Category Archives: Americana

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

Red River Valley

Deeper Roots will be filling in for Steady Eddie’s show this week while Eddie takes a well-deserved vacation. And Dave Stroud is jumping into those two hours with a nostalgic mix of Stephen Foster, western campfire trail songs, and silver screen sendups of life on the trail. Join the fun with some classic Bob Wills, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Driftwood, and John Hartford as we listen to those crickets callin’ and those coyotes makin’ their wail. Listening to the music as the wind is strummin’ a sagebrush guitar. A hundred years of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Get Up John At The Ryman [Live] Amazon
2Cowboy Jack Clement Beautiful Dreamer Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War Amazon
3John Hartford Lorena Good'le Days: Essential Recordings Amazon
4Clint Eastwood Claudia's Theme/Main Title – Unforgiven 75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1) Amazon
5Mavis Staples Hard Times Come Again No More Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
6Lee Marvin Wand'rin Star Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Marilyn Monroe River Of No Return The Essential Marilyn Monroe Amazon
8Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson My Rifle, My Pony And Me My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
9Kirk Douglas And The Moon Grew Brighter My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
10Jimmie Driftwood When I Swim the Golden River Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles Amazon
11Marty Robbins Red River Valley All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
12Asleep at the Wheel Miles and Miles of Texas The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970 Amazon
13Willie Nelson Sugar Moon You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
14Bob Wills Sugar Moon 1946 (Warped 4677) Amazon
15Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Along The Navajo Trail Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy Amazon
16Asleep at the Wheel Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
17Merle Kilgore Nevada Smith My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
18Sons of the Pioneers Tumbling Tumbleweeds Tumbling Tumbleweeds – The RCA Victor Years Voume 1 Amazon
19Tex Ritter High Noon Famous Country Music Makers Amazon
20Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
21Elmer Bernstein: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra The Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein Amazon
22Jason Isbell Johnny Reb, That's Me You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold Amazon
23Jay Unger And Molly Mason With Fiddle Fever Ashokan Farewell Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
24Johnny Bond Red River Valley History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9 Amazon
25Roy Rogers Don't Fence Me In My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
26Frankie Laine Gunfight At O.K. Corral My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
27Asleep at the Wheel South of the Border (with George Strait) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
28Asleep at the Wheel San Antonio Rose Western Standard Time Amazon
29Ennio Morricone The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Stick It In: A Virgin Compilation Amazon
30Jay Unger, Paul Roebling & David McCullough Ashokan Farewell – Sullivan Ballou Letter The Civil War 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

Leon Redbone Tribute

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

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

Gospel Crosscurrents

Another gospel celebration, this time with a mix of country, bluegrass, classic black gospel, and a very special blending from the annals of rock n’ roll. We’re calling this roots celebration “Gospel Cross-Currents” and it makes its way through a mix of fifties country gospel of Fern Jones and Bonnie Owens and some recent country releases of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with folk, bluegrass and black gospel of the early century. Tune in for Mac Wiseman, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis, the Alphabetical Four, and Sister Lottie Peavy. Deeper Roots celebrates each Friday morning on KOWS and Friday evening on KWTF.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Good News Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
2Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Keep on the Firing Line Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
3Carl Story Keep on the Firing Line 1942-1947 (Warped 4780) Amazon
4Browns Ferry Four Keep On The Firing Line Goodbye, Babylon – Goodbye, Babylon [Disc 5] Amazon
5Precious Bryant Sit Down Servant The Truth Amazon
6Jackson Browne & David Lindley Sit Down Servant Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
7Mike Farris Sit Down Servant Salvation in Lights Amazon
8Bad Livers I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap Dust On The Bible Amazon
9Mac Wiseman I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap Most Requested Amazon
10Michelle Lanchester w/Sweet Honey In The Rock I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior) African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers Amazon
11Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin If You See My Savior Lost Time Amazon
12Porter Wagoner/Willie Nelson Family Bible Unplugged Amazon
13Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Family Bible Lost In The Ozone Amazon
14Lyle Lovett I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord Smile: Songs From The Movies Amazon
15Willie Nelson Sweet Bye and Bye Old Time Religion Amazon
16Elizabeth Cotten Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes Amazon
17Alphabetical Four What a Friend We Have in Jesus Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943 Amazon
18Bonnie Owens What a Friend We Have in Jesus 1968-1971 (Warped 6947) Amazon
19Fern Jones By And By The Glory Road Amazon
20Elvis Presley By and By Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
21Paul Butterfield's Better Days Nobody's Fault But Mine 'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back' Amazon
22Sister Lottie Peavy Nobody's Fault But Mine Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950 Amazon
23Brother Claude Ely I'm Crying Holy Unto The Lord Satan Get Back Amazon
24Bad Livers Crying Holy Unto The Lord Dust On The Bible Amazon
25The Jordaniares Dig a Little Deeper The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
26Mahalia Jackson Dig A Little Deeper Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
27Johnny Cash Where We'll Never Grow Old Unearthed Volume Four. My Mother's Hymn Book Amazon
28Patty Griffin Never Grow Old Downtown Church Amazon
29Johnny Cash & The Carter Family Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century Amazon
30Aaron Neville Were You There Gospel Roots Amazon
31Jessi Colter His Eye Is On The Sparrow [Album Version] Out Of The Ashes Amazon
32The Staple Singers This May Be The Last Time Swing Low Amazon

Cajun Two-Step

Back to the bayou once more, but this time with less the rocking rhythms of the mid-to-late century and more with tradition. We pick on the sound of cajun music, celebrating a simple dance style born of early century French/Canadian, African Creole from the Caribbean, and American Country: the two-step. It’s music is full of accordion, fiddle, washboard, bass fiddle, triangle, and percussion of all kinds…giving it a consistently energetic and lively signature. And the dance which is our focus is a simple but expressive one similar to the western two-step…just without the fancy turns and spins.  Our performances include some classics from the early century including Amede Ardoin and Jimmy Newman as well as contemporaries and mid-century legends like Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Al Berard, Michael Doucet, and Louisiana energy from the swamps to Lake Pontchartrain. Tune in!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Taj Mahal Two-Step de Grand Mallet Creole Bred – A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco Amazon
2Savoy Family Band Two-Step de Amede This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2 Amazon
3Amidi Ardoin Amadie Two-Step I'm Never Comin' Back Amazon
4Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Amedee Two-Step [Cajun] Planet Squeezebox [Disc 1] Amazon
5Jimmy Breaux Perrodin Two-Step Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation Amazon
6Sammy Naquin Perrodin Two Step Best of Cajun Instrumentals Amazon
7Michael Doucet Awesome Ossun Two-Step Bayou Deluxe: The Best of Michael Doucet &… Amazon
8The Savoy-Doucet Band High Point Two-Step Alligator Stomp, Vol. 3 Amazon
9Beausoleil Acadian Two-Step Vintage Beausoleil Amazon
10Jimmy Newman Fais Do Do Two Step 1948-1953 (Warped 5060) Amazon
11Jimmy Newman Teiyut Two Step 1948-1953 (Warped 5060) Amazon
12Jerry Jericho Cajun Pete Jingle for Dr. Tichenor At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 8) Amazon
13Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers Beau's Cajun Two Step Beau Jocque Boogie Amazon
14Nathan Williams & The Zydeco Cha-Chas Zydeco Two-Step Creole Bred – A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco Amazon
15Al Berard & The Basin Brothers Le Two-Step De Choupique (Choupique Two-Step) Dans La Louisiane (In Louisiana) Amazon
16Balfa Toujours Two-Step @ Tina Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation Amazon
17Aldus Roger Mamou Two-Step Alligator Stomp 3: Cajun Zydeco Classics Amazon
18Bruce Daigrepont Marksville Two-Step Cajun Cookin' [Easy Disc] Amazon
19Rockin Sidney Two Steppin The Two Step The Best Of Louisiana Cajun Classics Amazon
20BeauSoleil Eunice Two-Step L'Amour Ou La Folie Amazon
21Zydeco Force Shaggy Dog Two-Step Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation Amazon
22Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys Bayou noir/Back of Town Two-Step Trace Of Time Amazon
23Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Ossun Two-Step American Roots Music [Disc 4] Amazon
24Clifton Chenier Zodico Two-Step King Of The Bayous Amazon
25Lawrence Ardoin Bayou Two-Step Tradition Creole Amazon
26Lawrence Ardoin Midland Two Step Tradition Creole Amazon
27BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet Two Step De Port Arthur From Bamako to Carenro Amazon
28Clifton Chenier Louisiana Two Step Louisiana Blues and Zydeco Amazon
29Wilson & Joel Savoy Fiddle Two-Step This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2 Amazon
30Delbert McClinton Two Step Too Cost Of Living 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

Brothers in Harmony

Harmony. That blend of knowing how the instruments and vocals will reverberate against each other…and the Delmore Brothers introduced the tightest of harmonies combining the early sentiments of gospel, folk, and blues, becoming, in their time, the most popular act on the Grand Ole Opry. The Louvin Brothers were blessed with not only pure complementing vocal chops but an innate sense of timing. Others, like the Osbornes, the Stanleys, and the Monroes took the Appalachian folk sound of what would become bluegrass to another level, using their kinship as a vault that would surpass others whose symbiotic relationships would often lack the requisite DNA (not to mention timing). Deeper Roots explores a number of performers who leveraged that DNA to set themselves apart from others on the stage. It’s sibling country harmony this week on Sonoma County Community Radio. Join in the fun!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Everly Brothers Roving Gambler Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Amazon
2The Monroe Brothers Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
3The Monroe Brothers Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1] Amazon
4The Monroe Brothers On The Banks Of The Ohio What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? Volume One Amazon
5Bill Monroe New River Train The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers Amazon
6The Delmore Brothers Brown's Ferry Blues Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1] Amazon
7The Delmore Brothers Hillbilly Boogie Boogie Man Boogie Amazon
8The Delmore Brothers Lonesome Yodel Blues Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1] Amazon
9The Delmore Brothers Southern Moon Hillbilly Boogie Best Amazon
10The Delmore Brothers I've Got The Big River Blues Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1] Amazon
11The Stanley Brothers Rank Strangers Back Roads to Cold Mountain Amazon
12The Stanley Brothers I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys Amazon
13The Stanley Brothers Let Me Be Your Friend Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys Amazon
14The Stanley Brothers Poor Ellen Smith An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956 Amazon
15The Blue Sky Boys Only One Step More Something Got A Hold Of Me Amazon
16Blue Sky Boys I'm S-A-V-E-D 1939-1940 (Warped 3976) Amazon
17The Blue Sky Boys Mary Of The Wild Moor East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) Amazon
18Blue Sky Boys Story of the Knoxville Girl The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807) Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers Knoxville Girl Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
20The Louvin Brothers I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
21The Louvin Brothers If I Could Only Win Your Love Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
22The Louvin Brothers Pitfall Close Harmony [Disc 2] Amazon
23Osborne Brothers Take This Hammer 1963-1965 (Warped 6361) Amazon
24Osborne Brothers Charlie Cotton 1963-1965 (Warped 6361) Amazon
25Osborne Brothers My Sweet Love Ain't Around 1968-1974 Disc 2 Amazon
26Osborne Brothers Gotta Travel On 1963-1965 (Warped 6361) Amazon
27The Everly Brothers Crying In The Rain Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 2] Amazon
28The Everly Brothers I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1] Amazon
29The Everly Brothers Down In The Willow Garden Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Amazon
30The Everly Brothers Take a Message to Mary A Portrait of Dylan Amazon
31The Louvin Brothers Cash On The Barrelhead Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
32The Louvin Brothers When I Stop Dreaming Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
33The Louvin Brothers The Great Atomic Power Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon

Time’s Getting Hard

Music this week that speaks to hard times. From the Dust Bowl and Great Depression to personal hardships, we’ll share some bluegrass sounds, tunes steeped in tradition, soothing notes of country gospel, and folk blues. We’ll hear from The Weavers, Mavis Staples, Bobby Bare, and Pearly “Grandma” Davis (a nugget from Mike Seeger’s Old Time Music series). There will be talk of failing crops, revolution, and Oklahoma dust this week. Deeper Roots goes a little bit deeper with more songs about hard times this week on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, where our neighbors just experienced their own hard times from flood waters. Thinking about them.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bobby Bare Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning Darker Than Light Amazon
2Tracy Chapman Talkin' Bout a Revolution Tracy Chapman Amazon
3Uncle Tupelo No Depression No Depression Amazon
4Bob Dylan Hard Times Good As I Been To You Amazon
5Dave Alvin Waiting for the Hard Times to Go Interstate City Amazon
6Mavis Staples Hard Times Come Again No More Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
7The Byrds Old Blue The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 3 Amazon
8Peter Rowan Seeds My Daddy Sowed Dust Bowl Children Amazon
9Jimmy LaFave My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed away) Peace Town Amazon
10Pearly 'Grandma' Davis It's These Hard Times Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967 Amazon
11Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three Hard Times Come and Go Riverboat Soul Amazon
12Eddie Dattel Trickle Down Blues Trickle Down Blues Amazon
13Buck Owens Waitin' In Your Welfare Line The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
14Ryan Bingham Hard Times Mescalito Amazon
15Ry Cooder You Must Unload The Prodigal Son Amazon
16The Louvin Brothers Preach The Gospel The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks Amazon
17Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Never No More Hard Times-Blues The King Of Western Swing-25 Hits 1935-1945 Amazon
18Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Hard Times Have Been Here (But They've Gone) 1978-1979 Amazon
19Country Joe McDonald Talkin' Dust Bowl Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
20The Weavers Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvia Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2] Amazon
21Josh White Hard Times Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 51 Amazon
22Sheryl Crow No Depression In Heaven The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family Amazon
23Country Joe McDonald This Land Is Your Land Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
24R.B. Morris That's How Every Empire Falls Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara Amazon
25Bobby Bare Times Are Gettin' Hard 1964 (Warped 6425) Amazon
26The Tillers All You Fascists Bound to Lose The Tillers Amazon
27Aiken County String Band Hard Times Breakdown 78s Amazon
28Eels Rock Hard Times Shootenanny! Amazon

Deeper Charley Patton

This week we’ll explore the music of the legendary Charley Patton. We’ll be dipping our toes into the birth of the Delta blues featuring some classic tracks from the gravel-voiced masked wonder as well as some rich covers from contemporary performers. Listen in for music from Otis Taylor, David Johansen, Corey Harris, and Taj Mahal…just to drop a few names. We’ll also scratch the surface of Charley’s career including some reflections from a master’s thesis written by none other than the American musicologist and musician, John Fahey. Tune in Friday morning as we board ourselves a raft to roll down the waters in search of the rich and elusive legend of the Mississippi Delta blues that was Charley Patton.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob Dylan High Water (For Charley Patton) Love and Theft Amazon
2Charley Patton I Shall Not Be Moved The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2] Amazon
3Paul Rishell & Anne Raines I Shall Not Be Moved Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
4Son House The Pony Blues Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The Amazon
5Charley Patton Pony Blues (Pm 12792, 15216–) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
6Guy Davis, T-Bone Wolk, Mark Murphy & Levon Helm Some of These Days Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
7Charley Patton Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2] Amazon
8Charley Patton Poor Me The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3] Amazon
9Rising Sons By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version] Rising Sons Amazon
10Charlie Musselwhite Pea Vine Blues Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
11Otis Taylor Stone Pony Americana Roots Songbook: Modern Blues Amazon
12Charley Patton Stone Pony Blues The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3] Amazon
13McHouston Baker High Sheriff Blues Mississippi Delta Dues Amazon
14David Johansen High Sheriff Shaker Amazon
15Charley Patton High Sheriff Blues Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47) Amazon
16Steve James & Mark Rubin Elder Greene Blues Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
17Charley Patton Elder Greene Blues The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 1] Amazon
18Taj Mahal High Water Everywhere, Part 2 American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
19Graham Parker Poor Me Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
20Corey Harris Moon Going Down Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
21Charley Patton Moon Going Down Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47) Amazon
22Dave Van Ronk Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
23Robert Nighthawk Mean Black Cat Greatest Blues Licks Amazon
24Charley Patton Charley Patton – Mean Black Cat Blues 24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ] Amazon
25Joe Louis Walker Sugar Mama Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
26The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Some of These Days I'll Be Gone (Charley Version) Peyton On Patton Amazon
27Charley Patton High Water Everywhere – Part 1 The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon