Get ready for a deep dive into the last 100 years of America’s musical DNA. This week’s Deeper Roots is a ‘romp’ in the truest sense—a free form show celebrating the winsome, the lonesome, and everything in between. We’ve got a heavy-hitting lineup including Etta James, Jimmie Davis, and Billie Holiday, spanning the full spectrum of gospel, country, blues, and jazz. Dave’s been digging through the “digital crates” of the past century to bring you two hours of essential, sometimes irreverent, always authentic sounds. Whether the selections are wholesome or a bit rowdy, this episode runs the full gamut of the American songbook. Pull up a chair at the Deeper Roots dining hall this Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio—there is plenty of soul to go around.
| No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Year | Start At |
| 2 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Trouble In My Mind | Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of | 2008 | 00:00 |
| 3 | Louis Armstrong | Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen | Louis And The Good Book | 1938 | 05:34 |
| 4 | Sam Cooke | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (4 of 4) | 1963 | 08:34 |
| 5 | The Whitstein Brothers | I'm Troubled | Old Time Duets | 1989 | 12:04 |
| 6 | Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers | I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always) | The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2] | 1955 | 14:42 |
| 7 | The Harlem Hamfats | I'm In So Much Trouble Now | Harlem Hamfats Vol. 3 1937-1938 | 2005 | 17:53 |
| 8 | Fats Domino | Bad Luck and Trouble | Fats Domino Out of New Orleans | 1961 | 26:02 |
| 9 | Mavis Staples Levon Helm | Trouble In My Mind | Carry Me Home | 2022 | 28:38 |
| 10 | Lee Hazlewood | Trouble Is A Lonesome Town | 400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56 | 1956 | 33:33 |
| 11 | Kay Starr | I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town | Capitol Collectors Series | 1947 | 35:47 |
| 12 | The Modernaires | It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around) | The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947) | 1947 | 38:30 |
| 13 | Jimmie Davis | Louisiana Hayride Intro | At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 9) | 2017 | 46:03 |
| 14 | Jimmie Davis | Pi-Rootin' Around | Nobody's Darlin' But Mine: 1928-1937 | 1937 | 47:13 |
| 15 | Scott Miller & the Commonwealth | Drunk All Around This Town | Reconstruction | 2007 | 49:57 |
| 16 | Wayne Hancock | Life's Lonesome Road | A-Town Blues | 2001 | 52:32 |
| 17 | Rick Nelson | Lonesome Town (Unreleased) | Legacy [Disc 1] | 1958 | 54:08 |
| 18 | Happy Valley Boys | Homecoming Time In Happy Valley | Classic Field Recordings | 1940 | 1:01:08 |
| 19 | Tom T. Hall | Homecoming (Single Version) | The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall | 2006 | 1:03:54 |
| 20 | Josh Ritter | Homecoming | Sermon on the Rocks | 2015 | 1:07:00 |
| 21 | Bob Dylan & The Band | Kickin' My Dog Around | The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 | 2014 | 1:12:19 |
| 22 | Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers | Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun' | Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 2] | 1926 | 1:15:00 |
| 23 | Leon Chappel | (I'm A) Long Gone Doggie | Automatic Mama | 1951 | 1:17:42 |
| 24 | Betty Hall Jones | This Joint's Too Hip For Me | Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1] | 1949 | 1:25:17 |
| 25 | Julia Lee | Tell Me Daddy | The Essential Julia Lee Vol 1 | 1948 | 1:27:47 |
| 26 | Mabel Scott | Wailin' Daddy | Rhythm'n'blues Nasty | 2005 | 1:30:34 |
| 27 | Etta James | Tell Mama | Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] | 1967 | 1:33:17 |
| 28 | The Shangri-Las | I'm Blue | Myrmidons of Melodrama | 1965 | 1:35:34 |
| 29 | Willy DeVille | I'm Blue So Blue | Unplugged in Berlin | 2011 | 1:38:58 |
| 30 | Dan Penn | Blues Of The Month Club | Smoke Filled Room | 2026 | 1:42:52 |
| 31 | Willie Nelson | Am I Blue | Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971) | 1964 | 1:47:26 |
| 32 | Billie Holiday | Am I Blue? | The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. 9 (1940 – 1942) | 1941 | 1:53:54 |
| 33 | Julie London | I Must Have That Man! | Wild Cool and Swingin' | 1999 | 1:56:40 |