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Shake That Thing

Gospel, Wynonie Harris, Muleskinner Blues, and Lady Soul. Fine Friday free form festivities coming your way on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. We’ve got Bobby Bare, The Boswell Sisters, Johnny Cash, David Lindley, and so much more that we’re bursting. Every month or so Deeper Roots takes a break from themes, genres, tributes, and the sometimes studied look at the last century of America’s music and kicks back in the musical easy chair, sharing a cross section of performances from some of the best artists and songwriters. Tune in for an uplifting selection this Friday evening.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Wynonie Harris Shake That Thing Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon
2Little Esther & the Dominoes The Deacon Moves In Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
3Louis Jordan Lemonade Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
4The Blenders Don't Play Around with Love Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
5Louis Armstrong I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
6The Mills Brothers Swing Is The Thing Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
7The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born That's How Rhythm Was Born Amazon
8The Boswell Sisters Concentratin' It's The Girls Amazon
9Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey Rhythm Saved The World The Gems Of Jazz Amazon
10Aretha Franklin Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
11Aretha Franklin Old Landmark Amazing Grace (The Complete Recordings) [Disc 2] Amazon
12The Blind Boys Of Alabama People Get Ready Higher Ground Amazon
13Sarah Jarosz Ring Them Bells Follow Me Down Amazon
14Rhiannon Giddens Up Above My Head Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
15Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
16Bob Dylan Man in the Long Black Coat Chronicles, Vol. 1 Amazon
17Johnny Cash God's Gonna Cut You Down American V: A Hundred Highways Amazon
18Bobby Bare Four Strong Winds Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
19Jimmy Martin 20/20 Vision Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
20Dolly Parton Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel – No. 8) 1970 Amazon
21Skeeter Davis I'm A Lover (Not A Fighter) The Essential Skeeter Davis Amazon
22Dave Edmunds Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love) D.E. 7th Amazon
23Ricky Skaggs Don't Get Above Your Raising The Essential Ricky Skaggs Amazon
24Carlene Carter Baby Ride Easy Hindsight 20/20 Amazon
25Bob Dylan Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest John Wesley Harding Amazon
26John Fogerty Rambunctious Boy Blue Moon Swamp Amazon
27John Hiatt Master of Disaster [2005] Master of Disaster Amazon
28Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
29Big John & the Buzzards Your Cash Ain't Nothin But Trash Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon

Ants In My Pants

Whether it was Prohibition, the need for comic relief from the worst Depression our country has known, or the release from Victorian norms in the age of the flapper…something was afoot. The humor it portended is not something that we all understand in this age… but it’s worth looking at. Novelty ruled the day and every Victrola and Edison radio spilled a silly song, whether it worked from puns or light humor (pop music), corny songs that sometimes had hidden charms (country and folk), or right in your face real life naughty bits (the blues)…there was something for everyone to sample. We’ll hear from Lonzo and Oscar, Milton Brown, Frank Crumit, George Formby, and Lonnie Johnson in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. A hoot and a holler by any other name on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Lonnie Johnson She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight Hot Fingers Amazon
2Frank Crumit My Little Bimbo Down on the Bimbo Isle (1920) grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
3Billy Murray I'll See You In C-U-B-A Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1 Amazon
4Ozzie & Harriet Nelson Oh Susanna, Dust off That Old Pianna The Nelson Touch Amazon
5Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Down By the O-H-I-O The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1] Amazon
6Roy Newman I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants) The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
7The Johnson Sisters Hillbilly Soldier Joe Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
8Texas Jim Robertson The Last Page of Mein Kampf Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
9Sweet Violet Boys I Love My Fruit Okeh Western Swing Amazon
10The Happiness Boys: Billy Jones & Ernest Hare I've Never Seen A Straight Banana The Charleston Days Amazon
11Hoosier Hot Shots I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
12Lonzo & Oscar I'm My Own Grandpa Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
13Lonzo and Oscar Girls Don't Nag Your Husbands 1947-1950 (Warped 4741) Amazon
14Six Jumping Jacks I Do Not Chose to Run Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
15Buddy Rogers (I'd Like to Be) A Bee in Your Boudoir The Big Broadcast vol. 6 Amazon
16Paul Specht Shoo-Shoo-Boogie-Boo Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930 Amazon
17George Formby Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt I'm The Ukulele Man Amazon
18The Three Keys Oh! By Jingo The Big Broadcast, Volume 2: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
19Marx Brothers I'm Against It/Horse Feathers Horse Feathers / Animal Crackers Amazon
20Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees Lydia, The Tatooed Lady gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
21Ben Selvin and his Orch (The Knickerbockers). v/ Dick Robertson When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On the Tuba orig. 78 rpm Columbia 2483-D Amazon
22Ross & Sargent Nellie the Nudist Queen Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
23Ozzie Nelson Avis Scaffin Fortintoo Campus Swing Amazon
24Frank Crumit Crazy Words Crazy Tune Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
25Frank Crumit The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
26Frank Crumit Song of the Prune The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934) Amazon
27Leslie Sarony with Harry Hudson & His Melody Men My Wife Is On A Diet The Charleston Days Amazon
28Helen Kane with the Victor Orchestra directed by Leonard Joy Dangerous Nan McGrew Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things Amazon
29Helen Kane I Taut I Taw a Puddy Kat The Boop Boop a Doop Girls Amazon
30Carmen Miranda I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) Anthology Amazon
31Irving Aaronson and His Commanders Oh! You Sweet Old Whatcha May Call It The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon

New Moon

Deeper Roots goes extraterrestrial with a theme this morning. A ‘new moon’ is the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth and, shortly thereafter, at a time when it appears as a slender crescent. This morning we honor this evening’s phase even though it’s one that has no face; the more celebratory of the moon’s visibility are full moons, half moons, and quarter moons. But that won’t stop us from celebrating with sounds from the deep past, the recent past, and what will someday be the past. Join Dave Stroud for the crooners (Crosby and Frankie), the 88 key boomers (Fats Waller and Ray Charles), and the songsmith tuners (Willie, Hank Snow, and Patsy Cline) as Friday morning takes to the night sky from Sonoma County’s own Valley of the Moon.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Traveling Wilburys New Blue Moon Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 Amazon
2Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman New Moon Over My Shoulder Mac Doc Del Amazon
3Patsy Cline Blue Moon Of Kentucky The Patsy Cline Collection Amazon
4Ray Charles Dixie Moon The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4] Amazon
5Rodney Crowell Shame on the Moon The Essential Rodney Crowell Amazon
6k.d. lang & the Reclines Full Moon Full of Love Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
7Willie Nelson Sugar Moon You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
8Johnny Cash/Paul McCartney New Moon Over Jamaica Water from the Wells of Home Amazon
9Gene Autry There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder [Album Version] Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
10Hank Snow Dark Moon 1964 (Warped 6406) Amazon
11Fats Waller Let's Pretend There's A Moon Let's Pretend There's A Moon Amazon
12Bing Crosby Moonburn Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1] Amazon
13Artie Shaw There's A New Moon Over The Old Mill Non-Stop Flight Amazon
14Cliff Edwards It's Only A Paper Moon Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
15Boswell Sisters I Thank You Mr. Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
16The Modernaires East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) Singin' And Swingin' Amazon
17Rosemary Clooney Old Devil Moon The Witching Hour Amazon
18Frank Sinatra Old Devil Moon Songs for Swingin' Lovers! Amazon
19Betty Carter The Moon Is Low Inside Betty Carter Amazon
20Dean Martin In The Misty Moonlight The Great Dean Martin Amazon
21Andy Williams Moon River Donna Reed's Dinner Party Amazon
22Willie Nelson Moonlight in Vermont Stardust [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
23Norton Buffalo Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Amazon
24Neville Brothers Yellow Moon Uptown Rulin': The Best Of The Neville Brothers Amazon
25The Dixie Cups Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright (Mono Single) The Complete Red Bird Recordings Amazon
26The Marcels Blue Moon Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1) Amazon
27The Olympics Dance By The Light Of The Moon American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
28Little Richard By The Light Of The Silvery Moon The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
29The Capris There's a Moon Out Tonight Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1 Amazon
30Jonathan King Everyone's Gone To The Moon Everyone's Gone To The Moon – Single Amazon
31Les Paul & Mary Ford How High The Moon Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
32Rex Allen Dreamy Montana Moon Last of the Great Singing Cowboys Amazon

Stay on the Gospel Side

We’ll be taking a bit of a traditional free form exploration of gospel, blues, soul, and country, pairing up The Blind Boys of Alabama with James Carr and Bobby “Blue” Bland for a soul stew of the day. The fun doesn’t stop there; in face, it just gets started and we’ll be reaching into the dusty country bins for some Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. And new sounds: a benefit piece, a cover of Tom Petty’s For Real performed by Willie Nelson and the Family…right alongside a new track from The James Hunter Six. Friday evenings on KWTF pushes the roots envelope every week. Join Dave Stroud at 9 Pacific.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Blind Boys of Alabama Stay On the Gospel Side Almost Home Amazon
2The Norman Luboff Choir Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea Amazon
3Big Bill Broonzy Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
4Ryan Bingham Nobody Knows My Trouble Fear And Saturday Amazon
5Elvis Presley Swing Down, Sweet Chariot Elvis Double Features: Live a Little, Love a Little + Charro! + The Trouble with Girls + Change of Habit Amazon
6Bobby 'Blue' Bland Turn On Your Love Light Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
7James Carr These Ain't Raindrops The Essential James Carr Amazon
8Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir I Shall Wear A Crown Do Not Pass Me By Vol. II Amazon
9Big Al Downing The Story Of My Life Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
10The Bobby Fuller Four Never To Be Forgotten The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
11Los Super Seven Let Her Dance (ft. Joe Ely) Heard It On The X Amazon
12Buddy Holly Rock Me Baby Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants Amazon
13John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012 Amazon
14Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Micah Nelson, Jakob Dylan, Dhani Harrison & Amos Lee For Real For Real – Single Amazon
15Maria Muldaur Moonlight Heart of Mine Amazon
16The Everly Brothers Devoted To You Singles 1955-1959 Amazon
17The 5 Royales Dedicated To The One I Love Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
18Wilson Pickett Three-Time Loser A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1] Amazon
19The Showmen The Wrong Girl Birth Of Soul: 2 Amazon
20The James Hunter Six I Can Change Your Mind Nick of Time Amazon
21The Sons Of The Pioneers Wagon Wheels Sons Of The Pioneers Amazon
22Roy Rogers Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
23Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers Rock Me Roll Me Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions Amazon
24Chuck Wagon & the Wheels Play That Country Music Cowboy Off the Top Rope Amazon
25Buck Owens Hello Trouble Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
26Joe Ely Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown Honky Tonk Masquerade Amazon
27Ernest Tubb That Wild and Wicked Look in Your Eyes Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
28Frankie Miller Lookin4 Around Downtown Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
29Buddy Miller Does My Ring Burn Your Finger Cruel Moon Amazon
30The Staple Singers Do You Know Him Hammer and Nails Amazon
31Freddie King Yonder Wall King Of The Blues Amazon
32Howlin' Wolf Oh! Red Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 Amazon
33Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
34Waring's Pennsylvanians Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944 Amazon

Rock Island to James Alley

From the rail yard to back alleys of the urban south to St. James Infirmary, we explore that short life of trouble blending populist, folk, blues, and songs of the west. And we’ll hear contrasting sounds of new and old; stories of Gypsy Davie, Black Jack David, and hard gospel truths from the likes of Josh White, The Meat Purveyors, The Carters, Merrill Moore and Blind Willie Johnson. Deeper Roots’ first show of 2020 will inject the clarity of folk blues with traditional songs performed by contemporary artists alongside early century classics. Tune in every Friday morning at 9 on KOWS Community Radio for Deeper Roots. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Cash Rock Island Line His Sun Years: Down South Amazon
2Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Rock Island Line A Long Way from Home Amazon
3Merrill Moore Rock Island Line Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 2] Amazon
4Richard Rabbitt Brown James Alley Blues Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3A: Songs Amazon
5Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands James Alley Blues (Featuring Aoife O'Donovan) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
6Bob Dylan Black Jack Davey Good As I Been To You Amazon
7Ray Rhodes Black Jack Davy (Child 200) Art of Field Recording: Volume II – Disc 4: Unaccompanied Songs and Ballads Amazon
8The Carter Family Black Jack David Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 5) Amazon
9Woody Guthrie Gypsy Davy Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection Amazon
10Arlo Guthrie Gypsy Davy Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004) Amazon
11Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men A Short Life of Trouble Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
12Buell Kazee A Short Life Of Trouble The Rose Grew Round The Briar Amazon
13Clarence Ashley Little Sadie A Portrait of Dylan Amazon
14Bob Dylan Little Sadie Self Portrait Amazon
15The Meat Purveyors John Hardy The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3 Amazon
16The Carter Family John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
17Blind Joe Taggart Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Vol. 2-(1929-34) Amazon
18Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
19Paul Thorn Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
20Blind Willie Johnson Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Disc 1) Amazon
21Blind Willie Johnson John The Revelator Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 2B: Social Music Amazon
22Irma Thomas Another Man Done Gone After the Rain Amazon
23Carolina Chocolate Drops Another Man Done Gone Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind Amazon
24Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys This Train Vintage Collections Amazon
25Sister Rosetta Tharpe This Train Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
26The Golden Gate Quartet Blind Barnabas Vol. 4 (1939-1943) Amazon
27The Blind Boys Of Alabama Old Blind Barnabas Atom Bomb Amazon
28Allen Toussaint St. James Infirmary The Bright Mississippi Amazon
29Josh White St. James Infirmary (mono) The Elektra Years – disc 1 Amazon
30Betty Boop St. James Infirmary Blues Betty Boop Amazon
31Merle Travis Over In Gloryland Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
32Tex Ritter Sam Bass Have I Stayed Away Too Long Amazon

Who We Lost in 2019

Another year passes and with each year we take stock of the legacies that are not ‘left behind’ but live on in their contributions. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including contemporaries like Daniel Johnston and Ric Ocasek, studio production legends Hal Blaine and Dave Bartholomew, songwriting greats Robert Hunter and Donnie Fritts, and prolific performers like Fats Domino, Doris Day, and Art Neville. Two hours means we draw the line and that’s never easy. Tune in for a look back at who we lost in 2019. www.kowsfm.com/listen is the stream.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Cover of the Rolling Stone The Essential Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show Amazon
2Ethel Ennis, Hank Jones, Eddie Briggs, Abie Baker & Kenny Clarke Lullaby for Losers Lullabies for Losers Amazon
3Carol Channing Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
4Doris Day Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Something For Everybody Amazon
5The McGuire Sisters Sugartime Your Hit Parade – 1958 Amazon
6The Lettermen The Way You Look Tonight Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1] Amazon
7Leon Redbone My Little Grass Shack Whistling In The Wind Amazon
8Captain & Tenille Love Will Keep Us Together 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
9The Monkees Can You Dig It? Listen to the Band Disc 3 Amazon
10Danny & The Juniors Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story Amazon
11Jack Scott Leroy Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
12Sleepy Labeef Good Rockin' Boogie Sleepy Rocks Amazon
13Bonnie Guitar Dark Moon Dark Moon [Bear Family] Amazon
14The Grateful Dead Friend of the Devil American Beauty Amazon
1513th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me High Fidelity Amazon
16Quicksilver Messenger Service Who Do You Love Part 1 Happy Trails [Live] Amazon
17The Ronettes Be My Baby Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2 Amazon
18The Honeycombs Have I The Right We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites Amazon
19The Persuasions I'll Come Running Back to You Good News Amazon
20Andre Williams Jail Bait Artist's Choice: Rolling Stones Amazon
21Jackie Shane Any Other Way Any Other Way Amazon
22Donnie Fritts The Oldest Baby in the World Lucky 13 Amazon
23Eddie Money Baby Hold On Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money Amazon
24Art Neville All These Things Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
25Fats Domino I Hear You Knockin' They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
26Dr. John Somebody Changed The Lock Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
27Ric Ocasek Bottom Dollar Nexterday Amazon
28Little Feat Dixie Chicken Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
29The Amazing Rhythm Aces Third Rate Romance Stacked Deck Amazon
30Dick Dale & the Del-Tones King of the Surf Guitar Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2 Amazon
31Earl Thomas Conley Holding Her And Loving You Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1] Amazon
32Mac Wiseman Tis Sweet To Be Remembered Teenage Hangout Amazon

 

The Year 1952

A good year…if I do say so myself. We’re going to count down the top ten of the year 1952…in pop, country, and R&B. The music that year featured sounds that portended the birth of rock ‘n roll, the blossoming of the Golden Age of Country, and the droll mainstream charts couldn’t have been more ripe for steamrolling.  Webb Pierce and Hank Williams dominated the country charts while the white bread pop charts found Al Martino, Johnny Ray, and Rosemary Clooney. But it was the R&B charts that mirrored the emerging energy of swing, rhythm and blues, and rock with the likes of The Clovers, Ruth Brown, and The Five Royales.  The DOW Jones average closed at an all-time high of (a whopping) 269.86. Tune in for the countdown. 67 years in the rear-view on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ella Fitzgerald Goody, Goody 75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
2Percy Faith Delicado 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
3Willie Mabon I Don't Know Atlantic Blues: Piano Amazon
4Eddy Arnold A Full Time Job Eddy's Song: A Full Time Job Amazon
5Al Martino Here In My Heart Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po Amazon
6Ruth Brown 5-10-15 Hours Ruth Brown: Mama He Treats Your Daugher Mean & Other Hits Amazon
7Hank Williams I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 5 Amazon
8Patti Page I Went To Your Wedding The Patti Page Collection: The Mercury Years, Volume 1 Amazon
9The 5 Royales Baby Don't Do It The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
10Webb Pierce Back Street Affair All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
11Eddie Fisher Wish You Were Here The Great American Crooners [Disc 5] Amazon
12Little Walter Juke Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
13Carl Smith (When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) Amazon
14Rosemary Clooney Half As Much Tenderly Amazon
15Fats Domino Goin' Home Rock And Rollin Amazon
16Lefty Frizzell Give Me More, More, More (of Your Kisses) Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night) Amazon
17Vera Lynn Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1] Amazon
18Johnny Ace My Song Memorial Album Amazon
19Webb Pierce That Heart Belongs To Me All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
20Jo Stafford You Belong To Me Your Hit Parade – 1952 Amazon
21The Clovers One Mint Julep Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
22Slim Whitman Indian Love Call Golden Age of Country Volume 5: The Wild Side of Life Amazon
23Johnny Ray Cry The Best Jukeboxhits Amazon
24Jimmy Forrest Night Train Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
25Kitty Wells It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2] Amazon
26Kay Starr Wheel Of Fortune Shutter Island [Disc 2] Amazon
27Billy Ward & the Dominoes Have Mercy Baby Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
28Webb Pierce Wondering All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
29Leroy Anderson Blue Tango Instrumental Gold [Disc 1] Amazon
30Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
31Hank Williams Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 24 Greatest Amazon
32Bull Moose Jackson Nosey Joe Badman Jackson Thats Me Amazon
33Nat King Cole Unforgettable Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon

Country Leftovers

Turkey leftovers? No, country leftovers. “…and I fell asleep with a troubled dream and dreamed I road on the hellbound train.” Just one line from one track from our Friday morning Deeper Roots show which focuses on some country songs ‘from the edge’. An eclectic blend of sometimes morose and other times kitschy stories of mid-century country singers looking for the next “Big Bad John” with stories of engine mishaps, disturbances of mind and relationships, and the general consensus of lyrical country that ‘the world is a monster’. Hillbillies, rabble rousers, and would-be crooners give us those tormented testimonies of country music. Join Dave Stroud for a very unusual collection of sounds from the archives of the fifties and sixties, when country blossomed; the songs he’s going to feature had a hard time cracking the Top 100 because the stories told are ‘out there’, even for country music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dick Flood Hellbound Train Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
2Bill Anderson Goodbye Cruel World Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
3Rocky Porter The World Is A Monster The World Is A Monster Amazon
4Johnny Tyler God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
5Buck Ritchey The Slave Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
6Anita Carter Satan's Child Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
7Art Kilmer & The Up-Town Four The Devil's Twist Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
8Roy And Georgia And The SO And SO's Devil Get Away From Me Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture Amazon
9David Ingles (Satan Has Been) Paralyzed Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
10Jimmy Minor Satan's Chauffeur Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
11Steve Bledsoe Bang, Bang You're Dead Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
12The Looper Trio Life Beyond Death Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture Amazon
13Danny Dill The Eyes Of Death The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
14Hank Williams The Angel Of Death Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
15Autry Inman Six Rounds Of Love And Hate Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
16Johnny Price Marijuana, The Devil Flower Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
17Don Bowman Spanish Weed 1967 (Warped 6706) Amazon
18Wendell Austin (And The Country Swings) LSD Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
19Bud Freeman & The Summa Cum Laude Orchestra Please Tell The World (A Message From The Grave) Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
20Red River Dave California Hippie Murders Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
21Mel Tillis Loco Weed (Single Version) The Best of Mel Tillis Amazon
22Olin Bingham They Wouldn't Listen To A Kid Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
23Jack Cook My Evil Mind Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1 Amazon
24Ray Sanders Graveyard Dance Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
25Bill Carter Shot Four Times And Dyin' Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2 Amazon
26Travelin' Texans Beating On The Bars Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2 Amazon
27Len Barrow Hades Highway Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
28Don Bailey Fourteen Stories Down Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
29Charlie Gore Sin City Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
30Eddie Noack Ain't The Reaping Ever Done Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
31Eddie Noack Before You Use That Gun Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
32Troy Hess Please Don't Go Topless, Mother Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
33Jimmy Dean Big Bad John (Uncensored Version) Best of Answer Songs vol 3 Amazon
34Wanda Jackson Jesus Put A Yodel In My Soul Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon

Party at the House

November kicks off with a party at our house. Some rare R&B nuggets, some classic old time country and honky-tonk, and a little bit of the New Orleans and house party themes to kick off the morning here on Deeper Roots. House parties, rent parties, and dance hall jamborees are celebrated by Bob Wills, Babs Gonzales, Little Esther, Jackie Brenston, and Dale Watson. We’ll also hear from Willie, T-Bone, and Merle on a Friday morning show that brings a little bit of light into the Sonoma County after weeks of trepidation from the fires. Please join Dave Stroud broadcasting live from downtown Santa Rosa.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound Jebidiah Moonshine's Friday Night Shack Party Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound Amazon
2Amos Milburn House Party (Tonight) Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
3Babs Gonzales House Rent Party Cool WhalinDon Gibson Give Myself A Party Fifty Years Of Hits (Vol. 3) Amazon
4Jesse Allen Let's Party Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock 'n' Roll Vol 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
5The Hamptones Turkey Hop Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 Amazon
6The Treniers Go, Go, Go Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 Amazon
7The Four Jacks The Last of the Good Rocking Men Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3 Amazon
8Rollee McGill Rhythm Rockin' Boogie Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2) Amazon
9The Wild Magnolias Party Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
10Marcia Ball The Party's Still Going On Roadside Attractions Amazon
11Jackie Brentson Starvation Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13 Amazon
12Yvonne Baker & The Sensations Party Across The Hall Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
13Little Esther Ring-A-Ding-Doo Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
14Sam Cooke Having a Party Greatest Hits Amazon
15Tammi Terrell Two Can Have A Party Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection Amazon
16The Enchanters I Paid For The Party Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
17Quinn Golden Party On the Weekend On the Chitlin Circuit Amazon
18T-Bone Walker Party Girl The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 2] Amazon
19Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway The Party's At Our House Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway Amazon
20Bob Wills Goin' Away Party For the Last Time Amazon
21Merle Haggard/Ray Price/Willie Nelson Goin' Away Party Last of the Breed Disc 2 Amazon
22Willie Nelson The Party's Over ["Naked" version] Naked Willie Amazon
23Dale Watson The Party's Over Live Deluxe…Plus CD1 Amazon
24Dale Watson Pity Party I Hate These Songs Amazon
25The Cadillacs Party for Two For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
26Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Party at My House Mean Case of the Blues Amazon
27Babs Gonzales Babs' Celebrity Party Cool WhalinKing Biscuit And The Ronnie Hawkins Band Hoodoo Party Blues Anthology: Screamin' The Blues Amazon
28Fats Domino What a Party My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
29Boogaloo & His Gallant Crew Talk About A Party Stompin' 1 Amazon
30Shep & the Limelites Party for Two Daddy's Home to Stay Amazon

Free Form After Kincade

A last minute playlist…some gentle sounds for listeners who’ve had a tough week here in Sonoma County. Songs of reflection take center stage on Deeper Roots where the scheduled playlist was a bit too frivolous to put on the air. With everyone focused on rebuilding, rehoming, and getting their power back as well as building a support network for those impacted through lost homes and property. And here’s to the first responders, the city and county officials who get it right this time…join Dave Stroud on a Saturday morning in October in a county still reeling from the firestorm of two years back. Easy listening is the order of the day.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dave Alvin California's Burning Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
2The Staple Singers If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) Be What You Are Amazon
3Kate Wolf Here In California Weaver Of Visions – Anthology (2) Amazon
4Simon & Garfunkel Homeward Bound The Essential Simon & Garfunkel Amazon
5Simon & Garfunkel America The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
6The Youngbloods Get Together Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods Amazon
7Maria McKee Let Your Light Shine On Me God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
8Paul Simon Feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo Amazing Grace The Warner Brothers Collection Amazon
9Creedence Clearwater Revival The Midnight Special Chronicle: Volume Two Amazon
10The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version] The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
11The Staple Singers Jacob's Ladder Freedom Highway Amazon
12Marty Robbins You Gotta Climb 1963 (Warped 6373) Amazon
13Neko Case Thanks A Lot The Virginian Amazon
14Geraint Watkins Go West Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
15Nick Lowe Rome Wasn't Built In a Day At My Age Amazon
16Gram Parsons In My Hour of Darkness Exposed Roots: Best of Alt. Country Disc 2 Amazon
17The Band All LA Glory Stage Fright Amazon
18Bob Dylan Shelter from the Storm Blood on the Tracks Amazon
19Elvis Presley Promised Land Artist of the Century Disc 3 Amazon
20John Hiatt Ethylene Walk On Amazon
21Neil Young Peace of Mind Comes a Time Amazon
22Luna California (All the Way) Bewitched Amazon
23The Band The Weight The Best of the Band Amazon
24Arthur Alexander Every Day I Have to Cry Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter Amazon
25Mike Farris Snap Your Fingers Silver & Stone Amazon
26Willie Nelson Funny How Time Slips Away One Hell Of A Ride Amazon