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Breakin’ The Law

March 29, 2021 Dave

Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis, The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Willy DeVille	Hey Joe	Backstreets Of Desire
2	The Leaves	Hey Joe	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
3	The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought The Law	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
4	Dick & Dee Dee	Thou Shalt Not Steal	The Singles Collection
5	The Cadillacs	Jay Walker	For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
6	Kitty Wells	Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered)	Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single
7	Ray Batts	Stealin' Sugar	Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock
8	Eilen Jewell	If You Catch Me Stealing	Letters From Sinners & Strangers
9	Hank Snow	The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe	I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1]
10	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts of Life	The Essential Porter Wagoner
11	Jimmy Littlejohn	No Parking Here	The World Is A Monster
12	Johnny Cash	Out Among the Stars	Out Among The Stars
13	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	Original Greatest Hits
14	The Byrds	Pretty Boy Floyd	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
15	Joe Ely	Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde	Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
16	Merle Haggard	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
17	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Jesse James	Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
18	Bruce Springsteen	Jesse James	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
19	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	Glendale Train	New Riders Of The Purple Sage
20	Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson	In the Jailhouse Now	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
21	Rod Morris	Alabama Jailhouse	Country Boy's Dream
22	Dean Taylor	Indiana Wants Me	70s Music Explosion Escape
23	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Private Property (No Tresspassing)	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
24	Howling Wolf	My Friends aka Stealing My Clothes	Sings The Blues
25	David Lindley	Talk to the Lawyer	Win This Record
26	Warren Zevon	Lawyers, Guns and Money	A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
27	Mac Wiseman	Bad Ole Philadelphia Lawyer	Old Likker In A New Jug
28	Kitty Wells	Will Your Lawyer Talk To God	Country Music Hall Of Fame
29	Ricky Skaggs	Drunken Driver	Bluegrass Rules!
30	Goodnight, Texas	A Bank Robber's Nursery Rhyme	Uncle John Farquhar
31	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered)
32	Dinah Washington	Jailhouse Blues	The Bessie Smith Songbook

East Side West Side

March 20, 2021 Dave

From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	The Sidewalks of New York	Internet Archives
2	George Cohan Jr.	Give My Regards To Broadway	The Golden Entertainers
3	Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.	42nd Street – from 42nd Street	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
4	McGlinn/London Sinfonietta	Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street)	The Busby Berkeley Album
5	Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell	Lullaby Of Broadway	Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren
6	Jo Stafford	Manhattan Serenade	For You
7	Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson	Going To New York	Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
8	Ella Fitzgerald	Manhattan	Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
9	Babs Gonzales	Dem New York People	Cool Whalin'	Babs
10	Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris	America	West Side Story
11	Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra	She's a Latin from Manhattan	Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4
12	Desi Arnaz	I Come From New York	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
13	Bobby Darin	Sunday in New York	Wild Cool & Swingin
14	Frank Sinatra	Theme from New York, New York	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
15	Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis	Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
16	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York	Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
17	The Ad Libs	The Boy From New York City	Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
18	The Drifters	On Broadway	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
19	John Barry	Midnight Cowboy	Moviola
20	Harry Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin'	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
21	Harry Nilsson	I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City	All-Time Greatest Hits
22	Simon & Garfunkel	The Only Living Boy In New York	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
23	Henry Mancini	Rhapsody in Blue	Instrumental Favorites
24	Garland Jeffreys	New York Skyline	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
25	Ray Charles	New York's My Home	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
26	Judy Garland	I Happen To Like New York	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
27	Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues	Fairytale of New York	Galore
28	Mel Tormi	Sunday In New York	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
29	Stevie Wonder	Living for the City	Innervisions
30	Jay-Z	Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)	The Blueprint 3

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Burnin’ Love

March 12, 2021 Dave

A hunka hunka free form sounds this morning on Deeper Roots: some thoughtful pairings and some that just need to be pushed to the surface. We’re coming up on Daylight Savings Time already as we prepare for the days to get longer shedding more light in the attic from the window up above. Songs today explore mojo, some gospel musings, concerns about a fellow named Lou whose got the flu, and some reflections on the 420 favorite. Performers include Julia Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ivie Anderson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and we’ve even got an ‘unknown’ from the mid-century wondering “Who’s Boogeying My Woogie Now”. Imagine that. Well, imagine this: Friday mornings on KOWS Community Radio are made just for the beginning of Spring. Tune in.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Prine	Clay Pigeons	Fair & Square
2	Elvis Presley	Burning Love	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
3	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	99 1/2 Won't Do	Gospel Train
4	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
5	Nina Simone	Lilac Wine	Verve/Unmixed 3
6	Ivie Anderson	Chocolate Shake	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
7	Bette Midler	Marahuana	Songs For The New Depression
8	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
9	Buddy Holly	Fool's Paradise	Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 2]
10	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
11	Fats Domino	Be My Guest	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
12	Dorsey Burnette	Don't Let Go	The Precious Years
13	Charley Crockett	The Man That Time Forgot	Welcome To Hard Times
14	Kevin Russell	Country Boy	Country Swing
15	Little Jimmy Dickens	May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	Buddy Emmons	New Road Under My Wheels	Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
17	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
18	Roger Miller	Lou's Got The Flu	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
19	Roger Miller	The Moon Is High (And So Am I)	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
20	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	His Best, 1956 To 1964
21	Ann Cole	I Got My Mojo Working	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4]
22	Unknown Artist	I Wonder Who's Boogeying My Woogie Now ?	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
23	Lightnin' Hopkins	Mojo Hand	The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
24	Mose Allison	Mojo Woman	Down Home Piano
25	Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams	Overtime	It Always Will Be
26	John Fogerty	Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger)	Wrote a Song for Everyone
27	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	Still the Same	Greatest Hits
28	Raul Malo	It Only Hurts Me When I Cry	After Hours
29	Red Simpson	Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
30	Bruce Springsteen	Pink Cadillac	18 Tracks
31	Baker Knight	Bring My Cadillac Back	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
32	Miley Cyrus	Lilac Wine	The Backyard Sessions
33	Ray Charles	I Believe to My Soul	The Birth of Soul Disc 3

The Great American Songbook

February 27, 2021 Dave

Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Songs of Free Men
2	George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
3	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Summertime	Porgy & Bess
4	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
5	Loudon Wainwright III	You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)	I'd Rather Lead a Band
6	Dinah Washington	They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
7	Billie Holiday	Autumn in New York	Ken Burns Jazz
8	Omara Portuondo	El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away)	Black Magic (Magia Negra)
9	Desi Arnaz	Holiday In Havana	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
10	Perez Prado	Cuban Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
11	Xavier Cugat	Papa Loves Mambo	Lounge Music Goes Latin
12	Stephen Foster	Beautiful Dreamer	The Songs of Stephen Foster
13	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
14	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Oh! Susanna	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
15	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
16	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	78s
17	Dirk Powell	I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly	When I Wait For You
18	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
19	Nelstone's Hawaiians	Village School	The Harry Smith B-Sides
20	Dock Boggs	Oh Death	Dock Boggs Is Legendary
21	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
22	Ella Fitzgerald	Night And Day	Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
23	Bettye LaVette	Blues For The Weepers	Blackbirds
24	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
25	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
26	The Stoneman Family	Too Late	The Harry Smith B-Sides
27	Mississippi John Hurt	Nobody's Dirty Business	The Harry Smith B-Sides
28	M. Ward	Along the Santa Fe Trail	Migration Stories
29	Ella Fitzgerald	In The Still Of The Night	Music & Moonlight

The Year 1939

February 19, 2021 Dave

While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell, A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Louis Armstrong	Jeepers Creepers	Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
2	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Tain't What You Do	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
4	Count Basie's Kansas City 7	Lester Leaps In	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5	Woody Herman	Woodchopper's Ball	Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
6	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
7	Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
8	Billie Holiday	Them There Eyes	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06]
9	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra	Old Man Harlem	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
10	Marlene Dietrich	Falling In Love Again	The Blue Angel
11	Bob Hope & Shirley Ross	Thanks for the Memory	Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2
12	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
13	Bing Crosby	You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	The Harry Warren Songbook
14	Xavier Cugat	Perfidia	Say "Si Si"
15	Vaughn Monroe	In The Still Of The Night	First Crooners : Vol. 3-1935-40
16	Frankie Masters and His Orchestra	Scatter-Brain (Theme Song)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
17	Cab Calloway	The Jumpin' Jive	Best Of The Big Bands
18	Kay Kyser	Three Little Fishes	Sentimental Favorites
19	Coleman Hawkins	Body And Soul	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
20	The Ink Spots	Address Unknown	Greatest Hits
21	The Ink Spots	If I Didn't Care	Greatest Hits
22	Glenn Miller Orchestra	In The Mood	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
23	Slim Gaillard And His Flat Foot Floogie Boys	Matzah Balls	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
24	Charlie Barnet	Cherokee	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 3
25	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Diga, Diga Doo	Wicked Swing
26	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra W. Martha Tilton	And the Angels Sing	Too Marvelous For Words
27	Guy Lombardo	Penny Serenade	Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo
28	Bea Wain With Larry Clinton And His Orchestra	Deep Purple	White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1]
29	Lionel Hampton	I've Found a New Baby	Wicked Swing
30	Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson	Roll 'Em Pete	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
31	Chick Webb and his Orchestra v/Ella Fitzgerald	Undecided	from CD; orig. Decca 2323

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Begin the Beguine

January 30, 2021 Dave

This past January was as much a month to remember as it was to forget. We’ll keep the serenity we need by softening the blow with music while also celebrating the good with swing, country, rhythm and gospel in another eclectic free form show on Sonoma County community radio. Cold weather and rain arrives so we’ll share the soul sounds of William Bell and Johnnie Taylor, some folk rock from Linda Ronstadt, swing vocals from The Mills Brothers and The Four Vagabonds, and gospel with Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers. We’ll visit Shenandoah, The Red River Valley, and Forty Miles of Bad Road in our Friday morning show, recorded this week in the Deeper Roots Den. I hope you’ll join us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Michael Nesmith	Begin The Beguine	Tropical Campfires
2	Mikki Wilcox	Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues	Sun Ballads 1953-62
3	Maria Muldaur	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues	Love Wants to Dance
4	The Four Vagabonds	Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
5	Jimmie Rodgers	Shenandoah	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 2]
6	Duane Eddy	Forty Miles Of Bad Road	Dance With The Guitar Man
7	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	The Image of Me	Playback Disc 5
8	Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban	Patricia	Hear Music, Vol. 9: Souvenirs
9	The Texas Tornados	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights	The Best Of Texas Tornados
10	Glories	Dark End Of The Street	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
11	Bessie Banks	Go Now	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
12	William Bell	Everybody Loves a Winner	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
13	Wilson Pickett	I'm In Love	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
14	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax Number Ones
15	Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight	I'll Take You There
16	Elvis Presley	I Gotta Know	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
17	Marshall Crenshaw	I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)	Downtown
18	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
19	The Jack Fords	That's All You Gotta Do	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
20	Big Boy Groves	I Gotta New Car	Fool Mule
21	Corey Glover	Three Time Loser	Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
22	The Mills Brothers	Glow Worm	The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
23	Charlie Barnet	Flying Home	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 6
24	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
25	Lou Rawls (2nd Vocal) & The Pilgrim Travelers	Come Home	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
26	Aretha Franklin	Never Grow Old	None But the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats
27	Merle Haggard	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive	Capitol Collector's Series
28	The Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt	Different Drum	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
29	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
30	Roy Rogers	Moonlight On The Prairie	Country Music Hall Of Fame
31	Chris Hillman	When I Get A Little Money	Bidin' My Time
32	Rick Nelson	Hello Mary Lou	Greatest Love Songs
33	Carla Thomas/Rufus Thomas	Birds and the Bees	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
34	The Bar-Kays	Soul Finger	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)

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New Orleans R&B

January 22, 2021 Dave

We just can’t get enough of this sound, a blend of sounds that cannot be pushed away with the urban renewal of auto-tune and electronic pasteurization. It’s long history of inspiration whose roots are driven by centuries of influence, from Congo Square to Rampart Street, and beyond. Our show today returns to the humid southern climes at the mouth of the Mississippi for some of the very best of rhythm, from Cosimo Matassa’s studios to the clubs that pepper the Crescent City on Bourbon Street. Popular rhythm and blues today from Nawlins inclues some Fats, Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Paul Gayen, Frankie Ford, and a couple dozen others giving us that signature percussive backbeat embellished by pounding piano. It’s a Friday evening celebration here on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Big Boy Myles	New Orleans	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
2	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	The Monkey [Album Version]	The New Orleans Album
3	Fats Domino	When The Saints Go Marchin' In	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
4	Dr. John	Somebody Changed The Lock	Dr. John's Gumbo
5	Huey "Piano" Smith	Mean Mean Mean	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
6	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
7	Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl	Absolutely the Best
8	Frankie Ford	It Must Be Jelly	Very Best Of Frankie Ford
9	Lee Diamond&The Upsetters	Hattie Malatti	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
10	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
11	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	My Feet Can't Fail Me Now	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
12	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	R&B Outbreak CD 2
13	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	It Won't Be Long	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
14	Edgar Blanchard	Honeycomb	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
15	Charles "Hungry" Williams	So Glad You're Mine	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
16	Champion Jack Dupree	Mail Order Woman	New Orleans R&B Outbreak
17	Paul Marvin	Hurry Up	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
18	Paul Gayten	For You My Love	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
19	Larry Williams	Bad Boy	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
20	Fats Domino	Please Don't Leave Me	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
21	Smiley Lewis	Mama Don't Like	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
22	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn	Educated Fool	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
23	Kermit Ruffins	Holy Cow	Livin' A Tremi Life
24	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
25	Jewel King	3×7=21	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]
26	Irma Thomas	Look Up (AKA Whenever)	Soul Queen of New Orleans
27	Eddie Bo	Roamin-Itis	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
28	Zorro & The Zips	Frankie & Johnny	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
29	Danny White	Let's Play	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
30	The Showmen	True Fine Mama	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
31	Lee Diamond &The Upsetters	It Won't Be Me	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
32	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Alimony	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
33	Jessie Hill	Scoop Scoobie Doobie	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
34	Earl King	No City Like New Orleans	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
35	Galactic	Go Go	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans

Songs About Singing

January 15, 2021 Dave

Sing it loud! It’s a whole new year and our country can take heart without letting our guard down. We’ll celebrate a fresh new start knowing that hard work lies ahead with a two hour show featuring the theme of ‘singing’. Join Dave Stroud once more for a mixed bag; an eclectic blend of sounds from the past century featuring the likes of Ukulele Ike, Wingy Manone, The Cats & The Fiddle, John Sebastian, Cat Power, and a couple of dozen more, all belting out songs about the very act of singing. We’ll take you down Memory Lane with old fashioned songs, simple songs of gospel and freedom, swinging low, singing high, and those joyful sing-alongs we’ve shared over the past century. That’s right. It’s theme time on this week’s Deeper Roots show and we’d love to have you. Join in the festivities.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Tony Bennett	Sing You Sinners [#]	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
2	Katie Crippen with Henderson's Novelty Ork.	Play 'Em For Mamma, Sing 'Em For Me (BS 2003, P-104-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
3	Cab Calloway	I Love to Sing-A (From 'The Singing Kid')	Chronological 1934-37
4	The Boswell Sisters	Sing A Little Jingle	The Boswell Sisters Collection
5	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Sing Me A Swing Song	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
6	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain	Golden Memories of Stage and Screen-Disc1
7	Pat Boone	It's a Grand Night For Singing	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
8	Ella Fitzgerald	Sing Song Swing	The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald – [Disc 2]
9	June Christy	Sing Something Simple	The Misty Miss Christy
10	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	SInging-ing-ing	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
11	Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination	Sing (A Happy Little Thing)	Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935
12	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Sing An Old Fashioned Song	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
13	Nellie Lutcher	If You Wanna Get T'Goin' (And Come Out Singing)	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3]
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	I'm Singing, So Help Me	The Very Best Of
15	Dr. John	Sing Along Song (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
16	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
17	Cat Power	Aretha, Sing One For Me	Jukebox
18	B.B. King	Why I Sing the Blues	Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics
19	Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen	One More Voice Singing In Heaven Tonight	Keeper Of The Flame
20	Edward W. Clayborn	I Heard The Angels Singing	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel
21	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Gospel of Blues
22	Curley Williams	Just A-Picking And A-Singing	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
23	John Sebastian	Singing The Blues	Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 2]
24	Stonewall Jackson	You're the Sad in My Songs	Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967
25	Gale Garnett	We'll Sing In The Sunshine	Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2]
26	Louie Innis	Sing Your Song Baby	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
27	Ferlin Husky	23 – I Could Sing All Night	Ferlin Husky Singles
28	Carl Perkins	Sing My Song	(2000) Back On Top (CD 3)
29	Charlie Monroe	I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing (TK A)	The Chronological Classics 1950-1956
30	Barbara Dane	Don't Sing Love Songs (Silver Dagger)	Anthology of American Folk Songs
31	Tim Hardin	Simple Song Of Freedom	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1]
32	Tex Ritter & His Texans	Singing in the Saddle	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
33	The New Seekers	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	70s Music Explosion – Sunshine

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Wide Open Places

January 8, 2021 Dave

A bright future is in store….that’s our story and we’re stickin’ to it! Today’s show contains an inordinate amount of upbeat tickers including a trip to Tulsa with Asleep at the Wheel, a Fats Waller song about those wide open places, a journey following the North Star with Rhiannon Giddens, The Boswells, Hank Williams, Les Paul, and a whole lot more. We’re in a free form mood on a Friday morning here in Sonoma County, celebrating the Twelve Days of Inauguration the best way we know how. Join us on Sonoma County Community radio from the Deeper Roots Den with your host Dave Stroud, celebrating our democracy in a big, big way.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Take Me Back to Tulsa	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
3	Robert Gordon	Take Me Back	Are You Gonna Be The One
4	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
5	Jerry Garcia	Sugaree	Garcia
6	Elizabeth Cotten	Freight Train	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
7	Les Paul	The Lonesome Road (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
8	Sam Cooke	Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair	Swing Low
9	John Lee Hooker	I Cover The Waterfront	Mr. Lucky
10	The Ravens	Deep Purple	The Greatest Group of Them All
11	Rhiannon Giddens	Following the North Star	Freedom Highway
12	Rhiannon Giddens	I'm On My Way	There Is No Other
13	Geraint Watkins	Heart of Stone	Rush of Blood
14	Paul Thorn	Soon I Will Be Done	Don't Let The Devil Ride
15	James Carr	Pouring Water On A Drowning Man	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
16	The Pilgrim Travelers	I Never Knew Joy Before	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
17	Reliable True Tones	I Came a Long Way	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
18	Paramount Singers	There's A Leak In This Old Building	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
19	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
20	John Fahey	Texas & Pacific Blues (My Bucket's Got A Hole In It)	Your Past Comes Back – Disc 5
21	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Dark Eyes	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
22	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (1)
23	Boswell Sisters	Everybody Loves My Baby	Boswell Sisters
24	Fats Waller	Dry Bones	Music By Fats Waller
25	Ivie Anderson	Five O'clock Whistle	Cocktail Hour
26	Cleo Brown	Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes	The Legendary Cleo Brown
27	Danny Kaye	Oh By Jingo!	Danny Kaye The Best of
28	Mae West	He's A Bad, Bad Man	The Mae West Collection
29	Rosanne Cash	I Still Miss Someone	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
30	Mark Knopfler	Rear View Mirror	Down The Road Wherever
31	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Sing, Sing, Sing	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
32	Geraint Watkins	It's a Beautiful Day	Watkins Bold as Love

Who We Lost 2020

January 2, 2021 Dave

It’s hard to put into words the grief we have experienced over so many great performers lost this past year, including those who lost their battle to COVID-19. When assembling our annual list of tributes it became clear that no two hours would suffice so we’ll be doing some abbreviated observations to make sure they’re not forgotten. And we’ll also be thanking those behind the scenes, the songwriters, the session folks, and we’ll even have a short collection of British influencers who touched our lives with their talent. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our first Deeper Roots show of 2021, this new year that is filled with so much promise. And it’s likely that we can all agree that the bar couldn’t have fallen much lower than it did last year.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Fountains of Wayne	Valley Winter Song	Welcome Interstate Managers
2	Bucky Pizzarelli	Chicken a La Swing	Green Guitar Blues / Cafi Pierre Trio
3	McCoy Tyner	Flapstick Blues	Gold Encore Series – I Love A Piano
4	Annie Ross	Twisted	Got Nothing But Song
5	Bent Fabric	Alley Cat (Classic Version)	Jukebox
6	Hal Singer Sextet	Corn Bread	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
7	Bobby Lewis	Tossin' and Turnin'	Best of Answer Songs vol 4
8	Little Richard	Rip It Up	London American Label Year By Year 1956
9	Phil Phillips	Sea Of Love	Heatin' Up
10	Rod Bernard	This Should Go On Forever	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
11	Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes and Connie Stevens	Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
12	Len Barry	1-2-3	Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On
13	Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons	Rag Doll	The Definitive Pop Collection Disc 1
14	The Chordettes	Mr. Sandman	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
15	Johnny Nash	I Can See Clearly Now	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
16	Millie Small	My Boy Lollipop	The Island Story: 1962-1987 – 25th Anniversary [Disc 1]
17	Toots & The Maytals	Pressure Drop	The Harder They Come
18	Tony Rice	Cold On The Shoulder	Cold On The Shoulder
19	Jerry Jeff Walker	Mr. Bojangles	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 2]
20	Norma Tanega	Walkin' My Cat Named Dog	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
21	Trini Lopez	If I Had A Hammer	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
22	David Olney	God Shaped Hole	The Wheel
23	John Prine	Paradise	German Afternoons
24	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
25	Willie Nelson	Me And Paul	The Essential Willie Nelson
26	Billy Joe Shaver	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal…But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday
27	Kenny Rogers	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town	Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 1]
28	Jan Howard	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
29	The Charlie Daniels Band	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
30	Justin Townes Earle	Harlem River Blues	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
31	Helen Reddy	Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)	Singers And Songwriters: 1973-1975
32	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	The Best of Betty Wright
33	Bill Withers	Use Me	American Beauty
34	The Emotions	Best Of My Love	Boogie Nights: Music From The Original Motion Picture
35	Mountain	Mississippi Queen	Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 1
36	Van Halen	(Oh) Pretty Woman	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 7
37	The Merry-Go-Round (Emitt Rhodes)	Live	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
38	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell	Dueling Banjos	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
39	Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra	For A Few Dollars More	Music From The Good, The Bad And The Ugly & A Fistful of Dollars & For A Few Dollars More
40	Vera Lynn	We'll Meet Again	1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 7
41	Chad & Jeremy	Yesterday's Gone	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
42	Ian Whitcomb	You Turn Me On	You Turn Me On: The Very Best of Ian Whitcomb
43	The Spencer Davis Group	Keep on Running	The Finer Things Disc 1
44	Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders	Game Of Love	Wayne Fontana / It's Wayne Fontana
45	Joan Jett With The Sex Pistols	I Love Rock N' Roll [Early Version] (Alan Merrill COVID)	Flashback
46	Bill Pursell	Our Winter Love	Music to Shag By
47	The Pointer Sisters	Fire (Bonnie)	From The Pointer Sisters With Love
48	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything

A Century of America's Music