Love Bug Boogie

Love is in the air. And so is some foot-tappin’ rhythm on a Friday in our shelter-in-place here in Sonoma County. The genuine stuff brought to you by the supporters and underwriters of Community Radio here in the county. Tune in for a blast of soul and rhythm and blues in the key of love with Etta James, Ella Johnson, Julia Lee, Jackie Wilson, The Flairs, and the great Barbara Lynn. Our social distancing matters even though our first desire is to be close with each other. If we can’t have it first or second hand, then will take it third hand. So why not tune into some third hand roots sounds, all with the honest theme of love: sugar coated love, the miracle of love, and makin’ love. You can tune us in Friday evenings on 92.3 FM in Sonoma County or streaming to the world at krjf.org.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Otis The Love Bug Boogie Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
2Lula Reed Rock Love Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
3Albinia Jones Love Is Such A Mystery Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938) Amazon
4Katie Webster & Bobby Jay Hey Mr Love Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
5Zilla Mays With John Peek And The Blues Caravan Don't Give My Good Love Away Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 8]: East Coast Blues V2 Amazon
6Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Make Love To Me Vol. 2 – Dripper's Boogie Amazon
7Nellie Lutcher For You My Love Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3] Amazon
8Buddy & Ella Johnson I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You) Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2] Amazon
9Bull Moose Jackson (Let Me Love You) All Night Long Badman Jackson Thats Me Amazon
10The 5 Royales Miracle of Love The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
11Glow Tones The Girl I Love Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
12The Flairs Let's Make With Some Love The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues Amazon
13Little Royal Do You Love Me Golden Carnival Classics Pt. 3 Amazon
14Barbara Lynn Sugar Coated Love A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 Amazon
15Etta James I Just Want To Love You Enduring Soul Amazon
16Johnnie Taylor Baby, We've Got Love Lifetime [Disc 1] Amazon
17La Vern Baker Love Me Right (Atlantic 1150) R&B Humdingers Volume 11 Amazon
18Irma Thomas Love Don't Change If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
19Solomon Burke Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
20Nappy Brown Just A Little Love Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's Amazon
21Ray Charles Hallelujah I Love Her So Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
22Ben E. King First Taste Of Love Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2] Amazon
23Clyde McPhatter A Lovers Question Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1 Amazon
24Ray Charles Ain't That Love Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
25Jackie Wilson That's Why (I Love You So) 7 Classic Albums Amazon
26Viola Watkins It Must Be Love Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
27Big Joe Turner Love Roller Coaster Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years Amazon
28Julia Lee The Glory Of Love Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
29Annie Laurie It Hurts to Be In Love Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2 Amazon
30Aaron Neville How Can I Help But Love You Treacherous [Disc 1] Amazon
31Richard Berry & The Pharaohs Have Love Will Travel Birth Of Soul: 3 Amazon
32The Boomerangs Love Causes People To Go Insane Bandera Doo Wop Amazon
33The Monotones Book of Love Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
34Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
35Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Give Me Love Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
36Ernie K-Doe Make You Love Me Absolutely the Best Amazon

Ya Got Trouble

We’re going the free form route today, celebrating an eclectic blend of gospel with the likes of Clara Ward and Patsy Cline, country greats from The Sons of the Pioneers and Skeets McDonald, doo wop street corner ballads from The Sheppards and The Royals, and vocals from Nat King Cole, Ethel Waters, and John Hiatt. Oh, in addition to a few choice show tunes, we’ll touch on topics of tears, loneliness, great speckled birds, and a visit to Treasure Island with Satchmo. Quarantine offers time for reflection but it also offers time for enjoying the sounds of deeper tracks. And that’s what you get day in and day out on Community Radio for Sonoma County. Join us.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Robert Preston & Company Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
2Clara Ward (Solo) When We Get Up There Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2] Amazon
3Gospel Hebrews Jesus Is All Over Me Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio Amazon
4The Blind Boys Of Alabama He's Alright Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
5Chosen Gospel Singers Prayer for the Doomed 20 Gospel Greats Amazon
6Patsy Cline Life's Railway To Heaven Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
7Elvis Presley If We Never Meet Again Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1) Amazon
8Nat King Cole I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949-50 Amazon
9Evie Sands I'll Never Be Alone Again Any Way That You Want Me Amazon
10Roger McGuinn If We Never Meet Again Back from Rio Amazon
11The Sons Of The Pioneers One More River To Cross Okeh Western Swing Amazon
12Dale Watson Cryin' to Cryin' Time Again Dale & Ray Amazon
13Ray Charles Crying Time Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
14Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow Amazon
15Blue Mountain I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes Roots Amazon
16Ralph Stanley I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
17Lucinda Williams Great Speckled Bird Ramblin' Amazon
18The Louvin Brothers The Great Speckled Bird Close Harmony [Disc 8] Amazon
19Mac Wiseman The Wild Side Of Life Most Requested Amazon
20Skeets McDonald Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
21The Royals Moonrise Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53 Amazon
22The Sheppards Pretend You're Still Mine OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
23Louis Armstrong On Treasure Island Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
24Eddie Cantor Makin' Whoopee – The Eddie Cantor Story Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
25Judy Garland & The M-G-M Studio Chorus The Trolley Song (from "Meet Me in St. Louis") Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 2] Amazon
26The Rhythm Wreckers Never No Mo' Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
27Ethel Waters Buds Won't Bud Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1] Amazon
28Lena Horne Stormy Weather Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology Amazon
29John Hiatt Gone Crossing Muddy Waters Amazon
30Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
31The Treniers Say Hey (the Willie Mays Song) OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
32Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad Moon Rising The Classic Sixties: Late '60s Amazon

Country Road Songs

A while back we explored road songs in the genres of blues and tradition. This week’s show complements the theme with a country flavor. Songs of the lonesome road, the lost highway, the wrong highway taken, as well as hitting the road with those classic country kings of the road and highway queens. We’ll hear some early Waylon Jennings, bluegrass from Bill Monroe, trucker laments from Red Simpson, and a tribute to the Carters on the Road to Kaintuck. We’ve battened down the hatches, closed shop, and are practicing social distancing as if our lives (and those of our neighbors) depended on it. Join Dave Stroud on a KWTF Friday evening remote production of Deeper Roots.

 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bonus Track CB Radio Chatter Eighteen Wheelers! Twisted Tales from the Truckstops Amazon
2Johnny Darrell It's A Rough Old Road To Travel The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
3Don Gibson Lonesome Road 1961-1962 Amazon
4Jimmie Skinner Lonesome Road Blues 1960-1962 (Warped 6188) Amazon
5Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Travelin' This Lonesome Road All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4] Amazon
6Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Rocky Road Blues All The Classic Releases, 1937-1949 [Disc 3] Amazon
7The Carter Family It's a Long Road to Travel Alone Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 5) Amazon
8Johnny Cash Wide Open Road Get Rhythm [Sun] Amazon
9Johnny Cash Hit The Road And Go (The Rambler) Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4] Amazon
10Johnny Cash Further on Up the Road American V: A Hundred Highways Amazon
11Billy Bob Thornton & The Peasall Sisters Road To Kaintuck Anchored In Love: A Tribute To June Carter Cash Amazon
12Lefty Frizzell Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee 1962-1965 (Warped 6382) Amazon
13Wayne Hancock Man Of The Road A-Town Blues Amazon
14Rig Rock Deluxe Six Days On The Road Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
15Red Simpson Six Days on the Road The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
16Tiny Harris Endless Black Ribbon Lonesome Highway Songs Amazon
17Billy Grammer Gotta Travel On Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics Amazon
18Henson Cargill A Very Well Traveled Man Skip a Rope Amazon
19Faron Young Traveling On This Is Faron Young / My Garden Of Prayer Amazon
20Roger Miller King Of The Road Country Legends Amazon
21Tom T. Hall Once Upon a Road Sings Dixie & Tom T. Amazon
22Billy Walker Headin' Down the Wrong Highway Billy Walker – 1954-1957 Amazon
23Waylon Jennings The Road Love of The Common People Amazon
24Dolly Parton Traveling Man 1971 Amazon
25Nikki Lane Highway Queen Highway Queen Amazon
26Johnny Horton Lost Highway Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2) Amazon
27Gibson Brothers Highway In The Ground Amazon
28John Hartford Wrong Road Again Good'le Days: Essential Recordings Amazon
29Rice, Rice, Hillmann & Pedersen Somewhere on the Road Tonight Out of the Woodwork Amazon
30Ralph Stanley I'm Going Down The Road [3/3/80] Poor Rambler [Disc 1] Amazon
31Grandpa Jones Down The Old Plank Road An American Original Amazon
32Del McCoury/Marty Stuart Let Us Travel, Travel On Compadres: An Anthology of Duets Amazon
33Steve Earle Hillbilly Highway Essential Steve Earle Amazon

Holland Dozier Holland

Deeper Roots explores the motor city soul sounds of Motown, paying our respects to the incredible songwriting team who defined the Hitsville, USA sound in the mid-sixties: brothers Eddie and Brian Holland, along with Lamont Dozier. The goods were delivered. The brassy, bass-driven rhythm and targeted stories of the heart stand alongside virtually any songwriting team of the century. Fact: this songwriting team wrote ten of the twelve #1 songs of The Supremes and were an institution alongside the music of The Funk Brothers. We’ll hear from Martha & The Vandellas, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, and a host of others this Friday morning while we’re tucked into our homes, waiting out the storm. Tune in and add a little bit of soul to your day.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marvin Gaye Can I Get a Witness 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 Amazon
2Mary Wells Old Love (Let's Try It Again) The Soul of Detroit – Disc 3 Amazon
3Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Mickey's Monkey (Single Version (Mono)) The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
4The Marvelettes Locking Up My Heart [Single Version] 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes Amazon
5The Contours Pa, I Need a Car The Very Best of The Contours Amazon
6Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
7The Supremes Come See About Me Gold Disc 1 Amazon
8Junior Walker & the All-Stars How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
9The Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Ultimate Collection Amazon
10The Four Tops It's The Same Old Song The Ultimate Collection Amazon
11The Supremes You Can't Hurry Love Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2 Amazon
12Junior Walker & the All-Stars (I'm A) Road Runner Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
13Martha & The Vandellas Nowhere To Run The Classic Sixties: 1965 Amazon
14Marvin Gaye You're a Wonderful One 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 Amazon
15Dusty Springfield When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes Ooooooweeee!!! Amazon
16The Supremes You Keep Me Hanging On Gold Disc 1 Amazon
17Shorty Long Function at the Junction Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
18Martha & the Vandellas Jimmy Mack Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2 Amazon
19The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There The Classic Sixties: 1966 Amazon
20The Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
21The Elgins Darling Baby Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
22Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need The 35th Anniversary Collection Amazon
23Fontella Bass Come And Get These Memories Very Best Of Amazon
24The Four Tops Bernadette The Ultimate Collection Amazon
25Johnny Rivers Baby I Need Your Loving Greatest Hits [Capitol] Amazon
26The Four Tops 7-Rooms Of Gloom The Ultimate Collection Amazon
27Len Barry 1, 2, 3 Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965 Amazon
28Kim Weston Take Me In Your Arms Single Amazon
29The Supremes Back In My Arms Again Gold Disc 1 Amazon
30Chris Clark Love's Gone Bad Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
31Linda Ronstadt Heat Wave Prisoner In Disguise Amazon
32The Blossoms Cherish What Is Dear To You (While It's Near To You) So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998 Amazon