Sinner’s Playground

The landscape this morning is smothered in ominous clouds as the music we have for you features the gospel beat with a blend of suggestive celebratory, suspicious, and devil-may-care songs. We’ve got the fire and brimstone bible-thumping sounds of Brother Claude Ely, some classic gospel warnings from The Golden Gate Quartet, a pastiche of British Clerkenwell nuggets from The Real Tuesday Weld, The Weavers, Lonnie Johnson, and a whole lot more. An eclectic blend of songs of Satan, dark nights, and sinner’s bemoaning their dirty little religion on another Friday morning collection of sounds on Deeper Roots. Tune in. The ground is saturated with blues, gospel, country, and even some hillbillies from hell…just for you.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Harry James & His Orchestra/Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest/Dalton Rizzotto & Orchestra The Devil Sat Down And Cried Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
2Golden Gate Quartet Atom and Evil 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
3Warren Zevon Dirty Little Religion Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
4Kane Welch Kaplin Satan's Paradise Lost John Dean Amazon
5Johnny Cash Rusty Cage Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American Amazon
6Lonnie Johnson Devil's Got The Blues Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
7Bob Brozman Devil's Slide Devil's Slide Amazon
8The Real Tuesday Weld It's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It I, Lucifer Amazon
9Sister Rosetta Tharpe Changes The Great Gospel Women Vol. 2 Amazon
10The Real Tuesday Weld The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid I, Lucifer Amazon
11The Gospeleers The Devil's Gonna Get You Black Vocal Groups Vol. 5 (1923-1941) Amazon
12Brother Claude Ely Farther On Satan Get Back Amazon
13Steve Earle Devil's Right Hand Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2) Amazon
14Uncle Tupelo Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down March 16-20, 1992 Amazon
15The Louvin Brothers Satan And The Saint The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks Amazon
16Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws Dance Of The Dodo Bird The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
17Chiwetel Ejiofor I Want To Be Evil (Original Version) Kinky Boots Amazon
18The Robins That Old Black Magic Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2 Amazon
19The Swan Silvertones Sinner Man Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
20The Weavers Sinner Man Traveling on With The Weavers Amazon
21The Harmonizing Four Oh Sinner Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
22Jesse Winchester Evil Angel Gentleman Of Leisure Amazon
23Calexico Sinner in the Sea Algiers Amazon
24Jimmy Minor Satan's Chauffeur Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
25Rusty Dean Sinner Beware Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
26Fern Jones This World Is Not My Home The Glory Road Amazon
27Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette Sinner's Crossroads Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
28The Flamingos The Sinner (El Pecador) Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of Amazon
29Daniel Lanois Sleeping in the Devil's Bed For the Beauty of Wynona Amazon
30C.W. Stoneking We Gon' Boogaloo Gon' Boogaloo Amazon
31The Real Tuesday Weld (Still) Terminally Ambivalent Over You I, Lucifer Amazon
32Howlin' Wolf Evil Chess Blues Disc 2 Amazon
33Freddie & The Hitch Hikers Sinners Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon

Classic Country Covers

It may be Friday the 13th, but we won’t be bothered with the superstitious. Instead, we’ll go with traditional and popular country nuggets as our topics with some couplings of contemporary and vintage. We’ve gathered a collection of modern country covers from the likes of Rosanne Cash, Solitaire Miles, Charley Crockett, Chuck Mead and others and we’ll be coupling them up with originals and favorites from the distant past. Merle Travis, Red Foley, Hank Williams, and The Louvin Brothers take the stage from a dream-filled past. We’re celebrating country classics from fifties, sixties and seventies and having fun doing it while kicking back. You don’t need to be wearing pretentious boots and hats to appreciate the easy sway of classic country … you just need to close your eyes and appreciate the performances … well, unless you’re driving.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Band Long Black Veil Music From Big Pink Amazon
2Rosanne Cash Featuring Jeff Tweedy Long Black Veil (Feat. Jeff Tweedy) The List Amazon
3Lefty Frizzell Long Black Veil Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
4Johnny Bond Goodbye Old Paint Standard Transcriptions Amazon
5Pharis and Jason Romero Goodbye Old Paint A Wanderer I'll Stay Amazon
6McKinley James Who Will The Next Fool Be Who Will The Next Fool Be (Single) Amazon
7Charlie Rich Who Will the Next Fool Be Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
8Johnny Cash We Must Believe In Magic The Adventures Of Johnny Cash Amazon
9Matt Urmy We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement) Out of the Ashes Amazon
10The Malpass Brothers Hello Walls The Malpass Brothers Amazon
11Willie Nelson Hello Walls Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS Amazon
12Henson Cargill Skip a Rope Skip a Rope Amazon
13Charley Crockett Skip A Rope Music City USA Amazon
14Kevin Russell Are You Teasing Me Plain Dirt Fashion Amazon
15The Louvin Brothers Are You Teasing Me Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
16Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys Anytime Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
17Chuck Mead Anytime You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold Amazon
18Dirty Cello Sixteen Tons I May Not Be Perfect Amazon
19Merle Travis Sixteen Tons Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
20Spade Cooley & His Orchestra feat. Tex Williams Crazy 'Cause I Love You That's What I Like About The West Amazon
21Solitaire Miles Crazy Cause I Love You Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas Amazon
22Whitney Rose There's A Tear In My Beer Heartbreaker of the Year Amazon
23Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. There's A Tear In My Beer Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
24Solitaire Miles I Hear You Talkin' Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas Amazon
25Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys I Hear You Talkin' The Tiffany Transcriptions Volume 1 Amazon
26Hank Williams You're Gonna Change Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11 Amazon
27Tom Petty You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
28Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Settin' The Woods On Fire Back At The Quonset Hut Amazon
29Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys Settin' The Woods On Fire Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood Amazon
30Red Foley Tennessee Border Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon
31Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Tennessee Border Back At The Quonset Hut Amazon
32BR5-49 The Price of Love This Is BR549 Amazon
33The Everly Brothers The Price of Love Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2 Amazon

Elvis’ Influencers

Elvis Presley’s performances, in particular those from his first decade, were based in some very deep roots. Those roots tapped into almost anything that could be heard in the south on that cultural touchstone of radio. Blues, big band, jazz, hillbilly, pop, gospel and country all played an enormous role in molding the iconic performer he was to become. In our Deeper Roots show this week we’ll be exploring the ‘influencers’ of the day; songs that played on the radio, songs that Elvis personally revealed as his favorites, songs that he enjoyed with his family as a young boy. We’ve got Mahalia and Sister Rosetta tracks, Little Junior Parker and Jimmy Reed, Red Foley and Roy Acuff, and a host of others to share this week so we’re hoping that we can remember how radio’s lifeline to culture that spoke to Elvis in a very, very big way.

No.f Artist Title Album Buy Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Jimmy Reed & His Trio You Don't Have To Go Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon Little Junior Parker Mystery Train Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon Little Junior Parker Feelin' Good Feelin4 Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings Amazon Big Joe Turner Honey Hush Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Everyday The Gospel of Blues Amazon Mahalia Jackson Didn't It Rain 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon The Statesmen Quartet Somebody Bigger Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music Amazon Hovie Lister & The Statesmen Quartet His Hand Is Mine Country Gospel Classics [Disc 2] Amazon The Golden Gate Quartet Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon Jimmie Rodgers Frankie And Johnnie Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2] Amazon The Carter Family 042-Can the Circle Be Unbroken Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans Great Speckled Bird [78rpm Version] Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon Red Foley Old Shep Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon Ivory Joe Hunter I Almost Lost My Mind Since I Met You Baby Amazon Jumpin' Gene Simmons I Done Told You So SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]] Amazon Elvis Presley Milk Cow Blues The Sun Sessions Amazon Johnny Lee Wills And His Boys Milk Cow Blues Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart 24 Greatest Amazon Mississippi Slim Try Doin' Right The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened Amazon Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Blue Moon of Kentucky The Best of Bill Monroe Amazon Elvis Presley Blue Moon of Kentucky The Tupelo Mississippi Flash CD 2 Amazon Dean Martin with Paul Weston & His Dixieland Eight I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon Billy Bunn & His Buddies That's When Your Heartaches Begin Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon Ella Fitzgerald My Happiness The Chronological Classics 1947-1948 Amazon B.B. King Everyday I Have The Blues BB King And Pee Wee Crayton Amazon Louis Jordan Caldonia Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Rocket 88 Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Chuck Berry Maybellene Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2] Amazon Billy Ward & The Dominoes Sixty Minute Man Eat to The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Dirty Blues Amazon Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Rocks Amazon Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Big Mama Thornton Hound Dog Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Little Richard Long Tall Sally Blowing The Fuse: 1956 Amazon

Who We Lost 2022

The river of time flows on as our sturdy yet terminal transport is like any raft, a fragile one as our bindings become untethered. Let’s tip our hats and remember those who, over the past century, have contributed to American culture. This morning’s show is about the performers, the songwriters, the session musicians, and those behind the scenes who made a lasting contribution. We thank them as 2022 comes to a close. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our final Deeper Roots show of 2022, as we look ahead to the new year that is filled with so much promise.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Robert Gordon The Way I Walk Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials Amazon
2Buddy Holly Peggy Sue Rave On: The Coral Story Amazon
3Little Richard Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE) The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
4Ronnie Hawkins Wild Little Willy Ronnie Hawkins Amazon
5Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls Of Fire 30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4 Amazon
6Sandy Nelson &And Then There Were Drums Their Greatest Misses Amazon
7Loretta Lynn The Pill Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
8The Judds Why Not Me The Best Of Classic Country 80's Amazon
9Jody Miller Queen Of The House All-Time Country Hits 1 Amazon
10C.W. McCall Convoy Super Hits Of The '70s – Have A Nice Day, Vol. 15 Amazon
11Mickey Gilley Room Full Of Roses Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
12Bill Staines Rompin' Rovin' Days Journey Home Amazon
13Bobbie Nelson Death Ray Boogie Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive) Amazon
14The Ronettes Be My Baby The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
15Bobby Rydell Forget Him Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Amazon
16Adam Wade The Writing On The Wall American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
17The Five Satins In the Still of the Night Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
18The Ventures Perfidia Teen Beat, Volume 3 Amazon
19Brian Hyland Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini Another Banana Split, please Amazon
20Dwayne Hickman Don't Send a Rabbit Great Googly Moo: Silly Songs from the American Charts Amazon
21Robert Morse I Believe In You The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s Amazon
22The Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? (SUSAN JACKS) Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s Amazon
23The Spinners I'll Be Around One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1 Amazon
24The Seekers I'll Never Find Another You Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] Amazon
25Mary McCaslin Last Cannonball Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
26Paul Siebel Louise Woodsmoke and Oranges Amazon
27Kelly Joe Phelps Lead Me On Lead Me On Amazon
28Judy Henske High Flying Bird Troubadours Of The Folk Era Volume Two (Rhino) Amazon
29The Green Fields of America Down By the Tanyard Side (SONG) The Green Fields of America Amazon
30The Young Rascals Good Lovin' (DINO DANELLI) Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
31Syl Johnson I Resign From Your Love Welcome To The Club Amazon
32The Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
33Mable John Your Good Thing (Is About To End) Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
34Betty Davis Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
35Ramsey Lewis Trio Wade In The Water The Greatest Hits Amazon
36The Blues Project Lost In The Shuffle Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story Amazon
37Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band Mercedes Benz Pearl Amazon
38Fleetwood Mac Everywhere Greatest Hits [Reprise] Amazon
39Olivia Newton-John Hopelessly Devoted To You Grease Amazon
40Irene Cara Fame Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980 Amazon
41Meat Loaf Paradise by the Dashboard Light Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 2 Amazon
42Procol Harum Whiter Shade of Pale The Big Chill Amazon
43Julee Cruise Floating Floating into the Night Amazon