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Top Country Albums of All Time

November 14, 2022 Dave

It’s list time! For better or worse, we’re going with the top tier of the Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Country Albums of all Time as our guidepost. There’s some great ones here, in fact the majority are agreeable in our estimation but there are also some “huh?” moments. We’ll just assume that that is par for the course with any opinion-based list by a disparate group of critics. For the most part, it captures the core of country pretty well. We’ll share music from Tom T. Hall, The Carters, George Strait and a few nineties and aught pop stars that made the list because they swim the pop country charts. Join Dave as he walks down the list, one that has its cringe-worthy moments, right alongside moments of pure Americana country gold.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Kacey Musgraves	Space Cowboy	Golden Hour
3	Hank Williams	The Blues Come Around	Southern Belle [Disc 2]
4	Waylon Jennings	Black Rose	Honky Tonk Heroes/Ramblin' Man/Dreaming My Dreams (1 of 3)
5	Sammi Smith	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Sammi Smith early 60's the Best Of (varese sarabande 96)
6	John Anderson	Wild and Blue	Anthology
7	Sturgill Simpson	Life Of Sin	Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
8	Guy Clark	Rita Ballou	Old No. 1
9	The Carter Family	Kissing Is Crime	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
10	John Prine	Paradise	John Prine
11	Kris Kristofferson	The Law Is For Protection Of The People	Kristofferson
12	Rosanne Cash	My Baby Thinks He's A Train	Hits: 1979-1989
13	George Strait	I Can't See Texas from Here	Strait Out of the Box [Disc 1]
14	Gary Stewart	She's Acting Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol Songs [Disc 2]
15	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
16	Tom T. Hall	The Year That Clayton Delaney Died (Single Version)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
17	Patsy Cline	I Fall To Pieces	Classic Country
18	George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today	I Am What I Am
19	Miranda Lambert	Vice	The Weight of These Wings
20	The Judds	Why Not Me	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
21	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	At Folsom Prison
22	Taylor Swift	You Belong With Me	Fearless
23	Randy Travis	On The Other Hand	Country Gold 1984-1986
24	Shania Twain	That Don't Impress Me Much	Come On Over
25	Merle Haggard	Red Bandana	His Greatest & His Best
26	Lucinda Williams	Jackson	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
27	Dixie Chicks	Wide Open Spaces	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
28	Ray Charles	Born to Lose (Remastered)	Complete Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Remastered)
29	Waylon Jennings	Dreaming My Dreams With You	Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris
30	Dolly Parton	Coat of Many Colors	Coat of Many Colors [RM 2007]
31	Willie Nelson	Red Headed Stranger	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Cowboy"] (1992)

The Spector Legacy

October 1, 2022 Dave

No tribute here, only an exploration of the musical legacy left behind by one of the premier production geniuses of 20th century rock and roll. We won’t dwell on the poor example of a human being attached to his personal legacy; but the music he gave us was pure gold and his ‘wall of sound’ became synonymous with early sixties classics from The Ronettes, The Righteous Brothers, The Crystals, Gene Pitney, and so many others. His later career found him turning up in production studios with the likes of The Beatles, The Ramones, Leonard Cohen, and others. Along the line his name was also attached to a wide range of songs in copyright; songs that celebrated youth, love, blusterous rivers deep, and soaring mountains high. And we’ll fit as much as we can into our two hour show on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
3	The Ronettes	Walking in the Rain	The Best of the Ronettes
4	The Ronettes	Paradise	The Best of the Ronettes
5	The Ronettes	Do I Love You?	The Best of the Ronettes
6	The Paris Sisters	I Love How You Love Me	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
7	Paris Sisters	Be My Boy	Early Girls – vol 5
8	The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody
9	The Righteous Brothers	Just Once in My Life	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3
10	The Crystals	Uptown	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
11	The Crystals	He's a Rebel	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
12	The Crystals	Da Doo Ron Ron	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
13	Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd.	Black Pearl	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3
14	Alley Cats	Puddin' N' Tain	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
15	Ray Peterson	Corrine, Corrina	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
16	Veronica	So Young	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2
17	Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans	Not Too Young to Get Married	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
18	Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans	Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts?	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
19	The Dixie Cups	Chapel of Love	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
20	Darlene Love	Stumble and Fall	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2
21	Darlene Love	(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
22	Darlene Love	Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
23	The Treasures	Hold Me Tight	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2
24	Ike & Tina Turner	River Deep, Mountain High	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3
25	Ike & Tina Turner	Save the Last Dance for Me	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3
26	Ben E. King	Spanish Harlem	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
27	The Beach Boys	I Can Hear Music	Perfect Harmony
28	Curtis Lee	Pretty Little Angel Eyes	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
29	Brian Wilson	This Could Be The Night	For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson
30	The Ramones	Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?	End of the Century
31	The Ramones	Baby, I Love You	End of the Century
32	The Ronettes	Baby I Love You	The Best of the Ronettes
33	The Crystals	He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1

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Not Above The Law

September 11, 2022 Dave

Welcome to a common theme we share on Deeper Roots: an eclectic blend of stories featuring grifters, the gallows, the law and prison time. Today we’ll be mixing current events with the rule of law and the focus takes on historic anthems of good versus evil. Playlists will feature topics of blind justice, the fate of liars and thieves, and stories of false prophets and demagogues. We’ll welcome them in their own words with pearls of justice that even the January 6^th looters, traitors and thieves cannot escape. It’s a cult…and neither democracy nor faith abide much by the cult of personality that’s soiling our Constitution. We’ve got tracks from Dr. John, Three Dog Night, Hugh Laurie, Booker T and Ted Hawkins this week. Join us here on Deeper Roots for an expose about “Fear and Loathing at Mar-a-Lago”.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Booker T. & The MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
3	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Can't Tear It Up Enuff	T-Bird Rhythm
4	Ted Hawkins	The Constitution	Happy Hour
5	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
6	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
7	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Call The Police	Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands
8	Ray Lum	A Trader Is	Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
9	Bill Phillips	The Yankee Trader	Bill Phillips 1958-1961
10	Dr. John	Trader John	The Blues Biography
11	Three Dog Night	Liar	The Complete Hit Singles
12	Julia Lee	Lies	Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
13	JD McPherson	Mother Of Lies	Let The Good Times Roll
14	Julie London	Little White Lies	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
15	Jackie Greene	About Cell Block #9	Sweet Somewhere Bound
16	Bill Carter with The Cooper Brothers	Jailer Man	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
17	Buck Owens	In the Jailhouse Now	Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
18	Hugh Laurie	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
19	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
20	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
21	Dan Reeder	2016 Election Song	Every Which Way (Deluxe Edition)
22	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
23	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
24	George Kent	I Always Did Like Leavenworth	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
25	The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought The Law	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
26	George Jones/Johnny Cash	I Got Stripes [*]	Silver
27	Rico Bell	Death Row	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 2
28	Doodle Duncan	Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
29	Marty Robbins	Hanging Tree	A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)
30	Ralph Stanley	O Death	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
31	Roy Zimmerman	The Don	Rize Up
32	Thomas E. Dewey	Election Eve Campaign Speech	Great Speeches of the 20th Century
33	Paul Stookey	Nukes R Nuts	Just Causes
34	Roy Zimmerman	The Liar Tweets Tonight	The Liar Tweets Tonight (Single)
35	Earle Hagen	I Spy	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene

Celebrating 10 Years

September 7, 2022 Dave

Break out the libations! Deeper Roots celebrates it’s ten year anniversary on Sonoma County Community Radio and today’s show takes some time to celebrate the blend of sounds we’ve featured with the focus being on our first ten shows. I’ll be grabbing some of my very favorites from those early playlists and sharing them with everyone this morning. Great sounds featured include a trip to Chickashay with Roy Rogers, gospel tradition from Fern Jones, jitterbugging with The Roosevelts, some Duke, Fats, The Louvins, and, of course, Miss Morse (Ella Mae, that is). I’ll look back at some of the shows featured, the many sites visited and the folks that dropped by along the way. A little nostalgia on a Friday morning on KOWS radio and Saturday morning on KRJF and KWTF.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Geraint Watkins	Go West	Dial 'W' for Watkins
3	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
4	Roy Rogers with Country Washburne	My Chickashay Girl	26 All-Time Country Classics
5	Patsy Montana	My Poncho Pony	Cowgirl's Best
6	Bob Wills	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
7	Doug Sahm	(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
8	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
9	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Hand-Picked
10	Kitty Wells	Amigo's Guitar	Greatest Songs
11	Lefty Frizzell	Saginaw, Michigan	Look What Thoughts Will Do
12	The Americans	Sweet and Low	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
13	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
14	Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends	(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It	Blues Classics 1945-1949
15	Duke Ellingtion	Take The "A" Train	Stompin' At The Savoy
16	The Roosevelts	Jitterbug Special	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
17	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister	100 Ans De Jazz
18	Nina Simone	Children Go Where I Send You	The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
19	Gospel Hebrews	Jesus Is All Over Me	Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
20	Fern Jones	Just A Little Talk With Jesus	The Glory Road
21	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Shout Sister Shout	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
22	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Male Call	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
23	Fats Domino	Sleeping on the Job	This Is Gold Disc 2
24	Ivory Joe Hunter	Worried Mind	Since I Met You Baby
25	Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	The Greatest Hits
26	Nellie Lutcher	Hurry On Down	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
27	Jewel Paige & Her Brown Brownies	Give It Up	If You Take Me Back
28	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection
29	Blue Lu Barker	At The Animal Ball: (Sic – At The Animal Fair)	Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949)
30	The Kingston Trio	Scotch and Soda	Absolutely the Best
31	Slim & Slam	Huh! Uh-Huh!	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
32	Dave Van Ronk	Would You Like to Swing on a Star?	Sunday Street
33	Charles Brown	I Wanna Go Home	The 15 Greatest Hits On Ace Records
34	Shirley Gunter	Ipsie Opsie Ooh	Shirley Gunter
35	Ivory Joe Hunter	Shooty Booty	Since I Met You Baby
36	Rocky Porter	The World Is A Monster	The World Is A Monster

The Year in Music 1955

March 19, 2022 Dave

The year was 1955. Bill Haley’s Rock Around The Clock blasted off and just around the corner on the charts was Elvis who had a minor hit in 1954 that made some waves with That’s Alright, Mama and Good Rockin’ Tonight. RCA bought his contract from Sun Records for $35K. The minimum wage reached new heights of $1.00 per hour. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series. The Honeymooners and Gunsmoke debuted on television. And we’ll be digging through the top ten charts of country, rhythm & blues, and pop in a year where the Cold War was a fact of life leading us to duck and cover. Tune in for some Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold, Four Aces, Mitch Miller, Fats Domino, and Chuck Berry this week on our show that browses those dusty digital bins on a weekly basis on Community Radio here in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Walter	My Babe	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
3	Etta James	The Wallflower	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
4	Ray Charles	I Got a Woman	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
5	Al Hibbler	Unchained Melody	Your Hit Parade – 1955
6	Johnny Ace	Pledging My Love	The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
7	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
8	Fats Domino	Ain't That A Shame	Rock And Rollin
9	The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)	All-Time Greatest Hits
10	Chuck Berry	Maybellene	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
11	The Platters	The Great Pretender	All-Time Greatest Hits
12	Hank Snow	Let Me Go Lover	The Essential Hank Snow
13	Faron Young	Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young	1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
14	Eddy Arnold	That Do Make It Nice	Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955
15	Webb Pierce	I Don't Care	Singles
16	Carl Smith	Loose Talk	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 1]
17	Webb Pierce	In The Jailhouse Now	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
18	Webb Pierce	Your Good For Nothing Heart	All Hits! [Disc 2]
19	Webb Pierce	Love, Love, Love	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
20	Slim Whitman	Rose-Marie	Vintage Collections
21	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Classic Country
22	Georgia Gibbs	Dance With Me Henry The Wallflower	Your Hit Parade – 1955
23	Pat Boone	Ain't That A Shame	Pat Boone/I'll Be Home
24	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
25	The Four Aces	Love Is A Many Splendored Thing	The Envelope Please…Academy Award Winning Songs, Volume 2 (1946-1957)
26	Bill Hayes	Ballad of Davy Crockett	London American Label Year By Year 1956
27	Les Baxter	Unchained Melody	Instrumental Gold [Disc 1]
28	Roger Williams	Autumn Leaves	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
29	Mitch Miller & His Orchestra	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	Your Hit Parade – 1955
30	Bill Haley & The Comets	Rock Around The Clock	Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1
31	Pirez Prado	Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
32	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2]
33	Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra	Melody Of Love	Your Hit Parade – 1955
34	Eddy Arnold	Just Call Me Lonesome	Welcome To My World [Disc 1]

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Who We Lost 2021

January 1, 2022 Dave

New Year’s Eve will bring a look back at those we’ve lost this past year. 2021 was another year of COVID-19 with a couple of variants slipping into and out of the world. We wait patiently, for the most part, for vaccines and adult behavior to work. Unfortunately, there is a selfishness about our species that cannot be denied. This year’s losses have no boundaries musically: everyone from Biz Markie to Stephen Sondheim, Vicente Fernandez to Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Price to Stonewall Jackson. Performers of our lifetime. We go into 2022 having hope. Join Dave Stroud for a musical look back.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Monkees	Some of Shelly's Blues	Listen to the Band Disc 4
3	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
4	Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
5	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1]
7	Gerry & The Pacemakers	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	The Classic 60's Collection: 1964
8	Lloyd Price	Just Because	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
9	B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling	20 Greatest Hits
10	Nanci Griffith	Late Night Grande Hotel	Late Night Grande Hotel
11	Rusty Young	Down Home	Waitin' For The Sun
12	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins)	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
13	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die	1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
14	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
15	Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman	Old Time Medley	Chambergrass
16	J.D. Crowe & The New South	Old Home Place	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
17	The Osborne Brothers	Rocky Top	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
18	Tom T. Hall	Ballad of Forty Dollars	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
19	Stonewall Jackson	I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964)	Singles
20	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce)	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
21	Taj Mahal	Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
22	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Lost In The Ozone	Lost In The Ozone
23	Gram Parsons	Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT)	G.P. / Grievous Angel
24	The Kingsmen	Louie, Louie	Louie Louie
25	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	Forty Licks [Disc 1]
26	ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin'	Greatest Hits
27	Johnny Ventura	Filete	Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha
28	Vicente Fernandez	Volver Volver	The Rose & The Briar
29	Johnny Pacheco	El Esencia Del Guaguanco	Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats
30	The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An	Pure Disco
31	Dave Frishberg	Van Lingle Mungo	Baseball's Greatest Hits
32	Jill Corey	Love Me to Pieces	Your Hit Parade – The '50s
33	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
34	Claude Bolling	It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1
35	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
36	Jay & The Americans	Cara Mia	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
37	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson)	Gold Disc 1
38	Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter	Trojan Reggae
39	Biz Markie	Just a Friend	Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie
40	Original Cast	Tonight	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
41	Chuck E. Weiss	Anthem for Old Souls	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
42	Pat Martino	Just Friends	Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3]
43	Peter, Paul and Mary	Have You Been to Jail for Justice?	In These Times
44	Patrick Sky	Many A Mile	Best Of The Troubadours
45	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	Captain Marvel	Light as a Feather (Disc 1)
46	New York Dolls	Puss 'n' Boots	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story
47	The Ramones	Baby, I Love You	End of the Century

Groove Juice Special

August 20, 2021 Dave

Not exactly sure what ‘groove juice’ is, but for the purposes of our show full of sass and novelty, we’ll just suggest you make it what you want it. It’s a whimsical, sometimes bawdy, morning collection of the past 100 years of jazz, folk, country, and pop (with a little who-knows-what-that-is thrown in). We’ve got poodles, big feet, Ovaltine, four leaf clovers, rabbits, and tattoos included with the subject matter today. Songs that are as delectable as they are incredible. We’ve got Skeets McDonald, Robert Crumb, Mae West, Groucho Marx, Dorothy Shay (the Park Avenue Hillbilly), and a couple dozen others for your Friday morning. Oh yeah, and some Johnny Cash and Slim Gaillard as well. So tune into KRJF Community Radio this week for all you can handle.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue [Live]	16 Biggest Hits
3	Geraint Watkins	Bouffant	In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition
4	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
5	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
6	Harry "The Hipster" Gibson	Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
7	Tampa Red & Big Maceo	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
8	Johnny Buckett	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
9	Jimmie Davis	The Poodle Dog Song	Doggone Country
10	Sam Butera & the Witnesses	French Poodle	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin
11	Hank Penny	Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
12	Skeets McDonald	The Tattooed Lady	Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story
13	Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
14	The Hoosier Hot Shots	I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)	Rural Rhythm 1935-42
15	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
16	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
17	Dave Van Ronk	Your Feet's Too Big	Sweet & Lowdown
18	Dave Van Ronk	Would You Like to Swing on a Star?	Sunday Street
19	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	Hula Melody (Radio Broadcast)	R. Crumb's Music Sampler
20	Fiddlin' Ian McCamy Quartette	Schottische	R. Crumb's Music Sampler
21	Al Miller	I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
22	Bo Carter	She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes	The Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues & Hokum
23	Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon	I'm Gonna Steal You (BP 8040, 12920-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
24	Ben Selvin Orchestra	Who's Your Little Who Zis	Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s
25	Dorothy Shay	Feudin & Fightin	47 Your Hit Parade
26	Eileen Barton	If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd 've Baked A Cake)	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
27	Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters	Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)	47 Your Hit Parade
28	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
29	John Fogerty	Honey Do	Deja Vu All Over Again
30	Louis Prima	I Wanna Be Like You	The Jungle Book (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered]
31	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	I Want to Be Evil	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
32	Hank Penny	The Mink on her Back	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]

Willie & Friends

April 17, 2021 Dave

Willie Nelson turns 88 this month. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, he wrote his first song at the age of seven and had his first band at the age of ten. From high school to the Air Force, then to his return home to Texas as a radio disc jockey, he was always in a band singing. In the 1950s he would write songs that would become country standards and we’ll be sharing some of them with you in today’s Deeper Roots, performed by Willie and his contemporaries. He endures just as his music does and the catalog is a legacy few parallel. We’ll hear from The Little Willies, Waylon Jennings, Faron Young, Asleep at the Wheel, and at least a dozen others performing the songs of Willie Hugh Nelson. Tune in Friday morning on KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willie Nelson	Me And Paul	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)
3	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Three Days	Absolute Torch and Twang
4	Willie Nelson	Nite Life	One Hell Of A Ride
5	B.B. King & Willie Nelson	Night Life	Deuces Wild
6	Duke Robillard/Sunny Crownover	Crazy	Tales from the Tiki Lounge
7	Bill Anderson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	1956-1961 (Warped 5720)
8	Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Pretty Paper	A Love So Beautiful
9	Timi Yuro	Are You Sure	The Best of Timi Yuro
10	Raul Malo	Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground	You're Only Lonely
11	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Country
12	Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson	Roll Me Up (Album version)	Heroes
13	The Little Willies	I Gotta Get Drunk	The Little Willies
14	Ernest Tubb	Sad Songs and Waltzes	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
15	Dale Watson	Write Your Own Songs	Dale & Ray
16	Ray Charles/Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 5
17	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
18	Faron Young	Hello Walls	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
19	Patsy Cline	Crazy	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 3]
20	Willie Nelson	Yesterday's Wine	One Hell Of A Ride
21	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys	Waylon & Willie
22	Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson	Heaven And Hell	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]
23	Kinky Friedman	Bloody Mary Morning	The Loneliest Man I Ever Met
24	Asleep at the Wheel	Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
25	Willie Nelson, The Time Jumpers	I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)	For The Good Times
26	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie
27	Faron Young	Three Days	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
28	Al Green/Lyle Lovett	Funny How Time Slips Away	More Greatest Hits
29	Willie Nelson	The Party's Over	Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 Disc 1
30	Doug Sahm	Me and Paul	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1

Who We Lost 2020

January 2, 2021 Dave

It’s hard to put into words the grief we have experienced over so many great performers lost this past year, including those who lost their battle to COVID-19. When assembling our annual list of tributes it became clear that no two hours would suffice so we’ll be doing some abbreviated observations to make sure they’re not forgotten. And we’ll also be thanking those behind the scenes, the songwriters, the session folks, and we’ll even have a short collection of British influencers who touched our lives with their talent. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our first Deeper Roots show of 2021, this new year that is filled with so much promise. And it’s likely that we can all agree that the bar couldn’t have fallen much lower than it did last year.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fountains of Wayne	Valley Winter Song	Welcome Interstate Managers
3	Bucky Pizzarelli	Chicken a La Swing	Green Guitar Blues / Cafi Pierre Trio
4	McCoy Tyner	Flapstick Blues	Gold Encore Series – I Love A Piano
5	Annie Ross	Twisted	Got Nothing But Song
6	Bent Fabric	Alley Cat (Classic Version)	Jukebox
7	Hal Singer Sextet	Corn Bread	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
8	Bobby Lewis	Tossin' and Turnin'	Best of Answer Songs vol 4
9	Little Richard	Rip It Up	London American Label Year By Year 1956
10	Phil Phillips	Sea Of Love	Heatin' Up
11	Rod Bernard	This Should Go On Forever	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
12	Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes and Connie Stevens	Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
13	Len Barry	1-2-3	Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On
14	Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons	Rag Doll	The Definitive Pop Collection Disc 1
15	The Chordettes	Mr. Sandman	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
16	Johnny Nash	I Can See Clearly Now	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
17	Millie Small	My Boy Lollipop	The Island Story: 1962-1987 – 25th Anniversary [Disc 1]
18	Toots & The Maytals	Pressure Drop	The Harder They Come
19	Tony Rice	Cold On The Shoulder	Cold On The Shoulder
20	Jerry Jeff Walker	Mr. Bojangles	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 2]
21	Norma Tanega	Walkin' My Cat Named Dog	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
22	Trini Lopez	If I Had A Hammer	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
23	David Olney	God Shaped Hole	The Wheel
24	John Prine	Paradise	German Afternoons
25	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
26	Willie Nelson	Me And Paul	The Essential Willie Nelson
27	Billy Joe Shaver	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal…But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday
28	Kenny Rogers	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town	Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 1]
29	Jan Howard	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
30	The Charlie Daniels Band	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
31	Justin Townes Earle	Harlem River Blues	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
32	Helen Reddy	Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)	Singers And Songwriters: 1973-1975
33	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	The Best of Betty Wright
34	Bill Withers	Use Me	American Beauty
35	The Emotions	Best Of My Love	Boogie Nights: Music From The Original Motion Picture
36	Mountain	Mississippi Queen	Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 1
37	Van Halen	(Oh) Pretty Woman	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 7
38	The Merry-Go-Round (Emitt Rhodes)	Live	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
39	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell	Dueling Banjos	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
40	Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra	For A Few Dollars More	Music From The Good, The Bad And The Ugly & A Fistful of Dollars & For A Few Dollars More
41	Vera Lynn	We'll Meet Again	1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 7
42	Chad & Jeremy	Yesterday's Gone	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
43	Ian Whitcomb	You Turn Me On	You Turn Me On: The Very Best of Ian Whitcomb
44	The Spencer Davis Group	Keep on Running	The Finer Things Disc 1
45	Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders	Game Of Love	Wayne Fontana / It's Wayne Fontana
46	Joan Jett With The Sex Pistols	I Love Rock N' Roll [Early Version] (Alan Merrill COVID)	Flashback
47	Bill Pursell	Our Winter Love	Music to Shag By
48	The Pointer Sisters	Fire (Bonnie)	From The Pointer Sisters With Love
49	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything

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Murder Most Foul

October 9, 2020 Dave

Our show this week is brought to you by a song, a narrative like no other Bob Dylan has ever produced. Murder Most Foul was released earlier this year as the first single from his latest album Rough and Rowdy Ways. It is a 16 minute narration of cultural reflection that speaks to the passing of time in the context of what has been lost and what still might be lost yet still celebrating our gains. The Kennedy assassination is one of those times that we reflect on, remembering the day that it happened with as much clarity as time permits. What Dylan does is use pastel images of ‘what was then’ with who we are now as he speaks to cultural touchstones in his (and our) life. And he warns us, once again, that the times are indeed changin’ and that we should likely hear this song as a storm warning. Tune into for a listen. Two hours of Deeper Roots this week. You can also find out more about the Dylan song at https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/murder-most-foul-and-the-haunting-of-america.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nina Simone	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	Anthology Disc 1
3	Bob Dylan	Murder Most Foul	Murder Most Foul
4	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)	Satchmo Plays King Oliver
5	Erroll Garner Trio	Misty	Your Hit Parade – 1954
6	Miles Davis	Stella by Starlight	'58 Sessions
7	Julie London	Cry Me A River	Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl
8	Nat King Cole	On The Street Where You Live	The World Of Nat King Cole
9	Marie Knight	The Old Rugged Cross	Hallelujah What A Song!
10	Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
11	The Platters	Twilight Time	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
12	The Fleetwoods	Tragedy	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
13	Gerry & the Pacemakers – Freddie & the Dreamers	Ferry Cross The Mersey	Back 2 Back Hits
14	Elvis Presley	Long Black Limousine	From Elvis in Memphis
15	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	The Kingston Trio	Tom Dooley	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
17	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits
18	Marilyn Monroe	Happy Birthday To JFK	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
19	Lena Horne	Love Me Or Leave Me	RCA Records Label: The 1st Note in Black Music [Disc 3]
20	The Beach Boys	The Warmth of the Sun	Endless Summer
21	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
22	Larry Williams	Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version]	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
23	The Staple Singers	Wade In The Water	Freedom Highway
24	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
25	Billy Joel	Only The Good Die Young	The Stranger
26	Richard Burton	Camelot	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
27	Toussaint McCall	Nothing Takes The Place Of You	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
28	The Animals	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	The Most of the Animals
29	Billy Bob Thornton	He Was A Friend Of MIne	Private Radio

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