Deeper Roots heads down the long hot stretch of 99 to California’s Central Valley to visit the country sound that blew in from every direction…starting with the Dust Bowl. Bakersfield was a first step, a way station, for migrant workers coming into California to escape hard times in the Midwest; their treatment by the small minds of fearful communities being little different than those migrants we think of today. “In the years following World War II, Bakersfield had plentiful honky-tonks including the soon-to-be-famous Blackboard Cafe. People drank, danced, and even fought to Western swing music.” The sound of Nashville began to become watered down, losing its appeal to some who thought it had lost a reverence for the heart and soul of working class Country. We’ll hear from Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, and Billy Mize and tip our cap to a great book on the subject of the Bakersfield sound and the history of Country Music: Workin’ Man Blues written by local author and Central Valley native, Gerald Haslam.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Merle Haggard	Workin' Man Blues	Capitol Collector's Series
2	Hank Thompson	Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart	Most Of All
3	Slim Whitman	Song Of The Old Water Wheel	Vintage Collections
4	Billy Barton	Blues in the Blue of Night	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
5	Fuzzy Owen	Arkie's Got Her Shoes On	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
6	Tommy Collins	Untied	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
7	Tommy Collins	You Better Not Do That	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
8	Tommy Collins	Ernest Tubb 78s	One More Record Please
9	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
10	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
11	Bill Woods	Go Crazy Man	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Buck Owens	Take Me Back Again	Buck Owens
14	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
15	Buck Owens	Down, Down, Down	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
16	Wynn Stewart	Big Big Love	California Country
17	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
18	Wynn Stewart	You're That Someone Else	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
19	Merle Haggard	The Roots Of My Raising	Capitol Collector's Series
20	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Today I Started Loving You Again (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
21	Merle Haggard; Ray Price; Vince Gill; Willie Nelson	Heartaches by the Number	Last of the Breed Disc 1
22	Jean Shepard	A Dear John Letter	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
23	James Burton And Ralph Mooney	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive	Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin'
24	Ferlin Husky	Heart of Stone	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
25	Ferlin Husky	Freckles and Polliwog Days	Ferlin Husky Singles
26	Connie Smith	Ain't Had No Lovin'	The Essential Connie Smith
27	Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
28	Dwight Yoakam	The Sad Side of Town	Tomorrow's Sounds Today
29	Dwight Yoakam	Guitars, Cadillacs	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1
30	The Blasters	Blue Shadows	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
31	The Blasters	Hey, Girl	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
32	The Blasters	American Music	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
33	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
34	Dave Alvin	Out in California	Interstate City
35	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
36	Wynn Stewart	Wishful Thinking	Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 2]
37	Buck Owens	The Band Keep's Playin' On	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)