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 | |