Deeper Roots means just that…and this week we’re spinning some blues, gospel, r&b, and swing … all music that introduced the rhythm that would become known as rock ‘n roll. We’ll go as far back as the late 1930s with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and make the picaresque journey across the alleys, juke joints, and house parties where tradition and urban electric blues became the foundation of a sound. We’ll share blues from Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and a handful of others. Also on tap, Goree Carter, Sticks McGhee, Amos Milburn and Julia Lee with some rhythm and blues and jump whose beat and attitude would influence many a rock ‘n roll musician and songwriter. Also on board: Hadda Brooks, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and Tiny Bradshaw. Don’t miss a wailin’, rockin’ morning here on KOWS Community Radio.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
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Big Joe Turner
Roll 'em Pete
Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
3
Champion Jack Dupree
Junker's Blues
Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59)
4
Joe Liggins
The Honeydripper Part 1
The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]
5
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Strange Things Happening Every Day
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
6
Charles Brown
Driftin' Blues
Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
7
Hadda Brooks
Swingin' The Boogie
I've Got News For You [Disc 2]
8
The Ravens
Write Me A Letter
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
9
T-Bone Walker
Call It Stormy Monday
Raw Blues
10
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
Snatch It And Grab It
Kuties And Krooners
11
Roy Brown
Good Rockin' Tonight
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
12
John Lee Hooker
Boogie Chillen
The Definitive Collection
13
Amos Milburn
Chicken Shack Boogie
Devil in a Blue Dress
14
Goree Carter & His Hepcats
Rock Awhile
Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
15
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002]
That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series)
16
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
17
Tiny Bradshaw
The Train Kept a-Rollin'
Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]
18
Sticks McGhee
Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee
The Atlantic Story [UK]
19
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
20
Little Junior Parker
Mystery Train
MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock!
21
Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy
Drunk
Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
22
Muddy Waters
Got My Mojo Workin
Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1]
23
Little Walter
My Babe
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
24
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Don't Start Me Talkin'
Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues
25
Howlin' Wolf
Smokestack Lightnin'
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
26
Louis Jordan
Caldonia
Number Ones
27
John Lee Hooker
Dimples
The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1]
28
Slim Harpo
I Got Love If You Want It
Roll Your Moneymaker
29
Lazy Lester
I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter
Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
30
Ray Charles
Night Time Is the Right Time
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
31
Bo Diddley
Say Man
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley