October | 2016 | Deeper Roots

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October. We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Sweet Revenge
2	Steve Goodman	Donald And Lydia	Steve Goodman
3	John Prine	Paradise	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970]
4	John Prine	Hello in There	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
5	John Prine	Souvenirs	Tribute to Steve Goodman
6	John Prine	Sam Stone	Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters
7	John Prine	Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970)	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2]
8	John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer	Sweet Revenge
9	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Sweet Revenge
10	John Prine	The Oldest Baby in the World	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
11	John Prine/Steve Goodman	Souvenirs	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
12	Bonnie Raitt And John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	Coal Country Music
13	John Prine	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	John Prine Live
14	John Prine	It's Happening To You	Storm Windows
15	John Prine	Linda Goes to Mars	German Afternoons
16	Tom Paxton	Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine)	Redemption Road
17	My Morning Jacket	All The Best	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
18	The Boxmasters	Christmas in Prison	Christmas Cheer
19	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
20	John Prine with Fiona Prine	'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose	In Spite Of Ourselves
21	John Prine/Iris Dement	(We're Not) The Jet Set	In Spite of Ourselves
22	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
23	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
24	Alison Krauss/John Prine	Falling in Love Again	For Better, Or Worse
25	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
26	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
27	John Prine	Just Waitin'	For Better, Or Worse
28	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
29	Johnny Cash	Paradise [#]	Personal File Disc 1
30	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
31	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves

This week, Dave Stroud revisits the seminal release of 1972 that brought together multiple generations of musicians, introducing a new generation of listeners to their music and, in some cases, to each other. Will The Circle Be Unbroken was a concept made real by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, then a “bunch of long-haired West Coast boys” (as Roy Acuff would describe them) and the talent that they were able to muster would influence country, bluegrass, and rock for decades to come. In addition to the big names of decades before them like Roy Acuff, Maybelle Carter, and Jimmy Martin, the Dirt Band would bring together lesser known names like Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, and Oswald Kirby to make an album that is as fresh and listenable today as it was then. We’ll feature tracks from the album alongside some of the original performances by these legendary masters.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
2	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
3	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Fair and Tender Ladies	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
4	Maybelle Carter	The Storms are on the Ocean	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
5	Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters	WIldwood Flower	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wreck on the Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
7	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	Wreck On The Highway	The Essential Roy Acuff
8	Roy Acuff	Pins & Needles (In My Heart)	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
9	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Pins and Needles (In My Heart)	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
10	Jimmy Martin	Sunny Side Of The Mountain	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Sunny Side of the Mountain	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
12	Jimmy Martin	You Don't Know My Mind	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
13	Jimmy Martin	Ocean Of Diamonds	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
14	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Nine Pound Hammer	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
15	Merle Travis	Nine Pound Hammer	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3]
16	Merle Travis	Dark As a Dungeon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
17	Merle Travis	I Am A Pilgrim	The Best of Merle Travis
18	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Black Mountain Rag
19	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Down Yonder	Black Mountain Rag
20	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Down Yonder	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
21	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lonesome Fiddle Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
22	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Nashville Skyline Rag	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
23	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys	Earl's Breakdown [78rpm Version]	16 Biggest Hits
24	Hank Williams	Wait For The Light To Shine	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
25	Leon Payne	Lost Highway	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
26	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lost Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I Saw the Light	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
28	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (3)
29	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Honky Tonk Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
30	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Orange Blossom Special	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2

Deeper Roots

Monthly Archives: October 2016

Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

Celebrating the Circle

A Century of America's Music