Category Archives: Rhythm and Blues

Fat Daddy

“…crazy ’bout that woman ’cause Caldonia is her name”. Tune in for a mix of sounds coming from the free form archives, celebrating a century of America’s music as is the habit each Friday morning at 9 on Sonoma County Community Radio. We’ll be exploring the Cherry Red Blues, Evil Gal Blues, and Louis Jordan’s jump piece Caldonia as part of our show today. Country sounds feature two Georges: Strait and Jones, soul sounds from The Miracles and Arthur Alexander, rhythm & blues from the ladies including Varetta Dillard, Etta James, and Albinia Jones, and an oddball opening set that takes us down into some strange and exotic places “Ahbe Casaba” and “Katanga!”

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dinah Washington Fat Daddy Rock 'N' Roll Early Years – Vol. 3 Amazon
2Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm Katanga! Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
3Classie Ballou Classie's Whip Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
4Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers Police Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
5Kip Tyler Shadow Street Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
6Jimmy Rushing Where Were You Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
7Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
8Fats Waller Believe It Beloved Honeysuckle Rose Amazon
9The Three Riffs Cherry In My Lemon And Lime Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm Amazon
10Big Joe Turner Hollywood Red (Cherry Red Blues) Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
11Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Cherry Red Blues Lost Time Amazon
12Aretha Franklin Evil Gal Blues Aretha Sings The Blues Amazon
13Albinia Jones Evil Gal Blues Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938) Amazon
14Etta James Tell Mama Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
15Varetta Dillard I Can't Help Myself Got You On My Mind Amazon
16The Browns You Can't Grow Peaches On a Cherry Tree Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529) Amazon
17Ersel Hickey Bluebirds Over The Mountain Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
18George Strait All My Ex's Live In Texas 50 Number Ones [Disc 1] Amazon
19George Jones Just One More Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
20Ned Miller From A Jack To A King Classic Country Amazon
21Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You) The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
22The Spinners It's a Shame One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1 Amazon
23Arthur Alexander Cry Like A Baby The Monument Years Amazon
24Wilson Pickett I Found A True Love A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 2] Amazon
25Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Rock & Roll Never Forgets Night Moves Amazon
26Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
27Lil Palmore Lil's Caldonia Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
28Van Morrison Caledonia Swing Keep Me Singing [LP] Amazon
29The Five Stars Where Did Caldonia Go Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
30Huey "Piano" Smith Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
31Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry Swingin' by Request Amazon
32Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters Cry Baby Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
33Full Tilt Boogie Band/Janis Joplin Cry Baby Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits Amazon
34John Fogerty River Is Waiting Revival Amazon

Hot Piano Rhythms

Celebrate this week with some rocking boogie woogie, country, and rhythm and blues with a special emphasis on the pounding of the ivories. We’ll put the speakers to the test as the rug gets thrown aside and the neighbors all celebrate and rocking good time with Fats, Ella Mae and Her Boogie Woogie Seven, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Merrill Moore, Moon Mullican and a host of others. Tune in for Beer Bottle Boogie, Cherokee Boogie, and Crazy Rhythm as the piano is given the top billing. A hundred years of American music with the focus on good…no, great…music. Friday morning antics coming your way on Sonoma Community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ray Charles Mess Around Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
2Asleep at the Wheel Cherokee Boogie Back to the Future Now – Live at Arizona Charlie's Amazon
3Merrill Moore Snatchin' And Grabbin Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
4Ray Charles Jumpin' in the Mornin' Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8) Amazon
5Ray Charles Hallelujah, I Love Her So Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
6Madonna Martin Madonna's Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
7Ella 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
8Merrill Moore Nola Boogie Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
9Professor Longhair Boogie Woogie New Orleans Piano Amazon
10Fats Domino I'm Walkin' My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
11Dr. John Mess Around Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
12Fats Waller The Joint Is Jumpin' The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
13Albert Ammons Bass Goin' Crazy Best of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 1 Amazon
14Marylin Scott Beer Bottle Boogie Boogie Woogie [Disc 9] Amazon
15Jack Mc Vea Bartender Boogie Boogie Woogie [Disc 6] Amazon
16Lucky Millinder Bongo Boogie Boogie Woogie [Disc 9] Amazon
17Memphis Slim Dedication to Pete Johnson Classic Piano Blues Amazon
18Pete Johnson Boogie Woogie Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
19Peter Johnson's Orchestra Half Tight Boogie The Small Groups – Boogie Woogie Amazon
20Moon Mullican Cherokee Boogie The Very Best Of Amazon
21Moon Mullican Bottom Of The Glass The Very Best Of Amazon
22Jerry Lee Lewis What'd I Say A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
23Bobbie Nelson Boogie Woogie Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive) Amazon
24Cliff Jackson Crazy Rhythm World Of Jazz – The Jazz Piano Amazon
25Piano Red Do She Love Me Live And Feelin' Good (The Blues Collection Vol.68) Amazon
26Professor Longhair Got My Mojo Working Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
27Pinetop Perkins Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Let's Drink Some Juice… Amazon
28Big Joe Turner Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Rocks Amazon
29Hadda Brooks Stompin' The Boogie (aka Bully Wully Stomp) Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
30The Boogie Woogie Boys, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons Boogie Woogie Prayer – Part 1 Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
31Dr. John Good Night, Irene Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
32Amos Milburn Down the Road Apiece Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
33Adrian Rollini Trio Honky Tonk Train Blues Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon

Dave Bartholomew Tribute

Dave Bartholomew passed away in June at the age of 100. You may not know his name, but he was one of the architects of a sound that would become rock n’ roll. A New Orleans fixture he was a band leader, trumpet player, arranger, producer, and songwriter whose keen ear and direction led him to become A&R man for Imperial Records where he met Fats Domino. His songwriting and arrangements can be heard on “Blueberry Hill”, “Ain’t That a Shame”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, and hundreds more. Early rock has the signature of Dave Bartholomew just as the music of New Orleans would become identified with the expansiveness of jazz and rhythm & blues. We’ll hear early influences and early productions of Dave’s, prior to his collaborations with Fats Domino. And, as always, so much more.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jewel King 3×7=21 Gettin' Funky [Disc 4] Amazon
2Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944 Amazon
3Fats Domino The Fat Man This Is Gold Disc 3 Amazon
4Smiley Lewis One Night I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
5Elvis Presley One Night Artist of the Century Disc 1 Amazon
6Bobby Mitchell I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
7Los Lobos I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
8Dave Bartholomew The Monkey Speaks His Mind Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4] Amazon
9Chuck Willis Going To The River Let's Jump Tonight! The Best Of Chuck Willis from 1951 – '56 Amazon
10Dave Bartholomew Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life) Gettin' Funky [Disc 2] Amazon
11Professor Longhair Whole Lotta Loving Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
12Dave Bartholomew Shrimp And Gumbo 1952-1955 Amazon
13Snooks Eaglin Yours Truly Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
14Fats Domino The Big Beat My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
15Fats Domino Ain't That a Shame My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
16Dave Bartholomew My Ding a Ling Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2 Amazon
17Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969 to 1974 Amazon
18Neil Young Walking To New Orleans Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2] Amazon
19Doug Sahm My Girl Josephine [Live] The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm Amazon
20Smiley Lewis Blue Monday I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2 Amazon
21Snooks Eaglin By the Water Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
22Berna Dean I Walk In My Sleep Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
23Fats Domino Tell Me That You Love Me They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
24Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Let The Four Winds Blow Rock 'n' Roll City Amazon
25Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knockin' The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1 Amazon
26George Thorogood & The Destroyers Hello Josephine The Hard Stuff Amazon
27John Lennon Ain't That A Shame Gimme Some Truth [Disc 4] Amazon
28Jools Holland Be My Guest Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska Amazon
29Robbie Robertson With Galactic Going To The River Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1] Amazon
30Dirty Dozen Brass Band That's How You Got Killed Before [Album Version] The New Orleans Album Amazon
31Fats Domino Walking to New Orleans My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
32Fats Domino I Want to Walk You Home My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
33Smiley Lewis How Long ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 Amazon

Back to Back Blues

We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new.  Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Turtle Island String Quartet Crossroads A Little on the CD Side Amazon
2Muddy Waters Trouble No More Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959) Amazon
3The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards) Blues Blues Blues Amazon
4Black Cats And The Kitten Step It Up And Go [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
5Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Step It Up And Go Blues Highway Amazon
6Robert Wilkins That's No Way to Get Along Roots of Rock Amazon
7The Rolling Stones Prodigal Son Beggars Banquet Amazon
8Elmore James One Way Out The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
9John Hiatt One Way Out All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman Amazon
10Howlin' Wolf I Ain't Superstitious Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
11Jeff Beck I Ain't Superstitious Truth Amazon
12Big Joe Williams Baby Please Don't Go Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
13Tom Rush Baby Please Don't Go Town and Country Blues Amazon
14Elmore James Dust My Broom Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics Amazon
15Sonny Landreth Dust My Broom Bound by the Blues Amazon
16Howlin' Wolf Back Door Man Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals Amazon
17John Hammond Backdoor Man The Best Of Amazon
18Koko Taylor Wang Dang Doodle Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
19Dr. John Wang Dang Doodle The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
20Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie When the Levee Breaks People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
21Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1 Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin Amazon
22Bukka White Parchman Farm Blues Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1] Amazon
23Rory Block Parchman Farm Blues Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White Amazon
24Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1] Amazon
25Taj Mahal Statesboro Blues The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
26Robert Johnson Stones in My Passway The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2 Amazon
27Roy Rogers Stones in My Passway Slide of Hand Amazon
28The Allman Brothers Band Statesboro Blues Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics Amazon
29The Allman Brothers Band Trouble No More Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 Amazon

Jumpin’ Jack

Free form provides our weekly exploration a wider berth in which to stretch our wings. And that’s precisely why I take a free form journey every week or so on Deeper Roots. This week we’ll be featuring at least two tracks from the great Ella Mae Morse, some R&B and Doo Wop from The Cardinals and Ruth Brown, a rare track you may never hear elsewhere featuring the late, great Dr. John, and selected tracks from John Prine, Nat King Cole, The Orlons, and a golden classic country favorite from George Jones. We’re just scratching the surface as we sail through two hours of gospel, tradition, pop, rock, country, bluegrass (inhale), blues, and jazz. Don’t miss this week’s Friday stroll on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ella Mae Morse Jumpin' Jack Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
2Ruth Brown Daddy Daddy Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
3The Cardinals Wheel Of Fortune Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Kay Starr Wheel Of Fortune Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
5Dr. John Let's Make A Better World (LP Version) Destively Bonnaroo (US Release) Amazon
6Big Joe Turner Hide and Seek Big Joe Rocks Amazon
7Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Everyday The Gospel of Blues Amazon
8The Clara Ward Singers Traveling Shoes Meetin' Tonight! Amazon
9Maria Muldaur Travelin' Shoes Waitress In a Donut Shop Amazon
10Blind Alfred Reed You Must Unload Complete Recorded Works 1927-29 Amazon
11Ry Cooder You Must Unload The Prodigal Son Amazon
12Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna El Watusi Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
13Orlons The Wah-Watusi Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1 Amazon
14Ricky Nelson Travelin' Man Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
15J.J. Cale Travelin' Light Troubadour Amazon
16Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman Travelin' Light Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
17Nat King Cole Dream A Little Dream Of Me The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3] Amazon
18Bert Kaempfert Wimoweh That Happy Feeling Amazon
19S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds Mbube The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48) Amazon
20Merle Haggard And The Strangers Travelin' Blues Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
21Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Papa's on the House Top Lost Time Amazon
22Dave Alvin Don't Look Now West of the West Amazon
23John Prine/Susan Tedeschi Color of the Blues For Better, Or Worse Amazon
24George Jones Color Of The Blues The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 Amazon
25Steve Earle Hillbilly Highway Guitar Town Amazon
26Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids Custer Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited Amazon
27Johnny Cash Understand Your Man 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
28Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Travelin' Playback Disc 6 Amazon
29Dr. John Old Settlers Live at Magfest 2014 Amazon
30Cousin Joe How Come My Dog Don't Bark? …..From New Orleans' Amazon

The Year 1954

We’re going to count down the top ten of the year 1954…in pop, country, and R&B. Nothing special about that year, just a random pick; but it was the year that Marilyn Monroe married Joltin’ Joe D. It was the year the Army-McCarthy hearings convened. The words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance. It was also a year of firsts:  That’s Alright, Mama, Elvis’ first big hit, was released on Sun Records, the first Burger King opened, and the first transistor radio was developed and announced by high-tech’s Texas Instruments. The DOW Jones average closed at an all-time high of (a whopping) 382.74. Tune in for the countdown. 65 years in the rear-view on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Frank Sinatra Young At Heart The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
2The Midnighters Annie Had a Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
3Archie Bleyer Hernando's Hideaway Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
4Johnnie & Jack (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely Golden Age of Country Volume 4: Honky-Tonk Man [Disc 2] Amazon
5The Midnighters Sexy Ways Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
6Doris Day Secret Love The Best Of Doris Day Amazon
7Jim Reeves Bimbo Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 1 Amazon
8Guitar Slim The Things That I Used To Do Living The Blues: Blues Masters Amazon
9The Four Aces Three Coins In The Fountain A Proper Introduction To The Four Aces – Heart And Soul Amazon
10Webb Pierce Even Tho All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
11Faye Adams Hurts Me to My Heart Keeper of My Heart Amazon
12Four Knights I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You) Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
13Hank Snow It Don't Hurt Anymore The Essential Hank Snow Amazon
14Roy Hamilton You'll Never Walk Alone Anthology 1 Amazon
15Eddie Fisher Oh! My Papa Your Hit Parade #1 Hits Of The '50s Amazon
16Eddy Arnold I Don't Really Want to Know (Remake) The Essential Eddy Arnold Amazon
17The Chords Sh-Boom Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon
18Jo Stafford Make Love To Me Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
19Webb Pierce More And More All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
20Ruth Brown Oh What A Dream Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2 Amazon
21The Crew Cuts Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
22Kitty Wells One By One (w/Red Foley) Singles Amazon
23Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Rocks Amazon
24Rosemary Clooney Hey There Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
25Webb Pierce Slowly All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
26Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Work With Me Annie The Roots Of Frank Zappa Amazon
27Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra/Perry Como Wanted The Very Best of Perry Como Amazon
28Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Wake Up Irene Vintage Collections Amazon
29The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter Honey Love (Single/LP Version) Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters Amazon
30Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean A Lot Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
31Stuart Hamblen This Ole House Classic Country Amazon
32Rosemary Clooney This Ole House 16 Most Requested Songs (K) Amazon
33The Crows Gee Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon
34Bill Haley & His Comets Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version) Rock Around The Clock Amazon
35The Four Tunes I Understand (Just How You Feel) Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 9 Amazon

That’s The Way The World Goes ‘Round

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

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

Rock Bop & Roll

We’ve got a wild mix this week…sounds from the rock n’ roll archives, all done while excavating deeper into the halls of R&B, rockabilly, and country. Don’t count on the usual suspects, although there will be a few attending, but look to the under-the-radar floor pounders. The performances mostly qualify for shouts, shakes, and rocking fool’s gold, including some hillbilly ranters, New Orleans panters, and country banters. Tune in for some obscure Eddie Cochran alongside sounds from Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats, Sax Kari & His Ballin’ Blues Band, Royce Porter with The Kounts, and the Brewster Avenue Rhythm Boys. We’re Deeper Roots… and we’re going deeper on Friday mornings at 9am Pacific on KOWS 92.5 FM, repeating the following week on KWTF 88.1 FM. Check us out!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Gene Summers School of Rock & Roll Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
2Bobby Marchan You Can't Stop Her The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
3Royce Porter with the Kounts Beach of Love Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
4Huey "Piano" Smith Hush Your Mouth ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40 Amazon
5Bobby Marchan Chicken – Wah – Wah The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
6Amos Milburn Soft Pillow Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
7Sax Kari & His Ballin The Blues Band Hush Your Lyin' Mouth Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13 Amazon
8Bill Allen Please Give Me Something Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
9Jerry Lee Lewis Rockin' My Life Away All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2) Amazon
10Bobby Brant Piano Nellie 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
11The Cochran Brothers Tired And Sleepy Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits Of Eddie Cochran Amazon
12Johnny Burnette Please Don't Leave Me The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1 Amazon
13Thumper Jones Rock It Classic Rockabilly Amazon
14Conway Twitty Shake It Up The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD1 Amazon
15Buck Owens Hot Dog The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3 Amazon
16Bill Haley Hot Dog Buddy Buddy From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock Amazon
17Charlie Adams Cattin' Around Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album Amazon
18Dick Penner Cindy Lou Rockin' Memphis [Disc 4] Amazon
19Carmol Taylor Tell Me What to Do Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
20Werly Fairburn Everybody's Rockin' Classic Rockabilly Amazon
21Big Joe Turner Flip, Flop and Fly Big Joe Rocks Amazon
22Ronnie Self Ain't I'm A Dog? The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
23Wynn Stewart Come On California Country Amazon
24Billy Strange Hell Train Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
25Len Barrow Hades Highway Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
26Tarheel Slim Number Nine Train Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
27Vince Taylor Brand New Cadillac Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
28Eddie Cochran Fools Paradise Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 2] Amazon
29B.B. King Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan Amazon
30Amos Milburn House Party (Tonight) Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
31Louis Jordan Caledonia The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3] Amazon
32Rollee McGill Rhythm Rockin' Boogie Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2) Amazon
33Wynonie Harris Lovin' Machine Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
34Jerry Lee Lewis Breathless All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
35Johnny Otis Willy & The Hand Jive Vol. 1-Johnny Otis R & B Dance Amazon
36Wanda Jackson Let's Have a Party Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
37Buddy Holly Brown Eyed Handsome Man Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
38Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle & Roll Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon

If You’re Ready

Free form this morning, live from the studios in downtown Santa Rosa. Deeper Roots shares a rare mix of sounds including jug band sounds from Jim Kweskin, a new track from Maria Muldaur, The Ink Spots, Gal Holiday, and Pee Wee Crayton…oh what a mix. Dave hosts a unique blend of sounds each Friday morning and he’ll be setting aside a playlist or two that scratches the surface of the Burnette clan including Johnny, Dorsey, Billy and Rocky including a wrap up of some tracks from the great Bay Area-based  Solid Smoke reissue from the early 80s of the Rock n’ Roll Trio. Tune in for some Hash House Hattie and One Eyed Jacks, this Friday evening at 9

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Staple Singers If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
2Jay & The Americans Cara Mia Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans Amazon
3Marvin & Johnny Cherry Pie Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
4Chuck Willis It's Too Late The King of the Stroll Amazon
5The Ink Spots You're Breaking My Heart The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
6Johnny Burnette Moody River The Ballads Of Amazon
7Johnny & Dorsey Burnette One Eyed Jacks Life is Like a Card Game (US Gambling Songs 1920s  1950s) Amazon
8Dorsey Burnette Hey Little One American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
9Rocky Burnette Tired Of Toein' The Line Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980 Amazon
10Billy Burnette Crazy Like Me Crazy Like Me Amazon
11Jim Kweskin Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
12Ames Brothers The The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
13Maria Muldaur Scat Skunk Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) Amazon
14Cliff Edwards & His Hot Combination Good Little Bad Little You Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35 Amazon
15Rudy Vallie & His Connecticut Yankees You Oughta Be In Pictures The Voice That Had Them Fainting 1928-1937 Amazon
16John Hartford Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home Morning Bugle Amazon
17Roy Rogers You Can't Break My Heart 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
18Tommy Duncan Please Come Back Home Texas Moon Amazon
19Dick Reinhart Hash House Hattie You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
20Living Sisters Make Love To Me Run For Cover – EP Amazon
21Bobby Bare Come On Home (And Sing Blues To Daddy) The Best Of Bobby Bare Amazon
22Gal Holiday and the Hony Tonk Revue Come Home Lost & Found Amazon
23Paul Simon Mother And Child Reunion Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar Amazon
24Sonia Ross Breaking My Heart Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels Amazon
25Marvin Gaye Baby Don't You Do It Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
26The Band Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It) To Kingdom Come [Disc 2] Amazon
27Pee Wee Crayton Don't Break My Heart Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings Amazon
28Buddy Johnson When My Man Comes Home R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
29Rosemary Clooney Cherry Pies Ought To Be You Tenderly Amazon
30Frankie Yankovic The Happy Wanderer The Happy Wanderer-Frankie Yankovic & The Yanks Amazon
31Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio Sweet Love On My Mind Tear It Up Amazon
32Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio Your Baby Blue Eyes Tear It Up Amazon

Mambo Baby!

Well, it might be a bit of a stretch, and it might have been a bit of a fad, but it also flavored the beverage. Mambo. A lively mix born of a Latin dance of Cuban descent in the 30s and introduced by Perez Prado to an American audience in the 40s. It found it’s way into the popular music culture from big band to jazz and R&B. This week’s show samples some of the performances that were totally infected by its rhythm. We’ll hear from Mickey Baker, Wynonie Harris, and Tiny Grimes on the R&B side as well as the bandleaders who brassed it up including Perez Prado, Desi Arnaz, and Xavier Cugat.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Wynonie Harris All She Wants to do is Mambo Lovin' Machine Amazon
2Perez Prado Mambo #5 Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
3The Andrews Sisters The Mambo Man Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4] Amazon
4Tito Puente Cuban Pete Mambo Kings Amazon
5Tiny Grimes Showboat Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
6Xavier Cugat Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) The Original Mambo King [Disc 2] Amazon
7Desi Arnaz Holiday In Havana The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
8Desi Arnaz;Amanda Lane Cuban Pete The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
9J.J. Jones After Hours Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
10Mickey Baker Guitar Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
11Ruth Brown Mambo Baby Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2 Amazon
12Joe Liggins & His Orchestra They Were Doing the Mambo Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
13Cherokee & Band Mambo Blues Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
14The Treniers Who Put The 'Ungh' In The Mambo You're Killin' Me Amazon
15Don Swan El Cumbanchero [Guaracha-Fast Rhumba] Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
16Fay Simmons Big Joe Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
17Big Maybelle New Kind Of Mambo The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55 Amazon
18Earl Bostic Mambostic Earl Bostic Flamingo Amazon
19Cozy Cole Cozy's Mambo 1 Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
20Jack Costanzo Peter Gunn Mambo Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
21Bill Doggett Real Gone Mambo (Si Si Nova) Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
22Esther Sutherland Clock Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
23Xavier Cugat Cuban Mambo Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
24Link Wray & The Wraymen Rumble Mambo Walkin' With Link Amazon
25Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban Patricia Mambo Sinuendo Amazon
26Yma Sumac Taki Rari Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
27Billy May Hernando's Hideaway Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
28The Manhattan Transfer The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame) Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1] Amazon
29Young-Holt Trio Wack Wack Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation Amazon
30Tito Puente Hong Kong Mambo Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
31Wynonie Harris Good Mambo Tonight Lovin' Machine Amazon
32Sonny Rollins Mambo Bounce Best of Sonny Rollins, the (Riverside) Amazon
33J.J. Jones Night Train Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
34Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts Harmonica Mambo King of the Highway Amazon