Masquerade Is Over Life Journey Amazon
27Leon Russell A Song for You Retrospective Amazon

Gospel Dynamite II

Gospel Dynamite II
Gospel Dynamite II

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Hugh Laurie Didn't It Rain Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
3Amy Helm Didn't It Rain Didn't It Rain Amazon
4Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus Didn't It Rain Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
5Abyssinian Baptist Radio Choir Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody, Pts. 1&2 Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
6The Blackwood Brothers Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody Southern Gospel Heritage Series: The Blackwood Brothers Amazon
7Sweet Honey In The Rock Just a Closer Walk With Thee African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers Amazon
8Sweet Honey In the Rock Precious Memories Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
9Five Blind Boys of Mississippi Precious Memories 20th Century Masters – The Best Of Amazon
10Shirley Caesar And Ann Nesby The Stone Fighting Temptations Amazon
11The Million Dollar Quartet Old Time Religion The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
12The Louvin Brothers This Little Light Of Mine Close Harmony [Disc 3] Amazon
13Sam Cooke This Little Light Of Mine Sam Cooke At the Copa Amazon
14Sam Cooke That's Heaven To Me The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke Amazon
15Sam Cooke Touch The Hem Of His Garment Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
16Al Kooper Touch The Hem Of His Garment Naked Songs Amazon
17The Swan Silvertones Mary Don't You Weep Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel Amazon
18Long John Baldry Oh Mary Don't You Weep Remembering Leadbelly Amazon
19Bruce Springsteen O Mary Don't You Weep We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
20Sister Rosetta Tharpe This Train Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
21Linda Gail Lewis This Train Hard Rocking Woman Amazon
22Fisk Jubilee Singers Joshua Fit The Battle American Roots Music [Disc 3] Amazon
23Mahalia Jackson Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho [Album Version] Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns Amazon
24Louis Armstrong Bye and Bye 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
25The Golden Gate Quartet Bye and Bye Little Children Vol. 2 (1938-1939) Amazon
26Reverend Robert Ballinger How I Got Over 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
27Clara Ward & Ward Singers How I Got Over I Feel the Holy Spirit Amazon
28The Chambers Brothers People Get Ready Roots Of Folk Amazon
29Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions People Get Ready Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
30The Selah Singers He's My Rock, Sword And Shield Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
31The Selah Singers I'll Be Satisfied Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
32The Dixie Hummingbirds Let's Go Out to the Programs (Single) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
33Sister Rosetta Tharpe Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon

Gospel Dynamite I

Gospel Dynamite
Gospel Dynamite

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Golden Gate Quartet Rock My Soul The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD2] Amazon
3Reverend Robert Ballinger This Train 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
4Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys This Train Vintage Collections Amazon
5Ricky Nelson Glory Train Legacy [Disc 2] Amazon
6The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
7Mahalia Jackson I'm on My Way To Canaan 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
8Chet Atkins On My Way to Canaan's Land The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA] Amazon
9The Dillards I'll Fly Away There Is A Time: 1963-70 Amazon
10Willie and Bobbie Nelson I'll Fly Away Farther Along Amazon
11The Blind Boys Of Alabama I'll Fly Away Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion Amazon
12The Blind Boys Of Alabama Amazing Grace Spirit Of The Century Amazon
13Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues Amazing Grace Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2] Amazon
14The Golden Gate Quartet Swing Down, Chariot (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
15Elvis Presley Swing Down Sweet Chariot He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
16Elvis Presley Milky White Way Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
17CBS Trumpeteers Milky White Way I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
18Mahalia Jackson Take My Hand, Precious Lord Something to Believe In Amazon
19Fern Jones Take My Hand, Precious Lord The Glory Road Amazon
20Mike Farris Precious Lord, Take My Hand Salvation in Lights Amazon
21Bonnie Guitar Down By the Riverside The Velvet Lounge – By the Fireside Amazon
22Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Down by the Riverside The Gospel of Blues Amazon
23Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
24Johnny Cash Peace In The Valley Gospel Glory Amazon
25Elvis Presley Peace in the Valley Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
26Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Uncloudy Day Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
27The Staple Singers Uncloudy Day Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
28Smith Jubilee Singers Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Smith Jubilee Singers The History of Black Gospel Volume 6 Amazon
29Willie Nelson Just a Little Walk With Jesus Old Time Religion Amazon
30Loretta Lynn Old Time Religion All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 2] Amazon
31Reverend James Cleveland And The Caravans Old Time Religion Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
32Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus Didn't It Rain Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
33Fern Jones Didn't It Rain The Glory Road Amazon
34Elvis Presley Joshua Fit The Battle Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1) Amazon
35Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives This Little Light of Mine Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1 Amazon

Free Form – August 2016

 

Free Form - August 2016
Free Form – August 2016

Country, rock, gospel, tradition, blues, and ragtime…just a sampling of the styles that you’ll hear when you tune into Deeper Roots this week. We’ll feature some contemporary sounds from Luther Dickinson and Bruce Hornsby…classic country from Hank Snow and Webb Pierce…traditional standards from John Prine and Mac Wiseman…rock gems from Bo Diddley and Elvis Presley. And, believe or not…there’s more!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Glenn Yarbrough Baby The Rain Must Fall Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon
3Randy Newman Louisiana 1927 Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
4Randy Newman Every Man a King Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
5Bonnie Raitt Guilty Bonnie Raitt Collection Amazon
6Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
7Elvis Presley Burning Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
8Marty Stuart/The Staple Singers Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True) The Marty Party Hit Pack Amazon
9Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples) Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
10Mavis Staples Hard Times Come Again No More Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
11The Staple Singers Jacob's Ladder Freedom Highway Amazon
12Bruce Hornsby & The Noise Makers Celestial Railroad Rehab Reunion Amazon
13The Staple Singers Going Away Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
14Webb Pierce/Willie Nelson You're Not Mine Anymore In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart Amazon
15Hank Snow Rhumba Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
16Roy Hogsed Cocaine Blues Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
17Roy Rogers I'm Gonna Gallop Gallop To Gallup New Mexico Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
18Spade Cooley Yodelling Polka Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
19Jimmy Walker Detour Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
20Cyndi Lauper Detour (Featuring Emmylou Harris) Detour Amazon
21John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better or Worse Amazon
22John Prine & Mac Wiseman Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
23John Prine & Mac Wiseman Old Rugged Cross Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
24Bob Dylan Lone Pilgrim World Gone Wrong Amazon
25Ricky Skaggs A Voice from on High Soldier of the Cross Amazon
26Jorma Kaukonen Blues Stay Away From Me Blue Country Heart Amazon
27Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson I Am The Light Of This World Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
28Reverend Gary Davis I Am The Light Of This World Slippin' 'til My Gal Comes In Partner: Columbia University 1958-59 Amazon
29R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Georgia Camp Meeting (Radio Broadcast) R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
30R. Crumb And His Keep-on-Truckin' Orchestra River Blues R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
31The Boswell Sisters Down Among The Sheltering Palms The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
32Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders Sunnyside Up Paper Moon Amazon
33Cab Calloway Everybody Eats When They Come To My House Are You Hep To The Jive? Amazon
34Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon

Johnny Cash Tribute

Johnny Cash Tribute
Johnny Cash Tribute

Johnny Cash, like so many others, followed on the heels and inspiration of Elvis at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. But while others (save for possibly Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis) would fight for the scraps from this ‘new sound’, Johnny less-than-obligingly would ignore all the best advice. He began with the simplest of songs delivered in a farm boy’s tone and, with the Tennessee Three in tow, grew the sound into an identity.  Our show this week will lean on his own recordings as well as music from performers he was inspired by…we’ll also include music from contemporaries and those who he inspired.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny Cash Ring Of Fire Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound Amazon
3The Chuck Wagon Gang After The Sunrise [Album Version] Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon
4Brother Claude Ely There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down Favorite Sacred Songs Amazon
5Gene Autry I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
6Gene Autry High Steppin' Mama American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2] Amazon
7Bob Wills Faded Love For the Last Time Amazon
8Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys San Antonio Rose The Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
9The Carter Family Anchored In Love The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1] Amazon
10Johnny Cash Johnny Cash – Cowboy's Prayer Johnny Cash Interviews Amazon
11Goebel Reeves Cowboy's Prayer …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
12The Chuck Wagon Gang We Are Climbing Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
13Johnny Cash Big River His Sun Years: Down South Amazon
14Johnny Cash Hey Porter The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 1] Amazon
15Johnny Cash Five Feet High And Rising Songs Of Our Soil Amazon
16Johnny Cash Pickin' Time The Fabulous Johnny Cash Amazon
17Johnny Cash/The Carter Family Keep on the Sunny Side Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
18Johnny Cash I Walk The Line Classic Country Amazon
19June Carter Cash Oh, Susannah Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
20Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter Fair and Tender Ladies Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
21Johnny Cash & June Carter Jackson Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter Amazon
22Rosanne Cash I Still Miss Someone Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash Amazon
23Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan Girl From The North Country Nashville Skyline Amazon
24Johnny Cash Man in Black 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
25Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave American VI: Ain't No Grave Amazon
26Johnny Cash Tear Stained Letter American IV: Man Comes Around Amazon
27Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues At Folsom Prison Amazon
28George Jones/Johnny Cash I Got Stripes My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
29Rosanne Cash Tennessee Flat Top Box King's Record Shop Amazon
30Emmylou Harris; The Milk Carton Kids Apache Tears Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited Amazon
31Bruce Springsteen Give My Love To Rose Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash Amazon
32Johnny Cash Wanted Man The Mystery Of Life Amazon
33Bob Dylan Train Of Love Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash Amazon
34Dwight Yoakam Understand Your Man Dwight's Used Records Amazon

Dylan Covers

Dylan Covers
Dylan Covers

Our weekly show celebrates (albeit somewhat belatedly) Bob Dylan’s 75th birthday by tipping our caps not with his performances but with a collection of by others’ tribute pieces. We’ll hear songs written by Bob through the years and tell you the history of many of them at the same time. Tracks from Bobby Bare, Mavis Staples, Solomon Burke, Hazel Dickens, and Bill Frisell make this an eclectic journey on a Friday evening in Sonoma County. Be sure to tune in!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel O.C.M.S. Amazon
3Sarah Jarosz Simple Twist of Fate Build Me Up From Bones Amazon
4Joan Baez I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine Baez Sings Dylan Amazon
5Bette Midler I Shall Be Released Bette Midler Amazon
6Bobby Bare Farewell Angelina Darker Than Light Amazon
7Marshall Crenshaw My Back Pages Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village In The 60's Amazon
8Flatt & Scruggs Nashville Skyline Rag Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane Amazon
9Hazel Dickens Only a Hobo It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song Amazon
10New Riders of the Purple Sage Farewell Angelina The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Amazon
11Peter Case Long Time Gone HWY 62 Amazon
12Stephen Stills The Ballad Of Hollis Brown Stills Alone Amazon
13Joan Osborne Man in the Long Black Coat Relish Amazon
14R.L. Burnside Everything Is Broken Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
15Susan Tedeschi Lord Protect My Child Hope and Desire Amazon
16Julie London Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 1 Amazon
17Solomon Burke What Good Am I? Make Do With What You Got Amazon
18Sounds Of Blackness Solid Rock [Album Version] Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan Amazon
19Mavis Staples Gotta Serve Somebody Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
20The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver Every Grain Of Sand I'll Find A Way Amazon
21Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins Handle With Care Rabbit Fur Coat Amazon
22The Byrds All I Really Want to Do The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
23The Turtles It Ain't Me Babe 20 Greatest Hits Amazon
24Antony With Bryce Dessner I Was Young When I Left Home Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1] Amazon
25Rod Stewart Only A Hobo Gasoline Alley Amazon
26Sophie Zelmani Most Of The Time Masked & Anonymous Amazon

A Gospel Baptismal

A Gospel Baptismal
A Gospel Baptismal

Dave Stroud will explore the gospel form, both African American and Country, focusing on the theme of ‘going to the water’ to be saved. The songs reflect the celebration of ‘washing the soul’ as a tradition of a Christian faith. The performers will include Da Costa Woltz, Clefs of Harmony, Dock Walsh, and Ernest Stoneman’s Dixie Mountaineers. There will also be a helping of passionate sermons to make sure we keep our paths straight.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Gee's Bend Residents Good Evening Everybody (I've Been to the River and I've Been Baptized) How We Got Over: Sacred Songs of Gee's Bend Amazon
3Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters Baptist Shout Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers (1927-1929) Amazon
4Mountain Ramblers Baptizing Down By The Creek Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
5Bill Monroe The Old Country Baptising Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 2] Amazon
6The Louvin Brothers The River Of Jordan Satan Is Real Amazon
7Zion Harmonizers Brother Moses Smote The Water Best of Louisiana Music SAMPLER Amazon
8Tommiettes Gospel Singers Have You Been Through The Water Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
9The Golden Gate Quartet Dip Your Fingers in the Water Vol. 4 (1939-1943) Amazon
10The Golden Gate Quartet Wade in the Water CD 2 the Recent Years Amazon
11The Staple Singers Wade In The Water Freedom Highway Amazon
12The Reverend J.M. Gates Baptize Me Take Me To The Water Amazon
13Elder JE Burch Baptism By Water, And Baptism By The Holy Ghost Take Me To The Water Amazon
14The Blind Boys Of Alabama Take Me To The Water I'll Find A Way Amazon
15The Harmonizing Four Wade In The Water The Essential Guide To Gospel Amazon
16Skylarks Baptism Of Jesus I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
17Clefs of Harmony Baptized This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
18Selah Jubilee Singers It's Cool Down Yonder By Chilly Jordan Vol. 2-(1941-44/45) Amazon
19Sam Cook & Soul Stirrers Jesus Gave Me Water Great Gospel – No Tears in Heaven Amazon
20The Holmes Brothers I Surrender All Gospel Brunch Classics Amazon
21The Chuck Wagon Gang & The Orthophonic Choir Shall We Gather At The River Orthophonic Joy Amazon
22The Carter Family On My Way To Canaan's Land The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3] Amazon
23Dock Walsh Bathe In That Beautiful Pool Take Me To The Water Amazon
24Ricky Skaggs River Of Jordan Family And Friends Amazon
25Ernest Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers Down To Jordan And Be Saved The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [[Disc 4]] Amazon
26Washington Phillips Denomination Blues Part 1 Take Me To The Water Amazon
27Vaetta Stewart And Heavenly Tones Of Berkeley I Love The Lord Swingin' On The Golden Gate Volume 2: A Survey Of Bay Area Gospel Amazon
28Rev. Arthur Ransburg And The Voices Of Christ Of Berkeley I've Already Been To The Water Swingin' On The Golden Gate, Volume 2: A Survey Of Bay Area Gospel Amazon
29Delaney & Bonnie Wade In The River Of Jordan D & B Together Amazon
30Nina Simone Take Me To The Water Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul Amazon
31Charlie Haden & Hank Jones Wade in the Water Steal Away / Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs Amazon
32Jean Ritchie Now Is The Cool Of The Day Coal Country Music Amazon
33Apostles Of Music Wade In the Water Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
34Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water Heatin' Up Amazon