It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll hear mellow sounds from Trixie Smith, Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats, winsome themes from Fountains of Wayne, snark from The Harlem Hamfats, and recent relevance from The Devil Makes Three. While April 20th has passed, the topic is a lively one here in California these days and we’re mostly on friendly terms with the weed…even for those that don’t imbibe. The fact is, we have the freedom to do so if we so choose, right?
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Artist
Title
Album
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2
Fountains Of Wayne
Planet Of Weed
Traffic And Weather
3
Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson
Roll Me Up (Album version)
Heroes
4
Hugh Laurie
The Weed Smoker's Dream
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
5
Bea Foote
Weed
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
6
Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
All The Jive Is Gone
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
7
Buck Washington
Save The Roach For Me
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
8
Don Redman & His Orchestra
Chant of the Weed
When Hemp Was Hip
9
Buster Bennett
Reefer Head Woman
Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947)
10
Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats
Weed Smoking Mama
Memphis Highway Stomp
11
The Toyes
Smoke Two Joints
Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2
12
Harlan Pepper
Reefer
The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
13
Neil Young
Roll Another Number (For The Road)
Tonight's The Night
14
Trixie Smith
Jack I'm Mellow
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
15
Ray Charles
Let's Go Get Stoned
Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
16
Barney Bigard Sextet
Sweet Marihuana Brown
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
17
The Cats & The Fiddle
Killin' Jive
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
18
Fats Waller
The Reefer Song
Last Testament His Final Recor
19
Cab Calloway
Reefer Man
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
20
Tampa Red & The Chicago Five
I'm Gonna Get High
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
21
The Harlem Hamfats
Weed Smokers' Dream
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
22
Julia Lee
Marijuana
Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
23
Larry Adler
Smoking Reefers
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
24
Ella Fitzgerald With Chick Webb & His Orchestra
Wacky Dust
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
25
The Devil Makes Three
Champagne And Reefer
Redemption & Ruin
26
Bob Dylan & The Band
Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 [Live]
The Complete, Historic "Isle Of Wight" Concert, 1969 (Remixed and Remastered 2013)
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.
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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
….’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.
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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
Mellow R&B from a broad spectrum of performers who made a mark in the decade or so that preceded rock ‘n roll’s infancy. Indeed, they participated in the birth of the form with a sound that included the vocal quartet, jump and swing, and an incessant beat that could not be ignored. We’ll hear from the ‘feisty females’ of the day: Varetta Dillard, Blue Lu Barker, Big Maybelle, and Bernice Gooden right alongside Buddy Johnson’s Orchestra, the Three Bits of Rhythm, The Cats & the Fiddle, and Luke Jones and the Orchestra. Deeper Roots digs into a collection of tracks, some familiar, some from so deep in the archives that the dust is part of the sound, on another Friday evening of American roots sounds for Sonoma County community radio.
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Album
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Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)
Rock 'N' Roll
Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
3
Luke Jones and His Orchestra
Rompin' the Boogie
More Mellow Cats & Kittens
4
Butch Stone & His Orchestra
Ooh, Look A There Ain't She Pretty
Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
5
Three Bits of Rhythm
Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle
Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
6
Bebopper Lulu and Her Orchestra
Mellow Scat
More Mellow Cats & Kittens
7
Slim Gaillard
Rhythm Mad
Laughing in Rhythm: Groove Juice Special [Disc 2]
8
Three Bits Of Rhythm
The Man That Comes To My House
Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
9
Coleman Brothers
Raise A Rukus Tonight
Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
10
Austin McCoy
Happy Pay Day Part 1
More Mellow Cats & Kittens
11
Nappy Brown
Pitter Patter
The R&B Years 1955 – Vol 2
12
Teddy Bunn With The Hootie McShann Trio
In The Oven
Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
13
The Herb Fisher Trio
Don't Want Nobody Else
More Mellow Cats & Kittens
14
Luke Jones & His Orchestra
Jump Me Some Boogie
Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951