Join us as we peer into the music of Mississippi John Hurt, performed by contemporary artists with some bits and pieces of his own music. We’ll also feature some fragments from the original interview conducted by Tom Hoskins in 1963 after some simple sleuthing, in the town of Avalon not far from Hurt’s boyhood home of Teoc, Mississippi. The story of his rediscovery after the sixties folk revival (and Harry Smith’s original Anthology of American Folk Music) is legend. Sit back on a Friday morning and listen in for some of the great music of the minstrel from Teoc
Gospel music informed much of the music from the early century and the blues took it’s soul and inspiration from many passages. Numerous street corner buskers promoted the scripture and many, like Blind Willie Johnson, Gary Davis, Oda Mae Terrell, and Mother McCollum were known as musical evangelists in addition to their place in the church. And the spirituals also informed the music of Blind Boy Fuller, Charley Patton, Barbecue Bob, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and so many early blues men and women. We’ll sample a few and take our Friday evening show with some reverence and grit.
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Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
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Mississippi John Hurt
Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
4
Mother McCollum
Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane
Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
5
Mother McCollum
Oh Lord I'm Your Child
Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
6
Blind Lemon Jefferson
He Arose From The Dead
The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
7
Blind Joe Taggart And Joshua White
Scandalous And A Shame (Pm 12780, 20942-4)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
8
Sam Collins
I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
Complete Recorded Works 1927-31
9
Barbecue Bob
When The Saints Go Marching In
Complete Recorded Works Vol 1
10
Blind Willie Johnson
I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
11
Charley Patton
Lord I'm Discouraged
Blues Images Presents: 1920's Blues Classics Vol.14
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Bukka White
I Am In the Heavenly Way
Masters Of The Delta Blues: The Friends Of Charlie Patton
13
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
Heaven Is My View
Backwoods Blues (1926-1935)
14
Lil McClintock
Sow Good Seeds
21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10
15
Blind Nesbit Gussie
Pure Religion
Vol. 2-(1929-34)
16
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Canaan's Land
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
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Skip James
Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
Complete Early Recordings
18
Blind Boy Fuller
Precious Lord
Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55)
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Blind Boy Fuller
Must Have Been My Jesus
Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55)
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Josh White
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
21
Josh White
Lord, I Want To Die Easy
Complete Recorded Works 1929-1940 Vol. 2
22
Blind Willie McTell
I Got Religion I'm So Glad (w/ Kate McTell)
The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
23
Bull City Red
I Feel Like Shoutin'
Blues And Gospel From The Eastern States (1935-1944)
24
Memphis Minnie
Let Me Ride
Memphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4]
25
Brownie McGhee
Done What My Lord Said
The Complete Brownie McGhee [Disc 2]
26
Jimpson & Group
No More My Lord
Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.
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Irma Thomas
Old Records
If You Want It, Come and Get It
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Lewis Bronzeville Five
Natchez Mississippi Blues
The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
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Leon Redbone
Sweet Lorraine
Any Time
5
Los Lobos
Goodnight My Love
El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4)
6
The Treniers
Good Rockin' Tonight
They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
7
The Larks
Rockin' in the Rocket Room
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
8
The Swallows
Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9
Irma Thomas
Girl Needs Boy
Soul Queen of New Orleans
10
Norah Jones
How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart?
The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
11
Arthur Alexander
Every Day I Have to Cry
Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
12
Arthur Alexander
Anna
The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
13
Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson
Texas Bop
The Border/Alamo Bay
14
The Mavericks
Hey Tonight (Bonus)
Quiero Creedence
15
The Texas Tornados
Little Bit Is Better Than Nada
4 Aces
16
Don Santiago Jimenez Sr
Ay Te Deja San Antonio
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
17
Linda Ronstadt
El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull)
Mas Canciones
18
Dwight Yoakam
This Time
This Time
19
Lefty Frizzell
Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More)
Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
20
Charlie Walker
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
21
Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys
What It Means To Be Blue
Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
22
Felix Arndt
Desecration Rag
The Big Broadcast vol. 9
23
The Sunshine Boys
It's Unanimous
1929-1931 – The Complete Set
24
Ted Weems & His Orchestra
From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning
The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928)
Sit back and relax. Today’s Deeper Roots takes on a quieter mood with easy and sweet pop melodies from the past century. Dreamy classics from the American Songbook featuring the likes of Ray Charles, Leon Redbone, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, The Pied Pipers, and many more. From the 1930s to the 2010s, this week’s show contains the polish of moonlight, the wisp of clouds against a blue sky, and a trip to the Isle of Golden Dreams. Something to ponder…a dream or two…adrift like smoke rings in low light. All for our West County fans on Community Radio.
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Leon Redbone
A Dreamer's Holiday
Up A Lazy River
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Solitaire Miles
Darn That Dream
Melancholy Lullaby
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Mama Cass
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
5
The Pied Pipers
Dream
It's Been A Long, Long Time – Music Of The War Years Vol 3
6
Roy Orbison
Dream
You've Got Mail
7
The Prisonaires
Dreaming Of You
The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain
8
Sam Cooke
Smoke Rings
The Rhythm And The Blues
9
Little Jimmy Scott
Street of Dreams
Glengarry Glen Ross
10
Dr. John
Blue Skies
Afterglow
11
Bill Frisell & Petra Haden
I've Got A Crush On You
Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
12
k.d. lang
Skylark
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
13
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Drifting and Dreaming
Lovers' Luau
14
Peggy Lee
Is That All There Is?
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
15
Patti Page
Old Cape Cod
Your Hit Parade – 1957
16
Ray Charles
Moonlight In Vermont
Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
17
Roy Orbison
In Dreams
The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 4]
18
Neil Young
Dreamin' Man
Harvest Moon
19
Willie Nelson
A Dreamer's Holiday
Without a Song
20
Keely Smith
You Go to My Head
The Essential Capitol Collection
21
Frank Sinatra
September Song
The Reprise Collection [Disc 2]
22
Dean Martin
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song
23
Dean Martin
Hit The Road To Dreamland
Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song
24
The Ink Spots
Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat
Greatest Hits
25
Leon Redbone
If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven
Double Time
26
Les Paul
My Isle Of Golden Dreams
Les Paul: Guitar Wizard
27
Waylon Jennings
Dreaming My Dreams With You
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2
28
Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
Superstition and luck are the topics for our theme show on a Friday night in Sonoma County on community radio. Deeper Roots explores those superstitious topics of charms, clovers, black cats, and numerology this week. Join Dave Stroud for blues from the Wolf, Lucille Bogan, and Albert King; county star power from Skeets McDonald, Ernest Tubb, and Elvis; plus a lot of special treats including tracks from Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Casey Bill Weldon, Joe Barry, and Larry Campbell. We’ll also be wishing on star power from Cliff Edwards and Petra Haden…and four leaf clover luck from Nick Lucas, Bill Haley, and Al Miller. From the turn of the century to a couple of contemporary sounds.
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Chris Thomas King
Superstitious Blues
Me, My Guitar and the Blues
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Ernest Tubb
Since That Black Cat Passed My Path
Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1
4
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain't Superstitious
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
5
Casey Bill Weldon
Jinx Blues
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
6
Lucille Bogan
Superstitious Blues (Hooch House Blues)
Complete Recorded Works – Volume 2
7
Al Miller
I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
8
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Friday The 13th Child
His California Album
9
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Talking Book
10
Dr. John
I Been Hoodood
Definitive Pop Collection
11
Louis Jordan
Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man
Jivin' With Jordan
12
Al Reed
Hoodoo
The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (American Horror Songs 1930s – 1950s)
13
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Bad Luck
If You Don't Know Me By Now
14
Dusty Springfield
Spooky
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
15
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Spooky
Anyway The Wind Blows
16
Bill Frisell & Petra Haden
When You Wish Upon A Star
Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
17
Robert Johnson
Wish Upon A Star
Close Personal Friend
18
Koko Taylor
Born Under a Bad Sign
The Best of Koko Taylor
19
Larry Campbell
Bad Luck Charm
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
20
Elvis Presley
Good Luck Charm
Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
21
Joe Barry
Four Leaf Clover
I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1
22
Bill Haley
Four Leaf Clover Blues
Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1
23
Nick Lucas
I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover
Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips
24
Skeets McDonald
Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star
Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
25
Cliff Edwards
When You Wish upon a Star
40 Your Hit Parade
26
War
Spill the Wine
Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film)
27
Johnny Otis & Marci Lee
Casting My Spell on You
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
28
Albert King
Born Under A Bad Sign
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
29
William Bell
Born Under A Bad Sign
This Is Where I Live
30
Billy Boy Arnold
Cell No. 13 Blues
Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy
31
Brownie McGhee
Secret Mojo
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
32
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
I Put a Spell on You
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
White line fever…that endless gray ribbon…asphalt mixed with bennies…and a whole lot of attitude around semis, mile markers, county mounties, and bobtail returns. Terminology you won’t hear too much on our show…except for this show which shares the songs of the long-haulers. Bill Kirchen, Red Simpson, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard are just a sample of the performers joining in the fun where Cliff Bruner & His Boys introduce us to the first truck driving song “Truck Driver Blues” right up to that bad boy honky tonkin’ guitar trucker Dale Watson. You can’t escape the 18 wheel energy on Sonoma County Community Radio…straight from the Bakersfield asphalt to yours.
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Dick Curless
A Tombstone Every Mile (1)
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
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Red Simpson
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
4
Lyle Lovett
The Truck Song
Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
5
Joe Ely
White Line Fever
Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
6
Marty Stuart
Truck Drivers' Blues
Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
7
Bill Kirchen
Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man
Tied to the Wheel
8
The Sons Of The Pioneers
Diesel Smoke
Country Legends
9
Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
10
Bill Neely
I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy
Texas Law & Justice
11
Bob Ensign
Midnight Trucker
Front Porch Pickin': Bluegrass Instrumentals ('60s)
12
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Semi-Truck
Rig Rock Deluxe
13
Red Simpson
Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
14
Jimmy Martin
Truck Driving Man
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
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Buck Owens
Truck Drivin' Man
Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
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Norton Buffalo
Eighteen Wheels
Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon
17
Dale Watson
Been A Long Truckin Day
The Trucking Sessions Vol 3
18
Merle Haggard
Truck Driver's Blues
Working In Tennessee
19
Buck Owens
Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven
Rig Rock Deluxe
20
Dave Dudley
Six Days On The Road
Classic Country
21
Bill Kirchen
Mama Hated Diesels
Seeds and Stems
22
Cliff Bruner & His Boys
Truck Driver's Blues (1939)
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
23
Jess Willard
Truck Driver's Boogie
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
24
Jimmy Martin
Truck Driver's Queen
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
Jazz guitar masters take center stage on a February Friday in Sonoma County on community radio. Join Dave Stroud as he revisits some of the great jazz guitar performances including tracks from Charlie Christian, Eddie Lang, Teddy Bunn, and Kenny Burrell. This week’s two hour show will also include some country and rock favorites whose guitar work stands alongside the great influential performers of the day….Les Paul, Chet Atkins, and Hank Garland among them.
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Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli
Jeepers Creepers
Swing 39
3
Carl Kress
Jazz in G
Presenting& The Great Guitarists
4
Stiphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel
It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing
The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
5
Teddy Bunn
I've Got The World on A String
Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
6
Charlie Christian
Solo Flight
Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
7
Gaillard, Slim Quartette
Tee Say Malee
Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
8
Slim Gaillard
Blue Heaven
ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
9
Eddie Lang
Add A Little Wiggle
Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35
10
Eddie Lang
Eddie's Twister
Jazz Guitar Virtuoso
11
John Trueheart
Lonesome Moments
Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
12
Dick Bernstein
Ramble
HIttin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
13
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Jazz Me Blues
Les Paul: Guitar Wizard
14
Chet Atkins
Mountain Melody
100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
15
Chet Atkins, George Barnes, Henry Haynes, Kenneth Burns, Charles R. Grean, Irving Goldberg, Bob Davis
Songs about moonlight on the trail this week. We revisit songs about Old Paint, cowpokes, outlaws, and the wide expanse of the range in this week’s show. Tradition, temperance, and memories of the Red River Valley with Michael Martin Murphey, Jimmie Driftwood, Rex Allen, Powder River Jack (featuring Kitty Lee), and many more cowboys from Hollywood and the old Navajo Trail. Storytelling and nostalgic novelties, most elevating the hardscrabble life of the West to a Disney featurette. Right here on Sonoma County community radio.
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The Norman Luboff Choir
Shenandoah
Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea
3
Gene Autry
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
4
Gene Autry
Back In the Saddle Again
Don't Fence Me In:Western Music Early Golden Era
5
The Western Flyers
Along The Navajo Trail
Wild Blue Yonder
6
Marty Robbins
The Strawberry Roan
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
7
Duane Eddy
Streets of Laredo
Rebel Rouser
8
Ernest Tubb
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
9
Gene Autry & Jimmy Long
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]
10
Marty Robbins
Red River Valley
All-Time Greatest Hits
11
Johnny Bond
Red River Valley
History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
12
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
The Old Chisholm Trail
16 Great Songs Of The Old West
13
Ken Curtis & The Sons of the Pioneers
Home On The Range
The Cowboy Album
14
Ken Maynard
Home On The Range
When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
15
Judy Canova
Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
16
The Sons Of The Pioneers
Along The Santa Fe Trail
Sons Of The Pioneers
17
Rex Allen
Riding Down To Mexico
The Last of The Great Singing Cowboys
18
Johnny Bond
Goodbye Old Paint
Standard Transcriptions
19
Cisco Houston
I Ride An Old Paint
The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
20
Michael Martin Murphey
I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo/Git Along Little Doggies
Cowboy Songs
21
Eddy Arnold
Cattle Call
Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
22
Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers
Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")
Country Legends
23
Ken Maynard
Lone Star Trail
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
24
Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)
Strawberry Roan
Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25
Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles
Sleepy Desert
Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
26
Carson Robison's Buckaroos
Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
27
Crowder Brothers
Wild West Rambler
When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
28
Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee
Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail
When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
29
Jimmie Driftwood
Billy The Kid
Americana, Vol. 2
30
Don Edwards
Sam Bass
Saddle Songs (1 of 2)
31
The Light Crust Doughboys
Oh Susannah
Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
32
Tex Ritter
My Darling Clementine
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
33
Tex Ritter
Chisholm Trail
High Noon
34
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
The Streets Of Laredo
16 Great Songs Of The Old West
35
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans With Frank Worth & His Orchestra
Happy Trails
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
We gravitate towards gospel because it’s roots are so entwined with virtually every form of music we feature on Deeper Roots; so we’ll revisit the sound once more. However, in this episode we’ll focus on the rock and rhythm inspiration…gospel performances that were more worldliness than holiness. Jesus Rocked The Jukebox is the name of an album that we’ve leaned on in this episode and expanded from there with examples of over-the-top performances in the key of the sacred but with the pounding rhythmic syncopation of the secular. Join Dave Stroud as he pulls out the stop with the likes of The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Detroiters, The Highway QCs, Fannie Bell Chapman, and a host of others. Breathtaking gospel for a Friday evening in Sonoma County.
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Pilgrim Travelers
After While (Take 8)
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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The Detroiters
Let Jesus Lead You
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
4
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Jesus Children of America
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
5
The Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Love Lifted Me
6
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Trouble In My Way
The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
7
Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers
Walk With Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
8
The Original Blind Boys
People Don't Sing Like They Used To Sing
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
9
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
He's Alright
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
10
Fannie Bell Chapman
He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield
Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
11
The Chosen Gospel Singers
Ananais
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
12
The Chosen Gospel Singers
Trouble Of This World's Condition
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
13
Rosa Shaw
On The Highway
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14
Sister Emily Bram
Each Day
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
15
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air
Gospel Train
16
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
17
Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Gospel of Blues
18
The Staple Singers
Wade In The Water
Freedom Highway
19
The Staple Singers
Jacob's Ladder
Freedom Highway
20
The Golden Gate Quartet
Wade In The Water (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
21
Gospel Hummingbirds
Pray On
Taking Flight
22
The Highway QC'S
Walk with Me
Great Gospel – People Get Ready
23
The Highway Q.C.'s
The Way Up The Hill
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
24
Brother John Sellers
He's My Rock
Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel
25
The Swan Silvertones
My Rock
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 2: More Black Gospel
26
Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers
Rock My Soul
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27
Gospel Silhouettes
Rock In A Weary Land
Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1
28
The Swan Silvertones
Sinner Man
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
29
Gospel Supremes
Sinner Man
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
30
Silvertone Quintet
Stand By Me
Powerhouse Gospel
31
Mary Deloatch
The Lord's Gospel Train
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
32
Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette
Sinner's Crossroads
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
33
The Harmonizing Four
Hallelujah
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
34
The Staple Singers
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
35
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Christian's Automobile
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.
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Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
3
Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4
Ernest Tubb
I Love You Because
The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2)
5
Gene Austin
Love Letters In The Sand
A Time To Relax
6
Eddy Arnold
It's a Sin
Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
7
Red Foley
Old Shep
Tennessee Saturday Night
8
The Lone Star Cowboys
Just Because
East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
9
The Carter Family
I'm Working On A Building
The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
10
Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir
Working On The Building
Powerhouse Gospel
11
Kokomo Arnold
Milk Cow Blues
Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
12
Arthur Gunter
Baby Let's Play House
The Best Of Excello Records
13
Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
14
Jimmy Reed
Baby What You Want Me To Do
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
15
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
So Glad You're Mine
Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
16
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
So Glad You're Mine
Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
17
Little Junior Parker
Mystery Train
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18
Little Richard
Long Tall Sally
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
19
Chuck Berry
Promised Land
The Chess Box Disc 2
20
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
21
The Eagles
Trying To Get To You
Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1]
22
Smiley Lewis
One Night
I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
23
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Money Honey
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
24
Roy Brown
Good Rockin' Tonight
Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers
25
Ivory Joe Hunter
I Need You So
The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
26
Billy Bunn & His Buddies
That's When Your Heartaches Begin
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
27
Charlie Blackwell
The Girl of My Best Friend
Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
28
Big Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
29
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Believe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
30
The Golden Gate Quartet
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
31
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
Peace In The Valley
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1]
32
Mahalia Jackson
How Great Thou Art
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
33
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Precious Memories
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
34
Joe Dowell
Wooden Heart
Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961
35
Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra
Blue Moon
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
