The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Warren Barker | Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip') | Jazz Noir |  |
| 3 | The Manhattan Transfer | Java Jive | Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1] | |
| 4 | King Cole Trio | You're The Cream In My Coffee | The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] | |
| 5 | Ella Mae Morse | Coffee Date | Singles 3 | |
| 6 | Patricia Kaas | Black Coffee | Jazz a Saint Germain | |
| 7 | Jack Barlow | Hot Cup Of Coffee | I Live The Country Songs I Sing | |
| 8 | Merle Travis | I Can't Afford The Coffee | The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56) | |
| 9 | Tex Ritter | 01 – Coffee Pot | (2000) High Noon (CD 4) | |
| 10 | Claude Gray | I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee | Country & Western Nuggets | |
| 11 | Lefty Frizzell | Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee | 1962-1965 (Warped 6382) | |
| 12 | Curtis Gordon | Caffeine And Nicotine | Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] | |
| 13 | Jon Rauhouse | Corn & Coffee | Steel Guitar Rodeo | |
| 14 | Frank Sinatra | The Coffee Song | Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan | |
| 15 | Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra | Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee | American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin | |
| 16 | Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas | Moliendo Cafe | Cuba. Por La Musica | |
| 17 | Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer | Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator | Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers | |
| 18 | Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra | Forty Cups of Coffee | Barrell House Boogie and the Blues | |
| 19 | The Modernaires | Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five | The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly | |
| 20 | The Ink Spots | Java Jive | The Great Entertainers | |
| 21 | Atilla | Coffee, Coffee | Mo 33004 | |
| 22 | Greg Brown | Good Morning Coffee | If I Had Known | |
| 23 | Kim Lenz | Percolate | Slowly Speeding | |
| 24 | Julie London | Black Coffee | 36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1 | |
| 25 | Ruth Etting | You're The Cream In My Coffee | Love Me or Leave Me CD1 | |
| 26 | Brook Benton | Another Cup Of Coffee | Best Of Brook Benton | |
| 27 | The Boswell Sisters | Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version] | That's How Rhythm Was Born | |
| 28 | Emmett Miller | You're The Cream In My Coffee | Minstrel Man From Georgia | |
| 29 | The Larks | Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears | Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] | |
| 30 | Bellevue Cadillac | Cuppa Joe | Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3 | |
| 31 | Lefty Frizzell | Cigarettes and Coffee Blues | Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5) | |
| 32 | Otis Redding | Cigarettes And Coffee | Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25 | |
| 33 | Neil Young + Promise of the Real | A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop | The Monsanto Years | |