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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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Saucy Rhythm Serenades

September 4, 2020 Dave

Rhythm & Blues is the order of the day. Join Dave Stroud for an entertaining blast of fresh sounds from the well of the past century. What’s old is always new if you haven’t heard it, right? The playlist this morning features songs about the night time from Ray Charles, honeydripper rocking from Big Joe Turner, doo wop serenades from the The Jive Bombers, bluesy torch sounds from Erma Franklin, and so much more. We’ll stretch the boundaries of R&B with Elvis, Lonnie Johnson, and a few more as we take on some saucy serenades and unruly pleas from performers from the thirties to the early sixties. All without malice of forethought, I assure you. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tarheel Slim & Little Ann	Anything For You (W. Little Ann)	The Robin & Fire Years
3	Big Joe Turner	My Little Honeydripper	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 3]
4	Elvis Presley	Dirty, Dirty Feeling	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
5	Roy Hamilton	Crazy Feelin'	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
6	The Larks	Ooh… It Feels So Good	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
7	The Harlem Hamfats	Little Girl	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
8	Lonnie Johnson	It Feels So Good Pt. 2 (w/Spencer Williams)	Complete Recordings Vol. 4
9	Blue Lu Barker	Don't You Make Me High	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
10	Big Joe Turner	Don't You Make Me High	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 3]
11	State Street Swingers	Don't Tear My Clothes No. 2 (C-1768)	State Street Swingers (1936-1937)
12	Irene Scruggs	Must Get Mine In Front (Pm 13023, L-499-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
13	Sam Cooke	Soothe Me	The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
14	The Jive Bombers	Bad Boy	Cry-Baby
15	Ray Charles	Night Time Is the Right Time	The Birth of Soul Disc 3
16	Nappy Brown	I'm Getting Lonesome	Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
17	Ruth Brown	I Want To Do More	Ruth Brown: The Definitive Soul Collection [[Disc 2]]
18	Julia Lee	The Curse Of An Aching Heart (06-13-47)	1947
19	Erma Franklin	Piece of My Heart	Something to Believe In
20	Miss Baker	You'd Better Find	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5]
21	Billy Ward & The Dominoes	My Baby'S 3-D (10-12-53)	1953-1954
22	Rosco Gordon	Real Pretty Mama	Let's Get High (B)
23	Gladys Hill	Please Don't Touch My Bowl	Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
24	Lil Green	What's The Matter With Love	Romance In The Dark
25	Nellie Lutcher	He's a Real Gone Guy	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
26	Ruth Brown	I Want To Do More	R & B Years 1955 V.2 [Disc 2]
27	Big Maybelle	It's a Sin to Tell a Lie	The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
28	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	I Told My Pillow	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
29	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	A Man Ain't A Man	Vol. 3-Blues Roots
30	Rose Marie McCoy	Dippin' In My Business	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
31	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	You Ain't Got It No More	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
32	Ruth Brown	I Wanna Do More	Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2
33	Wynonie Harris	Wasn't That Good	Lovin' Machine
34	The Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Caravan	Turn The Lights Down Low	Rhythm And Blues Caravan [Disc 3]
35	Louis Jordan	It's Full Or It Ain't No Good	The Chronological Louis Jordan 1945-1946
36	Lil Green	No Baby, No Body But You	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]

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Juneteenth 2020

June 20, 2020 Dave

On this most relevant of days, we’ll be digging through some of the important songs from the past century focusing on its meaning and significance. While the embodiment of the music could have touched on every genre because the influences are vast, we’ll settle on the inspirational sounds from every corner. Juneteenth is a jubilant, high energy celebration of a somber reality. First recognized in 1865 it is the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger led thousands of federal troops to Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended, and slaves had been freed. Our observation on Deeper Roots includes tracks from Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, and gospel sounds galore leading off with Mahalia Jackson.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mahalia Jackson	I'm On My Way	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
3	Morgan Freeman, Terence Blanchard	The South	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
4	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice & Sing	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
5	The Clark Sisters	Is My Living In Vain	Is My Living In Vain
6	The Staple Singers	Wade In The Water	Freedom Highway
7	Bill Withers	Harlem	Best Of Bill Withers: Lean On Me
8	Marvin Gaye	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
9	The Sensational Nightingales	Freedom After a While	Great Gospel – People Get Ready
10	Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted And Black	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 3]
11	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
12	Nina Simone	Feeling Good	Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends
13	Nina Simone	Mississippi Goddam	Anthology Disc 1
14	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
15	Fatso Bently	Juneteenth Jamboree	Swing-O-Rama : Hepcats
16	SNCC Freedom Singers; Johnson, Bernice	Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
17	Coleman Brothers	Raise A Rukus Tonight	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
18	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Ain't That Good News
19	Gil Scott-Heron	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters
20	The Soul Stirrers	Free At Last	Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1]
21	The Holmes Brothers	Promised Land	Promised Land
22	Richie Havens	Freedom	Resume: The Best of Richie Havens
23	The Staple Singers	Swing Down, Chariot	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
24	James Brown	Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud), Pts. 1-2	Gold Disc 1
25	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Wake Up Everybody	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
26	Wyclef Jean	Redemption Song	America: A Tribute To Heroes [Disc 2]
27	Terence Blanchard	Closing Theme	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]

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Americana Covers 2019

August 30, 2019 Dave

There have been some great Americana sounds released this year and there is no sense in ignoring them, certainly. In fact, you can tune into Sonoma County Community Radio each week for Blue Moon Americana, broadcasting Thursday mornings at 5am on KOWS and 9am on KWTF. We’ll be spending some time covering the covers of tradition and some from the contemporary well this week on Deeper Roots. Tune in for some great sounds…truly. Fun covers of blues, gospel, folk, country, and jazz from the likes of Whitehorse, Jesse Dayton, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson and Kristi Jean & Her Ne’er-Do-Wells. We’ll hear everything from Amazing Grace to Redneck Friend this week on Deeper Roots. Check it out this Saturday evening, a rebroadcast of a live show from the KOWS Cherry Street Historic District in Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ben Winship	What's The Matter With the Well	Toolshed
3	Whitehorse	Baby, What You Want Me To Do	The Northern South, Vol. 2 [EP]
4	Whitehorse	Baby, Scratch My Back	The Northern South, Vol. 2 [EP]
5	Mercury Rev	Big Boss Man (feat. Hope Sandoval)	Bobbie Gentry's the Delta Sweete Revisited
6	Beth Wood	Slip Slidin Away	The Long Road
7	Bobtown	American Girl	Chasing the Sun
8	Jesse Dayton	Redneck Friend	Mixtape Volume
9	Chatham County Line	The Last Time	Sharing The Covers
10	Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson With The Tennessee Valentines Feat. Billy Swan And Rachael Davis	Lover Please (feat. Rachael Davis)	Amour
11	Steve Earle & The Dukes	Dublin Blues	Guy
12	Steve Earle & The Dukes	The Randall Knife	Guy
13	Willie Nelson	My Favorite Picture of You	Ride Me Back Home
14	Just Whiskey	O Death	Second Hand Songs
15	Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey	Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun	Conspirators
16	Jason Ringenberg	Farewell Angelina	Stand Tall
17	Davina & The Vagabonds	I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)	Sugar Drops
18	Kristi Jean & Her Ne'er-Do-Wells	Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea	Country-billy Collision
19	Kristi Jean & Her Ne'er-Do-Wells	Oakie Boogie	Country-billy Collision
20	Charley Crockett	The Race is On	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
21	Kevin Deal	Ring of Fire	The Long Road Home
22	Chatham County Line	My Baby's Gone	Sharing The Covers
23	Rickie Lee Jones	Nagasaki	Kicks
24	Weezer	Stand by Me	Weezer (Teal Album)
25	Rickie Lee Jones	Lonely People	Kicks
26	Charley Crockett	Good Time Charley's Got the Blues	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
27	George Benson	Nadine (Is It You)	Walking To New Orleans
28	Whitehorse	John The Revelator	The Northern South, Vol. 2 [EP]

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Back to Back Blues

June 21, 2019 Dave

We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Turtle Island String Quartet	Crossroads	A Little on the CD Side
3	Muddy Waters	Trouble No More	Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959)
4	The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars	Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)	Blues Blues Blues
5	Black Cats And The Kitten	Step It Up And Go [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
6	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Step It Up And Go	Blues Highway
7	Robert Wilkins	That's No Way to Get Along	Roots of Rock
8	The Rolling Stones	Prodigal Son	Beggars Banquet
9	Elmore James	One Way Out	The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1]
10	John Hiatt	One Way Out	All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
11	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
12	Jeff Beck	I Ain't Superstitious	Truth
13	Big Joe Williams	Baby Please Don't Go	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14	Tom Rush	Baby Please Don't Go	Town and Country Blues
15	Elmore James	Dust My Broom	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
16	Sonny Landreth	Dust My Broom	Bound by the Blues
17	Howlin' Wolf	Back Door Man	Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
18	John Hammond	Backdoor Man	The Best Of
19	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
20	Dr. John	Wang Dang Doodle	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
21	Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie	When the Levee Breaks	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
22	Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton	When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1	Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
23	Bukka White	Parchman Farm Blues	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
24	Rory Block	Parchman Farm Blues	Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White
25	Blind Willie McTell	Statesboro Blues	RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1]
26	Taj Mahal	Statesboro Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
27	Robert Johnson	Stones in My Passway	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
28	Roy Rogers	Stones in My Passway	Slide of Hand
29	The Allman Brothers Band	Statesboro Blues	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
30	The Allman Brothers Band	Trouble No More	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1

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Cajun Two-Step

May 25, 2019 Dave

Back to the bayou once more, but this time with less the rocking rhythms of the mid-to-late century and more with tradition. We pick on the sound of cajun music, celebrating a simple dance style born of early century French/Canadian, African Creole from the Caribbean, and American Country: the two-step. It’s music is full of accordion, fiddle, washboard, bass fiddle, triangle, and percussion of all kinds…giving it a consistently energetic and lively signature. And the dance which is our focus is a simple but expressive one similar to the western two-step…just without the fancy turns and spins. Our performances include some classics from the early century including Amede Ardoin and Jimmy Newman as well as contemporaries and mid-century legends like Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Al Berard, Michael Doucet, and Louisiana energy from the swamps to Lake Pontchartrain. Tune in!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Two-Step de Grand Mallet	Creole Bred – A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco
3	Savoy Family Band	Two-Step de Amede	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
4	Amidi Ardoin	Amadie Two-Step	I'm Never Comin' Back
5	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	Amedee Two-Step [Cajun]	Planet Squeezebox [Disc 1]
6	Jimmy Breaux	Perrodin Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
7	Sammy Naquin	Perrodin Two Step	Best of Cajun Instrumentals
8	Michael Doucet	Awesome Ossun Two-Step	Bayou Deluxe: The Best of Michael Doucet &…
9	The Savoy-Doucet Band	High Point Two-Step	Alligator Stomp, Vol. 3
10	Beausoleil	Acadian Two-Step	Vintage Beausoleil
11	Jimmy Newman	Fais Do Do Two Step	1948-1953 (Warped 5060)
12	Jimmy Newman	Teiyut Two Step	1948-1953 (Warped 5060)
13	Jerry Jericho	Cajun Pete Jingle for Dr. Tichenor	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 8)
14	Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers	Beau's Cajun Two Step	Beau Jocque Boogie
15	Nathan Williams & The Zydeco Cha-Chas	Zydeco Two-Step	Creole Bred – A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco
16	Al Berard & The Basin Brothers	Le Two-Step De Choupique (Choupique Two-Step)	Dans La Louisiane (In Louisiana)
17	Balfa Toujours	Two-Step @ Tina	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
18	Aldus Roger	Mamou Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 3: Cajun Zydeco Classics
19	Bruce Daigrepont	Marksville Two-Step	Cajun Cookin' [Easy Disc]
20	Rockin Sidney	Two Steppin The Two Step	The Best Of Louisiana Cajun Classics
21	BeauSoleil	Eunice Two-Step	L'Amour Ou La Folie
22	Zydeco Force	Shaggy Dog Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
23	Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys	Bayou noir/Back of Town Two-Step	Trace Of Time
24	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	Ossun Two-Step	American Roots Music [Disc 4]
25	Clifton Chenier	Zodico Two-Step	King Of The Bayous
26	Lawrence Ardoin	Bayou Two-Step	Tradition Creole
27	Lawrence Ardoin	Midland Two Step	Tradition Creole
28	BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet	Two Step De Port Arthur	From Bamako to Carenro
29	Clifton Chenier	Louisiana Two Step	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
30	Wilson & Joel Savoy	Fiddle Two-Step	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
31	Delbert McClinton	Two Step Too	Cost Of Living

Rodgers & Hammerstein

March 28, 2019 Dave

It’s fun to cover the songwriters whether they be pop, country, blues, or in the wheelhouse of Broadway or Tin Pan Alley. This week, we drop by the sophisticated, cosmopolitan, and catchy sounds from the Great White Way. From Broadway to Hollywood, the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II left a cultural watermark on the psyche of middle America in the heart of the 20th Century. From The Sound of Music to Oklahoma!; from Carousel to The King and I and South Pacific, the songs that were featured in these musicals were totems to their time and place. And catchy, too. Tune in for a romp through some of the most popular performances written by two giants of screen and stage musicals.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae	Oklahoma	Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
3	Oscar Hammerstein II	Act I: The Sound Of Music	The Sound Of Music: Original Broadway Cast
4	Mary Martin	My Favorite Things	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5	Blossom Dearie	Surrey With The Fringe On Top	Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered)
6	Gertrude Lawrence	Getting To Know You	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
7	Ella Fitzgerald	I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair	That's Amore [Prism]
8	Frank Sinatra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Sinatra & Strings
9	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	People Will Say We're In Love	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
10	Jo Stafford	The Gentleman is a Dope	Yes Indeed! – [Disc 3] Haunted Heart
11	Bobby Darin	Hello, Young Lovers	Wild Cool & Swingin
12	Mary Martin	A Wonderful Guy	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
13	Willie Nelson	Some Enchanted Evening	What A Wonderful World
14	Elvis Presley	You'll Never Walk Alone	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
15	James Taylor	Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'	Other Covers
16	Gordon MacRae	Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'	Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
17	Bloody Mary and the Ken Darby Singers	Bali Ha'i	South Pacific, Original Soundtrack Recording
18	Nellie Forbush and the Ken Darby Singers	I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair	South Pacific, Original Soundtrack Recording
19	Nancy Wilson	Happy Talk	Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley
20	The King And I Cast	I Whistle A Happy Tune	The King And I
21	Gertrude Lawrence And Yul Brynner	Shall We Dance	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
22	Bing Crosby And Trudy Erwin	People Will Say We're In Love	Your Hit Parade – 1943
23	Bob Dylan	Some Enchanted Evening	Shadows in the Night
24	Jo Stafford	If I Loved You	You Belong To Me
25	Jan Clayton & John Raitt	If I Loved You	The Original Broadway Cast Album
26	Rosemary Clooney	Younger Than Springtime	Beautiful Ballads
27	Sammy Davis Jr.	There Is Nothin' Like A Dame	Boys Night Out
28	Lena Horne	People Will Say We're In Love	Stormy Weather
29	Randy Spendlove	Shall We Dance	Shall We Dance?
30	Wes Montgomery	The Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides (Disc 1)
31	20th Century Fox Orchestra	Main Title	The King And I

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Country Christmas 2018

December 21, 2018 Dave

It’s a holly, jolly, country Christmas on a Friday morning in West County. We’ll put our political blinders on this morning in search of the merriment that ’tis the season on Deeper Roots. This year’s Christmas special is a collection of country sounds, both new and old, that takes us down a path that mixes contemporary Americana, bluegrass, rockabilly, and classic country into a finely tuned blend of holiday cheer. We’ll be cooking from the Texas panhandle with Dale Watson, taking the high lonesome yule train with Jimmy Martin, spinning yarns with Johnny and Tommy Cash, and dropping by the Waffle House with Bill Anderson. Tune in knowing full well that the dinner’s in the oven and the stockings are all hung by the chimney with care. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gretchen Wilson	I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas	I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas
3	Ernest Tubb	I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas	Christmas On the Country Side
4	Pee Wee King	Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
5	Buck Owens	Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Original Mono Single Version)	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
6	Jimmy Martin	Daddy Will Santa Claus Ever Have to Die	To Mother At Christmas
7	Jimmy Martin	Old Fashioned Christmas	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
8	The Country Gentlemen	Christmas Time Back Home	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 1]
9	Ralph Stanley	I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time	Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley
10	The Louvin Brothers	Santa's Big Parade	Christmas On the Country Side
11	Bill Anderson	Waffle House Christmas	Anderson
12	Mary Gauthier	Christmas In Paradise	Filth & Fire
13	Lyle Lovett	Christmas Morning	The Road To Ensenada
14	John Prine	Christmas In Prison	Souvenirs
15	Dale Watson	You Can Call Me Nick	Christmas Time in Texas
16	Eddy Arnold	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Christmas On the Country Side
17	Sonny James	I Forgot to Remember Santa Claus	Singles
18	Tennessee Ernie Ford	A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
19	Loretta Lynn	To Heck With Ole Santa Claus	White Christmas Blue
20	Johnny Cash/Tommy Cash	That Christmasy Feeling	The Classic Christmas Album
21	George Jones	Lonely Christmas Call	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
22	Chip Taylor	Merry F'n Christmas	The Little Prayers Trilogy (disc 1)
23	Billy Joe Shaver	Merry Christmas To You	Freedom's Child
24	Antsy McClain	Mary Lou's Christmas List	Merry Christmas from the Trailer Park
25	Ernest Tubb	Blue Christmas	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
26	John Prine	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	A John Prine Christmas
27	Dale Watson	Santa Bring Her Back	Christmas Time in Texas
28	Little Jimmy Dickens	No Place Like Home On Christmas	Country Boy [Disc 5]
29	Eddy Arnold	I'm Your Private Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
30	Asleep at the Wheel	Here Comes Santa Claus	Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All
31	Kacey Musgraves	Let It Snow	A Very Kacey Christmas
32	Leon Redbone Feat. Dr. John	Frosty The Snowman (With Dr. John)	Christmas Island
33	John Anderson	Here Comes Santa Claus	Boots To Big to Fill

Yip Harburg Tribute

October 6, 2018 Dave

Yip Harburg was a songmaker. He was part of a select few in the early to mid-century who found their calling as lyricists, writing words that transformed music to story and story to film and Broadway spectacles. We could gloss over his contributions by simply saying “he’s the guy who wrote Over The Rainbow or April in Paris or Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”. But his career was more than that. It’s no secret that Yip’s politics were carefully crafted in song. The phrases “honky-tonk parade” and “Barnum and Bailey world” were veiled criticisms of the “phony as it can be” corporate and political leadership in America, written by a freethinking, socially conscious lyricist. Our show today will honor some of his best songs and include interview excerpts featuring both Yip and his son, Ernie.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra	What Is There To Say	White Satin Black Satin
3	Anita O'Day	Old Devil Moon	Anita Sings The Most
4	Frank Sinatra	It's Only A Paper Moon	Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra
5	Peggy Lee	Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
6	Martha Tilton	How Are Things In Glocca Morra?	The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 2]
7	Nellie Lutcher	April In Paris	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 2]
8	Lena Horne	Ain't It The Truth	Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
9	Lena Horne	Then I'll Be Tired of You	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
10	Nat King Cole Trio	Then I'll Be Tired Of You	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
11	Ella Logan	How Are Things in Glocca Morra?	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
12	Ray Bolger	If I Only Had A Brain	The Wizard Of Oz
13	Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
14	Ella Logan	When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
15	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
16	Judy Garland	We're Off To See The Wizard	The Wizard Of Oz
17	David Wayne	When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
18	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
19	Dinah Washington	Look To The Rainbow	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [Disc 2]
20	Carmen McRae	The Eagle and Me	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
21	Blossom Dearie	Down With Love	Once Upon A Summertime
22	Jeri Southern	Down with Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
23	Dean Martin	I'm Yours	Late at Night with Dean Martin
24	Judy Garland	Paris Is A Lonely Town – Gay Purr-Ee	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
25	Judy Garland	The Jitterbug	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
26	Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
27	Rudy Vallee	Brother Can You Spare A Dime	Vagabond Lover
28	Barbara Cook and Jerome Courtland	Here's to Your Illusions	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
29	Count Basie	April In Paris	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie

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