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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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Mr. Songwriter – Harlan Howard

September 26, 2020 Dave

We’ll be honoring the songwriting prowess of Harlan Howard this week on Deeper Roots. A country songwriter and performer whose career spanned six decades and wrote some of the classic songs of the Golden Age, turning formula into phrasing and stories of true life as he saw it. After a few minor successes, his song Pick Me Up on Your Way Down became a No. 2 hit for Charlie Walker in 1958 and Heartaches by the Number for Ray Price the following year,his name appeared at the forefront of songwriting talent of the time. His songs were performed by everyone from Merle Haggard to The Kingston Trio and Johnny Cash and Ray Charles. This week’s show will feature songs written by Harlan Howard and we’ll get to hear him perform many of his own. He coined the oft-quoted phrase “Three chords and the truth”. Tune in for the festivities.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Porter Wagoner	Harlan Howard Medley	1964-1965 (Warped 6508)
3	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
4	Rodney Crowell	Above And Beyond (The Call Of Love)	Playlist: The Very Best Of Rodney Crowell
5	Bobby Bare	The Streets Of Baltimore	The Essential Bobby Bare
6	Kingston Trio	Everglades	Made In The USA
7	Waylon Jennings	Nashville Rebel	Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 1
8	Brenda Lee	Too Many Rivers	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
9	Patsy Cline	I Fall To Pieces	Lifetime Of Romance: Falling In Love [Disc 2]
10	Patsy Cline	He Called Me Baby	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
11	Tennessee Ernie Ford	She Called Me Baby	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
12	George Jones	You Comb Her Hair	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
13	Ray Charles	Busted	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
14	Joe Simon	The Chokin' Kind	The Soul Story, Vol. 1 [Disc 1]
15	Buck Owens	Sweet Thing	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Derailers	I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love (Today)	Reverb Deluxe
17	Wynn Stewart	Heartaches For A Dime	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
18	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Original Mono Single Version)	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
19	Harlan Howard	I Can't Stand It	1959-1963
20	Harlan Howard	My Baby's His Baby Now	1959-1963
21	Al Brumley	Someone's Gonna Get Hurt	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
22	Ray Price	Heartaches By The Number	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
23	Guy Mitchell	Heartaches by the Number	Your Hit Parade -1959
24	Burl Ives	Call Me Mr. In-Between [Single Version]	20th Century Masters :The Millennium Collection: Best of Burl Ives
25	Patsy Cline	Foolin' Around	Patsy Cline Story
26	The Collins Kids	Soda Poppin' Around	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
27	Waylon Jennings	Green River	Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 1
28	Johnny Cash	The Wall	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 2
29	Jan Howard	Evil on Your Mind	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
30	Lefty Frizzell	She's Gone, Gone, Gone	Look What Thoughts Will Do
31	Emmylou Harris/George Jones	All Fall Down	Friends in High Places
32	Jim Reeves	I Won't Forget You	Essential Jim Reeves
33	Harlan Howard	Be Just a Little Meaner	1959-1963
34	Rosanne Cash Featuring Elvis Costello	Heartaches By The Number (Feat. Elvis Costello)	The List
35	Waylon Jennings	The Chokin' Kind	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
36	The Little Willies	Streets Of Baltimore	The Little Willies
37	The Tractors	Pick Me Up on Your Way Down	Trade Union

Broken Hearts For Sale

September 19, 2020 Dave

It’s theme time once more. We’ve got songs about the broken hearts, tears, and childhood souvenirs…but mostly broken hearts. Lost love, faded love, and remembering old love letters from the book of broken hearts featuring country, soul, and rhythm, all from the past century. Join in for some classic country from Don Williams and Billy Walker, brassy vocals from Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday, late movie Elvis, and a couple of rockabilly legends named Sonny Burgess and Warren Smith. And don’t miss out on Mary Wells, Jimmy Ruffin, Tom Petty, and The Louvin Brothers this week. It’s all there…a common theme in songwriting for being relatable, illustrative, and purposeful in its singular stories of love and loss. Tune into KRJF 92.3 FM, Sonoma County Community Radio with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Souvenirs	Souvenirs
3	Anita Carter	A Pair of Broken Hearts (with Hank Snow)	Warped 5627 – Anita Carter – 1956 – 1962
4	Willie Nelson	My Broken Heart Belongs To You	It Always Will Be
5	Don Williams	Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend	The Definitive Collection
6	Charlie Walker	Broken Hearts Will Haunt Your Soul	Charlie Walker – 1959-1964
7	Billy Walker	You're Gonna Pay With A Broken Heart	Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
8	Hank Williams	Men With Broken Hearts	Beyond The Sunset
9	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Take A Look At This Broken Heart Of Mine	This Broken Heart Of Mine
10	Johnny & Jonie Mosby	Line of Broken Hearts	Make a Left and Then a Right
11	Warren Smith	Book Of Broken Hearts	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
12	Johnny Cash	Story of a Broken Heart	The Sun Country Box
13	Sean McConnell	Another Song About A Broken Heart	Secondhand Smoke
14	Tom Petty	Only a Broken Heart	Wildflowers
15	Sonny Burgess	One Broken Heart	Rock n' Roll Legend
16	Elvis Presley	One Broken Heart for Sale	Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco
17	Doug C & The Blacklisted	Working On My Next Broken Heart	Hit and Run
18	The Contessas	Broken Heart	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
19	Jewel Paige	I'm Left With A Broken Heart	Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3
20	Peggy Lee	All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart	The Capitol Collector's Series
21	Billie Holiday	You Can't Lose A Broken Heart	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]
22	Nat King Cole	You Can't Lose A Broken Heart	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
23	Sam Browne	Happy-Go-Lucky You and Broken-Hearted Me	Hits of '32
24	Cleo Brown	Give A Broken Heart A Break	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
25	The Cadillacs	Broken Heart	For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
26	The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama	Broken Heart Of Mine	Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion
27	Nat Hall With The Mellow 3	A Broken Hearted Clown	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 3]
28	Mary Wells	Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased)	Looking Back 1961-1964
29	The Miracles	Broken Hearted [Single Version]	The 35th Anniversary Collection
30	Jimmy Ruffin	What Becomes of the Brokenhearted	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
31	Al Green	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?	More Greatest Hits
32	k.d. lang	Trail of Broken Hearts	Recollection CD 1

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Shelter In Place

September 11, 2020 Dave

Six months later…’nuff said, right? Deeper Roots finally gets around to the theme of pandemic protection by staying at home until things stabilize. We were all put out when it looked like six weeks and here we are talking months, not weeks. Patience and commitment. Something we have to work on. But we’ve got music to comfort us. Our heritage is rich with an incredible catalog of works; from country classics to the raw country blues, soul from Motor City and the Eastern Seaboard, jazz from New Orleans and KC, and everything in between. Just look (or listen) back. This week’s Deeper Roots features songs about keeping safe in shelter with fresh sounds from the digital bins. Warren Zevon, Jim Reeves, Wynonie Harris, The Alphabetical Four, Kitty Wells, and Buddy Miller will be featured. No need to put on your helmets (or tin foil hats) or to duck and cover. But you might want to get out the vote!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jakob Dylan & Fiona Apple	In My Room	Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
3	Dill Jones Trio	Four Walls And One Dirty Window Blues	The Chiaroscuro Songbook, Vol. 1
4	Irma Thomas	These Four Walls	Irma Thomas: A Woman's Viewpoint: The Essential 1970s Recordings
5	Willie Nelson	Hello Walls	Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS
6	Jim Reeves	Four Walls	Essential Jim Reeves
7	Jeff Beck And Johnny Depp	Isolation	Isolation (Single)
8	Billy Vera & The Beaters	I Can Take Care Of Myself	By Request: The Best Of Billy Vera & The Beaters
9	Warren Zevon	Splendid Isolation	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 2]
10	Whiskeytown	Empty Baseball Park	Faithless Street
11	Buddy Miller	Shelter Me	Universal United House Of Prayer
12	Jerry Jeff Walker	Time to Stay Home	Hill Country Rain
13	Charlie Rich	Behind Closed Doors	Super Hits
14	Bob Dylan	Shelter from the Storm	Blood on the Tracks
15	Rodney Crowell	Shelter From The Storm [Album Version]	The Outsider
16	Lone Justice	Shelter	Ultimate Collection: Maria McKee
17	Ray LaMontagne	Shelter	Trouble
18	Joe Cocker	Shelter Me	Ultimate Collection
19	The Deadly Gentlemen	Locked Up	The Bastard Masterpiece
20	Dave Alvin	All by Myself	Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
21	Charline Arthur	I'm Having A Party All By Myself	Welcome To The Club
22	Alphabetical Four	I'm Gonna Walk Right in and Make Myself at Home	Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
23	Wynonie Harris	Drinkin' By Myself	Playful Baby
24	Garnet Mimms	A Little Bit of Soap	The Best of Garnet Mimms: Cry
25	Stonewall Jackson	I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water	Singles
26	Porter Wagoner	I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew & Dolly Parton	1967-1968 (Warped 6797)
27	The Deadly Gentlemen	Hello, Apocalypse	The Bastard Masterpiece
28	David Olney	Mister Stay At Home	When The Deal Goes Down
29	The Beach Boys	In My Room	Endless Summer

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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]

Get Down With It

August 28, 2020 Dave

Free form Friday this month. Lots of favorites to share with you as we reach out to our awesome first responders once more here in Sonoma County. August, our static month of warm weather, has turned on us this year (as has everything else) as climate change once more comes knocking on our front and back doors. We’ll try to work on two hours of musical distraction with NRBQ, Little Richard, O. C. Smith, Marlene Dietrich, and Merle Haggard…how’s that for a lineup? Songs about San Antonio, a little place called Hickory Holler, some Madeline Kahn, Tommy Dorsey, and Nina Simone covering Chuck Berry. Money is the root of all evil, and Julia Lee will remind you this Friday morning. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio once more at 9 Pacific on 92.5 FM, streaming to the world at freespeechnobull.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Richard	Get Down With it	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
3	Ivory Joe Hunter	You Can't Stop This Rocking and Rolling	Ivory Joe Hunter
4	Three Sharps And A Flat	That's The Rhythm	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
5	The Miller Sisters	Ten Cats Down	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3]
6	The Sensations	Let Me In	Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
7	Lou Rawls	Love Is A Hurtin' Thing	On The Soul Side
8	Irma Thomas	Hurtin' for Certain	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
9	Billy Joe Royal	It Keeps Right On Hurtin'	Greatest Hits
10	O. C. Smith	The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
11	Arthur Alexander	Genie in the Jug	Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
12	Frank Black	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	Honeycomb
13	Marlene Dietrich	The Boys In The Back Room	The Blue Angel
14	Madeline Kahn With Mel Brooks And Company	I'm Tired – Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
15	Jimmy Durante	Start Off Each Day With A Song	The Great Schnozzle
16	Ella Mae Morse	An Occasional Man	Singles 3
17	John Fogerty	Down On The Corner	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
18	Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven	The Music Goes Round And Round	Me & Orson Welles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
19	NRBQ	Music Goes Round And Around	Tiddly Winks
20	Nina Simone	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul
21	Merle Haggard	San Antonio Rose	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
22	Riders in the Sky	Down the Trail to San Antone	The Best of the West Rides Again
23	Junior Brown	Long Walk Back to San Antone	Long Walk Back
24	Bill Kirchen	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Dieselbilly Road Trip
25	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
26	Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	Minnie, My Mountain Moocher	Singing In The Rain
27	Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	Paddlin' Madelin' Home	Singing In The Rain
28	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Don't Save It Too Long (The Money Song)	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
29	The Andrews Sisters	Rum And Coca-Cola	20th Century Masters: Millenni
30	Dinning Sisters	Buttons And Bows	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
31	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	The Three Caballeros	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
32	Bob Hope, The Clark Sisters	That's Not the Knot	Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records
33	The Boswell Sisters	Wha'd Ja Do To Me?	The Object Of My Affection
34	Little Richard	Jenny Jenny	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
35	James Barnett	Keep On Talking	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters

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Discovering Document Records

August 23, 2020 Dave

Today’s Deeper Roots show explores the Document label once more but, this time, we’ll be asking Gary and Gillian to tell us more. They’ll share some personal anecdotes about what brought them to their life’s work. So many of us from the baby boomer generation discovered early roots music through covers by bands from our early years that led us to recurring moments of musical revelation. And many of us found ourselves digging, rummaging, exploring, collecting, and listening for those mother lodes of musical treasures that surfaced like bits of gold on that river of time that runs from ‘then’ to the ‘now’. It’s the second part of our interview with this delightful couple from across the pond. Hear their stories of connecting with this music and how it informed their life’s work with Document Records.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Lil' Son Jackson	Rockin' And Rollin'	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
3	Big Bill Broonzy	Key to the Highway	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Deeper Roots	Intro and Early Document w Johnny Part	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
5	Peetie Wheatstraw	Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
6	Big Bill Broonzy	Good Boy	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
7	Deeper Roots	Discovery of the Folk and Blues	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
8	The Rolling Stones	Confessin' The Blues	12 X 5
9	Deeper Roots	Buys Document	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
10	Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather	Kid Man Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
11	Deeper Roots	Impact of American Music	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
12	Josh White	Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out	In Chronological Order, Volume 6 (1944-45)
13	Deeper Roots	Hunting Swap Meets for Blues (With Music)	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
14	Gitfiddle Jim (Kokomo Arnold)	Paddlin' Blues	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
15	Deeper Roots	Growing Up with Music to the Beatles	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
16	Cliff Richard & The Shadows	Please Don't Tease	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
17	The Beatles	Anna (Go to Him)	Please Please Me
18	Deeper Roots	Closing Snippet 1	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
19	Deeper Roots	Document Projects	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
20	Walter 'Cowboy' Washington	Ice Pick Mama	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
21	Blind Willie McTell	Stole Rider Blues	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order – Volume 1 – 18 October 1927 to 23 October 1931
22	Deeper Roots	Musical influences	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
23	John Lee Hooker	Democrat Man	That's My Story
24	Bo Diddley	Pretty Thing	His Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
25	Deeper Roots	Early music loves	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
26	Freddie & The Dreamers	If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody	A's, B's & EP's
27	James Ray	If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody	Birth Of Soul: 3
28	The McCoys	Hang on Sloopy	Operation Dumbo Drop

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Crazy Blues Centennial

August 15, 2020 Dave

It was the year 1920. One of the more important events in the annals of popular music in the United States occurred 100 years ago this month. Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds’ recording of Perry Bradford‘s tune “Crazy Blues” became an instant hit and was the first significant recording in the blues genre. And Mamie herself was also the first African American female popular singer to lead a commercial recording. This week on Deeper Roots we celebrate with the first installment of a show featuring two hours of music including two very special guests: Gillian and Gary Atkinson, proprietors of Document Records in the UK. I had a chance to interview the two about the label and about the dawn of blues and jazz recording including the early century social impact of black artists. A very special opportunity offered for a very special time. We’ll also hear about a recent video release called Searching for Secret Heroes, a resurrection of a long lost documentary made by Sam Charters, released by Document this past April.

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No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	American Roots Music [Disc 2]
3	Deeper Roots	Pre 20th Century – Gillian Atkinson Interview	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
4	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band	The Darktown Strutters' Ball	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band (Remastered)
5	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band	Memphis Blues	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band (Remastered)
6	Deeper Roots	Crazy Blues Recording – Gary/Gillian Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
7	Deeper Roots	Selling the Crazy Blues	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
8	Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band	Royal Garden Blues	The History of Jazz :The Swing
9	Mamie Smith	Mamma Whip! Mamma Spank!	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2
10	Edna Hicks	Hard Luck Blues (Pm 12023, 1629-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
11	Ma Rainey and Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders	Honey Where You Been So Long? (Pm 12200, 1701-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
12	Deeper Roots	The Circle of Musicians – Gillian Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
13	Hall Johnson Choir	St. Louis Blues	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
14	Jelly Roll Morton	Buddy Bolden's Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) [Album Version]	The Rose & The Briar
15	Deeper Roots	Document Records with Gary Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
16	Lovie Austin and Her Blues Serenaders	Traveling Blues (Pm 12255, 10005-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
17	Deeper Roots	Gillian and Gary Discussing Blues in the Jazz Age	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
18	The Hokum Boys	We Don't Sell It Here No More	Georgia Tom – Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (September 1928 – 5 February 1930)
19	Deeper Roots	Early Influentials in the Circles	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
20	Deeper Roots	Early Influentials in the Circles	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
21	Bessie Smith	I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	The Anthology
22	Deeper Roots	Searching for Secret Heroes Serendipity	Crazy Blues Centennial Interviews
23	Furry Lewis	John Henry	Searching For Secret Heroes
24	JD Short – Memphis Willie B	Alone In The Evening Hours	Searching For Secret Heroes
25	Hattie Heart	Coldest Stuff in Town	Searching For Secret Heroes
26	Trixie Smith and her Down Home Syncopators	Freight Train Blues (Pm 12211, 1767-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
27	Sippie Wallace With Clarence Williams' Blue Five	Baby I Can't Use You No More	The Complete Clarence Williams Sessions, Vol. 2 – 1923-1925
28	Sara Martin/Fats Waller	Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 1]
29	Lizzie Miles	Electrician Blues	Rude Dudes
30	Victoria Spivey and Her Hallelujah Boys	Black Snake Swing	The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-1937
31	Ida Cox	I've Got The Blues For Rampart Street	Black Swan Sampler
32	Mamie Smith	You Can't Keep A Good Man Down	Mamie Smith Vol. 1 (1920-1921)

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Fall of Empire

August 7, 2020 Dave

Authoritarianism right in our own backyard. What are the signs that we should concern ourselves with? Much has been revealed over the centuries of how power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. While our so-called checks and balances lay down in fear in the face of fascism and the childish fear of being made fun of by the playground bully, the innocents are called terrorists and the terrorists, patriots. Up is down and down is up, right? Music’s been made of the human condition over time and there’s also been books and countless political speeches…and we’re going to take our time today to share the music and speak of the ballot box which is our only weapon, it seems, in a democracy. When cowards and sycophants led by the GOP and Fox News pretend patriotism, we know we’re in trouble and we know that the hard rain is falling. Federal troops are attacking mothers, veterans, and peaceful protesters with impunity and there are no checks. There is no balance. As songwriter R. B. Morris observes, that’s how every empire falls…and you can tune in for inspiration as the August march on Washington is just around the corner.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Great Big Sea	End of the World	Great Big CD
3	Danko, Fjeld & Andersen	When Morning Comes to America	Danko / Fjeld / Andersen
4	Neil Young	Bound for Glory	Old Ways
5	Willie Nelson	Vote Em Out	Vote 'Em Out
6	Ray Charles	America The Beautiful	Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
7	Ry Cooder	Rally 'Round The Flag	Boomer's Story
8	The Abyssinian Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir	Battle Hymn Of The Republic	The Civil War
9	Johnny Cash	Ragged Old Flag	Ragged Old Flag
10	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind
11	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Jesus Children of America	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
12	R.B. Morris	That's How Every Empire Falls	Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
13	Simon & Garfunkel	America	Old Friends Disc 2
14	Paul Simon	American Tune	There Goes Rhymin' Simon
15	Neko Case & Her Boyfriends	Thrice All American	No Depression Compilation – What It Sounds Like Vol. 1
16	Dr. John	The Patriotic Flag-Waiver	Babylon
17	Steve Earle	Dear Old Flag	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
18	Jay & the Americans	Only in America	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
19	Jimmy Griggs	The Beginning Of The End	The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
20	William Elliot Whitmore	Civilizations	Radium Death
21	Dorothy Love Coates	The Kingdom Of Babylon Is Falling Down	A City Built 4 Square
22	Bob Dylan	Something's Burning, Baby	Empire Burlesque
23	Bruce Cockburn	Call It Democracy	World Of Wonders
24	The Trumpeteers	Babylon's Fallen	Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water
25	Jerry Lee Lewis	End Of The Road	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
26	Roy Zimmerman	The Liar Tweets Tonight	The Liar Tweets Tonight (Single)

Americana, Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Soul

Miles and Miles of Texas

July 31, 2020 Dave

Free Form Friday finds us filling the airwaves with soul, border music, a dose of gospel, blues, and so much more. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he brings you the stories and the sounds from the past century. As we go into our sixth month of pandemic isolation, we reflect on those lost and those suffering knowing full well that this virus could have been shunted by responsible adults. But we’re confronted with complete and utter idiocy at the highest (and lowest) locales: those who politicize and those pouty little man- and woman-babies who refuse to wear masks. We’ll look past this for two hours as we share soul sounds from James Carr and Bobby Womack, folk-rock anthems from Bob Dylan and John Sebastian, as well as good news gospel from Marion Williams and Sam Cooke. We’ll also go with a tribute to Texas where the suffering is reaching heights unimagined only a few months ago as they continue to suffer from failed leadership. Tune in on Fridays at 9 Pacific.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
3	Charley Crockett	Goin' Back To Texas	Lonesome As A Shadow
4	Waylon Jennings	Bob Wills Is Still The King (Studio Version)	RCA Country Legends [Disc 1]
5	Doug Sahm	Texas Tornado	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
6	Bing Crosby	Deep In The Heart Of Texas	Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits
7	Mark Knopfler	Cannibals	Golden Heart
8	Sam Cooke	(Ain't That) Good News	Ain't That Good News
9	Marion Williams	Feel Like My Time Ain't Long	The Great Gospel Women
10	Clay Hammond	Suzy Do It Better Than You	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
11	James Carr	Pouring Water on a Drowning Ma	The Essential James Carr
12	Nat Hall With The Mellow 3	A Broken Hearted Clown	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 3]
13	Bobby Womack	How I Miss You Baby	The Best Of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years
14	Leroy Washington	Baby Please Come Home	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
15	Clifton Chenier	Choo Choo CH-Boogie	Alligator Stomp 2: Cajun Zydeco Classics
16	Slim Harpo	I've Got Love If You Want It	The Best Of Slim Harpo
17	Slim Harpo	I've Got My Finger on Your Trigger	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
18	Jimmy Reed	I Wanna Be Loved	You Dont Have To Go (The Blues Collection Vol.18)
19	Little Richard	Lucille	Crazy in Alabama
20	Moose And The Pelicans	He's A Rebel	So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998
21	Doris Troy	Just One Look	Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
22	Gary U.S. Bonds	Jole Blon	The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds
23	The Neville Brothers	Run Joe	Fiyo on the Bayou
24	Bob Dylan	Mississippi	Love and Theft
25	John Sebastian	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 1]
26	The Lovin' Spoonful	Coconut Grove	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
27	Cliff Edwards	I'm Going to Give "It" To Mary	The Collection
28	Mississippi John Hurt	Good Morning, Carrie	The Complete Studio Recordings: Last Sessions
29	Blind Blake	Black Dog Blues (Pm 12464, 4362-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
30	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Red Rocking Chair	Black Mountain Rag
31	The Byrds	You're Still on My Mind	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
32	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun'	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
33	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Say 'Si Si'	Country Guitar Giants
34	The Sam Chase	Glory	Will Never Die

A Century of America's Music