Category Archives: Country Blues

Bad Luck Blues

We’re exploring the blues this week on Deeper Roots. And it’s all about bad luck blues…when the dice roll snake eyes, when the crops won’t make the rent, when your woman asks for money and all you got is the dust in your pockets…when you ain’t got no money.  Join Dave Stroud for a collection of the very best including Big Joe Williams’ Jinx Blues, bad luck stories from Dinah Washington and Memphis Minnie, piano moaning from Leroy Carr and Ivory Joe, as well as further tales of gambling, dice, and no luck from Clifford Gibson and Black Boy Shine. Friday evening blues….what more?

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Little Milton Bad Luck Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
2Rory Block Jinx Blues Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House Amazon
3Son House The Jinx Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41 Amazon
4Big Joe Williams Jinx Blues Classic Delta Blues Amazon
5Black Boy Shine Gamblin' Jinx Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2] Amazon
6Memphis Minnie I'm A Bad Luck Woman Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
7Mel Walker Unlucky Man Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
8Nat King Cole Trio Chant Of The Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues) The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
9Dinah Washington Bad Luck Dinah Washington Sings The Blues Amazon
10Jimmy Lewis/Ray Charles If It Wasn't for Bad Luck Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 4 Amazon
11Robert Belfour Bad Luck What's Wrong with You Amazon
12Muddy Waters Mother's Bad Luck Child Can't Get No Grindin' Amazon
13Lightnin' Slim Bad Luck Blues The Best Of Excello Records Amazon
14Lightnin' Hopkins Bad Luck And Trouble Blues Kingpins Amazon
15Blind Lemon Jefferson Bad Luck Blues Classic Sides Disc 1 Amazon
16Cliifford Gibson Bad Luck Dice Complete Recorded Works Amazon
17Guitar Welch Bad Luck Blues Southern Prison Blues (Digitally Remastered) Amazon
18Kokomo Arnold Bad Luck Blues Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1937-1938) Amazon
19Ivory Joe Hunter No Money, No Luck Blues The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947 Amazon
20Bill Gaither Bad Luck Child's Request When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 Amazon
21Leroy Carr Bad Luck All The Time Sloppy Drunk [Disc 2] Amazon
22Champion Jack Dupree Bad Luck Bound To Change Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
23Fats Domino Bad Luck and Trouble Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
24John Mayall Bad Luck Time Room To Move 1969-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
25Tommy Castro And The Painkillers Bad Luck Method To My Madness Amazon
26Larry Campbell Bad Luck Charm Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
27The Harlem Hamfats Bad Luck Man Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 Amazon
28Charlie Musselwhite If I Should Have Bad Luck Deluxe Edition – Charlie Musselwhite Amazon

The Document Label

Get your morning cuppa roots sounds with a look at the record label whose catalog is overflowing with some of the most important recordings of the 20th century. From the birth of the blues to the birth of jazz; from the earliest gospel jubilee sounds of the deep South to the the electrifying sacred steel sounds of the late century; from the hillbilly string bands to the hokum sounds of the urban South…it’s all there. Document Records has amassed one of the world’s most revered collections of Americana out there and you can tune into Sonoma County community radio for a sampler of the music that has survived the century’s shift in technology , infiltrated our culture, and influenced performers to this day.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Frank Hutchison Stackalee [Vocal] Worried Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
2Frank Hutchison The Deal Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi Amazon
3The Allen Brothers Skipping And Flying Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 Amazon
4Sam McGee Buck Dancer's Choice Complete Recorded Works 1926-34 Amazon
5Georgia Yellow Hammers White Lightning The Georgia Yellow Hammers And Associates Vol. 4 "White Lightning – 1929-1931 Amazon
6Kirk & Sam McGhee Brown's Ferry Blues Complete Recorded Works 1926-34 Amazon
7Charley Jordan Just A Spoonful Charley Jordan Volume 1 1930-1931 Amazon
8Blind Willie McTell Searching The Desert For The Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
9Peetie Wheatstraw Kind-Hearted Blues Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4 Amazon
10Barbecue Bob Barbecue Blues Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942 Amazon
11Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon Come On Mama, Do That Dance Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
12Blind Arvella Gray Have Mercy, Mr. Percy Blues From Maxwell Street Amazon
13Charlie Spand Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
14Leroy Carr Don't Start No Stuff 1934-1941 Amazon
15Laura Rucker St. Louis Blues Female Blues Singers Vol. 13 R/S (1921-1931) Amazon
16Rosa Henderson Don't Advertise Your Man (Take A) Vol. 2-Vocal Blues & Jazz Amazon
17Memphis Mose Hear Me Beefin' at You Georgia Tom – Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (September 1928 – 5 February 1930) Amazon
18Butterbeans and Susie Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama Please Warm My Weiner (Old Time Hokum Blues) Amazon
19Big Maceo Won't Be A Fool No More Big Maceo Vol. 2 "Big City Blues" (1945 – 1950) Amazon
20Tampa Red Let Me Play With Your Poodle Rude Dudes Amazon
21Nora and Delle Get Away From My Window Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
22W.C. Handy St. Louis Blues Jazzin' the Blues Amazon
23Cleo Brown I'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North) Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935) Amazon
24The Harlem Hamfats She's Trickin' Me Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 Amazon
25Babe Wallace Git It ('Cause I Love To See You Wid It) Jazzin the Blues Vol. 5 (1930 – 1953) Amazon
26Rev. Lonnie Farris A Closer Walk To Thee Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel Amazon
27Rev. Utah Smith I Got Two Wings Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel Amazon
28Sister O. M. Terrell The Bible's Right Country Gospel 1946-1953 Amazon
29Sister Rosetta Tharpe My Journey to the Sky Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
30Sister Goldia Haynes Traveling Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950 Amazon
31Rev. Robert Ballinger This Train Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon

More Country Blues

We get serious about the deeper roots … going much deeper this evening, working mostly in pairs, exploring the blues from the Delta and beyond. Acoustic blues, played on the front porch with the evening sun finally set beyond the hill. Blues from the cabin if you will. We’ll hear acoustic sounds from Big Joe Williams, Son House, Honeyboy Edwards, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and many others including a small sampling of some contemporary performers. Sonoma County Community radio’s musical archives are brimming.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Son House Clarksdale Moan The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2] Amazon
2Mississippi John Hurt Praying On The Old Camp Ground Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings Amazon
3Mississippi John Hurt Spike Driver Blues Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings Amazon
4Chris Smither Frankie & Albert Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
5Big Joe Williams Whistling Pines Bluesville Amazon
6Big Joe Williams She Left Me A Mule To Ride Shake Your Boogie Amazon
7Julius 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
8Snooks Eaglin Bottle Up And Go Country Boy Down In New Orleans Amazon
9Snooks Eaglin Possum Up A 'Simmon Tree Country Boy Down In New Orleans Amazon
10Big Bill Broonzy Plough-Hand Blues Trouble In Mind Amazon
11Big Bill Broonzy Trouble In Mind Trouble In Mind Amazon
12Ry Cooder Boomer's Story Boomer's Story (Remaster 2013) Amazon
13Mississippi Fred McDowell Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Good Morning Little School Girl Amazon
14Mississippi Fred McDowell This Little Light of Mine Legends of the Blues Amazon
15Brownie McGhee/Sonny Terry Dark Road Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2 Amazon
16John Jackson John Henry Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
17David "Honeyboy" Edwards Lay My Burden Down White Windows Amazon
18Little Sammy Davis Hey Little Girl This Is The Blues Harmonica Amazon
19Muddy Waters My Home Is In The Delta Folk Singer Amazon
20Muddy Waters Country Boy Folk Singer Amazon
21Furry Lewis Big Chief Blues The Best There Ever Was: The Legendary Early Blues Performers Amazon
22The Reverend Gary Davis Samson & Delilah (If I Had My Way) At Newport Amazon
23Son House Am I Right Or Wrong Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The Amazon
24Mance Lipscomb Sugar Babe Texas Songster Amazon
25Maria Muldaur Soul Of A Man Richland Woman Blues Amazon
26Big Bill Broonzy House Rent Stomp Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order vol. 1 Amazon
27Gabriel Brown and His Guitar Going My Way …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
28John Jackson Louis Collins Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways) Amazon
29Big Joe Williams Down In The Bottoms Blues on Highway 49 Amazon
30Josh White Strange Fruit (73475) Josh White – The Remaining Titles (1941-1947) Amazon

Evil Blues

Evil Blues
Evil Blues

It’s the story of evil told in the voice of the blues. All things evil are explored in the voices of gospel, country blues, urban blues, and the folk blues. Evil ways, bad blood, fear, and the depths to which the evil in man’s heart can go are the themes tonight in a show that features the likes of Otis Spann, Elmore James, Henry Truvillion, The Golden Gate Quartet, and many others. All of this coming to you on a cold December evening in Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Howlin' Wolf Evil Blues From Hell Amazon
2The Golden Gate Quartet Atom And Evil (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
3The Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, baritone/William Langford, tenor/Henry Owens, tenor/Arlandus Wilson, Bass) (Aka "Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet") The Devil With The Devil Vol. 3, 1939 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 3, 1939) Amazon
4Chris Smither The Devil's Real A Little On The Cd Side Volume 11 Amazon
5Noah Lewis Devil In The Wood Pile When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll Amazon
6Don Byas's Swig Seven, Albinia Jones Evil Gal Blues Savoy Blues 1944-1994 [Disc 1] Amazon
7Dinah Washington Evil Gal Blues Gold Amazon
8T-Bone Walker Evil Hearted Woman (Alt. Take) The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] Amazon
9Champion Jack Dupree Evil Woman Blues from the Gutter Amazon
10Doctor Gaddy Evil Man Blues Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2) Amazon
11Otis Spann Evil Ways Essential Blues Hits Disc 2 Amazon
12Washboard Sam Evil Blues Vol. 6 1941 – 1942 Amazon
13Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Evil Devil Woman Blues Vol 4 (1933-34) Amazon
14Moreland & Arbuckle Mean And Evil Promised Land Or Bust Amazon
15B.B. King Mean And Evil There Is Always One More Time Amazon
16Elmore James Mean And Evil Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James Amazon
17Lightnin' Hopkins Mean and Evil Blues Texas Guitar Killers Disc 1 Amazon
18Blind Boy Fuller Worried and Evil Man Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937 Amazon
19Reverend Gary Davis Cross And Evil Woman Blues Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2] Amazon
20Lowell Fulson Don't Be So Evil Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
21Gatemouth Moore Evil Gal's Jockey Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings Amazon
22Albert King I Get Evil More Big Blues Amazon
23Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Bad Blood Sportin' the Blues Disc 2 Amazon
24Ramona Hicks Evil and Blue Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939 Amazon
25Ollie Shepard King Of All Evil Vol. 2-1939-41 Amazon
26Walter Brown What Evil Have I Done? Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2 Amazon
27Alice Moore Black And Evil Blues Black Swan Sampler Amazon
28Koko Taylor Evil The Best of Koko Taylor Amazon
29Ella Fitzgerald Necessary Evil The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951 Amazon
30Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra I Want to Be Evil Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits Amazon
31Aretha Franklin Evil Gal Blues Aretha Sings The Blues Amazon

City Blues

City Blues
City Blues

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Frank Hutchison K.C. Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
2HowellDevine KC Blues Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles Amazon
3Ernest Tubb Kansas City Blues Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours Amazon
4Sidney Bechet St. Louis Blues Blues In Thirds Amazon
5Lonnie Johnson Low Down St. Louis Blues Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1 Amazon
6Blind Willie McTell East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well) The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago Amazon
7Red Nichols Wabash Blues I Got Rhythm Amazon
8Leroy Carr Naptown Blues Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1] Amazon
9Fats Domino Detroit City Blues Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Mississippi Fred McDowell Kokomo Blues Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell Amazon
11Dan Pickett Chicago Blues I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar Amazon
12Don Flemons Milwaukee Blues What Got Over Amazon
13Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Milwaukee Blues The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
14Dorothy Everetts Macon Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
15Elmore James Madison Blues The Sky Is Crying Amazon
16Barbecue Bob Jacksonville Blues Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929) Amazon
17John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur Minglewood Blues The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
18Sam Chatmon Vicksburg Blues Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
19Black Birds of Paradise Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
20Lewis Bronzville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3 Amazon
21Howlin' Wolf Natchez Burning The Real Folk Blues Amazon
22Bo Chatmon East Jackson Blues Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 Amazon
23Mississippi Sheiks West Jackson Blues [Album Version] Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks Amazon
24Little Brother Montgomery Shreveport Blues Boogie Woogie [Disc 3] Amazon
25Memphis Piano Red Mobile Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
26Jorma Kaukonen Nashville Blues River Of Time Amazon
27The Louvin Brothers Nashville Blues Close Harmony [Disc 5] Amazon
28Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Dallas Blues Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939 Amazon
29Billy Boy Arnold San Antonio Blues Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
30Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2) Amazon
31Jabo Williams Pratt City Blues Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers Amazon
32Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
33Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers New Orleans Blues Sunny Road Amazon

Mix of the Blues

Mix of the Blues
Mix of the Blues

Deeper Roots will spend time with a variety of blues styles this week with no focus but the roots of feeling blue, themes about being blue, junker’s blues, bar fly blues, cold rainy day blues, and the dark and somber blues. We’ll feature the urban sounds of Lowell Fulson and Bobby Blue Bland, the smooth sounds of T-Bone Walker, and we’ll also pick on some early jazz and blues vocals including Bertha “Chippie” Hill, Hattie McDaniels, and Memphis Minnie.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band In the Wee Wee Hours Hoodoo Man Blues Amazon
2R.L. Burnside Poor Black Mattie From Mississippi To Chicago Amazon
3Lowell Fulson Black Widow Spider Blues Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
4Sweet Papa Tadpole Black Spider Blues Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4 Amazon
5Jimmy Witherspoon Bar Fly Blues Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars Amazon
6John Hammond Evolution Blues Found True Love Amazon
7Eddie Lang You Got to Crawl Before You Walk Juke Joint Blues 1950's-1960's Amazon
8Muddy Waters Good Morning School Girl Folk Singer Amazon
9Rory Block Cypress Grove Blues Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James Amazon
10Kansas City Kitty (Thelma Holmes) Double Trouble Blues Four Women Blues – The Victor / Bluebird Recordings Of Memphis Minnie, Mississippi Matilda, Kansas City Kitty and Miss Rosie Mae Moore Amazon
11Berha 'Chippie' Hill Some Cold Rainy Day Heartbreakers Blue & Lonely Amazon
12Hattie McDaniels Boo Hoo Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 12 Amazon
13Memphis Minnie;Kansas Joe Don't Want No Woman (Have T' Give My Money To) [2002 Remastered] First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
14Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson I Got The Blues So Bad Idle Hours Amazon
15Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Tonight's the Night Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1 Amazon
16Hadda Brooks Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl I've Got News For You [Disc 1] Amazon
17Bobby "Blue" Bland I Pity The Fool Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Road To Memphis Amazon
18Big Mama Thornton How Come Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings Amazon
19Little Sylvia Everything I Need But You Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
20T-Bone Walker Feeling The Blues I Want A Little Girl Amazon
21Little Walter My Babe His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) Amazon
22Jimmy Reed Boogie In The Dark I'm Jimmy Reed (Original Vee-Jay Album) Amazon
23Professor Longhair Mean Old World Fess: The Professor Longhair A Amazon
24Memphis Slim Panic Street Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
25Champion Jack Dupree Junker Blues Gettin' Funky [Disc 1] – Piano Power Amazon
26Floyd Dixon Please Don't Go Marshall Texas Is My Home Amazon
27Otis Taylor My Soul's In Louisiana I Heard It On NPR: Shake These Blues Amazon
28Lightnin' Hopkins One Kind Favor Jake Head Boogie Amazon
29Frankie Jones Bring Your Mud and Let's Dob Jack Newman & Others Amazon
30Precious Bryant Blues All Around My Bed Fool Me Good Amazon
31Freddie King I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man King Of The Blues Amazon

Robert Johnson Tribute

Robert Johnson Tribute
Robert Johnson Tribute

It’s a two hour Robert Johnson tribute on Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. Legend has it…yes, we have all heard the story. But it is the music that makes us want to believe. In a short recording career where he recorded less than thirty tracks over two sessions, the songs are all his by identification. When you hear the Stones’ cover of “You Got to Move”, or virtually any that Johnson recorded…you overlook their lineage somewhat because their heritage began in the hotel room where he recorded them. We’ll hear from Rory Block, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Nigel Watson & Peter Green, and Bob Brozman as Deeper Roots celebrates the music of Robert Johnson.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Eric Clapton From Four Until Late Sessions For Robert J Amazon
2Eric Clapton Stones In My Passway I Still Do Amazon
3Roy Rogers Stones in My Passway Slide of Hand Amazon
4Nigel Watson/Peter Green I'm a Steady Rollin' Man Hot Foot Powder Amazon
5Robert Lockwood, Jr. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom Delta Crossroads Amazon
6Taj Mahal Dust My Broom Taj Mahal Amazon
7Peter Green Splinter Group 32-20 Blues Me & the Devil Disc 2 Amazon
8Eric Clapton 32-20 Blues Me & Mr. Johnson Amazon
9Leon Russell Come On In My Kitchen Life Journey Amazon
10Rory Block Come On In My Kitchen Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection Amazon
11Robert Lockwood, Jr. Little Queen Of Spades Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters Amazon
12Vassar Clements Phonograph Blues Livin' with the Blues Amazon
13The Rolling Stones Love in Vain Let It Bleed [Japan] Amazon
14Nigel Watson/Peter Green They're Red Hot Hot Foot Powder Amazon
15Robert Johnson They're Red Hot ABC Of The Blues Vol 18 Amazon
16Dion If I Had Possession (Over Judgement Day) Son of Skip James Amazon
17Eric Clapton Hell Hound On My Trail Me & Mr. Johnson Amazon
18Lucinda Williams Ramblin' On My Mind Ramblin' Amazon
19Robert Lockwood, Jr. Stop Breakin' Down Blues Delta Crossroads Amazon
20Bonnie Raitt Walking Blues Bonnie Raitt Amazon
21Pinetop Perkins Sweet Home Chicago Pinetop Perkins Amazon
22Keb' Mo' Last Fair Deal Gone Down Just Like You Amazon
23Eric Clapton Last Fair Deal Gone Down Me & Mr. Johnson Amazon
24Nigel Watson/Peter Green Cross Road Blues Hot Foot Powder Amazon
25Bob Brozman Stones in My Passway Devil's Slide Amazon
26Lucinda Williams Stop Breakin' Down Ramblin' Amazon
27Johnny Shines Milk Cow Blues Traditional Delta Blues Amazon
28The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Walking Blues An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1 Amazon
29Robert Johnson Come on in My Kitchen The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1 Amazon

Field Recording Covers

Field Recording Covers
Field Recording Covers

Coming up on our last live show of May, what better way but to dig just a little bit deeper into some of the field recordings of the first half of the 20th century that found popularity in the country, blues, and popular charts. Some of these songs had the ‘right’ rhythm or struck a chord with the message they sent. While most were traditional pieces by the time the musicologists had arrived with their primitive recording machines, others were original and told just the right story. We’ll hear Eric Clapton, Aaron Copland, B.B. King, and Tom Waits right alongside the originals done by Smith Casey, Gwen Foster, Belton Reese, and Ora Dell Graham.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Worried Life Blues Blues Highway Amazon
2Thomas "Jaybird" Jones Worried Life Blues Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942) Amazon
3David Edwards Worried Life Blues Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection Amazon
4Eric Clapton & B.B. King Worried Life Blues Riding With The King Amazon
5Agustus "Track Horse" Haggerty Hattie Green Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939 Amazon
6George Hamilton IV Abilene Classic Country Amazon
7Rouse Brothers My Family Circle Classic Field Recordings Amazon
8The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon
9Ace Johnson w/L. W. Gooden Mama Don't Low No Swingin' Out In Here Field Recordings Vol. 6: Texas (1933-1958) Amazon
10Doc Watson Mama Don't Allow No Music Memories Amazon
11W. M. Stepp Bonapartes Retreat Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 1] Amazon
12Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes (Instrumental): IV. Hoedown Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition) Amazon
13Dock Reed Down on Me Field Recordings, Vol. 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942) Amazon
14Big Brother & the Holding Company Down on Me Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 1 Amazon
15Ozella Jones Prisoner Blues Field Recordings, Volume 7 : Florida Amazon
16Fiona Apple Criminal Tidal Amazon
17Smith Casey East Texas Rag Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939 Amazon
18Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
19Johnnie Barfield Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby Classic Field Recordings Amazon
20Carl Perkins Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby Dixie Fried Amazon
21Gwen Foster How Many Biscuits Can I Eat? Classic Field Recordings Amazon
22Mac Wiseman How Many Biscuits Can You Eat Sings Old Time Country Favorites Amazon
23Belton Reese Bile Dem Cabbages Down Field Recordings – Vol 9 – Georgia, SC, NC,Virginia, Kentucky (1924-39) Amazon
24Doc Watson Boil Them Cabbage Down Milestones Amazon
25Smith Casey West Texas Blues Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939 Amazon
26John Jackson West Texas Blues Front Porch Blues Amazon
27Ora Dell Graham Shortenin' Bread Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942) Amazon
28Lee Dorsey Shortnin' Bread The Ep Collection…Plus Amazon
29John Dudley Cool Drink Of Water Blues Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959 Amazon
30Vassar Clements Cool Drink of Water Livin' with the Blues Amazon
31Capitol City Laundry Quartet Ezekiel Saw The Wheel Field Recordings Vol. 12: Virginia & South Carolina (1936-1940) Amazon
32Louis Armstrong Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Louis And The Good Book Amazon
33Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Ezekiel Saw the Wheel School of Bluegrass Disc 1 Amazon
34James Shorty, Viola James, And Congregation Jesus On The Main Line Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
35Ry Cooder Jesus On The Mainline Paradise And Lunch (Remaster 2013) Amazon

Finger Pickin’ Good

Finger Pickin' Good
Finger Pickin’ Good

I’ll say…finger pickin’ good music featuring finger pickin’ great performers from the past century. We’ve got a two hour sampling of sounds from the likes of Doc Watson, Jorma Kaukonen, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Blind Blake, Riley Puckett, and (of course) Merle Travis. Our Wednesday evening will keep it pretty folksy and traditional for the most part, leaning on tradition and the very best in string picking and chord strumming. All this and more on our roots music show which is produced exclusively for Sonoma County community radio, both KWTF and KOWS.

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 Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Instrumental) 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
11Stefan Grossman Police Dog Blues How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
12Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie Roots of Rock Amazon
13Lonnie Johnson Untitled Steppin' On The Blues Amazon
14Riley Puckett Fuzzy Rag Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar Amazon
15Etta Baker One Dime Blues Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
16Merle Travis Freight Train (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
17Tommy Emmanuel The Bug It's Never Too Late Amazon
18Bob Brozman Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version] Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered] Amazon
19Merle Travis Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
20Jorma Kaukonen Fur Peace Rag Stars In My Crown Amazon
21Leo Kottke Wonderland By Night Peculiaroso Amazon
22Leo Kottke Little Martha Leo Live Amazon
23Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Rings Sixty Six Steps Amazon
24John Fahey Layla Rain Forests, Oceans And Other Amazon
25Dave Van Ronk Green, Green Rocky Road Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
26Doc & Merle Watson Bonaparte's Retreat Then And Now/Two Days In November Amazon
27Sam McGee Knoxville Blues Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1] Amazon
28Mississippi John Hurt Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight Complete Studio Recordings 3-CD Set Amazon
29Stefan Grossman Pallet On Your Floor How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
30David Bromberg Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
31Mance Lipscomb Sugar Babe Texas Songster Amazon
32Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson Barrier Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
33Bob Hadley Celtic Reverie Imaginational Anthem Amazon
34Bert Jansch Angie Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch Amazon
35Dave Van Ronk Gaslight Rag Going Back to Brooklyn Amazon
36Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon Strange Clone Amazon
37Bob Brozman Devil's Slide Devil's Slide Amazon

Deeper Roots Ragtime

Deeper Roots Ragtime
Deeper Roots Ragtime

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Cliff Edwards Ragtime Cowboy Joe grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
2The Hillbillies Ragtime Cowboy Joe Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats Amazon
3Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Ragtime Cowboy Joe Tangled Tales Amazon
4Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker Amazon
5Sol Ho'opi'i Twelfth Street Rag Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1 Amazon
6Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins Hawkins Rag Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3] Amazon
7Sons of the Pioneers 'A' Rag Songs of the Prairie – CD5 Amazon
8Leon McAuliffe Twin Fiddle Rag Tulsa Straight Ahead Amazon
9Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams Down Home Rag Shame On You Amazon
10Les Paul & Mary Ford Tiger Rag The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set Amazon
11Pearl Bailey Johnson Rag Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950) Amazon
12Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Beaumont Rag Songs For Rounders Amazon
13David Miller Jailhouse Rag Old-Time Mountain Guitar Amazon
14The McCormick Brothers Bugle Call Rag Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3] Amazon
15Merle Travis Guitar Rag Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
16David Grisman Black Mountain Rag Early Dawg Amazon
17Doc Watson Black Mountain Rag Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998 Amazon
18Chet Atkins Dill Pickle Rag Reflections with Doc Watson Amazon
19Duck Baker Maple Leaf Rag Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques Amazon
20Scott Joplin The Entertainer compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
21Gram Parsons Brass Buttons The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
22Hamilton County Ramblers Hard Times Hamilton County Ramblers Amazon
23Red Allen Deep Elem Blues The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983 Amazon
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25Buddy Jones Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940) The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3] Amazon
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27Big Bill Broonzy Down by the Riverside Absolutely the Best Amazon
28Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Down by the Riverside The Gospel of Blues Amazon
29Mance Lipscomb Darktown Strutters' Ball Ash Grove 12/6/1964 Amazon
30Fats Domino Darktown Strutters' Ball They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
31The Davis Sisters Jesus Steps Right In Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4] Amazon
32The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir You've Got To Bear The Consequence Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
33Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Pure Religion Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2 Amazon
34Duke Robillard I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You) The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard Amazon