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The Great American Songbook

February 27, 2021 Dave Leave a comment

Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Songs of Free Men
3	George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Summertime	Porgy & Bess
5	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
6	Loudon Wainwright III	You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)	I'd Rather Lead a Band
7	Dinah Washington	They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
8	Billie Holiday	Autumn in New York	Ken Burns Jazz
9	Omara Portuondo	El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away)	Black Magic (Magia Negra)
10	Desi Arnaz	Holiday In Havana	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
11	Perez Prado	Cuban Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
12	Xavier Cugat	Papa Loves Mambo	Lounge Music Goes Latin
13	Stephen Foster	Beautiful Dreamer	The Songs of Stephen Foster
14	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
15	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Oh! Susanna	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
16	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
17	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	78s
18	Dirk Powell	I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly	When I Wait For You
19	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
20	Nelstone's Hawaiians	Village School	The Harry Smith B-Sides
21	Dock Boggs	Oh Death	Dock Boggs Is Legendary
22	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Night And Day	Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
24	Bettye LaVette	Blues For The Weepers	Blackbirds
25	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
26	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
27	The Stoneman Family	Too Late	The Harry Smith B-Sides
28	Mississippi John Hurt	Nobody's Dirty Business	The Harry Smith B-Sides
29	M. Ward	Along the Santa Fe Trail	Migration Stories
30	Ella Fitzgerald	In The Still Of The Night	Music & Moonlight

The Year 1939

February 19, 2021 Dave Leave a comment

While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell, A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Louis Armstrong	Jeepers Creepers	Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
3	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Tain't What You Do	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
5	Count Basie's Kansas City 7	Lester Leaps In	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
6	Woody Herman	Woodchopper's Ball	Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
7	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
8	Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
9	Billie Holiday	Them There Eyes	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06]
10	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra	Old Man Harlem	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
11	Marlene Dietrich	Falling In Love Again	The Blue Angel
12	Bob Hope & Shirley Ross	Thanks for the Memory	Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2
13	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
14	Bing Crosby	You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	The Harry Warren Songbook
15	Xavier Cugat	Perfidia	Say "Si Si"
16	Vaughn Monroe	In The Still Of The Night	First Crooners : Vol. 3-1935-40
17	Frankie Masters and His Orchestra	Scatter-Brain (Theme Song)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
18	Cab Calloway	The Jumpin' Jive	Best Of The Big Bands
19	Kay Kyser	Three Little Fishes	Sentimental Favorites
20	Coleman Hawkins	Body And Soul	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
21	The Ink Spots	Address Unknown	Greatest Hits
22	The Ink Spots	If I Didn't Care	Greatest Hits
23	Glenn Miller Orchestra	In The Mood	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
24	Slim Gaillard And His Flat Foot Floogie Boys	Matzah Balls	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
25	Charlie Barnet	Cherokee	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 3
26	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Diga, Diga Doo	Wicked Swing
27	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra W. Martha Tilton	And the Angels Sing	Too Marvelous For Words
28	Guy Lombardo	Penny Serenade	Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo
29	Bea Wain With Larry Clinton And His Orchestra	Deep Purple	White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1]
30	Lionel Hampton	I've Found a New Baby	Wicked Swing
31	Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson	Roll 'Em Pete	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
32	Chick Webb and his Orchestra v/Ella Fitzgerald	Undecided	from CD; orig. Decca 2323

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Begin the Beguine

January 30, 2021 Dave Leave a comment

This past January was as much a month to remember as it was to forget. We’ll keep the serenity we need by softening the blow with music while also celebrating the good with swing, country, rhythm and gospel in another eclectic free form show on Sonoma County community radio. Cold weather and rain arrives so we’ll share the soul sounds of William Bell and Johnnie Taylor, some folk rock from Linda Ronstadt, swing vocals from The Mills Brothers and The Four Vagabonds, and gospel with Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers. We’ll visit Shenandoah, The Red River Valley, and Forty Miles of Bad Road in our Friday morning show, recorded this week in the Deeper Roots Den. I hope you’ll join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Michael Nesmith	Begin The Beguine	Tropical Campfires
3	Mikki Wilcox	Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues	Sun Ballads 1953-62
4	Maria Muldaur	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues	Love Wants to Dance
5	The Four Vagabonds	Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Shenandoah	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 2]
7	Duane Eddy	Forty Miles Of Bad Road	Dance With The Guitar Man
8	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	The Image of Me	Playback Disc 5
9	Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban	Patricia	Hear Music, Vol. 9: Souvenirs
10	The Texas Tornados	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights	The Best Of Texas Tornados
11	Glories	Dark End Of The Street	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
12	Bessie Banks	Go Now	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
13	William Bell	Everybody Loves a Winner	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
14	Wilson Pickett	I'm In Love	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
15	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax Number Ones
16	Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight	I'll Take You There
17	Elvis Presley	I Gotta Know	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
18	Marshall Crenshaw	I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)	Downtown
19	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
20	The Jack Fords	That's All You Gotta Do	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
21	Big Boy Groves	I Gotta New Car	Fool Mule
22	Corey Glover	Three Time Loser	Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
23	The Mills Brothers	Glow Worm	The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
24	Charlie Barnet	Flying Home	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 6
25	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
26	Lou Rawls (2nd Vocal) & The Pilgrim Travelers	Come Home	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
27	Aretha Franklin	Never Grow Old	None But the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats
28	Merle Haggard	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive	Capitol Collector's Series
29	The Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt	Different Drum	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
30	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
31	Roy Rogers	Moonlight On The Prairie	Country Music Hall Of Fame
32	Chris Hillman	When I Get A Little Money	Bidin' My Time
33	Rick Nelson	Hello Mary Lou	Greatest Love Songs
34	Carla Thomas/Rufus Thomas	Birds and the Bees	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
35	The Bar-Kays	Soul Finger	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)

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New Orleans R&B

January 22, 2021 Dave Leave a comment

We just can’t get enough of this sound, a blend of sounds that cannot be pushed away with the urban renewal of auto-tune and electronic pasteurization. It’s long history of inspiration whose roots are driven by centuries of influence, from Congo Square to Rampart Street, and beyond. Our show today returns to the humid southern climes at the mouth of the Mississippi for some of the very best of rhythm, from Cosimo Matassa’s studios to the clubs that pepper the Crescent City on Bourbon Street. Popular rhythm and blues today from Nawlins inclues some Fats, Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Paul Gayen, Frankie Ford, and a couple dozen others giving us that signature percussive backbeat embellished by pounding piano. It’s a Friday evening celebration here on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Boy Myles	New Orleans	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
3	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	The Monkey [Album Version]	The New Orleans Album
4	Fats Domino	When The Saints Go Marchin' In	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
5	Dr. John	Somebody Changed The Lock	Dr. John's Gumbo
6	Huey "Piano" Smith	Mean Mean Mean	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
7	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
8	Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl	Absolutely the Best
9	Frankie Ford	It Must Be Jelly	Very Best Of Frankie Ford
10	Lee Diamond&The Upsetters	Hattie Malatti	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
11	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
12	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	My Feet Can't Fail Me Now	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
13	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	R&B Outbreak CD 2
14	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	It Won't Be Long	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
15	Edgar Blanchard	Honeycomb	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
16	Charles "Hungry" Williams	So Glad You're Mine	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
17	Champion Jack Dupree	Mail Order Woman	New Orleans R&B Outbreak
18	Paul Marvin	Hurry Up	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
19	Paul Gayten	For You My Love	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
20	Larry Williams	Bad Boy	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
21	Fats Domino	Please Don't Leave Me	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
22	Smiley Lewis	Mama Don't Like	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
23	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn	Educated Fool	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
24	Kermit Ruffins	Holy Cow	Livin' A Tremi Life
25	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
26	Jewel King	3×7=21	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]
27	Irma Thomas	Look Up (AKA Whenever)	Soul Queen of New Orleans
28	Eddie Bo	Roamin-Itis	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
29	Zorro & The Zips	Frankie & Johnny	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
30	Danny White	Let's Play	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
31	The Showmen	True Fine Mama	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
32	Lee Diamond &The Upsetters	It Won't Be Me	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
33	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Alimony	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
34	Jessie Hill	Scoop Scoobie Doobie	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
35	Earl King	No City Like New Orleans	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
36	Galactic	Go Go	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans

Songs About Singing

January 15, 2021 Dave Leave a comment

Sing it loud! It’s a whole new year and our country can take heart without letting our guard down. We’ll celebrate a fresh new start knowing that hard work lies ahead with a two hour show featuring the theme of ‘singing’. Join Dave Stroud once more for a mixed bag; an eclectic blend of sounds from the past century featuring the likes of Ukulele Ike, Wingy Manone, The Cats & The Fiddle, John Sebastian, Cat Power, and a couple of dozen more, all belting out songs about the very act of singing. We’ll take you down Memory Lane with old fashioned songs, simple songs of gospel and freedom, swinging low, singing high, and those joyful sing-alongs we’ve shared over the past century. That’s right. It’s theme time on this week’s Deeper Roots show and we’d love to have you. Join in the festivities.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tony Bennett	Sing You Sinners [#]	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
3	Katie Crippen with Henderson's Novelty Ork.	Play 'Em For Mamma, Sing 'Em For Me (BS 2003, P-104-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
4	Cab Calloway	I Love to Sing-A (From 'The Singing Kid')	Chronological 1934-37
5	The Boswell Sisters	Sing A Little Jingle	The Boswell Sisters Collection
6	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Sing Me A Swing Song	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
7	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain	Golden Memories of Stage and Screen-Disc1
8	Pat Boone	It's a Grand Night For Singing	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
9	Ella Fitzgerald	Sing Song Swing	The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald – [Disc 2]
10	June Christy	Sing Something Simple	The Misty Miss Christy
11	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	SInging-ing-ing	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
12	Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination	Sing (A Happy Little Thing)	Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935
13	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Sing An Old Fashioned Song	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
14	Nellie Lutcher	If You Wanna Get T'Goin' (And Come Out Singing)	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3]
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	I'm Singing, So Help Me	The Very Best Of
16	Dr. John	Sing Along Song (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
17	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
18	Cat Power	Aretha, Sing One For Me	Jukebox
19	B.B. King	Why I Sing the Blues	Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics
20	Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen	One More Voice Singing In Heaven Tonight	Keeper Of The Flame
21	Edward W. Clayborn	I Heard The Angels Singing	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel
22	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Gospel of Blues
23	Curley Williams	Just A-Picking And A-Singing	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
24	John Sebastian	Singing The Blues	Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 2]
25	Stonewall Jackson	You're the Sad in My Songs	Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967
26	Gale Garnett	We'll Sing In The Sunshine	Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2]
27	Louie Innis	Sing Your Song Baby	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
28	Ferlin Husky	23 – I Could Sing All Night	Ferlin Husky Singles
29	Carl Perkins	Sing My Song	(2000) Back On Top (CD 3)
30	Charlie Monroe	I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing (TK A)	The Chronological Classics 1950-1956
31	Barbara Dane	Don't Sing Love Songs (Silver Dagger)	Anthology of American Folk Songs
32	Tim Hardin	Simple Song Of Freedom	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1]
33	Tex Ritter & His Texans	Singing in the Saddle	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
34	The New Seekers	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	70s Music Explosion – Sunshine

Big Band Blowout!

December 18, 2020 Dave Leave a comment

Swing with us here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning, one week ahead of the Christmas festivities. The big band sound is that apple pie sound that grew out of the traveling musicians and dance hall bands of the 1920s. From the radio to ballrooms across the land, as the jazz orchestras grew in size, the arrangements had to be formalized to avoid mass confusion. The arranger became the focal point of the band. Improvisation during solos was written into the arrangements but their location and duration were controlled and the vocal stylings grew around the easy flowing style of the evolving jazz that would become known as ‘Swing’. Tune in for two hours of exploration of a century of America’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Benny Goodman	King Porter Stomp	RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's
3	Benny Carter (With Lionel Hampton Orchestra)	I'm in the Mood for Swing	RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's
4	Chick Webb	Go Harlem	Stompin' At The Savoy
5	Cab Calloway	The Jumpin' Jive	Best Of The Big Bands
6	Benny Goodman	When Buddha Smiles	Stompin' at the Savoy
7	Count Basie	Doggin' Around	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie
8	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra / Artie Shaw's Symphony Swing	Begin The Beguine (LP Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
9	Glenn Miller Orchestra	In The Mood	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
10	Woody Herman	Woodchopper's Ball	Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
11	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Why Don't You Do Right	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
12	Charlie Barnet	Skyliner	Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
13	Les Brown	Bizet Has His Day	Best of the Big Bands
14	Woody Herman & His Orchestra	Four Brothers	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
15	Ella Fitzgerald	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
16	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Tuxedo Junction	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
17	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Let's Dance	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
18	Duke Ellington	Take The A Train	Watch The Closing Doors – A History Of New Yorks Musical Melting Pot Vol 1 1945-59 (CD 1)
19	Tony Pastor	Bell Bottom Trousers	Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
20	Benny Goodman	Sing, Sing, Sing (Part I)	Sing, Sing, Sing
21	Woody Herman	Apple Honey	The Essence of Woody Herman
22	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Moonlight Serenade	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
23	Artie Shaw	Stardust	Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
24	Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra	I'll Be Seeing You	Kiss the Boys Goodbye: Classic Songs from World War II, Vol.1
25	Tommy Dorsey	Opus One	Stompin' At The Savoy
26	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	A String of Pearls	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
27	Benny Goodman	Stompin' At The Savoy	Stompin' At The Savoy
28	The Andrew Sisters	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	Double Goldies [CD2]
29	Artie Shaw	I Got the Sun in the Morning	The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 4 – Little Jazz
30	Harry James	You Made Me Love You	Time-Life Swing Era – 1940-1941 [Disc 1]
31	Doris Day/Les Brown	Sentimental Journey	Those Wonderful Years: Sentimental Journey 1930's & 1940's

Tiki Torch Exotica

November 6, 2020 Dave

This week’s Deeper Roots takes an historical journey into a sidelight of America’s music: Exotica. The music was a phenomenon mostly attributed to a popularity born of World War II; servicemen returning from the South Seas, Hawaii, and other Asian locales had been exposed to the music and culture. Post-war found two composers who nurtured this sudden boom of south sea influences: Les Baxter and Martin Denny, both releasing groundbreaking popular performances that were an instant success. Even though these two composers were among a small cast of characters, like any popular American music that showed legs on the charts, their sound led to copy-cats and variations on the theme that were too eclectic to pigeonhole and today’s show will tap into a few of those nooks and crannies. It’s all in good fun with wild and sensual sounds from the lounge of mid-century performers like Arthur Lyman, Yma Sumac, Peggy Lee, and 80 Drums Around the World. We’ll also dig into some novel easy listening sounds from the deeper, dustier archives, retooled for a new generation by the Numero Group on their anthology called Technicolor Paradise, release in 2018. Join the rest of the castaways on our two hour tour this week on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Arthur Lyman	Quiet Village	The Very Best of Arthur Lyman – The Sensual Sounds of Exotica
3	Les Baxter	Simba	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
4	The Blue Hawaiians	Martini Five-O	Sway
5	Peggy Lee	Bali Ha'i	The Capitol Collector's Series
6	Martin Denny	Quiet Village	Exotica/Exotica Volume 2
7	Chick Floyd & His Orchestra	Hana Maui	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
8	80 Drums Around the World	Caravan	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
9	The Arthur Lyman Group	La Paloma	Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6
10	Yma Sumac	Bo Mambo	Sampler Exotica
11	Disney	The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room (The Tiki Room Attraction)	The Disney Collection, Vol. 1
12	Tak Shindo	Bali Ha'i	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
13	Martin Denny	Beyond The Sea (La Mer)	Exotica III/The Enchanted Sea
14	Voodoos	Voodoo Walk	Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
15	Eddie Kochak And Hakki Obidia	Jazz In Port Said	Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
16	The Centuries	Polynesian Paradise	Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
17	Bas Sheva	Lust	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
18	Webley Edwards	Alika	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
19	Arthur Lyman Group	Yellow Bird	Music for a Bachelor's Den
20	Martin Denny	Hypnotique	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
21	Ross Anderson Chorus & Orchestra	Tam-Bu Theme	Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
22	Fred Darian With Bill Loose Orchestra	Magic Voodoo Moon	Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
23	Bill & Jean Bradway	Paradise Isle	Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
24	Chico Jose	Locura (Madness)	Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
25	The Crew	Jaguar Hunt	Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
26	Arthur Lyman	Jungle Drums (1963)	Yellow Bird & Taboo
27	Danny Staton	The Riddle Of The Papawhos (Bonus)	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
28	Marti Barris	Ahbe Casabe	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
29	Jack La Forge	Cleopatra Kick	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
30	Bill Haley & His Comets	Chick Safari	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
31	Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm	Katanga!	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
32	Claus Ogerman Orchestra	Green Onions	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
33	Yma Sumac	Babalu	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica
34	Don Tiki	Exotica	Fifty Greatest Hawai'i Albums Of All Time
35	Duke Robillard/Sunny Crownover	Tico Tico	Tales from the Tiki Lounge

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Mama’s Getting Hot

October 23, 2020 Dave

Free Form Friday is considered the calm before two upcoming events, both suspenseful in nature. Halloween and Election Day. Halloween because we’ll be sharing some of the haunted reminders as well as social distancing, whereas Election Day will send the right message and send the ghouls, rats, and seditionists scurrying back to their nests. This morning’s music is the bright reminder that good still can come of our situation, taking a time out for music that keeps us centered. We’ll make the leap from Mama Cass to Geraint Watkins, Ella to Laura Nyro, John Prine to The Beach Boys…all in perfect form. Join Dave Stroud for another celebration of a hundred years of America’s music on KOWS radio, a bastion of free speech and no bull, streaming to your ears on www.freespeechnobull.com. And donate to support community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmie Davis	Mama's Getting Hot And Papa's Getting Cold	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
3	Nina Simone	Stompin' At The Savoy	The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
4	Louis Armstrong	A Kiss To Build A Dream On	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
5	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	C'Est Si Bon
6	Mama Cass Elliot	New World Coming	Mama's Big Ones
7	The Soul Stirrers	Resting Easy	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
8	Laura Nyro	And When I Die	Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2)
9	Rosanne Cash	Save The Country	Time & Love, The Music of Laura Nyro
10	The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett	Long Time Gone (Dustbowl Version)	a Place at the Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
11	Levon Helm	Rag Mama Rag	Ramble at the Ryman
12	John Prine/Miranda Lambert	Cold Cold Heart	For Better, Or Worse
13	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	Standard Songs for Average People
14	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything
15	Dave Van Ronk	Green, Green Rocky Road	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
16	Grateful Dead	Rosa Lee McFall	Reckoning
17	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	New Moon Over My Shoulder	Mac Doc Del
18	Dolly Parton	My Tennessee Mountain Home	1972
19	Maria Muldaur	Any Old Time	Maria Muldaur
20	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	All I Have to Do Is Dream	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 2
21	Len Barry	1-2-3	Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On
22	The Beach Boys	Heroes and Villains [Track Only][*]	Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 5
23	Geraint Watkins	Heroes and Villains	Dial 'W' for Watkins
24	Geraint Watkins	Two Rocks	Dial 'W' for Watkins
25	Mink Deville	A Train Lady	The Mink De Ville Collection
26	The Holmes Brothers	(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?	State Of Grace
27	Nick Lowe	Here Comes That Feeling	Lay It On Me
28	Brenda Lee	Here Comes That Feelin'	Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
29	Louis Armstrong	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Louis And The Good Book
30	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Gospel Train
31	Duane Eddy	Streets of Laredo	Rebel Rouser
32	Boyd Bennett & His Rockets	Cool Disc Jockey	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio Vol.5
33	Fats Domino	Blue Monday	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals

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Murder Most Foul

October 9, 2020 Dave

Our show this week is brought to you by a song, a narrative like no other Bob Dylan has ever produced. Murder Most Foul was released earlier this year as the first single from his latest album Rough and Rowdy Ways. It is a 16 minute narration of cultural reflection that speaks to the passing of time in the context of what has been lost and what still might be lost yet still celebrating our gains. The Kennedy assassination is one of those times that we reflect on, remembering the day that it happened with as much clarity as time permits. What Dylan does is use pastel images of ‘what was then’ with who we are now as he speaks to cultural touchstones in his (and our) life. And he warns us, once again, that the times are indeed changin’ and that we should likely hear this song as a storm warning. Tune into for a listen. Two hours of Deeper Roots this week. You can also find out more about the Dylan song at https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/murder-most-foul-and-the-haunting-of-america.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nina Simone	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	Anthology Disc 1
3	Bob Dylan	Murder Most Foul	Murder Most Foul
4	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)	Satchmo Plays King Oliver
5	Erroll Garner Trio	Misty	Your Hit Parade – 1954
6	Miles Davis	Stella by Starlight	'58 Sessions
7	Julie London	Cry Me A River	Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl
8	Nat King Cole	On The Street Where You Live	The World Of Nat King Cole
9	Marie Knight	The Old Rugged Cross	Hallelujah What A Song!
10	Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
11	The Platters	Twilight Time	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
12	The Fleetwoods	Tragedy	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
13	Gerry & the Pacemakers – Freddie & the Dreamers	Ferry Cross The Mersey	Back 2 Back Hits
14	Elvis Presley	Long Black Limousine	From Elvis in Memphis
15	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	The Kingston Trio	Tom Dooley	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
17	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits
18	Marilyn Monroe	Happy Birthday To JFK	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
19	Lena Horne	Love Me Or Leave Me	RCA Records Label: The 1st Note in Black Music [Disc 3]
20	The Beach Boys	The Warmth of the Sun	Endless Summer
21	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
22	Larry Williams	Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version]	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
23	The Staple Singers	Wade In The Water	Freedom Highway
24	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
25	Billy Joel	Only The Good Die Young	The Stranger
26	Richard Burton	Camelot	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
27	Toussaint McCall	Nothing Takes The Place Of You	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
28	The Animals	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	The Most of the Animals
29	Billy Bob Thornton	He Was A Friend Of MIne	Private Radio

Broken Hearts For Sale

September 19, 2020 Dave

It’s theme time once more. We’ve got songs about the broken hearts, tears, and childhood souvenirs…but mostly broken hearts. Lost love, faded love, and remembering old love letters from the book of broken hearts featuring country, soul, and rhythm, all from the past century. Join in for some classic country from Don Williams and Billy Walker, brassy vocals from Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday, late movie Elvis, and a couple of rockabilly legends named Sonny Burgess and Warren Smith. And don’t miss out on Mary Wells, Jimmy Ruffin, Tom Petty, and The Louvin Brothers this week. It’s all there…a common theme in songwriting for being relatable, illustrative, and purposeful in its singular stories of love and loss. Tune into KRJF 92.3 FM, Sonoma County Community Radio with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Souvenirs	Souvenirs
3	Anita Carter	A Pair of Broken Hearts (with Hank Snow)	Warped 5627 – Anita Carter – 1956 – 1962
4	Willie Nelson	My Broken Heart Belongs To You	It Always Will Be
5	Don Williams	Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend	The Definitive Collection
6	Charlie Walker	Broken Hearts Will Haunt Your Soul	Charlie Walker – 1959-1964
7	Billy Walker	You're Gonna Pay With A Broken Heart	Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
8	Hank Williams	Men With Broken Hearts	Beyond The Sunset
9	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Take A Look At This Broken Heart Of Mine	This Broken Heart Of Mine
10	Johnny & Jonie Mosby	Line of Broken Hearts	Make a Left and Then a Right
11	Warren Smith	Book Of Broken Hearts	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
12	Johnny Cash	Story of a Broken Heart	The Sun Country Box
13	Sean McConnell	Another Song About A Broken Heart	Secondhand Smoke
14	Tom Petty	Only a Broken Heart	Wildflowers
15	Sonny Burgess	One Broken Heart	Rock n' Roll Legend
16	Elvis Presley	One Broken Heart for Sale	Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco
17	Doug C & The Blacklisted	Working On My Next Broken Heart	Hit and Run
18	The Contessas	Broken Heart	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
19	Jewel Paige	I'm Left With A Broken Heart	Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3
20	Peggy Lee	All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart	The Capitol Collector's Series
21	Billie Holiday	You Can't Lose A Broken Heart	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]
22	Nat King Cole	You Can't Lose A Broken Heart	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
23	Sam Browne	Happy-Go-Lucky You and Broken-Hearted Me	Hits of '32
24	Cleo Brown	Give A Broken Heart A Break	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
25	The Cadillacs	Broken Heart	For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
26	The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama	Broken Heart Of Mine	Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion
27	Nat Hall With The Mellow 3	A Broken Hearted Clown	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 3]
28	Mary Wells	Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased)	Looking Back 1961-1964
29	The Miracles	Broken Hearted [Single Version]	The 35th Anniversary Collection
30	Jimmy Ruffin	What Becomes of the Brokenhearted	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
31	Al Green	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?	More Greatest Hits
32	k.d. lang	Trail of Broken Hearts	Recollection CD 1

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