Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

420 Fun

It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century.  We will join in the celebration (in spirit anyway) of the date and time that three Marin County teenagers are said to have inaugurated over a half century ago. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll brighten up the playlist with music that will help us kick back. We’ll pour over a selected list of great sounds from the last 100 years that either directly or indirectly find us thinking about (or maybe imbibing in) the herb so many care about. There will be music from John Prine, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles and some early century jazz nuggets you will find hard to resist. Friday morning sounds from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, streaming to West County and the world on KOWS-LP, Occidental 92.5 FM and kowsfm.com/listen. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Price Marijuana, The Devil Flower Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
2Cordovas Stone Cold Stoned The Rose of Aces Amazon
3Yonder Mountain String Band Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown Mountain Tracks, Vol. 2 Amazon
4Sam Bush Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana Radio John: Songs of John Hartford Amazon
5Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Seeds And Stems (Again) Lost In The Ozone Amazon
6Jesse Dayton Dope Smokin' Song The Alternate Root 420 Sampler Amazon
7Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson It's All Going to Pot Django and Jimmie Amazon
8Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson Roll Me Up (Album version) Heroes Amazon
9k.d. lang Smoke Rings Drag Amazon
10Kacey Musgraves High Time Pageant Material Amazon
11Moonalice It's 420 Somewhere Dave's Way Vol 1 Amazon
12Chris Stapleton Might As Well Get Stoned Traveller Amazon
13Asleep At The Wheel Jack I'm Mellow New Routes Amazon
14Ashley Monroe Weed Instead Of Roses Like A Rose Amazon
15Brothers Osborne Weed Whiskey And Willie Port Saint Joe Amazon
16John Prine Illegal Smile Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
17Kacey Musgraves Burn One With John Prine Demos Amazon
18Tom Petty You Don't Know How It Feels Wildflowers Amazon
19Ben Harper Burn One Down Fight for Your Mind Amazon
20Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
21The Ink Spots That Cat Is High Cocaine Blues Amazon
22Trixie Smith Jack I'm Mellow Trixie Smith Vol. 2 1925-1929 Amazon
23Buck Washington Save the Roach for Me [FCC Warning n word] When Hemp Was Hip Amazon
24Dave Van Ronk You's A Viper Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers Amazon
25Wayne Hancock Viper A-Town Blues Amazon
26Harlan Pepper Reefer The Alternate Root 420 Sampler Amazon
27Ray Charles Let's Go Get Stoned Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2] Amazon
28The Devil Makes Three Champagne And Reefer Redemption & Ruin Amazon
29Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin' Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie Putomayo Presents Zydeco Amazon

Scenes Of Devastation

There’s going to be a free form mix of sounds this week with some ‘scenes of devastation’ as well as some blues and tradition. We’ll set the tone with a song that inspired the title lines from The Pine Hill Project and then head into some tradition and some covers that speak in the language of the sacred and secular…from Saturday night at the juke to Sunday morning in the pew. A great mix of sounds from some classic female blues gems from the 1940s like Wea Bea Booze and Ethel Waters. We’ll also go down to the crossroads and Deep Elem with the likes of Champion Jack Dupree and T-Bone Walker, some deeper/darker blues from Geeshie Wiley and Blind Lemon Jefferson as well. But we’ll also fill the air with the tops in great interpretations from Van Dyke Parks, Willie Watson and Bob Brozman. Join us for some ‘last kind words’ from the Rocky Road Blues to James Alley on a Friday morning in West County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Pine Hill Project Battlefield Tomorrow You're Going (Featuring Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Schindell) Amazon
2Son House John the Revelator Death Letter Amazon
3Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers John The Revelator Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 Amazon
4Blu Lu Barker Don't You Feel My Leg Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
5Wea Bea Booze These Young Men Blues Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949) Amazon
6Champion Jack Dupree Dirty Woman Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
7T-Bone Walker It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch] Amazon
8Geeshie Wiley Last Kind Words Mississippi Masters Amazon
9David Johansen The Last Kind Words Shaker Amazon
10Woody Guthrie When That Great Ship Went Down This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 Amazon
11Rory Block Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down) Confessions of A Blues Singer Amazon
12The Million Dollar Quartet Great Speckled Bird The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
13Willie Watson James Alley Blues Folk Singer Vol. 1 Amazon
14Doc Watson Little Omie Wise 1964-1965 (Warped 6411F) Amazon
15Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Black Swan Sampler Amazon
16B.B. King See That My Grave Is Kept Clean One Kind Favor Amazon
17Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian Sail Away Lady The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2 Amazon
18Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Sail Away Ladies The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
19Bob Brozman Rocky Road Snapping the Strings Amazon
20Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Rocky Road Blues The Essential Bill Monroe [Disc 1] Amazon
21Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Mule Skinner Blues East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) Amazon
22Dolly Parton Mule Skinner Blues Country USA 1970 Amazon
23Rev. J. M. Gates Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting The Harry Smith B-Sides Amazon
24The Persuasions Dry Bones Gospel Brunch Classics Amazon
25Maria Muldaur A Little Bird Told Me Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) Amazon
26Jim Kweskin Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
27Ethel Waters Honey In The Honeycomb On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940 Amazon
28Baby Dee Look What Baby's Got For You Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
29Ames Brothers The The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
30Bill & The Belles Finger Pointin' Mama Dreamsongs, Etc. Amazon
31Paul Thorn Come On Let's Go Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon

In Honor Of Mississippi John Hurt

There was some devastating new this past week…nothing new; and certainly, it seems, not in Mississippi. The Mississippi John Hurt Museum, a small sanctuary of tribute located on the Mississippi Blues Trail, burned down last week. While authorities in Carroll County try to determine the cause, we mourn the loss of John Hurt’s home, a small house that had just been given landmark status on the national historical registry just hours before. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he combines notes from a 2018 tribute to Mississippi John Hurt with some of the news of the day and keep with the sounds of his contemporaries (of which there are few), Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Chris Smither and Rory Block. All paying tribute with songs of Avalon, Creole Belle, Spike Driver Blues, and Mermaids.  Tune in on Radio Rethink radio or KOWSFM.COM.

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
5Taj Mahal Frankie And Albert The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
6Dave Van Ronk Spike Driver Blues Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
7Rhiannon Giddens The Angels Laid Him Away Freedom Highway Amazon
8David Johansen Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Shaker Amazon
9JL Stiles Trouble I Had All My Days Solo Sessions Amazon
10Bill Morrissey Avalon Blues The Essential Collection Amazon
11Mississippi John Hurt Farther Along Deadwood Amazon
12Mississippi John Hurt Spider, Spider The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
13Bettye LaVette Nobody's Dirty Business American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
14Dave Alvin With Dean Schlabowske Louis Collins The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
15Rory Block Candy Man Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
16R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
17Beck Stagolee Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
18Doc Watson My Creole Belle Songs From Home Amazon
19Doc & Merle Watson Stack O'lee Ballads From Deep Gap Amazon
20Mississippi John Hurt Chicken Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
21Mark Selby Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
22Mississippi John Hurt Richland Woman Blues Immortal Amazon
23Taj Mahal Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too The Essential Taj Mahal Amazon
24Mississippi John Hurt Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Discovery:The Rebirth Of Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
25John Fahey Requiem for John Hurt Essential John Fahey Amazon

Let’s Duet

Country duets have been a hallmark of the genre and this week we’ll spend a couple of hours sampling some old, some new, some sappy and some without peer. From Rose and Buck to George and Tammy, we’ll be spending time with some real down home pairings singing songs of loose talk, booze, suspicion, holding on to what you’ve got and a whole lot more. There’s a range of topics beyond that and most involve cheatin’, lovin’ and fightin’…just what you’d expect from the base. The pairings are not necessarily all husband and wife as we’ve got a few that go beyond that rail like Dwight and Buck, the Hanks, and Waylon and Willie. Tune in Friday morning for a countrified, if not rarified, journey with some classic country duets.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
2John Prine With Melba Montgomery Milwaukee Here I Come In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
3Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Jackson Classic Country Great Duets [Disc 1] Amazon
4Johnny Cash & June Carter It Ain't Me, Babe Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter Amazon
5Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
6Buck Owens & Rose Maddox Loose Talk Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
7Buck Owens Under Your Spell Again (Duet With Dwight Yoakam) Hot Dog Amazon
8Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam Streets of Bakersfield Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1 Amazon
9Dwight Yoakam/Sheryl Crow Baby Don't Go Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 Amazon
10Emmylou Harris & The Band Evangeline Duets Amazon
11Linda Ronstadt I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (w/Emmylou Harris) Duets Amazon
12Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons Love Hurts Duets Amazon
13k.d. lang (with Roy Orbison) Crying Recollection CD 2 Amazon
14Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. There's A Tear In My Beer Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
15Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves I Fall To Pieces [Album Version (Manufactured Duet)] Remembering Amazon
16Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch I'll Fly Away O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
17Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Please Read The Letter Raising Sand Amazon
18Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys RCA Country Legends [Disc 2] Amazon
19Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter Suspicious Minds Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
20George Jones & Tammy Wynette We're Gonna Hold On Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
21Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton The Last Thing On My Mind Dolly [Disc 1] Amazon
22Ashley Monroe You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter) [Duet with Blake Shelton] Like A Rose Amazon
23Ray Charles & Willie Nelson Seven Spanish Angels The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992) Amazon
24Marty Stuart This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Marty Stuart Amazon
25George Jones/Merle Haggard Yesterday's Wine [Duet] The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years Amazon
26John C. Reilly & Angela Correa Let's Duet Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] Amazon
27Dottie West Duet with Don Gibson There's A Story (Goin' Round) The Essential Dottie West Amazon
28Randy Travis Happy Trails (Duet With Roy Rogers) Heroes & Friends Amazon

The Real Thing

A two hour collection of some of the very best from the past century is what the doctor ordered. Seems like it often is. Today’s Deeper Roots journey features an eclectic blend of genres, topics, and performances, all tuned to the discerning ear. We’ll be bringing you some subtle jazz vibes from Mose Allison, story songs about Caldonia, sweet soul duets from Marvin Gaye and Chuck Jackson, gospel from the Pilgrim Travelers, and plenty of boot heel country from BR5-49 and Little Jimmy Dickens. That’s not all…by far. We’ll hear a new light hearted cover from Luther Dickinson, a song about the Old Kelly Place from “The Real McCoy”, Don Covay, and Bobby “Blue” Bland. What better way to kick off your holiday season, right? There’s turkey in the fridge and the wreath will be going up on the door. Tune in why don’t you?

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Porter Wagoner 'Til the Right One Comes Along The Best I've Ever Been Amazon
2Nino Temple & April Stevens Deep Purple Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
3Buck Owens Love's Gonna Live Here The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1] Amazon
4Lou Rawls (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
5The 5 Royales The Real Thing The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
6Marvin Gaye Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
7Chuck Jackson And Maxine Brown The Real Thing Hold On, We're Coming '67 Amazon
8Mavis Staples At The End Of The Day Have A Little Faith Amazon
9Pilgrim Travelers After While (Take 8) Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
10Don Covay Mercy, Mercy Rites Of Rhythm & Blues – Volume 2 Amazon
11Bobby Bland Two Steps From the Blues Two Steps From the Blues Amazon
12k.d. lang/Roy Orbison Crying King of Hearts Amazon
13Lissie Games People Play Covered Up With Flowers Amazon
14Little Jimmy Dickens When The Ship Hit The Sand The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
15Walter Brennan The Old Kelly Place Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
16Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan Get Along Home, Cindy Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
17BR5-49 Fool of the Century This Is BR549 Amazon
18Chuck Mead I'm Not the Man for the Job Close to Home Amazon
19Doc Watson/Merle Watson Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Black Mountain Rag Amazon
20Dave Van Ronk Your Feet's Too Big Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
21Mose Allison I'm Not Talking Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness Amazon
22Elvis Presley Paralyzed Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2 Amazon
23The Five Stars Where Did Caldonia Go Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
24Louis Jordan Caldonia Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2] Amazon
25The Band The Shape I'm in Stage Fright Amazon
26Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Something Big Hard Promises (Remastered) Amazon
27Roy Orbison Ride Away Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68 Amazon
28Randy Newman Dixie Flyer Land of Dreams Amazon
29John Prine Some Humans Ain't Human Fair & Square Amazon

Goin’ Home

Our theme of ‘returning home’ explores not just the physical place but also a reflection of our identities, memories, and the tension between the past and the present. Returning to one’s roots is often fraught with challenges and our understanding of home is deeply intertwined with our personal growth and the changing world around us. This week we’ll be pouring through memories and nostalgia to try to find the meaning of home. Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again” introduces characters who yearn for their pasts and the comforts of home, but the reality often falls short of their memories and would serve as a guidepost for our theme today. We’ll share gospel from the Gospel Hummingbirds, classic Americana from John Prine, country tradition from Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, and the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Big Maybelle, and Bruce Springsteen. We’re heading down that road to home in today’s show.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine My Darlin' Hometown Fair & Square Amazon
2John Fogerty Goin' Back Home Eye Of The Zombie Amazon
3Gospel Hummingbirds I'm Going Home Taking Flight Amazon
4Bill Kirchen Somebody's Going Home Transatlanticana Amazon
5Big Maybelle Going Home Baby The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
6Howlin' Wolf Going Back Home Blues From Hell Amazon
7Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers I Want To Go Home Sunny Road Amazon
8Charles Brown Homesick Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 2] Amazon
9Mickey & Sylvia I'm Going Home The Best of King Curtis (1952-1961) (Disc 2) Amazon
10Mississippi John Hurt Avalon, My Home Town Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
11Jack Guthrie Oklahoma Hills American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
12Woody Guthrie I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
13Hank Williams I'm Going Home Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
14Hazel Dickens West Virginia, My Home Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1] Amazon
15Bruce Springsteen My Oklahoma Home We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
16Maria Muldaur My Tennessee Mountain Home Maria Muldaur Amazon
17John Prine My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
18Jimmy Martin Homesick Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers I'm Ready To Go Home Satan Is Real Amazon
20Dolly Parton Tennessee Homesick Blues I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
21Charlie Rich I Feel Like Going Home The Silver Fox Amazon
22Merle Haggard And The Strangers Sing Me Back Home (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
23Randy Newman Going Home Bad Love Amazon
24The Charioteers & Frank Sinatra I've Got A Home In That Rock Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
25Leon Redbone I'm Going Home Up A Lazy River Amazon
26Bobby Bare Homesick Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
27Merle Haggard And The Strangers Down The Old Road To Home Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
28Steve Earle Hometown Blues Train a Comin' Amazon
29Ricky Skaggs Little Cabin Home On The Hills Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon

Jubilee Theme

It’s theme time on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on Deeper Roots and we’ll take you pretty deep today, exploring songs of jubilation and celebration. Our theme revolves around the term ‘jubilee’ and it’s meaning, at least over the past century. While its etymology is centuries deep, with roots in the Old Testament and the Hebrew word ‘yobhel’ which refers to the ram’s horn which was sounded on the Day of Atonement, there are also the jubilee references to the freeing of slaves well into the 19th century. it speaks to anniversaries, rejoicing, and freedom. We could go much deeper but what better way to celebrate than with music, and there are plenty of Americana examples that tell of jubilees. We’ll hear from country favorites like The Sons of the Pioneers, Tyler Childers, and Joe Maphis alongside early century rhythm jazz and rhythm greats like Dinah Washington, Ivie Anderson, and Benny Goodman in this week’s show. Join us

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Roy Clark Alabama Jubilee Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers Amazon
2Benny Carter Jubilee Program Intro Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
3Benny Carter Jubilee Jump Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
4Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Jubilee The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
5Big Joe Turner Jumpin' At The Jubilee Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
6The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin Jubilee I'll Find A Way Amazon
7Dinah Washington There'll Be a Jubilee (from "In the Land of Hi-Fi") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
8Helen Humes Jubilee He May Be Your Man Amazon
9The Andrews Sisters There'll Be a Jubilee Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
10Ivie Anderson Let's Have a Jubilee Cocktail Hour Amazon
11Mildred Bailey With Benny Goodman & His V-Disc All Stars There'll Be A Jubilee The Women of WW2 [V 4] Amazon
12Ashley Monroe & The Americans Jubilee American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
13Kathy Mattea and Friends Jubilee Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
14Dave Alvin Jubilee Train Romeo's Escape Amazon
15The Blasters Jubilee Train Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
16The Devil Makes Three There'll Be A Jubilee Redemption & Ruin Amazon
17Riders in the Sky Cowboy Jubilee Best of the West Amazon
18Sons of the Pioneers Cowboy Jubilee The Lost Masters Amazon
19Sons of the Pioneers Barnyard Jubilee Songs of the Prairie – CD4 Amazon
20Joe Maphis Nashville Jubilee Country Guitar Thunder Amazon
21The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Hanna Bayou Jubilee Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Elizabeth Mitchell Y Daniel Littleton Jubilee Putumayo Presents American Folk Amazon
23The War and Treaty Jubilee Hearts Town Amazon
24Arkansas Dave Jubilee Arkansas Dave Amazon
25Charlie Parr Jubilee Charlie Parr Amazon
26Tyler Childers Jubilee Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Amazon
27JD McPherson Jubilee Undivided Heart & Soul Amazon
28Carolyn Hester Swing And Turn Jubilee [Album Version] Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music) Amazon
29Jake Xerxes Fussell Jubilee Out of Sight Amazon
30R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Alabama Jubilee Chasin' Rainbows Amazon
31Doc Watson Alabama Jubilee Good Deal! Amazon

Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas

From the cold grey light of dawn to some gospel coverage from Luther Dickinson, George Jones and The Golden Gate Quartet, Deeper Roots this week takes another pull at the thread of tapestry of the past century, once again celebrating America’s music. We’re in fine form, no doubt, because the players this week move from the ‘king of boogie’, John Lee Hooker, to one of the great contemporary songwriters, Iris DeMent. We’ll share a track from her latest album, one that ventures into the dark corners of this country’s recent history with her brilliant eight minute soliloquy “Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas”. We’ll share songs about liars, feeling good, 99 year blues, and that last train to Memphis. Join Dave Stroud for two hours from America’s songbooks, from church to steeple to songs about its people. We’ll be coming to you live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Louis Armstrong Go Down Moses Louis And The Good Book Amazon
2Iris DeMent Goin' Down To Sing In Texas Workin' On A World Amazon
3Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Texas Flood Amazon
4George Jones Take The Devil Out Of Me George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
5The Golden Gate Quartet Let That Liar Alone Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
6Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
7Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples) Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
8Lucinda Williams Hot Blood Sweet Old World Amazon
9Dave Alvin I Feel So Good Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
10Taj Mahal Good Morning Little School Girl Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
11Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 99 Year Blues Penny's Farm Amazon
12Emily Scott Robinson Delta Line Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
13Eric Clapton So Tired Back Home Amazon
14John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back Ft. Van Morrison King Of The Boogie Amazon
15Van Morrison Streamline Train Moving On Skiffle Amazon
16Blues Image Parchman Farm Open Amazon
17Mose Allison The Seventh Son Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
18Little Feat Two Trains Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
19The Band Last Train To Memphis Jubilation Amazon
20Dr. John The Night Tripper Mama Roux The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
21Shirley & Lee Feel So Good The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
22Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
23Slim Harpo Baby Scratch My Back The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
24Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
25Lee Ann Womack Take The Devil Out Of Me The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone Amazon

Labor Day 2023

We’ve got a Labor Day collection of songs…songs celebrating working men and women and these are songs of both honor and protest, taking us back to the Great Depression when work was hard to find. We’ll also be celebrating the core fight for organizing…whether you’re fighting for the day-to-day pressure of producing faster and better in front of a computer or you’re steaming lattes for the hurried throngs, you have a right to organize and much of the music we’ll share today reinforces the concept. While unions are demonized with threats of offshoring…you know it will be done either way. Music today will include Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Paul Robeson, Bruce Springsteen and a whole host of others. Tune in on kowsfm.com/listen or download our app.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bing Crosby Brother Can You Spare A Dime? Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
2Paul Robeson Joe Hill Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Flokways Amazon
3Pete Seeger Which Side Are You On? The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
4Natalie Merchant Which Side Are You On? Coal Country Music Amazon
5The Almanac Singers Talking Union [Album Version] The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon
6Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Vintage Collections Amazon
7Pete Seeger Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues An Anthology of Folk Music Amazon
8Woody Guthrie Union Maid (Excerpt) Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
9Pete Seeger Union Maid The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
10David, Bill, And Billy Ray Johnson Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
11Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
12Bobbie McGee Bread and Roses Unknown Amazon
13Kate & Anna McGarrigle Hard Times Come Again No More Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
14Dorsey Dixon Hard Times In Here The Best Of The HighTone Years Amazon
15Dorsey Dixon Hard Times In Here The Best Of The HighTone Years Amazon
16Nanci Griffith Hard Times (Come Again No More) Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Amazon
17Mavis Staples We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd) We'll Never Turn Back Amazon
18Justin Townes Earle Down In The Valley Coal Country Music Amazon
19Bob Dylan Maggie's Farm The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
20Tom T. Hall I'm a Coal Mining Man Coal Country Music Amazon
21Bruce Springsteen Pay Me My Money Down We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
22Bruce Springsteen Factory Darkness on the Edge of Town Amazon
23Bruce Springsteen Youngstown The Ghost of Tom Joad Amazon
24Pete Seeger If I Had A Hammer The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon
25Steve Earle Steve's Hammer (For Pete) Washington Square Serenade Amazon
26Valentine Pringle John Henry The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 4] Amazon
27Elvis Presley Big Boss Man Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
28Blind Boy Fuller Working Man Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937 Amazon
29Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1913 Massacre Hard Travelin' Amazon
30Woody Guthrie Farmer-Labor Train Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
31Randy Newman Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
32Randy Newman Every Man a King Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon

Saved!

We go back to the church for a rousing celebration for the converted and soon-to-be-faithful. That’s right, we’re in the pews and joining in the hymnal, at least for this two hours, as Sunday morning forgiveness will always follow Saturday night’s sinner’s baptismal. We’re going to hear the echoes of the past century’s gospel songs with a general theme of being saved and born again…and there is certainly plenty to go around whether that’s southern Baptist, Appalachian harmonies or classic African American celebratory gospel. We’ve got it this morning including The Dixie Hummingbirds, Hank Williams, Carl Story, Lonnie Farris, and some contemporary selections from Shannon McNally, Bob Dylan and Solomon Burke. Let’s join in, you the faithful congregation of Deeper Roots from the past century of America’s music, for two hours celebrating that incredible wellspring of gospel sounds.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1LaVern Baker Saved Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker Amazon
2The Mighty Clouds Of Joy Saved [Album Version] Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan Amazon
3The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
4The Dixie Hummingbirds You Don't Have Nothing Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
5The Dixie Hummingbirds I've Been Born Again Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
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8Nina Simone Save Me Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition) Amazon
9Louis Armstrong I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
10Rev. Lonnie Farris I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel Amazon
11The Staple Singers Somebody Saved Me Uncloudy Day Amazon
12The Blind Boys Of Alabama Just Wanna See His Face Spirit Of The Century Amazon
13Marty Stuart Somebody Saved Me Souls' Chapel Amazon
14Carl Story God Saved My Soul 1951-1952 (Warped 5158) Amazon
15Wilburn Brothers Don't Go Home Unsaved 1962-1963 (Warped 6302) Amazon
16Hank Williams Wealth Won't Save Your Soul I Saw The Light Amazon
17Buck Owens Jesus Saved Me Dust On Mother's Bible Amazon
18Brenda Lee Saved Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2 Amazon
19Bobby Charles Save Me, Jesus (mono single version) Bobby Charles Amazon
20Solomon Burke Wealth Won't Save Your Soul Make Do With What You Got Amazon
21Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez Him Who Saved Me The New Bye & Bye Amazon
22Bob Dylan Saved Saved Amazon
23Eugene Smith Saved The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men Amazon
24Shannon McNally Save Me Jesus Small Town Talk Amazon
25The Staple Singers Good News Uncloudy Day Amazon
26The Band Saved Moondog Matinee Amazon
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