High Water Everywhere

And the topic of this episode will be natural disasters. Namely…floods. Timeless events and timeless music. Dave Stroud will share in-depth blues about rising waters, country music about the terror brought to us by Mother Nature, featuring Dave Alvin, James McMurtry, Whispering Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, and Lonnie Johnson…to mention but a few. Our show will focus on music that tells a story, because that’s what we find best in the tradition of Americana roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Cash Five Feet High And Rising Songs Of Our Soil Amazon
2Charley Patton High Water Everywhere Part 1 People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
3Bob Dylan High Water (For Charley Patton) Love and Theft Amazon
4Ramblin' Jack Elliott Rising High Water Blues A Stranger Here Amazon
5Blind Lemon Jefferson Rising High Water Blues (Pm 12487, 4491-5) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
6Tom Rush Galveston Flood The Very Best Of Tom Rush: No Regrets Amazon
7Whispering Smith Storm in Texas aka Texas Flood Swamp Blues Amazon
8Lonnie Johnson Broken Levee Blues Hot Fingers Amazon
9Lonnie Johnson Flood Water Blues Tomorrow Night Amazon
10Sippie Wallace The Flood Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48 Amazon
11Bessie Smith Back Water Blues Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1] Amazon
12Ruby Gowdy Florida Flood Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
13Carl Martin High Water Flood Blues Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works Amazon
14Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe When The Levee Breaks 24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's 2015 Amazon
15Robert Hicks Mississippi Heavy Water Blues People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
16Fiddlin' John Carson Storm That Struck Miami People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
17Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys Flood Of '57 Classic Bluegrass Amazon
18Happy Traum Crash on the Levee Down in the Flood (feat. Justin Guip, Adam Traum & Byron Isaacs) Just For the Love Of It Amazon
19James McMurtry Hurricane Party Just Us Kids Amazon
20Charlie Haden Is This America? (Katrina 2005) Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
21Dave Alvin Southern Flood Blues Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
22Roomful Of Blues Texas Flood The First Album Amazon
23Larry Davis Texas Flood Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
24Randy Newman & The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra With Members Of The New York Philharmonic Louisiana 1927 Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album Amazon
25Davell Crawford Gather By The River Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album Amazon
26The Tex-I-An Boys Wasn't That A Mighty Storm? Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
27Johnny Cash Big River Get Rhythm [Sun] Amazon
28Leon Russell A Mighty Flood A Mighty Flood Amazon

The Year in Pop – 1932

We look back…even though we weren’t there. Our show this week will celebrate the American songbook and popular music in the darkest of times: the year 1932. The clouds were only starting to clear in the heart of the Great Depression and the music was hopeful, sometimes saccharine, and the songwriting talent abundant. The performances were not bad either. The Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, The Boswell Sisters, Cab Calloway, Mildred Bailey, and many others contributed. Tune in on our morning look at the popular sounds of 1932.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination A Great Big Bunch Of You Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935 Amazon
2Jimmy Grier Orchestra voc. The Three Ambassadors Bend Down Sister Echoes From The Cocoanut Grove Amazon
3Ozzie & Harriet Nelson It's Gonna Be You The Nelson Touch Amazon
4The Mills Brothers Chinatown My Chinatown Sweeter Than Sugar Amazon
5The Mills Brothers I Can't Give You Anything But Love This Is Art Deco Amazon
6Boswell Sisters Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Boswell Sisters Amazon
7Boswell Sisters Stop the Sun Stop the Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
8Jeanette MacDonald Isn't It Romantic Hits of '32 Amazon
9Jimmy Grier Orchestra voc. The Three Ambassadors We`ve Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky Echoes From The Cocoanut Grove Amazon
10Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Bed) gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
11George Formby I Told My Baby With The Ukelele I'm The Ukulele Man Amazon
12Cab Calloway Eadie Was A Lady Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
13Ivie Anderson It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
14Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Doin' The New Lowdown A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1 Amazon
15Louis Armstrong All Of Me The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
16The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra Diga, Diga, Do The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2 Amazon
17The Mills Blue Rhythm Band Mighty Sweet Rhythm Spasm Amazon
18Helen Morgan with Victor Young & His Orchestra Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen Amazon
19Jimmie Grier & His Orchestra One Hour With You Paper Moon Amazon
20Al Bowlly Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries Just A Bowl Of Cherries Amazon
21Mildred Bailey Rockin' Chair Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
22Paul Robeson Ol' Man River Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
23The Mills Brothers Goodbye, Blues Hits of '32 Amazon
24Gene Austin A Ghost Of A Chance Voice Of The Southland Amazon
25Bing Crosby I Found A Million Dollar Baby Henry & June Amazon
26Bing Crosby Paradise Hits of '32 Amazon
27Bing Crosby Dinah Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1 Amazon
28Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton Douglas Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
29Sam Browne with Ambrose & His Orchestra The Sun Has Got His Hat On [Remastered 2003] Hits of '32 Amazon