Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KWTF

Superstition

Superstition and luck are the topics for our theme show on a Friday night in Sonoma County on community radio. Deeper Roots explores those superstitious topics of charms, clovers, black cats, and numerology this week.  Join Dave Stroud for blues from the Wolf, Lucille Bogan, and Albert King; county star power from Skeets McDonald, Ernest Tubb, and Elvis; plus a lot of special treats including tracks from Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Casey Bill Weldon, Joe Barry, and Larry Campbell. We’ll also be wishing on star power from Cliff Edwards and Petra Haden…and four leaf clover luck from Nick Lucas, Bill Haley, and Al Miller. From the turn of the century to a couple of contemporary sounds.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Chris Thomas King Superstitious Blues Me, My Guitar and the Blues Amazon
3Ernest Tubb Since That Black Cat Passed My Path Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1 Amazon
4Howlin' Wolf I Ain't Superstitious Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
5Casey Bill Weldon Jinx Blues Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
6Lucille Bogan Superstitious Blues (Hooch House Blues) Complete Recorded Works – Volume 2 Amazon
7Al Miller I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
8Bobby "Blue" Bland Friday The 13th Child His California Album Amazon
9Stevie Wonder Superstition Talking Book Amazon
10Dr. John I Been Hoodood Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
11Louis Jordan Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
12Al Reed Hoodoo The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (American Horror Songs 1930s – 1950s) Amazon
13Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Bad Luck If You Don't Know Me By Now Amazon
14Dusty Springfield Spooky Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Amazon
15Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings Spooky Anyway The Wind Blows Amazon
16Bill Frisell & Petra Haden When You Wish Upon A Star Petra Haden And Bill Frisell Amazon
17Robert Johnson Wish Upon A Star Close Personal Friend Amazon
18Koko Taylor Born Under a Bad Sign The Best of Koko Taylor Amazon
19Larry Campbell Bad Luck Charm Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
20Elvis Presley Good Luck Charm Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3) Amazon
21Joe Barry Four Leaf Clover I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1 Amazon
22Bill Haley Four Leaf Clover Blues Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1 Amazon
23Nick Lucas I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips Amazon
24Skeets McDonald Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
25Cliff Edwards When You Wish upon a Star 40 Your Hit Parade Amazon
26War Spill the Wine Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) Amazon
27Johnny Otis & Marci Lee Casting My Spell on You Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
28Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
29William Bell Born Under A Bad Sign This Is Where I Live Amazon
30Billy Boy Arnold Cell No. 13 Blues Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
31Brownie McGhee Secret Mojo Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
32Screamin' Jay Hawkins I Put a Spell on You Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon

Free Form – January 2018

We open 2018 with a mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans piano, gospel, and country… nothing that you would not expect from the show. Here’s hoping to something much better from all of us…as a democracy and a society. While the 1 percent have fooled the desperate we’ll be spending time with the passions of Ivie Anderson, Ray Charles, Madeline Bell, Doug Sahm, and Sam Cooke to keep our hearts, minds, and eyes on the prize. Join Dave Stroud for a free form exploration of American roots music every other Friday morning at 9am on KOWS and weekly (Friday evenings at 9) on KWTF.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Blossom Dearie Everything I've Got Got Nothing But Song Amazon
3Professor Longhair Mean Old World Fess: The Professor Longhair A Amazon
4Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers Mean Old World The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
5Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist Free At Las' 2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music Amazon
6Anthony Butler Judgement's Coming Soon Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
7Cowboy Junkies Jesus Is Coming Soon God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
8Madeline Bell Can't Get Used To Losing You Bell's A Poppin' Amazon
9Laura Lee Up Tight, Good Man The Muscle Shoals Sound Amazon
10Jean Wells Have a Little Mercy Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Varetta Dillard I Can't Help Myself Got You On My Mind Amazon
12The Orioles You Belong to Me Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
13The Commands No Time For You Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label Amazon
14Slim Gaillard Blue Heaven ABC Of The Blues Vol 12 Amazon
15The Cats & The Fiddle Darling, Can't We Make A Date The Very Best Of Amazon
16Ivie Anderson I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
17Ivie Anderson Oh Babe! Maybe Someday An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
18Louis Jordan I Seen What'cha Done Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1] Amazon
19Ray Charles & Willie Nelson Seven Spanish Angels The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4] Amazon
20Willie Nelson Let's Face The Music And Dance Let's Face The Music And Dance Amazon
21Asleep at the Wheel Dance With Who Brung You The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970 Amazon
22Leon McAuliffe Tulsa, Straight Ahead Tulsa Straight Ahead Amazon
23Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams Better Do It Now Shame On You Amazon
24Doug Sahm I Wanna Be Your Mama Again Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
25Bruce Daigrepont Acadie A la Louisiane Alligator Stomp 3: Cajun Zydeco Classics Amazon
26Elijah & The Ebonites Hot Grits!!! Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label Amazon
27Lee Dorsey Work, Work, Work The Ep Collection…Plus Amazon
28Bo Diddley You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover The Chess Box Amazon
29Magic Sam Feels So Good (I Wanna Boogie) Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics Amazon
30Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' Blues From Hell Amazon
31Ella Mae Morse Jumpin' Jack Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
32The Boswell Sisters Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy The Object Of My Affection Amazon
33Ethel Waters Stormy Weather The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
34Juan Gabriel Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol) Quiero Creedence Amazon

Songs of John Hiatt

From the ‘pink bedroom’ and edgy alternative to blues and country, R&B and everything in between…John Hiatt’s catalog of recordings is only surpassed by the library of his songs penned over the past fifty years. We’ll take a look back, primarily focusing on covers from his contemporaries; names like Rosanne Cash, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Carrie Rodriguez, and Buddy Guy are but just a small sampling of the performers we’ll hear from on another Friday evening on Sonoma County community radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Crossing Muddy Waters Amazon
3Buddy Guy Feels Like Rain Feels Like Rain Amazon
4Emmylou Harris Icy Blue Heart Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
5Rosanne Cash The Way We Make a Broken Heart Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
6Jo-El Sonnier I'll Never Get Over You Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
7Flaco Jiminez Across The Borderline featuring John Hiatt (Album Version) Partners Amazon
8Terrance Simien It Hasn't Happened Yet Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
9Carrie Rodriguez Big Love Love and Circumstances Amazon
10Rosanne Cash It Hasn't Happened Yet Retrospective Amazon
11John Hiatt Cry Love Walk On Amazon
12Kelly Willis Drive South Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
13Bonnie Raitt Lover's Will [Radio Edit Version] The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US] Amazon
14Commander Cody Commander Cody-Tennessee Plates Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers Amazon
15Gregg Allman Memphis in the Meantime Searching for Simplicity Amazon
16Marshall Crenshaw Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me Good Evening Amazon
17Nick Lowe She Don't Love Nobody Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
18Dave Edmunds I Got Your Number Closer to the Flame Amazon
19Iggy Pop Something Wild Brick by Brick Amazon
20Mitch Ryder Where Is the Next One Coming From? Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
21Asleep at the Wheel This Is the Way We Make a Broken Heart Pasture Prime Amazon
22Rodney Crowell She Loves the Jerk Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
23Rosanne Cash Pink Bedroom Retrospective Amazon
24John Hiatt Your Love Is My Rest Walk On Amazon
25Joe Cocker Have a Little Faith in Me Ultimate Collection Amazon
26John Hiatt Real Fine Love Stolen Moments Amazon
27The Band Bound By Love Jubilation Amazon
28John Hiatt Master of Disaster [2005] Master of Disaster Amazon

The Hangman’s Rope

Songs about one of the most controversial of mankind’s attempt to balance the scales: the death penalty. Studies point to the fact that at least one in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent and yet the death penalty is legal in 32 states. In China, corporate fraud can be punishable by death…if it were the case here, our government would probably be on the straight and narrow. But I digress. The music this week will explore the long walk to eternity through the eyes of the condemned; the knowledge of the eventuality of the executioner’s song is clarity. And we’ve got country from a whole host of obscure characters, some blues and boogie, along with just a little bit of folk and bluegrass. A hundred years of the hangman’s rope in reflection.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny Cash I Hung My Head American IV: Man Comes Around Amazon
3Gurf Morlix Theyre Hangin Me Tonight The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 3 Amazon
4Johnny Bond At Dawn I Die The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
5Marty Robbins The Hanging Tree All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
6Peter, Paul & Mary Hangman See What Tomorrow Brings Amazon
7Marty Stuart Hangman Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions Amazon
8Ralston Bowles and May Erlewine-Bernard Hangman Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
9Cowboy Copas Hangman Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
10The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Puerto Muerto The Hangman's Song The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Al Dean Hangman The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
12Leadbelly Gallows Pole Too Late, Too Late – Vol. 12 – 1917-48 Amazon
13Furry Lewis Judge Harsh Blues Furry Lewis 1927 – 1929 Amazon
14Brownie McGhee Hangman's Blues The Folkways Years (1945-1959) Amazon
15Blind Lemon Jefferson Hangman's Blues Complete Recordings Vol. 3 Amazon
16Blind Lemon Jefferson Electric Chair Blues Images Presents 1920's Blues Classics, Vol. 13 Amazon
17Lonesome Johnny Death Row The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
18Jimmy Minor Death Row The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
19Porter Wagoner (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
20Dave Alvin Sonora's Death Row West of the West Amazon
21Lee Hazelwood The Girl On Death Row Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2 Amazon
22Johnny Cash The Mercy Seat American III: Solitary Man Amazon
23Bessie Smith Send Me To The Lectric Chair Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928) Amazon
24Booker T. & the MG's Hang 'Em High The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's Amazon
25Hoyle Miller Twelve Years On Death Row The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
26Steve Earle Walking Down Death Row If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2 Amazon
27The Blue Sky Boys Story Of The Knoxville Girl Absolutely Bluegrass Amazon
28Bob Dylan Seven Curses The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [Disc 2] Amazon
29Joan Baez Geordie The First 10 Years Amazon
30The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Dean Schlabowske Gary Gilmore's Eyes The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon

Songs About Youth

A nostalgic celebration of youth, love, and idealism…some saccharine sounds for a Friday evening whose theme is young at heart. We’ll be digging into mid-century popular sounds, with a laser focus on the many songs for young lovers that poured out of AM radio during the early years of jukebox rock from the soda fountain. But we’ll also reflect on the loss of youth, childlike wonder, and a little bit of tongue-in-cheek heartbreak and bitterness. Country sounds from Hayes Carll and Roger Miller, symphonic soliloquies from Percy Faith and Ray Conniff, and reflective studies by Bob Dylan and Antony, and some growing pains from Tom Waits and Billy Bob Thornton. How can you go wrong?

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bob Dylan Young at Heart Fallen Angels Amazon
3Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus Hello Young Lovers Broadway In Rhythm Amazon
4Percy Faith Theme for Young Lovers 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
5Paul & Paula Young Lovers Hard to Find 45's on CD, Vol. 2: 1961-64 Amazon
6Ruby & Romantics (63-64) When You're Young And In Love Our Day Will Come: The Very Be Amazon
7Sonny James Young Love Singles Amazon
8Robin Ward Young Lovers After Midnight The Very Best Of Amazon
9Rick Nelson Young World Greatest Love Songs Amazon
10Rick Nelson Young Emotions Greatest Love Songs Amazon
11Nat King Cole Too Young Your Hit Parade – 1951 Amazon
12Hank Garland Blame It On My Youth Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland Amazon
13Bing Crosby & Guy Lombardo Young At Heart Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
14Flying Pickets When You're Young and in Love Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 4 Amazon
15Bob Dylan Forever Young The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
16Billy Bob Thornton I Gotta Grow Up Beautiful Door Amazon
17Tom Waits I Don't Wanna Grow Up Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years Amazon
18Hayes Carll I Don't Wanna Grow Up Trouble In Mind Amazon
19Bill Frisell & Petra Haden I Don't Want To Grow Up Petra Haden And Bill Frisell Amazon
20Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Blues Singing In The Rain Amazon
21The Deer Run Drifters Restless Youth Restless Youth Amazon
22Antony With Bryce Dessner I Was Young When I Left Home Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1] Amazon
23The Mavericks Children From Hell to Paradise Amazon
24Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Teach Your Children Deja Vu Amazon
25Carole King Like Little Children Crazy in Alabama Amazon
26The The Jealous of Youth Solitude Amazon
27Felix Dukes & Mississippi Fred McDowell Motherless Children Sounds of the South Vol 4: American Folk Songs for Children Amazon
28Willie Dixon And Friends Youth to You Willie Dixon and Friends, Vol. 8 Amazon
29Daniel Romano Middle Child Come Cry With Me Amazon
30Roger Miller Little Children Run and Play The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles Amazon
31Jackson Browne I Thought I Was A Child (LP Version) For Everyman Amazon
32Willie Nelson Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [w/ Waylon Jennings] One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2] Amazon

Gospel Dynamite I

Gospel Dynamite
Gospel Dynamite

It’s a two part celebration of the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. There just was not enough time to capture the great songs like “I’ll Fly Away”, “This Train”, “Please In The Valley”, “Down By The Riverside”, and so many others in just a single episode…so we broke it into two parts which is still barely enough. We’ll play the influential sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Chet Atkins, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley, and the CBS Trumpeteers. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Golden Gate Quartet Rock My Soul The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD2] Amazon
3Reverend Robert Ballinger This Train 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
4Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys This Train Vintage Collections Amazon
5Ricky Nelson Glory Train Legacy [Disc 2] Amazon
6The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
7Mahalia Jackson I'm on My Way To Canaan 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
8Chet Atkins On My Way to Canaan's Land The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA] Amazon
9The Dillards I'll Fly Away There Is A Time: 1963-70 Amazon
10Willie and Bobbie Nelson I'll Fly Away Farther Along Amazon
11The Blind Boys Of Alabama I'll Fly Away Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion Amazon
12The Blind Boys Of Alabama Amazing Grace Spirit Of The Century Amazon
13Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues Amazing Grace Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2] Amazon
14The Golden Gate Quartet Swing Down, Chariot (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
15Elvis Presley Swing Down Sweet Chariot He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
16Elvis Presley Milky White Way Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
17CBS Trumpeteers Milky White Way I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
18Mahalia Jackson Take My Hand, Precious Lord Something to Believe In Amazon
19Fern Jones Take My Hand, Precious Lord The Glory Road Amazon
20Mike Farris Precious Lord, Take My Hand Salvation in Lights Amazon
21Bonnie Guitar Down By the Riverside The Velvet Lounge – By the Fireside Amazon
22Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Down by the Riverside The Gospel of Blues Amazon
23Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
24Johnny Cash Peace In The Valley Gospel Glory Amazon
25Elvis Presley Peace in the Valley Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
26Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Uncloudy Day Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
27The Staple Singers Uncloudy Day Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
28Smith Jubilee Singers Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Smith Jubilee Singers The History of Black Gospel Volume 6 Amazon
29Willie Nelson Just a Little Walk With Jesus Old Time Religion Amazon
30Loretta Lynn Old Time Religion All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 2] Amazon
31Reverend James Cleveland And The Caravans Old Time Religion Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
32Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus Didn't It Rain Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
33Fern Jones Didn't It Rain The Glory Road Amazon
34Elvis Presley Joshua Fit The Battle Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1) Amazon
35Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives This Little Light of Mine Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1 Amazon

City Blues

City Blues
City Blues

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Frank Hutchison K.C. Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
3HowellDevine KC Blues Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles Amazon
4Ernest Tubb Kansas City Blues Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours Amazon
5Sidney Bechet St. Louis Blues Blues In Thirds Amazon
6Lonnie Johnson Low Down St. Louis Blues Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1 Amazon
7Blind Willie McTell East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well) The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago Amazon
8Red Nichols Wabash Blues I Got Rhythm Amazon
9Leroy Carr Naptown Blues Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1] Amazon
10Fats Domino Detroit City Blues Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Mississippi Fred McDowell Kokomo Blues Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell Amazon
12Dan Pickett Chicago Blues I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar Amazon
13Don Flemons Milwaukee Blues What Got Over Amazon
14Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Milwaukee Blues The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
15Dorothy Everetts Macon Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
16Elmore James Madison Blues The Sky Is Crying Amazon
17Barbecue Bob Jacksonville Blues Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929) Amazon
18John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur Minglewood Blues The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
19Sam Chatmon Vicksburg Blues Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
20Black Birds of Paradise Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
21Lewis Bronzville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3 Amazon
22Howlin' Wolf Natchez Burning The Real Folk Blues Amazon
23Bo Chatmon East Jackson Blues Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 Amazon
24Mississippi Sheiks West Jackson Blues [Album Version] Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks Amazon
25Little Brother Montgomery Shreveport Blues Boogie Woogie [Disc 3] Amazon
26Memphis Piano Red Mobile Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
27Jorma Kaukonen Nashville Blues River Of Time Amazon
28The Louvin Brothers Nashville Blues Close Harmony [Disc 5] Amazon
29Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Dallas Blues Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939 Amazon
30Billy Boy Arnold San Antonio Blues Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
31Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2) Amazon
32Jabo Williams Pratt City Blues Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers Amazon
33Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
34Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers New Orleans Blues Sunny Road Amazon

Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Days
Hot Summer Days

As we make it over the summer hump, we’ll take time to celebrate all the things we love about the summer heat.  Those stunning summer skies, sea breezes, backyard barbecues, and the lift of a summer rain. We’ve got the beach sounds of the sixties, Hawaiian medleys from the islands, sophisticated sass from Buster Poindexter, hot kissin’ from H-Bomb Ferguson, the summer rain, the summer sky, and the Summer Wind from Frank Sinatra.  Rock, zydeco, country, pop, bluegrass, rock, and so much of what comes from the in-between this week on Deeper Roots.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The David Thom Band California's Burning That Old Familiar Amazon
3Dave Alvin California's Burning Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
4Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians Heat Wave Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
5Bob Brozman Hawaiian Heat Waves Medley Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz! Amazon
6Mr. Sad Head Hot Weather Blues Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
7Teddy Bunn Summertime 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
8Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band In the Summertime 100% Fortified Zydeco Amazon
9Sly & the Family Stone Hot Fun in the Summertime Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
11The Lovin' Spoonful Summer in the City Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
12The Beach Boys The Warmth of the Sun Endless Summer Amazon
13It's a Beautiful Day Hot Summer Day It's a Beautiful Day Amazon
14Buster Poindexter Hot Hot Hot Buster Poindexter Amazon
15Ann Miller Too Darn Hot The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love Amazon
16Ella Fitzgerald Too Darn Hot Music & Moonlight Amazon
17Eilen Jewell Too Hot To Sleep Letters From Sinners & Strangers Amazon
18Kid Bangham, Dan McKinney, Bill Melcher & Dave Ferrara Some Summer Day Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
19Willie Nelson Summer Of Roses [Album Version] One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
20H-Bomb Ferguson Hot Kisses Big City Blues Amazon
21Judy Collins In The Heat Of The Summer Forever: [Disc 2] Amazon
22Sam Cooke Summertime Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
23The Donkeys Theme From The Endless Summer Theme From The Endless Summer [single] Amazon
24Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
25Johnny Burnette What a Summer Day The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6 Amazon
26Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
27Frank Sinatra Summer Wind The Reprise Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
28Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
29Charlie Parker Summertime Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes Amazon
30Nanci Griffith Summer Wages Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Amazon
31Bob Dylan Summer Days Love and Theft Amazon

 

Time is Passing

Time Is Passing
Time Is Passing

Theme time this week! We are going to dip into a sometimes raucous, other times wistful, blend of country, blues, jazz, and what-not…to celebrate (or is it bemoan) the passing of time in our show this week. The clock is ticking, the calendar flipping, and the little blue orb keeps spinning around that big bright one. And all the while we live our lives celebrating the luminous sounds on Deeper Roots; this week featuring Johnny Otis, Fenton Robinson, Bob Dylan, Texas Jim Lewis, Roy Acuff, and so many others. Time may be passing and we may like to reminisce and wax nostalgic, but we press on…driven by music from the past century (among other things).

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Hank Thompson The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music The Best Of Hank Thompson 1966-1979 Amazon
3Alfred G. Karnes Where We'll Never Grow Old (1927) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
4The Church Sisters Where We'll Never Grow Old Orthophonic Joy Amazon
5The Carter Family Darling, We Are Growing Older/The Old Texas Trail – Anita Carter On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1 Amazon
6Dick Curless Rock of Ages A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969) Amazon
7Jerry Lee Lewis Middle Age Crazy The Definitive Collection Amazon
8Doc Watson Grandfather's Clock My Dear Old Southern Home Amazon
9Texas Jim Lewis Way Back in Grandpa's Day Free at Archive.org Amazon
10Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys Old Age Pension Cheque King of Country Music [[Disc 2]: "Beautiful Brown Eyes: 1939-'41" Proper Records, 2004] Amazon
11Tom Russell Wayfarin' Stranger (Passage of Time) The Man From God Knows Where Amazon
12Dar Williams You're Aging Well The Honesty Room Amazon
13Stonewall Jackson Gettin' Older Waterloo Box Set Amazon
14Bob Dylan Time Passes Slowly New Morning Amazon
15Bob Dylan My Back Pages All I Really Want To Do Amazon
16Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Time Is A Passin' One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
17Johnny Otis / Jimmy Rushing Round The Clock The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4] Amazon
18Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra Take the Hands off the Clock Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947 Amazon
19Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Five O'Clock Whistle Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
20The Original Memphis Five Four O'clock Blues The Original Memphis Five Collection Vol. 1 – 1922-1923 Amazon
21Fenton Robinson As The Years Go Passing By Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
22Big Bill Broonzy Getting Older Every Day Great Blues Guitarsists: String Dazzlers Amazon
23Howlin' Wolf Getting Old & Gray Howlin' Wolf – 52 Essential Tracks Amazon
24Victoria Spivey Grow Old Together Black Snake Blues – The Best Of Amazon
25JL Stiles Never To Grow Old Solo Sessions Amazon
26David Johansen My Grandpa Is Old Too Shaker Amazon
27Ricky Skaggs In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old Rising Star Amazon
28Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone All The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2] Amazon
29Harry Reser & His Orchestra The Clock and the Banjo Trainin' The Fingers Amazon
30Ivory Joe Hunter Time Has Passed Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951) Amazon
31Tom Lehrer When You Are Old And Gray Song & More Songs Amazon
32Ray Wylie Hubbard After All These Years Eternal & Lowdown Amazon
33The Carter Family Where We'll Never Grow Old The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4] Amazon

Deeper Fats Waller

Deeper Fats Waller
Deeper Fats Waller

In his brief life of 39 years, Tom Waller (better known as ‘Fats’) took what he learned from the church organ and broke the bonds of sacred for the swinging sounds that he would learn from Willie “The Lion” Smith, James P. Johnson, and Eubie Blake. While the organ (or, as he liked to call it “The God Box”) was his first love, it was his songwriting and ebullient personality that would infuse his melodies that set him apart. The American Songbook chapter called “Joy” is full of his music and the tragedy of losing him too soon to his demons likely prevented us being further enriched. Tune in for two hours of music that inspired Fats as well as the music he gave us.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Duke Ellington That Rhythm Man The Okeh Ellington [Disc 2] Amazon
3James P. Johnson What's The Use Of Being Alone A Piano Anthology Amazon
4James P. Johnson The Harlem Strut (BS 2026, P-151-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
5James P. Johnson Carolina Shout Jazz In The Charts Vol. 2 – Hot Lips Amazon
6Fats Waller Carolina Shout The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
7Willie The Lion Smith & His Cubs More Than That Harlem Jazz (The 30's) Amazon
8Willie "The Lion" Smith Morning Air A Piano Anthology Amazon
9Clarence Williams' Blue Five Feat. Eva Taylor Cake Walkin' Babies From Home The Complete Clarence Williams Sessions, Vol. 2 – 1923-1925 Amazon
10Fats Waller The Joint Is Jumpin' The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
11Fats Waller I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 2] Amazon
12Fats Waller I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
13Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards I'm Goin' Huntin' The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
14Fats Waller With Morris' Hot Babies Fats Waller Stomp The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 2] Amazon
15Fats Waller & His Rhythm Mamacita 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
16Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Thomas "Fats" Waller & Jeni Le Gon Living In A Great Big Way Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1] Amazon
17Fats Waller I Wish I Were Twins The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4] Amazon
18Ethel Waters What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue? Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman) Amazon
19Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' Music By Fats Waller Amazon
20Fats Waller I'm Going To Sit Down & Write Myself A Letter Music By Fats Waller Amazon
21Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
22Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big Fats Waller Greatest Hits Amazon
23Fats Waller & His Rhythm It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936 Amazon
24Fats Waller Honeysuckle Rose Nippers 30's-Vol.1 Amazon
25Nat King Cole Trio Honeysuckle Rose A Piano Anthology Amazon
26Fats Waller & His Rhythm Big Chief De Sota Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936 Amazon
27Fats Waller Let's Pretend There's A Moon The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4] Amazon
28Fats Waller & His Rhythm You're The Picture Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 Amazon
29Fats Waller Sweet Savannah Sue The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1] Amazon
30Fats Waller St. Louis Blues The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 2] Amazon
31Fats Waller You're Not The Only Oyster I Saw The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4] Amazon