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Songs About Cats

June 12, 2017 Dave 1 Comment

Nothing wrong with a little theme fun…and what better way to have it than with a topic that can be heard from in virtually any genre: cats. cool cats, tom cats, go cats, hep-cats, black cats, pussy cats, kitty cats and kittens…all of them are subject to our musical scrutiny in this week’s Deeper Roots show. We’ll hear from the early banjo novelty genius Harry Reser, key meddling Fats Waller, lounge swingers like Bobby Darin, Cy Coleman, and The Blue Hawaiians. And you know there’s also a hint of of black cat and pussy cat jazz and blues from Bo Carter, Bob Brozman, Benny Goodman, and Eddie Lang.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mongo Santamaria	El Pussy Cat	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Julia Lee	Scat You Cats	Ugly Papa
4	Bo Carter	Pussy Cat Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
5	Bob Brozman	Dead Cat On The Line	Blues Reflex
6	Bob Brozman	Dog and Cat	Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz!
7	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
8	Roy Orbison	Bad Cat [Demo Recording]	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 1]
9	Roy Orbison	Cat Called Domino	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 1]
10	Harry Reser	Cat And Dog	The Collection
11	Harry Reser	Kitten On The Keys	The Collection
12	Fats Waller	Kitten On The Keys	Music By Fats Waller
13	Eddie Lang	Wild Cat	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
14	Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, The Benny Goodman Sextet	Wholly Cats	The Original Guitar Hero
15	The Blue Hawaiians	Searchin' for da Cat	Sway
16	The Blue Hawaiians	Da Cat (Reprise)	Sway
17	Four Piece Suit	Something for Cat	Ready to Where?
18	Cy Coleman	Pussy Cat	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
19	Dean Martin	Open Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In) (1992 Digital Remaster)	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
20	Norma Tanega	Walkin' My Cat Named Dog	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
21	Bobby Darin	Gyp the Cat [#]	Wild Cool & Swingin
22	Cappy Bianco	The Cat	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
23	Lee Allen And His Band	Cat Walk	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
24	Dave "Baby" Cortez	Cat Nip	Happy Organs, Wild Guitars
25	Bob Dylan	Cat's In The Well	Under The Red Sky
26	Lee Dorsey	The Kitty Cat Song	The Ep Collection…Plus
27	The Coasters	Three Cool Cats	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
28	Maria Muldaur	Shout You Cats	Garden Of Joy
29	Jimmy Swan	Country Cattin'	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
30	Charlie Walker	Wild as a Wildcat	The Best of Country
31	Charlie Adams	Cattin' Around	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
32	Louis Jordan	At The Swing Cats Ball	Jivin' With Jordan
33	Curley Weaver & Clarence Moore	Wild Cat Kitten	Georgia Blues 1928-33
34	Cisco Houston	The Cat Came Back	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
35	Freddie Neil & Friend	Listen Kitten	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
36	Tom Jones	What's New Pussycat?	The Best of Tom Jones [Polygram]

Everly Brothers Tribute

June 3, 2017 Dave

Hits from the 50s and 60s…covers by contemporary artists… original versions … songs from Phil and Don and from the songwriting team that brought them fame: Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. We’ll spend time on all of them…and more…in a special two hour tribute to the brothers who may not have been able to get along but they got along with their fans beginning with 1957’s Bye Bye Love. They lasted as solid pop, country, and rock crossovers well into the mid-1960s and we’re going to celebrate their music featuring performers including Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, The Persuasions, Buddy Miller, and a host of others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Everly Brothers	Should We Tell Him	Classic Everly Brothers CD1
3	The Everly Brothers	Cathy's Clown	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
4	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault, Pt. 3
5	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
6	The Everly Brothers	Crying in the Rain	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
7	Rockpile	Crying in the Rain	Seconds of Pleasure
8	Rockpile	Take a Message to Mary	Seconds of Pleasure
9	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Both Sides Of An Evening
10	Merle Travis	Muskrat	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	All I Have to Do Is Dream	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 2
12	The Persuasions	All I Have To Do Is Dream	Good News
13	Linda Ronstadt	When Will I Be Loved	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
14	Everly Brothers	When Will I Be Loved	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
15	The Everly Brothers	Walk Right Back [Single – 1961]	Singles / EP's /Radio / Live
16	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
17	David Lindley	Bye Bye Love	El Rayo-X
18	Madeleine Peyroux	Bye Bye Love	The Blue Room
19	Linda Ronstadt/Valerie Carter	Devoted to You	Dedicated to the One I Love
20	Teddy Thompson	The Price Of Love	A Piece Of What You Need (iTunes Version)
21	Everly Brothers	Till I Kissed You	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
22	Buddy Miller	The Price Of Love	Midnight And Lonesome
23	The Everly Brothers	The Price of Love	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
24	Emmylou Harris	Sleepless Nights	Pieces Of The Sky
25	Ray Charles	Bye Bye Love	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
26	Roy Orbison	All I Have To Do Is Dream	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2]
27	Roy Orbison	Bye Bye Love	Sings Lonely and Blue [US Bonus Tracks]
28	The Everly Brothers	Bowling Green	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
29	Kirsty MacColl	Walk Right Back	What Do Pretty Girls Do?
30	John Fogerty	When Will I Be Loved? (With Bruce Springsteen)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
31	The Everly Brothers	Memories Are Made Of This	It's Everly Time
32	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
33	Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
34	The Everly Brothers	Down In The Willow Garden	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
35	Kevin Russell	Walk Right Back	Plain Dirt Fashion

Lazy Day Lullabies

May 3, 2017 Dave

t’s the softer side of Americana sounds from the last 100 years. Digging into the dusty digital bins, Deeper Roots host Dave Stroud will keep the waters calm in the face of the storm that swirls around us. Love songs, songs of wistful desires, trips to the seashore cabin, and instrumentals for dreamers all take center stage in a collection of sounds from the mellow side. We’ll hear pop from Dean Martin, country from Charlie McCoy and Merle Haggard, rock from Mark Knopfler and Roy Orbison, and some soul sounds from Sam Cooke and Irma Thomas.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Santo & Johnny	Lazy Day	Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2]
3	Jason Wilber	Your Destiny	Lazy Afternoon
4	Merle Haggard	Goin' Away Party	Unforgettable
5	Charlie McCoy	Walkin' After Midnight	Classic Country
6	J.J. Cale	After Midnight	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
7	The Mills Brothers	Lazy River	Best of the Decca Years
8	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Old Cape Cod	Standard Songs for Average People
9	Neil Young	One of These Days	Harvest Moon
10	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	You Got Me	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
11	Waylon Jennings	Dreaming My Dreams With You	Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris
12	Kevin Russell	Lay Down Your Burden	You Don't Know Me
13	Dean Martin	Sleepy Time Gal	Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song
14	Bob Hope, Shirley Ross	Two Sleepy People	Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957
15	Leo Reisman & His Orchestra	Lazy Lullaby	Society Swing
16	Willie Nelson	Blue Hawaii	Honeymoon in Vegas
17	The Arthur Lyman Group	Yellow Bird	Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6
18	Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler	Tahitian Skies	Neck and Neck
19	Dire Straits	Ticket To Heaven	On Every Street
20	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68
21	Leon Russell	Lady Blue	Retrospective
22	Randy Newman	Baltimore	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
23	Bill Frisell	Poem For Eva	Good Dog, Happy Man
24	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
25	Irma Thomas	River Is Waiting	Simply Grand
26	Mississippi John Hurt	Since I've Laid My Burden Down	Immortal
27	John Prine	Speed of the Sound of Loneliness	German Afternoons
28	John Fogerty	Back Home Again	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
29	Calvin Cooke	Since I Laid My Burden Down	The Best Of Sacred Steel
30	Louis Armstrong	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3]

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

Rhythm & Blues & Soul

March 18, 2017 Dave

….’Cause it’s gotta have soul, rhythm, and blues to make the cut this week. That’s the answer to the question. We’ll look to a couple of iconic comedians from the late 70s to inspire us with a collection of sounds lifted from their albums…and their movies. Why not? Jake and Elwood teamed up with Stax legends Steve Cropper, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, and Duck Dunn to deliver punch after punch and we’re going to sample the best of it. We’ve got Willie Mabon, King Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Big Joe, The Robins, The Soul Survivors, and (of course) Aretha…all for you in a two hour rhythm & blues & soul extravaganza this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Aretha Franklin	Think	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
3	Aretha Franklin	Respect	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
4	James Brown	Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1	Gold Disc 1
5	Taj Mahal	Mr. Pitiful	Seqor Blues
6	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
7	King Floyd	Groove Me	In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1
8	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
9	Sam & Dave	Soul Man	The Best Soul Album In The World… Ever!
10	Otis Redding	I Can't Turn You Loose	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
11	Big Mama Thornton	Let Your Tears Fall Baby	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
12	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
13	Willie Mabon	I Don't Know	Atlantic Blues: Piano
14	Linda Hayes	Yes I Know	Atomic Baby
15	The Soul Survivors	Expressway to Your Heart	Striptease
16	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
17	The Contours	Do You Love Me	The Very Best of The Contours
18	James & Bobby Purify	Shake A Tail Feather	The Best Of
19	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly	Detroit Breakout! 1
20	The Playboys	Good Golly Miss Molly	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
21	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop and Fly	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
22	The Spencer Davis Group	Gimme Some Lovin'	Notting Hill
23	The Robins	Riot in Cell Block #9	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
24	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
25	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
26	Wilson Pickett	634-5789	The Very Best of Wilson Pickett
27	Johnnie Taylor	Cheaper To Keep Her	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
28	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
29	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Messin' With The Kid	Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics
30	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Born in Chicago	An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1
31	The Blues Brothers	(I Got Everything I Need) Almost	The Definitive Collection
32	Big Mama Thornton	They Call Me Big Mama	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
33	Margie Anderson	Yes I Know	Stompin' 25
34	Jackie Wilson	Baby Workout	Something's Got A Hold On Me
35	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
36	The Blues Brothers	Soul Man	The Definitive Collection

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rock, Rockabilly

Rockabilly Road

February 11, 2017 Dave

It’s time once again to visit the wild side of rock n’ roll…unrestrained and unforgiving…and often out of tune. But that didn’t matter since it was the emotion and the sweat that filled the production gaps. A progenitor of punk, rockabilly music got its roots from hillbilly, country swing, and R&B. And it certainly owes a lot to Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. Our show this week will cover the known and the unknown. We’ll hear tracks from the Sun stable but we’ll also dig into the digital dust bins of the Imperial, Capitol, and Decca labels for vintage examples and a few rockabilly modernists will be on hand. So get your cat clothes on and get ready for a raucous evening in West County on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Burnette	Eager Beaver Baby	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
3	Doc Watson	Shake, Rattle And Roll	Docabilly
4	Mac Wiseman	The Fool	Teenage Hangout
5	RockATeens	Doggone It Baby (Alt)	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
6	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
7	Wanda Jackson	There's A Party Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
8	Wanda Jackson	The Graveyard Shift	Unfinished Business
9	Merle Kilgore	Everybody Needs A Little Lovin	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
10	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
11	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
12	Warren Smith	Rock and Roll Ruby	Rockabilly Legend
13	Billy Lee Riley	Baby Please Don't Go	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
14	Carl Perkins	Glad All Over	Original Sun Greatest Hits
15	Malcom Yelvington	Rockin' with my Baby	SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]]
16	Johnny Burnette	Oh Baby Babe	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
17	Jerry Lee Lewis	Real Wild Child (Wild One)	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
18	Eddie Bond	Rockin' Daddy	Classic Rockabilly
19	Ronnie Dawson	Rockin' Bones	Rockin' Bones: The Legendary Masters [Disc 2]
20	Charlie Feathers	One Hand Loose	CD2
21	Charlie Feathers	Bottle to the Baby	Rockabilly Kings
22	The Collins Kids	Rock Boppin' Baby	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
23	Larry Collins/Lorrie Collins	Mercy	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
24	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Kill Devil Hillbilly	Cupid And The Devil
25	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Cupid And The Devil	Cupid And The Devil
26	Bill Kirchen	Rockabilly Funeral	Tombstone Every Mile
27	Carl Perkins	All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty)	Go Cat Go
28	Carl Perkins	Rockabilly Music (with Paul Simon)	Go Cat Go
29	Carl Perkins	Go Cat Go	Go Cat Go
30	Wanda Jackson	Mean Mean Man	Queen Of Rockabilly
31	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
32	Dean Beard	Rock Around the Town	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
33	Jimmy Wages	Mad Man	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
34	Memphis Rockabilly Band	Pleated Pants	Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection CD1
35	Charlie Feathers	Corrina	Good Rockin' Tonight
36	Freddie Hart	Snatch It And Grab It	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
37	Hal Willis	Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Modern Americana, Rockabilly

Deeper Fifties Fear

January 14, 2017 Dave

There was (is?) a time when the background noise (and it was loud) revolved around the likelihood that humankind would annihilate itself any day. The Cold War brought out the worst of us. Fear of your neighbor…fear of ideology or alternative ideas were the centerpiece of the day. The fear was embodied in the likelihood of the ‘big one’ dropping; yet our schools, media, and government soft-peddled the reality. The entertainment industry had it’s own take, of course; because artistic license allowed exploration from every corner, even though it would often make light of what was then assumed to be an eventuality. We’ll hear country from Charlie Louvin and Elton Britt, left-wing folkies like Pete Seeger and Mark Spoelstra, and gospel from the Golden Gate Quartet and The Spirit of Memphis Quartet. It’s a combination of novelty, contemporary takes on old standards, and vintage sounds (both musical and otherwise) in our Deeper Roots episode that explores the American way called ‘duck and cover’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
3	Ferlin Husky	Let's Keep the Communists Out	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
4	Armed Forces	How to spot a communist	Public Service
5	Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers	When They Drop The Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
6	Karl & Harty	When The Atom Bomb Fell	Atomic Platters
7	Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts	Love That Bomb	Atomic Platters
8	Charlie Louvin	Great Atomic Power (w. Jeff Tweedy)	Charlie Louvin
9	Mark Spoelstra	Civil Defense Sign	Atomic Platters
10	Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals	The Great Atomic Power	Song of America
11	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
12	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
14	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
15	The Five Stars	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
16	WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY	CONELRAD Radio Alert "Real Thing"	Atomic Platters
17	Pete Seeger	Study War No More (Peace): Talking Atom	If I Had a Hammer-Songs of Hope & Struggle
18	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
19	Glenn Barber	Atom Bomb	Atomic Platters
20	Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
21	Various	WW2 Air Raid Siren	Sound Effects Factory
22	Oscar Aleman	Tico Tico No Fuba	Swing Guitar Masterpieces
23	Connie Francis	Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow	Atomic Platters
24	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
25	Linda Hayes	Atomic Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
26	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Atomic Platters
27	Warren Smith	Uranium Rock	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
28	Bill Haley and his Comets	Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	Atomic Platters
29	Groucho Marx	Civil Defense Spot	Atomic Platters
30	Theme	Peter Gunn	Hit TV Themes Of The 50's
31	Billy Chambers	Fallout Shelter	Atomic Platters
32	The Ramones	I Wanna Be Well	Rocket to Russia (Expanded & Remastered)
33	Beastie Boys	Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
34	Johnny Cash	Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves	Atomic Platters
35	Pete Seeger	The Willing Conscript	Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
36	Hank Williams	No No Joe	Like an Atom Bomb
37	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
38	Al Rogers and the Rocky Mountain Boys	The Hydrogen Bomb	Atomic Platters
39	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Old Man Atom	Country Legends
40	Sonny Russell	Fifty Megatons	Atomic Platters

Americana, Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Rock

Deeper Roots Yuletide 2016

December 24, 2016 Dave

Deeper Roots celebrates the Holidays! Dave Stroud digs deeper yet into those dusty digital bins to find contemporary and vintage music of the holidays. In addition to some selections from the Document Records “Blues Blues Christmas” releases, we’ll surface some newer sounds including Americana nuggets from David Myles, Kacey Musgraves, and Raul Malo. To fill out the vintage, you’ll be entertained by Kay Starr, Elvis, Asleep At The Wheel, and the Prairie Ramblers.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Santa Gotta Choo Choo	Crazy for Christmas
3	Kay Starr	(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With the Bag	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best – holiday 2002
4	Kacey Musgraves	Ribbons And Bows	A Very Kacey Christmas
5	Leon Redbone	That Old Christmas Moon	Christmas Island
6	Ella Fitzgerald	Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney	1950
7	Kacey Musgraves	Feliz Navidad	A Very Kacey Christmas
8	Cajun Gold	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
9	Louis Armstrong	'Zat You, Santa Claus?	Verve Remixed Christmas
10	Prarie Ramblers	Cowboy Santa Claus	Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2
11	David Myles	Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo	It's Christmas
12	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Christmas Dinner	The Christmas Album
13	Asleep at the Wheel	Here Comes Santa Claus	Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All
14	Elvis Presley	Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)	Christmas Album
15	Elvis Presley	Santa Bring My Baby (Back to Me)	Christmas Album
16	Raul Malo	Marshmallow World	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
17	Nat King Cole	All I Want For Christmas	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
18	Nick Lowe	Christmas Can't Be Far Away	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
19	The Living Sisters	Christmas in California	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
20	Frank Sinatra	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	Christmas Songs By Sinatra
21	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
22	Duke Robillard	Santa Claus Blues	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard
23	Si Cranstoun	A Christmas Twist	Old School
24	Darlene Love	White Christmas	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
25	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
26	Charles Brown	Merry Christmas, Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 3
27	Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz, It's Christmas	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (3 of 9)
28	Otis Redding	Merry Christmas, Baby	Blue, Blues Christmas
29	James Brown	Sweet Little Baby Boy (Part 1)	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
30	John Prine	Christmas in Prison	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
31	Cyndi Lauper	Hard Candy Christmas (Featuring Alison Krauss)	Detour
32	The Marquees	Santa Done Got Hip	Blues, Blues Christmas: Volume 4 – 1925-1962 (Disc 1)
33	Tammy Lynn & Myles High	Run Rudolf Run	Myles High Christmas
34	Count Basie	Good Morning Blues (I Want To See Santa Claus)	Blue, Blues Christmas
35	Nick Lowe	Christmas At The Airport	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
36	Jimmy Martin	Old Fashioned Christmas	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
37	NRBQ	Christmas Wish	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]

Sugar Sugar

November 26, 2016 Dave

We’ve got a theme show for you tonight: the last century of America’s music with a focus on candy, cake, pie, and cola…all with that magic (deadly?) insidious ingredient that lures us to it’s flavor. A sure example of a muse if there ever was one. Tune for the sounds of Bill Haley, Al Hirt, Duke Ellington, Elvis, and the Collins Kids (among others). It’s folk, blues, R&B, country, pop, and rock…all in good sweet fun on KWTF radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Temple	Yum, Yum, Yum	Broke, Black & Blue: Volume Four – Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
3	Chuck Willis	Sugar Sugar	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
4	Vocaltones	Sugar Lump	Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records
5	The Collins Kids	Sugar Plum	Hop, Skip And Jump [Disc 2]
6	Peggy Lee	Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)	The Capitol Collector's Series
7	Sammy Davis Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation	The Candy Man	70s Music Explosion Escape
8	Bobby Bare	Candy Coated Kisses (1964)	All American Boy – CD 2
9	Dodie Stevens	Candy Store Blues	Ultimate Collection
10	Jo Stafford	Little Man With a Candy Cigar	For You
11	Julie London	Yummy, Yummy, Yummy	Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 2
12	Lola Albright	Candy	Bombshells
13	Eddie Kirk	Candy Kisses	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17
14	Little Jimmy Dickens	Who Licked The Red Off Your Candy	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
15	John Fogerty	Rhubarb Pie	Deja Vu All Over Again
16	Jay & The Techniques	Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie	45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969
17	Dinah Shore	Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy	Presenting…The Best of the Blues – Vol. 2
18	Big Bill Lister	RC Cola And Moon Pie	Country Boy's Dream
19	Red Foley & Evelyn Knight	Tater Pie	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
20	Skip & Flip	Cherry Pie (1960 #11)	Greatest Hit Singles Collection
21	Marvin & Johnny	Cherry Pie	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
22	Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod	Candy Man	Come On In
23	Skeets McDonald	Birthday Cake Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
24	Texas Top Hands	You Can't Have Your Cake	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
25	Art Neville	Little Girl From The Candy Store	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
26	Elvis Presley	Cotton Candy Land	Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco
27	The Collins Kids	Soda Poppin' Around	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
28	Johnny Burnette	One Soda, Two Straws (2)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 8
29	Poorhouse Gorgeous	Angel Food Cake	Poorhouse Gorgeous
30	Bonnie Guitar	Candy Apple Red	Singles 1
31	Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra;Ivie Anderson;Sonny Greer;Ray Nance;Harry Carney	Chocolate Shake	Wicked Swing
32	Bill Kirchen	She's A Yum Yum	Raise A Ruckus
33	The Iguanas	Sugar Cane	Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart
34	Harry McClintock	Big Rock Candy Mountain	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
35	Muddy Waters	Sugar Sweet	The Anthology [Disc 2]
36	Peter, Paul & Mary	Talkin' Candy Bar Blues	A Song Will Rise
37	The Harlem Hamfats	The Candy Man	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 4 1938-1939

Americana, Country, Country Gospel, Rock

Leon Russell Tribute

November 19, 2016 Dave

To quote one blogger: “[Leon Russell] was one of the most adept and prolific session men of the 1960s rock scene, playing on more records and [alongside] more artists than many people could name, and his abilities and multi-instrumental proficiency would make him an unstoppable force when he debuted as an artist in his own right in the early seventies.” Summed up perfectly. And Deeper Roots will pay tribute to Leon with a look at his music, his songwriting prowess, the arc of his career, and the performances that made him that ‘unstoppable force’. We’ll hear from Joe Cocker, The Carpenters, George Benson, and (of course) Leon himself in a hastily gathered, but oh so sublime, show that honors an artist who we lost this past weekend. Tune into (and support) Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Russell	She Smiles Like A River	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
3	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	Everybody Loves A Clown	The Legendary Masters Series
4	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	She's Just My Style	The Legendary Masters Series
5	Glen Campbell	Gentle On My Mind	Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits
6	Joe Cocker	Delta Lady	Ultimate Collection
7	Richie Havens	Tightrope	Collection
8	Freddie King	Palace Of The King	Ultimate Collection
9	Freddie King	Big Legged Woman	Ultimate Collection
10	Leon Russell	Out in the Woods	Retrospective
11	Leon Russell	Back to the Island	Retrospective
12	Amy Winehouse	A Song for You	Lioness: Hidden Treasures
13	The Carpenters	Superstar	Singles 1969-1981
14	George Benson	This Masquerade (single edit)	Breezin'
15	Leon Russell	Watching The River Flow	Tangled Up In Blues
16	Leon Russell	Dixie Lullaby	Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
17	Leon Russell	Roll Away the Stone	Retrospective
18	Leon Russell	Goodnight Irene	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
19	Leon Russell	Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms	Best Of Hank Wilson
20	George Jones	The Window Up Above With Leon Russell	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
21	Leon Russell	Slow Train	A Mighty Flood
22	Elton John & Leon Russell	If It Wasn't For Bad	The Union [+digital booklet]
23	Leon Russell	Angel In Disguise	Angel In Disguise
24	Leon Russell	Come On In My Kitchen	Life Journey
25	Leon Russell	I See The Light	Snapshot
26	Leon Russell	Im Afraid the Masquerade Is Over	Life Journey
27	Leon Russell	A Song for You	Retrospective

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Hot Summer Days

August 20, 2016 Dave

As we make it over the summer hump, we’ll take time to celebrate all the things we love about the summer heat. Those stunning summer skies, sea breezes, backyard barbecues, and the lift of a summer rain. We’ve got the beach sounds of the sixties, Hawaiian medleys from the islands, sophisticated sass from Buster Poindexter, hot kissin’ from H-Bomb Ferguson, the summer rain, the summer sky, and the Summer Wind from Frank Sinatra. Rock, zydeco, country, pop, bluegrass, rock, and so much of what comes from the in-between this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The David Thom Band	California's Burning	That Old Familiar
3	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
4	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Heat Wave	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
5	Bob Brozman	Hawaiian Heat Waves Medley	Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz!
6	Mr. Sad Head	Hot Weather Blues	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
7	Teddy Bunn	Summertime	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
8	Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band	In the Summertime	100% Fortified Zydeco
9	Sly & the Family Stone	Hot Fun in the Summertime	Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1
10	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
11	The Lovin' Spoonful	Summer in the City	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
12	The Beach Boys	The Warmth of the Sun	Endless Summer
13	It's a Beautiful Day	Hot Summer Day	It's a Beautiful Day
14	Buster Poindexter	Hot Hot Hot	Buster Poindexter
15	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
16	Ella Fitzgerald	Too Darn Hot	Music & Moonlight
17	Eilen Jewell	Too Hot To Sleep	Letters From Sinners & Strangers
18	Kid Bangham, Dan McKinney, Bill Melcher & Dave Ferrara	Some Summer Day	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
19	Willie Nelson	Summer Of Roses [Album Version]	One Hell Of A Ride
20	H-Bomb Ferguson	Hot Kisses	Big City Blues
21	Judy Collins	In The Heat Of The Summer	Forever: [Disc 2]
22	Sam Cooke	Summertime	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
23	The Donkeys	Theme From The Endless Summer	Theme From The Endless Summer [single]
24	Marshall Crenshaw	Starless Summer Sky	Miracle of Science
25	Johnny Burnette	What a Summer Day	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
26	Johnny Rivers	Summer Rain	Best Of Johnny Rivers
27	Frank Sinatra	Summer Wind	The Reprise Collection [Disc 3]
28	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
29	Charlie Parker	Summertime	Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes
30	Nanci Griffith	Summer Wages	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
31	Bob Dylan	Summer Days	Love and Theft

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