Category Archives: Featured Music

American Novelties

March 25, 2016 Dave

It’s popular in just about every form…well, not so with gospel…but it’s tradition goes back to minstrelsy: the song that has a humorous hook or a running joke to share or maybe a bandleader who takes us into new a ridiculous territories. We’ve got a lot of novelty tunes of this nature to bring you this week on Deeper Roots… a bit of a departure from our normal fare but it’s all for the fun. We’ll hear country sounds from Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, tearjerkers and rock therapy from Mabel Scott, The Chips, and Tiny Hill, and some classic novelty sounds from Danny Kaye, Spike Jones (of course), and Fats Waller.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cab Calloway	The Scat Song	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
3	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
4	Slim & Slam	Sploghm	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
5	The Ink Spots	Mama Don't Allow	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
6	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
7	Ella Mae Morse	Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet	The Morse Code [Disc 1]
8	Danny Kaye	Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
9	Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy	Bed Strings	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
10	Jimmy Durante	Inka Dinka Doo	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
12	Lonnie Johnson	Wipe It Off	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
13	Tiny Hill and His Orchestra (Vocal Tiny Hill)	Hot Rod Race (1951)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
14	Ross & Sargent	Nellie the Nudist Queen	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
15	Spike Jones	Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai (Hawaiian War Chant)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
16	Spike Jones	Der Fuhrer's Face	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
17	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2
18	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds	In Spite Of Ourselves
19	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
20	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
21	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue	At Madison Square Garden
22	Red Ingle and the Natural Seven (Vocal 'Cinderella G. Stump' (Jo Stafford) & Red Ingle)	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) (1947)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
23	Roy Newman	I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
24	Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven	I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)	Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
25	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
26	Leon Redbone	Your Feets Too Big	Any Time
27	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
28	Hank Penny	Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, And Tell 'Em Nothin'	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
29	Hank Penny	The Freckle Song	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
30	The Light Crust Doughboys	Pussy Pussy Pussy	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
31	Eddie Cantor	Hungry Women	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
32	Arthur Godfrey\The Too Fat Trio	Too Fat Polka	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
33	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	When Yuba Plays The Rhumba on The Tuba	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Cliff Edwards	I'm No Fool	The Collection
35	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly	20 Greatest Hits

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Deeper Blind Willie Johnson

March 17, 2016 Dave

Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.

The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell	Dark Was The Night	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
3	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
4	Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
5	Hot Tuna	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live]	Live In Japan
6	Bruce Cockburn	Soul of a Man	Nothing But a Burning Light
7	Ry Cooder	Dark Was The Night	Paris, Texas
8	Maria Muldaur	Oh, the Rain	Any Woman's Blues
9	Sinead O'Connor	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
10	Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams	Motherless Children	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2]
11	John Hammond, Jr.	Motherless Willie Johnson	Country Blues
12	Odetta	Motherless Children	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
13	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Nobody's Fault	Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
14	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
15	Blind Willie Johnson	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
16	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
17	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
18	The Staple Singers	Samson And Delilah	Freedom Highway
19	Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four	John the Revelator	Peace in the Valley [Arista]
20	The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
21	Blind Willie Johnson	Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
22	The Levon Helm Band	God Don't Never Change	The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3
23	David Bromberg Band	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Only Slightly Mad
24	The Blasters	Samson and Delilah	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
25	Blind Willie Johnson	If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down	ABC Of The Blues Vol 20
26	Johnny Shines	It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine	Traditional Delta Blues
27	Irma Thomas	Soul of a Man	After the Rain
28	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
29	Taj Mahal	You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond	The Real Thing
30	Rev. Gary Davis	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs

Free Form – March 2016

March 10, 2016 Dave

We return to a free form collection of American music, featuring blues from Markus James, Blind Willie Johnson, and Dinah Washington; country from Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells, and Leroy Van Dyke; pop memories from Frank Sinatra, Cliff Edwards, and Rusty Draper. The show will feature an expanded eclectic blend of bluegrass, gospel, rockabilly, and gospel and, in addition to Markus James, we’ll also feature a other local musical luminaries to ensure we’re reminded that our Sonoma County musical talent is a rich aquifer.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding	Drivin' Wheel	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
3	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	One More Cowboy (w/Willie Nelson)	Selected Shorts
4	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	Donkey Town	All The Roadrunning
5	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
6	Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards	Somebody Loves Me	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (Disc 2)
7	Sophie Tucker	He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
8	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
9	Laurie London	The Gospel Train	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
10	Rusty Draper	The Train With The Rhumba Beat	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
11	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
12	Mississippi John Hurt	The Chicken	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
13	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
14	Kitty Wells	The Other Cheek	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
15	Leroy Van Dyke	Walk On By	Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 1]
16	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts Of Life	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
17	Slim Gaillard	How High The Moon	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
18	Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Orchestra	Repeal The Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
19	Erwin Lehn	Sentimental Journey	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
20	Frank Sinatra	Day In – Day Out	Come Dance with Me!
21	Jimmy Elledge	Funny How Time Slips Away	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
22	The Rhythm Rangers	I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels	Not Out of the Woods Yet
23	Kevin Russell	Solid Wrong	Plain Dirt Fashion
24	Wendy DeWitt	29 Ways	Getaway
25	Markus James	Head For The Hills	Head For The Hills
26	Markus James	On a Mississippi Porch	Head For The Hills
27	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
29	Lucinda Williams	God Don't Never Change	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
30	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer

Songs of Cindy Walker

March 3, 2016 Dave

Enduring and prolific…country and pop songwriter Cindy Walker’s name is not as familiar to many but her music certainly is. She wrote early western-flavored pop and country swing pieces for performers like Bing Crosby and Bob Wills, composing hits for Hank Snow, Gene Autry, Al Dexter, Eddy Arnold, and others…almost owning the country charts in the 1940s. Her music endured well into the sixties and seventies, covered by Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, and dozens more. Her custom was to rise early and write songs, typing her lyrics on a pink-trimmed manual Royal typewriter while her mother, Oree Walker, would work out the melodies to her daughter’s words. They would station themselves in Nashville five months out of the year to help market the music, returning home to Mexia, Texas where Cindy would live out her life. Join us on a special run of Americana: the songs of Cindy Walker.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch	Sugar Moon	It's A Good Day
3	Willie Nelson	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
4	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Dusty Skies	Take Me Back to Tulsa [Disc 2] (Cherokee Maiden)
5	Bob Wills	Cherokee Maiden	Columbia Historic Edition
6	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Blue Bonnet Lane	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
7	Eddy Arnold	Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me	The Essential Eddy Arnold
8	George Morgan	In the Misty Moonlight	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
9	Dean Martin	In The Misty Moonlight	The Great Dean Martin
10	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blue Canadian Rockies	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
11	Jim Reeves	Distant Drums	Essential Jim Reeves
12	Ray Charles	You Don't Know Me	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
13	Gene Autry	Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
14	Gene Autry	I Was Just Walking Out the Door	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
15	Ernest Tubb	Two Glasses Joe	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
16	The Del McCoury Band	The Bluegrass Country	Del And The Boys
17	The Byrds	Blue Canadian Rockies	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
18	Merle Haggard	Goin' Away Party	Unforgettable
19	Ricky Skaggs	I Don't Care	The Essential Ricky Skaggs
20	Roy Orbison	Shahdaroba	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
21	Roy Orbison	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
22	Willie Nelson	Not That I Care	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
23	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland
24	Les Paul	Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me (Remastered)	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
25	Bob Wills	Miss Molly	For the Last Time
26	Asleep at the Wheel	It's All Your Fault (with Katie Shore)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
27	Solitaire Miles	I Hear You Talkin'	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
28	Solitaire Miles	Me & the Man In the Moon	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
29	Hank Thompson	Triflin' Gal	Seven Decades
30	Willie Nelson	Dusty Skies	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
31	Merle Haggard	Cherokee Maiden	Capitol Collector's Series

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Deeper Roots Ragtime

February 27, 2016 Dave

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	The Hillbillies	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
4	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tangled Tales
5	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
6	Sol Ho'opi'i	Twelfth Street Rag	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
7	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Hawkins Rag	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
8	Sons of the Pioneers	'A' Rag	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
9	Leon McAuliffe	Twin Fiddle Rag	Tulsa Straight Ahead
10	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Down Home Rag	Shame On You
11	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tiger Rag	The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
12	Pearl Bailey	Johnson Rag	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
13	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Beaumont Rag	Songs For Rounders
14	David Miller	Jailhouse Rag	Old-Time Mountain Guitar
15	The McCormick Brothers	Bugle Call Rag	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
16	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
17	David Grisman	Black Mountain Rag	Early Dawg
18	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
19	Chet Atkins	Dill Pickle Rag	Reflections with Doc Watson
20	Duck Baker	Maple Leaf Rag	Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques
21	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
22	Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
23	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
24	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
25	Bill Neely	Deep Elm Blues	Texas Law & Justice
26	Buddy Jones	Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
27	Cliffie Stone	Jump Rope Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
28	Big Bill Broonzy	Down by the Riverside	Absolutely the Best
29	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
30	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
31	Fats Domino	Darktown Strutters' Ball	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
32	The Davis Sisters	Jesus Steps Right In	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
33	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	You've Got To Bear The Consequence	Shakin' The Rafters
34	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Pure Religion	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
35	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

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Waltzes, Polkas, and Two-Steps

February 25, 2016 Dave

It’s all about the traditional and popular dance music celebrated in the song of the past century. The show opens with the recognition of folk dance’s lineage, those ancestral elements that inhabit a very large part of our need to communicate and celebrate as a society. Most of the early rhythms we’ll hear to start the show are a blend of ancestral folk but we’ll also share the sound of popular dance. Tune in for country, pop, and folk sounds including cajun sounds from Michael Doucet, old-timey guitar and fiddle sounds of Darby and Tarlton, Tejano polka from Flaco Jimenez, and plenty more waltzes, polkas, and two steps.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band	Ozark Waltz	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Alto Waltz	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Pee Wee King	Tennessee Waltz	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
5	BeauSoleil	Cajun Midnight Waltz	The Mad Reel
6	Texas Troubadours	Gardenia Waltz	Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals
7	Ernest Tubb	Waltz Across Texas	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
8	Junior Brown	My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb	12 Shades of Brown
9	Louise Massey & The Westerners	Squeeze Box Polka	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 5]
10	Flaco Jiminez	Tico Taco Polka	Buena Suerte, Seqorita
11	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Beer Barrel Polka	Country Guitar Giants
12	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Polka on the Banjo	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
13	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Cowbell Polka	Shame On You
14	Arthur Smith	Rock And Rye Polka	Here Comes the Boogie Man
15	The Collins Kids	Rock And Roll Polka	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
16	Buck Owens	Buck's Polka	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
17	The Hot Frittatas	Il Pensiero Polka	What's Next ?
18	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	La Gima Polka	Singing In The Bathtub
19	Chet Atkins	New Spanish Two Step	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
20	Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers	Beau's Cajun Two Step	Beau Jocque Boogie
21	Doug Kershaw	Mamou Two-Step	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
22	Byrd Moore	Favourite Two Step	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
23	Zydeco Force	Shaggy Dog Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
24	Clifton Chenier	Louisiana Two Step	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
25	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Charleston [1925]	The Charleston Era
26	Aiken County String Band	Charleston Rag (1927)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
27	Sons of the Pioneers	Square Dance	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
28	Red Foley	Sugarfoot Rag Square Dance	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
29	Chet Atkins	Cosmic Square Dance	Chet Picks On The Grammys
30	Johnnie Lee Wills	Square Dance Boogie	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
31	Freeny's Barn Dance Band	Mississippi Square Dance – Part 2	The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American Countryside
32	Wanda, Ruth Neal	Round Town Girls	Flowers In The Wildwood
33	Blue Ridge Highballers	Round Town Girls	Lead Kindly Light
34	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Guitar Polka	Black Mountain Rag

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Country Swing Pioneers

February 18, 2016 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for two hours of the very best of country swing music on Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. The west had been long-settled when a new sound exploded out of the dance halls and barn-dance venues of the Midwest that was to become popular for it’s upbeat blend of jazz, hillbilly, and down-home blues. The arrangements blended strings, guitar, fiddle and bass, with the rhythmic sounds of urban jazz to reveal something catchy and danceable…and marketable. Before the beat was modernized into the mass market country blandness that paralleled mainstream pop, there were the pioneers including Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Adolph Hofner, Spade Cooley, Light Crust Doughboys, and a host of others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Artistry In Western Swing	Country Hits Vol. 8
3	W. Lee & His Light Crust Doughboys	When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
4	The Light Crust Doughboys	Mean Mean Mama	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
5	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
6	Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers	I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
7	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In El Rio Grande	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol.1 : Brownies Stomp
8	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Easy Ridin' Papa	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
9	Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers	Barn Dance Rag	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
10	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	I Want to Go Back	The Golden Age Of Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
11	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
12	Hank Penny	Oh Yes? Take Another Guess	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
13	Hank Penny	Sweet Talkin' Mama	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
14	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Twin Guitar Special	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
15	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Stay A Little Longer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy
16	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Take Me Back To Tulsa	Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 2
17	Leon McAuliffe	Mr. Steel Guitar	Tulsa Straight Ahead
18	Leon McAuliffe	Rag Mop	Tulsa Straight Ahead
19	Johnny Lee Wills	Rag Mop	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 16
20	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
21	Tommy Duncan	Take Me Back to Tulsa	Texas Moon
22	Adolph Hofner	Cotton Eyed Joe	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
23	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
24	Ted Daffan's Texans	Because	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
25	Ted Daffan's Texans	Down Hi Lo Way	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
26	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Hits
27	Moon Mullican	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	The Very Best Of
28	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Shame On You (Tex Williams & Smokey Rogers)	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
29	Spade Cooley	Troubled Over You	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
30	Spade Cooley	You Can't Break My Heart	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
31	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Sign Off	Shame On You
32	Smokey Rogers	I Can't Help The Way You Feel	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
33	Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra with Judy Hayden	He's A Real Gone Oakie	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
34	Tex Williams	Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon?	Vintage Collections
35	Hank Thompson	Humpty Dumpty Heart	1946-1949 (Warped 4660)

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Higher Power Country Gospel

February 4, 2016 Dave

We visit the classic sounds of country and bluegrass with thematic overtones of gospel. The love of country music often had its roots in a performer’s childhood memories of community church and the sound that would evolve from country and bluegrass provided a tone that grew from those memories…with a tenor that could easily echo the word’. The greatest of them elevated their popularity with their flock by invoking the name of that higher power of God and church in the community of bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and even country groups like the The Louvin Brothers and The Whitstein Brothers made gospel a core of their repertoire.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Satan Is Real
3	The Whitstein Brothers	Way Up On The Mountain	Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins
4	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road
5	Kitty Wells	I Heard My Saviour Call	Dust on the Bible (1959)
6	Kitty Wells	(I've Got My) One-Way Ticket to the Sky	Dust on the Bible (1959)
7	Milton Estes	Hish! Somebody's Calling My Name	Favorite Sacred Songs
8	Brother Claude Ely	Fare You Well	Satan Get Back
9	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
10	J.E. Mainer	Workin' On A Building	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
11	The Carter Family	God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
12	The Carter Family	On My Way To Canaan's Land	Take Me To The Water
13	The Delmore Brothers	The Wrath Of God	Favorite Sacred Songs
14	The Stanley Brothers	Over the Glory Land	16 Greatest Gospel Hits
15	The Stanley Brothers	My Lord's Going To Set Me Free	Hymns & Sacred Songs
16	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
17	Mac Wiseman	Dust On The Bible	Grassroots To Bluegrass
18	Ricky Skaggs	Hallelujah I'm Ready	Family And Friends
19	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Springtime in Glory	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
20	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	Let's All Go Down To The River	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
22	Moore & Napier	Gathering In The Sky	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
23	Elvis Presley	I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
24	Willie Nelson	Sweet Bye and Bye	Old Time Religion
25	Johnny Cash	Unclouded Day	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
26	Chuck Wagon Gang/The Jordanaires	Down the Road	70th Anniversary
27	The Corley Family	Way To Glory Land (1929)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
28	The Corley Family	Give The World A Smile	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
29	Anonymous (Knight Home-recording Disc)	Beautiful Mansions of Gold	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
30	Ex-Governor Alf. Taylor's Old Limber Quartet	Brother Noah Built an Ark	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
31	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Long Walk to Heaven	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
32	Elvis Presley	Working on the Building	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
33	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
34	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways	From the Original Master Tapes

Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
3	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
5	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
6	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
7	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
11	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
15	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
16	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
17	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
18	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
19	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
20	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
22	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
23	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
24	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
25	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
26	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
27	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
29	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
30	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
31	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
32	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
33	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz, Early Pop

Pop Music of the 1920s

January 28, 2016 Dave

We’ll revisit the third decade of the 20th century where the social and cultural watershed events following the first World War were more than one could have anticipated. The Jazz Age; Prohibition; Radio and the Victrola meant entertainment could be had in the front room, replacing the family and neighborhood parlor entertainment. While the Great Depression loomed on the horizon, the music that found the middle was hopeful and full of man-meets-girl songs were all the rage…even if signs of hard times to come were easily spotted. Listen in for a chronological selection that includes the sounds of Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Annette Hanshaw, Ethel Waters, and the peerless pop icons Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.

A Century of America's Music