He was a member of Nashville’s A-Team. He invented the electric guitar ‘fuzz’ effect by accident in a Marty Robbins recording session. He played on some of the most recognizable hit songs and landmark albums; not just country but rock, soul, folk, country rock and released some jazz guitar albums of his own. You can hear his work day in and day out: the Spanish-style acoustic work on Marty’s El Paso, the opening and unforgettable lick on Roy Orbison’s Oh Pretty Woman, plus dozens upon dozens more. He was one of the most sought after session men in the industry. Oh, and his jazz work with Mancini, Hirt and Fountain were followed by a gig as session leader for Vanguard Records’ album releases of Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Country Joe. If there’s a word that goes a step beyond prolific, it describes Grady Martin. Join us for a show that celebrates the legend.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman
Shades of Roy Orbison
2
Grady Martin & Don Cherry
Long John Boogie
Grady Martin
3
Mimi Roman
Little Lovin'
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
4
Patsy Cline
Stop, Look and Listen
Rockin' Patsy
5
Janis Martin
Will You Willyum
Grady Martin
6
Roy Hall
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Grady Martin
7
Red Foley
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
8
Red Foley, Grady Martin
Pinball Boogie
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
9
Red Foley
My Window Faces South
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
10
Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
11
Marvin Rainwater
Whole Lotta Woman
Whole Lotta Woman
12
Jimmy Lloyd
Where The Rio De Rosa Flows
Grady Martin
13
Red Sovine
How Do You Think I Feel
Grady Martin
14
Brenda Lee
Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)
Brenda Lee Rocks
15
Johnny Horton
I'm Coming Home
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
16
Johnny Burnette
The Train Kept A Rollin'
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
17
Warner Mack
Roc-A-Chicka
Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
18
Autry Inman
Mary Nell
Grady Martin
19
Marty Robbins
Don't Worry
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
20
Lefty Frizzell
Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin)
Classic Country
21
Marty Robbins
El Paso
A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)
22
Elvis Presley
Please Don't Drag That String Around
From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters [Disc 2]
23
Joe Henderson
Snap Your FIngers
Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi
24
Ray Price
For The Good Times
Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
25
Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry
Miss Dynamite
26
Jeanne Pruett
Satin Sheets
Classic Country: 1970-1974 [Disc 2]
27
Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Classic Country: 1970-1974
28
Willie Nelson
On The Road Again
One Hell Of A Ride
29
Sammi Smith
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Country Ladies
30
Conway Twitty
Don't Cry No More
Grady Martin
31
Johnny Horton
Honky Tonk Man
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
A sleepy time themed collection this week as we take a deep dive into classic sounds from the past and present, all with a blend of sentiments we hold close as midnight approaches. We’ll have some old doo wop and early rock chestnuts from Jesse Belvin, The Fleetwoods, The Valentines and The Spaniels with just the right amount of rock, R&B and country. That means a little bit of Fats Domino, some rockabilly from Charline Arthur and Sonny Burgess, middling pop from Doris Day, Jimmy Durant and Dean Martin in store. Little Jimmy Dickens, Milton Brown and Swamp Dogg will also fill the air with country and blues. Friday mornings are the time to tune in for a fresh dose of America’s music from the past 100 years hear on KOWS-LP, Occidental, streaming to all of Planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Be sure to install the Radio Rethink app on your Apple device and look us up. We’d be glad to have you.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Fats Domino
Sleeping on the Job
This Is Gold Disc 2
2
Doris Day
A Little Kiss Goodnight
The Vintage Years Part Two
3
Jimmy Durante
I'll See You in My Dreams
As Time Goes By: Best of
4
Dean Martin
I Love the Way You Say Goodnight
Cocktail Hour Disc 2
5
Les Paul and The Andrews Sisters feat Vic Schoen & His Orchestra
It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
6
Linda Scott
Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?
The Complete Hits Of Linda Scott
7
The Spaniels
Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
8
The Valentines
Don't Say Goodnight
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
9
Jesse Belvin
Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)
Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats
10
The Fleetwoods
(Goodnight My Love) Pleasant Dreams
Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
11
Roy Orbison
Goodnight
The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1]
12
Aaron Neville
I Bid You Goodnight
Warm Your Heart
13
Los Lobos
Goodnight My Love
La Bamba
14
North Mississippi Allstars
Bid You Goodnight
Prayer for Peace
15
Harry Nilsson
Are You Sleeping?
The Point!
16
The Tokens
Dream Angel Goodnight
Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
17
The Weavers
Goodnight Irene
Best Of Decca Years
18
Charline Arthur
Kiss The Baby Goodnight
Welcome To The Club
19
Little Jimmy Dickens
A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed
Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
20
Sonny Burgess
A Kiss Goodnight
Rock n' Roll Legend
21
Swamp Dogg
Sleeping Without You Is a Dragg (feat. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis)
Sorry You Couldn't Make It
22
Los Lobos
Let's Say Goodnight
El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
23
Loudon Wainwright III
Where the Whippoorwill is Whispering Goodnight
High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
24
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
A Thousand Goodnights
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
25
Hank Snow
Goodnight Little Buckaroo
We'll Never Say Goodbye
26
Johnnie Taylor
Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed [Single Version]
The Very Best Of Johnnie Taylor
27
Shirelles
Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye
The Shirelles
28
The McGuire Sisters
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
The Mid-'50s
29
Barbara Mandrell
Sleeping Single in a Double Bed
Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 1]
30
Vera Lynn
Goodnight Children Everywhere
A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
31
The Gumm Sisters
Where The Butterflies Kiss The Buttercups Goodnight
It was without question a natural progression. All of the attributes that country inherited from gospel, blues, and jazz resulted in what amounted to competition in the charts (and in some mid-century cultural clashes). Although The Beatles had suggested a kinship with mid-sixties tributes to Buck Owens and Chet Atkins, the only comfortable way to make the marriage work was to have it come from other directions…specifically from cultural prods of Nudie suits, coupled with folk and country nudges, and the inevitable respect for the music. Gram Parsons’ influence on the late sixties rise of something they called ‘country rock’ is easy to find but Dylan’s John Wesley Harding album from 1968, The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and Leon Russell’s alter-ego Hank Wilson opened the doors to a sound that swept the charts. We’ll hear some originals, covers, and a whole lot more in this week’s Deeper Roots. Hope y’all can join us.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Gram Parsons
Streets Of Baltimore
G.P. / Grievous Angel
2
Gram Parsons
The New Soft Shoe
G.P. / Grievous Angel
3
The Beatles
Act Naturally
Help! [UK]
4
Buck Owens
Act Naturally
Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film)
5
The Byrds
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
6
The Byrds
The Christian Life
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
7
The Louvin Brothers
The Christian Life
Long Play Collection
8
Tex Ritter
Blue Canadian Rockies
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
9
The Byrds
Blue Canadian Rockies
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
10
Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding
John Wesley Harding
11
Leon Russell
She Thinks I Still Care
Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
12
Leon Russell
I'll Sail My Ship Alone
Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
13
Leon Russell
Uncle Pen
Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
14
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Uncle Pen
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
15
Moon Mullican
I'll Sail My Ship Alone
The Very Best Of
16
George Jones
She Thinks I Still Care
Swingers [Original Soundtrack]
17
Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons
Love Hurts
Duets
18
The Louvin Brothers
The Angels Rejoiced Last Night
Close Harmony [Disc 4]
19
Emmylou Harris/Gram Parsons
The Angels Rejoiced Last Night
Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 1
20
Hank Williams
Half as Much
24 Greatest
21
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Half As Much
At The Ryman [Live]
22
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Cattle Call
At The Ryman [Live]
23
Tex Owens
Cattle Call
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
24
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Get Up John
At The Ryman [Live]
25
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Get Up John
Bill Monroe: Anthology
26
Neil Young
Oh, Lonesome Me
After the Gold Rush
27
Various Artists
Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 7
28
Jackson Browne
Red Neck Friend (LP Version)
For Everyman
29
Eagles
Take It Easy
Selected Works 1972-1999: The Early Years
30
Bob Dylan
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
John Wesley Harding
31
Linda Ronstadt
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
32
Asleep at the Wheel
Ida Red
A Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills (Dance Versions)
33
George Jones
You're Still On My Mind
Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums
While we often touch on the contemporary songs of our own and subsequent generations in the show, we also like to drill into the performers and sounds that contributed to our musical heritage. The foundation of America’s music is not just a single flavor. It is a melting pot of many from all corners: the British Isles, the African continent, the islands of the Caribbean, and points south and north. The resulting harmonies, topics, and musical celebrations have further woven themselves into the fabric of our culture. This week’s show leans on some pieces that were suggested by a listener and this allowed me to take liberties when digging a bit deeper for the show. We’ll hear from Pete Seeger, The Million Dollar Quartet, Buck Owens, Alison Krauss and Mississippi Fred McDowell. We’ll also take in the American Songbag’s In The Pines and then proceed down the river and over the hill in the show this week.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
99-1/2 Won't Do [Live]
The Gospel Music Of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives [Live]
2
Annie Mae & Fred McDowell
I'm Going Over The Hill
The Essential Guide To Gospel
3
Stringbean
Going Over the Hill
Layin' Low
4
John Martyn
Over the Hill
Couldn't Love You More
5
Mahalia Jackson
Just Over the Hill
Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting with Mahalia Jackson
6
Buck Owens
Goin' Down To The River
Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 4]
7
Alison Krauss
Down To The River To Pray
Oxford American Southern Sampler 2000
8
Ray Charles
I'm Going Down To The River
Ain't That Fine
9
Suzy Boggus
It All Falls Down To The River w/ McCrary Sisters
Prayin' For Sunshine
10
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Going Down The River
The First Recordings
11
Etta Baker & Taj Mahal
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Etta Baker With Taj Mahal
12
Bobby Bare
Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning
Darker Than Light
13
Down Like Silver
To the River
Light That Match – Single
14
Lead Belly
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Best Of Leadbelly
15
The Browns
In the Pines
Classics 1960 (Warped 6062)
16
Dave Van Ronk
In the Pines
The Folkway Years: 1959-1961
17
Robert Johnson
Crossroads Blues
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18
Elmore James
Standing At The Crossroads
Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James
19
The Million Dollar Quartet
Great Speckled Bird
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
20
Buzz Cason
Hats Off to Hank
Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank
21
Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.
There's A Tear In My Beer
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
22
Hank Williams, Jr.
Tee Tot Song
Almeria Club
23
Dallas Wayne
Crank the Hank
Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank
24
Pat Johnson
Hank And Tee Tot
Acoustic Rainbow Roots Volume 48
25
Washboard Sam
Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]
That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
This week we’ll take some time away for a celebration of Americana sounds from every corner. It’s a mixed bag of jazz, blues, country, rock, and everything in between in another of our free form eclectic romps here on Deeper Roots. Count on some wild swings and some quiet moments reserved for the corner booth in the show today. Aretha, Cat Power, Etta Jones and Gale Garnett are some of the female vocalists that we’ll feature this morning. We’ll also visit that ‘boulevard of broken dreams’ with Esquivel, some lighter instrumentals from Ethel Smith and Herb Alpert; classic softer side Americana from Chris Isaak and Pokey LaFarge and the polar opposite from Creedence and BB King. What a way to blast on into 2025. Join Dave Stroud as he begins yet another year with the promise of doing the right thing…always.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Little Milton
We're Gonna Make It
Chess Blues Disc 4
2
Marvin Gaye
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 2]
3
Jimmy Ruffin
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
4
Cat Power
Aretha, Sing One For Me
Jukebox
5
Aretha Franklin
Don't Play That Song
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
6
Jimmy Reed
Hush-Hush
The Roots of the Rolling Stones: MOJO Presents 15 Stones-Approved Classics
7
Willie Nelson
I'll Love You Till The Day I Die
A Beautiful Time
8
Chris Isaak
Only the Lonely
Baja Sessions
9
J.J. Cale
I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)
Okie
10
Pokey LaFarge
Home Home Home
Rhumba Country
11
The Mavericks
That's Not My Name
Suited Up and Ready… – EP
12
Esquivel
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Better Call Saul: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)
13
The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band
The Joker (On A Trip Thru The Jungle)
Ultimate Northern Soul – The Classics
14
Bob Moore & His Orchestra
Mexico
Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms
15
Louis Jordan
Run Joe – Calypso Boys, Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
Number Ones
16
Ethel Smith
Tico Tico
Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952
17
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Spanish Flea
Definitive Hits
18
Herbie Hancock
Rockit
Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976-1999 [Disc 1]
19
Dick Haymes & Eileen Wilson
It's A Lovely Day Today
Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
20
Julie London
Watermelon Man
Wild Cool and Swingin'
21
Etta Jones With J.C. Heard And His Band
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
Vol. 3-Blues Roots
22
B.B. King
Why I Sing the Blues
Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics
23
Gale Garnett
We'll Sing In The Sunshine
Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2]
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future…and it’s tickin’ tickin’ tickin’, too. Steve Miller certainly summed it up and our theme this week is all about the passing of time, events that take place in time, biding our time, and recalling a time. We’ll be making a swing through a number of genres and performers including Little Joe, Booker T., Bobby Bare, Evie Sands, Tom Waits and Harry James. But there’s plenty more including classic country, mid-to-late century rock n’ roll, folkie business, and the sweet torch songs that take us back. We’ve chosen to forego the Christmas celebrations because, for the most part, we can hear it elsewhere and the season is a short one with some desperation on the doorstep. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Steve Miller Band
Fly Like An Eagle (2006 Digital Remaster)
Fly Like An Eagle – 30th Anniversary
2
Little Joe Cook
It's Been a Long Time
Peanuts and Other Delicacies: The Little Joe Cook Story (1951-1962)
3
Steve Forbert
It's Been a Long Time
Young Guitar Days
4
Harry James & His Orchestra
Its Been A Long Long Time
The Women of WW2 [V 4]
5
Ella Mae Morse
A Long Time Ago
Barrelhouse, Boogie, And The Blues [Disc 5]
6
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Long Time Gone
Crosby, Stills & Nash
7
Tom Waits
Time
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
8
Mick Lloyd
A Long Long Time Ago
…Next Stop Is Vietnam – The War On Record, 1961-2008
9
Los Lobos Feat. Dave Alvin
Somewhere In Time
The Ride
10
Charley Crockett
Time of the Cottonwood Trees
The Man from Waco
11
Connie Smith
Plenty of Time
1970-1971 (Warped 7108F)
12
Evie Sands
Untill It's Time For You To Go
Any Way That You Want Me
13
Junior Brown
Baby Let The Bad Times Be
12 Shades of Brown
14
The Louvin Brothers
Are You Wasting My Time
Long Play Collection
15
Don Williams
Tulsa Time
The Definitive Collection
16
Bobby Bare
One Day at a Time (1965)
All American Boy – CD 4
17
Willie Nelson
Healing Hands of Time
Willie and the Boys: Willie's Stash vol. 2
18
Danny Dill
He's Biding His Time
Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
19
Bob Dylan
Time Passes Slowly
Biograph Disc 3
20
Dwight Yoakam
Just Passin' Time
Blame The Vain
21
The Sweetback Sisters
King Of Killing Time
King Of Killing Time
22
Harry Nilsson
As Time Goes By
All-Time Greatest Hits
23
Dooley Wilson & Elliot Carpenter
As Time Goes By
Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
24
The Platters
Twilight Time
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
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.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
David Lindley and Wally Ingram
Oh Death
Twango Bango II
2
John Lee Hooker & Ben Harper
Burnin' Hell
The Best Of Friends
3
Dr. John
Party Hellfire
Anutha Zone
4
Miss Rhapsody & Orchestra
The Night Before Judgement Day
Blues Women
5
Eric Clapton
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
Sessions For Robert J
6
The Louvin Brothers
The Great Judgement Morning
Close Harmony [Disc 8]
7
Johnny Cash
Redemption
American Recordings
8
Joe Strummer/Mescaleros
Redemption Song
Streetcore
9
Vera Hall
Death, Have Mercy
Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
10
Jimmy Reed
Going By The River (Pt. 1)
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 37
11
Hank Williams
The Angel Of Death
Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
12
Dave Van Ronk
St. James Infirmary
Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
13
Ralph Stanley
The Death Of John Henry [Album Version]
Ralph Stanley
14
David Johansen & The Harry Smiths
Oh Death
David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
15
Solomon Burke
The Judgement
Don't Give Up on Me
16
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beams of Heaven
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
17
The Zion Harmonizers
Old Time Religion
Ultimate Gospel Fest
18
Camille Howard
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
Brown Gal
19
The Cats & The Fiddle
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
The Very Best Of
20
John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
Standard Songs for Average People
21
Red Foley
Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
Tennessee Saturday Night
22
Bill Neely
Satan's Burning Hell
The Essential Guide To Gospel
23
Sheryl Crow
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Home For Christmas
24
Iris DeMent
I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)
Lifeline
25
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway To Heaven
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
26
Grandpa Jones
Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me
An American Original
27
Carl Story
When the Pearly Gates Swing Open
1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
28
The Golden Gate Quartet
No Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven) (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
29
Flatt & Scruggs
The Drunkard's Hell
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
30
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room)
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1]
31
Fannie Bell Chapman
He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield
Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
The 1950s were an incredibly vibrant decade for music, clearly a reflection of a post-war energy and relief. Urban jazz, the bright lights of broadway, and the crooning magic moments that lept off the silver screen were a paradox to the golden age of country music, the passionate rhythm of swing and R&B and, of course, the new audiences celebrating youth at sock hops, malt shops and sleepovers. It was an age of celebration and discovery if you were young; an age of culture shock if you weren’t. This week on Deeper Roots, we’ll tiptoe through the sounds of Dave Brubeck, Dion, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and a host of others who planted their flag in the decade of the fifties. An unusual playlist for sure. Drop on by and try to get past the fact that Black Friday will soon be over and holiday madness gets into full swing.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Rosemary Clooney
Hey There
Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
2
Peggy Lee
Bali Ha'i
American Beauty
3
Doris Day
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
4
Sarah Vaughan
Lover Man
Great American Songbook
5
Chet Baker
My Funny Valentine
Blue Note Blend: On The Count Of 3
6
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Take Five
Pop Memories of the '60s
7
The Champs
Tequila
Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S
8
Duane Eddy
Rebel Rouser
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1]
9
Santo & Johnny
Sleepwalk
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
10
Hank Williams
Hey, Good Lookin'
24 Greatest
11
Johnny Cash
I Walk The Line
Original Greatest Hits
12
Porter Wagoner
A Satisfied Mind
A Slice Of Life & Satisfied Mind
13
Dion
I Wonder Why
Doo Wop Box Disc 3
14
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
15
The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
16
The Fleetwoods
Come Softly To Me
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
17
The Platters
Only You (And You Alone)
All-Time Greatest Hits
18
The Platters
The Great Pretender
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
19
Fats Domino
Blueberry Hill
This Is Fats Domino
20
Frankie Avalon
Venus
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
21
Ricky Nelson
Lonesome Town
Destination Lonely Street
22
Ricky Nelson
Poor Little Fool
Ricky Nelson
23
Paul Anka
Diana
Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
24
Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel
Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
25
Chuck Berry
Roll Over Beethoven
Blowing The Fuse: 1956
26
Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1]
27
Eddie Cochran
Summertime Blues
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
28
Bill Haley & The Comets
Rock Around The Clock
Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1
29
Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock
Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered)
30
Danny & the Juniors
At the Hop
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
31
Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
There’s hope in music. And if we need something to carry us forward over the coming years it’s hope. So we’ll take all we can get with all the music we can get. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes us through a blend of genres, making a free form journey across the landscape of America’s music from the past century. We’ll bring you Cannonball Adderley right alongside Hank Thompson and The Neville Brothers, The Doors, Patsy Cline and Mink Deville to start. Dave Stroud’s done some scouring through those dusty digital archives for well- (and little-) known gems with stories and ballads. He’ll be taking you to where country meets soul, jazz meets boogie woogie and where there’s an unlikely fusion of reggae, folk, and zydeco. Topics include wedding days, jiggers of gin, honeydrippers, and the topic of Texas and some big blue diamonds. Tune in this week. Take your mind off the grifters and haters that have polluted the pond.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Elvis Presley
Burning Love
Nippers 70's-Vol.1
2
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Long Lost And Worried
Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
3
Mink Deville
A Train Lady
The Mink De Ville Collection
4
Major Lance
Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
The Very Best of Major Lance
5
Linda Lyndell
What A Man
Soul Sides: Volume One
6
Little Johnny Taylor
Big Blue Diamonds
Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
7
Tex Ritter
Big Blue Diamonds
Famous Country Music Makers
8
Waylon Jennings
Drinkin' and Dreamin'
The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
9
The Doors
The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
L.A. Woman: 40th Anniversary Mixes [Bonus Tracks]
10
Tex Williams
I Got Texas In My Soul
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 10
11
Willie Nelson
Texas In My Soul
One Hell Of A Ride
12
Patsy Cline
Got A Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul
Volume 3
13
Pokey LaFarge
End of My Rope
Rock Bottom Rhapsody
14
O. C. Smith
The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
15
The Eternals
Babalu's Wedding Day
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
16
Snooks Eaglin
My Head Is Spinning
Complete Imperial Recordings
17
Arthur Alexander
I Hang My Head And Cry
Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
18
Jimmy Lee
You Ain't No Good For Me
Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
19
Andre Williams
Pardon Me (I've Got Someone To Kill)
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
20
Big Daddy Wilson
I Got Plenty
Deep in My Soul
21
Ray Charles
Mess Around
Atlantic Rock & Roll
22
Dr. John
Honey Dripper
Definitive Pop Collection
23
Varetta Dillard
Mercy, Mr. Percy
The Lovin' Bird
24
Mink DeVille
Mazurka
Le Chat Bleu
25
BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet
Zydeco Gris Gris
Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco [Disc 1]
26
Rockin' Dopsie
Zydeco Around The World
Absolutely The Best Cajun & Zydeco [Disc 1]
27
The Neville Brothers
Sitting in Limbo
Fiyo on the Bayou
28
Hank Thompson
Scotch And Soda
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
29
Cannonball Adderley
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
30
Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers
My Sugar Is So Refined
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
This week it’s a rock-a-beatin’ boogie extravaganza. Vintage tracks from the rocking archives of the fifties and sixties, all meant to make you feel good. Hand-picked sizzlers and twenty flight scorchers set alongside some of the more familiar sounds of the Everlys, The Dixie Cups and Shirley & Lee. First, second and third helpings of some of the very best of the day including tributes to Kansas City, Caldonia, Peggu Sue, Jim Dandy and a host of others, all brought to you from the sock hop to the rent party. Tune in for some LaVern Baker, Elvis, Nappy Brown, Wynona Carr and Big Joe Turner. They’ve all got a place in this week’s show here on Sonoma County Community Radio in yet another Deeper Roots barn burner. Hope you can join us and spend two hours leading off with Boston’s favorite son, Freddy Cannon. All of this coming your way from the outskirts of the Cherry Street Historic District of downtown Santa Rosa. Will there be reason to celebrate? We’re countin’ on it.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Freddy Cannon
Buzz Buzz A-Diddle It
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
2
Bo Diddley
Bring It To Jerome
Bo Diddley
3
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
4
Jerry Lee Lewis
Down The Line
A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
5
Jerry Lee Lewis
Night Train To Memphis
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
6
Chuck Berry
Almost Grown
Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
7
Big Joe Turner
Oke: She: Moke: She: Pop
Big Joe Rocks
8
Jimmy Edwards
Love Bug Crawl
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
9
Shirley & Lee
Feel So Good
Shirley & Lee Rock
10
The Blue Angels
I Wonder
Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day, Vol. 6
11
Dixie Cups
Chapel Of Love
Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day, Vol. 6
12
Wynona Carr
Ding Dong Daddy
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2]
13
Margie Day
Dumplin' Dumplin'
Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
14
Ike & Tina Turner
Mamma Tell Him
Don't Play Me Cheap
15
Ike & Tina Turner
Wake Up
Don't Play Me Cheap
16
Richard Berry & The Pharoahs
Louie, Louie
Coffee And Cigarettes
17
Nappy Brown
Don't Be Angry
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
18
Little Willie Littlefield
K. C. Loving
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
19
Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
20
Chuck Willis
Caldonia
Roots of Rock 'n' Roll – Rough and Rowdy, Vol. 3
21
Elvis Presley
Make Me Know It
Elvis Is Back!
22
Elvis Presley
Like a Baby
Elvis Is Back!
23
Ricky Nelson
My Babe
James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
24
Buddy Holly & The Fireballs
Peggy Sue Got Married
Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
25
The Everly Brothers
Bye Bye Love
Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1]
26
The Everly Brothers
Take a Message to Mary
A Portrait of Dylan
27
LaVern Baker
Jim Dandy
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
28
LaVern Baker
Whipper Snapper
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2]
29
Bobby "Mr Blues" Merrell
I Ain't Mad At You
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2]
30
Ann Cole
I Got My Mojo Working
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4]
31
Wynonie Harris
Bloodshot Eyes
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
32
Smiley Lewis
She's Got Me Hook, Line And Sinker
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
