Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

Back Country Blues

Back Country Blues
Back Country Blues

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Taj Mahal Fishin' Blues The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
2John Sebastian Jug Band Music Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
3Cannon's Jug Stompers Bring it with You When You Come Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
4Cannon's Jug Stompers Going To Germany The Rose Grew Round The Briar Amazon
5Dick Justice Little Lulie Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi Amazon
6Dick Justice Brown Skin Blues Hillbilly Blues Amazon
7Geeshie Wiley Last Kind Words Mississippi Masters Amazon
8Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas Pick Poor Robin Clean Mississippi Masters Amazon
9Luke Jordan Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte) Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters Amazon
10Tommie Bradley Nobody's Business if I Do Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
11Mississippi John Hurt Praying On The Old Camp Ground Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings Amazon
12Mississippi John Hurt Frankie Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings Amazon
13Mississippi John Hurt Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1) Amazon
14Frank Stokes How Long Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2) Amazon
15Frank Stokes I Got Mine Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
16Henry Thomas Bull Doze Blues Roots of Rock Amazon
17Luke Jordan Church Bell Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
18Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
19Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
20Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah Burleskin' Blues Blues From The Vocalion Vaults Amazon
21Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah The Spasm Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937 Amazon
22Sweet Papa Stovepipe All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me Cluck Old Hen Amazon
23Pink Anderson He's In the Jailhouse Now Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs Amazon
24Will Bennett Railroad Bill Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters Amazon
25Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas" Railroadin' Some Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937 Amazon
26Rory Block Railroadin' Some Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection Amazon
27Papa Charlie Jackson Drop That Sack Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2] Amazon
28Papa Charlie Jackson Skoodle-Um-Skoo Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934) Amazon
29Jim Jackson I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
30Jim Jackson Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1 Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
31Jim Jackson Love Sick Blues Jim Jackson Vol.2 Amazon
32Geeshie Wiley Skinny Leg Blues The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2] Amazon

Guitar Theme

Once considered in its earliest forms a noble instrument, the history of the guitar can be traced back over forty centuries (yes, that’s 4000 years). While we won’t got back quite so far in our exploration, we will explore the popular form of this instrument in song this week. We’re not going after the genius as much as we go after the topic with songs whose theme is that of the guitar. It seems that there has always been a personal connection between the instrument and the player, sometimes as a confidant and others as a foil. Our show will feature yodeling guitars, lonely guitars, Bo’s guitar, long-legged pickers, amigos, and a number of performances about ‘one’s first guitar’. Join Dave Stroud for plenty in a guitar themed journey.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Steve Earle Guitar Town Just an American Boy Disc 1 Amazon
2Walter Hurdt Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild Classic Field Recordings Amazon
3Jimmie Rodgers You And My Old Guitar Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Jorma Kaukonen More Than My Old Guitar River Of Time Amazon
5Jimmy Murphy That First Guitar of Mine 1951-1956 (Warped 5101) Amazon
6The Seldom Scene Grandpa Getcha Guitar Like We Used To Be Amazon
7The Louvin Brothers Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Long Play Collection Amazon
8Byron Parker & His Mountaineers Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Byron Parker & His Mountaineers Amazon
9Hardrock Gunter Guitar on the Mountain Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night Amazon
10Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Steel Guitar Rag Legends of Country Music Disc 1 Amazon
11Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years Amazon
12Frank Crumit Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
13The Brown Bombers of Swing Guitar Swing If You Take Me Back Amazon
14George Morgan Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man) Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection Amazon
15Jerry Byrd Hilo Steel Guitar Stars Of The Steel Guitar Amazon
16Les Paul Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered] 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
17Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Yodeling Guitar Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2 Amazon
18Duane Eddy Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar Dance With The Guitar Man Amazon
19Bo Diddley Bo's Guitar Go Bo Diddley Amazon
20Johnny Powers Me and My Rhythm Guitar The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
21Johnny Cash I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3 Amazon
22Johnny Cash & June Carter Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter Amazon
23Kitty Wells Amigo's Guitar Greatest Songs Amazon
24Waylon Jennings Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune Clean Shirt Amazon
25Willie Nelson Guitar In the Corner Band of Brothers Amazon
26George Jones Best Guitar Picker The Complete United Artists Solo Singles Amazon
27Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
28Merle Haggard Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
29Freddie King Me And My Guitar Texas Cannonball Amazon
30Tony Rice Me and My Guitar Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection Amazon
31Lucinda Williams Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings World Without Tears Amazon
32Guy Clark The Guitar Somedays the Song Writes You Amazon
33Neil Young This Old Guitar Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank Amazon

2015 Tributes and Covers

Tributes and Covers
Tributes and Covers

We’re going to take a step away from vintage releases in our first episode of 2016 and look back at last year’s Americana releases, focusing on tributes and covers from some of the very best performers of the time. We’ll hear from Happy Traum, Jorma Kaukonen, Robert Earl Keen Jr., the Alvin Brothers, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Edwards and many others as the cover music from the past century. While most are those of tradition, we’ll also hear covers of Stephen Foster, Carter Family, and Woody Guthrie for good measure. Tribute albums include Bob Dylan’s Shadows in the Night and Asleep at the Wheel’s “Still The King” Bob Wills tribute. Lots of territory to cover so I hope you’ll join in!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Mavis Staples See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Your Good Fortune (EP) Amazon
2Jorma Kaukonen Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Ain't In No Hurry Amazon
3Jorma Kaukonen Sweet Fern Ain't In No Hurry Amazon
4Darryl Holter California Stars Radio Songs Amazon
5Darryl Holter Do Re Mi Radio Songs Amazon
6Jonathan Edwards Mole Tomorrow's Child Amazon
7Hamilton County Ramblers Hard Times Hamilton County Ramblers Amazon
8Emmylou Harris Bury Me Beneath The Willow Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon
9Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers Train On The Island Orthophonic Joy Amazon
10The Cox Family Cash On The Barrelhead Gone Like The Cotton Amazon
11Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Footprints in the Snow Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions Amazon
12Lyle Lovett; Robert Earl Keen, Jr. T For Texas Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions Amazon
13Asleep at the Wheel Time Changes Everything (with Buddy Miller) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
14Asleep at the Wheel Faded Love (with The Time Jumpers) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
15Robbie O'Connell Pretty Saro Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
16Happy Traum Careless Love Blues (feat. Jerry Marotta, Byron Isaacs & John Sebastian) Just For the Love Of It Amazon
17Happy Traum I Aint Got No Home (feat. John Sebastian, Byron Isaacs & Jerry Marotta) Just For the Love Of It Amazon
18Spuyten Duyvil Keep your Skillet Good and Greasy Social Hour Music Amazon
19Spuyten Duyvil Make Me A Pallet Social Hour Music Amazon
20Charlie Gracie Just A Closer Walk With Thee Angel on My Shoulder Amazon
21Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Cherry Red Blues Lost Time Amazon
22Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin World's In A Bad Condition Lost Time Amazon
23The Mavericks Nitty Gritty Mono Amazon
24Bob Dylan That Lucky Old Sun Shadows in the Night Amazon
25Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson Don't Think Twice, It's Alright Django and Jimmie Amazon
26Billy Gibbons And The BFG's Treat Her Right Perfectamundo Amazon
27Larry Campbell Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon

Folk Songs of North America

Folk Songs of North America
Folk Songs of North America

Folk Songs of North America was first published in 1960. Compiled by Alan Lomax (with melodies transcribed by Peggy Seeger), it featured traditional music organized by locale and topic. The anecdotes provided by Lomax and others were culled from both the oral and transcribed traditions of those who listened and performed. Deeper Roots goes deeper and features sets organized by topical pieces outlined in the book. Performers of the early century are featured including Dock Boggs, David McCarn, Gid Tanner, the Carolina Tar Heels, and The Bently Boys. We’ll also feature a handful of mid-to-late century performers to cap things off. Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of the last century of America’s music on Sonoma County’s newest member-supported radio voice, KWTF 88.1 FM, streaming to the world on kwtf.net.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Alan Lomax Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co Amazon
2Dock Boggs Cumberland Gap Bound For Glory Amazon
3Kelly Harrell I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again Archive.org Amazon
4Pat Carrolls Single Girl Songcatcher Amazon
5The Haden Triplets Single Girl The Haden Triplets Amazon
6Jimmie Driftwood Rattlesnake Song Americana, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Joan Baez John Riley [*] Joan Baez [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
8The Stonemans Shady Grove 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass Amazon
9Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Sally Goodin Bill Monroe: Anthology Amazon
10Andy Griffith Cindy Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs Amazon
11Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt Cripple Creek The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2) Amazon
12Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Cripple Creek And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1 Amazon
13Coot Grant and Socks Wilson Uncle Joe (Pm 12833, 349-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
14The Bently Boys Down On Penny's Farm Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
15David McCarn Cotton Mill Colic Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931 Amazon
16Jimmy Martin Roll on Buddy, Roll On First Time Together Amazon
17Lonzo and Oscar Last Ole Dollar 1947-1950 (Warped 4741) Amazon
18Darby & Tarlton Birmingham Jail compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
19Slim Whitman Down In The Valley Country Greats #2 Amazon
20Darby & Tarlton Rising Sun Blues Darby & Tarlton [Disc 3] Amazon
21Don Reno/Red Smiley Mule Skinner Blues Together Again Amazon
22Merle Travis Dark As A Dungeon Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
23Bill Morrissey Pay Day Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
24Carolina Tar Heels Peg And Awl The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 2 Amazon
25Etta Baker & Taj Mahal Johnson Boys Etta Baker With Taj Mahal Amazon
26Kossoy Sisters Featuring Erik Darling The Wagoner's Lad Bluegrass Roots Amazon
27Richard Hawley Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? Coles Corner Amazon
28The Whitstein Brothers I'm Troubled Old Time Duets Amazon
29Rosanne Cash Fair And Tender Ladies Songcatcher Amazon
30Flatt & Scruggs On Top of Old Smokey Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane Amazon
31Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band Charles Giteau Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
32Bobby Bare Tom Dooley Darker Than Light Amazon
33Carolina Chocolate Drops Tom Dula Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind Amazon
34Doc Watson Omie Wise The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
35Ernest V. Stoneman & Sweet Brothers John Hardy My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Early American Rural Music. Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon

Free Form – December 2015

Free Form - December 2015
Free Form – December 2015

Every couple of months, Deeper Roots shares a free form playlist with host Dave Stroud. This week we’ll share ‘contemporary roots’ infused music including the sounds of Howell Devine, Jason Isbell, and Ian Tyson as well as a broad selection of R&B (from The Blenders), early blues (from Blind Lemon Jefferson), and ‘ding dong daddy’ country swing (featuring Bob Wills). We’ll also wrap it up with a festive foodie theme.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Ink Spots Street Of Dreams Greatest Hits Amazon
2The Delta Rhythm Boys Scandalize My Name I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem Amazon
3The Cats & The Fiddle I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
4The Penguins Ookey Ook Great Googa Mooga [Ace] Amazon
5The Roosevelts Jitterbug Special The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2 Amazon
6The Ravens Gotta Find My Baby OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
7The Blenders Don't Play Around with Love Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
8Robins My Baby Done Told Me Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53) Amazon
9Esther Phillips Your Love Is So Doggone Good [Album Version] Jazz Moods – Hot Amazon
10Hawkins, Coleman: The Bebop Years [Disc 2]: Cattin' at Keynote Blue Moon The Bebop Years [Disc 2] ~ Cattin' at Keynote Amazon
11Justin Townes Earle Workin' for the MTA Harlem River Blues [Explicit] Amazon
12Robert Plant Central Two-O-Nine Band Of Joy Amazon
13Jason Isbell Johnny Reb, That's Me You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold Amazon
14Howell Devine Boat's Up the River Delta Grooves Amazon
15Billy Walker Cross The Brazos At Waco Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
16Chris Smither No More Cane On The Brazos Still On The Levee CD 1 Amazon
17Odetta No More Cane On The Brazos 7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks Amazon
18Red Foley & The Sunshine Boys (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) Johnny Cash: Artist's Choice – Music That Matters To Him Amazon
19Ian Tyson Ridin' Down the Canyon Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry Amazon
20Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) Legends of Country Music Disc 2 Amazon
21Asleep at the Wheel Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
22Jerry Lee Lewis Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set) Amazon
23Jo-El Sonnier Tear-Stained Letter Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
24Clifton Chenier Accordion Boogie Louisiana Blues and Zydeco Amazon
25Blind Lemon Jefferson Hot Dogs The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2] Amazon
26Lil Johnson Sam The Hot Dog Man Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
27Rosie Flores Hot Dog Speed of Sound Amazon
28Dale Hawkins Hot Dog Rock'n'roll Tornado Amazon
29Bill Haley Hot Dog Buddy Buddy From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock Amazon
30Wanda Jackson Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
31Buck Owens Hot Dog Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 1] Amazon
32The Four Shells Hot Dog The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9) Amazon
33Shakin' Stevens Hot Dog Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles #1 Amazon
34John Hiatt Adios To California Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns Amazon

There She Goes – KOWS 12/16/15

There She Goes
There She Goes

West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Tommy Duncan Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)? Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
2Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros) Invitation to the Blues Hillbilly Rhythm Amazon
3T. Texas Tyler Red Light Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
4Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies My Galveston Gal Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin' Amazon
5Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Amazon
6Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga. The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
7Precious Bryant Georgia Buck The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
8The Band & Emmylou Harris Evangeline A Musical History [Disc 5] Amazon
9John Prine There She Goes Bruised Orange Amazon
10Jerry Jeff Walker Viva Luckenbach Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song Amazon
11Carl Smith Are You Teasing Me The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) Amazon
12The Louvin Brothers Are You Teasing Me Close Harmony [Disc 3] Amazon
13Carolina Chocolate Drops Hello Stranger The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
14Maria Muldaur Me And My Chauffeur Blues Richland Woman Blues Amazon
15Black Bottom McPhail John Jack Newman & Others Amazon
16Jimmy Strange Yas Yas Yas Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939 Amazon
17Lightnin' Hopkins Speedin' Boogie Po' Lightnin' Amazon
18Pete Johnson Boogie Woogie Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
19Kate & Anna McGarrigle Hard Times Come Again No More Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
20Robert Shaw Chorale Nelly Bly Stephen Foster Songbook Amazon
21Grandpa Jones Nelly Bly An American Original Amazon
22Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks I Scare Myself The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973 Amazon
23Larry Jon Wilson Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways] The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
24Carl Perkins Don't Stop The Music Go Cat Go Amazon
25Jake Xerxes Fussell Raggy Levy The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia) Amazon
26Dirty Dozen Brass Band Jelly Roll's Misgiving Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton Amazon
27Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers The Pearls The Pearls Amazon
28Ry Cooder The Pearls/Tia Juana Jazz Amazon
29Dr. John Wild Honey City Lights Amazon
30John Fred Shirley Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
31Red Saunders & His Orchestra Honky Tonk Train Blues Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
32Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio Down The Road A Piece Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon

Main Street – KOWS December 2, 2015

Main Street
Main Street

A bit of a celebration is in order. We will be broadcasting live from the new KOWS studios located in downtown Sebastopol with a playlist that scours the last century of America’s music for relevant sounds and themes that relate:  songs of settling into home, saying goodbye,  moving on, going west (or east, that is), and ‘getting gone’. We’ll feature The Cats & The Fiddle, local favorites Markus James and Doug Blumer & The Bohemian Highway, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, and a host of others who welcome us into our new home on Gravenstein Highway…or, as it is formally known hereabouts, Main Street.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Muddy Waters Gone To Main Street Mad Love Amazon
2Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers Main Street Breakdown Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years Amazon
3David Bromberg The Main Street Moan The Player: A Retrospective Amazon
4Los Lobos On Main Street Tin Can Trust Amazon
5Loudon Wainwright III Moving Day High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project Amazon
6Leon Redbone There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays Christmas Island Amazon
7Little Jimmy Dickens No Place Like Home On Christmas Country Boy [Disc 5] Amazon
8Leon Selph Now That You Have Gone You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
9The Leake County Revelers Been to the East, Been to the West Lead Kindly Light Amazon
10Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway Moving Day Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway Amazon
11JL Stiles Movin Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs Amazon
12Howlin' Wolf Moving The Back Door Wolf Amazon
13Markus James Goin' Down South Head For The Hills Amazon
14Les Paul I'm Movin' On Legend and Legacy [Disc 3] Amazon
15Peter, Paul & Mary Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway) Moving Amazon
16Florence Lowery Moving Day Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11 Amazon
17Bertha Idaho Move It On Out Of Here Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10 Amazon
18Monroe Moe Jackson Move It On Over Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956 Amazon
19Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys Move It On Over 26 All-Time Country Classics Amazon
20Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Amazon
21The Dixie Hummingbirds Moving On Looking Back Amazon
22Mahalia Jackson I Will Move On Up A Little Higher Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
23The Staple Singers Move Along Train Freedom Highway Amazon
24Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Raising Sand Amazon
25Jerry Lee Lewis Move on Down the Line The London Sessions 1973 Amazon
26Charline Arthur Welcome To The Club Welcome To The Club Amazon
27Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3 Amazon
28John Hiatt Gone Crossing Muddy Waters Amazon
29Irma Thomas Gone Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
30The Cats & The Fiddle Gone The Very Best Of Amazon
31Mr. Scruff Get a Move On Electro Swing Vol. 1 Amazon
32Paul Simon Gone at Last 1964-1993 Disc 2 Amazon
33Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Gotta Move On West Side Strut Amazon

Country Strings

Country Strings
Country Strings

Our show this week revisits the great country guitar innovators and talents who contributed both session time to classic hits as well as original performances of their own. Whether they were pedal steel, Fender or Gibson electric magicians, or country pickers, we won’t discriminate. Tune in for Leon McAuliffe, Joe Maphis, James Burton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson and others on another Friday night on KWTF 88.1, Bodega Bay, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Lovin' Spoonful Nashville Cats Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
2Leon McAuliffe Take It Away, Leon Country Boy's Dream Amazon
3Bob Wills Twin Guitar Boogie For the Last Time Amazon
4Joe Maphis Randy Lynn Rag [Album Version] Fire On The Strings Amazon
5Joe Maphis – duet with Larry Collins Flying Fingers [Album Version] Fire On The Strings Amazon
6James Burton And Ralph Mooney Sneaky Strings Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin' Amazon
7James Burton & Ralph Mooney Moonshine James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969 Amazon
8Little Jimmy Dickens Buddy's Boogie (Instrumental) Country Boy [Disc 5] Amazon
9Buddy Emmons w. Nashville session men Four Wheel Drive Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals Amazon
10Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers Sugarfoot Rag (feat. Red Foley) Guitar Magic 1949-1957 Amazon
11Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers Hillbilly Express Guitar Magic 1949-1957 Amazon
12Red Foley, Grady Martin Pinball Boogie Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4] Amazon
13Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
14Lefty Frizzell Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin) Classic Country Amazon
15Marty Robbins El Paso Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
16Johnny Horton I'm Coming Home Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2) Amazon
17Chet Atkins Tennesse Ray/Beaumont Rag The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA] Amazon
18Chet Atkins I Know That You Know Mister Guitar – Workshop Amazon
19Chet Atkins & Les Paul Lover Come Back To Me Chester & Lester Amazon
20Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Bryant's Bounce Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
21Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Frettin' Fingers Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2 Amazon
22Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Old Joe Clark Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
23Jerry Reed Guitar Man The Essential Jerry Reed Amazon
24Roy Clark Riders in the Sky The Roy Clark Anthology Amazon
25Albert Lee Rainbows All Over Your Blues The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons Amazon
26Marty Stuart Hollywood Boogie Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down Amazon
27The Hellecasters Orange Blossom Special The Return Of The Hellecasters Amazon
28Junior Brown Where Has All the Money Gone? Down Home Chrome Amazon
29Doc Watson/Merle Watson Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Black Mountain Rag Amazon
30Doc Watson/Merle Watson Down Yonder Black Mountain Rag Amazon
31Peter Rowan, Don Edwards, Tony Rice & Norman Blake Trail to Mexico Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1 Amazon
32Norman Blake Eastbound Freight Train America Roots Songbook – Americana Amazon
33Tony Rice Stoney Point The Bluegrass Guitar Collection Amazon
34Tony Rice He Rode All the Way to Texas Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection Amazon
35Merle Travis Nine Pound Hammer Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
36Merle Travis Done Rovin' Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon

Deeper Dr. John

Deeper Dr. John
Deeper Dr. John

Mac Rebennack’s been around and the music, the culture, the people…they’ve embellished his art with a character like no other in roots music. He’s known them all: James Booker, Professor Longhair, Huey Smith, and Doc Pomus. He’s performed with them, composed for them, and broken bread with them. And when he takes the stage, whether that is in the traditional Indian celebratory garb or the frocked coat and hat, you can be certain that his performance will get your attention. He is coarse yet gentle, as punctual on the keys as he is laid back and lazy with them. This week’s show will sample a small set of his contributions to the American songbook including performances by Roland Stone, B.B. King, Charlie Rich, Solomon Burke, and Irma Thomas. And we’ll also hear plenty from the good Doctor himself.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dr. John Right Place Wrong Time Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
2Dr John/Mac Rebennack Sahara (LP Version) Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
3Roland Stone [Dr. John] Down The Road (LP Version) Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
4Mac Rebennack Good Times The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
5Clarence "Frogman" Henry Long Lost And Worried Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
6Art Neville What's Going On His Specialty Recordings Amazon
7Johnny Jenkins Walk On Gilded Splinters Duane Allman Anthology 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
8Dr. John Black Widow Spider Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
9Dr. John (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away Destively Bonnaroo (US Release) Amazon
10Dr. John The Night Tripper Wash Mama Wash The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
11Dr. John Big Chief The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
12Irma Thomas I Never Fool Nobody But Me If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
13Delaney & Bonnie When the Battle Is Over The Best of Delaney & Bonnie Amazon
14Solomon Burke Make Do With What You Got Make Do With What You Got Amazon
15Dr. John Hen Layin' Rooster The Best Of The Parlophone Years Amazon
16Dr. John Let the Good Times Roll The Ultimate Dr. John Amazon
17Dr. John My Indian Red Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
18Dr. John Sweet Home New Orleans The Best Of The Parlophone Years Amazon
19Dr. John Memories Of Prof. Longhair Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
20Marianne Faithfull Hello Stranger A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
21Crescent City Gold Kick It Raw The Ultimate Session Amazon
22Bluesiana Triangle Need To Be Loved Bluesiana Triangle Amazon
23Charlie Rich Pictures and Paintings Pictures and Paintings Amazon
24Dr. John Eh Las Bas N'awlinz: Dis, Dat Or D'Udda Amazon
25Dr. John Old Settlers Live at Magfest 2014 Amazon
26B.B. King & Dr. John There Must Be A Better World Somewhere Deuces Wild Amazon
27Dr. John Let's Make a Better World The Ultimate Dr. John Amazon
28Dr. John When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) Ske-Dat-De-Dat&The Spirit Of Satch Amazon

Songs of A.P. Carter

He grew up with music, learning to plan violin at a young age in Poor Valley, Virginia (now known as Maces Springs), sang in a church choir and helped his uncle, Flanders Bays, who ran a mobile music school in Scott County. He would go on to form one of the seminal country music groups of the day with his wife Sara and her cousin Maybelle. Their musicianship was remarkable but the song-writing was what set them apart, the compositions by A. P. Carter representing a treasury of classic folk, sentimental pop, cowboy songs, gospel favorites, and original love songs. While there may be little doubt as to whether all songs that carried his name were original, his treatment (and that of the Carter Family group) were without peer. Tune in this Friday night for music featuring performers covering A.P. Carter songs, including The Delmore Brothers, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Charlie Louvin, Ashley Monroe, and a host of others.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ralph Stanley Worried Man Blues [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
2Rosanne Cash The Winding Stream The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
3John Prine Lulu Walls German Afternoons Amazon
4The Carter Family Lulu Walls Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
5The Carter Family My Texas Girl Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
6Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter Foggy Mountain Top Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
7Osborne Brothers You Are My Flower Hillbilly Fever Amazon
8Flatt & Scruggs You Are My Flower [Album Version] 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered: The Essential Flatt & Scruggs Amazon
9Charlie Haden Oh Take Me Back Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
10Ricky Skaggs & The Whites Will My Mother Know Me There Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1 Amazon
11Ashley Monroe The Storms Are On The Ocean Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon
12The Delmore Brothers The Storms are on the Ocean Classic Cuts CD D – Atlanta 1940, New York 1940-41 Amazon
13Gene Autry I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
14Red Allen I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter Family Amazon
15Mac Wiseman Jimmy Brown The Newsboy Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] Amazon
16Roy Clark Jimmy Brown, the Newsboy The Roy Clark Anthology Amazon
17Charlie Louvin My Texas Girl Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs Amazon
18Ralph Stanley Distant Land To Roam [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
19The Carter Family A Distant Land To Roam The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2] Amazon
20Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men Engine 143 Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
21The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Wabash Cannonball Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
22The Carter Family Hello Central! Give Me Heaven The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5] Amazon
23Sister Bessie Griffin w/Brownie McGee Heaven's Radio Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
24The Swan Silvertones, The Staple Singers, The Pilgrim Travelers Will The Circle Be Unbroken The Swan Silvertones 1946-1951 Amazon
25George Jones/Staples, Pop And Mavis Will the Circle Be Unbroken My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
26The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
27The Carter Family Beautiful Brown Eyes & Sweet Fern On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1 Amazon
28Jorma Kaukonen Sweet Fern Ain't In No Hurry Amazon
29Loretta Lynn Wildwood Flower Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash Amazon
30Norman & Nancy Blake The Sunny Side of Life Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1 Amazon
31Norman Blake Fifty Miles of Elbow Room Old Ties Amazon
32Emmylou Harris Hello Stranger (Remastered LP Version) Luxury Liner [Remaster] Amazon