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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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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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