Category Archives: Early Pop

Ants In My Pants

Whether it was Prohibition, the need for comic relief from the worst Depression our country has known, or the release from Victorian norms in the age of the flapper…something was afoot. The humor it portended is not something that we all understand in this age… but it’s worth looking at. Novelty ruled the day and every Victrola and Edison radio spilled a silly song, whether it worked from puns or light humor (pop music), corny songs that sometimes had hidden charms (country and folk), or right in your face real life naughty bits (the blues)…there was something for everyone to sample. We’ll hear from Lonzo and Oscar, Milton Brown, Frank Crumit, George Formby, and Lonnie Johnson in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. A hoot and a holler by any other name on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Lonnie Johnson She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight Hot Fingers Amazon
2Frank Crumit My Little Bimbo Down on the Bimbo Isle (1920) grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
3Billy Murray I'll See You In C-U-B-A Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1 Amazon
4Ozzie & Harriet Nelson Oh Susanna, Dust off That Old Pianna The Nelson Touch Amazon
5Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Down By the O-H-I-O The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1] Amazon
6Roy Newman I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants) The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
7The Johnson Sisters Hillbilly Soldier Joe Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
8Texas Jim Robertson The Last Page of Mein Kampf Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
9Sweet Violet Boys I Love My Fruit Okeh Western Swing Amazon
10The Happiness Boys: Billy Jones & Ernest Hare I've Never Seen A Straight Banana The Charleston Days Amazon
11Hoosier Hot Shots I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
12Lonzo & Oscar I'm My Own Grandpa Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
13Lonzo and Oscar Girls Don't Nag Your Husbands 1947-1950 (Warped 4741) Amazon
14Six Jumping Jacks I Do Not Chose to Run Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
15Buddy Rogers (I'd Like to Be) A Bee in Your Boudoir The Big Broadcast vol. 6 Amazon
16Paul Specht Shoo-Shoo-Boogie-Boo Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930 Amazon
17George Formby Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt I'm The Ukulele Man Amazon
18The Three Keys Oh! By Jingo The Big Broadcast, Volume 2: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
19Marx Brothers I'm Against It/Horse Feathers Horse Feathers / Animal Crackers Amazon
20Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees Lydia, The Tatooed Lady gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
21Ben Selvin and his Orch (The Knickerbockers). v/ Dick Robertson When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On the Tuba orig. 78 rpm Columbia 2483-D Amazon
22Ross & Sargent Nellie the Nudist Queen Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
23Ozzie Nelson Avis Scaffin Fortintoo Campus Swing Amazon
24Frank Crumit Crazy Words Crazy Tune Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
25Frank Crumit The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
26Frank Crumit Song of the Prune The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934) Amazon
27Leslie Sarony with Harry Hudson & His Melody Men My Wife Is On A Diet The Charleston Days Amazon
28Helen Kane with the Victor Orchestra directed by Leonard Joy Dangerous Nan McGrew Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things Amazon
29Helen Kane I Taut I Taw a Puddy Kat The Boop Boop a Doop Girls Amazon
30Carmen Miranda I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) Anthology Amazon
31Irving Aaronson and His Commanders Oh! You Sweet Old Whatcha May Call It The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon

Steel Guitar Retrospective

We’ll be serenading you with some island melodies, country tunes, and rock, all featuring the steel guitar, an instrument whose origins take us back to the late 19th and early 20th century invention by native Joseph Kekuku. The music this Friday features some early Hawaiian popular influences including Sol Ho’opi, Hoot Gibson, and King Nawah’s Hawaiians. The focus moves to mid-to late century greats featuring Pete Drake, Buddy Emmons, Buster Martin and Speedy West. The popularity of the ‘island sound’ in the early century brought us the sound of steel across many genres, including gospel, folk, blues, and country. Spend a couple of hours on an August morning in Sonoma County taking a journey from Hawaii to Forth Worth.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1King Nawahi's Hawaiians Hawaiian Capers Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
2Trio De Hawaii Melodias Populares Mexicana Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Amazon
3Sol Ho'opi'i Singing The Blues Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1 Amazon
4Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette An Orange Grove in California Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
5Hoot Gibson Mai Givee (Don't Give It Away) Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Amazon
6Kalama's Quartet Sassy Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934 Amazon
7Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians Heat Wave Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
8Sol Ho'opi'i I Like You With My Little Ukulele in My Hand Amazon
9King Nawahi's Hawaiians Under a Texas Moon Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Madame Riviere's Hawaiians Ellis March With My Little Ukulele in My Hand Amazon
11Buster Martin Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 10] Amazon
12Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians Bob & Jim by The Waters of Minetonka Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
13Jim & Bob The Song of the Range Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Amazon
14Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys I Won't Stand in Your Way Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
15Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons Singing Strings Of Steel The Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds Amazon
16Lone Star Playboys Steel Guitar Bounce The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 Amazon
17Albert Lee Rainbows All Over Your Blues The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons Amazon
18Howard White Steel Guitar Swallow Western Swing And Steel Instrumental Amazon
19Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar For Pete's Sake [Instrumental] For Pete's Sake [Gusto] Amazon
20Pete Drake Pedal Jumpin' Stars Of The Steel Guitar Amazon
21Speedy West Stainless Steel Steel Guitar Amazon
22Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys Hot Steel Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
23Jerry Byrd Hilo Steel Guitar Stars Of The Steel Guitar Amazon
24Bob Wills Texas Playboy Rag Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
25Doc Watson Steel Guitar Rag Memories Amazon
26Bobby Lee Steel Guitar Rag Quasar Steel Guitar Amazon
27Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Journey To The Beginning – A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds Amazon
28Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman Hawaiian Cowboy Four Hands Sweet & Hot Amazon
29Bob Brozman Dinah Devil's Slide Amazon
30Bob Brozman Just As Well To Let Her Go A Truckload of Blues Amazon
31Bob Brozman Let's Get It Stomp A Truckload of Blues Amazon
32Spade Cooley Spadella Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
33Sonny Treadway Don't Let The Devil Ride Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
34Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians Saint Louis Blues Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon

Leon Redbone Tribute

“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing  with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Leon Redbone If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Double Time Amazon
2Merle Travis If We Never Meet Again Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
3Emmett Miller I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
4Red Nichols & His Five Pennies The Sheik Of Araby Saints Ramble & Sensation Amazon
5Laurel and Hardy Shine on Harvest Moon The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
6Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] Amazon
7Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Sugar Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05] Amazon
8Hoagy Carmichael Lazybones Sometimes I Wonder…. Amazon
9Hoagy Carmichael Lazy River Sometimes I Wonder…. Amazon
10Lonnie Johnson He's A Jelly-Roll Baker Tomorrow Night Amazon
11Peetie Wheatstraw Shake That Thing ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48 Amazon
12Dave Van Ronk Shake That Thing Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers Amazon
13Elvis Presley You're A Heartbreaker Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1) Amazon
14Julia Lee Breeze Kansas City Star [Disc 3] Amazon
15Cowboy Copas Breeze 1954-1958 Amazon
16Leon Redbone Breeze Sugar Amazon
17Rex Griffin Sweet Mama Hurry Home 1935-1936 (Warped 3520) Amazon
18Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy Bouquet Of Roses Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville Amazon
19Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special Amazon
20Emmett Miller Lovesick Blues American Yodeling Amazon
21Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
22Leon Redbone Diddy Wa Diddie Double Time Amazon
23Shirley Temple Polly Wolly Doodle America's Sweetheart Amazon
24Boswell Sisters When I Take My Sugar to Tea Boswell Sisters Amazon
25Paul Specht Sweet Lorraine Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930 Amazon
26Ruth Etting Shine on, Harvest Moon Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen Amazon
27Joe Keawe My Little Grass Shack Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I Amazon
28Leon Redbone My Little Grass Shack Whistling In The Wind Amazon
29Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel Baby It's Cold Outside Unknown Amazon
30Al Jolson Pretty Baby The Very Best Of Al Jolson Amazon
31Leon Redbone Pretty Baby Sugar Amazon
32Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Amazon
33Leon Redbone Lulu's Back In Town On The Track Amazon

That’s The Way The World Goes ‘Round

Friday morning fresh from the archives. We’ve got the classics today with a free form mix of vintage sounds from siblings The Mills Brothers and The Boswell Sisters as well as some folk, jubilee, soul, and rhythm from Sugar Pie De Santo, Andy Griffith, The New Christy Minstrels, and The Manhattan Transfer. If that’s not enough, we’ll share some Killer, Albert Ammons, and Creedence. You cannot go wrong on a Thursday evening…. particularly when we get cooking with a track from Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, and Angela Strehli in tribute to Sister Rosetta. Join Dave Stroud on Sonoma County Community Radio…88.1 FM, streaming at kwtf.net/live.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
2Jerry Lee Lewis Just a Little Bit Southern Roots Amazon
3The Four Blazes Mary Jo Mary Jo Amazon
4Fats Domino Lady Madonna Fats Is Back Amazon
5Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Rocks Amazon
6The Isley Brothers Shout, Pts. 1-2 Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
7The Isley Brothers Twist And Shout Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3 Amazon
8Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli & Tracy Nelson Shout, Sister, Shout! Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
9Louis Armstrong Going To Shout All Over God's Heaven Louis And The Good Book Amazon
10Andy Griffith Careless Love Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs Amazon
11Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra Georgia On My Mind Paper Moon Amazon
12The New Christy Minstrels Wagoner's Song (Land of the Sacramento) Ramblin' Amazon
13Rudy Vallee Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries Vagabond Lover Amazon
14The Boswell Sisters Got The South In My Soul The Boswell Sisters Collection Amazon
15The Mills Brothers Swing Is The Thing Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
16Kermit Ruffins When It's Sleepy Time Down South We Partyin' Traditional Style Amazon
17Creedence Clearwater Revival Lodi Green River Amazon
18Quicksilver Messenger Service Dino's Song The Best Of Quicksilver Messenger Service Amazon
19The Manhattan Transfer Tuxedo Junction Anthology – Down In Birdland (Disc 2) Amazon
20Videos Trickle Trickle Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
21Chuck Willis Sugar Sugar I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
22Chuck Willis Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
23Sugar Pie DeSanto A Little Taste of Soul A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962) Amazon
24Big Daddy Wilson I Got Plenty Deep in My Soul Amazon
25Benny Spellman Fortune Teller The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6] Amazon
26King Floyd Groove Me In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1 Amazon
27Eric Clapton I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) [feat. Don White] The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale Amazon
28Benny Goodman Trio Oh, Lady Be Good After You've Gone:The Original Benny Goodman Trio And Quartet Amazon
29Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders Sunnyside Up Paper Moon Amazon
30Buck Owens Big in Vegas The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3 Amazon
31Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys Pizza Pie Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
32Dean Martin/Orchestra That's Amore That's Amore: The Best of Dean Martin Amazon

Diddy Wah Diddy

This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Taj Mahal Diddy Wah Diddy Maestro Amazon
2Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket) Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2 Amazon
3Hank Williams My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 Amazon
4Hank Williams I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19) Amazon
5Johnny Cash The Night Hank Williams Came To Town Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home Amazon
6Leon Russell Love's Gonna Live Here Legend in My Time – Hank Wilson Vol. III Amazon
7Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Jones On the Jukebox Set Two Amazon
8George Jones I Always Get Lucky With You With Mark Knopfler Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets Amazon
9Porter Wagoner Highway Headin' South The Essential Porter Wagoner Amazon
10Red Saunders & His Orchestra Hambone OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
11Lillian Briggs Can't Stop Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
12Big Maybelle Rock House Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
13Clyde McPhatter Just to Hold My Hand Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1 Amazon
14Ivory Joe Hunter It's A Sin Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951) Amazon
15Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
16The Ink Spots Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) Greatest Hits Amazon
17The Dubs Could This Be Magic The Roots Of Frank Zappa Amazon
18The Cadillacs Gloria The Cadillacs Meet The Orioles Amazon
19Pee Wee King Slow Poke Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 3 Amazon
20Rusty Draper The Shifting Whispering Sands Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
21Floyd Tillman This Cold War With You The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17 Amazon
22Foy Willing Texas Blues History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9 Amazon
23Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) X's From Down In Texas – 1958 Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58 Amazon
24The Light Crust Doughboys Stay Out Of The South 1936-1941 Amazon
25Bobby Bare They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
26Eilen Jewell Whispering Sea Butcher Holler Amazon
27Cookie & His Cupcakes Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
28Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays Deacon's Hop Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
29Little Esther & the Dominoes The Deacon Moves In Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
30Bull Moose Jackson Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well Badman Jackson Thats Me Amazon
31Jimmy Durante Little Bit This, Little Bit That The Great Schnozzle Amazon
32Annette Hanshaw I Want To Be Bad Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
33Ozzie & Harriet Nelson I Want the Waiter with the Water The Nelson Touch Amazon
34Taj Mahal Take a Giant Step In Progress and In Motion (1965-1998) (3 of 3) Amazon

100 Years Ago

We’re taking this ‘Century of America’s Music’ theme quite serious this week. The tracks we’ll be playing are from the the first few decades of the 20th Century.  Parlor music had lost its attraction by the turn of the century in favor of minstrel, vaudeville, and the emergence of Tin Pan Alley.  Ragtime and jazz would evolve in an organic manner and blues would inform much of the jazz and band music that would become popular with the advent of the Victrola. Music today includes tracks from Vernon Dahlart, Billy Murray, Frank Crumit, and Ben Selvin & His Orchestra as we find the music of the teens and early 20s on a show that keeps our tagline strong. Tune in for this celebration of American popular music in its infancy.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1W.C. Handy Livery Stable Blues Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
2Burt Williams Nobody Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
3Felix Arndt Desecration Rag The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon
4Paramount Symphony Orchestra Made In America (Pm 2008, 60-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
5Harry McClaskey Your Country And My Country (Pm 2011, 2011-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
6Arthur Fields Good Morning, Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip (Pm 2052, 2052-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
7Whit Cunliffe Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser! Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure Amazon
8Original Dixieland Jazz Band Tiger Rag 78s Amazon
9Billy Murray The Little Old Ford Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure Amazon
10Edith Day, Rosario Bourdon Alice Blue Gown Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon
11Paul Whiteman Whispering Greatest Hits Amazon
12Billy Murray I'll See You In C-U-B-A Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1 Amazon
13Ben Selvin & His Orchestra Dardanella Dardanella Amazon
14Ben Selvin & His Orchestra I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Dardanella Amazon
15Al Jolson Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night (1916) Columbia-1976 Amazon
16Al Jolson Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land (World War I Song) (1918) Columbia-2542 (77753) Amazon
17Vernon Dalhart Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline? Puttin on the Style Amazon
18Fisk Jubilee Singers O Mary Don't You Weep Don't You Mourn Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920 Amazon
19Fisk Jubilee Singers Shout All Over God's Heaven Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920 Amazon
20Van Eps Trio Ragging The Scale (Pm 2050, 87R-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
21Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag Amazon
22Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band Indianola (Those Draftin' Blues) Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag Amazon
23Pale K. Lua The Rosary …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
24Frank Crumit I'm a Lonesome Little Rain Drop (1920) Columbia-3332 (79460) Amazon
25Louise, Ferera and Rose Aloha Land (Pm 30060, 245-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
26Helen Louise & Frank Derera's Hawaiians Kai Maia O ka Maoli With My Little Ukulele in My Hand Amazon
27Helen Louise & Palakiko Ferreira – Moana Lua Hawaiian Hula Medley Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records Amazon
28Ford's Hawaiian Orchestra Kahola March Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records Amazon
29Al Jolson Swanee Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
30Bert Williams Moon Shines On The Moonshine, The A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1 Amazon
31Mamie Smith Crazy Blues American Roots Music [Disc 2] Amazon

Early Female Pop Vocals

Here’s to the pioneering pop mavens. Don’t think we won’t draw a little bit outside the lines as well in this show, bringing in flappers, jazz, and novelty sounds. The groups and solo acts are thoroughly represented with the likes of Marion Harris, Ruth Etting, Billie Holiday, Kate Smith, and The Andrews Sisters. We’ll go a little bit further and bring you songs to uplift in hard times, ring with a bit of jingoism in war time, and celebrate the good times in every way possible. West County radio will get a good dose of the best of the early and mid-century popular music…all from the ladies.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Boswell Sisters Heebie Jeebies, #1 The Boswell Sisters Collection Amazon
2Marion Harris There'll Be Some Changes Made Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1 Amazon
3Helen Kane, Leonard Joy I Wanna Be Loved By You Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon
4Lee Morse If You Want the Rainbow The First Torch Singers, the Twenties Amazon
5Lee Morse If I Can't Have You The First Torch Singers, the Twenties Amazon
6Annette Hanshaw I Want To Be Bad Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
7Annette Hanshaw I Get The Blues When It Rains The Girl Next Door Amazon
8Ethel Shutta With George Olsen & His Music I'm On A Diet Of Love The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
9Ruth Etting My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now Love Me or Leave Me CD1 Amazon
10Ruth Etting Ten Cents a Dance The Boop Boop a Doop Girls Amazon
11Vaughn De Leath Ukulele Lady With My Little Ukulele In My Hand (Disc 4 Of 4) Amazon
12Vaughn De Leath Banana Oil The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
13Marion Harris Spring Is Here Again The Big Broadcast vol. 6 Amazon
14Boswell Sisters Put That Sun Back In the Sky Boswell Sisters Amazon
15The Boswell Sisters Shuffle Off To Buffalo The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
16Kate Smith Twenty Million People Emergence Of A Legend Amazon
17Kate Smith Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen Emergence Of A Legend Amazon
18Josephine Baker Confessing 1926-1932 Amazon
19Billie Holiday My Last Affair Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2 Amazon
20Billie Holiday I Wished On The Moon Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses Amazon
21Billie Holiday What A Little Moonlight Can Do Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses Amazon
22Ella Fitzgerald Hallelujah! Cryin' Mood Amazon
23Chick Webb & His Orchestra A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2] Amazon
24Helen Forrest Two Blind Loves Harold Arlen Writes the Songs Amazon
25The Andrews Sisters Rhumboogie Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2] Amazon
26The Andrews Sisters East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4] Amazon
27Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version] Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2] Amazon
28Dinning Sisters Beg Your Pardon Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1] Amazon
29Dinning Sisters Oh Monah Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1] Amazon
30The McGuire Sisters Sugartime The McGuire Sisters Greatest Hits Amazon
31Helen Kane Button Up Your Overcoat The Boop Boop a Doop Girls Amazon

Free Form – Roll Like a Big Wheel

We mix it up once again. Nothing like ending the week on a high note, a low note, and just the right mix of jazz, pop, rock, country, bluegrass, and R&B. You know it won’t stop there because if it’s one thing we do well is find all that is good in between the boards. Join Dave Stroud for music featuring tracks from The Boswell Sisters, Red Foley, Julia Lee, The Prisonaires, Mose Allison, and John Prine. Friday mornings in West County … where we kick off the weekend on the stream our hearts out!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Joan Osborne Roll Like A Big Wheel Bring It On Home Amazon
2The Mills Brothers Cherry (L. Armstrong) The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3) Amazon
3Les Paul & The Andrews Sisters Rumors Are Flying (Single Version) Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] Amazon
4Louis Jordan Hungry Man Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
5Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra Shout, Brother, Shout – (featuring The Five Tones) Not So Quiet Please Amazon
6The Prisonaires Just Walking in the Rain Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
7Mose Allison Lost Mind Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
8Dinah Washington Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? Verve Unmixed Amazon
9Julia Lee When Jennie Does That Lowdown Dance Kansas City Star [Disc 5] Amazon
10Nellie Lutcher Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Guy Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 4] Amazon
11Boswell Sisters Put That Sun Back In the Sky Boswell Sisters Amazon
12Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters I Want To Be With You Always Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
13The Andrews Sisters Pistol Packin' Mama Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 1] Amazon
14Junior Brown Where Has All the Money Gone? Down Home Chrome Amazon
15Merle Haggard Mama Tried The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
16Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Down In Mexico Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
17Santiago Jimenez Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
18Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
19Levon Helm Tennessee Jed Electric Dirt Amazon
20Grateful Dead Dire Wolf Workingman's Dead Amazon
21Graham Parker Sugaree Your Country Amazon
22Jim Lauderdale The Night The Moon Fell Down Carolina Moonshine Amazon
23Jimmy Martin 20/20 Vision Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
24Hank Williams Cold, Cold Heart 24 Greatest Amazon
25John Prine Summers End The Tree of Forgiveness Amazon
26Billie Holiday Gloomy Sunday Ken Burns Jazz Amazon
27Lula Reed I'll Drown In My Own Tears The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
28Effie Smith Water, Water The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
29Mildred Jones Mr. Thrill Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett Amazon
30T-Bone Walker Cold Cold Feeling Electric Blues – Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 Amazon
31Jo Stafford Shrimp Boats Your Hit Parade – 1951 Amazon
32Louis Armstrong The Music Goes Round And Around [Single Version] Rhythm Saved The World Amazon

Free Form – Old Records

Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Irma Thomas Old Records If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
2Lewis Bronzeville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
3Leon Redbone Sweet Lorraine Any Time Amazon
4Los Lobos Goodnight My Love El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4) Amazon
5The Treniers Good Rockin' Tonight They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Amazon
6The Larks Rockin' in the Rocket Room Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
7The Swallows Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
8Irma Thomas Girl Needs Boy Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
9Norah Jones How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
10Arthur Alexander Every Day I Have to Cry Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter Amazon
11Arthur Alexander Anna The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson Texas Bop The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
13The Mavericks Hey Tonight (Bonus) Quiero Creedence Amazon
14The Texas Tornados Little Bit Is Better Than Nada 4 Aces Amazon
15Don Santiago Jimenez Sr Ay Te Deja San Antonio Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Linda Ronstadt El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull) Mas Canciones Amazon
17Dwight Yoakam This Time This Time Amazon
18Lefty Frizzell Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More) Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk Amazon
19Charlie Walker Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk Amazon
20Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys What It Means To Be Blue Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2 Amazon
21Felix Arndt Desecration Rag The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon
22The Sunshine Boys It's Unanimous 1929-1931 – The Complete Set Amazon
23Ted Weems & His Orchestra From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928) Amazon
24Danny Kaye Civilization Danny Kaye The Best of Amazon
25Tampa Red Shake It Up a Little The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936) Amazon
26Louis Armstrong & All His Stars The Younger Generation When you're smiling Amazon
27Louis Armstrong A Kiss To Build A Dream On Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong – Demo Amazon
28Bob Dylan The Love That Faded The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
29Charlie Louvin Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham) Charlie Louvin Amazon
30Vince Gill Randall Knife This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2 Amazon
31Modern Hicks Wings Of A Dove Tornado Alley Amazon
32Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon

A Dreamer’s Holiday

Sit back and relax. Today’s Deeper Roots takes on a quieter mood with easy and sweet pop melodies from the past century. Dreamy classics from the American Songbook featuring the likes of Ray Charles, Leon Redbone, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, The Pied Pipers, and many more. From the 1930s to the 2010s, this week’s show contains the polish of moonlight, the wisp of clouds against a blue sky, and a trip to the Isle of Golden Dreams. Something to ponder…a dream or two…adrift like smoke rings in low light. All for our West County fans on Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Leon Redbone A Dreamer's Holiday Up A Lazy River Amazon
2Solitaire Miles Darn That Dream Melancholy Lullaby Amazon
3Mama Cass Dream A Little Dream Of Me Dream A Little Dream Of Me Amazon
4The Pied Pipers Dream It's Been A Long, Long Time – Music Of The War Years Vol 3 Amazon
5Roy Orbison Dream You've Got Mail Amazon
6The Prisonaires Dreaming Of You The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain Amazon
7Sam Cooke Smoke Rings The Rhythm And The Blues Amazon
8Little Jimmy Scott Street of Dreams Glengarry Glen Ross Amazon
9Dr. John Blue Skies Afterglow Amazon
10Bill Frisell & Petra Haden I've Got A Crush On You Petra Haden And Bill Frisell Amazon
11k.d. lang Skylark Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Amazon
12Les Paul & Mary Ford Drifting and Dreaming Lovers' Luau Amazon
13Peggy Lee Is That All There Is? The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1 Amazon
14Patti Page Old Cape Cod Your Hit Parade – 1957 Amazon
15Ray Charles Moonlight In Vermont Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
16Roy Orbison In Dreams The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 4] Amazon
17Neil Young Dreamin' Man Harvest Moon Amazon
18Willie Nelson A Dreamer's Holiday Without a Song Amazon
19Keely Smith You Go to My Head The Essential Capitol Collection Amazon
20Frank Sinatra September Song The Reprise Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
21Dean Martin Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song Amazon
22Dean Martin Hit The Road To Dreamland Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song Amazon
23The Ink Spots Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat Greatest Hits Amazon
24Leon Redbone If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Double Time Amazon
25Les Paul My Isle Of Golden Dreams Les Paul: Guitar Wizard Amazon
26Waylon Jennings Dreaming My Dreams With You Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2 Amazon
27Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
28Nat King Cole Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole [Disc 2] Amazon
29Alden Howard/Dick Hyman I'll See You in My Dreams Sweet and Lowdown Amazon
30Tony Bennett I Wanna Be Around Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Amazon