Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

Dylan Covers

Dylan Covers
Dylan Covers

Our weekly show celebrates (albeit somewhat belatedly) Bob Dylan’s 75th birthday by tipping our caps not with his performances but with a collection of by others’ tribute pieces. We’ll hear songs written by Bob through the years and tell you the history of many of them at the same time. Tracks from Bobby Bare, Mavis Staples, Solomon Burke, Hazel Dickens, and Bill Frisell make this an eclectic journey on a Friday evening in Sonoma County. Be sure to tune in!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel O.C.M.S. Amazon
2Sarah Jarosz Simple Twist of Fate Build Me Up From Bones Amazon
3Joan Baez I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine Baez Sings Dylan Amazon
4Bette Midler I Shall Be Released Bette Midler Amazon
5Bobby Bare Farewell Angelina Darker Than Light Amazon
6Marshall Crenshaw My Back Pages Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village In The 60's Amazon
7Flatt & Scruggs Nashville Skyline Rag Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane Amazon
8Hazel Dickens Only a Hobo It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song Amazon
9New Riders of the Purple Sage Farewell Angelina The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Amazon
10Peter Case Long Time Gone HWY 62 Amazon
11Stephen Stills The Ballad Of Hollis Brown Stills Alone Amazon
12Joan Osborne Man in the Long Black Coat Relish Amazon
13R.L. Burnside Everything Is Broken Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
14Susan Tedeschi Lord Protect My Child Hope and Desire Amazon
15Julie London Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 1 Amazon
16Solomon Burke What Good Am I? Make Do With What You Got Amazon
17Sounds Of Blackness Solid Rock [Album Version] Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan Amazon
18Mavis Staples Gotta Serve Somebody Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
19The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver Every Grain Of Sand I'll Find A Way Amazon
20Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins Handle With Care Rabbit Fur Coat Amazon
21The Byrds All I Really Want to Do The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
22The Turtles It Ain't Me Babe 20 Greatest Hits Amazon
23Antony With Bryce Dessner I Was Young When I Left Home Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1] Amazon
24Rod Stewart Only A Hobo Gasoline Alley Amazon
25Sophie Zelmani Most Of The Time Masked & Anonymous Amazon

Bluegrass & Old Time Hour Special

Bluegrass Old Time Hour
Bluegrass Old Time Hour

Mark Hogan’s in Grass Valley this week gearing up for the 41st Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival which opens this coming Thursday, June 16th. Dave Stroud will be sitting in for Mark and will feature new releases, old standards, and vintage country sounds from the likes of Doug Sahm, Chris Smither, The Hackensaw Boys, and Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers….not to mention a good helping of Bill Monroe recordings from 1960.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Nashville Bluegrass Band Up Above My Head My Native Home Amazon
2The Nashville Bluegrass Band Monroebilia My Native Home Amazon
3Emmylou Harris Get Up John Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2 Amazon
4Adkins & Loudermilk Georgia Mountain Man Adkins & Loudermilk Amazon
5Tony Rice Thunderclouds Of Love Bluegrass Today [Disc 2] Amazon
6John Hartford Gumtree Canoe Good'le Days: Essential Recordings Amazon
7Bill Monroe Flowers Of Love Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1] Amazon
8Bill Monroe Time Changes Everything Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1] Amazon
9David Grisman Watson Blues (feat. Tony Rice) Dawg Plays Big Mon Amazon
10Tony Rice He Rode All the Way to Texas Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection Amazon
11Charlie Haden Ocean Of Diamonds Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
12Cyndi Lauper Walkin' After Midnight Detour Amazon
13Old Crow Medicine Show 8 Dogs 8 Banjos Remedy Amazon
14Dale Watson Fly Away Blessed Or Damned Amazon
15Jefferson Ross Dogwood Cats Dogwood Cats Amazon
16Hackensaw Boys Cmon Baby Dont Bet Against Me Charismo Amazon
17Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice Longneck Blues Poor Boy's Pleasure Amazon
18Josh Williams Girl From The Canyon Modern Day Man Amazon
19Hamilton County Ramblers Standing On the Mountain Hamilton County Ramblers Amazon
20Traveling Show Token Of Love Songs From The Road Band Amazon
21Asleep at the Wheel Don't Ask Me Why (I'm Going to Texas) Swing Time Amazon
22Texas Tornados Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Live from the Limo, Vol. 1 Amazon
23Doug Sahm Faded Love Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
24Doug Sahm (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
25Guy Clark To Live Is To Fly Poet: A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt Amazon
26Guy Clark My Favorite Picture of You Oxford American Southern Music Texas Amazon
27Kelly Joe Phelps Beggars Oil (Album Version) Beggars Oil EP Amazon
28Chris Smither Frankie & Albert Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
29Bill Monroe Darling Corey Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 2] Amazon
30IIIrd Time Out John & Mary Bluegrass Today [Disc 2] Amazon
31Dreadful Snakes Blue Yodel #4 Snakes Alive! Amazon

Field Recording Covers

Field Recording Covers
Field Recording Covers

Coming up on our last live show of May, what better way but to dig just a little bit deeper into some of the field recordings of the first half of the 20th century that found popularity in the country, blues, and popular charts. Some of these songs had the ‘right’ rhythm or struck a chord with the message they sent. While most were traditional pieces by the time the musicologists had arrived with their primitive recording machines, others were original and told just the right story. We’ll hear Eric Clapton, Aaron Copland, B.B. King, and Tom Waits right alongside the originals done by Smith Casey, Gwen Foster, Belton Reese, and Ora Dell Graham.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Worried Life Blues Blues Highway Amazon
2Thomas "Jaybird" Jones Worried Life Blues Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942) Amazon
3David Edwards Worried Life Blues Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection Amazon
4Eric Clapton & B.B. King Worried Life Blues Riding With The King Amazon
5Agustus "Track Horse" Haggerty Hattie Green Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939 Amazon
6George Hamilton IV Abilene Classic Country Amazon
7Rouse Brothers My Family Circle Classic Field Recordings Amazon
8The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon
9Ace Johnson w/L. W. Gooden Mama Don't Low No Swingin' Out In Here Field Recordings Vol. 6: Texas (1933-1958) Amazon
10Doc Watson Mama Don't Allow No Music Memories Amazon
11W. M. Stepp Bonapartes Retreat Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 1] Amazon
12Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes (Instrumental): IV. Hoedown Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition) Amazon
13Dock Reed Down on Me Field Recordings, Vol. 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942) Amazon
14Big Brother & the Holding Company Down on Me Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 1 Amazon
15Ozella Jones Prisoner Blues Field Recordings, Volume 7 : Florida Amazon
16Fiona Apple Criminal Tidal Amazon
17Smith Casey East Texas Rag Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939 Amazon
18Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
19Johnnie Barfield Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby Classic Field Recordings Amazon
20Carl Perkins Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby Dixie Fried Amazon
21Gwen Foster How Many Biscuits Can I Eat? Classic Field Recordings Amazon
22Mac Wiseman How Many Biscuits Can You Eat Sings Old Time Country Favorites Amazon
23Belton Reese Bile Dem Cabbages Down Field Recordings – Vol 9 – Georgia, SC, NC,Virginia, Kentucky (1924-39) Amazon
24Doc Watson Boil Them Cabbage Down Milestones Amazon
25Smith Casey West Texas Blues Texas Field Recordings – 1934-1939 Amazon
26John Jackson West Texas Blues Front Porch Blues Amazon
27Ora Dell Graham Shortenin' Bread Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942) Amazon
28Lee Dorsey Shortnin' Bread The Ep Collection…Plus Amazon
29John Dudley Cool Drink Of Water Blues Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959 Amazon
30Vassar Clements Cool Drink of Water Livin' with the Blues Amazon
31Capitol City Laundry Quartet Ezekiel Saw The Wheel Field Recordings Vol. 12: Virginia & South Carolina (1936-1940) Amazon
32Louis Armstrong Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Louis And The Good Book Amazon
33Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Ezekiel Saw the Wheel School of Bluegrass Disc 1 Amazon
34James Shorty, Viola James, And Congregation Jesus On The Main Line Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
35Ry Cooder Jesus On The Mainline Paradise And Lunch (Remaster 2013) Amazon

A Gospel Baptismal

A Gospel Baptismal
A Gospel Baptismal

Dave Stroud will explore the gospel form, both African American and Country, focusing on the theme of ‘going to the water’ to be saved. The songs reflect the celebration of ‘washing the soul’ as a tradition of a Christian faith. The performers will include Da Costa Woltz, Clefs of Harmony, Dock Walsh, and Ernest Stoneman’s Dixie Mountaineers. There will also be a helping of passionate sermons to make sure we keep our paths straight.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Gee's Bend Residents Good Evening Everybody (I've Been to the River and I've Been Baptized) How We Got Over: Sacred Songs of Gee's Bend Amazon
2Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters Baptist Shout Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers (1927-1929) Amazon
3Mountain Ramblers Baptizing Down By The Creek Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
4Bill Monroe The Old Country Baptising Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 2] Amazon
5The Louvin Brothers The River Of Jordan Satan Is Real Amazon
6Zion Harmonizers Brother Moses Smote The Water Best of Louisiana Music SAMPLER Amazon
7Tommiettes Gospel Singers Have You Been Through The Water Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
8The Golden Gate Quartet Dip Your Fingers in the Water Vol. 4 (1939-1943) Amazon
9The Golden Gate Quartet Wade in the Water CD 2 the Recent Years Amazon
10The Staple Singers Wade In The Water Freedom Highway Amazon
11The Reverend J.M. Gates Baptize Me Take Me To The Water Amazon
12Elder JE Burch Baptism By Water, And Baptism By The Holy Ghost Take Me To The Water Amazon
13The Blind Boys Of Alabama Take Me To The Water I'll Find A Way Amazon
14The Harmonizing Four Wade In The Water The Essential Guide To Gospel Amazon
15Skylarks Baptism Of Jesus I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
16Clefs of Harmony Baptized This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
17Selah Jubilee Singers It's Cool Down Yonder By Chilly Jordan Vol. 2-(1941-44/45) Amazon
18Sam Cook & Soul Stirrers Jesus Gave Me Water Great Gospel – No Tears in Heaven Amazon
19The Holmes Brothers I Surrender All Gospel Brunch Classics Amazon
20The Chuck Wagon Gang & The Orthophonic Choir Shall We Gather At The River Orthophonic Joy Amazon
21The Carter Family On My Way To Canaan's Land The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3] Amazon
22Dock Walsh Bathe In That Beautiful Pool Take Me To The Water Amazon
23Ricky Skaggs River Of Jordan Family And Friends Amazon
24Ernest Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers Down To Jordan And Be Saved The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [[Disc 4]] Amazon
25Washington Phillips Denomination Blues Part 1 Take Me To The Water Amazon
26Vaetta Stewart And Heavenly Tones Of Berkeley I Love The Lord Swingin' On The Golden Gate Volume 2: A Survey Of Bay Area Gospel Amazon
27Rev. Arthur Ransburg And The Voices Of Christ Of Berkeley I've Already Been To The Water Swingin' On The Golden Gate, Volume 2: A Survey Of Bay Area Gospel Amazon
28Delaney & Bonnie Wade In The River Of Jordan D & B Together Amazon
29Nina Simone Take Me To The Water Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul Amazon
30Charlie Haden & Hank Jones Wade in the Water Steal Away / Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs Amazon
31Jean Ritchie Now Is The Cool Of The Day Coal Country Music Amazon
32Apostles Of Music Wade In the Water Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
33Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water Heatin' Up Amazon

Finger Pickin’ Good

Finger Pickin' Good
Finger Pickin’ Good

I’ll say…finger pickin’ good music featuring finger pickin’ great performers from the past century. We’ve got a two hour sampling of sounds from the likes of Doc Watson, Jorma Kaukonen, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Blind Blake, Riley Puckett, and (of course) Merle Travis. Our Wednesday evening will keep it pretty folksy and traditional for the most part, leaning on tradition and the very best in string picking and chord strumming. All this and more on our roots music show which is produced exclusively for Sonoma County community radio, both KWTF and KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Leo Kottke Buckaroo Essential Amazon
2Chet Atkins Wheels Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker Amazon
3Doc Watson Windy and Warm The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
4Doc Watson Moody River Memories Amazon
5Doc Watson Doc's Guitar [#] The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
6Jefferson Airplane Embryonic Journey Walk on the Moon Amazon
7Jorma Kaukonen Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Instrumental) Stars In My Crown Amazon
8John Fahey Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home The Legend of Blind Joe Death Amazon
9Davy Graham Angi 3/4 Ad – Single Amazon
10Davy Graham Davy's Train Blues 3/4 Ad – Single Amazon
11Stefan Grossman Police Dog Blues How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
12Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie Roots of Rock Amazon
13Lonnie Johnson Untitled Steppin' On The Blues Amazon
14Riley Puckett Fuzzy Rag Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar Amazon
15Etta Baker One Dime Blues Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
16Merle Travis Freight Train (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
17Tommy Emmanuel The Bug It's Never Too Late Amazon
18Bob Brozman Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version] Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered] Amazon
19Merle Travis Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
20Jorma Kaukonen Fur Peace Rag Stars In My Crown Amazon
21Leo Kottke Wonderland By Night Peculiaroso Amazon
22Leo Kottke Little Martha Leo Live Amazon
23Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Rings Sixty Six Steps Amazon
24John Fahey Layla Rain Forests, Oceans And Other Amazon
25Dave Van Ronk Green, Green Rocky Road Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
26Doc & Merle Watson Bonaparte's Retreat Then And Now/Two Days In November Amazon
27Sam McGee Knoxville Blues Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1] Amazon
28Mississippi John Hurt Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight Complete Studio Recordings 3-CD Set Amazon
29Stefan Grossman Pallet On Your Floor How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
30David Bromberg Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
31Mance Lipscomb Sugar Babe Texas Songster Amazon
32Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson Barrier Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
33Bob Hadley Celtic Reverie Imaginational Anthem Amazon
34Bert Jansch Angie Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch Amazon
35Dave Van Ronk Gaslight Rag Going Back to Brooklyn Amazon
36Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon Strange Clone Amazon
37Bob Brozman Devil's Slide Devil's Slide Amazon

Folk Songs Pt 2 – Spirituals

Folks Songs of North America II - Spirituals
Folks Songs of North America II – Spirituals

The second installment in our exploration of the Alan Lomax book of the same name, this time focusing our energies on tradition in gospel and spiritual. Leader-chorus work songs to lighten the load of heavy labor; dancing songs to quicken the spirit on those rare holidays; and spirituals to replace their lost African religions and to console in times of physical torment and spiritual degradation are all captured here, including the stories and lineage behind the original pieces. We’ll hear from a diverse selection of performers including The Dixie Jubilee Singers, Odetta, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Eva Cassidy, and many others.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Fisk Jubilee Singers I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray The Gold and Blue Album Amazon
2Bessemer Sunset Four Climbing Jacob's Ladder Bessemer Sunset Four (1928-1930) Amazon
3Kenneth Benfield Jacob's Ladder (Folk) Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp Amazon
4Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger Jacob's Ladder H.A.R.P. A Time To Sing Disc 1 Amazon
5The Staple Singers Jacob's Ladder Freedom Highway Amazon
6The Fairfield Four Roll Jordan Revival Amazon
7Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet Roll, Jordan, Roll Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931) Amazon
8The Nashville Bluegrass Band Roll Jordan Roll Home of the Blues Amazon
9The Golden Gate Quartet Roll Jordan, Roll The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD1] Amazon
10The Golden Gate Quartet Go Where I Send Thee Vol. 1 (1937-1938) Amazon
11Magnolia Five The Holy Baby Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962 Amazon
12Nina Simone Children Go Where I Send You The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall Amazon
13Odetta Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow 7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks Amazon
14Nick Lowe Rise Up Shepherd Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
15Eva Cassidy Wade In the Water Hear Music volume 6 Amazon
16The Harmonizing Four Wade In The Water The Essential Guide To Gospel Amazon
17Mavis Staples Wade In The Water Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues Amazon
18Tom Waits John The Revelator God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
19Son House John the Revelator Death Letter Amazon
20The Weavers When the Stars Begin to Fall The Weavers Almanac Amazon
21Carl Sandburg All Night Long Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1] Amazon
22Mississippi John Hurt All Night Long The Complete Studio Recordings: Last Sessions Amazon
23Reverend Gary Davis All Night Long Twelve Gates To The City: In Concert, 1962-1966, Volume Three Amazon
24Mahalia Jackson Didn't It Rain 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
25Fern Jones Didn't It Rain The Glory Road Amazon
26Cora Martin Didn't It Rain The Great Gospel Women Amazon
27Sister Rosetta Tharpe This Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
28Louis Armstrong This Train Louis And The Good Book Amazon
29Samuel Patterson This Train Americana Roots Songbook: Gospel Amazon
30Pops Staples The Downward Road Father Father Amazon
31The Golden Gate Quartet Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again Radio Transcriptions 1941 – 1944 Amazon
32John D. Foster & Leonard Rutherford These Bones Gwine Rise Again Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34 Amazon
33Sons of the Pioneers Dese Bones Gwine to Rise Again Songs of the Prairie – CD2 Amazon
34Willie Eason With The Campbell Brothers When The Saints Go Marching In Sacred Steel – Live! Amazon
35Mississippi Fred McDowell When The Saints Go Marching In My Home Is In The Delta Amazon
36Fats Domino When The Saints Go Marchin' In Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2) Amazon

Deeper Blind Willie Johnson

Deeper Blind Willie Johnson
Deeper Blind Willie Johnson

Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.

The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell Dark Was The Night Classic Sounds of New Orleans Amazon
2Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics Amazon
3Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
4Hot Tuna Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live] Live In Japan Amazon
5Bruce Cockburn Soul of a Man Nothing But a Burning Light Amazon
6Ry Cooder Dark Was The Night Paris, Texas Amazon
7Maria Muldaur Oh, the Rain Any Woman's Blues Amazon
8Sinead O'Connor Trouble Will Soon Be Over God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
9Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams Motherless Children Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2] Amazon
10John Hammond, Jr. Motherless Willie Johnson Country Blues Amazon
11Odetta Motherless Children 7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks Amazon
12The Dixie Hummingbirds Nobody's Fault Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary Amazon
13Arizona Dranes Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes Amazon
14Blind Willie Johnson Trouble Will Soon Be Over The Complete Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
15Blind Willie Johnson Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version] The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
16Rev. Pearly Brown God Don't Never Change You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
17The Staple Singers Samson And Delilah Freedom Highway Amazon
18Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four John the Revelator Peace in the Valley [Arista] Amazon
19The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version] The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
20Blind Willie Johnson Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day The Complete Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
21The Levon Helm Band God Don't Never Change The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3 Amazon
22David Bromberg Band Nobody's Fault But Mine Only Slightly Mad Amazon
23The Blasters Samson and Delilah Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2) Amazon
24Blind Willie Johnson If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down ABC Of The Blues Vol 20 Amazon
25Johnny Shines It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine Traditional Delta Blues Amazon
26Irma Thomas Soul of a Man After the Rain Amazon
27Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
28Taj Mahal You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond The Real Thing Amazon
29Rev. Gary Davis Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs Amazon

Deeper Roots Ragtime

Deeper Roots Ragtime
Deeper Roots Ragtime

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Cliff Edwards Ragtime Cowboy Joe grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
2The Hillbillies Ragtime Cowboy Joe Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats Amazon
3Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Ragtime Cowboy Joe Tangled Tales Amazon
4Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker Amazon
5Sol Ho'opi'i Twelfth Street Rag Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1 Amazon
6Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins Hawkins Rag Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3] Amazon
7Sons of the Pioneers 'A' Rag Songs of the Prairie – CD5 Amazon
8Leon McAuliffe Twin Fiddle Rag Tulsa Straight Ahead Amazon
9Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams Down Home Rag Shame On You Amazon
10Les Paul & Mary Ford Tiger Rag The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set Amazon
11Pearl Bailey Johnson Rag Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950) Amazon
12Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Beaumont Rag Songs For Rounders Amazon
13David Miller Jailhouse Rag Old-Time Mountain Guitar Amazon
14The McCormick Brothers Bugle Call Rag Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3] Amazon
15Merle Travis Guitar Rag Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
16David Grisman Black Mountain Rag Early Dawg Amazon
17Doc Watson Black Mountain Rag Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998 Amazon
18Chet Atkins Dill Pickle Rag Reflections with Doc Watson Amazon
19Duck Baker Maple Leaf Rag Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques Amazon
20Scott Joplin The Entertainer compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
21Gram Parsons Brass Buttons The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
22Hamilton County Ramblers Hard Times Hamilton County Ramblers Amazon
23Red Allen Deep Elem Blues The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983 Amazon
24Bill Neely Deep Elm Blues Texas Law & Justice Amazon
25Buddy Jones Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940) The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3] Amazon
26Cliffie Stone Jump Rope Boogie Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
27Big Bill Broonzy Down by the Riverside Absolutely the Best Amazon
28Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Down by the Riverside The Gospel of Blues Amazon
29Mance Lipscomb Darktown Strutters' Ball Ash Grove 12/6/1964 Amazon
30Fats Domino Darktown Strutters' Ball They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
31The Davis Sisters Jesus Steps Right In Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4] Amazon
32The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir You've Got To Bear The Consequence Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
33Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Pure Religion Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2 Amazon
34Duke Robillard I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You) The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard Amazon

Waltzes, Polkas, and Two-Steps

Waltzes, Polkas and Two-Steps
Waltzes, Polkas & Two-Steps

It’s all about the traditional and popular dance music celebrated in the song of the past century. The show opens with the recognition of folk dance’s lineage, those ancestral elements that inhabit a very large part of our need to communicate and celebrate as a society. Most of the early rhythms we’ll hear to start the show are a blend of ancestral folk but we’ll also share the sound of popular dance. Tune in for country, pop, and folk sounds including cajun sounds from Michael Doucet, old-timey guitar and fiddle sounds of Darby and Tarlton, Tejano polka from Flaco Jimenez, and plenty more waltzes, polkas, and two steps.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band Ozark Waltz Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers Amazon
2Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton Alto Waltz Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29) Amazon
3Pee Wee King Tennessee Waltz Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 Amazon
4BeauSoleil Cajun Midnight Waltz The Mad Reel Amazon
5Texas Troubadours Gardenia Waltz Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals Amazon
6Ernest Tubb Waltz Across Texas Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection Amazon
7Junior Brown My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb 12 Shades of Brown Amazon
8Louise Massey & The Westerners Squeeze Box Polka Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 5] Amazon
9Flaco Jiminez Tico Taco Polka Buena Suerte, Seqorita Amazon
10Merle Travis & Joe Maphis Beer Barrel Polka Country Guitar Giants Amazon
11Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Polka on the Banjo School of Bluegrass Disc 1 Amazon
12Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams Cowbell Polka Shame On You Amazon
13Arthur Smith Rock And Rye Polka Here Comes the Boogie Man Amazon
14The Collins Kids Rock And Roll Polka Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1] Amazon
15Buck Owens Buck's Polka Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
16The Hot Frittatas Il Pensiero Polka What's Next ? Amazon
17R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders La Gima Polka Singing In The Bathtub Amazon
18Chet Atkins New Spanish Two Step Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2) Amazon
19Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers Beau's Cajun Two Step Beau Jocque Boogie Amazon
20Doug Kershaw Mamou Two-Step The Best Of Doug Kershaw Amazon
21Byrd Moore Favourite Two Step Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34 Amazon
22Zydeco Force Shaggy Dog Two-Step Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation Amazon
23Clifton Chenier Louisiana Two Step Louisiana Blues and Zydeco Amazon
24Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra Charleston [1925] The Charleston Era Amazon
25Aiken County String Band Charleston Rag (1927) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
26Sons of the Pioneers Square Dance Songs of the Prairie – CD4 Amazon
27Red Foley Sugarfoot Rag Square Dance Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
28Chet Atkins Cosmic Square Dance Chet Picks On The Grammys Amazon
29Johnnie Lee Wills Square Dance Boogie The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
30Freeny's Barn Dance Band Mississippi Square Dance – Part 2 The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American Countryside Amazon
31Wanda, Ruth Neal Round Town Girls Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
32Blue Ridge Highballers Round Town Girls Lead Kindly Light Amazon
33Doc Watson/Merle Watson Guitar Polka Black Mountain Rag Amazon

Higher Power Country Gospel

Higher Power
Higher Power

We visit the classic sounds of country and bluegrass with thematic overtones of gospel. The love of country music often had its roots in a performer’s childhood memories of community church and the sound that would evolve from country and bluegrass provided a tone that grew from those memories…with a tenor that could easily echo the word’. The greatest of them elevated their popularity with their flock by invoking the name of that higher power of God and church in the community of bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and even country groups like the The Louvin Brothers and The Whitstein Brothers made gospel a core of their repertoire.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Louvin Brothers There's A Higher Power Satan Is Real Amazon
2The Whitstein Brothers Way Up On The Mountain Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins Amazon
3Fern Jones I Do Believe The Glory Road Amazon
4Kitty Wells I Heard My Saviour Call Dust on the Bible (1959) Amazon
5Kitty Wells (I've Got My) One-Way Ticket to the Sky Dust on the Bible (1959) Amazon
6Milton Estes Hish! Somebody's Calling My Name Favorite Sacred Songs Amazon
7Brother Claude Ely Fare You Well Satan Get Back Amazon
8King's Sacred Quartette Turn Your Radio On Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
9J.E. Mainer Workin' On A Building Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
10The Carter Family God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
11The Carter Family On My Way To Canaan's Land Take Me To The Water Amazon
12The Delmore Brothers The Wrath Of God Favorite Sacred Songs Amazon
13The Stanley Brothers Over the Glory Land 16 Greatest Gospel Hits Amazon
14The Stanley Brothers My Lord's Going To Set Me Free Hymns & Sacred Songs Amazon
15Mac Wiseman I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map Grassroots To Bluegrass Amazon
16Mac Wiseman Dust On The Bible Grassroots To Bluegrass Amazon
17Ricky Skaggs Hallelujah I'm Ready Family And Friends Amazon
18The Johnson Mountain Boys Springtime in Glory Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music Amazon
19Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Jesus Gave Me Water Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
20George Jones & Tammy Wynette Let's All Go Down To The River Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
21Moore & Napier Gathering In The Sky Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
22Elvis Presley I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
23Willie Nelson Sweet Bye and Bye Old Time Religion Amazon
24Johnny Cash Unclouded Day Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
25Chuck Wagon Gang/The Jordanaires Down the Road 70th Anniversary Amazon
26The Corley Family Way To Glory Land (1929) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
27The Corley Family Give The World A Smile Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937 Amazon
28Anonymous (Knight Home-recording Disc) Beautiful Mansions of Gold …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
29Ex-Governor Alf. Taylor's Old Limber Quartet Brother Noah Built an Ark …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
30Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Long Walk to Heaven Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
31Elvis Presley Working on the Building Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
32Willie and Bobbie Nelson I'll Fly Away Farther Along Amazon
33Buddy Holly True Love Ways From the Original Master Tapes Amazon