The Original Spins

Deeper Roots this week digs into popular culture in the late 20th century…not so much the deeper aspect, but certainly the roots aspect. The big hits can often be traced back to the originals…sometimes in the same year, sometimes many decades before. We’ll be spinning up ‘the originals’ this week on our community radio show. We’ll take a peek at the hits and share the full blown hits including tracks from Barbie Gaye, Richard Berry, Bessie Banks, and Gloria Jones. You’ll hear the originals of James Brown’s “I Got You”, Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love”, Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock”, and a couple dozen more.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Richard Berry Louie, Louie ABC Of The Blues Vol 2 Amazon
2S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds Mbube The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48) Amazon
3Barbie Gaye My Boy Lollipop American Roots of the British Invasion Amazon
4Sunny Dae & the Knights Rock Around The Clock You Heard It Here First! Amazon
5The Little Darlings Little Bit O' Soul You Heard It Here First! Amazon
6The Crickets I Fought The Law Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon
7Howlin' Wolf The Red Rooster You Heard It Here First! Amazon
8Yvonne Fair I Found You Rockin' Originals: Original Versions of Famous Songs Amazon
9Don Cherry Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye Rockin' Originals: Original Versions of Famous Songs Amazon
10Bessie Banks Go Now Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
11James Ray I've Got My Mind Set On You (Part 1 & 2) The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! Amazon
12Dan Penn The Puppet AKA I'm Your Puppet The Fame Recordings Amazon
13Gloria Jones Tainted Love You Heard It Here First! Amazon
14Mack Rice Mustang Sally Rockin' Originals: Original Versions of Famous Songs Amazon
15Joe Jones California Sun You Heard It Here First! Amazon
16The Dells (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher Rockin' Originals: Original Versions of Famous Songs Amazon
17The Wild Ones Wild Thing You Heard It Here First! Amazon
18Bruce Springsteen Blinded By The Light The Essential Bruce Springsteen [Disc 1] Amazon
19The Raindrops Hanky Panky You Heard It Here First! Amazon
20Sammy Ambrose This Diamond Ring You Heard It Here First! Amazon
21Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels A Rockin' Good Way The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2] Amazon
22Waylon Jennings Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town Love of The Common People Amazon
23John D Loudermilk Tobacco Road You Heard It Here First! Amazon
24Mark James Suspicious Minds Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
25Don & Dewey Leavin' It All Up To You Jungle Hop Amazon
26Diane & Annita A Groovy Kind Of Love You Heard It Here First! Amazon
27Carson & Gaile Something Stupid You Heard It Here First! Amazon
28The Kingston Trio Let's Get Together You Heard It Here First! Amazon
29Barry McGuire California Dreamin' Rockin' Originals: Original Versions of Famous Songs Amazon

Papa Come Quick

Friday morning free form sounds from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. We’ve been doing this Deeper Roots thing for almost nine years and, if you’re a regular, you’ll know that Dave’s always itching for a free form collection of sounds to complement the targeted shows that are featured weekly. This week we’ll be rolling out some Bill Kirchen, Dave Van Ronk, Ricky Nelson, Annisteen Allen, and Ethel Merman…to name a few. Blues, country, doo wop, rhythm & blues, gospel, and jazz all bundled up for your late spring listening enjoyment while sequestered for health and safety. Tune in on your FM if you’re local at 92.5 or stream us at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Geraint Watkins Bring Me the Head of My So Called Lover Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
2Washboard Rhythm Kings, Washboard Rhythm Band The Coming Home of Hi-De-Hoo All Time Jazz: Washboard Rhythm Kings Amazon
3C.W. Stoneking Jungle Lullaby Jungle Blues Amazon
4Ethel Merman Eadie Was A Lady Ethel Merman Cocktail Hour [Disc 1] Amazon
5Dave Van Ronk Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Bound For Glory Amazon
6Andrew Bird Three White Horses Hands of Glory Amazon
7Peggy Lee Old Devil Moon (Jump For Joy) Jump For Joy (Four Classic Albums) Amazon
8Jimmy Jones Good Timin Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2] Amazon
9The Fiestas I4m Your Slave Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
10Cab Calloway Jungle King (You Ain't Done A Doggone Thing) Are You Hep To The Jive? Amazon
11Top Note Hearts Of Stone Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
12Red Foley Hearts Of Stone Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4] Amazon
13Doug Sahm I Wanna Be Your Mama Again Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
14Annisteen Allen Fujiyama Mama Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4] Amazon
15Brenda Lee (If I'm Dreaming) Just Let Me Dream The Precious Years Amazon
16Whitney Rose Tied To The Wheel Rule 62 Amazon
17Bill Kirchen Tied to the Wheel Tied to the Wheel Amazon
18Bill Kirchen Down to Seeds and Stems Again Seeds and Stems Amazon
19Louis Armstrong This Train Louis And The Good Book Amazon
20Ricky Nelson Glory Train Legacy [Disc 2] Amazon
21Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards The Sinking of the Ruben James Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
22Arlo Guthrie Ukulele Lady Hobo's Lullaby Amazon
23Neil Young Bound for Glory Old Ways Amazon
24Bonnie Raitt Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico) Luck of the Draw Amazon
25Leon Russell Roll Away the Stone Retrospective Amazon
26Ike & Tina Turner Its Gonna Work Out Fine Pure R&B: Vol. 3- Let the Good Times Roll [Disc 2] Amazon
27The Dovells Bristol Stomp Prom Night: Vol. 4- So Much In Love [Disc 2] Amazon
28Warren Zevon Keep Me in Your Heart The Wind Amazon
29Lucinda Williams Price To Pay Lucinda Williams Amazon

Devil In Me

Dark days with the devil. Self-centered, morally lacking, and incapable of empathizing with human kind. Sound like someone you know? This morning’s show finds us down in the hole where Satan never sleeps and where darkness pervades. There’s a very wide range of topics in our show, including the harnessing of the atom, the soul of man, and the valley where Jordan slices across the heart. Hillbillies from hell, a trip to St. James Infirmary, the lion’s den, and the belly of the whale are all to be seen with tracks from Brother Claude, the Jordan River Boys, The Doors, El Radio Fantastique, and Otis Spann in a show that is certain to have you taking stock of yesterday, today, and tomorrow as we make this social distancing a not-so-transient fixture in our lives. Balance this theme against the sun shining bright on a Spring morning in Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Harry S. Truman Speeches, Truman, Harry S. The First Atomic Bomb Attack On Japan Aug 06, 1945 Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 2 – the Changing World Amazon
2The Louvin Brothers The Great Atomic Power Close Harmony [Disc 7] Amazon
3El Radio Fantastique Devil Inside Me Waking the Dead Amazon
4The Doors Moonlight Drive [Version 1] The Doors [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
5Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around[Early] Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs Amazon
6Jordan River Boys When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51 Amazon
7John Fogerty Goin' Back Home Eye Of The Zombie Amazon
8Timi Yuro Satan Never Sleeps I'm So Hurt Amazon
9Louis Armstrong & All His Stars St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues) Satchmo Plays King Oliver Amazon
10Hoyt Axton The Devil American Originals Amazon
11Lead Belly Black Betty Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Amazon
12Elvis Presley Run On Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
13Sister Rosetta Tharpe Jonah Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record Amazon
14Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals The Great Atomic Power Song of America Amazon
15The Louvin Brothers River of Jordan Long Play Collection Amazon
16Brother Claude Ely I Want To Go To Heaven Satan Get Back Amazon
17Ralph Stanley Are You Washed In The Blood A Mother's Prayer Amazon
18George Jones Please Take the Devil Out of Me Heartbreak Hotel (Gonna Shake This Shack) Amazon
19Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
20Eels Fresh Blood Hombre Lobo Amazon
21Tom Waits Way Down In The Hole Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years Amazon
22Bill Jennings Billy In The Lion's Den Wailin' Vol. 1 Amazon
23Otis Spann It Must Have Been The Devil Walking The Blues Amazon
24Jack Leonard A Visit From The Devil Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
25Anita Carter Satan's Child Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
26The Devil Makes Three Down In The Valley Redemption & Ruin Amazon
27Julie Miller The Devil Is an Angel 15 Years of American Music Amazon
28The Youngbloods Darkness, Darkness Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods Amazon
29Solomon Burke/Zucchero Diavolo in Me (A Devil in Me) Zucchero & Co. Amazon
30Paul Thorn Don't Let The Devil Ride Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
31Hank Williams The Devil's Train Lovesick Blues August 1947 – December 1948 Amazon

More Murder Ballads

In our Friday morning episode, we’re revisiting the traditional form of the murder ballad and we’ll also take some liberties with some more modern takes from the likes of Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, and Nick Cave. In the traditional form we’ll measure centuries-old cultural aberrations with the stories of gamblers, ramblers, and murdering misogynists that peppered the landscapes of country gospel, Appalachian folk, and urban alleyways. Frankie, Johnny, Stack-O-Lee, William Zanzinger, and Ellen Smith are just a few of the players in today’s show. Join Dave Stroud for a journey through tradition this Friday evening on Community Radio for Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Cash I Hung My Head Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American Amazon
2Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys In The Pines 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass Amazon
3Loretta Lynn In the Pines Full Circle Amazon
4Josh White, Jr. Delia's Gone Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways) Amazon
5Bobby Bare Delia's Gone (1965) All American Boy – CD 4 Amazon
6Sarah Jarosz Shankill Butchers Song Up in Her Head Amazon
7Charlie Louvin Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham) Charlie Louvin Amazon
8Johnny Horton When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2) Amazon
9Lyle Lovett L.A. County Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Amazon
10Marty Robbins Big Iron All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
11Riley Puckett Frankie And Johnny Country Music Pioneer vol 1 Amazon
12Big Bill Broonzy Frankie And Johnny Trouble In Mind Amazon
13Dave Van Ronk House Carpenter Inside Dave Van Ronk Amazon
14Jimmy Martin Poor Ellen Smith Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
15Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs with Alison Kraus The Banks Of The Ohio The Three Pickers Amazon
16Ralph Stanley Henry Lee [Album Version] Ralph Stanley Amazon
17Tom Waits Two Sisters Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3] Amazon
18Seamus Ennis Marrow Bones A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3 Amazon
19Joan Baez Mary Hamilton Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris Amazon
20Maddox Brothers and Rose Down in the Willow Garden 1948 (Warped 4872) Amazon
21Gillian Welch Caleb Meyer High On A Mountain Amazon
22Mason Jennings The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Album Version) I'm Not There (Music From The Motion Picture) Amazon
23Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Where The Wild Roses Grow The Best Of [Disc 1] Amazon
24Charlie Monroe Down in the Willow Garden 1946-1949 (Warped 4725) Amazon
25John Oates Stack O Lee Arkansas Amazon
26Fruit Jar Guzzlers Stack-O-Lee The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
27Lead Belly Duncan And Brady Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
28The Johnson Mountain Boys Duncan and Brady (He's Been on the Job Too Long) Blue Diamond Amazon

That Mean Old Clock

Watching that pendulum swinging to and fro, we share both our sorrows and our joy in this shelter-in-place situation we’ve found ourselves in. And music. We share music. There is also that ticking and tocking of the clock as time passes; slowly for some and too fast for others. As they say…the days pass slowly and the years just fly right by us…and that was before we found ourselves in isolation. This week’s Deeper Roots show is all about the time factor, specifically growing older with each breath and minute. But, it’s certainly better than the alternative. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning on Deeper Roots with music going as far back as 1932 (The Carter Family) and a more recent release from Orthophonic Joy and The Church Sisters…all reflecting on the passing of time and growing old. It’s a theme that is universal, crossing all generations, faiths, and political persuasions. Tune in for reflection on a Friday evening.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bobby Bare That Mean Old Clock The Chronogical Classics 1956-1961 Amazon
2Bonnie Owens Where We'll Never Grow Old 1968-1971 (Warped 6947) Amazon
3The Church Sisters Where We'll Never Grow Old Orthophonic Joy Amazon
4Sunny Sweeney Grow Old With Me Trophy Amazon
5John Prine & Mac Wiseman Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
6Grandpa Jones Grandfather's Clock An American Original Amazon
7Mac Wiseman I'd Rather Die Young Keep On The Sunny Side Amazon
8The Carter Family Where We'll Never Grow Old The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4] Amazon
9JL Stiles Never To Grow Old Solo Sessions Amazon
10Carl Butler Watching the Clock The Chronogical Classics 1954-1958 (Warped 5592) Amazon
11Ivory Joe Hunter Time Has Passed Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951) Amazon
12Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Time Is A Passin' One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
13Johnny Otis / Jimmy Rushing Round The Clock The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4] Amazon
14Aaron Neville The Ticks Of The Clock Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron) Amazon
15Carl Stalling Variation On Grandfather's Clock The Carl Stalling Project, Vol. 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1929-1957 Amazon
16Count Basie & His Orchestra One O'Clock Jump (1937 Version) Swingsation: Swing That Music Amazon
17Harry James Two O'Clock Jump Time-Life Swing Era – 1940-1941 [Disc 1] Amazon
18Bert Kaempfert Three O'Clock in the Morning The Very Best of Bert Kaempfert Amazon
19Gory Carter Four O'Clock In The Morning Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951 Amazon
20Ivie Anderson Five O'clock Whistle Cocktail Hour Amazon
21The Three Riffs Five O'Clock Blues Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 2: Viddle de Vop Amazon
22John Prine Six O'Clock News Souvenirs Amazon
23Simon & Garfunkel 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night Old Friends Disc 2 Amazon
24Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty From Seven To Ten 20 Greatest Hits Amazon
25The Armstrong Twins Eight Thirty Blues 16 Down Home Country Classics Amazon
26Floyd Tillman Each Night At Nine Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
27Harold Lee Wilson Ten O'Clock Train Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
28Bill Doggett Eleven O'clock Twist The King Records Story – Part 1 Amazon
29Frank Frost Quarter To Twelve Midnight Proler Amazon
30B.B. King In The Midnight Hour Six Silver Strings Amazon
31Howlin' Wolf Getting Old and Grey Chess Blues Disc 1 Amazon