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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

Mambo Baby!

February 19, 2019 Dave

Well, it might be a bit of a stretch, and it might have been a bit of a fad, but it also flavored the beverage. Mambo. A lively mix born of a Latin dance of Cuban descent in the 30s and introduced by Perez Prado to an American audience in the 40s. It found it’s way into the popular music culture from big band to jazz and R&B. This week’s show samples some of the performances that were totally infected by its rhythm. We’ll hear from Mickey Baker, Wynonie Harris, and Tiny Grimes on the R&B side as well as the bandleaders who brassed it up including Perez Prado, Desi Arnaz, and Xavier Cugat.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wynonie Harris	All She Wants to do is Mambo	Lovin' Machine
3	Perez Prado	Mambo #5	Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo
4	The Andrews Sisters	The Mambo Man	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
5	Tito Puente	Cuban Pete	Mambo Kings
6	Tiny Grimes	Showboat Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
7	Xavier Cugat	Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)	The Original Mambo King [Disc 2]
8	Desi Arnaz	Holiday In Havana	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
9	Desi Arnaz;Amanda Lane	Cuban Pete	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
10	J.J. Jones	After Hours Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
11	Mickey Baker	Guitar Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
12	Ruth Brown	Mambo Baby	Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2
13	Joe Liggins & His Orchestra	They Were Doing the Mambo	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
14	Cherokee & Band	Mambo Blues	Rumba Gone Mambo
15	The Treniers	Who Put The 'Ungh' In The Mambo	You're Killin' Me
16	Don Swan	El Cumbanchero [Guaracha-Fast Rhumba]	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
17	Fay Simmons	Big Joe Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
18	Big Maybelle	New Kind Of Mambo	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
19	Earl Bostic	Mambostic	Earl Bostic Flamingo
20	Cozy Cole	Cozy's Mambo 1	Rumba Gone Mambo
21	Jack Costanzo	Peter Gunn Mambo	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
22	Bill Doggett	Real Gone Mambo (Si Si Nova)	Rumba Gone Mambo
23	Esther Sutherland	Clock Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
24	Xavier Cugat	Cuban Mambo	Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo
25	Link Wray & The Wraymen	Rumble Mambo	Walkin' With Link
26	Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban	Patricia	Mambo Sinuendo
27	Yma Sumac	Taki Rari	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
28	Billy May	Hernando's Hideaway	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
29	The Manhattan Transfer	The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame)	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
30	Young-Holt Trio	Wack Wack	Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation
31	Tito Puente	Hong Kong Mambo	Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo
32	Wynonie Harris	Good Mambo Tonight	Lovin' Machine
33	Sonny Rollins	Mambo Bounce	Best of Sonny Rollins, the (Riverside)
34	J.J. Jones	Night Train Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
35	Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts	Harmonica Mambo	King of the Highway

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Bayou R&B

January 26, 2019 Dave

Back to the bayou once more. This time we keep our focus with laser precision on the rhythm and the blues swirling around in the stew that is Louisiana and the southern climes. You can look forward to some straight ahead blues from Katie Webster, B. B. King, and Lonesome Sundown as well as rhythm vocals from the likes of Art Neville, The Del-Chords, and Joe Richards. I’m telling you…you won’t be hearing anything like it anywhere on Sonoma County radio. It’s a down and dirty bayou collection including selections from the Ace UK archives, the Chess label, and includes some special treats from Little Richard, The Spiders, and King Karl.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	James Booker	Junco Partner	Junco Partner
3	Little Richard	Directly from My Heart	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
4	Joe Richards	You'd Better Change	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
5	Tabby Thomas	I'd Love To Tell	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
6	Johnnie Allan	Lonely Days & Lonely Nights	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
7	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
8	The Velvetiers	Feelin' Right On Saturday Night	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
9	The Del-Chords	Help Me	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
10	The Hi-Fi's	I'm So Lonely	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
11	The Spiders	I Didn't Want to Do It	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
12	Art Neville	House On The Hill	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
13	Art Neville	What's Going On	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
14	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
15	Earl King	Feeling My Way Around	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
16	Sugar Boy Crawford	What's Wrong	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
17	Chris Kenner	Something You Got	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
18	Katie Webster	Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
19	Jimmy Dotson	I Need Your Love	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
20	Lionel Torrance	Rooty Tooty	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
21	King Karl	Walking Through The Park	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
22	B.B. King	Bad Case of Love	Blues on the Bayou
23	Lonesome Sundown	California Blues	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
24	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Don't You Just Know It	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
25	Fats Domino	Whole Lotta Loving	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
26	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
27	Clifton Chenier	The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
28	Smiley Lewis	Shame, Shame, Shame	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
29	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
30	Ernie K-Doe	Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta	Absolutely the Best
31	Big Boy Myles	New Orleans	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
32	Frankie Ford	Roberta	Very Best Of Frankie Ford
33	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn	Educated Fool	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
34	Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow	Jumping At The Zadacoe	Louisiana Swamp Blues
35	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Don't You Know Yockomo	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
36	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	It Won't Be Long	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
37	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1

Who We Lost 2018

January 5, 2019 Dave

We’ll circle back to the past twelve months on Deeper Roots’ Friday evening with a little bit of reverence and a whole lot of thanks. While this past year struck what could be a mortal blow to democracy as we know it, a number of greats (both high profile and ‘under the radar’) were lost along the way. The names may not be so easy to collate with only two hours to share but we’ll do our best. Remembering Clarence Fountain, Eddy Clearwater, Otis Rush, Eugene Pitt, Marty Balin, Lorrie Collins, Tony Joe White, Roy Clark, and so many others on a Friday evening on Sonoma County community radio. Tune into our last show of the year and help us remember what these performers brought us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	From the Original Master Tapes
3	Tony Joe White	Polk Salad Annie	Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
4	Roy Clark	Yesterday When I Was Young	Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 2]
5	Freddie Hart	Easy Loving	Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
6	Don Cherry	Band Of Gold	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
7	Lorrie Collins	Another Man Done Gone	Hop, Skip And Jump [Disc 2]
8	Jefferson Airplane	It's No Secret	Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Disc 1
9	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers
10	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Stand By Me	Higher Ground
11	Neville Brothers	Brother Blood	Uptown Rulin' / The Best Of The Neville Brothers
12	Hugh Masekela	Grazing In The Grass	Easy Listening Gold 1968-1969 [Disc 2]
13	Nancy Wilson	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
14	Bob Dorough	Your The Dangerous Type	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour – Best Of The Second Series
15	Roy Hargrove	Afrodisia	Habana
16	Aretha Franklin	Think	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2]
17	The Temptations	Cloud Nine	Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
18	Denise Lasalle	You Shoulda Kept It in the Bedroom	On the Chitlin Circuit
19	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Back Down to Earth	Rock 'n' Roll City
20	Otis Rush & His Band	Violent Love	The Cobra Records Story (Disc 1) Chicago Rock and Blues 1956-1958
21	Lazy Lester	I Hear You Knockin'	The Best Of Excello Records
22	Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays	Deacon's Hop	Jump, Jive & Swing
23	Irma Thomas With Henry Butler	River Is Waiting	Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues
24	Tab Hunter	I'm A Runaway	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
25	Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman	Hilo E/E Lili'u E	Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Masters Collection, v2
26	Jack Costanzo	Peter Gunn Mambo	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
27	Joe Rene & Orchestra/The Jive Five	My True Story	Doo Wop Box Disc 4
28	The Crystals	Uptown	The Best Of The Crystals
29	Chairmen of the Board	Give Me Just A Little More Time	70s Music Explosion – Sunshine Disc 2
30	The Ventures	Walk, Don't Run	61* [Box Set] Disc 1
31	Lynyrd Skynyrd	Sweet Home Alabama	Pure 70's

Deeper Roots on KOWS, New Orleans, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Louisiana Gumbo

December 8, 2018 Dave

Back to the bayou. Back to Bourbon Street. From a house of blues to the small clubs out across the river. We’ll be taking a journey into the deeper wells where the influences include urban blues, jazz, French Acadian, Caribbean, and African American. And one could argue a handful of others. It’s all there in the sounds of south where the pianos and guitar amps are wired into a foundation of tradition…as if performed from a garage or cabin. Cookie & The Cupcakes’ swamp pop, swamp rock from Randy & The Rockets, New Orleans busking from Snooks Eaglin, classic piano noodling from the Professor and Dr. John, and a warm bouillabaisse of southern musical cuisine from Dave Bartholomew and Fats Domino all served up on a Friday evening celebrating a few of the treats on community radio for Sonoma County, KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dr. John	Honey Dripper	Definitive Pop Collection
3	Charles Sheffield	Boogie Children	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
4	Professor Longhair & His Blues Scholars	Walk Your Blues Away	'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1]
5	Dave Bartholomew	Got You On My Mind	1952-1955
6	Joe Medwick	Brought Down	I4m An After Hour Man (The Crazy Cajun Recordings)
7	Phil Bo	Don't Take It So Hard	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
8	Cookie & the Cupcakes	Mathilda	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
9	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
10	Rod Bernard	This Should Go On Forever	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
11	Dr. John	Wash, Mama, Wash	Definitive Pop Collection
12	Erwin Babin	Big Boy Blue	Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade
13	Clint West	Our Love	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
14	Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow	Flip Flop	Louisiana Swamp Blues
15	Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow	Hey Mr. Bon Ton	Louisiana Swamp Blues
16	Rod Bernard	Diggy Liggy Lo	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
17	Katie Webster & Bobby Jay	Hey Mr Love	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
18	Jay Nelson	Silly Filly Oh Baby	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
19	Fred Carter	(You'll Have To) Come And Get It	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
20	Randy & the Rockets	Lets Do the Cajun Twist	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
21	Rufus Jagneaux	Opelousas Sostan	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
22	Fats Domino	La-La [Version 2]	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
23	Fats Domino	I Want You to Know	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
24	Snooks Eaglin	Lavinia	Baby, You Can Get Your Gun!
25	Snooks Eaglin	By the Water	Complete Imperial Recordings
26	Charles Sheffield	I Would Be a Sinner	Best Of Excello Vol 1: Sound of the Swamp
27	Zorro & The Zips	Frankie & Johnny	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
28	Jay Chevalier & The Longshots	Cuttin' Cane	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
29	King Karl & Guitar Gable	Mary Lou	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
30	Warren Storm	Hey Ma Ma	Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade
31	Terry Clement & The Tune Tones	Hey Joli	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
32	Irma Thomas	Cry On	Soul Queen of New Orleans
33	Berna Dean	I Walk In My Sleep	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
34	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	The Glory Of Love [Outtake]	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
35	Bobby Charles	Time Will Tell	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
36	Dr. John	Iko Iko	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans

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