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Highway to Heaven

The first of two gospel Friday mornings coming up on Deeper Roots in June. This week, we’ll follow a ‘heavenly’ theme. The Christian vision of afterlife’s reward is expressed in music on a Friday morning in West County (of all places). There will be country and black gospel sounds emanating from the UMC in downtown Sebastopol on KOWS radio as we share performances about heaven including the electric voices of Marion Williams and Marie Knight; the rocking celebration of the good book from Sister Rosetta and Brother Claude Ely; and country gospel enlightenment from Willie and Bobbie Nelson. This one is worth the wait and worth it’s weight in heavenly gold. Tune in!

 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford It's A Highway To Heaven Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey Amazon
2Fisk Jubilee Singers Shout All Over God's Heaven Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920 Amazon
3The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir Heaven Belongs To You Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
4The Staple Singers What Are They Doing? (In Heaven Today) Amen/Why Amazon
5Washington Phillips What Are They Doing In Heaven Today Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
6Mahalia Jackson A City Called Heaven Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns Amazon
7Mahalia Jackson Walk Over God's Heaven 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
8Clara Ward When We All Get To Heaven The Very Greatest Amazon
9Sister Rosetta Tharpe Walk All Over To God's Heaven Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
10Original Gospel Stars I Want To Go To Heaven Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
11Blind Gussie Nesbit Canaan's Land When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936 Amazon
12Mother McCollum When I Take My Vacation In Heaven When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936 Amazon
13Willie and Bobbie Nelson When We All Get To Heaven Farther Along Amazon
14Patsy Cline Life's Railway to Heaven Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century Amazon
15Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail Amazon
16Alison Krauss & The Cox Family Walk Over God's Heaven New Country December 1994 Amazon
17The Stanley Brothers Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight) [Album Version] The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers Amazon
18Jimmy Martin Little Angels In Heaven Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
19Ethel Davenport & Ehel Davenport Singers Heavenly Express Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
20The Staple Singers On My Way To Heaven Four Classic Albums Amazon
21Blind Gussie Nesbit Pure Religion When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936 Amazon
22Sister Cally Fancy Goin' On To Heaven In The Sanctified Way Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2] Amazon
23Sister Rosetta Tharpe Heaven Is Not My Home Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record Amazon
24Sister Rosetta Tharpe Beams of Heaven The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4] Amazon
25Marie Knight Seal Of Heaven Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
26Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes Heaven I Heard So Much About It I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
27Dorothy Love Coates When I Reach My Heavenly Home The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes Amazon
28Marion Williams Sometimes I Ring Up Heaven Packin' Up Amazon
29The Davis Sisters Too Close To Heaven Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4] Amazon
30The Swan Silvertones Heavenly Light Shine On Me Heavenly Light Amazon
31The Golden Gate Quartet No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) Amazon
32Brother Claude Ely I Want To Go To Heaven Satan Get Back Amazon
33Bill Neely Satan's Burning Hell The Essential Guide To Gospel Amazon

Springtime in Alaska

Winsome sounds from every corner, opening with Johnny Horton and closing somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line with the soul of Barbara Lynn. Today’s show reaches into the jazz bins for something new and old…a Duke Ellington cover by Wynton Marsalis; gospel covers by Nick Lowe, tradition from Bill Monroe, and Johnny Cash along with a number of so-called Cash-a-likes. It’s a free form collection in our Friday morning show from West County. So what’s it all got to do with Alaska, you ask. Not much, only a great song name to suggest cool music and a Friday full of colorful music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Horton When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2) Amazon
2Bobby Bare Delia's Gone (1965) All American Boy – CD 4 Amazon
3Josh White, Jr. Delia's Gone Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways) Amazon
4David Johansen & The Harry Smiths Delia David Johansen and the Harry Smiths Amazon
5Waylon Jennings Cedartown Georgia Singles Amazon
6Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys In The Pines 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass Amazon
7Marty Robbins Big Iron All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
8John Prine The Lonesome Friends Of Science The Tree Of Forgiveness Amazon
9Spuyten Duyvil The Cruel War Social Hour Music Amazon
10Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir Angels, Angels, Angels Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
11Nick Lowe Children Go Where I Send Thee Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
12Sons Of South Didn't It Rain Children The Best Of Nashboro Gospel Amazon
13Gospel Creators I'm a Child of My God This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
14The Blind Boys Of Alabama Atom Bomb Atom Bomb Amazon
15The Impressions with the Riley Hampton Orchestra Shorty's Got To Go Bandera Doo Wop Amazon
16Ella Mae Morse Smack Dab In The Middle Best Of The Rockabilly Rockin' Years Amazon
17Big Bill Broonzy You've Changed Four Classic Albums Amazon
18Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Junco Partner Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953 Amazon
19Dr. John Somebody Changed The Lock Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
20Wynton Marsalis Septet Creole Love Call United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas Amazon
21Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Creole Love Call Jazz in the Charts – Disc 7 – 1928 Amazon
22Carlos Zuleta Y Su Conjunto "El Abuelo" Los Bomberos (Cha Cha Cha) Vintage Cuba Selection from EPs Collectors Amazon
23Johnny Cash Waiting For A Train Unearthed, Vol.1: Who's Gonna Cry Amazon
24Johnny Doe Devil Train Cash-A-Likes Amazon
25Bobby Wayne Big Train Cash-A-Likes Amazon
26Dane Stinit Muddy Ole River [Near Memphis Tennessee] Original Sun Recordings Amazon
27Fred Carter (You'll Have To) Come And Get It Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
28Elvis Presley King Creole 2nd To None Amazon
29Jean Wells Your Lovin's Got The Best Of Me (John Morales Mix) Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
30Little Esther Phillips Better Beware Heart to Heart Amazon
31The Chantels Maybe The Best of the Chantels Amazon
32Barbara Lynn Nice And Easy A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 Amazon
33Joan Baez The President Sang Amazing Grace Whistle Down the Wind Amazon

Songs About Morning

Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Joe Turner Morning, Noon And Night Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
2Billie Holiday Good Morning Heartache Ken Burns Jazz Amazon
3Blossom Dearie A Fine Spring Morning Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered) Amazon
4Louis Jordan Early In The Morning Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
5Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning? Make Love With Amazon
6Doris Day I Got The Sun In The Morning Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
7Gillian Welch One Morning Hell Among the Yearlings Amazon
8Gram Parsons We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning G.P. / Grievous Angel Amazon
9Bob Dylan Meet Me in the Morning Blood on the Tracks Amazon
10Jesse Colin Young Morning Sun Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 Amazon
11Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Greatest Hits Amazon
12Irma Thomas Early In The Morning Simply Grand Amazon
13Joan Baez One Too Many Mornings Baez Sings Dylan Amazon
14Joni Mitchell Chelsea Morning Hits Amazon
15David Bromberg I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning The Player: A Retrospective Amazon
16The South Street Trio Cold Morning Shout Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2) Amazon
17Lead Belly Good Morning Blues Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2 Amazon
18K.C. Douglas Woke Up This Morning Mercury Blues Amazon
19Julius Daniels Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll Amazon
20Mississippi Fred McDowell Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus The First Recordings Amazon
21Rev. Anderson Johnson Death in the Morning Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3] Amazon
22Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2 Amazon
23Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood Some Velvet Morning Nancy & Lee Amazon
24Margaret Whiting Good Morning Mister Echo Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting Amazon
25John Hartford Morning Bugle Morning Bugle Amazon
26Hank Snow Colorado Country Morning I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2] Amazon
27Grandpa Jones It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake) Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 Amazon
28Shorty Long Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Billy Fair Boogie In The Morning Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders! Amazon
30Muddy Waters Good Morning School Girl Folk Singer Amazon

Through the Bluegrass

Springtime sounds from classic corners this week. Now, we all know that real bluegrass is green but, like the music’s own origins which are steeped in gospel, blues, and tradition, we overlook the formalities and accept the generalities’.  This week’s Deeper Roots will take a journey with the greats (Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, and The Monroe Brothers to name a few) while also tipping our hats to the new-grass sounds of David Thom, Sam Bush, Tony Furtado, and Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms. We offer different takes outside the lines including some Charlie Haden and Brennen Leigh. A Friday morning celebration of the old home place and the little white church where traditional rings … coming to you from Bodega Bay: KWTF Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Whites Used To Be Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
2Rhonda Vincent Lonesome Wind Blues Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
3Hazel Dickens I Can't Find Your Love Any More O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection Amazon
4Hazel Dickens, Carol Elizabeth Jones & Ginny Hawker Love Me or Leave Me Alone Heart of a Singer Amazon
5Brennen Leigh North To Alaska Too Thin To Plow Amazon
6Charlie Haden Road Of Broken Hearts Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
7The Rice Brothers Grapes On the Vine Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
8Ricky Skaggs I Hope You've Learned Bluegrass Rules! Amazon
9Tony Furtado Man of Constant Sorrow Long Journey Home: Songs of the Stanley Brothers Amazon
10The David Thom Band The Little White Church That Old Familiar Amazon
11Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas Big Mon True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
12David Grisman, Peter Rowan Travelin' This Lonesome Road True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
13Bill Monroe & Kenny Baker Jerusalem's Ridge High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
14The Monroe Brothers Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? Volume One Amazon
15Ralph Stanley Dad's Old Rocky Field Old Songs & Ballads Amazon
16The Gentlemen of Bluegrass Old Old House Carolina Memories Amazon
17Jim & Jesse Long Journey Home Long Journey Home: Songs of the Stanley Brothers Amazon
18The David Thom Band Home Is Where The Heart Is That Old Familiar Amazon
19David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger The Old Home Place Retrograss Amazon
20Morris Brothers Salty Dog Blues Legends Of Bluegrass [Disc 3] Amazon
21Kenny Baker/Bobby Osborne Sally Ann World's Greatest Country Fiddlers Amazon
22Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt Randy Lynn Rag The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2) Amazon
23Doc Watson Shady Grove The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
24Ralph Stanley The Fields Have Turned Brown High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
25Laurie Lewis Tall Pines Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
26Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Montana Cowboy Innocent Road Amazon
27Lynn Morris Band The Bramble and the Rose Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
28Alison Krauss & Union Station So Long So Wrong Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
29Ricky Skaggs Lost And I'll Never Find The Way Bluegrass Mountain Style Amazon
30Don Stover Paddy On The Turnpike Things In Life Amazon
31Grandpa Jones Mountain Dew Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2] Amazon
32Jimmy Martin You Don't Know My Mind Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] Amazon

 

Ships Upon the Sea

A wayfaring lot…music that touches on seafaring tragedies, punctuated by the loss of that most famous of them all: the HMS Titanic. This week’s show will focus on music that commemorated the ships that were lost at sea; tragedies that were headlines around the world; songs of the seafaring life and the sailors and crew that were a part of it.  The stories are told in songs from the wells of tradition. We’ll hear from Frank Hutchison, Papa Harvey Hull, Pink Anderson, The Dillards and Dan Zanes. We’ll also hear some classic maritime music from the Smithsonian catalogs. Blues, country, folk, and so much more…all celebrating those ships upon the sea and the ones we lost along the way.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob Gibson Titanic Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson Amazon
2Rory Block Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down) Confessions of A Blues Singer Amazon
3Pink Anderson The Ship Titanic Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs Amazon
4Charley Jordan Titanic Blues Charley Jordan Volume 2 1931-1934 Amazon
5Hi Henry Brown Titanic Blues 21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10 Amazon
6Bessie Jones And Group The Titanic Alan Lomax Collection Sampler Amazon
7Papa Harvey Hull & "Long Cleve" Reed Sinking Of The Titanic Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice Amazon
8Richard (Rabbit) Brown Sinking Of The Titanic Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
9Lead Belly Titanic The Definitive Leadbelly [Disc 3] – Leaving Blues Amazon
10Frank Hutchison The Last Scene Of The Titanic If You Take Me Back Amazon
11Clyde Spencer And Harry Fannin The Sinking Of The Titanic Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 [Disc 1] Amazon
12Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton After The Sinking Of The Titanic On The Banks Of A Lonely River Amazon
13Roy Acuff The Great Titanic compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
14Woody Guthrie When That Great Ship Went Down This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 Amazon
15Ralph Stanley Storms Are On The Ocean [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
16Gordon Lightfoot The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Songbook [Box Set] Disc 3 Amazon
17Jimmie Driftwood The Ship That Never Returned Americana, Vol. 3 Amazon
18Little Jimmy Dickens When The Ship Hit The Sand The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
19Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards The Sinking of the Ruben James Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
20June Carter Cash Sinking in the Lonesome Sea Wildwood Flower Amazon
21Ashley Monroe The Storms Are On The Ocean Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon
22Cowboy Copas A Thousand Miles of Ocean Settin' Flat On Ready Amazon
23Red Allen Out on the Ocean Lonesome and Blue: The Complete County Recordings Amazon
24The Country Gentlemen Take Me In A Lifeboat The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
25Dan Zanes Across The Western Ocean Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag Amazon
26The Dicey Doh Singers The Sloop John B. Classic Maritime Music Amazon
27Sam Eskin Clear Away the Track and Let the Bullgine Run Classic Maritime Music Amazon
28Henry Morrison & St. Simon's Island Singers I'm Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
29Louis Prima & Keely Smith Barnacle Bill The Sailor Breaking It Up! Amazon

Devils and Angels

The devil is, indeed, an angel…albeit a fallen one. And the music we’ll be sharing this morning with our West County audience will take note of that fact with sounds that feature modern Americana as well as early to mid-century country sounds. Tune in to KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for the very best in roots sounds…and this week is no different:  modern Americana from Rob Ickes and The Devil Makes Three, mid-century country from Cowboy Copas and Lefty Frizzell, as well as some wild-eyed worship pieces from The Sunshine Boys, Benny Joy, and Margie Singleton (who performs the infamous “Jesus is My Pusher”). Just for you. Just in time for a springtime April morning.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Sunshine Boys We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll) Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
2Ray Wylie Hubbard Lucifer And The Fallen Angels Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can Amazon
3Bobby McMillon The Devil Song (Child 275) Art of Field Recording: Volume II – Disc 1: Survey Amazon
4Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Friend Of The Devil The Country Blues Amazon
5Julie Miller The Devil Is an Angel Blue Pony Amazon
6Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama The Devil Ain't Lazy Reinventing the Wheel Amazon
7Cowboy Copas Don't Shake Hands With The Devil Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
8Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
9James King The Devil's Train Three Chords & The Truth Amazon
10Carrie Rodriguez Devil In Mind Give Me All You Got Amazon
11Shemekia Copeland Devil's Hand Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection Amazon
12Rory Block Devil Got My Woman Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James Amazon
13The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Devils Look Like Angels Between the Ditches Amazon
14Merle Haggard Dealing With The Devil Rainbow Stew – Live Amazon
15Benny Joy Dark Angel Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
16Ryan Cain And The Ables Cupid And The Devil Cupid And The Devil Amazon
17Lee Ann Womack Take The Devil Out Of Me The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone Amazon
18Lefty Frizzell From an Angel to a Devil Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4) Amazon
19The Devil Makes Three What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) Redemption & Ruin Amazon
20Willie Nelson Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Country Music Amazon
21Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
22Margie Singleton Jesus Is My Pusher Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
23Eddie Noack Psycho Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
24The Treniers Devil's Mambo They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Amazon
25Billy Barton The Devil, My Conscience And I Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
26Peter Rowan Pulling The Devil By the Tail Reggaebilly Amazon
27Coleman Brothers Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang Amazon
28Rev W. M. Clark and Sisters Satan At Church (Pm 12559, 4792-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon

Free Form – Roll Like a Big Wheel

We mix it up once again. Nothing like ending the week on a high note, a low note, and just the right mix of jazz, pop, rock, country, bluegrass, and R&B. You know it won’t stop there because if it’s one thing we do well is find all that is good in between the boards. Join Dave Stroud for music featuring tracks from The Boswell Sisters, Red Foley, Julia Lee, The Prisonaires, Mose Allison, and John Prine. Friday mornings in West County … where we kick off the weekend on the stream our hearts out!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Joan Osborne Roll Like A Big Wheel Bring It On Home Amazon
2The Mills Brothers Cherry (L. Armstrong) The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3) Amazon
3Les Paul & The Andrews Sisters Rumors Are Flying (Single Version) Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] Amazon
4Louis Jordan Hungry Man Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
5Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra Shout, Brother, Shout – (featuring The Five Tones) Not So Quiet Please Amazon
6The Prisonaires Just Walking in the Rain Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
7Mose Allison Lost Mind Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
8Dinah Washington Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? Verve Unmixed Amazon
9Julia Lee When Jennie Does That Lowdown Dance Kansas City Star [Disc 5] Amazon
10Nellie Lutcher Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Guy Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 4] Amazon
11Boswell Sisters Put That Sun Back In the Sky Boswell Sisters Amazon
12Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters I Want To Be With You Always Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
13The Andrews Sisters Pistol Packin' Mama Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 1] Amazon
14Junior Brown Where Has All the Money Gone? Down Home Chrome Amazon
15Merle Haggard Mama Tried The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
16Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Down In Mexico Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
17Santiago Jimenez Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
18Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
19Levon Helm Tennessee Jed Electric Dirt Amazon
20Grateful Dead Dire Wolf Workingman's Dead Amazon
21Graham Parker Sugaree Your Country Amazon
22Jim Lauderdale The Night The Moon Fell Down Carolina Moonshine Amazon
23Jimmy Martin 20/20 Vision Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
24Hank Williams Cold, Cold Heart 24 Greatest Amazon
25John Prine Summers End The Tree of Forgiveness Amazon
26Billie Holiday Gloomy Sunday Ken Burns Jazz Amazon
27Lula Reed I'll Drown In My Own Tears The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
28Effie Smith Water, Water The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
29Mildred Jones Mr. Thrill Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett Amazon
30T-Bone Walker Cold Cold Feeling Electric Blues – Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 Amazon
31Jo Stafford Shrimp Boats Your Hit Parade – 1951 Amazon
32Louis Armstrong The Music Goes Round And Around [Single Version] Rhythm Saved The World Amazon

Deeper Mississippi John Hurt

Join us as we peer into the music of Mississippi John Hurt, performed by contemporary artists with some bits and pieces of his own music. We’ll also feature some fragments from the original interview conducted by Tom Hoskins in 1963 after some simple sleuthing, in the town of Avalon not far from Hurt’s boyhood home of Teoc, Mississippi. The story of his rediscovery after the sixties folk revival (and Harry Smith’s original Anthology of American Folk Music) is legend. Sit back on a Friday morning and listen in for some of the great music of the minstrel from Teoc

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bruce Cockburn Avalon, My Home Town Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
2Jesse Colin Young Creole Belle Together Amazon
3John Oates Spike Driver Blues Arkansas Amazon
4Doc & Merle Watson Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) Live & Pickin' Amazon
5Bill Morrissey Avalon Blues The Essential Collection Amazon
6Taj Mahal Frankie And Albert The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
7John Hiatt I'm Satisfied Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
8David Johansen Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Shaker Amazon
9Dave Van Ronk Spike Driver Blues Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
10Rhiannon Giddens The Angels Laid Him Away Freedom Highway Amazon
11JL Stiles Trouble I Had All My Days Solo Sessions Amazon
12Taj Mahal Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too The Essential Taj Mahal Amazon
13Chris Smither Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt Honeysuckle Dog Amazon
14John Fahey Requiem for John Hurt Essential John Fahey Amazon
15Big Bill Broonzy Frankie And Johnny Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways) Amazon
16Ben Harper Sliding Delta Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
17Bettye LaVette Nobody's Dirty Business American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
18Mike Dowling Blue Harvest Blues The Blues Ain't News Amazon
19Rory Block Candy Man Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
20Lucinda Williams Angels Laid Him Away Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
21Dave Alvin With Dean Schlabowske Louis Collins The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
22Mississippi John Hurt Chicken Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
23John Oates My Creole Belle Arkansas Amazon
24Doc & Merle Watson Stack O'lee Ballads From Deep Gap Amazon
25Mississippi John Hurt Avalon Blues Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings Amazon
26Spuyten Duyvil Make Me A Pallet Social Hour Music Amazon

Free Form – Old Records

Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Irma Thomas Old Records If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
2Lewis Bronzeville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
3Leon Redbone Sweet Lorraine Any Time Amazon
4Los Lobos Goodnight My Love El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4) Amazon
5The Treniers Good Rockin' Tonight They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Amazon
6The Larks Rockin' in the Rocket Room Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
7The Swallows Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
8Irma Thomas Girl Needs Boy Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
9Norah Jones How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
10Arthur Alexander Every Day I Have to Cry Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter Amazon
11Arthur Alexander Anna The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson Texas Bop The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
13The Mavericks Hey Tonight (Bonus) Quiero Creedence Amazon
14The Texas Tornados Little Bit Is Better Than Nada 4 Aces Amazon
15Don Santiago Jimenez Sr Ay Te Deja San Antonio Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Linda Ronstadt El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull) Mas Canciones Amazon
17Dwight Yoakam This Time This Time Amazon
18Lefty Frizzell Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More) Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk Amazon
19Charlie Walker Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk Amazon
20Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys What It Means To Be Blue Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2 Amazon
21Felix Arndt Desecration Rag The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon
22The Sunshine Boys It's Unanimous 1929-1931 – The Complete Set Amazon
23Ted Weems & His Orchestra From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928) Amazon
24Danny Kaye Civilization Danny Kaye The Best of Amazon
25Tampa Red Shake It Up a Little The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936) Amazon
26Louis Armstrong & All His Stars The Younger Generation When you're smiling Amazon
27Louis Armstrong A Kiss To Build A Dream On Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong – Demo Amazon
28Bob Dylan The Love That Faded The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
29Charlie Louvin Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham) Charlie Louvin Amazon
30Vince Gill Randall Knife This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2 Amazon
31Modern Hicks Wings Of A Dove Tornado Alley Amazon
32Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon

Truck Drivin’ Songs

White line fever…that endless gray ribbon…asphalt mixed with bennies…and a whole lot of attitude around semis, mile markers, county mounties, and bobtail returns. Terminology you won’t hear too much on our show…except for this show which shares the songs of the long-haulers. Bill Kirchen, Red Simpson, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard are just a sample of the performers joining in the fun where Cliff Bruner & His Boys introduce us to the first truck driving song “Truck Driver Blues” right up to that bad boy honky tonkin’ guitar trucker Dale Watson. You can’t escape the 18 wheel energy on Sonoma County Community Radio…straight from the Bakersfield asphalt to yours.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dick Curless A Tombstone Every Mile (1) A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969) Amazon
2Red Simpson Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
3Lyle Lovett The Truck Song Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Amazon
4Joe Ely White Line Fever Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
5Marty Stuart Truck Drivers' Blues Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down Amazon
6Bill Kirchen Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man Tied to the Wheel Amazon
7The Sons Of The Pioneers Diesel Smoke Country Legends Amazon
8Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956 Amazon
9Bill Neely I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy Texas Law & Justice Amazon
10Bob Ensign Midnight Trucker Front Porch Pickin': Bluegrass Instrumentals ('60s) Amazon
11Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun Semi-Truck Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
12Red Simpson Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
13Jimmy Martin Truck Driving Man Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
14Buck Owens Truck Drivin' Man Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
15Norton Buffalo Eighteen Wheels Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Amazon
16Dale Watson Been A Long Truckin Day The Trucking Sessions Vol 3 Amazon
17Merle Haggard Truck Driver's Blues Working In Tennessee Amazon
18Buck Owens Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
19Dave Dudley Six Days On The Road Classic Country Amazon
20Bill Kirchen Mama Hated Diesels Seeds and Stems Amazon
21Cliff Bruner & His Boys Truck Driver's Blues (1939) The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3] Amazon
22Jess Willard Truck Driver's Boogie Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
23Jimmy Martin Truck Driver's Queen Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
24Parker Millsap Truck Stop Gospel Parker Millsap Amazon
25Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch Truck Driver's Blues It's A Good Day Amazon
26Jim Lauderdale Diesel, Diesel, Diesel The Other Sessions Amazon
27Leon Russell Truck Drivin' Man Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
28BR5-49 18 Wheels And A Crowbar Big Backyard Beat Show Amazon
29Bill Kirchen Roll Truck Roll Tied to the Wheel Amazon
30Dale Watson Jack's Truck Stop & Cafe I Hate These Songs Amazon
31Little Willies Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves For the Good Times Amazon