We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Turtle Island String Quartet | Crossroads | A Little on the CD Side |  |
| 2 | Muddy Waters | Trouble No More | Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959) | |
| 3 | The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars | Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards) | Blues Blues Blues | |
| 4 | Black Cats And The Kitten | Step It Up And Go [Album Version] | Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 | |
| 5 | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | Step It Up And Go | Blues Highway | |
| 6 | Robert Wilkins | That's No Way to Get Along | Roots of Rock | |
| 7 | The Rolling Stones | Prodigal Son | Beggars Banquet | |
| 8 | Elmore James | One Way Out | The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1] | |
| 9 | John Hiatt | One Way Out | All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman | |
| 10 | Howlin' Wolf | I Ain't Superstitious | Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] | |
| 11 | Jeff Beck | I Ain't Superstitious | Truth | |
| 12 | Big Joe Williams | Baby Please Don't Go | Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. | |
| 13 | Tom Rush | Baby Please Don't Go | Town and Country Blues | |
| 14 | Elmore James | Dust My Broom | Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics | |
| 15 | Sonny Landreth | Dust My Broom | Bound by the Blues | |
| 16 | Howlin' Wolf | Back Door Man | Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals | |
| 17 | John Hammond | Backdoor Man | The Best Of | |
| 18 | Koko Taylor | Wang Dang Doodle | Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] | |
| 19 | Dr. John | Wang Dang Doodle | The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 | |
| 20 | Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie | When the Levee Breaks | People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature | |
| 21 | Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton | When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1 | Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin | |
| 22 | Bukka White | Parchman Farm Blues | Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1] | |
| 23 | Rory Block | Parchman Farm Blues | Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White | |
| 24 | Blind Willie McTell | Statesboro Blues | RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1] | |
| 25 | Taj Mahal | Statesboro Blues | The Best Of Taj Mahal | |
| 26 | Robert Johnson | Stones in My Passway | The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2 | |
| 27 | Roy Rogers | Stones in My Passway | Slide of Hand | |
| 28 | The Allman Brothers Band | Statesboro Blues | Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics | |
| 29 | The Allman Brothers Band | Trouble No More | Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 | |
Free form provides our weekly exploration a wider berth in which to stretch our wings. And that’s precisely why I take a free form journey every week or so on Deeper Roots. This week we’ll be featuring at least two tracks from the great Ella Mae Morse, some R&B and Doo Wop from The Cardinals and Ruth Brown, a rare track you may never hear elsewhere featuring the late, great Dr. John, and selected tracks from John Prine, Nat King Cole, The Orlons, and a golden classic country favorite from George Jones. We’re just scratching the surface as we sail through two hours of gospel, tradition, pop, rock, country, bluegrass (inhale), blues, and jazz. Don’t miss this week’s Friday stroll on Sonoma County Community Radio.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Ella Mae Morse | Jumpin' Jack | Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] | |
| 2 | Ruth Brown | Daddy Daddy | Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2] | |
| 3 | The Cardinals | Wheel Of Fortune | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] | |
| 4 | Kay Starr | Wheel Of Fortune | Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) | |
| 5 | Dr. John | Let's Make A Better World (LP Version) | Destively Bonnaroo (US Release) | |
| 6 | Big Joe Turner | Hide and Seek | Big Joe Rocks | |
| 7 | Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Strange Things Happening Everyday | The Gospel of Blues | |
| 8 | The Clara Ward Singers | Traveling Shoes | Meetin' Tonight! | |
| 9 | Maria Muldaur | Travelin' Shoes | Waitress In a Donut Shop | |
| 10 | Blind Alfred Reed | You Must Unload | Complete Recorded Works 1927-29 | |
| 11 | Ry Cooder | You Must Unload | The Prodigal Son | |
| 12 | Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna | El Watusi | Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul | |
| 13 | Orlons | The Wah-Watusi | Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1 | |
| 14 | Ricky Nelson | Travelin' Man | Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 | |
| 15 | J.J. Cale | Travelin' Light | Troubadour | |
| 16 | Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman | Travelin' Light | Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1] | |
| 17 | Nat King Cole | Dream A Little Dream Of Me | The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3] | |
| 18 | Bert Kaempfert | Wimoweh | That Happy Feeling | |
| 19 | S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds | Mbube | The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48) | |
| 20 | Merle Haggard And The Strangers | Travelin' Blues | Same Train, A Different Time | |
| 21 | Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin | Papa's on the House Top | Lost Time | |
| 22 | Dave Alvin | Don't Look Now | West of the West | |
| 23 | John Prine/Susan Tedeschi | Color of the Blues | For Better, Or Worse | |
| 24 | George Jones | Color Of The Blues | The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 | |
| 25 | Steve Earle | Hillbilly Highway | Guitar Town | |
| 26 | Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids | Custer | Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited | |
| 27 | Johnny Cash | Understand Your Man | 16 Biggest Hits | |
| 28 | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Travelin' | Playback Disc 6 | |
| 29 | Dr. John | Old Settlers | Live at Magfest 2014 | |
| 30 | Cousin Joe | How Come My Dog Don't Bark? | …..From New Orleans' | |
“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Leon Redbone | If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven | Double Time | |
| 2 | Merle Travis | If We Never Meet Again | Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] | |
| 3 | Emmett Miller | I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll | Minstrel Man From Georgia | |
| 4 | Red Nichols & His Five Pennies | The Sheik Of Araby | Saints Ramble & Sensation | |
| 5 | Laurel and Hardy | Shine on Harvest Moon | The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 | |
| 6 | Nat King Cole | Sweet Lorraine | The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] | |
| 7 | Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra | Sugar | Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05] | |
| 8 | Hoagy Carmichael | Lazybones | Sometimes I Wonder…. | |
| 9 | Hoagy Carmichael | Lazy River | Sometimes I Wonder…. | |
| 10 | Lonnie Johnson | He's A Jelly-Roll Baker | Tomorrow Night | |
| 11 | Peetie Wheatstraw | Shake That Thing | ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48 | |
| 12 | Dave Van Ronk | Shake That Thing | Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers | |
| 13 | Elvis Presley | You're A Heartbreaker | Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1) | |
| 14 | Julia Lee | Breeze | Kansas City Star [Disc 3] | |
| 15 | Cowboy Copas | Breeze | 1954-1958 | |
| 16 | Leon Redbone | Breeze | Sugar | |
| 17 | Rex Griffin | Sweet Mama Hurry Home | 1935-1936 (Warped 3520) | |
| 18 | Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy | Bouquet Of Roses | Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville | |
| 19 | Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies | In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree | Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special | |
| 20 | Emmett Miller | Lovesick Blues | American Yodeling | |
| 21 | Blind Blake | Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A) | The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) | |
| 22 | Leon Redbone | Diddy Wa Diddie | Double Time | |
| 23 | Shirley Temple | Polly Wolly Doodle | America's Sweetheart | |
| 24 | Boswell Sisters | When I Take My Sugar to Tea | Boswell Sisters | |
| 25 | Paul Specht | Sweet Lorraine | Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930 | |
| 26 | Ruth Etting | Shine on, Harvest Moon | Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen | |
| 27 | Joe Keawe | My Little Grass Shack | Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I | |
| 28 | Leon Redbone | My Little Grass Shack | Whistling In The Wind | |
| 29 | Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel | Baby It's Cold Outside | Unknown | |
| 30 | Al Jolson | Pretty Baby | The Very Best Of Al Jolson | |
| 31 | Leon Redbone | Pretty Baby | Sugar | |
| 32 | Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra | Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra | |
| 33 | Leon Redbone | Lulu's Back In Town | On The Track | |
Another gospel celebration, this time with a mix of country, bluegrass, classic black gospel, and a very special blending from the annals of rock n’ roll. We’re calling this roots celebration “Gospel Cross-Currents” and it makes its way through a mix of fifties country gospel of Fern Jones and Bonnie Owens and some recent country releases of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with folk, bluegrass and black gospel of the early century. Tune in for Mac Wiseman, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis, the Alphabetical Four, and Sister Lottie Peavy. Deeper Roots celebrates each Friday morning on KOWS and Friday evening on KWTF.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives | Good News | Saturday Night / Sunday Morning | |
| 2 | Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives | Keep on the Firing Line | Saturday Night / Sunday Morning | |
| 3 | Carl Story | Keep on the Firing Line | 1942-1947 (Warped 4780) | |
| 4 | Browns Ferry Four | Keep On The Firing Line | Goodbye, Babylon – Goodbye, Babylon [Disc 5] | |
| 5 | Precious Bryant | Sit Down Servant | The Truth | |
| 6 | Jackson Browne & David Lindley | Sit Down Servant | Love Is Strange [Disc 1] | |
| 7 | Mike Farris | Sit Down Servant | Salvation in Lights | |
| 8 | Bad Livers | I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap | Dust On The Bible | |
| 9 | Mac Wiseman | I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap | Most Requested | |
| 10 | Michelle Lanchester w/Sweet Honey In The Rock | I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior) | African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers | |
| 11 | Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin | If You See My Savior | Lost Time | |
| 12 | Porter Wagoner/Willie Nelson | Family Bible | Unplugged | |
| 13 | Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen | Family Bible | Lost In The Ozone | |
| 14 | Lyle Lovett | I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord | Smile: Songs From The Movies | |
| 15 | Willie Nelson | Sweet Bye and Bye | Old Time Religion | |
| 16 | Elizabeth Cotten | Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes | |
| 17 | Alphabetical Four | What a Friend We Have in Jesus | Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943 | |
| 18 | Bonnie Owens | What a Friend We Have in Jesus | 1968-1971 (Warped 6947) | |
| 19 | Fern Jones | By And By | The Glory Road | |
| 20 | Elvis Presley | By and By | Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 | |
| 21 | Paul Butterfield's Better Days | Nobody's Fault But Mine | 'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back' | |
| 22 | Sister Lottie Peavy | Nobody's Fault But Mine | Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950 | |
| 23 | Brother Claude Ely | I'm Crying Holy Unto The Lord | Satan Get Back | |
| 24 | Bad Livers | Crying Holy Unto The Lord | Dust On The Bible | |
| 25 | The Jordaniares | Dig a Little Deeper | The Jordaniares Gospel | |
| 26 | Mahalia Jackson | Dig A Little Deeper | Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan | |
| 27 | Johnny Cash | Where We'll Never Grow Old | Unearthed Volume Four. My Mother's Hymn Book | |
| 28 | Patty Griffin | Never Grow Old | Downtown Church | |
| 29 | Johnny Cash & The Carter Family | Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) | Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century | |
| 30 | Aaron Neville | Were You There | Gospel Roots | |
| 31 | Jessi Colter | His Eye Is On The Sparrow [Album Version] | Out Of The Ashes | |
| 32 | The Staple Singers | This May Be The Last Time | Swing Low | |
A Century of America's Music
