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Below the Mason-Dixon Line

November 25, 2017 Dave

Songs that highlight the states below the ‘line’ of intransigence. Portions are better known as Dixie, others (like Florida and Texas) appear as appendages or after-market expanses. The music this evening will explore songs of Louisiana from Doug Kershaw, Texas from Asleep at the Wheel, Alabama from Mance Lipscomb, and West Virginia featuring Louis Jordan. There’s a whole lot more including Taj Mahal, Bill Kirchen, The Louvin Brothers and Pokey LaFarge; all on a journey through a collection of states that two surveyors by the name of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, in an attempt to resolve a dispute, attached their names to in the late 18th century.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmie Rodgers	Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Down In Florida On A Hog	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Muddy Waters	Deep Down In Florida #2	King Bee
5	Claire Lynch	My Florida Sunshine	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1
6	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
7	Dave Van Ronk	Georgia Camp Meeting	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
8	Alex Campbell, Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby	Bringing in the Georgia Mail	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
9	Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers	Georgia Boogie	Travellin' Boogie
10	Guy Clark	Virginia's Real	Texas Cookin'
11	The Carter Family	Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3]
12	Al Bowlly	My Sweet Virginia	Just A Bowl Of Cherries
13	Ethel Waters	I'm Coming Virginia	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
14	Hazel Dickens	West Virginia, My Home	Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1]
15	Louis Jordan	Salt Pork, West Virginia	The Chronological Louis Jordan 1945-1946
16	Dr. Horse	South Poke West Virginia	Harlem Rock N' Blues
17	Mance Lipscomb	Alabama Bound	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
18	Evan Marshall	The Alabama Jubilee	Mandolin Magic
19	The Louvin Brothers	Alabama	Hand-Picked
20	Neil Young/Stray Gators	Alabama	Harvest
21	Jimmie Driftwood	Arkansas Traveler	Americana, Vol. 1
22	Carolina Cotton	Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas)	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
23	Bill Kirchen	Arkansas Diamond (Album)	Word To The Wise
24	Taj Mahal	Texas Woman Blues	The Essential [Disc 1]
25	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
26	Tommy Duncan	Texas Moon	Texas Moon
27	Tony Rice	He Rode All the Way to Texas	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
28	Waylon Jennings	Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
29	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Going Back To Louisiana	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
30	Doug Kershaw	Louisiana Man	Diggy Diggy Lo
31	Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three	Mississippi Girl	Middle of Everywhere
32	Nina Simone	Mississippi Goddam	Anthology Disc 1
33	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Mississippi Mud	Paper Moon
34	The Andrew Sisters	When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabama	Double Goldies [CD1]

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The Hangman’s Rope

November 18, 2017 Dave

Songs about one of the most controversial of mankind’s attempt to balance the scales: the death penalty. Studies point to the fact that at least one in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent and yet the death penalty is legal in 32 states. In China, corporate fraud can be punishable by death…if it were the case here, our government would probably be on the straight and narrow. But I digress. The music this week will explore the long walk to eternity through the eyes of the condemned; the knowledge of the eventuality of the executioner’s song is clarity. And we’ve got country from a whole host of obscure characters, some blues and boogie, along with just a little bit of folk and bluegrass. A hundred years of the hangman’s rope in reflection.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	I Hung My Head	American IV: Man Comes Around
3	Gurf Morlix	Theyre Hangin Me Tonight	The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 3
4	Johnny Bond	At Dawn I Die	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
5	Marty Robbins	The Hanging Tree	All-Time Greatest Hits
6	Peter, Paul & Mary	Hangman	See What Tomorrow Brings
7	Marty Stuart	Hangman	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
8	Ralston Bowles and May Erlewine-Bernard	Hangman	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
9	Cowboy Copas	Hangman Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
10	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Puerto Muerto	The Hangman's Song	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1
11	Al Dean	Hangman	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
12	Leadbelly	Gallows Pole	Too Late, Too Late – Vol. 12 – 1917-48
13	Furry Lewis	Judge Harsh Blues	Furry Lewis 1927 – 1929
14	Brownie McGhee	Hangman's Blues	The Folkways Years (1945-1959)
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hangman's Blues	Complete Recordings Vol. 3
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Electric Chair	Blues Images Presents 1920's Blues Classics, Vol. 13
17	Lonesome Johnny	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
18	Jimmy Minor	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
19	Porter Wagoner	(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
20	Dave Alvin	Sonora's Death Row	West of the West
21	Lee Hazelwood	The Girl On Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
22	Johnny Cash	The Mercy Seat	American III: Solitary Man
23	Bessie Smith	Send Me To The Lectric Chair	Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
24	Booker T. & the MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
25	Hoyle Miller	Twelve Years On Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
26	Steve Earle	Walking Down Death Row	If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
27	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
28	Bob Dylan	Seven Curses	The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [Disc 2]
29	Joan Baez	Geordie	The First 10 Years
30	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Dean Schlabowske	Gary Gilmore's Eyes	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1

Songs About Youth

October 7, 2017 Dave

A nostalgic celebration of youth, love, and idealism…some saccharine sounds for a Friday evening whose theme is young at heart. We’ll be digging into mid-century popular sounds, with a laser focus on the many songs for young lovers that poured out of AM radio during the early years of jukebox rock from the soda fountain. But we’ll also reflect on the loss of youth, childlike wonder, and a little bit of tongue-in-cheek heartbreak and bitterness. Country sounds from Hayes Carll and Roger Miller, symphonic soliloquies from Percy Faith and Ray Conniff, and reflective studies by Bob Dylan and Antony, and some growing pains from Tom Waits and Billy Bob Thornton. How can you go wrong?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	Young at Heart	Fallen Angels
3	Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus	Hello Young Lovers	Broadway In Rhythm
4	Percy Faith	Theme for Young Lovers	16 Most Requested Songs
5	Paul & Paula	Young Lovers	Hard to Find 45's on CD, Vol. 2: 1961-64
6	Ruby & Romantics (63-64)	When You're Young And In Love	Our Day Will Come: The Very Be
7	Sonny James	Young Love	Singles
8	Robin Ward	Young Lovers After Midnight	The Very Best Of
9	Rick Nelson	Young World	Greatest Love Songs
10	Rick Nelson	Young Emotions	Greatest Love Songs
11	Nat King Cole	Too Young	Your Hit Parade – 1951
12	Hank Garland	Blame It On My Youth	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
13	Bing Crosby & Guy Lombardo	Young At Heart	Your Hit Parade – 1954
14	Flying Pickets	When You're Young and in Love	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 4
15	Bob Dylan	Forever Young	The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
16	Billy Bob Thornton	I Gotta Grow Up	Beautiful Door
17	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
18	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
19	Bill Frisell & Petra Haden	I Don't Want To Grow Up	Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
20	Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Blues	Singing In The Rain
21	The Deer Run Drifters	Restless Youth	Restless Youth
22	Antony With Bryce Dessner	I Was Young When I Left Home	Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1]
23	The Mavericks	Children	From Hell to Paradise
24	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Teach Your Children	Deja Vu
25	Carole King	Like Little Children	Crazy in Alabama
26	The The	Jealous of Youth	Solitude
27	Felix Dukes & Mississippi Fred McDowell	Motherless Children	Sounds of the South Vol 4: American Folk Songs for Children
28	Willie Dixon And Friends	Youth to You	Willie Dixon and Friends, Vol. 8
29	Daniel Romano	Middle Child	Come Cry With Me
30	Roger Miller	Little Children Run and Play	The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
31	Jackson Browne	I Thought I Was A Child (LP Version)	For Everyman
32	Willie Nelson	Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [w/ Waylon Jennings]	One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2]

Covers Show

October 2, 2017 Dave

From the Brill Building to the Delta; from Bakersfield to Woodstock; from Tulsa to Deep Elem. Music on a Friday evening from the deeper wells, all presented to you in the form of covers: some new, some vintage, some traditional. We’ll pair up Tom Waits and Blind Willie Johnson, The Band and JJ Cale, Connee Boswell and VV Brown, and there will also be plenty to cover going back to Gus Cannon, Bradley Kincaid, and The Carter Family. It’s our Friday welcome mat to autumn here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Shirelles	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
3	Buck Owens	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
4	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
5	The Band	Crazy Mama	High On The Hog
6	J.J. Cale	Crazy Mama	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	When I Get My Rewards	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
8	Harry Dean Stanton	When I Get My Rewards	Partly Fiction
9	Mississippi John Hurt	I'm Satisfied	Night On The Delta
10	John Sebastian & David Grisman	I'm Satisfied	Satisfied
11	Bradley Kincaid	Froggie Went A-Courting	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
12	Bruce Springsteen	Froggie Went a Courtin'	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
13	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Walk Right In	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
14	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Walk Right In	Roots of Rock
15	Hank Williams	Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?	24 Greatest
16	Tom Hiddleston & The Saddle Spring Boys	Why Don't You Love Me	I Saw The Light: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
17	The Seldom Scene	Mama Tried	Scenechronized
18	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
19	Merle Haggard	San Antonio Rose	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
20	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	San Antonio Rose	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
21	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four
22	Emmylou Harris	Hello Stranger (Remastered LP Version)	Luxury Liner [Remaster]
23	Howlin' Wolf	Little Red Rooster	Great Tomato Blues Package
24	Sam Cooke	Little Red Rooster	Night Beat
25	ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)/Jack Johnson	I Shall Be Released	Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
26	Bob Dylan	I Shall Be Released	Before The Flood [Disc 1]
27	Connee Boswell	Heart And Soul	Heart & Soul
28	V V Brown	Crazy Amazing	Travelling Like The Light
29	Blind Willie Johnson	The Soul Of A Man	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
30	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
31	Amy Winehouse	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?	Lioness: Hidden Treasures

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Bad Luck Blues

September 16, 2017 Dave

We’re exploring the blues this week on Deeper Roots. And it’s all about bad luck blues…when the dice roll snake eyes, when the crops won’t make the rent, when your woman asks for money and all you got is the dust in your pockets…when you ain’t got no money. Join Dave Stroud for a collection of the very best including Big Joe Williams’ Jinx Blues, bad luck stories from Dinah Washington and Memphis Minnie, piano moaning from Leroy Carr and Ivory Joe, as well as further tales of gambling, dice, and no luck from Clifford Gibson and Black Boy Shine. Friday evening blues….what more?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Milton	Bad Luck	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
3	Rory Block	Jinx Blues	Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House
4	Son House	The Jinx Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41
5	Big Joe Williams	Jinx Blues	Classic Delta Blues
6	Black Boy Shine	Gamblin' Jinx Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
7	Memphis Minnie	I'm A Bad Luck Woman	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
8	Mel Walker	Unlucky Man	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
9	Nat King Cole Trio	Chant Of The Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues)	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1]
10	Dinah Washington	Bad Luck	Dinah Washington Sings The Blues
11	Jimmy Lewis/Ray Charles	If It Wasn't for Bad Luck	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 4
12	Robert Belfour	Bad Luck	What's Wrong with You
13	Muddy Waters	Mother's Bad Luck Child	Can't Get No Grindin'
14	Lightnin' Slim	Bad Luck Blues	The Best Of Excello Records
15	Lightnin' Hopkins	Bad Luck And Trouble	Blues Kingpins
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Bad Luck Blues	Classic Sides Disc 1
17	Cliifford Gibson	Bad Luck Dice	Complete Recorded Works
18	Guitar Welch	Bad Luck Blues	Southern Prison Blues (Digitally Remastered)
19	Kokomo Arnold	Bad Luck Blues	Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1937-1938)
20	Ivory Joe Hunter	No Money, No Luck Blues	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
21	Bill Gaither	Bad Luck Child's Request	When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941
22	Leroy Carr	Bad Luck All The Time	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 2]
23	Champion Jack Dupree	Bad Luck Bound To Change	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
24	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
25	John Mayall	Bad Luck Time	Room To Move 1969-1974 [Disc 2]
26	Tommy Castro And The Painkillers	Bad Luck	Method To My Madness
27	Larry Campbell	Bad Luck Charm	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
28	The Harlem Hamfats	Bad Luck Man	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
29	Charlie Musselwhite	If I Should Have Bad Luck	Deluxe Edition – Charlie Musselwhite

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Free Form – September 2017

September 9, 2017 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for a special edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. He’ll be sitting in for Steady Eddie’s Retro Music Archives, filling the airwaves with sounds you would expect to hear on either show. With a little blend of roots Americana stirred in. Hot rod sounds, killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, early century pop from Annette Hanshaw and Mae West, gospel from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Sam Cooke…and some sweet soul vocals from The Ravens and Barbara Lewis. You won’t go wrong on a Sunday afternoon in West County. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Barbara Lewis	Make Me Your Baby	Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis
3	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
4	Smiley Lewis	Hey Girl	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
5	Kay Starr	Kay's Lament	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
6	Kay Starr	Night Train	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
7	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Free At Last	Down In New Orleans
8	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers
9	Sam Cooke	Mean Old World	Night Beat
10	The Golden Gate Quartet	Dipsy Doodle	Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1
11	Alabama Shakes	Killer Diller Blues	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1]
12	Jimmy Liggins	Cadillac Boogie	Jump, Jive & Swing
13	Trailer	Hot Rods to Hell	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3
14	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
15	Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines	I Want a Lavender Cadillac	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4
16	Mink Deville	Spanish Stroll	The Mink De Ville Collection
17	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	What Does the Deep Sea Say?	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
18	Annette Hanshaw	Moanin' Low	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
19	Mae West	Mister Deep Blue Sea	The Mae West Collection
20	David Johansen	Deep Blue Sea	Shaker
21	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	One Hour Mama
22	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea	Vintage Collections
23	Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely	Rider in the Rain	Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman
24	Barbara Lewis	Hello Stranger	MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
25	John Prine	Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
26	Bob Hope, Bing Crosby	Nothing in Common	Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records
27	The Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born	Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
28	Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey	Rhythm Saved The World	The Gems Of Jazz
29	Louis Armstrong	Rhythm Saved The World	Rhythm Saved The World
30	Ethel Smith	I Got Rhythm	Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952
31	The Happenings	I Got Rhythm	The Best Of The Happenings
32	Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian	Sail Away Lady	The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2
33	The Americans	Sail Away Ladies	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]

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Five Year Anniversary

September 2, 2017 Dave

Time has flown like it always does…it’s been since August 2012 and we’re taking time out for a special celebration on weekly show. Dave Stroud will be reaching back and revisiting tracks he played on the first couple of shows back in the day…including tracks from Geraint Watkins, Fats Waller, Sister Rosetta, Big Joe Turner, Nina Simone, and a host of others. Deeper Roots has kept its promise to it’s listeners…back then and right to the current day. Tune in! Join us and raise a glass.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Geraint Watkins	Bouffant	In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition
3	Roger McGuinn	Anna	Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander
4	Arthur Alexander	Soldier Of Love	The Greatest Hits
5	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (Album)	Word To The Wise
6	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
7	Ringo Starr	Whispering Grass	Beaucoups Of Blues [UK]
8	Fats Waller	Lulu's Back In Town	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
9	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister	100 Ans De Jazz
10	Slim & Slam	Huh! Uh-Huh!	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
11	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down By the Riverside	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
12	Fern Jones	Just A Little Talk With Jesus	The Glory Road
13	Geraint Watkins	Go West	Dial 'W' for Watkins
14	Charles Brown	I Wanna Go Home	The 15 Greatest Hits On Ace Records
15	Slim Harpo	Rainin' In My Heart	The Best Of Slim Harpo
16	Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack & His Orchestra	Mr. Five By Five	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
17	Helen Humes	Be Ba Ba Le Ba Boogie	1945-47
18	Ruth Brown	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean	Ruth Brown: Mama He Treats Your Daugher Mean & Other Hits
19	Little Willie John	Sleep	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
20	Nina Simone	Work Song	The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
21	Ray Charles	Ruby	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
22	Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby	Since I Met You Baby
23	Nellie Lutcher	Hurry On Down	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
24	Hadda Brooks	Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere	BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958
25	The Robins	The Hatchet Man	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
26	Bull Moose Jackson	Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
27	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Drivin' Nails In My Coffin	Vintage Collections
28	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Hand-Picked
29	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
30	Harry Belafonte	Mama, Look at Boo Boo	Harry Belafonte: Greatest Hits
31	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Shame On You	Shame On You
32	Bill Kirchen	Valley of the Moon (Album)	Word To The Wise
33	Doug Sahm	(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
34	Shirley Gunter	Oop Shoop	Shirley Gunter
35	Big Joe Turner	Love Roller Coaster	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]

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High Water Everywhere

August 19, 2017 Dave

And the topic of this episode will be natural disasters. Namely…floods. Timeless events and timeless music. Dave Stroud will share in-depth blues about rising waters, country music about the terror brought to us by Mother Nature, featuring Dave Alvin, James McMurtry, Whispering Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, and Lonnie Johnson…to mention but a few. Our show will focus on music that tells a story, because that’s what we find best in the tradition of Americana roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	Five Feet High And Rising	Songs Of Our Soil
3	Charley Patton	High Water Everywhere Part 1	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
4	Bob Dylan	High Water (For Charley Patton)	Love and Theft
5	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Rising High Water Blues	A Stranger Here
6	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Rising High Water Blues (Pm 12487, 4491-5)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
7	Tom Rush	Galveston Flood	The Very Best Of Tom Rush: No Regrets
8	Whispering Smith	Storm in Texas aka Texas Flood	Swamp Blues
9	Lonnie Johnson	Broken Levee Blues	Hot Fingers
10	Lonnie Johnson	Flood Water Blues	Tomorrow Night
11	Sippie Wallace	The Flood Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
12	Bessie Smith	Back Water Blues	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1]
13	Ruby Gowdy	Florida Flood Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
14	Carl Martin	High Water Flood Blues	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
15	Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe	When The Levee Breaks	24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's 2015
16	Robert Hicks	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
17	Fiddlin' John Carson	Storm That Struck Miami	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
18	Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys	Flood Of '57	Classic Bluegrass
19	Happy Traum	Crash on the Levee Down in the Flood (feat. Justin Guip, Adam Traum & Byron Isaacs)	Just For the Love Of It
20	James McMurtry	Hurricane Party	Just Us Kids
21	Charlie Haden	Is This America? (Katrina 2005)	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
22	Dave Alvin	Southern Flood Blues	Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
23	Roomful Of Blues	Texas Flood	The First Album
24	Larry Davis	Texas Flood	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
25	Randy Newman & The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra With Members Of The New York Philharmonic	Louisiana 1927	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
26	Davell Crawford	Gather By The River	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
27	The Tex-I-An Boys	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
28	Johnny Cash	Big River	Get Rhythm [Sun]
29	Leon Russell	A Mighty Flood	A Mighty Flood

The Year in Pop – 1932

August 5, 2017 Dave

We look back…even though we weren’t there. Our show this week will celebrate the American songbook and popular music in the darkest of times: the year 1932. The clouds were only starting to clear in the heart of the Great Depression and the music was hopeful, sometimes saccharine, and the songwriting talent abundant. The performances were not bad either. The Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, The Boswell Sisters, Cab Calloway, Mildred Bailey, and many others contributed. Tune in on our morning look at the popular sounds of 1932.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination	A Great Big Bunch Of You	Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935
3	Jimmy Grier Orchestra voc. The Three Ambassadors	Bend Down Sister	Echoes From The Cocoanut Grove
4	Ozzie & Harriet Nelson	It's Gonna Be You	The Nelson Touch
5	The Mills Brothers	Chinatown My Chinatown	Sweeter Than Sugar
6	The Mills Brothers	I Can't Give You Anything But Love	This Is Art Deco
7	Boswell Sisters	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Boswell Sisters
8	Boswell Sisters	Stop the Sun Stop the Moon	Boswell Sisters
9	Jeanette MacDonald	Isn't It Romantic	Hits of '32
10	Jimmy Grier Orchestra voc. The Three Ambassadors	We`ve Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky	Echoes From The Cocoanut Grove
11	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Bed)	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
12	George Formby	I Told My Baby With The Ukelele	I'm The Ukulele Man
13	Cab Calloway	Eadie Was A Lady	Best Of The Big Bands
14	Ivie Anderson	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
15	Bill "Bojangles" Robinson	Doin' The New Lowdown	A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1
16	Louis Armstrong	All Of Me	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
17	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
18	The Mills Blue Rhythm Band	Mighty Sweet	Rhythm Spasm
19	Helen Morgan with Victor Young & His Orchestra	Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
20	Jimmie Grier & His Orchestra	One Hour With You	Paper Moon
21	Al Bowlly	Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries	Just A Bowl Of Cherries
22	Mildred Bailey	Rockin' Chair	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
23	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24	The Mills Brothers	Goodbye, Blues	Hits of '32
25	Gene Austin	A Ghost Of A Chance	Voice Of The Southland
26	Bing Crosby	I Found A Million Dollar Baby	Henry & June
27	Bing Crosby	Paradise	Hits of '32
28	Bing Crosby	Dinah	Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
29	Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton Douglas	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003]	Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
30	Sam Browne with Ambrose & His Orchestra	The Sun Has Got His Hat On [Remastered 2003]	Hits of '32

Talk To Me

July 15, 2017 Dave

Talk is cheap. Talk can walk…if given the chance. With technology in our face each and every moment … it seems that talk has become even cheaper if not more full of falsehoods. From the very top the sewer of hyperbole flows downhill. But I digress. We’ll go from country to R&B, rock to gospel, and back again…with a theme show about ‘talking’. We’ve got Little Willie John, Nancy Wilson, Bob Wills, Bobby Charles, and Doris Day performing and following the talking points on our roots celebration on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Willie John	Talk To Me, Talk To Me	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
3	Los Super 7	Talk to Me	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
4	Polly Possum And Joe Wolverton With The Dog Patch Boys	Don't Talk To Me About Men	The World Is A Monster
5	Ernest Ashworth	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 2]
6	Faron Young	I Hear You Talkin'	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
7	Buck Owens	Loose Talk (With Rose Maddox)	Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 3]
8	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	You've Been Talking In Your Sleep	Maddox Brothers & Rose
9	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Heart to Heart Talk	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
10	Gene O'Quin	Keep A Talkin' Baby	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
11	The Louvin Brothers	I Know What You're Talking About	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
12	Bobby Charles	Small Town Talk (single version)	Bobby Charles
13	Bobby Bare	Talk Me Some Sense	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
14	Lefty Frizzell	No One to Talk to But the Blues (& Shirley Caddell) 1957	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4)
15	Little Willie John	Let Them Talk	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
16	Nancy Wilson	Happy Talk	Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley
17	Peggy Lee	Talkin' To Myself About You	The Capitol Collector's Series
18	Doris Day	Pillow Talk	Golden Girl Columbia Recordings 1944-1966 – Disc 2
19	Johnny Mercer & Martha Tilton with Paul Weston & His Orchestra	If I Had A Talking Picture Of You	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
20	Sam Cooke	Talkin' Trash	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
21	Frankie Ford	You Talk Too Much	The All Time Greatest Hits Of
22	Snooks Eaglin	Mama Talk to Your Daughter [#]	Complete Imperial Recordings
23	Vicki Evans	Dont Talk That Talk To Me	Stompin' 34
24	The Table Toppers	Talk To Me Baby	Stompin' 2
25	Wynonie Harris	Keep-A-Talking	Women Whiskey & Fish Tails
26	Bull Moose Jackson	We Can Talk Some Trash	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
27	Harold Burrage	Hi-Yo Silver	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)
28	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Hate To Talk About Myself	Complete Recorded Works Vol.3
29	Mose Allison	I'm Not Talking	Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness
30	Eddie Jefferson	Start Walkin' Stop Talkin'	The BeBop Singers
31	Billie Holiday	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	The Essential American Singers
32	Norris The Troubador	Talk About Jerusalem Mornin'	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
33	Brother Claude Ely	Talk About Jesus	Satan Get Back
34	The Bells Of Joy	Let's Talk About Jesus	Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults
35	Annette Hanshaw	If I Had a Talking Picture of You	Volume 7 – Annette Hanshaw 1929-30
36	Dinah Washington	Walkin' And Talkin'	Gold

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