While we often touch on the contemporary songs of our own and subsequent generations in the show, we also like to drill into the performers and sounds that contributed to our musical heritage. The foundation of America’s music is not just a single flavor. It is a melting pot of many from all corners: the British Isles, the African continent, the islands of the Caribbean, and points south and north. The resulting harmonies, topics, and musical celebrations have further woven themselves into the fabric of our culture. This week’s show leans on some pieces that were suggested by a listener and this allowed me to take liberties when digging a bit deeper for the show. We’ll hear from Pete Seeger, The Million Dollar Quartet, Buck Owens, Alison Krauss and Mississippi Fred McDowell. We’ll also take in the American Songbag’s In The Pines and then proceed down the river and over the hill in the show this week.
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| 1 | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 2 | Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives |
99-1/2 Won't Do [Live] |
The Gospel Music Of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives [Live] |
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| 3 | Annie Mae & Fred McDowell |
I'm Going Over The Hill |
The Essential Guide To Gospel |
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| 4 | Stringbean |
Going Over the Hill |
Layin' Low |
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| 5 | John Martyn |
Over the Hill |
Couldn't Love You More |
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| 6 | Mahalia Jackson |
Just Over the Hill |
Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting with Mahalia Jackson |
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| 7 | Buck Owens |
Goin' Down To The River |
Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 4] |
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| 8 | Alison Krauss |
Down To The River To Pray |
Oxford American Southern Sampler 2000 |
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| 9 | Ray Charles |
I'm Going Down To The River |
Ain't That Fine |
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| 10 | Suzy Boggus |
It All Falls Down To The River w/ McCrary Sisters |
Prayin' For Sunshine |
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| 11 | Mississippi Fred McDowell |
Going Down The River |
The First Recordings |
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| 12 | Etta Baker & Taj Mahal |
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad |
Etta Baker With Taj Mahal |
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| 13 | Bobby Bare |
Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning |
Darker Than Light |
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| 14 | Down Like Silver |
To the River |
Light That Match – Single |
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| 15 | Lead Belly |
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? |
Best Of Leadbelly |
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| 16 | The Browns |
In the Pines |
Classics 1960 (Warped 6062) |
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| 17 | Dave Van Ronk |
In the Pines |
The Folkway Years: 1959-1961 |
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| 18 | Robert Johnson |
Crossroads Blues |
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals |
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| 19 | Elmore James |
Standing At The Crossroads |
Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James |
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| 20 | The Million Dollar Quartet |
Great Speckled Bird |
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition |
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| 21 | Buzz Cason |
Hats Off to Hank |
Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank |
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| 22 | Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. |
There's A Tear In My Beer |
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 |
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| 23 | Hank Williams, Jr. |
Tee Tot Song |
Almeria Club |
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| 24 | Dallas Wayne |
Crank the Hank |
Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank |
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| 25 | Pat Johnson |
Hank And Tee Tot |
Acoustic Rainbow Roots Volume 48 |
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| 26 | Washboard Sam |
Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002] |
That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series) |
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| 27 | Hank Williams |
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It |
Low Down Blues |
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| 28 | Waylon Jennings |
Hank Williams Syndrome |
Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank |
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| 29 | Odetta |
Alabama Bound |
Sings Ballads And Blues |
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| 30 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
99 1/2 Won't Do |
Gospel Train |
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| 31 | Buddy Greene |
Big Daddy's Alabama Bound |
A Tribute to John D. Loudermilk |
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| 32 | Bob Dylan |
Lay Lady Lay |
Nashville Skyline |
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| 33 | Bob Dylan |
I Threw It All Away |
Nashville Skyline |
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This week we’ll take some time away for a celebration of Americana sounds from every corner. It’s a mixed bag of jazz, blues, country, rock, and everything in between in another of our free form eclectic romps here on Deeper Roots. Count on some wild swings and some quiet moments reserved for the corner booth in the show today. Aretha, Cat Power, Etta Jones and Gale Garnett are some of the female vocalists that we’ll feature this morning. We’ll also visit that ‘boulevard of broken dreams’ with Esquivel, some lighter instrumentals from Ethel Smith and Herb Alpert; classic softer side Americana from Chris Isaak and Pokey LaFarge and the polar opposite from Creedence and BB King. What a way to blast on into 2025. Join Dave Stroud as he begins yet another year with the promise of doing the right thing…always.
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| 1 | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 2 | Little Milton |
We're Gonna Make It |
Chess Blues Disc 4 |
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| 3 | Marvin Gaye |
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) |
Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 2] |
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| 4 | Jimmy Ruffin |
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted |
Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 |
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| 5 | Cat Power |
Aretha, Sing One For Me |
Jukebox |
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| 6 | Aretha Franklin |
Don't Play That Song |
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] |
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| 7 | Jimmy Reed |
Hush-Hush |
The Roots of the Rolling Stones: MOJO Presents 15 Stones-Approved Classics |
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| 8 | Willie Nelson |
I'll Love You Till The Day I Die |
A Beautiful Time |
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| 9 | Chris Isaak |
Only the Lonely |
Baja Sessions |
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| 10 | J.J. Cale |
I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) |
Okie |
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| 11 | Pokey LaFarge |
Home Home Home |
Rhumba Country |
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| 12 | The Mavericks |
That's Not My Name |
Suited Up and Ready… – EP |
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| 13 | Esquivel |
Boulevard of Broken Dreams |
Better Call Saul: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack) |
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| 14 | The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band |
The Joker (On A Trip Thru The Jungle) |
Ultimate Northern Soul – The Classics |
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| 15 | Bob Moore & His Orchestra |
Mexico |
Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms |
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| 16 | Louis Jordan |
Run Joe – Calypso Boys, Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 |
Number Ones |
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| 17 | Ethel Smith |
Tico Tico |
Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952 |
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| 18 | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
Spanish Flea |
Definitive Hits |
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| 19 | Herbie Hancock |
Rockit |
Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976-1999 [Disc 1] |
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| 20 | Dick Haymes & Eileen Wilson |
It's A Lovely Day Today |
Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation |
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| 21 | Julie London |
Watermelon Man |
Wild Cool and Swingin' |
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| 22 | Etta Jones With J.C. Heard And His Band |
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman |
Vol. 3-Blues Roots |
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| 23 | B.B. King |
Why I Sing the Blues |
Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics |
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| 24 | Gale Garnett |
We'll Sing In The Sunshine |
Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2] |
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| 25 | Shamir |
Lived and Died Alone |
Northtown – EP |
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| 26 | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Run Through the Jungle |
Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
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| 27 | The Notting Hillbillies |
Run Me Down |
Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time |
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| 28 | First Aid Kit |
Emmylou |
The Lion's Roar (Bonus Track Version) |
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| 29 | Marshall Crenshaw |
On the Run |
Good Evening |
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| 30 | Eugene Pitt/The Jive Five |
What Time Is It? |
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 |
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| 31 | Marshall Crenshaw |
What Time Is It? |
Field Day |
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It’s our annual look back paying respect to some of the greats who we lost this past year. We find ourselves saying goodbye to a number of artists who contributed in their own way to America’s popular culture…in music. I’ll be sharing the names of the many contributors from the halls of country, jazz, pop, rock, and beyond. Time demands a filter which is based on direct lines of roots descent; either by song selection, expression of a genre, or by Americana popular cultural influence. I’m going to try to keep the talk to a minimum so I can catch you up on many of the artists…and I’m also going to be limiting some of the music to 30 second clips because, frankly…this was another year of loss. ….and I’m sure there are more of the obscure that we just couldn’t fit into our roll call. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.
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| 1 | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 2 | Bill Hayes |
The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
Your Hit Parade – 1955 |
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| 3 | Les McCann |
Blues 5 |
Drivin' Blues |
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| 4 | Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 |
Mas Que Nada |
Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness |
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| 5 | Quincy Jones |
Soul Bossa Nova |
Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness |
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| 6 | Chita Rivera |
All That Jazz |
Ultimate Broadway |
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| 7 | Steve Lawrence |
Pretty Blue Eyes |
The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3) |
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| 8 | Mitzi Gaynor |
Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (South Pacific) |
Golden Memories of Stage & Screen – Disk 2 |
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| 9 | Jack Jones |
This Could Be the Start of Something |
Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby! |
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| 10 | James Darren |
Goodbye Cruel World |
The Best Of James Darren |
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| 11 | The Collins Kids |
Hot Rod |
The Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 6 |
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| 12 | The Shangri-Las |
Sophisticated Boom Boom |
Myrmidons of Melodrama |
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| 13 | Chan Romero |
The Hippy Hippy Shake |
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 |
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| 14 | Duane Eddy |
Peter Gunn |
Especially for You / Girls! Girls ! Girls! |
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| 15 | Clarence "Frogman" Henry |
A Little Too Much |
Book of Love – The Argo Records Story [Disc 1] |
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| 16 | Cissy Houston |
Deep River/Campground |
Testify! The Gospel Box |
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| 17 | Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs |
Stay |
Doo Wop Box Disc 4 |
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| 18 | Marlena Shaw |
Go Away Little Boy |
Chess Uptown Soul |
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| 19 | The Four Tops |
Reach Out I'll Be There |
The Ultimate Collection |
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| 20 | The Spinners |
It's a Shame |
One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1 |
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| 21 | Melanie |
Brand New Key |
70s Music Explosion – Miracles |
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| 22 | J.D. Souther |
You're Only Lonely |
You're Only Lonely |
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| 23 | Martin Mull |
Eggs |
Martin Mull |
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| 24 | Moby Grape |
8:05 |
Moby Grape |
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| 25 | The Grateful Dead |
Box of Rain |
American Beauty |
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| 26 | John Mayall |
Room to Move |
The Turning Point |
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| 27 | The Allman Brothers Band |
Revival |
Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 |
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| 28 | Dave Loggins |
Please Come To Boston |
Classic Soft Rock [Disc 2] |
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| 29 | It's a Beautiful Day |
White Bird |
Walk on the Moon |
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| 30 | Brewer & Shipley |
One Toke Over The Line |
70s Music Explosion |
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| 31 | Eric Carmen |
Hungry Eyes |
The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection: The Flame [Disc 2] |
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| 32 | Greg Kihn |
The Breakup Song (Re-Recorded) |
True Kihnfessions (Re-Recorded Versions) |
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| 33 | Mojo Nixon |
Elvis Is Everywhere |
Bo-Day-Shus!!! |
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| 34 | Kinky Friedman |
Rapid City, South Dakota |
Kinky Friedman |
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| 35 | The Oak Ridge Boys |
Elvira |
The Best Of Classic Country 80's |
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| 36 | Kris Kristofferson |
Me And Bobby McGee |
Kristofferson |
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| 37 | Toby Keith/Willie Nelson |
Beer for My Horses |
Lost Highway |
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| 38 | Jo-El Sonnier |
Tear-Stained Letter |
Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] |
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| 39 | Happy Traum |
Church Street Blues (feat. Byron Isaacs, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams) |
Just For the Love Of It |
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| 40 | Rick Nelson |
Travelin' Man |
The Best of Rick Nelson, Vol. 2 |
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| 41 | Malcolm Holcombe |
Bits and Pieces |
Bits & Pieces |
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| 42 | Barbara Dane |
I Hate the Capitalist System |
I Hate the Capitalist System |
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| 43 | John "Spider John" Koerner |
Duncan and Brady |
Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3] |
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| 44 | MC5 |
The American Ruse |
Jon Savage's 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45 [Disc 2] |
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| 45 | Lou Reed |
Walk On The Wild Side |
Best Of NRJ |
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| 46 | Monty Norman |
James Bond Theme |
Dr. No |
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| 47 | Rachel Sweet |
Everlasting Love |
Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet |
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| 48 | Ella Jenkins & Nannie McNeil |
How Do You Do Ev'rybody? (Greeting Shout) |
The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 1] |
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A Century of America's Music