There’s hope in music. And if we need something to carry us forward over the coming years it’s hope. So we’ll take all we can get with all the music we can get. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes us through a blend of genres, making a free form journey across the landscape of America’s music from the past century. We’ll bring you Cannonball Adderley right alongside Hank Thompson and The Neville Brothers, The Doors, Patsy Cline and Mink Deville to start. Dave Stroud’s done some scouring through those dusty digital archives for well- (and little-) known gems with stories and ballads. He’ll be taking you to where country meets soul, jazz meets boogie woogie and where there’s an unlikely fusion of reggae, folk, and zydeco. Topics include wedding days, jiggers of gin, honeydrippers, and the topic of Texas and some big blue diamonds. Tune in this week. Take your mind off the grifters and haters that have polluted the pond.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Elvis Presley	Burning Love	Nippers 70's-Vol.1
2	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Long Lost And Worried	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
3	Mink Deville	A Train Lady	The Mink De Ville Collection
4	Major Lance	Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um	The Very Best of Major Lance
5	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Soul Sides: Volume One
6	Little Johnny Taylor	Big Blue Diamonds	Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
7	Tex Ritter	Big Blue Diamonds	Famous Country Music Makers
8	Waylon Jennings	Drinkin' and Dreamin'	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
9	The Doors	The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)	L.A. Woman: 40th Anniversary Mixes [Bonus Tracks]
10	Tex Williams	I Got Texas In My Soul	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 10
11	Willie Nelson	Texas In My Soul	One Hell Of A Ride
12	Patsy Cline	Got A Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul	Volume 3
13	Pokey LaFarge	End of My Rope	Rock Bottom Rhapsody
14	O. C. Smith	The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
15	The Eternals	Babalu's Wedding Day	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
16	Snooks Eaglin	My Head Is Spinning	Complete Imperial Recordings
17	Arthur Alexander	I Hang My Head And Cry	Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
18	Jimmy Lee	You Ain't No Good For Me	Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
19	Andre Williams	Pardon Me (I've Got Someone To Kill)	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
20	Big Daddy Wilson	I Got Plenty	Deep in My Soul
21	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rock & Roll
22	Dr. John	Honey Dripper	Definitive Pop Collection
23	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr. Percy	The Lovin' Bird
24	Mink DeVille	Mazurka	Le Chat Bleu
25	BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet	Zydeco Gris Gris	Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco [Disc 1]
26	Rockin' Dopsie	Zydeco Around The World	Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco [Disc 1]
27	The Neville Brothers	Sitting in Limbo	Fiyo on the Bayou
28	Hank Thompson	Scotch And Soda	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
29	Cannonball Adderley	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
30	Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers	My Sugar Is So Refined	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
31	Nina Simone	I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl	Artist's Choice: Norah Jones
32	The Righteous Brothers	Something's Got A Hold On Me	The Moonglow Years