Category Archives: Country Blues

J.J. Cale Tribute

When J.J. Cale’s first album came on the scene in 1972, it exuded something different…some kind of “timeless cool” with it’s imposing John Bunyan raccoon album cover and understated country sound setting it apart from everything else out there. Not psychedelia, not rock exactly, and certainly not the LA sound that was hip at the time. It was, as it has since been coined, the “Tulsa sound”. Many have covered John Weldon Cale’s music and many have become rock standards while others languish only to be rediscovered year after year by new listeners who hear that “timeless cool” and those breezy treasures he left us. We’ll feature a number of covers today, as well as his own originals in a show that will take you down a river whose currents are slow but determined.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1J.J. Cale Call The Doctor Naturally Amazon
2Eric Clapton Call Me the Breeze The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale Amazon
3Case Garrett Call Me The Breeze Aurora Amazon
4Marc Cohn After Midnight Listening Booth: 1970 Amazon
5Waylon Jennings Clyde Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2 Amazon
6The Band Crazy Mama High On The Hog Amazon
7Maria Muldaur Cajun Moon Louisiana Love Call Amazon
8J.J. Cale Hey Baby The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
9Widespread Panic Travelin' Light Choice Cuts: The Capricorn Years 1991-1999 Amazon
10Eric Clapton Travelin' Light Reptile Amazon
11Eric Clapton/J.J. Cale Don't Cry Sister The Road to Escondido Amazon
12John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Sensitive Kind A Sense of Place Amazon
13Chris Smither Magnolia Happier Blue Amazon
14Shannon McNally Magnolia Magnolia – Single Amazon
15Tony Joe White Louvelda (feat. J.J. Cale) Collected [CD3] Amazon
16J.J. Cale Rock and Roll Records Okie Amazon
17Eric Clapton After Midnight The Cream of Clapton Amazon
18J.J. Cale Anyway the Wind Blows Okie Amazon
19Kansas Bringing It Back Kansas Amazon
20Eric Clapton/J.J. Cale Danger The Road to Escondido Amazon
21Shannon McNally Low Rider Black Irish Amazon
22J.J. Cale Roll On Roll On Amazon
23Eric Clapton/J.J. Cale Heads in Georgia The Road to Escondido Amazon
24The Tractors The Tractors-Rhythm Bone Trade Union Amazon
25Eric Clapton Magnolia (feat. John Mayer) The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale Amazon

In Honor Of Mississippi John Hurt

There was some devastating new this past week…nothing new; and certainly, it seems, not in Mississippi. The Mississippi John Hurt Museum, a small sanctuary of tribute located on the Mississippi Blues Trail, burned down last week. While authorities in Carroll County try to determine the cause, we mourn the loss of John Hurt’s home, a small house that had just been given landmark status on the national historical registry just hours before. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he combines notes from a 2018 tribute to Mississippi John Hurt with some of the news of the day and keep with the sounds of his contemporaries (of which there are few), Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Chris Smither and Rory Block. All paying tribute with songs of Avalon, Creole Belle, Spike Driver Blues, and Mermaids.  Tune in on Radio Rethink radio or KOWSFM.COM.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bruce Cockburn Avalon, My Home Town Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
2Jesse Colin Young Creole Belle Together Amazon
3John Oates Spike Driver Blues Arkansas Amazon
4Doc & Merle Watson Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) Live & Pickin' Amazon
5Taj Mahal Frankie And Albert The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
6Dave Van Ronk Spike Driver Blues Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
7Rhiannon Giddens The Angels Laid Him Away Freedom Highway Amazon
8David Johansen Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Shaker Amazon
9JL Stiles Trouble I Had All My Days Solo Sessions Amazon
10Bill Morrissey Avalon Blues The Essential Collection Amazon
11Mississippi John Hurt Farther Along Deadwood Amazon
12Mississippi John Hurt Spider, Spider The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
13Bettye LaVette Nobody's Dirty Business American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
14Dave Alvin With Dean Schlabowske Louis Collins The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
15Rory Block Candy Man Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
16R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
17Beck Stagolee Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
18Doc Watson My Creole Belle Songs From Home Amazon
19Doc & Merle Watson Stack O'lee Ballads From Deep Gap Amazon
20Mississippi John Hurt Chicken Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
21Mark Selby Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
22Mississippi John Hurt Richland Woman Blues Immortal Amazon
23Taj Mahal Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too The Essential Taj Mahal Amazon
24Mississippi John Hurt Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Discovery:The Rebirth Of Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
25John Fahey Requiem for John Hurt Essential John Fahey Amazon

Goin’ Home

Our theme of ‘returning home’ explores not just the physical place but also a reflection of our identities, memories, and the tension between the past and the present. Returning to one’s roots is often fraught with challenges and our understanding of home is deeply intertwined with our personal growth and the changing world around us. This week we’ll be pouring through memories and nostalgia to try to find the meaning of home. Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again” introduces characters who yearn for their pasts and the comforts of home, but the reality often falls short of their memories and would serve as a guidepost for our theme today. We’ll share gospel from the Gospel Hummingbirds, classic Americana from John Prine, country tradition from Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, and the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Big Maybelle, and Bruce Springsteen. We’re heading down that road to home in today’s show.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine My Darlin' Hometown Fair & Square Amazon
2John Fogerty Goin' Back Home Eye Of The Zombie Amazon
3Gospel Hummingbirds I'm Going Home Taking Flight Amazon
4Bill Kirchen Somebody's Going Home Transatlanticana Amazon
5Big Maybelle Going Home Baby The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
6Howlin' Wolf Going Back Home Blues From Hell Amazon
7Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers I Want To Go Home Sunny Road Amazon
8Charles Brown Homesick Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 2] Amazon
9Mickey & Sylvia I'm Going Home The Best of King Curtis (1952-1961) (Disc 2) Amazon
10Mississippi John Hurt Avalon, My Home Town Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
11Jack Guthrie Oklahoma Hills American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
12Woody Guthrie I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
13Hank Williams I'm Going Home Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
14Hazel Dickens West Virginia, My Home Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1] Amazon
15Bruce Springsteen My Oklahoma Home We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
16Maria Muldaur My Tennessee Mountain Home Maria Muldaur Amazon
17John Prine My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
18Jimmy Martin Homesick Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers I'm Ready To Go Home Satan Is Real Amazon
20Dolly Parton Tennessee Homesick Blues I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
21Charlie Rich I Feel Like Going Home The Silver Fox Amazon
22Merle Haggard And The Strangers Sing Me Back Home (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
23Randy Newman Going Home Bad Love Amazon
24The Charioteers & Frank Sinatra I've Got A Home In That Rock Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
25Leon Redbone I'm Going Home Up A Lazy River Amazon
26Bobby Bare Homesick Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
27Merle Haggard And The Strangers Down The Old Road To Home Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
28Steve Earle Hometown Blues Train a Comin' Amazon
29Ricky Skaggs Little Cabin Home On The Hills Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon

Jubilee Theme

It’s theme time on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on Deeper Roots and we’ll take you pretty deep today, exploring songs of jubilation and celebration. Our theme revolves around the term ‘jubilee’ and it’s meaning, at least over the past century. While its etymology is centuries deep, with roots in the Old Testament and the Hebrew word ‘yobhel’ which refers to the ram’s horn which was sounded on the Day of Atonement, there are also the jubilee references to the freeing of slaves well into the 19th century. it speaks to anniversaries, rejoicing, and freedom. We could go much deeper but what better way to celebrate than with music, and there are plenty of Americana examples that tell of jubilees. We’ll hear from country favorites like The Sons of the Pioneers, Tyler Childers, and Joe Maphis alongside early century rhythm jazz and rhythm greats like Dinah Washington, Ivie Anderson, and Benny Goodman in this week’s show. Join us

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Roy Clark Alabama Jubilee Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers Amazon
2Benny Carter Jubilee Program Intro Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
3Benny Carter Jubilee Jump Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
4Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Jubilee The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
5Big Joe Turner Jumpin' At The Jubilee Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
6The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin Jubilee I'll Find A Way Amazon
7Dinah Washington There'll Be a Jubilee (from "In the Land of Hi-Fi") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
8Helen Humes Jubilee He May Be Your Man Amazon
9The Andrews Sisters There'll Be a Jubilee Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
10Ivie Anderson Let's Have a Jubilee Cocktail Hour Amazon
11Mildred Bailey With Benny Goodman & His V-Disc All Stars There'll Be A Jubilee The Women of WW2 [V 4] Amazon
12Ashley Monroe & The Americans Jubilee American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
13Kathy Mattea and Friends Jubilee Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
14Dave Alvin Jubilee Train Romeo's Escape Amazon
15The Blasters Jubilee Train Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
16The Devil Makes Three There'll Be A Jubilee Redemption & Ruin Amazon
17Riders in the Sky Cowboy Jubilee Best of the West Amazon
18Sons of the Pioneers Cowboy Jubilee The Lost Masters Amazon
19Sons of the Pioneers Barnyard Jubilee Songs of the Prairie – CD4 Amazon
20Joe Maphis Nashville Jubilee Country Guitar Thunder Amazon
21The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Hanna Bayou Jubilee Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Elizabeth Mitchell Y Daniel Littleton Jubilee Putumayo Presents American Folk Amazon
23The War and Treaty Jubilee Hearts Town Amazon
24Arkansas Dave Jubilee Arkansas Dave Amazon
25Charlie Parr Jubilee Charlie Parr Amazon
26Tyler Childers Jubilee Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Amazon
27JD McPherson Jubilee Undivided Heart & Soul Amazon
28Carolyn Hester Swing And Turn Jubilee [Album Version] Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music) Amazon
29Jake Xerxes Fussell Jubilee Out of Sight Amazon
30R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Alabama Jubilee Chasin' Rainbows Amazon
31Doc Watson Alabama Jubilee Good Deal! Amazon

Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas

From the cold grey light of dawn to some gospel coverage from Luther Dickinson, George Jones and The Golden Gate Quartet, Deeper Roots this week takes another pull at the thread of tapestry of the past century, once again celebrating America’s music. We’re in fine form, no doubt, because the players this week move from the ‘king of boogie’, John Lee Hooker, to one of the great contemporary songwriters, Iris DeMent. We’ll share a track from her latest album, one that ventures into the dark corners of this country’s recent history with her brilliant eight minute soliloquy “Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas”. We’ll share songs about liars, feeling good, 99 year blues, and that last train to Memphis. Join Dave Stroud for two hours from America’s songbooks, from church to steeple to songs about its people. We’ll be coming to you live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Louis Armstrong Go Down Moses Louis And The Good Book Amazon
2Iris DeMent Goin' Down To Sing In Texas Workin' On A World Amazon
3Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Texas Flood Amazon
4George Jones Take The Devil Out Of Me George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
5The Golden Gate Quartet Let That Liar Alone Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
6Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
7Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples) Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
8Lucinda Williams Hot Blood Sweet Old World Amazon
9Dave Alvin I Feel So Good Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
10Taj Mahal Good Morning Little School Girl Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
11Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 99 Year Blues Penny's Farm Amazon
12Emily Scott Robinson Delta Line Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
13Eric Clapton So Tired Back Home Amazon
14John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back Ft. Van Morrison King Of The Boogie Amazon
15Van Morrison Streamline Train Moving On Skiffle Amazon
16Blues Image Parchman Farm Open Amazon
17Mose Allison The Seventh Son Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
18Little Feat Two Trains Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
19The Band Last Train To Memphis Jubilation Amazon
20Dr. John The Night Tripper Mama Roux The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
21Shirley & Lee Feel So Good The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
22Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
23Slim Harpo Baby Scratch My Back The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
24Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
25Lee Ann Womack Take The Devil Out Of Me The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone Amazon

O Brother Revisited

Roots music found commercial success in 2000 with the release of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, a finely crafted but outrageous tale of Depression-era America with fantastical imagery of hair wax, baptisms, and chain gangs woven into a tapestry built from Homer’s Odyssey. The music, assembled by T-Bone Burnett, was a major component of the film and recorded before the film even began with Burnett working with the Coen brothers while the script was in its working phases. It would become an effort that elevated a genre at the turn of the century called Americana. This week’s show will share some of the period-specific music that helped to propel the notion that blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and gospel could be used to put that time and a ghostly familiar culture into focus. We’ll use O Brother’s musical sensibilities to take us somewhere quite familiar (and at the same time quite terrifying) as we pay homage with Americana roots, featuring sounds from The Carters, Jesse Fuller, Dan Tyminski, Jimmie Rodgers, W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys, among others.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Estil C. Ball Lonesome Valley Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
2The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash Lonesome Valley Keep On The Sunny Side Amazon
3Harry McClintock Big Rock Candy Mountain O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
4Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra You Are My Sunshine Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon
5Alison Krauss Down To The River To Pray A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection Amazon
6Peasall Sisters Fair and Tender Ladies Home to You Amazon
7Roberta Martin Singers The Old Ship of Zion Halleluja Gospel & Prayers Amazon
8The Stanley Brothers A Life Of Sorrow Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys Amazon
9Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom Boys Man of Constant Sorrow O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
10W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
11Country Gentlemen I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) 1963 (Warped 6305) Amazon
12The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys Clinch Mountain Backstep Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3] Amazon
13The Whites Keep on the Sunny Side O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
14Chuck Wagon Gang I'll Fly Away 1941-1948 (Warped 4128) Amazon
15Hannah Peasall/Leah Peasall/Sarah Peasall/The Peasall Sisters In the Highways O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
16Ralph Stanley Oh, Death (Featuring Gillian Welch) Clinch Mountain Sweethearts Amazon
17Jesse Fuller Amazing Grace 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
18The Statler Brothers Statler Brothers – Amazing Grace Bless This House [Disc 3] Amazon
19The Stanley Brothers Angel Band O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
20Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 2] Amazon
21Doc Watson In the Jailhouse Now Memories Amazon
22Robert Johnson They're Red Hot ABC Of The Blues Vol 18 Amazon
23Lefty Frizzell My Rough And Rowdy Ways Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers Amazon
24Jimmie Rodgers Frankie And Johnnie Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2] Amazon
25Peerless Four Trouble in My Way Southern Journey Vol 8 (Velvet Voices: Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music) Amazon
26Chuck Wagon Gang/Jack Greene Family Bible 70th Anniversary Amazon
27J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers Goin' Down To The River Of Jordan Take Me To The Water Amazon
28The Carter Family River Of Jordan Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
29W. Lee O'Daniel O'Daniel radio show sign off Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
30The Carter Family Can The Circle Be Unbroken Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
31John Hartford Indian War Whoop [Instrumental] O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon

Soothe Me

We’re digging into the archives. Deep down into the wells…for a collection of rhythm & blues, country, gospel, and tradition with performances from Patsy Cline, Sonny Boy Williamson, Marty Stuart, Dinah Washington and nearly three dozen others. Friday morning inspiration from the courtroom bench, the gospel pew, and from the piano bench…as we bring you another episode of the very best of the past 100 years to the stream. There’s trouble and some double entendre from Julia Lee, some rousing sanctified call and response from Eugene Smith and The Roberta Martin Singers, as well as a bootleg Dylan piece that we’ll share with you. Join Dave Stroud this coming Friday morning for the very best of America’s music from the past century.
No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob Dylan I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take) The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler) Amazon
2Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers Satisfied How Sweet it Was Amazon
3Marie Knight Satisfied With Jesus Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
4Spiritual Five Satisfied With Him I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3] Amazon
5Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers I Have A Friend Above All Others The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
6Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers Walk With Me 20 Gospel Greats Amazon
7Sam Cooke Trouble In Mind The Rhythm And The Blues Amazon
8Steve Forbert Devil (Here She Comes Now) Compromised Amazon
9Shorty Long Devil With a Blue Dress On Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
10Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly Detroit Breakout! 1 Amazon
11Julia Lee Trouble In Mind Kansas City Star [Disc 1] Amazon
12Julia Lee Lotus Blossom Kansas City Star [Disc 1] Amazon
13Wynonie Harris Good Morning Judge All She Wants To Do Is Rock Amazon
14Chuck Berry Have Mercy Judge The Chess Box Disc 3 Amazon
15Carl Martin Good Morning, Judge Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works Amazon
16Sonny Boy Williamson Your Funeral And My Trial His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Amazon
17Hugh Laurie Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
18Dinah Washington Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair The Bessie Smith Songbook Amazon
19Johnny Otis Court Room Blues Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
20Jorma Kaukonen Judge, I'm Not Sorry The Land Of Heroes Amazon
21The Country Gentlemen The Sentence The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
22Ernest Tubb Dear Judge Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
23Patsy Cline A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye Live at the Opry Amazon
24Washboard Sam Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002] That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
25Hank Williams My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 Amazon
26Louis Armstrong & All His Stars My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
27Page & Plant My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records Amazon
28Joe Ely Rock Me My Baby Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981) Amazon
29Marty Stuart A Satisfied Mind Country Music Amazon
30Tennessee Ernie Ford Cool, Cool Kisses Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
31Bea Foote Weed The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
32Sam & Dave Soothe Me The Best Of Sam & Dave Amazon
33The Persuasions Soothe Me Good News Amazon

Country Rhythm & Blues

We’ll be covering the covers once more this week but this time we’ll be burrowing into a cross section of genres to get to the heart of the matter. It’s country songs with rhythm & blues interpretations, all from the decades of the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear from a few familiars rhythm rockers including The Coasters, Fats Domino, King Curtis and Ruth Brown as they take on the very best of country and tradition with a style all their own. But there’s also the surprises and unknowns like Thin Man Watts, Piney Brown, and The Ray-o-Vacs to fill out the show this morning. From Jambalaya to Tumbling Tumbleweeds, we’ve got some fine soul and R&B interpretations for you. Tune in and find out.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Ray-O-Vacs Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
2Piney Brown Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf In Me Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
3Joe Liggins Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
4Billy Ward & The Dominoes Lonesome Road Vol. 4-21 Hits Amazon
5The Hurricanes Pistol Packin' Mama Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
6Scatman Crothers Ghost Riders In The Sky Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
7Andre Williams You Are My Sunshine Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
8Jimmy Ricks Do You Promise Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
9Thin Man Watts Walking The Floor Over You Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
10Mickey & Sylvia To The Valley Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
11The Coasters Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
12Clyde McPhatter I'm Movin' On More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
13Little Junior Parker Walking The Floor More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
14Guitar Jr Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
15Ruth Brown I Burned Your Letter Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
16Fats Domino Don't Come Knockin' A Lot Of Dominos Amazon
17Varetta Dillard A Little Bitty Tear The Lovin' Bird Amazon
18Bobby Hebb Night Train To Memphis Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
19Esther Phillips Release Me Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
20King Curtis Your Cheatin' Heart Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
21King Curtis Tumbling Tumbleweeds Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
22The Marvellettes Love Letters Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
23Damita Jo Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
24Travis Ricks No Need To Cry Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
25Little Mack Let Hootenanny Blues Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
26Joe Hinton Lovesick Blues Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
27Big Maybelle Cold Cold Heart Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
28Fats Domino Your Cheatin' Heart Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2) Amazon
29Ray Charles I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova) Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
30Esther Phillips Am I That Easy To Forget (LP Version) Country Side Of Esther Amazon
31Esther Phillips I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (LP Version) Country Side Of Esther Amazon
32O. C. Smith The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
33Ray Charles When I Stop Dreamin' Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
34Little Richard Settin' the Woods on Fire King of Rock and Roll [Collectors' Choice Music] Amazon
35Little Richard Joy, Joy, Joy (Down In My Heart) Rhythm & Western Volume 6 – I'm Moving On Amazon
36Koko Taylor Honky Tonky Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon

Finger Pickin’ Good

Tune in Friday morning for a finger pickin’ helping of Americana and beyond as our show revisits some guitar masters from blues, country blues, folk and tradition. We’ll take a spin across the landscape of steel and gut string tradition with a collection that features tracks from Stefan Grossman, Mississippi John Hurt, Leo Kottke, Merle Travis and over a dozen others. As February wraps up, we’ll be completing our February journey out of winter’s doldrums and into the sweet breezes of Spring. Let this show be a warmup for your good life and times. So put your feet up and drop in. We’d love to have you.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Leo Kottke Buckaroo Essential Amazon
2Chet Atkins Wheels Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker Amazon
3Doc Watson Windy and Warm The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
4Doc Watson Moody River Memories Amazon
5Doc Watson Doc's Guitar [#] The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
6Jefferson Airplane Embryonic Journey Walk on the Moon Amazon
7Jorma Kaukonen Fur Peace Rag Stars In My Crown Amazon
8John Fahey Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home The Legend of Blind Joe Death Amazon
9Davy Graham Angi 3/4 Ad – Single Amazon
10Davy Graham Davy's Train Blues 3/4 Ad – Single Amazon
11Reverend Gary Davis Candy Man Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
12Stefan Grossman Police Dog Blues How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
13Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie Roots of Rock Amazon
14Lonnie Johnson Untitled Steppin' On The Blues Amazon
15Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues Roots of Rock Amazon
16Riley Puckett Fuzzy Rag Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar Amazon
17Etta Baker One Dime Blues Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
18Merle Travis Freight Train (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
19Bob Brozman Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version] Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered] Amazon
20Merle Travis Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
21Jorma Kaukonen There's A Table Sitting In Heaven Stars In My Crown Amazon
22Leo Kottke Wonderland By Night Peculiaroso Amazon
23John Fahey Layla Rain Forests, Oceans And Other Amazon
24Leo Kottke Little Martha Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years Amazon
25Dave Van Ronk Green, Green Rocky Road Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
26David Bromberg Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
27Sam McGee Knoxville Blues Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1] Amazon
28Stefan Grossman Pallet On Your Floor How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
29Bob Hadley Celtic Reverie Imaginational Anthem Amazon
30Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Oh Well Sixty Six Steps Amazon
31Mance Lipscomb Sugar Babe Texas Songster Amazon

Sweet Dreams

Our show this week features sweet dreams, swamp pop, Americana, doo wop, and all that makes the past century of America’s music a delight to dream on. We’ll touch on the new album from a legend who is most deservedly having his moment right now with a new album and where a one hit wonder once existed. Tommy McLain’s new album is a revelation and reminds us that music, when carried and shared with a passion like his, will always bring a bright light even in the darkest of times. This week’s show is a free form romp featuring Tommy, Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant, Bill Kirchen, Corb Lund, Bob Wills, Paul Thorn, and a couple dozen others. Some fiery rock and roll blended with country, doo wop, pop and lots of circumstance. Please join in…we’d be delighted to spend a Friday morning with you on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Solomon Burke/Zucchero Diavolo in Me (A Devil in Me) Zucchero & Co. Amazon
2Tommy McLain I Ran Down Every Dream (feat. Elvis Costello) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
3Tommy McLain Sweet Dreams Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
4Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old The Essential Collection Amazon
5Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
6Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler I'll See You in My Dreams Neck and Neck Amazon
7Mark Knopfler Devil Baby The Ragpicker's Dream Amazon
8Chris Isaak Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Amazon
9Earl-Jean I'm Into Something Good The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
10Marvin & Johnny Cherry Pie Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
11Don Gardner & DeeDee Ford I Need Your Loving Soul Gold Oldies Amazon
12Ernie Maresca Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) The Best Jukeboxhits [Disc 1] Amazon
13Jesse Powell & The Caddies Ain't You Gonna Roulette Rock & Roll, Vol. 2 Amazon
14The Chiffons One Fine Day One Fine Day And Other Favorites Amazon
15Corb Lund Devil's Best Dress Americana Music Awards Sampler Amazon
16Gillian Welch The Devil Had a Hold of Me Hell Among the Yearlings Amazon
17Bill Kirchen Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version) Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods Amazon
18Paul Thorn Don't Let The Devil Ride Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
19Bob Wills The Devil Ain't Lazy Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar) Amazon
20Scott H. Biram Gotta Get To Heaven Sold Out To The Devil: Select Gospel Cuts By The Reverend Scott H. Biram Amazon
21Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
22Levon Helm Stuff You Gotta Watch Electric Dirt Amazon
23Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven Down The Road Apiece Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
24Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go Hank Ballard & the Midnighters – Greatest Hits Amazon
25Michael Nesmith Silver Moon Listen To The Band [UK] Amazon
26Louis Jordan Stone Cold Dead in the Market – Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Tympany Five Number Ones Amazon
27Rosemary Clooney Come On A My House Tenderly Amazon
28Tommy McLain Somebody (Radio Edit) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
29Pete Seeger Little Boxes The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon