Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

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

Superstition

Superstition and luck are the topics for our theme show on a Friday night in Sonoma County on community radio. Deeper Roots explores those superstitious topics of charms, clovers, black cats, and numerology this week.  Join Dave Stroud for blues from the Wolf, Lucille Bogan, and Albert King; county star power from Skeets McDonald, Ernest Tubb, and Elvis; plus a lot of special treats including tracks from Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Casey Bill Weldon, Joe Barry, and Larry Campbell. We’ll also be wishing on star power from Cliff Edwards and Petra Haden…and four leaf clover luck from Nick Lucas, Bill Haley, and Al Miller. From the turn of the century to a couple of contemporary sounds.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Chris Thomas King Superstitious Blues Me, My Guitar and the Blues Amazon
2Ernest Tubb Since That Black Cat Passed My Path Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1 Amazon
3Howlin' Wolf I Ain't Superstitious Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
4Casey Bill Weldon Jinx Blues Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
5Lucille Bogan Superstitious Blues (Hooch House Blues) Complete Recorded Works – Volume 2 Amazon
6Al Miller I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
7Bobby "Blue" Bland Friday The 13th Child His California Album Amazon
8Stevie Wonder Superstition Talking Book Amazon
9Dr. John I Been Hoodood Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
10Louis Jordan Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
11Al Reed Hoodoo The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (American Horror Songs 1930s – 1950s) Amazon
12Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Bad Luck If You Don't Know Me By Now Amazon
13Dusty Springfield Spooky Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Amazon
14Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings Spooky Anyway The Wind Blows Amazon
15Bill Frisell & Petra Haden When You Wish Upon A Star Petra Haden And Bill Frisell Amazon
16Robert Johnson Wish Upon A Star Close Personal Friend Amazon
17Koko Taylor Born Under a Bad Sign The Best of Koko Taylor Amazon
18Larry Campbell Bad Luck Charm Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
19Elvis Presley Good Luck Charm Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3) Amazon
20Joe Barry Four Leaf Clover I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1 Amazon
21Bill Haley Four Leaf Clover Blues Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1 Amazon
22Nick Lucas I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips Amazon
23Skeets McDonald Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
24Cliff Edwards When You Wish upon a Star 40 Your Hit Parade Amazon
25War Spill the Wine Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) Amazon
26Johnny Otis & Marci Lee Casting My Spell on You Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
27Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
28William Bell Born Under A Bad Sign This Is Where I Live Amazon
29Billy Boy Arnold Cell No. 13 Blues Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
30Brownie McGhee Secret Mojo Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon
31Screamin' Jay Hawkins I Put a Spell on You Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 Amazon

The Old Chisholm Trail

Songs about moonlight on the trail this week. We revisit songs about Old Paint, cowpokes, outlaws, and the wide expanse of the range in this week’s show. Tradition, temperance, and memories of the Red River Valley with Michael Martin Murphey, Jimmie Driftwood, Rex Allen, Powder River Jack (featuring Kitty Lee), and many more cowboys from Hollywood and the old Navajo Trail. Storytelling and nostalgic novelties, most elevating the hardscrabble life of the West to a Disney featurette. Right here on Sonoma County community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Norman Luboff Choir Shenandoah Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea Amazon
2Gene Autry Tumbling Tumbleweeds Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1] Amazon
3Gene Autry Back In the Saddle Again Don't Fence Me In:Western Music Early Golden Era Amazon
4The Western Flyers Along The Navajo Trail Wild Blue Yonder Amazon
5Marty Robbins The Strawberry Roan Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
6Duane Eddy Streets of Laredo Rebel Rouser Amazon
7Ernest Tubb The Yellow Rose Of Texas Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours Amazon
8Gene Autry & Jimmy Long The Yellow Rose Of Texas American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2] Amazon
9Marty Robbins Red River Valley All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
10Johnny Bond Red River Valley History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9 Amazon
11Roy Rogers & Dale Evans The Old Chisholm Trail 16 Great Songs Of The Old West Amazon
12Ken Curtis & The Sons of the Pioneers Home On The Range The Cowboy Album Amazon
13Ken Maynard Home On The Range When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
14Judy Canova Along The Navajo Trail (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
15The Sons Of The Pioneers Along The Santa Fe Trail Sons Of The Pioneers Amazon
16Rex Allen Riding Down To Mexico The Last of The Great Singing Cowboys Amazon
17Johnny Bond Goodbye Old Paint Standard Transcriptions Amazon
18Cisco Houston I Ride An Old Paint The Folkways Years: 1944-1961 Amazon
19Michael Martin Murphey I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo/Git Along Little Doggies Cowboy Songs Amazon
20Eddy Arnold Cattle Call Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era Amazon
21Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time") Country Legends Amazon
22Ken Maynard Lone Star Trail Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
23Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) Strawberry Roan Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58 Amazon
24Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles Sleepy Desert Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931 Amazon
25Carson Robison's Buckaroos Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
26Crowder Brothers Wild West Rambler When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1 Amazon
27Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1 Amazon
28Jimmie Driftwood Billy The Kid Americana, Vol. 2 Amazon
29Don Edwards Sam Bass Saddle Songs (1 of 2) Amazon
30The Light Crust Doughboys Oh Susannah Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp) Amazon
31Tex Ritter My Darling Clementine Have I Stayed Away Too Long Amazon
32Tex Ritter Chisholm Trail High Noon Amazon
33Roy Rogers & Dale Evans The Streets Of Laredo 16 Great Songs Of The Old West Amazon
34Roy Rogers & Dale Evans With Frank Worth & His Orchestra Happy Trails Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon

Dead Roots

While the lyrics and music of Robert Hunter took the Grateful Dead into remarkable directions, codifying their place among the bands of the latter half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, by the time they reached their peak their roots were already firmly established. Their early music was clearly anchored in the sounds of tradition, reaching from the Appalachians to the Texas Gulf Coast. We’ll hear early (and contemporary) performances that inspired the band with songs of Blind Willie Johnson, Red Allen, The Mississippi Sheiks, Henry Thomas and Obray Ramsey. The landscape we’ll traverse includes blues, gospel, hillbilly, and folk…no Dead music, only music that served to inspire. This week on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1David Grisman/Jerry Garcia Been All Around This World Been All Around This World Amazon
2Dave Van Ronk Hang Me, Oh Hang Me Dave Van Ronk Amazon
3Obray Ramsey Rain And Snow Best Of The Troubadours Amazon
4Vince Martin & Fred Neil I Know You Rider Tear Down The Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal Amazon
5Henry Thomas Dont Ease Me In Ragtime Texas Complete Recorded Works 1927-29 Amazon
6The Memphis Jug Band On The Road Again Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
7The Memphis Jug Band Stealin' Stealin' Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 (1928-1929) Amazon
8Cannon's Jug Stompers Viola Lee Blues First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
9Hammie Nixon Viola Lee Blues Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 3 Amazon
10The Monroe Brothers Rosa Lee McFall Early Blue Grass Music Amazon
11Prairie Ramblers Deep Elem Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
12Mississippi Sheiks Sittin' On Top of the World Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
13Roscoe Holcomb Sittin' On Top of the World Classic Piedmont Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
14Dillard Chandler Rain and Snow Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
15The Chieftains Rain And Snow Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions Amazon
16Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers Minglewood Blues Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
17Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, et. al. New Minglewood Blues Jug Band Extravaganza Amazon
18Blind Willie Johnson Nobody's Fault But Mine Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 3] Amazon
19Sister Rosetta Tharpe Nobody's Fault But Mine The Great Gospel Women Amazon
20Rev. Pearly Brown Nobody's Fault But Mine You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
21Lightnin' Hopkins See That My Grave Is Kept Clean The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2 Amazon
22Lightnin' Hopkins One Kind Favor Jake Head Boogie Amazon
23Memphis Slim Next Time You See Me The Greatest Hits Of Amazon
24Bob Dylan Jack-A-Roe World Gone Wrong Amazon
25Joan Baez Jack-A-Roe Rare, Live & Classic [Box] (3 of 3) Amazon
26The Sunshine Boys What's the Matter With Deep Elem The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
27Red Allen Deep Elem Blues The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983 Amazon
28The Light Crust Doughboys Sittin' On Top Of The World 1936-1941 Amazon
29Dock Walsh In The Pines In The Pines – Tar Heel Folk Songs And Fiddle Tunes – Old-Time Music Of North Carolina 1926-1936 Amazon
30John Sebastian Minglewood Blues Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon

Contemporary Americana Gospel

Just a closer walk…Deeper Roots walks the gospel road once more, this time forgoing the ancestral roots for modern takes in black gospel, country gospel, and bluegrass from the Heartland. Our focus will be on some of the contemporary performers who cover with due recognition some of the great gospel standards. We’ll hear from Hugh Laurie, Willie Watson, Rodney Crowell, Bruce Cockburn, and Luther Dickinson…and that’s just a taste. We’ll hear the stories of Samson and Delilah alongside John the Revelator….right here on Deeper Roots…coming your way from the KWTF downtown studios.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Aubrey Ghent & Friends Just A Closer Walk With Thee 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
2Buddy Miller There's A Higher Power Universal United House Of Prayer Amazon
3Wade Bowen Precious Memories Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother Amazon
4Mike Farris Sit Down Servant Salvation in Lights Amazon
5Bonnie Raitt & Maria Muldaur My Journey to the Sky Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
6Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around American IV: Man Comes Around Amazon
7Jorma Kaukonen What Are They Doing In Heaven Today Blue Country Heart Amazon
8Rodney Crowell Denomination Blues Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
9Willie Watson Samson and Delilah Folksinger Vol. 2 Amazon
10Jimmie Dale Gilmore Peace in the Valley Come on Back Amazon
11The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Amazing Grace Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 Amazon
12The Blind Boys of Alabama I Keep On Walking Almost Home Amazon
13Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt Turn Me Around Mavis Staples I'll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration Amazon
14Rhiannon Giddens Up Above My Head Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
15Hugh Laurie Didn't It Rain Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
16Linda Gail Lewis This Train Hard Rocking Woman Amazon
17Leo Welch You Can't Hurry God Sabougla Voices Amazon
18The Holmes Brothers Farther Along Speaking In Tongues Amazon
19Ollabelle John The Revelator Ollabelle Amazon
20Tom Waits John The Revelator God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
21Luther Dickinson feat. the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
22Bruce Cockburn Twelve Gates To The City Bone On Bone Amazon
23Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson Family Bible Django and Jimmie Amazon
24Willie and Bobbie Nelson Old Time Religion Farther Along Amazon
25Gillian Welch Old Time Religion [Outtake] Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg [Disc 2] Amazon
26Charlie Haden A Voice From On High Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
27Rhiannon Giddens Freedom Highway Freedom Highway Amazon

Songs of John Hiatt

From the ‘pink bedroom’ and edgy alternative to blues and country, R&B and everything in between…John Hiatt’s catalog of recordings is only surpassed by the library of his songs penned over the past fifty years. We’ll take a look back, primarily focusing on covers from his contemporaries; names like Rosanne Cash, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Carrie Rodriguez, and Buddy Guy are but just a small sampling of the performers we’ll hear from on another Friday evening on Sonoma County community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Crossing Muddy Waters Amazon
2Buddy Guy Feels Like Rain Feels Like Rain Amazon
3Emmylou Harris Icy Blue Heart Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
4Rosanne Cash The Way We Make a Broken Heart Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
5Jo-El Sonnier I'll Never Get Over You Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
6Flaco Jiminez Across The Borderline featuring John Hiatt (Album Version) Partners Amazon
7Terrance Simien It Hasn't Happened Yet Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
8Carrie Rodriguez Big Love Love and Circumstances Amazon
9Rosanne Cash It Hasn't Happened Yet Retrospective Amazon
10John Hiatt Cry Love Walk On Amazon
11Kelly Willis Drive South Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
12Bonnie Raitt Lover's Will [Radio Edit Version] The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US] Amazon
13Commander Cody Commander Cody-Tennessee Plates Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers Amazon
14Gregg Allman Memphis in the Meantime Searching for Simplicity Amazon
15Marshall Crenshaw Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me Good Evening Amazon
16Nick Lowe She Don't Love Nobody Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
17Dave Edmunds I Got Your Number Closer to the Flame Amazon
18Iggy Pop Something Wild Brick by Brick Amazon
19Mitch Ryder Where Is the Next One Coming From? Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
20Asleep at the Wheel This Is the Way We Make a Broken Heart Pasture Prime Amazon
21Rodney Crowell She Loves the Jerk Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt Amazon
22Rosanne Cash Pink Bedroom Retrospective Amazon
23John Hiatt Your Love Is My Rest Walk On Amazon
24Joe Cocker Have a Little Faith in Me Ultimate Collection Amazon
25John Hiatt Real Fine Love Stolen Moments Amazon
26The Band Bound By Love Jubilation Amazon
27John Hiatt Master of Disaster [2005] Master of Disaster Amazon

Back on the Farm

The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard Farmer's Blues Country Music Amazon
2Freeman Stowers Sunrise On The Farm Sinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931 Amazon
3Bill Frisell Farmer Disfarmer Amazon
4Levon Helm Poor Old Dirt Farmer Dirt Farmer Amazon
5Bill Neely Black Land Farmer 16 Down Home Country Classics Amazon
6James King Thirty Years of Farming Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
7Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs Yeary The Wheat Crop Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song Amazon
8Lemuel Jones Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers) Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941) Amazon
9Peter Rowan Let the Harvest Go To Seed Bluegrass Boy Amazon
10Carolina Tar Heels Got The Farm Land Blues Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
11Cisco Houston Farmer's Lament The Folkways Years: 1944-1961 Amazon
12J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert) 17 Living On The Farm The Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4 Amazon
13Walter Brennan Old Rivers Old Rivers Amazon
14The Bently Boys Down On Penny's Farm Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
15Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur Down on Penny's Farm Penny's Farm Amazon
16The Four Wanderers Farmer's Life For Me Black Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942) Amazon
17Ben & Ellen Harper Farmer's Daughter Childhood Home Amazon
18Bobby Bare The Farmer Feeds Us All Hard Time Hungrys Amazon
19Porter Wagoner The Farmer and the Lord 20 All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
20Paula Brown Farm Hollers Hollerin' Amazon
21Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers McDonald's Farm (1928) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
22Bubby Bishop I Want To Go Back To The Farm The Great Vintage Country Amazon
23Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) On A Little Two Acre Farm Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58 Amazon
24Goose Island Ramblers I Worked For a Farmer Polkabilly Amazon
25Buster Carter & Preston Young A Lazy Farmer Boy Before The Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
26Rosetta Howard Plow Hand Blues [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
27Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail Amazon
28Fiddlin' John Carson Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
29Ray Wylie Hubbard After the Harvest Crusades of the Restless Nights Amazon
30Dry Branch Fire Squad Devil, Take The Farmer 481 Bluegrass Class of 1990 Amazon
31Glen Campbell Arkansas Farmboy Adios Amazon
32Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin' Amazon
33Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Mother Maybelle Carter The Homestead On The Farm [Album Version] Songs Of The Famous Carter Family Amazon

Below the Mason-Dixon Line

Songs that highlight the states below the ‘line’ of intransigence. Portions are better known as Dixie, others (like Florida and Texas) appear as appendages or after-market expanses. The music this evening will explore songs of Louisiana from Doug Kershaw, Texas from Asleep at the Wheel, Alabama from Mance Lipscomb, and West Virginia featuring Louis Jordan. There’s a whole lot more including Taj Mahal, Bill Kirchen, The Louvin Brothers and Pokey LaFarge; all on a journey through a collection of states that two surveyors by the name of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, in an attempt to resolve a dispute, attached their names to in the late 18th century.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jimmie Rodgers Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5] Amazon
2Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton Down In Florida On A Hog Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29) Amazon
3Muddy Waters Deep Down In Florida #2 King Bee Amazon
4Claire Lynch My Florida Sunshine Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1 Amazon
5The Swe-Danes Georgia Camp Meeting New Discgems From Warner Brothers Amazon
6Dave Van Ronk Georgia Camp Meeting Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers Amazon
7Alex Campbell, Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby Bringing in the Georgia Mail Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line Amazon
8Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers Georgia Boogie Travellin' Boogie Amazon
9Guy Clark Virginia's Real Texas Cookin' Amazon
10The Carter Family Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3] Amazon
11Al Bowlly My Sweet Virginia Just A Bowl Of Cherries Amazon
12Ethel Waters I'm Coming Virginia On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940 Amazon
13Hazel Dickens West Virginia, My Home Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1] Amazon
14Louis Jordan Salt Pork, West Virginia The Chronological Louis Jordan 1945-1946 Amazon
15Dr. Horse South Poke West Virginia Harlem Rock N' Blues Amazon
16Mance Lipscomb Alabama Bound Ash Grove 12/6/1964 Amazon
17Evan Marshall The Alabama Jubilee Mandolin Magic Amazon
18The Louvin Brothers Alabama Hand-Picked Amazon
19Neil Young/Stray Gators Alabama Harvest Amazon
20Jimmie Driftwood Arkansas Traveler Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
21Carolina Cotton Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas) Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"] Amazon
22Bill Kirchen Arkansas Diamond (Album) Word To The Wise Amazon
23Taj Mahal Texas Woman Blues The Essential [Disc 1] Amazon
24Asleep at the Wheel Miles and Miles of Texas The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970 Amazon
25Tommy Duncan Texas Moon Texas Moon Amazon
26Tony Rice He Rode All the Way to Texas Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection Amazon
27Waylon Jennings Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2 Amazon
28Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Going Back To Louisiana Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
29Doug Kershaw Louisiana Man Diggy Diggy Lo Amazon
30Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three Mississippi Girl Middle of Everywhere Amazon
31Nina Simone Mississippi Goddam Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
32Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra Mississippi Mud Paper Moon Amazon
33The Andrew Sisters When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabama Double Goldies [CD1] Amazon

Bad Luck Blues

We’re exploring the blues this week on Deeper Roots. And it’s all about bad luck blues…when the dice roll snake eyes, when the crops won’t make the rent, when your woman asks for money and all you got is the dust in your pockets…when you ain’t got no money.  Join Dave Stroud for a collection of the very best including Big Joe Williams’ Jinx Blues, bad luck stories from Dinah Washington and Memphis Minnie, piano moaning from Leroy Carr and Ivory Joe, as well as further tales of gambling, dice, and no luck from Clifford Gibson and Black Boy Shine. Friday evening blues….what more?

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Little Milton Bad Luck Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
2Rory Block Jinx Blues Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House Amazon
3Son House The Jinx Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41 Amazon
4Big Joe Williams Jinx Blues Classic Delta Blues Amazon
5Black Boy Shine Gamblin' Jinx Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2] Amazon
6Memphis Minnie I'm A Bad Luck Woman Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
7Mel Walker Unlucky Man Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
8Nat King Cole Trio Chant Of The Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues) The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
9Dinah Washington Bad Luck Dinah Washington Sings The Blues Amazon
10Jimmy Lewis/Ray Charles If It Wasn't for Bad Luck Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 4 Amazon
11Robert Belfour Bad Luck What's Wrong with You Amazon
12Muddy Waters Mother's Bad Luck Child Can't Get No Grindin' Amazon
13Lightnin' Slim Bad Luck Blues The Best Of Excello Records Amazon
14Lightnin' Hopkins Bad Luck And Trouble Blues Kingpins Amazon
15Blind Lemon Jefferson Bad Luck Blues Classic Sides Disc 1 Amazon
16Cliifford Gibson Bad Luck Dice Complete Recorded Works Amazon
17Guitar Welch Bad Luck Blues Southern Prison Blues (Digitally Remastered) Amazon
18Kokomo Arnold Bad Luck Blues Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1937-1938) Amazon
19Ivory Joe Hunter No Money, No Luck Blues The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947 Amazon
20Bill Gaither Bad Luck Child's Request When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 Amazon
21Leroy Carr Bad Luck All The Time Sloppy Drunk [Disc 2] Amazon
22Champion Jack Dupree Bad Luck Bound To Change Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
23Fats Domino Bad Luck and Trouble Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
24John Mayall Bad Luck Time Room To Move 1969-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
25Tommy Castro And The Painkillers Bad Luck Method To My Madness Amazon
26Larry Campbell Bad Luck Charm Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
27The Harlem Hamfats Bad Luck Man Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 Amazon
28Charlie Musselwhite If I Should Have Bad Luck Deluxe Edition – Charlie Musselwhite Amazon

High Water Everywhere

And the topic of this episode will be natural disasters. Namely…floods. Timeless events and timeless music. Dave Stroud will share in-depth blues about rising waters, country music about the terror brought to us by Mother Nature, featuring Dave Alvin, James McMurtry, Whispering Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, and Lonnie Johnson…to mention but a few. Our show will focus on music that tells a story, because that’s what we find best in the tradition of Americana roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Cash Five Feet High And Rising Songs Of Our Soil Amazon
2Charley Patton High Water Everywhere Part 1 People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
3Bob Dylan High Water (For Charley Patton) Love and Theft Amazon
4Ramblin' Jack Elliott Rising High Water Blues A Stranger Here Amazon
5Blind Lemon Jefferson Rising High Water Blues (Pm 12487, 4491-5) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
6Tom Rush Galveston Flood The Very Best Of Tom Rush: No Regrets Amazon
7Whispering Smith Storm in Texas aka Texas Flood Swamp Blues Amazon
8Lonnie Johnson Broken Levee Blues Hot Fingers Amazon
9Lonnie Johnson Flood Water Blues Tomorrow Night Amazon
10Sippie Wallace The Flood Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48 Amazon
11Bessie Smith Back Water Blues Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1] Amazon
12Ruby Gowdy Florida Flood Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
13Carl Martin High Water Flood Blues Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works Amazon
14Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe When The Levee Breaks 24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's 2015 Amazon
15Robert Hicks Mississippi Heavy Water Blues People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
16Fiddlin' John Carson Storm That Struck Miami People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
17Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys Flood Of '57 Classic Bluegrass Amazon
18Happy Traum Crash on the Levee Down in the Flood (feat. Justin Guip, Adam Traum & Byron Isaacs) Just For the Love Of It Amazon
19James McMurtry Hurricane Party Just Us Kids Amazon
20Charlie Haden Is This America? (Katrina 2005) Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
21Dave Alvin Southern Flood Blues Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
22Roomful Of Blues Texas Flood The First Album Amazon
23Larry Davis Texas Flood Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
24Randy Newman & The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra With Members Of The New York Philharmonic Louisiana 1927 Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album Amazon
25Davell Crawford Gather By The River Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album Amazon
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