Category Archives: American Popular

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

Lonely Avenue

Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Booker T. & The MG's Lonely Avenue Green Onions Amazon
2Ray Charles Lonely Avenue Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2] Amazon
3Mel Walker Feelin' Mighty Lonesome Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
4Johnny Ace So Lonely Memorial Album Amazon
5Smiley Turner Lonely Boy Blues Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1 Amazon
6Julia Lee Have You Ever Been Lonely Kansas City Star [Disc 2] Amazon
7Irma Thomas Woman Left Lonely My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn Amazon
8Maxine Sullivan Kind'a Lonesome Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1] Amazon
9T-Bone Walker Blue Mood Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years Amazon
10Shakey Jake Gimme A Smile The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days Amazon
11The Holmes Brothers I'm So Lonely Simple Truths Amazon
12Joe Liggins Blues For Tanya Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
13Sam Cooke Lonely Island The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4) Amazon
14Eddie Burns Lonely Man Plea Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
15James Winfield Lonely, Lonely, Nights Lonely Lonely Nights Amazon
16Champion Jack Dupree Lonely Road Blues Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
17Chris Kenner I'm Lonely, Take Me Land of 1000 Dances Amazon
18Earl King Those Lonely Lonely Nights Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
19Eddie Boyd Got Lonesome Here Third Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58) Amazon
20Johnny Bragg Hurt & Lonely The Johnny Bragg Story Amazon
21Violet Hall (All Alone) I Sit And Cry The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Fats Domino I'm Alone Because I Love You Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 8 Amazon
23Clarence "Frogman" Henry Lonely Street Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
24Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon
25Lowell Fulson Everyday I Have The Blues Trying to Find My Baby Amazon
26Smiley Lewis Lonesome Highway ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 Amazon
27Nappy Brown I'm Getting Lonesome Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's Amazon
28Little Richard Lonesome And Blue The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
29Ray Charles & Betty Carter Alone Together Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You Amazon
30Ella Fitzgerald I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41 Amazon
31Lillie Mae Kirkman Lonesome Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949) Amazon
32Julia Lee Back Street (06-13-47) 1947 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

Songs About Morning

Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Joe Turner Morning, Noon And Night Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
2Billie Holiday Good Morning Heartache Ken Burns Jazz Amazon
3Blossom Dearie A Fine Spring Morning Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered) Amazon
4Louis Jordan Early In The Morning Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
5Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning? Make Love With Amazon
6Doris Day I Got The Sun In The Morning Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
7Gillian Welch One Morning Hell Among the Yearlings Amazon
8Gram Parsons We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning G.P. / Grievous Angel Amazon
9Bob Dylan Meet Me in the Morning Blood on the Tracks Amazon
10Jesse Colin Young Morning Sun Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 Amazon
11Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Greatest Hits Amazon
12Irma Thomas Early In The Morning Simply Grand Amazon
13Joan Baez One Too Many Mornings Baez Sings Dylan Amazon
14Joni Mitchell Chelsea Morning Hits Amazon
15David Bromberg I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning The Player: A Retrospective Amazon
16The South Street Trio Cold Morning Shout Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2) Amazon
17Lead Belly Good Morning Blues Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2 Amazon
18K.C. Douglas Woke Up This Morning Mercury Blues Amazon
19Julius Daniels Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll Amazon
20Mississippi Fred McDowell Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus The First Recordings Amazon
21Rev. Anderson Johnson Death in the Morning Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3] Amazon
22Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2 Amazon
23Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood Some Velvet Morning Nancy & Lee Amazon
24Margaret Whiting Good Morning Mister Echo Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting Amazon
25John Hartford Morning Bugle Morning Bugle Amazon
26Hank Snow Colorado Country Morning I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2] Amazon
27Grandpa Jones It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake) Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 Amazon
28Shorty Long Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Billy Fair Boogie In The Morning Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders! Amazon
30Muddy Waters Good Morning School Girl Folk Singer 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

Jazz Guitar Redux

Jazz guitar masters take center stage on a February Friday in Sonoma County on community radio. Join Dave Stroud as he revisits some of the great jazz guitar performances including tracks from Charlie Christian, Eddie Lang, Teddy Bunn, and Kenny Burrell. This week’s two hour show will also include some country and rock favorites whose guitar work stands alongside the great influential performers of the day….Les Paul, Chet Atkins, and Hank Garland among them.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli Jeepers Creepers Swing 39 Amazon
2Carl Kress Jazz in G Presenting& The Great Guitarists Amazon
3Stiphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
4Teddy Bunn I've Got The World on A String Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar) Amazon
5Charlie Christian Solo Flight Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution Amazon
6Gaillard, Slim Quartette Tee Say Malee Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3] Amazon
7Slim Gaillard Blue Heaven ABC Of The Blues Vol 12 Amazon
8Eddie Lang Add A Little Wiggle Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35 Amazon
9Eddie Lang Eddie's Twister Jazz Guitar Virtuoso Amazon
10John Trueheart Lonesome Moments Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar) Amazon
11Dick Bernstein Ramble HIttin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar) Amazon
12Les Paul & Mary Ford Jazz Me Blues Les Paul: Guitar Wizard Amazon
13Chet Atkins Mountain Melody 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
14Chet Atkins, George Barnes, Henry Haynes, Kenneth Burns, Charles R. Grean, Irving Goldberg, Bob Davis I'll See You In My Dreams Jazz from the Hills Amazon
15George Barnes Little Rock Getaway 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
16Oscar Aleman Bye Bye Blues Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1] Amazon
17Tal Farlow Yardbird Suite 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
18Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang Guitar Blues 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
19Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown On Green Dolphin Street 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
20Joe Pass Night and Day 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
21George Benson with Jack Mc Duff Easy Living George Benson & Jack McDuff Amazon
22Kenny Burrell Chitlins Con Carne Midnight Blue Amazon
23Jim Hall Autumn Leaves Hallmarks: The Best Of Jim Hall (1971-2000) Amazon
24Pat Martino Road Song Footprints Amazon
25Wes Montgomery The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Willow Weep For Me Amazon
26Hank Garland Some of These Day Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland Amazon
27Grant Green Jean De Fleur Idle Moments Amazon

Elvis’ Roots

The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Mama Thornton Hound Dog Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
2Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys Blue Moon Of Kentucky Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon
3Ernest Tubb I Love You Because The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2) Amazon
4Gene Austin Love Letters In The Sand A Time To Relax Amazon
5Eddy Arnold It's a Sin Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 Amazon
6Red Foley Old Shep Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon
7The Lone Star Cowboys Just Because East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) Amazon
8The Carter Family I'm Working On A Building The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5] Amazon
9Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir Working On The Building Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
10Kokomo Arnold Milk Cow Blues Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
11Arthur Gunter Baby Let's Play House The Best Of Excello Records Amazon
12Jimmy Reed Big Boss Man The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Amazon
13Jimmy Reed Baby What You Want Me To Do The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Amazon
14Arthur Big Boy Crudup So Glad You're Mine Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47) Amazon
15Arthur Big Boy Crudup So Glad You're Mine Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47) Amazon
16Little Junior Parker Mystery Train Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
17Little Richard Long Tall Sally Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
18Chuck Berry Promised Land The Chess Box Disc 2 Amazon
19Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
20The Eagles Trying To Get To You Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1] Amazon
21Smiley Lewis One Night I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
22Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters Money Honey Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four Amazon
23Roy Brown Good Rockin' Tonight Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers Amazon
24Ivory Joe Hunter I Need You So The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950 Amazon
25Billy Bunn & His Buddies That's When Your Heartaches Begin Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53 Amazon
26Charlie Blackwell The Girl of My Best Friend Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1) Amazon
27Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle & Roll Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
28Sister Rosetta Tharpe I Believe Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
29The 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
30Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers Peace In The Valley The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
31Mahalia Jackson How Great Thou Art Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1] Amazon
32Sister Rosetta Tharpe Precious Memories Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
33Joe Dowell Wooden Heart Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961 Amazon
34Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra Blue Moon Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon

Free Form – January 2018

We open 2018 with a mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans piano, gospel, and country… nothing that you would not expect from the show. Here’s hoping to something much better from all of us…as a democracy and a society. While the 1 percent have fooled the desperate we’ll be spending time with the passions of Ivie Anderson, Ray Charles, Madeline Bell, Doug Sahm, and Sam Cooke to keep our hearts, minds, and eyes on the prize. Join Dave Stroud for a free form exploration of American roots music every other Friday morning at 9am on KOWS and weekly (Friday evenings at 9) on KWTF.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Blossom Dearie Everything I've Got Got Nothing But Song Amazon
2Professor Longhair Mean Old World Fess: The Professor Longhair A Amazon
3Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers Mean Old World The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
4Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist Free At Las' 2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music Amazon
5Anthony Butler Judgement's Coming Soon Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
6Cowboy Junkies Jesus Is Coming Soon God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
7Madeline Bell Can't Get Used To Losing You Bell's A Poppin' Amazon
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16Ivie Anderson Oh Babe! Maybe Someday An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
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18Ray Charles & Willie Nelson Seven Spanish Angels The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4] Amazon
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20Asleep at the Wheel Dance With Who Brung You The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970 Amazon
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26Lee Dorsey Work, Work, Work The Ep Collection…Plus Amazon
27Bo Diddley You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover The Chess Box Amazon
28Magic Sam Feels So Good (I Wanna Boogie) Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics Amazon
29Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' Blues From Hell Amazon
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