Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

Miles and Miles of Texas

Free Form Friday finds us filling the airwaves with soul, border music, a dose of gospel, blues, and so much more. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he brings you the stories and the sounds from the past century. As we go into our sixth month of pandemic isolation, we reflect on those lost and those suffering knowing full well that this virus could have been shunted by responsible adults. But we’re confronted with complete and utter idiocy at the highest (and lowest) locales: those who politicize and those pouty little man- and woman-babies who refuse to wear masks. We’ll look past this for two hours as we share soul sounds from James Carr and Bobby Womack, folk-rock anthems from Bob Dylan and John Sebastian, as well as good news gospel from Marion Williams and Sam Cooke. We’ll also go with a tribute to Texas where the suffering is reaching heights unimagined only a few months ago as they continue to suffer from failed leadership. Tune in on Fridays at 9 Pacific.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Asleep at the Wheel Miles and Miles of Texas The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970 Amazon
2Charley Crockett Goin' Back To Texas Lonesome As A Shadow Amazon
3Waylon Jennings Bob Wills Is Still The King (Studio Version) RCA Country Legends [Disc 1] Amazon
4Doug Sahm Texas Tornado Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
5Bing Crosby Deep In The Heart Of Texas Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits Amazon
6Mark Knopfler Cannibals Golden Heart Amazon
7Sam Cooke (Ain't That) Good News Ain't That Good News Amazon
8Marion Williams Feel Like My Time Ain't Long The Great Gospel Women Amazon
9Clay Hammond Suzy Do It Better Than You Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
10James Carr Pouring Water on a Drowning Ma The Essential James Carr Amazon
11Nat Hall With The Mellow 3 A Broken Hearted Clown Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 3] Amazon
12Bobby Womack How I Miss You Baby The Best Of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years Amazon
13Leroy Washington Baby Please Come Home Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
14Clifton Chenier Choo Choo CH-Boogie Alligator Stomp 2: Cajun Zydeco Classics Amazon
15Slim Harpo I've Got Love If You Want It The Best Of Slim Harpo Amazon
16Slim Harpo I've Got My Finger on Your Trigger The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
17Jimmy Reed I Wanna Be Loved You Dont Have To Go (The Blues Collection Vol.18) Amazon
18Little Richard Lucille Crazy in Alabama Amazon
19Moose And The Pelicans He's A Rebel So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998 Amazon
20Doris Troy Just One Look Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
21Gary U.S. Bonds Jole Blon The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds Amazon
22The Neville Brothers Run Joe Fiyo on the Bayou Amazon
23Bob Dylan Mississippi Love and Theft Amazon
24John Sebastian Rainbows All Over Your Blues Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
25The Lovin' Spoonful Coconut Grove Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
26Cliff Edwards I'm Going to Give "It" To Mary The Collection Amazon
27Mississippi John Hurt Good Morning, Carrie The Complete Studio Recordings: Last Sessions Amazon
28Blind Blake Black Dog Blues (Pm 12464, 4362-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
29Doc Watson/Merle Watson Red Rocking Chair Black Mountain Rag Amazon
30The Byrds You're Still on My Mind Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
31Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun' …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
32Merle Travis & Joe Maphis Say 'Si Si' Country Guitar Giants Amazon
33The Sam Chase Glory Will Never Die Amazon

Special Delivery

While the Cheetoh-in-chief comes up with hateful and pitiful distraction after distraction in an attempt to have us take our eyes off of failure after profound failure of his…we celebrate the folks in gray and blue who not only bring us the bills but also the packages, ballots, and cheer from friends and relatives. That little white truck is more than an institution: it is part of our collective heritage and a constant that should be cherished. It’s been celebrated in music from every corner over the past century and we’re scouring those dusty digital bins for country, blues, rock, and rhythm that are burnished with the colors of the letter carrier in word and rhyme. Tune in for everyone from Roy Rogers to Memphis Slim, Smiley Lewis, and Tiny  Bradshaw this week. Sonoma County Community Radio goes deep on another pandemic Friday morning.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Nat King Cole I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter) Just One Of Those Things (And More) Amazon
2Jimmie Driftwood The Pony Express (I've Got to Carry the Mail) Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles Amazon
3Bill Carter Pony Express Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
4Pee Wee King Postage Due Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2) Amazon
5Roy Rogers The Mail Must Go Through 1939-1940 (Warped 3936) Amazon
6Leon Rusk Air Mail Special On The Fly Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar) Amazon
7Ella Mae Morse Hey, Mr Postman Two Classic Albums And Singles CD2 Amazon
8Hank Thompson Yesterday's Mail 1946-1949 (Warped 4660) Amazon
9Cowboy Copas The Postman Just Passes Me By 1949-1950 Amazon
10Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) I'm Gonna Tear Down The Mailbox – 1955 Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58 Amazon
11Dinah Washington Postman Blues First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 1] Amazon
12Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra Mailman's Sack (Mail) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
13Tiny Mayberry Mailman Blues Jazzin' the Blues Amazon
14Memphis Slim A Letter Home (Mail) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
15Smiley Lewis No Letter Today ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 Amazon
16The Ravens Write Me A Letter Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
17Andrew Tibbs & Cherokee Conyer's Orchestra Mother's Letter Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults Amazon
18The Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes Amazon
19Bob Rivers Please Don't Shoot, Mr Postman Best of Answer Songs vol 2 Amazon
20The Marvelettes Twistin' Postman Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More! Amazon
21Buddy Holly Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants Amazon
22Buck Owens Keys In The Mailbox Hot Dog Amazon
23Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson No Mail Today Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
24Suitcase Sam Morning Mail Goodnight Riverdale Park Amazon
25Allan Sherman Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp) Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1] Amazon
26Ernest Tubb Letters Have No Arms Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
27Champion Jack Dupree Mail Order Woman New Orleans R&B Outbreak Amazon
28Big Joe Turner Teen Age Letter Big Joe Rocks Amazon
29Slim Harpo Mailbox Blues The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
30Arlene Smith Letter Full Of Tears Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay Amazon
31Roosevelt Grier The Mail Must Go Through Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
32Gene Terry & The Downbeats No Mail Today (Mail) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
33Bobby Bare A Dear John Letter 1964 (Warped 6425) Amazon
34Stevie Wonder Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours You've Got Mail Amazon

Devil In Me

Dark days with the devil. Self-centered, morally lacking, and incapable of empathizing with human kind. Sound like someone you know? This morning’s show finds us down in the hole where Satan never sleeps and where darkness pervades. There’s a very wide range of topics in our show, including the harnessing of the atom, the soul of man, and the valley where Jordan slices across the heart. Hillbillies from hell, a trip to St. James Infirmary, the lion’s den, and the belly of the whale are all to be seen with tracks from Brother Claude, the Jordan River Boys, The Doors, El Radio Fantastique, and Otis Spann in a show that is certain to have you taking stock of yesterday, today, and tomorrow as we make this social distancing a not-so-transient fixture in our lives. Balance this theme against the sun shining bright on a Spring morning in Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Harry S. Truman Speeches, Truman, Harry S. The First Atomic Bomb Attack On Japan Aug 06, 1945 Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 2 – the Changing World Amazon
2The Louvin Brothers The Great Atomic Power Close Harmony [Disc 7] Amazon
3El Radio Fantastique Devil Inside Me Waking the Dead Amazon
4The Doors Moonlight Drive [Version 1] The Doors [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
5Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around[Early] Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs Amazon
6Jordan River Boys When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51 Amazon
7John Fogerty Goin' Back Home Eye Of The Zombie Amazon
8Timi Yuro Satan Never Sleeps I'm So Hurt Amazon
9Louis Armstrong & All His Stars St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues) Satchmo Plays King Oliver Amazon
10Hoyt Axton The Devil American Originals Amazon
11Lead Belly Black Betty Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Amazon
12Elvis Presley Run On Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
13Sister Rosetta Tharpe Jonah Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record Amazon
14Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals The Great Atomic Power Song of America Amazon
15The Louvin Brothers River of Jordan Long Play Collection Amazon
16Brother Claude Ely I Want To Go To Heaven Satan Get Back Amazon
17Ralph Stanley Are You Washed In The Blood A Mother's Prayer Amazon
18George Jones Please Take the Devil Out of Me Heartbreak Hotel (Gonna Shake This Shack) Amazon
19Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
20Eels Fresh Blood Hombre Lobo Amazon
21Tom Waits Way Down In The Hole Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years Amazon
22Bill Jennings Billy In The Lion's Den Wailin' Vol. 1 Amazon
23Otis Spann It Must Have Been The Devil Walking The Blues Amazon
24Jack Leonard A Visit From The Devil Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
25Anita Carter Satan's Child Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
26The Devil Makes Three Down In The Valley Redemption & Ruin Amazon
27Julie Miller The Devil Is an Angel 15 Years of American Music Amazon
28The Youngbloods Darkness, Darkness Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods Amazon
29Solomon Burke/Zucchero Diavolo in Me (A Devil in Me) Zucchero & Co. Amazon
30Paul Thorn Don't Let The Devil Ride Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
31Hank Williams The Devil's Train Lovesick Blues August 1947 – December 1948 Amazon

More Murder Ballads

In our Friday morning episode, we’re revisiting the traditional form of the murder ballad and we’ll also take some liberties with some more modern takes from the likes of Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, and Nick Cave. In the traditional form we’ll measure centuries-old cultural aberrations with the stories of gamblers, ramblers, and murdering misogynists that peppered the landscapes of country gospel, Appalachian folk, and urban alleyways. Frankie, Johnny, Stack-O-Lee, William Zanzinger, and Ellen Smith are just a few of the players in today’s show. Join Dave Stroud for a journey through tradition this Friday evening on Community Radio for Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Cash I Hung My Head Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American Amazon
2Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys In The Pines 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass Amazon
3Loretta Lynn In the Pines Full Circle Amazon
4Josh White, Jr. Delia's Gone Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways) Amazon
5Bobby Bare Delia's Gone (1965) All American Boy – CD 4 Amazon
6Sarah Jarosz Shankill Butchers Song Up in Her Head Amazon
7Charlie Louvin Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham) Charlie Louvin Amazon
8Johnny Horton When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2) Amazon
9Lyle Lovett L.A. County Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Amazon
10Marty Robbins Big Iron All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
11Riley Puckett Frankie And Johnny Country Music Pioneer vol 1 Amazon
12Big Bill Broonzy Frankie And Johnny Trouble In Mind Amazon
13Dave Van Ronk House Carpenter Inside Dave Van Ronk Amazon
14Jimmy Martin Poor Ellen Smith Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
15Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs with Alison Kraus The Banks Of The Ohio The Three Pickers Amazon
16Ralph Stanley Henry Lee [Album Version] Ralph Stanley Amazon
17Tom Waits Two Sisters Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3] Amazon
18Seamus Ennis Marrow Bones A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3 Amazon
19Joan Baez Mary Hamilton Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris Amazon
20Maddox Brothers and Rose Down in the Willow Garden 1948 (Warped 4872) Amazon
21Gillian Welch Caleb Meyer High On A Mountain Amazon
22Mason Jennings The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (Album Version) I'm Not There (Music From The Motion Picture) Amazon
23Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Where The Wild Roses Grow The Best Of [Disc 1] Amazon
24Charlie Monroe Down in the Willow Garden 1946-1949 (Warped 4725) Amazon
25John Oates Stack O Lee Arkansas Amazon
26Fruit Jar Guzzlers Stack-O-Lee The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
27Lead Belly Duncan And Brady Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
28The Johnson Mountain Boys Duncan and Brady (He's Been on the Job Too Long) Blue Diamond Amazon

Country Road Songs

A while back we explored road songs in the genres of blues and tradition. This week’s show complements the theme with a country flavor. Songs of the lonesome road, the lost highway, the wrong highway taken, as well as hitting the road with those classic country kings of the road and highway queens. We’ll hear some early Waylon Jennings, bluegrass from Bill Monroe, trucker laments from Red Simpson, and a tribute to the Carters on the Road to Kaintuck. We’ve battened down the hatches, closed shop, and are practicing social distancing as if our lives (and those of our neighbors) depended on it. Join Dave Stroud on a KWTF Friday evening remote production of Deeper Roots.

 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bonus Track CB Radio Chatter Eighteen Wheelers! Twisted Tales from the Truckstops Amazon
2Johnny Darrell It's A Rough Old Road To Travel The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
3Don Gibson Lonesome Road 1961-1962 Amazon
4Jimmie Skinner Lonesome Road Blues 1960-1962 (Warped 6188) Amazon
5Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Travelin' This Lonesome Road All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4] Amazon
6Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Rocky Road Blues All The Classic Releases, 1937-1949 [Disc 3] Amazon
7The Carter Family It's a Long Road to Travel Alone Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 5) Amazon
8Johnny Cash Wide Open Road Get Rhythm [Sun] Amazon
9Johnny Cash Hit The Road And Go (The Rambler) Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4] Amazon
10Johnny Cash Further on Up the Road American V: A Hundred Highways Amazon
11Billy Bob Thornton & The Peasall Sisters Road To Kaintuck Anchored In Love: A Tribute To June Carter Cash Amazon
12Lefty Frizzell Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee 1962-1965 (Warped 6382) Amazon
13Wayne Hancock Man Of The Road A-Town Blues Amazon
14Rig Rock Deluxe Six Days On The Road Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
15Red Simpson Six Days on the Road The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
16Tiny Harris Endless Black Ribbon Lonesome Highway Songs Amazon
17Billy Grammer Gotta Travel On Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics Amazon
18Henson Cargill A Very Well Traveled Man Skip a Rope Amazon
19Faron Young Traveling On This Is Faron Young / My Garden Of Prayer Amazon
20Roger Miller King Of The Road Country Legends Amazon
21Tom T. Hall Once Upon a Road Sings Dixie & Tom T. Amazon
22Billy Walker Headin' Down the Wrong Highway Billy Walker – 1954-1957 Amazon
23Waylon Jennings The Road Love of The Common People Amazon
24Dolly Parton Traveling Man 1971 Amazon
25Nikki Lane Highway Queen Highway Queen Amazon
26Johnny Horton Lost Highway Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2) Amazon
27Gibson Brothers Highway In The Ground Amazon
28John Hartford Wrong Road Again Good'le Days: Essential Recordings Amazon
29Rice, Rice, Hillmann & Pedersen Somewhere on the Road Tonight Out of the Woodwork Amazon
30Ralph Stanley I'm Going Down The Road [3/3/80] Poor Rambler [Disc 1] Amazon
31Grandpa Jones Down The Old Plank Road An American Original Amazon
32Del McCoury/Marty Stuart Let Us Travel, Travel On Compadres: An Anthology of Duets Amazon
33Steve Earle Hillbilly Highway Essential Steve Earle Amazon

Night at the Opry & Ryman

All live recordings this week, all from the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium. From its early years in a modest Insurance Building as the WSM Barn Dance, the Grand Ole Opry, for all its staid tradition, has become the capitol of country music. Selectively provincial from early on, it brought together country, gospel, and bluegrass radio listeners well into the Golden Age of Country. Deeper Roots digs into the dusty digital archives for recordings from those times in this week’s show plus brings you some new sounds that have grown from the early seeds sown by Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff and George Hay. We’ve got Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, and the Oak Ridge Quartet filling time alongside the Old Crow Medicine Show and Rhonda Vincent. Join in the revelry!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Roy Acuff Night Train To Memphis Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics Amazon
2Stonewall Jackson Old Showboat (Live at the Grand Ole Opry 1970) Singles Amazon
3Hank Snow I've Been Everywhere Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics Amazon
4Bobby Bare Detroit City Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics Amazon
5The Osborne Brothers Take This Hammer Bluegrass at the Opry Amazon
6George Hamilton IV Abilene Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics Amazon
7Patsy Cline Walkin' After Midnight Live at the Opry Amazon
8Hank Williams I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living Grand Ole Opry Time Amazon
9Dave Dudley Six Days On The Road Hit The Road -Grand Ole Opry Live Classics Amazon
10Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton The Last Thing On My Mind Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection: Duets Amazon
11Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Jackson Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection: Duets Amazon
12Patsy Cline Just A Closer Walk With Thee [Live (Ryman Auditorium)] The Patsy Cline Collection Amazon
13Oak Ridge Quartet Ole Time Religion Grand Ole Opry Time Amazon
14Oak Ridge Quartet Lead Me to That Rock Grand Ole Opry Time Amazon
15Ronnie Dunn & Rebecca Lynn Howard If I could Only Win Your Love Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection: Duets Amazon
16Bill Monroe Can You Hear Me Callin' Bluegrass at the Opry Amazon
17Mac Wiseman Jimmie Brown The Newsboy Bluegrass Legands – Live At The Ryman Amazon
18Rhonda Vincent Hit Parade Of Love Bluegrass Legands – Live At The Ryman Amazon
19Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Back Up and Push 1953-X6-XX Grand Old Opry Amazon
20Ricky Skaggs & Emmylou Harris Could You Love Me One More Time Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection: Duets Amazon
21Glen Campbell & Steve Wariner The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection: Duets Amazon
22Jim & Jesse Wild Georgia Boy Bluegrass at the Opry Amazon
23The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Grand Ole Opry Song Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
24Old Crow Medicine Show Welcome To The Ryman Live at the Ryman Amazon
25Old Crow Medicine Show Tell It To Me Live at the Ryman Amazon
26Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Smoke Along The Track At The Ryman [Live] Amazon
27Marty Stuart Orange Blossom Special Live at the Ryman Amazon
28Band Of Horses Everything's Gonna Be Undone (Live Acoustic) Acoustic At The Ryman (Live) Amazon
29Marty Stuart Hillbilly Rock Live at the Ryman Amazon
30Levon Helm No Depression In Heaven Ramble at the Ryman Amazon
31Minnie Pearl Comedy Grand Ole Opry Time Amazon
32Levon Helm Evangeline Ramble at the Ryman Amazon

Sixties Folk Alley

The generation born from war and into war for the sake of war. There was bound to be an ideological plate shift and the epicenter could be found in and around New York City where a melting pot of sounds from Cafe Wa to Macdougall Street to Bleecker Street wafted across the country, westward on the mainstream. In our show today we’ll take a chronological run through the traditional folk that filled the decade of the Sixties. We’ll hear from The Kingston Trio, Trini Lopez, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Tom Paxton in our Friday morning show, coming to you from the heart of the Cherry Street Historic District in Santa Rosa, California. Join us for odes to little boxes, cotton fields, rain, sunshine, and windy city odes to the social and political scorn of the times.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Brothers Four Greenfields The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music [Disc 2] Amazon
2The Kingston Trio Everglades The History Of American Folk Amazon
3The Highwaymen Cotton Fields Treasury of Folk Music Vol 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
4The Limeliters A Dollar Down American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
5The Highwaymen Michael The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol. 1 [Disc 1] Amazon
6Kingston Trio Where Have All the Flowers Gone Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
7Burl Ives A Little Bitty Tear Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
8Peter, Paul & Mary If I Had A Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary Amazon
9Trini Lopez If I Had A Hammer Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] Amazon
10Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind Biograph Disc 1 Amazon
11The Kingston Trio Greenback Dollar The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1] Amazon
12The New Christy Minstrels Green Green Green, Green Amazon
13The New Christy Minstrels Saturday Night Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol 3 [Disc 2] Amazon
14The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire) Dominique The Folk Years [Disc 5] Amazon
15Peter, Paul & Mary Tell It On The Mountain In the Wind Amazon
16Pete Seeger Little Boxes Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3] Amazon
17The New Christy Minstrels Today Treasury of Folk Music Vol 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
18Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash Amazon
19Tom Paxton I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Amazon
20Gale Garnett We'll Sing In The Sunshine Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2 Amazon
21The Serendipity Singers Don't Let The Rain Come Down Best Of The Folk Era Amazon
22The Serendipity Singers Beans In My Ears Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2] Amazon
23Simon & Garfunkel The Sound Of Silence The Essential Simon & Garfunkel Amazon
24Trini Lopez Lemon Tree Best Of The Folk Era Amazon
25Barry McGuire Eve Of Destruction Singers & Songwriters: Troubadours [Disc 2] Amazon
26Phil Ochs I Ain't Marching Anymore Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love Amazon
27Pozo-Seco Singers Time Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2] Amazon
28We Five You Were On My Mind Dick Bartley Presents One Hit Wonders Of The '60s Vol. 1 Amazon
29Rooftop Singers Walk Right In Dick Bartley Presents One Hit Wonders Of The '60s Vol. 1 Amazon
30Bob Lind Elusive Butterfly Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2] Amazon
31Bobby Darin If I Were A Carpenter Easy Listening Gold: 1966-1967 Amazon
32Judy Collins Both Sides Now Wildflowers / Who Knows Where The Time Goes (International Release) Amazon
33The Irish Rovers The Unicorn The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol. 1 [Disc 1] Amazon

Travelin’ Blues

This week’s episode of Deeper Roots focuses on gospel, blues, and tradition with a theme being the “travelin’ blues”. Whether that’s a long ride to perdition or salvation on the King’s highway or a ready roll down the road apiece…our journey will avoid the toll roads, whether they be the sacred or the profane. Performances this morning feature Rory Block, Chris Smither, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, and The Golden Gate Quartet. The show is a ‘first installment’ of traveling songs…songs about the highways…told in the key of blues with the followup in coming months being one that focuses on the country and bluegrass sound. But not today. Today’s about the blues and the gospel. Drop by.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Maria Muldaur Travelin' Shoes Waitress In a Donut Shop Amazon
2Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell) Travelin' Blues Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song Amazon
3Taj Mahal Farther On Down The Road The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
4Roland Stone Down The Road The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
5Freddie Slack Down The Road Boogie Woogie [Disc 10] Amazon
6Eric Clapton Further On Down the Road Old Sock Amazon
7Chris Smither Look Down the Road I'm a Stranger Too!/Don't It Drag On Amazon
8Mattie Delaney Down The Big Road Blues Mississippi Masters Amazon
9Unidentified Quartet I Look Down The Road And Wonder Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
10The Golden Gate Quartet I Looked Down The Road And Wondered Travelin' Shoes Amazon
11Vera Ward Hall Travelin' Shoes Crossroads: Southern Roots Amazon
12Rory Block If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James Amazon
13Paul Butterfield's Better Days Highway 28 'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back' Amazon
14Johnny "Guitar" Watson Highway 60 Space Guitar Amazon
15Lowell Fulson Highway 99 Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
16Gatemouth Moore Highway 61 Blues Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings Amazon
17Honeyboy Edwards Strollin' Down Highway 61 Roamin and Ramblin Amazon
18Snooks Eaglin Traveling Mood Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
19Doc Pomus Traveling Dog Singer & Songwriter Amazon
20Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson Get On Down The Road Go Ahead And Rock And Roll Amazon
21Ernie Andrews With Maxwell Davis Orchestra Travelin' Baby Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
22Slim Gaillard & His Boogiereeners Travelin' Blues Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3] Amazon
23T-Bone Walker Travelin' Blues The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] Amazon
24Smiley Lewis Lonesome Highway ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 Amazon
25Howling Wolf Driving This Highway Sings The Blues Amazon
26Freddie King Key To The Highway Ultimate Collection Amazon
27Freddie King Living On The Highway The Best Of Freddie King: The Shelter Records Years Amazon
28Little Walter Key to the Highway Chess Blues Disc 3 Amazon
29Eric Clapton Traveling Riverside Blues Me & Mr. Johnson Amazon
30Tommy McClennan Travelin' Highway Man The Bluebird Recordings 1939-1942 Disc 2 Amazon
31Cripple Clarence Lofton Traveling Blues Cripple Clarence Lofton Vol. 1 (1935-1939) Amazon

New Moon

Deeper Roots goes extraterrestrial with a theme this morning. A ‘new moon’ is the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth and, shortly thereafter, at a time when it appears as a slender crescent. This morning we honor this evening’s phase even though it’s one that has no face; the more celebratory of the moon’s visibility are full moons, half moons, and quarter moons. But that won’t stop us from celebrating with sounds from the deep past, the recent past, and what will someday be the past. Join Dave Stroud for the crooners (Crosby and Frankie), the 88 key boomers (Fats Waller and Ray Charles), and the songsmith tuners (Willie, Hank Snow, and Patsy Cline) as Friday morning takes to the night sky from Sonoma County’s own Valley of the Moon.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Traveling Wilburys New Blue Moon Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 Amazon
2Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman New Moon Over My Shoulder Mac Doc Del Amazon
3Patsy Cline Blue Moon Of Kentucky The Patsy Cline Collection Amazon
4Ray Charles Dixie Moon The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4] Amazon
5Rodney Crowell Shame on the Moon The Essential Rodney Crowell Amazon
6k.d. lang & the Reclines Full Moon Full of Love Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
7Willie Nelson Sugar Moon You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
8Johnny Cash/Paul McCartney New Moon Over Jamaica Water from the Wells of Home Amazon
9Gene Autry There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder [Album Version] Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
10Hank Snow Dark Moon 1964 (Warped 6406) Amazon
11Fats Waller Let's Pretend There's A Moon Let's Pretend There's A Moon Amazon
12Bing Crosby Moonburn Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1] Amazon
13Artie Shaw There's A New Moon Over The Old Mill Non-Stop Flight Amazon
14Cliff Edwards It's Only A Paper Moon Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
15Boswell Sisters I Thank You Mr. Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
16The Modernaires East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) Singin' And Swingin' Amazon
17Rosemary Clooney Old Devil Moon The Witching Hour Amazon
18Frank Sinatra Old Devil Moon Songs for Swingin' Lovers! Amazon
19Betty Carter The Moon Is Low Inside Betty Carter Amazon
20Dean Martin In The Misty Moonlight The Great Dean Martin Amazon
21Andy Williams Moon River Donna Reed's Dinner Party Amazon
22Willie Nelson Moonlight in Vermont Stardust [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
23Norton Buffalo Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Amazon
24Neville Brothers Yellow Moon Uptown Rulin': The Best Of The Neville Brothers Amazon
25The Dixie Cups Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright (Mono Single) The Complete Red Bird Recordings Amazon
26The Marcels Blue Moon Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1) Amazon
27The Olympics Dance By The Light Of The Moon American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
28Little Richard By The Light Of The Silvery Moon The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
29The Capris There's a Moon Out Tonight Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1 Amazon
30Jonathan King Everyone's Gone To The Moon Everyone's Gone To The Moon – Single Amazon
31Les Paul & Mary Ford How High The Moon Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
32Rex Allen Dreamy Montana Moon Last of the Great Singing Cowboys Amazon

Stay on the Gospel Side

We’ll be taking a bit of a traditional free form exploration of gospel, blues, soul, and country, pairing up The Blind Boys of Alabama with James Carr and Bobby “Blue” Bland for a soul stew of the day. The fun doesn’t stop there; in face, it just gets started and we’ll be reaching into the dusty country bins for some Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. And new sounds: a benefit piece, a cover of Tom Petty’s For Real performed by Willie Nelson and the Family…right alongside a new track from The James Hunter Six. Friday evenings on KWTF pushes the roots envelope every week. Join Dave Stroud at 9 Pacific.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Blind Boys of Alabama Stay On the Gospel Side Almost Home Amazon
2The Norman Luboff Choir Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea Amazon
3Big Bill Broonzy Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
4Ryan Bingham Nobody Knows My Trouble Fear And Saturday Amazon
5Elvis Presley Swing Down, Sweet Chariot Elvis Double Features: Live a Little, Love a Little + Charro! + The Trouble with Girls + Change of Habit Amazon
6Bobby 'Blue' Bland Turn On Your Love Light Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
7James Carr These Ain't Raindrops The Essential James Carr Amazon
8Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir I Shall Wear A Crown Do Not Pass Me By Vol. II Amazon
9Big Al Downing The Story Of My Life Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
10The Bobby Fuller Four Never To Be Forgotten The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
11Los Super Seven Let Her Dance (ft. Joe Ely) Heard It On The X Amazon
12Buddy Holly Rock Me Baby Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants Amazon
13John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012 Amazon
14Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Micah Nelson, Jakob Dylan, Dhani Harrison & Amos Lee For Real For Real – Single Amazon
15Maria Muldaur Moonlight Heart of Mine Amazon
16The Everly Brothers Devoted To You Singles 1955-1959 Amazon
17The 5 Royales Dedicated To The One I Love Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
18Wilson Pickett Three-Time Loser A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1] Amazon
19The Showmen The Wrong Girl Birth Of Soul: 2 Amazon
20The James Hunter Six I Can Change Your Mind Nick of Time Amazon
21The Sons Of The Pioneers Wagon Wheels Sons Of The Pioneers Amazon
22Roy Rogers Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
23Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers Rock Me Roll Me Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions Amazon
24Chuck Wagon & the Wheels Play That Country Music Cowboy Off the Top Rope Amazon
25Buck Owens Hello Trouble Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
26Joe Ely Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown Honky Tonk Masquerade Amazon
27Ernest Tubb That Wild and Wicked Look in Your Eyes Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
28Frankie Miller Lookin4 Around Downtown Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
29Buddy Miller Does My Ring Burn Your Finger Cruel Moon Amazon
30The Staple Singers Do You Know Him Hammer and Nails Amazon
31Freddie King Yonder Wall King Of The Blues Amazon
32Howlin' Wolf Oh! Red Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 Amazon
33Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
34Waring's Pennsylvanians Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944 Amazon