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Songs of the Century

August 8, 2015 Dave

The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) produced a list a few years back that they called the “Songs of The Century”. It was concocted based on a questionable set of sampling and was to represent and “promote a better understanding of America’s musical and cultural heritage.” The voting pool was a strange mixture elected officials, school students and teachers, as well as industry professionals. The respondent pool was about 200. The list is woefully inadequate but certainly worth discussing. Deeper Roots will spend this week exploring the top 30 (of 365) and follow up with its own list in a second episode next week. Listen in as we stretch the imagination.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Lennon	Imagine	Imagine
3	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train To Georgia	Singers And Songwriters: 1973-
4	The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand [Stereo]	The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1 Disc 1
5	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
6	Lena Horne	Stormy Weather (From "Stormy Weather")	The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years
7	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Malt Shop Memories Save the Last Dance for Me
8	The Beach Boys	Good Vibrations	Endless Summer
9	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
10	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 1
11	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
12	John Philip Sousa	Stars And Stripes Forever	The March King: John Philip Sousa Conducts His Own Marches and Other Favorites (An Historical Recording)
13	Kate Smith With Orchestra	God Bless America	Nippers 30's-Vol.1
14	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
15	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Take The "A" Train	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
16	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Singles Collection: The London Years Disc 1
17	Bobby Darin	Mack The Knife	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
18	Jimmie Davis	You Are My Sunshine	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
19	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	When The Saints Go Marching In	Pete Fountain Presents The Best Of Dixieland: Louis Armstrong
20	Bill Haley & His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (Single Version)	Rock Around The Clock
21	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	In the Mood	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
22	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
23	The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
24	Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet	Take Me Out To The Ball Game	www.allaoijr.com
25	Leonard Bernstein	West Side Story Overture	West Side Story
26	The Andrews Sisters	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection – The Best Of The Andrews Sisters
27	Don McLean	American Pie	American Pie [Bonus Tracks]
28	Aretha Franklin	Respect	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
30	Bing Crosby	White Christmas	Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits
31	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
32	George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition, Gospel

Grapes on the Vine

June 14, 2015 Dave

Raising the roof once more on KOWS in West Sonoma County on a bright Saturday morning. And we make it count with an opening salvo of some country swing from Bob Wills, W. Lee O’Daniel, The Light Crust Doughboys, and Willie Nelson. Not to be outdone, we’ve got bluegrass from The Rice Brothers and our own David Thom, gospel from the Hummingbirds, and a special set celebrating the “Poet of the Blues” Percy Mayfield. We’ll also feature blues from Texas and, if we find the time, early century pop from Frank Crumit and Cliff Edwards. Tune in Saturday morning at 9 on KOWS for a dose of roots sounds from the past century of America’s music with Dave Stroud.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel/Johnny Gimble	Big Balls in Cowtown	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
3	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	I Had Someone Else Before I Had You	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
4	The Light Crust Doughboys	Blue Guitars	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
5	Skeets McDonald	Fuss and Fight	Skeets McDonald – Heart Breakin' Mama (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight)
6	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Congratulate Me	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
7	Willie Nelson	Cherokee Maiden	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
8	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Sun Country Box CD4 So Long, I'm Gone
9	Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury	We're Steppin' Out Tonight	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
10	Ralph Stanley	Are You Washed In The Blood	A Mother's Prayer
11	Ralph Stanley	Dad's Old Rocky Field	Old Songs & Ballads
12	The Rice Brothers	Grapes On the Vine	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
13	The David Thom Band	The Little White Church	That Old Familiar
14	Selah Jubilee Singers	I Saw the Light	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
15	The Selah Singers	I'll Be Satisfied	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
16	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
17	Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
18	Aretha Franklin	River's Invitation	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2]
19	Percy Mayfield	Strange Things Happening	ABC Of The Blues Vol 28
20	Ray Charles	Hit the Road Jack	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
21	Buddy Miller	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Midnight And Lonesome
22	Freddie King	Look On Yonder Wall	Woman Across the River
23	The Mississppi Mud Mashers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
24	Texas Alexander	The Risin' Sun	As Good As It Gets: Country Blues [Disc 2]
25	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Easy Rider Blues	Classic Sides Disc 2
26	Ishman Bracey	Woman Woman Blues (Pm 12970, L-239-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
27	Charlie Spand	Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
28	Jean Brady and Big Bill Broonzy	Knocking Myself Out	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
29	Lightnin' Hopkins	Buddy Brown's Blues (98 Degree Blues)	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 2]
30	Frank Crumit	There's No One With Endurance	grimriper2u@yahoo.com FRANK CRUMIT
31	Cliff Edwards	K-K-K-Katy & When You Wore A Tulip	CLIFF EDWARDS grimriper2u@yahoo.com
32	Herbert Payne	Smoke Clouds	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
33	Al Jolson	Toot, Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
34	Billy Joe Shaver	Hill Country Love Song	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
35	Marty Robbins	The Strawberry Roan	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

Bluegrass, Country Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Jazz

Fair and Warmer – KOWS May 23, 2015

May 23, 2015 Dave

The show kicks off with some mid-century country fiddlin’ courtesy of Curly Fox but makes a quick left turn with a set about liars, tattlers, and some straight-forward testifying from Sister Rosetta Tharpe. We’ll also be entertained with some classic roots from the Dallas String Band, Lead Belly, E. C. Ball, and a tribute set to Sam Cooke.

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz

Back To The Cotton Club

May 2, 2015 Dave

We follow up to a previous episode and get back to the music of the Cotton Club, the jewel that grew out of the Harlem Renaissance. While it featured the top shelf acts of Harlem, it was also the typical whites-only club where African-Americans could perform but not attend. Despite these Jim Crow policies, what the Cotton Club brought us was a legendary lineup of performers and performances that rivals none in the history of jazz. Our show features the music of Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway and his sister Blanche, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford and others whose careers were launched there.

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Rhythm and Blues, Urban Jazz

Forties Rhythm

March 28, 2015 Dave

Just ahead of World War II, a sound began to bubble up through the floorboards. There was the new, brash, swinging sound of big bands, country swing had surfaced, and jazz was alive and well as an evident inspiration to both. But there was a raw, bluesy, expressive, jump sound coming from the barrooms and halls of the urban expanses of Chicago, Kansas City, New York City, and beyond; something that would become known as R&B and would later be the bedrock of rock and roll. Deeper Roots explores the sounds of Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris, Buddy Johnson and a host of others, including the ladies: Effie Smith, Nellie Lutcher, Julia Lee, and Viola Wells. This episode has them all and more…

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz, New Orleans, Theme Time, Urban Blues, Urban Jazz

Deeper Roots Goes To Mardi Gras

February 14, 2015 Dave

Fat Tuesday or, translated to French, Mardi Gras, comes but once a year and signals the penitential season of Lent. It also provides us with an outlet for the many things that we do as part of our celebration. One of them involves the backdrop of music. We’ll visit the sounds introduced by the Second Line of “Sugar Boy” Crawford, Fats Domino, and Stop, Inc. We’ll follow with The Meters, Bo Dollis and The Wild Magnolias, Louis Armstrong, and many others in a show that separates our locales by almost 2000 miles. Join Dave Stroud for the big beat coming from the French Quarter, Bourbon Street, and the Mississippi waterfront in our newest episode, another produced exclusively for KWTF, 88.1 FM, member-supported community radio for Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, California.

Blue Light Christmas Special – 2014

December 20, 2014 Dave

It’ s a yuletide blues, country, rock, and pop extravaganza. Deeper Roots celebrates the holidays with a selection of holiday hits from the past century. And we don’t necessarily stop there. You’ll also be entertained by some very special blues and R&B numbers selected from the past, featuring selected tracks from an incredible assortment of holiday tracks featured on the Document Records releases “Blues Blues Christmas”, Volumes 1 through 4.

Join Dave Stroud for music from Louis Armstrong, Butterbeans & Susie, Darlene Love, John Prine, and many, many more.

Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues

Deeper Roots on KOWS – December 15, 2014

December 16, 2014 Dave

We’ve got a special Monday episode of Deeper Roots. The show originally broadcast live from the KOWS studios in Occidental, California, opens with some Light Crust Doughboys, fires up some modern country gospel from the Watson Twins and Johnny Cash, then goes for the jugular with a collection of Baptist-flavored gospel from Moses Mason, Mother McCollum, and Madam Edna…and that just scratches the sacred surface. The show also features the secular: jump blues from Jesse Price, jazz from Lincoln Center and Willie “The Lion” Smith. Had enough? You won’t. Be sure to check it out.

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Rock, Jazz

Car Theme

December 4, 2014 Dave

Deeper Roots takes the theme route in our next KWTF episode, featuring jazz, gospel, country, blues, rock, and R&B that all share the road with stories of that twentieth century cultural icon (and muse): the automobile. We’ll hear songs of Mercurys, Cadillacs, Fords, and Chevrolets that run the gamut of old and new and tell stories of love in the backseat, first car nostalgia, tragedy on the road, and racing in the streets. Performers in this show includeDavid Lindley, K. C. Douglas, Mink DeVille, Kevin Russell and others who will follow a theme that is one of the more common to come out of our age of assembly lines and the rust belt.

Country Blues, Early Jazz, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Mountain Music

The Paramount Label

November 19, 2014 Dave

Paramount Records was born in 1917 and in the mere fifteen years of their existence they would introduce some of the greatest names in the blues. Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Skip James, and Papa Charlie Jackson are but a few. In 2013, Jack White’s Third Man Records teamed up with Revenant Records to release the first of what would become one of the most ambitious attempts at documenting the story of a record company born from a furniture company that was driven to create product for the record cabinets they sold. Based on the book “The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records”, part two of the omnibus will be released later this year (or in early 2015).

This week on Deeper Roots, we share some of the story…and a lot of the music which was not necessarily limited to the blues but also some incredible gospel, mountain, and jazz recordings. When listening through what Dean Blackwell of Revenant Records calls the “gauze of static”, you’ll hear the music of the last century come alive. Tune in Friday night at 9 o’clock for a rare listen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/arts/music/jack-white-explores-history-of-paramount-records.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&

A Century of America's Music