Category Archives: Bluegrass

Back on the Farm 2025

The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show, an encore presentation from 2017. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.
No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Marty Stuart/Merle HaggardFarmer's BluesCountry MusicAmazon
2Freeman StowersSunrise On The FarmSinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931Amazon
3Bill FrisellFarmerDisfarmerAmazon
4Levon HelmPoor Old Dirt FarmerDirt FarmerAmazon
5Bill NeelyBlack Land Farmer16 Down Home Country ClassicsAmazon
6James KingThirty Years of FarmingBluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping SongsAmazon
7Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs YearyThe Wheat CropMac Wiseman – I Sang The SongAmazon
8Lemuel JonesPo' Farmer (Poor Farmers)Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941)Amazon
9Peter RowanLet the Harvest Go To SeedBluegrass BoyAmazon
10Carolina Tar HeelsGot The Farm Land BluesAnthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: BalladsAmazon
11Cisco HoustonFarmer's LamentThe Folkways Years: 1944-1961Amazon
12J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert)Living On The FarmThe Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4Amazon
13Walter BrennanOld RiversOld RiversAmazon
14The Bently BoysDown On Penny's FarmAnthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: BalladsAmazon
15Jim Kweskin & Geoff MuldaurDown on Penny's FarmPenny's FarmAmazon
16The Four WanderersFarmer's Life For MeBlack Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942)Amazon
17Ben & Ellen HarperFarmer's DaughterChildhood HomeAmazon
18Bobby BareThe Farmer Feeds Us AllHard Time HungrysAmazon
19Porter WagonerThe Farmer and the Lord20 All-Time Greatest HitsAmazon
20Paula BrownFarm HollersHollerin'Amazon
21Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain EntertainersMcDonald's Farm (1928)Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936Amazon
22Bubby BishopI Want To Go Back To The FarmThe Great Vintage CountryAmazon
23Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)On A Little Two Acre FarmDynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58Amazon
24Goose Island RamblersI Worked For a FarmerPolkabillyAmazon
25Buster Carter & Preston YoungA Lazy Farmer BoyBefore The Blues Vol. 3Amazon
26Rosetta HowardPlow Hand Blues [Album Version]Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950Amazon
27Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain BoysI'll Reap My Harvest In HeavenKing of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball MailAmazon
28Fiddlin' John CarsonTaxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
29Ray Wylie HubbardAfter the HarvestCrusades of the Restless NightsAmazon
30Dry Branch Fire SquadDevil, Take The Farmer481 Bluegrass Class of 1990Amazon
31Glen CampbellArkansas FarmboyAdiosAmazon
32Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesWhen It's Harvest Time, Sweet AngelineDaddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'Amazon
33Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Mother Maybelle CarterThe Homestead On The Farm [Album Version]Songs Of The Famous Carter FamilyAmazon
34Walter BrennanBack To The FarmOld ShepAmazon

Heaven and Hell

On this Friday the 13th, our show takes on the constructs of heaven and hell as its chosen theme. Songs that explore the debatable and sometimes fantastical concepts that, while they vary significantly across cultures and tradition, still remain human constructs rather than universal truths. Or are they? I sure don’t know and I doubt that you do. They have no doubt been formed as symbolic or metaphorical ideas formulated to help humankind find a straight path to that ‘great morning’…or something like that anyway. We’re not here to practice heresy or blasphemy, only to observe…and there’s plenty of music to call this theme one of mixed metaphors. Tune in for some Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Eric Clapton, Solomon Burke, Bill Neely and a whole crowd of other sinners and saints pounding out the concepts of heaven and hell in song with melodies both fierce and solemn. Tune in for quite the time.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1David Lindley and Wally IngramOh DeathTwango Bango IIAmazon
2John Lee Hooker & Ben HarperBurnin' HellThe Best Of FriendsAmazon
3Dr. JohnParty HellfireAnutha ZoneAmazon
4Miss Rhapsody & OrchestraThe Night Before Judgement DayBlues WomenAmazon
5Eric ClaptonIf I Had Possession Over Judgement DaySessions For Robert JAmazon
6The Louvin BrothersThe Great Judgement MorningClose Harmony [Disc 8]Amazon
7Johnny CashRedemptionAmerican RecordingsAmazon
8Joe Strummer/MescalerosRedemption SongStreetcoreAmazon
9Vera HallDeath, Have MercySounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White SpiritualsAmazon
10Jimmy ReedGoing By The River (Pt. 1)ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 37Amazon
11Hank WilliamsThe Angel Of DeathLost Highway December 1948 – March 1949Amazon
12Dave Van RonkSt. James InfirmaryTwo Sides of Dave Van RonkAmazon
13Ralph StanleyThe Death Of John Henry [Album Version]Ralph StanleyAmazon
14David Johansen & The Harry SmithsOh DeathDavid Johansen and the Harry SmithsAmazon
15Solomon BurkeThe JudgementDon't Give Up on MeAmazon
16Sister Rosetta TharpeBeams of HeavenSister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)Amazon
17The Zion HarmonizersOld Time ReligionUltimate Gospel FestAmazon
18Camille HowardWhen I Grow Too Old to DreamBrown GalAmazon
19The Cats & The FiddleWhen I Grow Too Old To DreamThe Very Best OfAmazon
20John Prine & Mac WisemanDon't Be Ashamed of Your AgeStandard Songs for Average PeopleAmazon
21Red FoleyDon't Be Ashamed Of Your AgeTennessee Saturday NightAmazon
22Bill NeelySatan's Burning HellThe Essential Guide To GospelAmazon
23Sheryl CrowGo Tell It On The MountainHome For ChristmasAmazon
24Iris DeMentI've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)LifelineAmazon
25Patsy ClineLife's Railway To HeavenJubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country GospelAmazon
26Grandpa JonesOpen Up Them Pearly Gates For MeAn American OriginalAmazon
27Carl StoryWhen the Pearly Gates Swing Open1951-1952 (Warped 5158)Amazon
28The Golden Gate QuartetNo Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven) (1946)Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)Amazon
29Flatt & ScruggsThe Drunkard's HellThe Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]Amazon
30Mississippi Fred McDowellSoon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room)Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1]Amazon
31Fannie Bell ChapmanHe's My Rock, My Sword, My ShieldFire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007Amazon

Bluegrass, Newgrass

We’re taking a trip up into hill country to celebrate a true Americana sound. From it’s simple roots rolling out of Appalachia, celebrating music and culture going back even further, bluegrass music evolved from many different corners with a combination of many styles, including old-time mountain music, square dance fiddling, blues, gospel, jazz, and popular music. You can count on high energy, fast tempos and a most distinctive sound. This week’s show has the syncopated rhythms moving along like a freight train, those nostalgic remembrances, and heel-kicking improvisations…not to mention those high lonesome vocals. We’ve got Blue Highway, Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs, The Rice Brothers and a couple dozen others in a Friday morning bluegrass extravaganza, sharing both classic and contemporary performers. If you’re close by, tune into KOWS 92.5 FM or, better yet, stream us almost anywhere on planet Earth at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Morris BrothersSalty Dog BluesLegends Of Bluegrass [Disc 3]Amazon
2Bill MonroeI'm Travelin' On and On1947-1949 (Warped 4988)Amazon
3Bill MonroeCrossing the CumberlandsBluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 4]Amazon
4Jimmy MartinFootprints in the SnowFirst Time TogetherAmazon
5The DillardsDooleyThere Is A Time: 1963-70Amazon
6Rhonda VincentLonesome Wind BluesBluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping SongsAmazon
7The Gentlemen of BluegrassOld Old HouseCarolina MemoriesAmazon
8John HartfordSkippin' In The Mississippi DewGood'le Days: Essential RecordingsAmazon
9John HartfordTake Me Back To My Mississippi River HomeGood'le Days: Essential RecordingsAmazon
10Blue HighwayRiding the Danville PikeBluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping SongsAmazon
11The David Thom BandHome Is Where The Heart IsThat Old FamiliarAmazon
12The David Thom BandThe Little White ChurchThat Old FamiliarAmazon
13Alison Krauss & Union StationSo Long So WrongBluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping SongsAmazon
14Ricky SkaggsI Hope You've LearnedRicky SkaggsAmazon
15Ralph StanleyDad's Old Rocky FieldOld Songs & BalladsAmazon
16The Rice BrothersGrapes On the VineBluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping SongsAmazon
17Hazel DickensI Can't Find Your Love Any MoreO Sister! The Women's Bluegrass CollectionAmazon
18Del McCouryA Far CryCelebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 4)Amazon
19Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverAs Long As the World StandsThe Hard Game of LoveAmazon
20Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester FlattRandy Lynn RagThe Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)Amazon
21The Johnson Mountain BoysDuncan & BradyHills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder RecordsAmazon
22The Johnson Mountain BoysOrange Blossom SpecialTime-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]Amazon
23Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass BoysDusty MillerBill Monroe: AnthologyAmazon
24Mac WisemanI Wonder How The Old Folks AreTime-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]Amazon
25Steep Canyon RangersAs I GoNobody Knows YouAmazon
26Laurie LewisTall PinesBluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping SongsAmazon
27Jim LauderdaleOld Time AngelsOld Time AngelsAmazon
28Jim & JesseNine Pound HammerTime-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]Amazon
29The Seldom SceneMuddy WaterTime-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]Amazon
30Bobby Hicks & Del McCouryWe're Steppin' Out TonightBluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping SongsAmazon
31Lynn Morris BandThe Bramble and the RoseBluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping SongsAmazon
32Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain BoysHit Parade of LoveJimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain BoysAmazon
33Emmylou Harris & The Nash RamblersGet Up JohnAt The Ryman [Live]Amazon

O Brother Revisited

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

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Estil C. BallLonesome ValleySounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White SpiritualsAmazon
2The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny CashLonesome ValleyKeep On The Sunny SideAmazon
3Harry McClintockBig Rock Candy MountainO Brother, Where Art Thou?Amazon
4Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's OrchestraYou Are My SunshineDecca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]Amazon
5Alison KraussDown To The River To PrayA Hundred Miles Or More: A CollectionAmazon
6Peasall SistersFair and Tender LadiesHome to YouAmazon
7Roberta Martin SingersThe Old Ship of ZionHalleluja Gospel & PrayersAmazon
8The Stanley BrothersA Life Of SorrowStanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain BoysAmazon
9Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom BoysMan of Constant SorrowO Brother, Where Art Thou?Amazon
10W. Lee & His Hillbilly BoysPlease Pass The Biscuits PappyWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938Amazon
11Country GentlemenI Am Weary (Let Me Rest)1963 (Warped 6305)Amazon
12The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain BoysClinch Mountain BackstepConstant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]Amazon
13The WhitesKeep on the Sunny SideO Brother, Where Art Thou?Amazon
14Chuck Wagon GangI'll Fly Away1941-1948 (Warped 4128)Amazon
15Hannah Peasall/Leah Peasall/Sarah Peasall/The Peasall SistersIn the HighwaysO Brother, Where Art Thou?Amazon
16Ralph StanleyOh, Death (Featuring Gillian Welch)Clinch Mountain SweetheartsAmazon
17Jesse FullerAmazing Grace15 Down Home Gospel ClassicsAmazon
18The Statler BrothersStatler Brothers – Amazing GraceBless This House [Disc 3]Amazon
19The Stanley BrothersAngel BandO Brother, Where Art Thou?Amazon
20Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass BoysCryin' Holy Unto My LordConstant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 2]Amazon
21Doc WatsonIn the Jailhouse NowMemoriesAmazon
22Robert JohnsonThey're Red HotABC Of The Blues Vol 18Amazon
23Lefty FrizzellMy Rough And Rowdy WaysSongs Of Jimmie RodgersAmazon
24Jimmie RodgersFrankie And JohnnieRecordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2]Amazon
25Peerless FourTrouble in My WaySouthern Journey Vol 8 (Velvet Voices: Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music)Amazon
26Chuck Wagon Gang/Jack GreeneFamily Bible70th AnniversaryAmazon
27J.E. Mainer's MountaineersGoin' Down To The River Of JordanTake Me To The WaterAmazon
28The Carter FamilyRiver Of JordanCan The Circle Be UnbrokenAmazon
29W. Lee O'DanielO'Daniel radio show sign offWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938Amazon
30The Carter FamilyCan The Circle Be UnbrokenCan The Circle Be UnbrokenAmazon
31John HartfordIndian War Whoop [Instrumental]O Brother, Where Art Thou?Amazon

Carter Covers

We’ll revisit the Carter Family this week on Deeper Roots with a collection of covers by their family’s inheritors, classic country and bluegrass favorites, as well as contemporary Americana artists. Aside from being a key ingredient in the ‘big bang’ of country music that occurred at the Bristol, Tennessee recordings in 1927, they would establish a rich catalog of songs and a monument to what American country music would hold as a torch for generations to come. The gathering of the elements of prose, poetry, passages and melodies that A. P. Carter gathered over his years of wandering predates the Lomax era and crossed the threshold when the 1927 encounter with Ralph Peer made history. We’ll hear from The Carters, but also Johnny Cash, Ashley Monroe, Loretta Lynn, Red Allen, and Emmylou Harris (among others) in our show today. Tune in for some of the classics from the family Carter.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Marty Stuart and His Fabulous SuperlativesKeep on the Firing LineSaturday Night / Sunday MorningAmazon
2Jorma KaukonenSweet FernAin't in No HurryAmazon
3Sheryl CrowNo Depression In HeavenThe Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter FamilyAmazon
4Emmylou HarrisHello Stranger (Remastered LP Version)Luxury Liner [Remaster]Amazon
5June Carter CashThe Road to KaintuckWildwood FlowerAmazon
6June CarterWorried Man BluesAt the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 17)Amazon
7Johnny Cash23 Worried Man Blues [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968]Live At The Carousel BallroomAmazon
8Bobby BareWorried Man Blues 19631962-1964 (Warped 6291)Amazon
9The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandI'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue EyesCountry Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]Amazon
10Johnny CashThe Winding Stream [#]Personal File Disc 1Amazon
11Johnny CashI Love You SweetheartIt's All in the FamilyAmazon
12June Carter CashRing of FirePress OnAmazon
13Ashley MonroeThe Storms Are On The OceanOrthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions RevisitedAmazon
14Ralph StanleyStorms Are On The Ocean [Album Version]A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter FamilyAmazon
15Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle CarterFair and Tender LadiesKeep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1Amazon
16The Carter FamilyOn the Sea of GalileeOn Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1Amazon
17Emmylou Harris & The Peasall SistersOn The Sea Of GalileeThe Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter FamilyAmazon
18The Carter FamilyWildwood FlowerEast Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)Amazon
19Loretta LynnWildwood FlowerAnchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter CashAmazon
20Johnny Cash/The Carter FamilyKeep on the Sunny SideKeep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1Amazon
21Frank & Allie LeeYou Are My FlowerTreat A Stranger RightAmazon
22Charlie HadenSingle Girl, Married GirlCharlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling BoyAmazon
23Hylo BrownLulu WallI Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter FamilyAmazon
24Antique PersuasionLonesome for YouDon't Forget Me Little Darling – Remembering the Carter FamilyAmazon
25Mac WisemanHold Fast To The RightBeside The Still WatersAmazon
26Red AllenI'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue EyesI Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter FamilyAmazon
27June Carter CashAnchored In Love ( featuring Janette Carter, Joe Carter, and Dale Jett)Church In The WildwoodAmazon
28The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandWill the Circle Be UnbrokenWill the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2Amazon
29The WhitesKeep on the Sunny SideO Brother, Where Art Thou?Amazon

Old Devil Time

In an encore episode from 2015, we listen in as Dave explores the multi-generational sounds of not only bluegrass with Dillard and Clark and The Hackberry Ramblers, but we’ll also cross the genres (as we are wont to do) with Cowboy Copas, Clara Ward, Otis Spann, and Doris Day. There’s a couple of different threads that run through the show today, one being that of the ‘devil’ and the other being of ‘new mornings’. Tune in at a special time and see what’s in store on a late-fall morning in West County. And please, donate to community radio:  kwtf.net.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1BR5-49The Devil In MeDog DaysAmazon
2Bob DylanTalkin' DevilIt Could Even Be A MythAmazon
3Pete SeegerOld Devil Time (Live)Singalong Demonstration Concert (Live)Amazon
4Gillian WelchThe Devil Had a Hold of MeHell Among the YearlingsAmazon
5Sister Rosetta TharpeThe Devil Has Thrown Him DownThe Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]Amazon
6Doris DayThe Deevil, Devil, DivilComplete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]Amazon
7Pokey LaFargeThe Devil Ain't LazyPokey LaFargeAmazon
8Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of AlabamaThe Devil Ain't LazyReinventing the WheelAmazon
9Hackberry RamblersOld Pipeliner (Rodney Crowell-vocal) {1992-06 (org.1946) Flying Fish FF-70629 CD}Cajun Boogie (1992-06)Amazon
10Cowboy CopasDon't Shake Hands with the DevilSettin' Flat On ReadyAmazon
11Little Jimmy DickensI'm Little But I'm LoudThe Essential "Little" Jimmy DickensAmazon
12Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex WilliamsHide Your FaceSpadella! The Essential Spade CooleyAmazon
13Dillard & ClarkI Bowed My Head And Cried HolyThe Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & ClarkAmazon
14Rory BlockI Am In the Heavenly WayConfessions of A Blues SingerAmazon
15Bukka WhiteI Am the Heavenly WayThe Sonet Blues StoryAmazon
16Clara WardIn That Great Judgement MorningGolden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 1]Amazon
17The Dixie HummingbirdsIn The MorningThank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie HummingbirdsAmazon
18Sam Cooke And The Soul StirrersHe's So WonderfulThe Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]Amazon
19Slim & SlamEarly In The MorningSlim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)Amazon
20Golden Gate Jubilee QuartetCarolina In The MorningVol. 1-(1937-38)Amazon
21Merle Haggard/Willie NelsonWhere Dreams Come to DieDjango and JimmieAmazon
22John Lee HookerI'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive [Album Version]Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles BurnettAmazon
23Otis SpannMust Have Been The DevilThe Blues Never DieAmazon
24Cleo BrownYou're A Heavenly ThingComplete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)Amazon
25Benny GoodmanYou're a Heavenly ThingMusic Hall RagAmazon
26Big Joe TurnerMorning Noon And NiteBig Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues YearsAmazon
27Tampa RedWorried Devil BluesThe Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)Amazon
28Ralph StanleyJohn The RevelatorA Mother's PrayerAmazon
29Sherman TedderUntitled [Album Version]Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950Amazon
30Elvis Presley(You're The) Devil In DisguiseElvis 30 #1 HitsAmazon
31Ella FitzgeraldOl' Devil Moon75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]Amazon
32Ella FitzgeraldBetween The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]Amazon

Covering Bill Monroe

The music of Bill Monroe is the theme of our show today. We’ll be featuring some classic tunes from the Monroe catalog including some traditional tunes as well as those written by the master himself. The performers include those from all walks:  Ray Charles, Elvis, Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, and a collection of bluegrass favorites including Jim & Jessie McReynods, Ricky Skaggs, The Seldom Scene and a couple dozen others; all of them covering Bill Monroe’s music with some loyal to the arrangements while others putting their own spin on it. Join Dave Stroud once again for a collection of sounds from those dusty digital bins, those deeper wells, here on Sonoma County Community’s own community radio. Free Form. Free Speech. No Bull. Your alternative radio station in the North Bay.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Elvis PresleyWorking On The BuildingAmazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)Amazon
2Ray CharlesBlue Moon Of Kentucky (Swingova)Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]Amazon
3John FogertyBlue Moon Of KentuckySongs of Bill MonroeAmazon
4Leon RussellUncle PenHank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]Amazon
5The Louvin BrothersWhat Would You Give In Exchange For Your SoulClose Harmony [Disc 8]Amazon
6The Devil Makes ThreeWhat Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)Redemption & RuinAmazon
7Jerry & Tammy SullivanWicked Path Of SinLegend Lives on-a Tribute to Bill MonroeAmazon
8Jim & Jesse McReynoldsWicked Path Of SinMusic Among FriendsAmazon
9Emmylou Harris & The Nash RamblersWalls Of TimeAt The Ryman [Live]Amazon
10The Johnson Mountain BoysWalls Of TimeBill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2Amazon
11Hazel And AliceTrue Life BluesBill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2Amazon
12Bruce Hornsby & Ricky SkaggsToy Heart (Live)Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby: Cluck Ol' Hen (Live)Amazon
13Red AllenSweetheart, You Done Me WrongThe Folkways Years 1964 – 1983Amazon
14The Million Dollar QuartetSweetheart You Done Me WrongThe Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special EditionAmazon
15Lester Flatt and Earl ScruggsSix White Horses1957-1959 (Warped 5722)Amazon
16The Bluegrass BandSix White Horses2nd CutAmazon
17Doc WatsonThe Girl In The Blue Velvet BandGood Deal!Amazon
18Mac WisemanThe Girl In The Blue Velvet BandGreat Folk BalladsAmazon
19Doc Watson/Merle WatsonRoll on BuddyDoc Watson on Stage (Featuring Merle Watson)Amazon
20Ramblin' Jack ElliottRoll On BuddyThe Essential Ramblin' Jack ElliottAmazon
21Doc WatsonMy Rose of Old KentuckyMemoriesAmazon
22Dwight YoakamRocky Road BluesBig Mon – The Songs of Bill MonroeAmazon
23Gene Vincent and His Blue CapsRocky Road BluesThe Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)Amazon
24Doc & Merle WatsonNew River TrainRemembering Merle – Live Recordings 1976-1979Amazon
25The Seldom SceneLittle Georgia RoseAct 3Amazon
26Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester FlattMolly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)Amazon
27Don Reno & Bill Harrel With The Tennessee Cut-UpsMolly And Tenbrooks20 Bluegrass FavoritesAmazon
28Tony Rice UnitMidnight on the Stormy DeepHills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder RecordsAmazon
29Doc WatsonMidnight on The Stormy DeepRiding the Midnight TrainAmazon
30John Hartford, Ronnie McCouryLittle Cabin Home On The HillTrue Life Blues – The Songs of Bill MonroeAmazon
31Elvis PresleyLittle Cabin On the HillElvis CountryAmazon
32Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass BoysUncle PenDecca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]Amazon

Pearly Country Gates

More influential gospel sounds this morning on Deeper Roots. We take a dip into the country, bluegrass, and folk extensions whose roots are buried in 19th and early 20th century European American musical traditions. It’s a mixed bag with contributions from the Protestant, Baptist, and Black Gospel hymnals and songbooks. And don’t forget the quiet bubbling influences of popular music, the logical extension of selling the message…a kind of backroads Madison Avenue. We’re focused on country gospel today with the usual giants of country music: George Jones, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, and The Louvins…but we’ll also hear from the bluegrass contingent including Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe, and Flatt and Scruggs. A heavenly time where we share music that would weave its way into the fabric of America’s music including rock, soul, country, and Americana. Tune in on Friday mornings.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Ernest Carter And The Hymn TrioThe Gospel TrainHillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The RaptureAmazon
2Kitty Wells(I've Got My) One Way Ticket to the SkyLonely Street/Dust On the BibleAmazon
3The Louvin BrothersThe Gospel WayClose Harmony [Disc 1]Amazon
4Sons of the PioneersThe Gospel TrainSongs of the Prairie – CD4Amazon
5Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass BoysOn That Gospel ShipAll The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2]Amazon
6The Nashville Bluegrass BandGospel PlowStained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel MusicAmazon
7Ricky SkaggsChildren GoCountry's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the CenturyAmazon
8George Jones & Tammy WynetteLet's All Go Down To The RiverJubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country GospelAmazon
9Carl StoryOld Country Baptizing1957-1959 (Warped 5891F)Amazon
10The Oak Ridge BoysThat Old Country ChurchGospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection [Disc 2]Amazon
11Johnny CashIn The Sweet By And ByGospel GloryAmazon
12Kitty WellsLonesome ValleyJubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country GospelAmazon
13Red FoleyJust A Closer Walk With TheeHillbilly Fever [Disc 3]Amazon
14King's Sacred QuartetteTurn Your Radio OnHeartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King GospelAmazon
15Buck OwensPray Every DayJubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country GospelAmazon
16Merle Haggard & The Carter FamilyPrecious MemoriesJubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country GospelAmazon
17Connie SmithOver the Next Hill We'll Be HomeVoice of the Spirit, Gospel of the SouthAmazon
18Don GibsonCanaan's LandThe Complete Recordings 1952-1962Amazon
19Flatt & ScruggsI'm On My Way To Canaan's LandFoggy Mountain GospelAmazon
20The Bluegrass BandLord Build Me A Cabin In GloryShine Hallelujah Shine Vol 1Amazon
21Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverI'm Finding Joy in My Savior's LoveGospel Radio GemsAmazon
22The Whitstein BrothersThe Christian LifeSing Gospel Songs of the LouvinsAmazon
23The Louvin BrothersPreach The GospelLove and Wealth: The Lost RecordingsAmazon
24Johnny CashUnclouded DayVoice of the Spirit, Gospel of the SouthAmazon
25Hazel DickensHere Today, Gone TomorrowStained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel MusicAmazon
26Martha CarsonSatisfiedJubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country GospelAmazon
27Hank Williams Sr.I Saw the LightCountry's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the CenturyAmazon
28Cowboy CopasFour Books In The BibleHeartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King GospelAmazon
29Grandpa JonesCome and DineHeartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King GospelAmazon
30The Cox FamilyThere Will Be SingingGonna Sing, Gonna Shout – Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick LangAmazon
31The Delmore BrothersGospel CannonballDecca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]Amazon
32Brother Claude ElyThere Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body DownHeartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King GospelAmazon
33Ernest Martin And His Gospel Melody MakersWhen The Wrath Of God Comes DownHillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The RaptureAmazon

Devil In Me

Dark days with the devil. Self-centered, morally lacking, and incapable of empathizing with human kind. Sound like someone you know? This morning’s show finds us down in the hole where Satan never sleeps and where darkness pervades. There’s a very wide range of topics in our show, including the harnessing of the atom, the soul of man, and the valley where Jordan slices across the heart. Hillbillies from hell, a trip to St. James Infirmary, the lion’s den, and the belly of the whale are all to be seen with tracks from Brother Claude, the Jordan River Boys, The Doors, El Radio Fantastique, and Otis Spann in a show that is certain to have you taking stock of yesterday, today, and tomorrow as we make this social distancing a not-so-transient fixture in our lives. Balance this theme against the sun shining bright on a Spring morning in Sonoma County.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Harry S. TrumanSpeeches, Truman, Harry S. The First Atomic Bomb Attack On Japan Aug 06, 1945Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 2 – the Changing WorldAmazon
2The Louvin BrothersThe Great Atomic PowerClose Harmony [Disc 7]Amazon
3El Radio FantastiqueDevil Inside MeWaking the DeadAmazon
4The DoorsMoonlight Drive [Version 1]The Doors [Bonus Tracks]Amazon
5Johnny CashThe Man Comes Around[Early]Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption SongsAmazon
6Jordan River BoysWhen the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of TimeWhen the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51Amazon
7John FogertyGoin' Back HomeEye Of The ZombieAmazon
8Timi YuroSatan Never SleepsI'm So HurtAmazon
9Louis Armstrong & All His StarsSt. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)Satchmo Plays King OliverAmazon
10Hoyt AxtonThe DevilAmerican OriginalsAmazon
11Lead BellyBlack BettyLead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways CollectionAmazon
12Elvis PresleyRun OnArtist of the Century Disc 2Amazon
13Sister Rosetta TharpeJonahVol. 3-1946-47 Complete RecordAmazon
14Elizabeth Cook And The GrascalsThe Great Atomic PowerSong of AmericaAmazon
15The Louvin BrothersRiver of JordanLong Play CollectionAmazon
16Brother Claude ElyI Want To Go To HeavenSatan Get BackAmazon
17Ralph StanleyAre You Washed In The BloodA Mother's PrayerAmazon
18George JonesPlease Take the Devil Out of MeHeartbreak Hotel (Gonna Shake This Shack)Amazon
19Tom WaitsThe Soul Of A ManGod Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie JohnsonAmazon
20EelsFresh BloodHombre LoboAmazon
21Tom WaitsWay Down In The HoleBeautiful Maladies: The Island YearsAmazon
22Bill JenningsBilly In The Lion's DenWailin' Vol. 1Amazon
23Otis SpannIt Must Have Been The DevilWalking The BluesAmazon
24Jack LeonardA Visit From The DevilHillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)Amazon
25Anita CarterSatan's ChildHillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final ChapterAmazon
26The Devil Makes ThreeDown In The ValleyRedemption & RuinAmazon
27Julie MillerThe Devil Is an Angel15 Years of American MusicAmazon
28The YoungbloodsDarkness, DarknessGet Together: The Essential YoungbloodsAmazon
29Solomon Burke/ZuccheroDiavolo in Me (A Devil in Me)Zucchero & Co.Amazon
30Paul ThornDon't Let The Devil RideDon't Let The Devil RideAmazon
31Hank WilliamsThe Devil's TrainLovesick Blues August 1947 – December 1948Amazon

That Mean Old Clock

Watching that pendulum swinging to and fro, we share both our sorrows and our joy in this shelter-in-place situation we’ve found ourselves in. And music. We share music. There is also that ticking and tocking of the clock as time passes; slowly for some and too fast for others. As they say…the days pass slowly and the years just fly right by us…and that was before we found ourselves in isolation. This week’s Deeper Roots show is all about the time factor, specifically growing older with each breath and minute. But, it’s certainly better than the alternative. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning on Deeper Roots with music going as far back as 1932 (The Carter Family) and a more recent release from Orthophonic Joy and The Church Sisters…all reflecting on the passing of time and growing old. It’s a theme that is universal, crossing all generations, faiths, and political persuasions. Tune in for reflection on a Friday evening.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Bobby BareThat Mean Old ClockThe Chronogical Classics 1956-1961Amazon
2Bonnie OwensWhere We'll Never Grow Old1968-1971 (Warped 6947)Amazon
3The Church SistersWhere We'll Never Grow OldOrthophonic JoyAmazon
4Sunny SweeneyGrow Old With MeTrophyAmazon
5John Prine & Mac WisemanDon't Be Ashamed of Your AgeStandard Songs for Average PeopleAmazon
6Grandpa JonesGrandfather's ClockAn American OriginalAmazon
7Mac WisemanI'd Rather Die YoungKeep On The Sunny SideAmazon
8The Carter FamilyWhere We'll Never Grow OldThe Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4]Amazon
9JL StilesNever To Grow OldSolo SessionsAmazon
10Carl ButlerWatching the ClockThe Chronogical Classics 1954-1958 (Warped 5592)Amazon
11Ivory Joe HunterTime Has PassedChronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)Amazon
12Louis Jordan & His Tympany FiveTime Is A Passin'One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin SessionsAmazon
13Johnny Otis / Jimmy RushingRound The ClockThe R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4]Amazon
14Aaron NevilleThe Ticks Of The ClockBrother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron)Amazon
15Carl StallingVariation On Grandfather's ClockThe Carl Stalling Project, Vol. 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1929-1957Amazon
16Count Basie & His OrchestraOne O'Clock Jump (1937 Version)Swingsation: Swing That MusicAmazon
17Harry JamesTwo O'Clock JumpTime-Life Swing Era – 1940-1941 [Disc 1]Amazon
18Bert KaempfertThree O'Clock in the MorningThe Very Best of Bert KaempfertAmazon
19Gory CarterFour O'Clock In The MorningFurther Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951Amazon
20Ivie AndersonFive O'clock WhistleCocktail HourAmazon
21The Three RiffsFive O'Clock BluesHot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 2: Viddle de VopAmazon
22John PrineSix O'Clock NewsSouvenirsAmazon
23Simon & Garfunkel7 O'Clock News/Silent NightOld Friends Disc 2Amazon
24Loretta Lynn & Conway TwittyFrom Seven To Ten20 Greatest HitsAmazon
25The Armstrong TwinsEight Thirty Blues16 Down Home Country ClassicsAmazon
26Floyd TillmanEach Night At NineCountry Music Hall Of FameAmazon
27Harold Lee WilsonTen O'Clock TrainHillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final ChapterAmazon
28Bill DoggettEleven O'clock TwistThe King Records Story – Part 1Amazon
29Frank FrostQuarter To TwelveMidnight ProlerAmazon
30B.B. KingIn The Midnight HourSix Silver StringsAmazon
31Howlin' WolfGetting Old and GreyChess Blues Disc 1Amazon