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Papa Come Quick

May 22, 2020 Dave Leave a comment

Friday morning free form sounds from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. We’ve been doing this Deeper Roots thing for almost nine years and, if you’re a regular, you’ll know that Dave’s always itching for a free form collection of sounds to complement the targeted shows that are featured weekly. This week we’ll be rolling out some Bill Kirchen, Dave Van Ronk, Ricky Nelson, Annisteen Allen, and Ethel Merman…to name a few. Blues, country, doo wop, rhythm & blues, gospel, and jazz all bundled up for your late spring listening enjoyment while sequestered for health and safety. Tune in on your FM if you’re local at 92.5 or stream us at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Geraint Watkins	Bring Me the Head of My So Called Lover	Dial 'W' for Watkins
3	Washboard Rhythm Kings, Washboard Rhythm Band	The Coming Home of Hi-De-Hoo	All Time Jazz: Washboard Rhythm Kings
4	C.W. Stoneking	Jungle Lullaby	Jungle Blues
5	Ethel Merman	Eadie Was A Lady	Ethel Merman Cocktail Hour [Disc 1]
6	Dave Van Ronk	Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out	Bound For Glory
7	Andrew Bird	Three White Horses	Hands of Glory
8	Peggy Lee	Old Devil Moon (Jump For Joy)	Jump For Joy (Four Classic Albums)
9	Jimmy Jones	Good Timin	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
10	The Fiestas	I4m Your Slave	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
11	Cab Calloway	Jungle King (You Ain't Done A Doggone Thing)	Are You Hep To The Jive?
12	Top Note	Hearts Of Stone	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
13	Red Foley	Hearts Of Stone	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
14	Doug Sahm	I Wanna Be Your Mama Again	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
15	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
16	Brenda Lee	(If I'm Dreaming) Just Let Me Dream	The Precious Years
17	Whitney Rose	Tied To The Wheel	Rule 62
18	Bill Kirchen	Tied to the Wheel	Tied to the Wheel
19	Bill Kirchen	Down to Seeds and Stems Again	Seeds and Stems
20	Louis Armstrong	This Train	Louis And The Good Book
21	Ricky Nelson	Glory Train	Legacy [Disc 2]
22	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	The Sinking of the Ruben James	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
23	Arlo Guthrie	Ukulele Lady	Hobo's Lullaby
24	Neil Young	Bound for Glory	Old Ways
25	Bonnie Raitt	Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico)	Luck of the Draw
26	Leon Russell	Roll Away the Stone	Retrospective
27	Ike & Tina Turner	Its Gonna Work Out Fine	Pure R&B: Vol. 3- Let the Good Times Roll [Disc 2]
28	The Dovells	Bristol Stomp	Prom Night: Vol. 4- So Much In Love [Disc 2]
29	Warren Zevon	Keep Me in Your Heart	The Wind
30	Lucinda Williams	Price To Pay	Lucinda Williams

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Devil In Me

May 15, 2020 Dave Leave a comment

Dark days with the devil. Self-centered, morally lacking, and incapable of empathizing with human kind. Sound like someone you know? This morning’s show finds us down in the hole where Satan never sleeps and where darkness pervades. There’s a very wide range of topics in our show, including the harnessing of the atom, the soul of man, and the valley where Jordan slices across the heart. Hillbillies from hell, a trip to St. James Infirmary, the lion’s den, and the belly of the whale are all to be seen with tracks from Brother Claude, the Jordan River Boys, The Doors, El Radio Fantastique, and Otis Spann in a show that is certain to have you taking stock of yesterday, today, and tomorrow as we make this social distancing a not-so-transient fixture in our lives. Balance this theme against the sun shining bright on a Spring morning in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Harry S. Truman	Speeches, Truman, Harry S. The First Atomic Bomb Attack On Japan Aug 06, 1945	Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 2 – the Changing World
3	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Close Harmony [Disc 7]
4	El Radio Fantastique	Devil Inside Me	Waking the Dead
5	The Doors	Moonlight Drive [Version 1]	The Doors [Bonus Tracks]
6	Johnny Cash	The Man Comes Around[Early]	Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs
7	Jordan River Boys	When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time	When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51
8	John Fogerty	Goin' Back Home	Eye Of The Zombie
9	Timi Yuro	Satan Never Sleeps	I'm So Hurt
10	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)	Satchmo Plays King Oliver
11	Hoyt Axton	The Devil	American Originals
12	Lead Belly	Black Betty	Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
13	Elvis Presley	Run On	Artist of the Century Disc 2
14	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Jonah	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
15	Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals	The Great Atomic Power	Song of America
16	The Louvin Brothers	River of Jordan	Long Play Collection
17	Brother Claude Ely	I Want To Go To Heaven	Satan Get Back
18	Ralph Stanley	Are You Washed In The Blood	A Mother's Prayer
19	George Jones	Please Take the Devil Out of Me	Heartbreak Hotel (Gonna Shake This Shack)
20	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
21	Eels	Fresh Blood	Hombre Lobo
22	Tom Waits	Way Down In The Hole	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
23	Bill Jennings	Billy In The Lion's Den	Wailin' Vol. 1
24	Otis Spann	It Must Have Been The Devil	Walking The Blues
25	Jack Leonard	A Visit From The Devil	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26	Anita Carter	Satan's Child	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
27	The Devil Makes Three	Down In The Valley	Redemption & Ruin
28	Julie Miller	The Devil Is an Angel	15 Years of American Music
29	The Youngbloods	Darkness, Darkness	Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
30	Solomon Burke/Zucchero	Diavolo in Me (A Devil in Me)	Zucchero & Co.
31	Paul Thorn	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Don't Let The Devil Ride
32	Hank Williams	The Devil's Train	Lovesick Blues August 1947 – December 1948

Ants In My Pants

February 15, 2020 Dave

Whether it was Prohibition, the need for comic relief from the worst Depression our country has known, or the release from Victorian norms in the age of the flapper…something was afoot. The humor it portended is not something that we all understand in this age… but it’s worth looking at. Novelty ruled the day and every Victrola and Edison radio spilled a silly song, whether it worked from puns or light humor (pop music), corny songs that sometimes had hidden charms (country and folk), or right in your face real life naughty bits (the blues)…there was something for everyone to sample. We’ll hear from Lonzo and Oscar, Milton Brown, Frank Crumit, George Formby, and Lonnie Johnson in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. A hoot and a holler by any other name on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Lonnie Johnson	She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight	Hot Fingers
3	Frank Crumit	My Little Bimbo Down on the Bimbo Isle (1920)	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
4	Billy Murray	I'll See You In C-U-B-A	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
5	Ozzie & Harriet Nelson	Oh Susanna, Dust off That Old Pianna	The Nelson Touch
6	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Down By the O-H-I-O	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
7	Roy Newman	I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
8	The Johnson Sisters	Hillbilly Soldier Joe	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
9	Texas Jim Robertson	The Last Page of Mein Kampf	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
10	Sweet Violet Boys	I Love My Fruit	Okeh Western Swing
11	The Happiness Boys: Billy Jones & Ernest Hare	I've Never Seen A Straight Banana	The Charleston Days
12	Hoosier Hot Shots	I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
13	Lonzo & Oscar	I'm My Own Grandpa	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
14	Lonzo and Oscar	Girls Don't Nag Your Husbands	1947-1950 (Warped 4741)
15	Six Jumping Jacks	I Do Not Chose to Run	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
16	Buddy Rogers	(I'd Like to Be) A Bee in Your Boudoir	The Big Broadcast vol. 6
17	Paul Specht	Shoo-Shoo-Boogie-Boo	Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930
18	George Formby	Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt	I'm The Ukulele Man
19	The Three Keys	Oh! By Jingo	The Big Broadcast, Volume 2: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
20	Marx Brothers	I'm Against It/Horse Feathers	Horse Feathers / Animal Crackers
21	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	Lydia, The Tatooed Lady	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
22	Ben Selvin and his Orch (The Knickerbockers). v/ Dick Robertson	When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On the Tuba	orig. 78 rpm Columbia 2483-D
23	Ross & Sargent	Nellie the Nudist Queen	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
24	Ozzie Nelson	Avis Scaffin Fortintoo	Campus Swing
25	Frank Crumit	Crazy Words Crazy Tune	Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
26	Frank Crumit	The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away	Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
27	Frank Crumit	Song of the Prune	The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)
28	Leslie Sarony with Harry Hudson & His Melody Men	My Wife Is On A Diet	The Charleston Days
29	Helen Kane with the Victor Orchestra directed by Leonard Joy	Dangerous Nan McGrew	Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things
30	Helen Kane	I Taut I Taw a Puddy Kat	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls
31	Carmen Miranda	I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)	Anthology
32	Irving Aaronson and His Commanders	Oh! You Sweet Old Whatcha May Call It	The Big Broadcast vol. 9

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At the Jazz Club

November 25, 2019 Dave

Cool November sounds from the catalog of cool itself. This week’s Deeper Roots looks for some relaxed sounds; reminders of what it’s like to sit in a smokey lounge below street level in the Village and listen to solos, breakouts, and instrumental wizardry. Join us as we dig the swinging backbeat and improvisations that exemplify an urban sound from some of the greats. We’ve got Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Illinois Jacquet, and a host of others taking us into the Friday morning club here on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Charlie Haden	Blue Pearl	Now Is The Hour
3	Roland Kirk	Three for The Festival	Mercury 1962
4	Buddy Rich	Love For Sale	The Best Of Buddy Rich: The Pacific Jazz Years
5	Ben Webster	The Jeep's Jumping	The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 3]
6	Illinois Jacquet	Harlem Nocturne	Swing's the Thing + Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Bonus Track Version)
7	Illinois Jacquet	Las Vegas Blues	Swing's the Thing + Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Bonus Track Version)
8	Ornette Coleman	Ramblin	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
9	Sonny Rollins	I'm An Old Cowhand	Way Out West [Bonus Tracks]
10	Dave Brubeck	It's Deja Vu All Over Again	So What's New?
11	Herbie Hancock	The Eye Of The Hurricane	Maiden Voyage
12	Lee Morgan	Hocus-Pocus	The Sidewinder (RVG Edition)
13	Joe Henderson	Homestretch	Page One
14	Freddie Hubbard	Arietis (Alternate Take)	Ready For Freddie
15	Kenny Burrell	K Twist	Midnight Blue
16	Grant Green	Falling In Love With Love	The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
17	Count Basie	Blues in Hoss' Flat	Chairman of the Board
18	Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd	O Pato	Jazz Samba
19	Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery	Night Train	Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo
20	The Oscar Peterson Trio/Milt Jackson	Work Song	Oscar Peterson's Finest Hour
21	Miles Davis	Jeru	Birth of The Cool

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Blues is a Woman

November 16, 2019 Dave

This week’s show dedicates two hours to the incredible blues women of the past century. We’ll be going deep, featuring tracks from the great early century trailblazers: Mamie Smith, Trixie Smith, Ma Rainey, Sippie Wallace, and others. Plus, we’ll hear from Ruthie Foster, Big Mama Thornton, Dinah Washington, and Varetta Dillard; all of this being the background to to last Saturday evening’s Blues is a Woman performance at the Raven Theater in downtown Healdsburg. Our special guest on the show will be Pamela Rose, performer, author, and vocalist, who has toured nationally with her critically acclaimed show Wild Women of Song: Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era. Pamela is part of the San Francisco ensemble Blues is a Woman along with Pat Wilder, Ruth Davies, Kristen Strom, Shani Johnson, Jennifer Jolly, and music director/pianist/vocalist Tammy Hall. Dave Stroud will be talking the ‘pearls’ of the blues with Pamela in a prerecorded interview. Join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ma Rainey	Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
3	Ma Rainey with Tampa Red & Georgia Tom	Black Eye Blues	Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2]
4	Ruthie Foster	Death Came A'Knockin'	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
5	Big Mama Thornton/Muddy Waters Blues Band	Looking the World Over	With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
6	Memphis Minnie	Looking The World Over [Album Version]	Queen Of The Blues
7	Ida Cox with Coleman Hawkins Quintet	Wild Women Don't Have the Blues	Oxford American Music Issue – Visions of the Blues
8	Ida Cox	One Hour Mama	I Can't Quit My Man
9	Bonnie Raitt	Love Me Like A Man	Bonnie Raitt: Opus Collection
10	Aretha Franklin	Evil Gal Blues	Aretha Sings The Blues
11	Albinia Jones	Evil Gal Blues	Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938)
12	Sippie Wallace	Up the Country Blues	Sippie Wallace Vol. 1 (1923-1925)
13	Victoria Spivey	Murder In The First Degree	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
14	Alberta Hunter	Remember My Name	Remember My Name (Original Soundtrack Recording)
15	Big Mama Thornton	Ball And Chain	Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics
16	Varetta Dillard	See See Rider Blues	Got You On My Mind
17	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Didn't It Rain	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
18	Trixie Smith	Freight Train Blues	Blues Was Her Business
19	Clementine Smith	Nobody Knows What A Red Head Mama Can Do	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14
20	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
21	Bessie Smith	Lock And Key	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
22	Pamela Rose	Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (feat. Daria Johnson)	Blues Is a Woman (Original Cast Recording)
23	Etta James	Let's Burn Down The Cornfield	The Essential Etta James [Disc 2]
24	Ruth Brown	(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
25	Dinah Washington	Blow Top Blues	Blues Was Her Business

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More Western Swing

September 20, 2019 Dave

The home page of the Western Swing Society describes western swing as “a division of the American phenomenon known as jazz [fusing] elements of musical roots…including blues, Dixieland, ragtime, big band, country, pop, and breakdowns.” That kind of explains why we revisit this genre so often here on Deeper Roots. What it has most in common with jazz is the use of improvisation; what it does try to do is to take things one step further: make it dance-able. The foot-tapping rhythm and the encouragement of participation drew audiences far and wide from the north, south, east and west. This week show meanders through some fun sounds including tracks Hank Penny, Milton Brown, Ocie Stockard, and (of course) Bob Wills. We’ll have some tribute songs and old standards for you on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
3	Milton Brown	Hesitation Blues	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 2]
4	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
5	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Somebody Stole My Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
6	Ocie Stockard	You Turned Me Down	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
7	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Bass Man Jive	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
8	The Sunshine Boys	Gonna Get Tight (1939)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
9	Louise Massey & The Westerners	Billy Boy (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
10	Sons Of The West	Sally's Got a Wooden Leg	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
11	The Hi-Flyers	Watcha Gonna Do	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
12	Johnny Cash	W. Lee O Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
13	The Light Crust Doughboys	Good Gracious Gracie (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
14	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
15	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Old Yazoo	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
16	Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys	Chill Tonic (Instrumental)	Okeh Western Swing
17	Hank Penny	Wildcat Mama	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
18	Hank Penny	Cowboy's Swing	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
19	Don Churchill & The Texas Mavericks	One Year Ago Tonight	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
20	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
21	Bob Wills	Cherokee Maiden	Columbia Historic Edition
22	Bob Wills	Right or Wrong	Columbia Historic Edition
23	Adolph Hofner	Let's Count The Stars	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
24	Ted Daffan's Texans	Too Far Gone	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
25	Zeke Clements	Oklahoma Blues	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
26	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	I Found a New Baby	Shame On You
27	Spade Cooley	You Better Do It Now	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
28	Tommy Duncan	You Put Me On My Feet	Texas Moon
29	Slim Harbert & His Boys	Around The Corner At Smokey Joe's	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
30	Leon Rusk	Air Mail Special On The Fly	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
31	Leon Selph	She's Gone Away	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
32	Ted Daffan's Texans	Worried Mind	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
33	W. Lee O'Daniel	O'Daniel radio show sign off	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
34	Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blue Boys	She Selling What She Used To Give Away	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2

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Steel Guitar Retrospective

August 3, 2019 Dave

We’ll be serenading you with some island melodies, country tunes, and rock, all featuring the steel guitar, an instrument whose origins take us back to the late 19^th and early 20^th century invention by native Joseph Kekuku. The music this Friday features some early Hawaiian popular influences including Sol Ho’opi, Hoot Gibson, and King Nawah’s Hawaiians. The focus moves to mid-to late century greats featuring Pete Drake, Buddy Emmons, Buster Martin and Speedy West. The popularity of the ‘island sound’ in the early century brought us the sound of steel across many genres, including gospel, folk, blues, and country. Spend a couple of hours on an August morning in Sonoma County taking a journey from Hawaii to Forth Worth.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	King Nawahi's Hawaiians	Hawaiian Capers	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
3	Trio De Hawaii	Melodias Populares Mexicana	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
4	Sol Ho'opi'i	Singing The Blues	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
5	Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette	An Orange Grove in California	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
6	Hoot Gibson	Mai Givee (Don't Give It Away)	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
7	Kalama's Quartet	Sassy	Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
8	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Heat Wave	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
9	Sol Ho'opi'i	I Like You	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
10	King Nawahi's Hawaiians	Under a Texas Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
11	Madame Riviere's Hawaiians	Ellis March	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
12	Buster Martin	Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 10]
13	Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians	Bob & Jim by The Waters of Minetonka	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
14	Jim & Bob	The Song of the Range	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
15	Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys	I Won't Stand in Your Way	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
16	Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons	Singing Strings Of Steel	The Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds
17	Lone Star Playboys	Steel Guitar Bounce	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
18	Albert Lee	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
19	Howard White	Steel Guitar Swallow	Western Swing And Steel Instrumental
20	Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar	For Pete's Sake [Instrumental]	For Pete's Sake [Gusto]
21	Pete Drake	Pedal Jumpin'	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
22	Speedy West	Stainless Steel	Steel Guitar
23	Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys	Hot Steel	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
24	Jerry Byrd	Hilo Steel Guitar	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
25	Bob Wills	Texas Playboy Rag	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
26	Doc Watson	Steel Guitar Rag	Memories
27	Bobby Lee	Steel Guitar Rag	Quasar Steel Guitar
28	Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Journey To The Beginning – A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds
29	Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman	Hawaiian Cowboy	Four Hands Sweet & Hot
30	Bob Brozman	Dinah	Devil's Slide
31	Bob Brozman	Just As Well To Let Her Go	A Truckload of Blues
32	Bob Brozman	Let's Get It Stomp	A Truckload of Blues
33	Spade Cooley	Spadella	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
34	Sonny Treadway	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Sacred Steel Guitar
35	Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians	Saint Louis Blues	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story

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Too Darn Hot

July 21, 2019 Dave

One way to lounge about in the summer heat is to go directly at it with songs that complement the temperature from different angles (and genres). Tune in Saturday afternoon for a fresh look as Dave sits in for Steady Eddie once more with some rockabilly with Jimmy Simmons and Billy Lee Riley, hot country biscuits from Asleep at the Wheel and Al Dexter, hot soul stew from James Brown and Major Lance, and some humid yet playful pieces from Fats Waller and Lee Press-on & The Nails. We’ll also be taking a drone flight above some Mason-Dixon Line tradition from the very distant past with the Old South Quartette (featuring Polk Miller), and Victoria Spivey and Don Flemons. It’s summer and the heat will be with us for some weeks; too hot to handle? Too darn hot? Too hot for (fill in the blank)? Join this hot little collection in a special fill-in on a Saturday afternoon in Sonoma County. At least it’s a dry heat.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Too Darn Hot	Music & Moonlight
3	Iris DeMent	Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart	Infamous Angel
4	Old South Quartette	When De Corn Pone's Hot	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
5	Al Dexter	Hot Foot Shuffle	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
6	Lonnie Johnson	Hot Fingers	Hot Fingers
7	Asleep at the Wheel	Hot Like That	Reinventing the Wheel
8	Jimmy Simmons	Too Hot To Handle	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
9	Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets	Hot Tamale Pete	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
10	Johnny Carroll	Hot Rock	Classic Rockabilly
11	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
12	Lee Press-On & the Nails	Hot for Teacher	Lee Press-On & the Nails
13	Stephane Grappelli	Hot Lips	Stephane Grappelli
14	Robert Johnson	They're Red Hot	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1
15	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
16	Dom Flemons	Hot Chicken	Prospect Hill
17	Austin Lounge Lizards	Hot Tubs of Tears	Creatures from the Black Saloon
18	Major Lance	Too Hot To Hold	The Very Best Of Major Lance
19	James Brown	Hot Pants	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
20	The Steve Miller Band	Hot Chili	Number 5
21	Tommy Douglas	Hot Sauce	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
22	Jay McShann	Hot Biscuits	R&B Jukebox Hits 1949 – Vol. 1
23	Stompy Jones	Hot Sause Boss	That's Alright
24	Jimmie Lunceford	Le Jazz Hot	Strictly Lunceford: [Disc 3]: For Dancers Only
25	Fats Waller	Red Hot Dan	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 3]
26	Jimmy Durante	Hot Patatta	The Great Schnozzle
27	Victoria Spivey	I'm A Red Hot Mama	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
28	Memphis Minnie	Hot Stuff – Take 2	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
29	Julie London	Hot Toddy	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 18: Bottoms Up
30	George Benson with Jack Mc Duff	Hot Barbecue	George Benson & Jack McDuff
31	Ella Fitzgerald	The Hot Canary	The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951
32	Mr. Sad Head	Hot Weather Blues	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]

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Hot Piano Rhythms

July 13, 2019 Dave

Celebrate this week with some rocking boogie woogie, country, and rhythm and blues with a special emphasis on the pounding of the ivories. We’ll put the speakers to the test as the rug gets thrown aside and the neighbors all celebrate and rocking good time with Fats, Ella Mae and Her Boogie Woogie Seven, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Merrill Moore, Moon Mullican and a host of others. Tune in for Beer Bottle Boogie, Cherokee Boogie, and Crazy Rhythm as the piano is given the top billing. A hundred years of American music with the focus on good…no, great…music. Friday morning antics coming your way on Sonoma Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
3	Asleep at the Wheel	Cherokee Boogie	Back to the Future Now – Live at Arizona Charlie's
4	Merrill Moore	Snatchin' And Grabbin	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
5	Ray Charles	Jumpin' in the Mornin'	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
6	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
7	Madonna Martin	Madonna's Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
8	Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven	Down The Road Apiece	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
9	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
10	Professor Longhair	Boogie Woogie	New Orleans Piano
11	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
12	Dr. John	Mess Around	Definitive Pop Collection
13	Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'	The Joint Is Jumpin'
14	Albert Ammons	Bass Goin' Crazy	Best of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 1
15	Marylin Scott	Beer Bottle Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
16	Jack Mc Vea	Bartender Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 6]
17	Lucky Millinder	Bongo Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
18	Memphis Slim	Dedication to Pete Johnson	Classic Piano Blues
19	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Peter Johnson's Orchestra	Half Tight Boogie	The Small Groups – Boogie Woogie
21	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Moon Mullican	Bottom Of The Glass	The Very Best Of
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	What'd I Say	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
24	Bobbie Nelson	Boogie Woogie	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
25	Cliff Jackson	Crazy Rhythm	World Of Jazz – The Jazz Piano
26	Piano Red	Do She Love Me	Live And Feelin' Good (The Blues Collection Vol.68)
27	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
28	Pinetop Perkins	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	Let's Drink Some Juice…
29	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Big Joe Rocks
30	Hadda Brooks	Stompin' The Boogie (aka Bully Wully Stomp)	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
31	The Boogie Woogie Boys, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons	Boogie Woogie Prayer – Part 1	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
32	Dr. John	Good Night, Irene	Goin' Back To New Orleans
33	Amos Milburn	Down the Road Apiece	Amos Milburn Rocks
34	Adrian Rollini Trio	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

Leon Redbone Tribute

June 8, 2019 Dave

“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
3	Merle Travis	If We Never Meet Again	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
4	Emmett Miller	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll	Minstrel Man From Georgia
5	Red Nichols & His Five Pennies	The Sheik Of Araby	Saints Ramble & Sensation
6	Laurel and Hardy	Shine on Harvest Moon	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
7	Nat King Cole	Sweet Lorraine	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
8	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	Sugar	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
9	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazybones	Sometimes I Wonder….
10	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy River	Sometimes I Wonder….
11	Lonnie Johnson	He's A Jelly-Roll Baker	Tomorrow Night
12	Peetie Wheatstraw	Shake That Thing	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
13	Dave Van Ronk	Shake That Thing	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
14	Elvis Presley	You're A Heartbreaker	Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1)
15	Julia Lee	Breeze	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
16	Cowboy Copas	Breeze	1954-1958
17	Leon Redbone	Breeze	Sugar
18	Rex Griffin	Sweet Mama Hurry Home	1935-1936 (Warped 3520)
19	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy	Bouquet Of Roses	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
20	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special
21	Emmett Miller	Lovesick Blues	American Yodeling
22	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
23	Leon Redbone	Diddy Wa Diddie	Double Time
24	Shirley Temple	Polly Wolly Doodle	America's Sweetheart
25	Boswell Sisters	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Boswell Sisters
26	Paul Specht	Sweet Lorraine	Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930
27	Ruth Etting	Shine on, Harvest Moon	Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
28	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
29	Leon Redbone	My Little Grass Shack	Whistling In The Wind
30	Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel	Baby It's Cold Outside	Unknown
31	Al Jolson	Pretty Baby	The Very Best Of Al Jolson
32	Leon Redbone	Pretty Baby	Sugar
33	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
34	Leon Redbone	Lulu's Back In Town	On The Track

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