Deeper Roots of Rock

Deeper Roots of Rock

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.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Big Joe Turner Roll 'em Pete Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
3Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59) Amazon
4Joe Liggins The Honeydripper Part 1 The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3] Amazon
5Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
6Charles Brown Driftin' Blues Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
7Hadda Brooks Swingin' The Boogie I've Got News For You [Disc 2] Amazon
8The Ravens Write Me A Letter Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
9T-Bone Walker Call It Stormy Monday Raw Blues Amazon
10Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends Snatch It And Grab It Kuties And Krooners Amazon
11Roy Brown Good Rockin' Tonight Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
12John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen The Definitive Collection Amazon
13Amos Milburn Chicken Shack Boogie Devil in a Blue Dress Amazon
14Goree Carter & His Hepcats Rock Awhile Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 Amazon
15Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002] That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
16Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone To Love Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
17Tiny Bradshaw The Train Kept a-Rollin' Breaking Up the House [Disc 2] Amazon
18Sticks McGhee Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee The Atlantic Story [UK] Amazon
19Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon
20Little Junior Parker Mystery Train MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock! Amazon
21Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy Drunk Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
22Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Workin Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1] Amazon
23Little Walter My Babe Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] Amazon
24Sonny Boy Williamson II Don't Start Me Talkin' Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues Amazon
25Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7] Amazon
26Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
27John Lee Hooker Dimples The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1] Amazon
28Slim Harpo I Got Love If You Want It Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon
29Lazy Lester I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
30Ray Charles Night Time Is the Right Time Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
31Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
32Billy Boy Arnold I Ain't Got You Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2] Amazon
33Sonny Boy Williamson Good Morning Little Schoolgirl The History of Rhythm & Blues 1925-1942 Amazon