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Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Mountain Music

The Dust-to-Digital Label

September 26, 2015 Dave

Our weekly KWTF show is about a label whose chief purpose is the resurrection of that curious mix of ephemera, folklore, ancestry, and musicianship that reveals itself as folk music: whether it be pre-Monroe bluegrass, gospel, blues, or early pop. The label I speak of is Dust-To-Digital and we’ll scratch the surface of some of the great work that they’ve issued since 1999, the year Lance Ledbetter and his wife April open shop in Atlanta, Georgia.Their mission is the same as it was then: to produce high quality cultural artifacts.

Pitchfork magazine put it this way: “Although the folklorists lugging around tape recorders (and the performers carrying on ancient traditions) are worthy of much heralding, it’s equally astounding how essential Lance Ledbetter’s work at Dust-to-Digital has been to the preservation of traditional American folksong. It’s easy to buy and appreciate these sets without realizing that the bulk of the material might have been lost — or, at the very least, tethered to archives, readily accessible only to curious faculty, paper-writing students, and bespectacled researchers — without Ledbetter’s interference.”

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Murphy	We Live A Long Time To Get Old	Desperate Man Blues
3	Tennesee Messarounds	Mandolin Blues	Desperate Man Blues
4	Lonnie Johnson	Death Valley is Just Half Way To My Home	Desperate Man Blues
5	Chubby Parker	Bib-a-lollie-boo	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
6	Ernest Thompson	In the Baggage Coach Ahead	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
7	Roy Smeck Trio	Reaching for the Moon	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
8	Lew Childre	It Don't Do Nothing but Rain	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
9	Sara Martin & Sylvester Weaver	I've Got to Go and Leave My Daddy Behind	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
10	Sister O.M. Terrell	The Bible's Right	Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2]
11	Mahalia Jackson	God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares	Goodbye, Babylon – Introduction [Disc 1]
12	The North Carolina Cooper Boys	Daniel In The Den Of Lions	Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2]
13	Moses Williams	The Train	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 1]
14	Emmett Murray	She's a Fool, She Ain't Got No Sense	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 1]
15	Rev. Johnny L. Jones	Huff Construction Company (Radio Commercial)	The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta
16	Rev. Johnny L. Jones	I Love the Lord	The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta
17	Dorothy Lee	You Got to Give an Account (feat. Norma Jean, Shirley Marie Johnson & Robert nighthawk Johnson)	Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Religious Black Music
18	Babe Stovall	When the Circle Be Unbroken	Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Religious Black Music
19	Robert nighthawk Johnson	Cant No Grave Hold My Body Down	Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Religious Black Music
20	Henagar Union Sacred Harp Convention	Save, Lord, or We Perish 224	I Belong to This Band: Eight-Five Years of Sacred Harp Recordings
21	Denson's Sacred Harp Singers of Arley, Alabama	Ninety-Fifth 36B	I Belong to This Band: Eight-Five Years of Sacred Harp Recordings
22	Brother Claude Ely	Send Down The Rain	Satan Get Back
23	Uncle Eck Dunford and Ernest Stoneman	Barney McCoy	Lead Kindly Light
24	The Allen Brothers	Skipping and Flying	Lead Kindly Light
25	Georgia Yellow Hammers	Mary Don't You Weep	Lead Kindly Light
26	Charlie Parker and Mack Woolbright	Man Who Wrote the Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man	Lead Kindly Light
27	Loveless Twins Quartet	Lead Kindly Light	Lead Kindly Light
28	The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band	Ozark Waltz	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
29	Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers	Just Give Me the Leavings	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
30	Wonder State Harmonists	Turnip Greens	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
31	Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers	Jaw Bone	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
32	Clarence Alexander	Disability Boogie Woogie	Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
33	22 & Group	The Prettiest Train I Ever Saw	Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
34	Henry Ratcliff	Look For Me In Louisiana	Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
35	Willie Washington	My Jack Dont Drink No Water	Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
36	The David Thom Band	Windy City	That Old Familiar

Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Modern Americana in Tradition

September 19, 2015 Dave

We revisit tradition and roots with a number of contemporary performers who honor the American musical heritage with new arrangements, new interpretations, and songs whose lyrics might take on a different meaning in a new time. What was ripe for picking in the first part of the century might not mean all of the same in our world today. We’ll hear songs of love, death, destitution, prostitution, farmer’s work, the sky above and the sea below… You’ll hear Americana releases from as far back as 1971 and we’ll include a number of tracks from this year…the year 2015…with the one thing in common being that the songs performed have stories that go further back and, in most cases, go so far back that they are considered traditional.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian	Sail Away Lady	The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2
3	The Wailin' Jennys	Long Time Traveller	Firecracker
4	Rosanne Cash	Motherless Children	The List
5	Cyd Cassone/Ruthie Foster	Death Came a Knockin' (Travelin' Shoes)	Stages
6	Steve Martin	Sweet Heaven When I Die	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
7	Pharis and Jason Romero	Goodbye Old Paint	A Wanderer I'll Stay
8	Spuyten Duyvil	Stewball	The Social Music Hour Vol. 1
9	Alison Krauss	Cluck Old Hen	Every Time You Say Goodbye
10	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	East Virginia Blues	Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
11	Adkins & Loudermilk	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	Adkins & Loudermilk
12	She & Him	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	Volume One
13	Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama	If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again	There Will Be a Light
14	Allen Toussaint	St. James Infirmary	The Bright Mississippi
15	Ashley Monroe	The Storms Are On The Ocean	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
16	Uncle Tupelo	No Depression	No Depression
17	Band Of Ruhks	Lost Highway	Band Of Ruhks
18	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	What Does the Deep Sea Say?	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
19	Mudcrutch	Shady Grove	Mudcrutch
20	Dwight Yoakam/The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Some Dark Holler	Dwight's Used Records
21	Rhiannon Giddens	Round About the Mountain	Tomorrow Is My Turn
22	Leo Kottke	Cripple Creek	Mudlark
23	David Johansen	Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me	Shaker
24	David Johansen & The Harry Smiths	Richland Woman	David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
25	The Boxmasters	Knoxville Girl	The Boxmasters Disc 2
26	Bruce Springsteen	Shenandoah	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
27	Bruce Springsteen	O Mary Don't You Weep	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
28	Charlie Haden	Old Joe Clark	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
29	The Duhks	Banjo Roustabout	Beyond the Blue
30	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Green Green Rocky Road	High On A Mountain
31	Emmylou Harris	Bury Me Beneath The Willow	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited

Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country, Mountain Music

Hillbilly Fever

September 19, 2015 Dave

The sound was simple, fun, and certainly influential. It evolved from ancestral celebrations…finding its groove by the mid 1930s and playing itself out as a popular voice well through the early days of what was termed the Golden Age of Country Music, the 1950s. The entertainment industry collectively shunned the hillbilly term by the mid-50s, choosing the more sedate “Country and Western” moniker and certainly the even more narcoleptic sound of Nashvile going into the coming decade and beyond. Hillbilly music lives today only as splinter and special edge-case Americana. Listen and find out.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Delmore Brothers	Hillbilly Boogie	26 All-Time Country Classics
3	Sons of The Ozarks	Plantation Blues	Hillbilly Blues
4	The Lone Star Cowboys	Deep Elm Blues	Hillbilly Blues
5	Ernest Tubb & Red Foley	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 2]
6	Bill Carlisle	Bell Clappin' Mama	Hillbilly Blues
7	Al Dexter	Hi-De-Ho Boogie On A Saturday Night	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
8	Al Dexter	Pistol Packin' Mama	Pistol Packin' Mama
9	Curly Williams	Southern Belle	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 5]
10	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
11	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	I Was A Gambler In Texas	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
12	Faron Young	If You Aint Lovin' (You Aint Livin')	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
13	W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Okeh Western Swing
14	Clyde Moody	08 – Nobody's Business	The Hillbilly Waltz King
15	Little Jimmy Dickens	Hillbilly Fever	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
16	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
17	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Bass Man Jive	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
18	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
19	Hank Penny	Hadacillin Boogie	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
20	Hank Penny	Hillbilly Jump	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
21	Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band	Troubles (Those Lonesome Kind)	Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 1: Legends Of Western Swing
22	Redd Stewart	Brother Drop Dead (Boogie)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
23	Charlie Gore	I Put My Britches On Just Like Everybody Else	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
24	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Bryant's Bounce	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
25	Red Foley	Choc'late Ice Cream Cone	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 2]
26	The Light Crust Doughboys	Little Hillbilly Heart Throb	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
27	Skeets McDonald	Scoot Git And Begone	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
28	Jimmy Bryant	Jelly Beans Daddy	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
29	Luke Wills	Four Or Five Times	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
30	Rose Maddox & Her Brothers	Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
31	Robbie Fulks	We Live A Long Time To Get Old	13 Hillbilly Giants
32	The Ranch Girls & Their Ragtime Wranglers	Hillbilly Jive With a Boogie Beat	Can You Hear It?
33	Larry Nolen & The Bandits	Hillbilly Love Affair	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
34	The Osborne Brothers	Hillbilly Fever	World's Hottest Bluegrass
35	Bill Kirchen	Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man	Tied to the Wheel
36	Junior Brown	Hillbilly Hula Gal	12 Shades of Brown
37	BR5-49	Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)	BR5-49
38	BR5-49	Cherokee Boogie	BR5-49

Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Rhythm and Blues

Roots of R&B

September 5, 2015 Dave

“Rhythm n’ Blues” and “Rock n’ Roll” were both born of a raw sound that was an amalgam of lyrical call-and-response, the upbeat bounce of barrelhouse and juke joint piano, traditional rhyme, and an abundance of musical brilliance from the many itinerant performers who plied their trade. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll go find the “Roots of R&B” and find a stage that we often visit, spending time with the performers that we seem to always find in its lights. Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Leroy Carr, Memphis Minnie, and Lonnie Johnson are just a sampling of the music we’ll bring you on our show produced especially for KWTF 88.1 FM, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
3	Tampa Red	It Hurts Me Too	Country Blues [Disc 1]
4	Tampa Red	Anna Lou Blues	The Guitar Wizard (The Blues Collection Vol.51)
5	Leroy Carr	How Long-How Long Blues	Whiskey Is My Habit, Women Is All I Crave: The Best of Leroy Carr Disc 1
6	Little Brother Montgomery	Vicksburg Blues (Pm 13006, L-502-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
7	Little Brother Montgomery	No Special Rider Blues (Pm 13006, L-501-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
8	Roosevelt Sykes	44 Blues	The Honey Dripper
9	Roosevelt Sykes	Night Time Is The Right Time	As Good As It Gets: Country Blues [Disc 2]
10	Georgia Tom	The Duck Yas-Yas-Yas	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
11	Georgia Tom	Hear Me Beefin' at You	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1928-1930)
12	Tampa Red;Georgia Tom	Dead Cats On The Line	Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard
13	Blind Boy Fuller	Truckin' My Blues Away	Country Blues [Disc 1]
14	Bill "Jazz" Gillum	Key To the Highway [Remastered 2002]	That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
15	Bill 'Jazz' Gillum	Go Back to the Country	Heartbreakers Blue & Lonely
16	Lonnie Johnson	6 / 88 Glide	Steppin' On The Blues
17	Lonnie Johnson	Furniture Man Blues Pt. 1 (w/Victoria Spivey)	Complete Recordings Vol. 4
18	Memphis Minnie	Bumble Bee	Queen Of Country Blues
19	Memphis Minnie	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Blues Was Her Business
20	Roosevelt Sykes	Drivin' Wheel	Chicago Boogie
21	Bill "Jazz" Gillum W/ Big Bill Broonzy	Jockey Blues	Broke, Black & Blue [Disc 3] : Good Whiskey Blues
22	Bill "Jazz" Gillum	Sarah Jane	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
23	Washboard Sam	Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]	That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
24	Washboard Sam	Let Me Play Your Vendor	Vol. 6 1941 – 1942
25	Big Bill Broonzy	How You Want It Done	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
26	Big Bill Broonzy	Key to the Highway	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
27	Big Bill Broonzy	I Can't Be Satisfied	ABC Of The Blues Vol 5
28	Speckled Red	The Dirty Dozen	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
29	Speckled Red	The Dirty Dozen Pt 2	Rude Dudes
30	Speckled Red	You Got to Fix It [Remastered 2002]	That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
31	Speckled Red	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	Classic Piano Blues
32	Sunnyland Slim	Illinois Central [Remastered 2002]	That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series)
33	Arthur Crudup	Mean Old Frisco Blues	Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
34	Arthur Crudup	That's All Right Mama	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Jazz, Theme Time

Songs About Doctors

August 29, 2015 Dave

We go to the theme well once more on Deeper Roots, this time with music that explores the tincture of hadacol, the sick bed blues, the boogie woogie flu, measles, whooping cough, and snake oil…all in a show full of the very best of music about being sick in bed and sending for the doctor from the last century of big band, jazz, country, blues, and rock.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Betty Hutton	Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief	Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957
3	Doc Pomus	Send for the Doctor (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
4	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Part 1)	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
5	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
6	Doctor Ross	Call The Doctor (Hi-Q 5033, 1963)	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 7]
7	Doctor Ross	The Boogie Disease	Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954
8	Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers	Hadacol Bounce	'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1]
9	Jerry Lee Lewis	Hadacol Boogie	A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
10	Ray Charles	I Don't Need No Doctor	BMG Vol. 01 Disc 03 1966-1971
11	Joan Osborne	I Dont Need No Doctor	Bring It On Home
12	Artie Shaw	Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?	The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 3 – Frenesi
13	Benny Goodman	Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe	Texas Tea Party
14	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
15	Walter Smith	The Cat's Got the Measles, the Dog's Got the Whooping Cough	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
16	Bert Mays	Snake Doctor Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
17	Memphis Minnie	Doctor, Doctor Blues	Memphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4]
18	South Memphis Jug Band	Doctor Medicine	Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow!
19	Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blues Boys	Hadacol Boogie (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
20	Shorty Godwin	Jimbo Jambo Land	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
21	Rev. Johnny L. Jones	I Don't Need A Doctor (Sermon Excerpt)	The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta
22	Boyd Rivers	You Gonna Take Sick and Die	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1
23	Skip James	Sick Bed Blues [Album Version]	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
24	Casey Bill Weldon	Lady Doctor Blues	Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters Of The 1930s
25	Mance Lipscomb	Mother Had A Sick Child	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
26	Mississippi Sheiks	When You're Sick With The Blues	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3
27	Warren Zevon	Don't Let Us Get Sick	Life'll Kill Ya
28	Willie Nelson	Too Sick To Pray	One Hell Of A Ride
29	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	I Asked My Doctor	Last Train To Hicksville… The Home Of Happy Feet
30	The Rolling Stones	Dear Doctor	Beggars Banquet
31	J.J. Cale	Call The Doctor	Naturally
32	Guada La Habrians/Phil Alvin	Oh, Doctor	County Fair 2000
33	Boz Scaggs	Sick And Tired	Come On Home
34	Otis Redding	I'm Sick Y'All	Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
35	Irma Thomas	Doctor Feelgood	The Story of My Life

Country, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country

Back to Bakersfield

August 22, 2015 Dave

Deeper Roots heads down the long hot stretch of 99 to California’s Central Valley to visit the country sound that blew in from every direction…starting with the Dust Bowl. Bakersfield was a first step, a way station, for migrant workers coming into California to escape hard times in the Midwest; their treatment by the small minds of fearful communities being little different than those migrants we think of today. “In the years following World War II, Bakersfield had plentiful honky-tonks including the soon-to-be-famous Blackboard Cafe. People drank, danced, and even fought to Western swing music.” The sound of Nashville began to become watered down, losing its appeal to some who thought it had lost a reverence for the heart and soul of working class Country. We’ll hear from Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, and Billy Mize and tip our cap to a great book on the subject of the Bakersfield sound and the history of Country Music: Workin’ Man Blues written by local author and Central Valley native, Gerald Haslam.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Haggard	Workin' Man Blues	Capitol Collector's Series
3	Hank Thompson	Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart	Most Of All
4	Slim Whitman	Song Of The Old Water Wheel	Vintage Collections
5	Billy Barton	Blues in the Blue of Night	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
6	Fuzzy Owen	Arkie's Got Her Shoes On	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
7	Tommy Collins	Untied	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
8	Tommy Collins	You Better Not Do That	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
9	Tommy Collins	Ernest Tubb 78s	One More Record Please
10	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
11	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Bill Woods	Go Crazy Man	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Buck Owens	Take Me Back Again	Buck Owens
15	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
16	Buck Owens	Down, Down, Down	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
17	Wynn Stewart	Big Big Love	California Country
18	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
19	Wynn Stewart	You're That Someone Else	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
20	Merle Haggard	The Roots Of My Raising	Capitol Collector's Series
21	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Today I Started Loving You Again (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
22	Merle Haggard; Ray Price; Vince Gill; Willie Nelson	Heartaches by the Number	Last of the Breed Disc 1
23	Jean Shepard	A Dear John Letter	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
24	James Burton And Ralph Mooney	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive	Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin'
25	Ferlin Husky	Heart of Stone	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
26	Ferlin Husky	Freckles and Polliwog Days	Ferlin Husky Singles
27	Connie Smith	Ain't Had No Lovin'	The Essential Connie Smith
28	Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
29	Dwight Yoakam	The Sad Side of Town	Tomorrow's Sounds Today
30	Dwight Yoakam	Guitars, Cadillacs	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1
31	The Blasters	Blue Shadows	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
32	The Blasters	Hey, Girl	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
33	The Blasters	American Music	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
34	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
35	Dave Alvin	Out in California	Interstate City
36	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
37	Wynn Stewart	Wishful Thinking	Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 2]
38	Buck Owens	The Band Keep's Playin' On	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)

Songs of the Century – Misses

August 15, 2015 Dave

Songs of the Century - The Misses — Songs of the Century – The Misses

Join us on our second of two episodes exploring the Top 30 songs of the 20th century as it is so suggested by the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA)…this time, however, Dave Stroud suggests 30 that he believes were worthy of the list but which either a) did not make the list or was b) buried further down the larger list of 365. The fun continues. Last week we discovered that “Over the Rainbow” was #1 and that “Rhapsody in Blue” was nowhere to be found on the larger list. This week we get payback and find songs like “Blue Moon of Kentucky”, “Rocket 88″, and “West End Blues” our own list. Our list too is not without controversy.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beatles	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Rubber Soul [Capitol Album]
3	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Begin The Beguine	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
4	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5	Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone	Biograph Disc 1
6	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
7	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
8	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Artist of the Century Disc 1
9	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Blue Moon of Kentucky	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
10	Sidney Bechet	Summertime	Summertime
11	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
12	Dave Brubeck	Take Five	Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
13	Patsy Cline	Crazy	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
14	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
15	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	Minnie The Moocher (Brunswick Version)	Jukebox Hits 1930-1950
16	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	24 Greatest
17	Glen Campbell	Gentle On My Mind	Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits
18	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
19	Vernon Dalhart	The Prisoner's Song	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
20	Led Zeppelin	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin IV
21	Johnny Cash	I Walk The Line	Original Greatest Hits
22	The Beatles	With a Little Help from My Friends	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
23	Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
24	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	San Antonio Rose	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
25	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag	RCA Victor Jazz/The First Half-Century: The 20's
26	Billie Holiday	God Bless the Child	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
27	Louis Armstrong	Heebie Jeebies	The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 1]
28	Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five	West End Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
29	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
30	Paul Whiteman	Rhapsody in Blue	Greatest Hits
31	W.C. Handy	St. Louis Blues	Jazzin' the Blues

Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Pop, Jazz, Playlists

Songs of the Century

August 8, 2015 Dave

The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) produced a list a few years back that they called the “Songs of The Century”. It was concocted based on a questionable set of sampling and was to represent and “promote a better understanding of America’s musical and cultural heritage.” The voting pool was a strange mixture elected officials, school students and teachers, as well as industry professionals. The respondent pool was about 200. The list is woefully inadequate but certainly worth discussing. Deeper Roots will spend this week exploring the top 30 (of 365) and follow up with its own list in a second episode next week. Listen in as we stretch the imagination.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Lennon	Imagine	Imagine
3	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train To Georgia	Singers And Songwriters: 1973-
4	The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand [Stereo]	The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1 Disc 1
5	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
6	Lena Horne	Stormy Weather (From "Stormy Weather")	The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years
7	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Malt Shop Memories Save the Last Dance for Me
8	The Beach Boys	Good Vibrations	Endless Summer
9	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
10	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 1
11	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
12	John Philip Sousa	Stars And Stripes Forever	The March King: John Philip Sousa Conducts His Own Marches and Other Favorites (An Historical Recording)
13	Kate Smith With Orchestra	God Bless America	Nippers 30's-Vol.1
14	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
15	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Take The "A" Train	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
16	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Singles Collection: The London Years Disc 1
17	Bobby Darin	Mack The Knife	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
18	Jimmie Davis	You Are My Sunshine	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
19	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	When The Saints Go Marching In	Pete Fountain Presents The Best Of Dixieland: Louis Armstrong
20	Bill Haley & His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (Single Version)	Rock Around The Clock
21	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	In the Mood	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
22	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
23	The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
24	Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet	Take Me Out To The Ball Game	www.allaoijr.com
25	Leonard Bernstein	West Side Story Overture	West Side Story
26	The Andrews Sisters	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection – The Best Of The Andrews Sisters
27	Don McLean	American Pie	American Pie [Bonus Tracks]
28	Aretha Franklin	Respect	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
30	Bing Crosby	White Christmas	Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits
31	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
32	George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Songs of Protest

August 1, 2015 Dave

This week’s show on KWTF runs down a century’s worth of protest music. We’ve got some of the familiars, but we’ve also got some of the not-so-familiars. Out playlists will focus on a couple of the major issues of half century ago that we find ourselves embroiled in today. We’ll hear civil rights anthems and performances from some of the more emphatic musical voices of the sixties that were railing against a war. You’ll also hear topics of union organizing and social justice including the sounds of Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Pete Seeger, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Marvin Gaye, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Pete Seeger	Waist Deep In The Big Muddy	The Essential Pete Seeger
3	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	There's A Meeting Here Tonight	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
4	Sncc Freedom Singers	We Shall Overcome	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
5	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
6	Josh White	Strange Fruit	Josh White – The Remaining Titles (1941-1947)
7	Mavis Staples	We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
8	Hollis Watkins	Oh Freedom	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
9	Aaron Neville	Oh Freedom	I Know I've Been Changed
10	SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell	Which Side Are You On?	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
11	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	Farewells & Fantasies [Disc 1]
12	The Almanac Singers	Which Side Are You On	Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
13	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
14	Jean Ritchie	Black Waters	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
15	Bob Dylan	Blowin' In The Wind	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
16	Bruce Springsteen	Eyes on the Prize	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
17	Barry McGuire	Eve Of Destruction	Eve Of Destruction
18	Tom Paxton	Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
19	Buffalo Springfield	For What It's Worth	Retrospective – The Best of Buffalo Springfield
20	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	36 All – Time Greatest Hits 3 CD Set (Disk 3)
21	Marvin Gaye	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
22	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
23	Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free	Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
24	Ethel Waters	What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
25	Peter, Paul & Mary	Where Have All The Flowers Gon	Peter, Paul & Mary
26	Odetta	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
27	Paul Robeson	No More Auction Block	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
28	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
29	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
30	Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers	Union Maid	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 4]
31	Bob Dylan	Masters of War	Biograph Disc 1
32	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Ohio	So Far
33	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition

Connections II

July 25, 2015 Dave

We take another trip down the roots rabbit hole with the usual selections of blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, and tradition in a show that follows a thread that begins with The Del McCoury Band’s bluegrass cover of Mama’s Hungry Eyes and winds its way to conclusion down the endless black ribbon. In between we’ve got kind words and last words, chain gangs and jailers, and songs about bird dogs and mockingbirds. The show is a special ‘stream of musical roots consciousness’ called “Connections”.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Del McCoury	Mama's Hungry Eyes (feat. Emmylou Harris)	Moneyland
3	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
4	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Mama Didn't Raise No Fool	Down In The Basement
5	Rodney Crowell	Famous Last Words of a Fool in Love	Tarpaper Sky
6	David Johansen	The Last Kind Words	Shaker
7	Rhiannon Giddens	Last Kind Words	Tomorrow Is My Turn
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Gennett Sound Effects	Mocking Bird	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Listen To The Mockingbird	Stars And Stripes Forever
12	Doc Watson	Bird Dog	Docabilly
13	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
14	Steve Earle & The V-Roys	In The Jailhouse Now	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
15	Johnny Cash	I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now	American V: A Hundred Highways
16	Wynona Sweet	Please Mr. Jailer	Cry-Baby
17	Johnny Tillotson	Jailer Bring Me Water	The Tillotson Touch
18	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
19	Elvis Presley	Bosom of Abraham	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 2
20	The Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul	Rock My Soul & Other Gospel Favorites
21	Louis Armstrong	Rock My Soul	Louis And The Good Book
22	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Highway 61 Revisited
23	Band Of Ruhks	Lost Highway	Band Of Ruhks
24	Hank Williams	Lost Highway	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
25	Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)	Down The Road Pt II	The Low Highway [+digital booklet]
26	Tiny Harris	Endless Black Ribbon	Lonesome Highway Songs
27	Nat King Cole	A Little Yellow Ribbon	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
28	Sonny James & Taylor*Karla	Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree	Classic Country Duets
29	Connie Smith	Ribbon Of Darkness	The Essential Connie Smith
30	Willie Nelson	Scarlett Ribbons	Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
31	Grateful Dead	Scarlet Begonias	Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel
32	Gillian Welch	Scarlet Town	The Harrow & The Harvest
33	David Olney	One Tough Town	One Tough Town
34	Fats Waller	Lulu's Back In Town	Honeysuckle Rose
35	Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)	Don't Bring Lulu [1925]	The Charleston Era

A Century of America's Music