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Christmas Joy

Happy Holidays! Proving that there is no war on Christmas and looking forward to the coming year, join Dave Stroud as he shares some of the great holiday chestnuts from years past. He’ll be sharing celebratory sounds from every decade, moving the needle from the 40s to the 10s in a new Deeper Roots Christmas shindig. Tune in for everyone from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Frank Sinatra to Ella, The Andrews Sisters, Los Straitjackets and Otis Redding’s Merry Christmas Baby. As we barrel out of 2020 as fast as we can, we remind ourselves of the fortunes of the few and the need of the many in this season of desperation. So get out that Georgia vote, folks, and stand steadfast against the anarchy of this dying administration’s push towards fascist principles for power. We have the power to do this. We do.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Los Lobos Donde Esta Santa Claus? Llegs Navidad Amazon
2Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers Dig That Crazy Santa Claus Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962 Amazon
3Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford Christmas Roses Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
4The Tractors Swingin' Home for Christmas Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas Amazon
5Johnny Cash/Tommy Cash That Christmasy Feeling The Classic Christmas Album Amazon
6Ella Fitzgerald with The Frank Devol Orchestra What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Sleigh Full of Songs Amazon
7Eileen Barton The Night Before Christmas Song Coral single 9-60880 Amazon
8Frank Sinatra Santa Claus Is Coming To Town The Christmas Collection Amazon
9Dean Martin I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002 Amazon
10Frank Sinatra Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Mistletoe and Merriment Amazon
11Commercial 29. Viceroy Christmas Commercial 1964 Unknown Amazon
12Elvis Presley Santa Claus Is Back In Town Elvis' Christmas Album Amazon
13The Roomates Jingle Bell Rock It's Christmas Time Again Amazon
14The Dragwood Chords Santa's Got a Lead Sled It's Christmas Time Again Amazon
15Darlene Love Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector Amazon
16The Beach Boys Little Saint Nick (Single Version) Ultimate Christmas Amazon
17Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Winter Wonderland Winter Wonderland (Single) Amazon
18Los Straitjackets Holiday Twist Oh Santa! New & Used Christmas Classics from Yep Roc Amazon
19The Jambalaya Cajun Band Jingle Bell Rock Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas Amazon
20Otis Redding Merry Christmas Baby Christmas In Soulsville Amazon
21Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Santa's On His Way Blues, Blues Christmas: Volume 4 – 1925-1962 (Disc 1) Amazon
22The Cats & The Fiddle Hep Cat's Holiday Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1955) Amazon
23Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys Santa's Helper Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962 Amazon
24Sister Rosetta Tharpe When They Ring The Golden Bell Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958) Amazon
25Bing Crosby Winter Wonderland The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002 Amazon
26The Andrews Sisters Christmas Island Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2] Amazon
27Charles Brown Wrap Yourself In A Christmas Package Please Come Home For Christmas Amazon
28Elvis Presley Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) Christmas Album Amazon
29The Ravens Silent Night Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962 Amazon
30Sister Rosetta Tharpe Silent Night, Holy Night Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958) Amazon
31Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Let It Snow Winter Wonderland (Single) Amazon
32Hank Snow Blue Christmas Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
33Gayla Peevey I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time Amazon
34Kathy and Jimmy Zee Santa Claus Rock and Roll Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2 Amazon
35Loudon Wainwright III Christmas Morning (Album Version) Social Studies Amazon
36The Beach Boys I'll Be Home for Christmas Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The Amazon
37Fats Waller Swingin' Them Jingle Bells Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958) Amazon
38Amos Milburn Christmas (Comes Once A Year) Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962 Amazon
39Nick Lowe I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
40The Mavericks Christmas Time Is (Coming 'Round Again) Hey! Merry Christmas! Amazon
41Burl Ives A Holly Jolly Christmas Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Amazon
42Tennessee Ernie Ford A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon

Big Band Blowout!

Swing with us here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning, one week ahead of the Christmas festivities. The big band sound is that apple pie sound that grew out of the traveling musicians and dance hall bands of the 1920s. From the radio to ballrooms across the land, as the jazz orchestras grew in size, the arrangements had to be formalized to avoid mass confusion. The arranger became the focal point of the band. Improvisation during solos was written into the arrangements but their location and duration were controlled and the vocal stylings grew around the easy flowing style of the evolving jazz that would become known as ‘Swing’. Tune in for two hours of exploration of a century of America’s music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Benny Goodman King Porter Stomp RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's Amazon
2Benny Carter (With Lionel Hampton Orchestra) I'm in the Mood for Swing RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's Amazon
3Chick Webb Go Harlem Stompin' At The Savoy Amazon
4Cab Calloway The Jumpin' Jive Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
5Benny Goodman When Buddha Smiles Stompin' at the Savoy Amazon
6Count Basie Doggin' Around Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie Amazon
7Artie Shaw & His Orchestra / Artie Shaw's Symphony Swing Begin The Beguine (LP Version) The 30s: Hollywood's Best Amazon
8Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Mood Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
9Woody Herman Woodchopper's Ball Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands Amazon
10Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Why Don't You Do Right Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
11Charlie Barnet Skyliner Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands Amazon
12Les Brown Bizet Has His Day Best of the Big Bands Amazon
13Woody Herman & His Orchestra Four Brothers Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
14Ella Fitzgerald When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41 Amazon
15Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Tuxedo Junction The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
16Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Let's Dance Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
17Duke Ellington Take The A Train Watch The Closing Doors – A History Of New Yorks Musical Melting Pot Vol 1 1945-59 (CD 1) Amazon
18Tony Pastor Bell Bottom Trousers Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
19Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing (Part I) Sing, Sing, Sing Amazon
20Woody Herman Apple Honey The Essence of Woody Herman Amazon
21Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Moonlight Serenade The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
22Artie Shaw Stardust Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
23Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra I'll Be Seeing You Kiss the Boys Goodbye: Classic Songs from World War II, Vol.1 Amazon
24Tommy Dorsey Opus One Stompin' At The Savoy Amazon
25Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
26Benny Goodman Stompin' At The Savoy Stompin' At The Savoy Amazon
27The Andrew Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Double Goldies [CD2] Amazon
28Artie Shaw I Got the Sun in the Morning The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 4 – Little Jazz Amazon
29Harry James You Made Me Love You Time-Life Swing Era – 1940-1941 [Disc 1] Amazon
30Doris Day/Les Brown Sentimental Journey Those Wonderful Years: Sentimental Journey 1930's & 1940's Amazon

Got Blues If You Want It

It’s blues time once more. We’re in for a hard winter and before we roll out the Christmas cheer and jingles, it’s time for some deeper reflection. This week’s Deeper Roots show features music from the great blues performers, acoustic and electric, of the past century: Lightnin’ Hopkins, Howlin’ Wolf, Slim Harpo, Elmore James, Ray Charles, and a large contingent of the usual suspects. We make our way from Highway 51 to 49, the waterfront to the crossroads, buzzin’, shufflin’, walkin’ blues…all for you this week on KRJF community radio here in Sonoma County. Let your conscience be your guide.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Slim Harpo Got Love If You Want It The Scratch Amazon
2Lightnin' Hopkins Don't Embarrass Me Baby The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 4] Amazon
3John Lee Hooker Dimples The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Muddy Waters Trouble No More The Definitive Collection Amazon
5Taj Mahal Statesboro Blues The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
6Lowell Fulson Do Me Right Willie Dixon and Friends Vol. 3 Amazon
7Albert King Crosscut Saw Born Under a Bad Sign [RM 2002] Amazon
8Little Junior Parker Feelin' Good Feelin4 Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings Amazon
9John Lee Hooker I Cover The Waterfront The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2] Amazon
10Jimmy Reed Baby What You Want Me To Do The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Amazon
11Lightnin' Hopkins Mojo Hand The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins Amazon
12Slim Harpo Buzz Me Babe The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
13The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Walking Blues An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1 Amazon
14Elmore James Whose Muddy Shoes Chess Blues Disc 2 Amazon
15Georgia White The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
16Memphis Minnie Dirty Mother For You Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
17Howlin' Wolf Rockin' Daddy Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 Amazon
18Howlin' Wolf Howlin' For My Darling (Or Baby) Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 Amazon
19Otis Spann Must Have Been The Devil The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
20Roosevelt Sykes 44 Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41 Amazon
21Magic Sam I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) West Side Soul Amazon
22Little Walter Hate To See You Go His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) Amazon
23Howlin' Wolf 300 Pounds Of Joy The Chess Box Amazon
24Willie Mabon Got to Have It Chess Blues Disc 2 Amazon
25Howlin' Wolf Highway 49 The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
26Elmore James Dust My Broom The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
27Muddy Waters The Same Thing Electric Mud Amazon
28Sonny Boy Williamson [II] Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson [MCA/Chess] Disc 1 Amazon
29B.B. King See That My Grave Is Kept Clean One Kind Favor Amazon
30Koko Taylor What Kind of Man Is That? Chess Blues Disc 4 Amazon
31Otis Rush Homework Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon

The Songs of Dan Penn

With a new album just released, Dan Penn reminds everyone that there are few songwriters, and only one living, that have influenced (if not defined) the Memphis soul sound as he has. At 78, Dan Penn’s legacy is already sealed with songs that are enduring:  “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “Dark End of the Street”, “Cry Like a Baby”, and so many more. Our show this Friday had to carefully curate tracks from Irma Thomas, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke, Arthur Alexander, and a couple dozen more to pay proper tribute. As a musician and songwriter, this Muscle Shoals legend deserves a spot in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame and, while never considered a performer, his catalog includes three solo studio albums, one from 1973, another from 1994, and this year’s Living On Mercy. You’ll hear tracks from these and so much more in this morning’s episode of Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dan Penn Living On Mercy Living On Mercy Amazon
2Otis Redding You Left The Water Running The Muscle Shoals Sound Amazon
3Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band A Woman Left Lonely Pearl Amazon
4Aretha Franklin Do Right Woman, Do Right Man 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
5James Carr The Dark End of the Street The Essential James Carr Amazon
6Jimmy Hughes Slippin' Around With You After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
7The Sweet Inspirations Sweet Inspiration Something's Got A Hold On Me Amazon
8Solomon Burke Take Me (Just As I Am) King Solomon / I Wish I Knew Amazon
9Arthur Alexander Rainbow Road (Album Version) Rainbow Road Amazon
10Marshall Crenshaw I'd Do It All over Again Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander Amazon
11James & Bobby Purify I'm Your Puppet The Best Of Amazon
12Arthur Conley Take Me (Just As I Am) The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
13Dan Penn Strangest Feeling The Fame Recordings Amazon
14Irma Thomas I Count the Teardrops If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
15Irma Thomas Blue in the Heart My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn Amazon
16Irma Thomas The Joke Is on You My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn Amazon
17Dan Penn Let Them Talk The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
18The Box Tops Cry Like A Baby The Classic Sixties Collection: 1968 – The Hits That Rocked A Whole Generation Amazon
19The Box Tops People Gonna Talk The Ultimate Box Tops Amazon
20Percy Sledge It Tears Me Up The Atlantic Recordings – Disc 1 Amazon
21Percy Sledge Out Of Left Field It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge Amazon
22Cat Power Woman Left Lonely Jukebox Amazon
23Marcia Ball Look Before You Leap Roadside Attractions Amazon
24Art Freeman Slippin' Around With You The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
25Dan Penn The Puppet AKA I'm Your Puppet The Fame Recordings Amazon
26Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham Ol' Folks Moments From This Theatre Amazon
27Irma Thomas Zero Willpower My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn Amazon
28Dan Penn Edge Of Love Living On Mercy Amazon

Change is Gonna Come

Positive vibes and sweet sounds in another eclectic free form show on Deeper Roots. Dave Stroud will take the opportunity on this week’s Black Friday to share some golden sounds, some classics and others that you may not know. They’re the sounds from the deeper wells and the dusty digital archives of the past century. You’ll hear some Gary US Bonds’ best known and obscure tracks, gospel delicacies from The Gospel Tones and The Zion Travelers, new sounds and classic early tracks from Dion, and so, so much more in the show today as we give thanks for the decomposition of the torch bearers of racism and white supremacy that occupy the highest seats in the land. Change is gonna come and none too soon.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Aretha Franklin A Change Is Gonna Come I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Amazon
2Chris Isaak Only the Lonely Baja Sessions Amazon
3Traveling Wilburys Not Alone Any More The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 4] Amazon
4Roy Orbison The Great Pretender Heart Of Roy Orbison Amazon
5Robert Gordon Uptown Bad Boy Amazon
6The Chambers Brothers People Get Ready Roots Of Folk Amazon
7Jay And The Techniques Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie Classic Rock: 1967 – Shakin' All Over Amazon
8Dusty Springfield Son of a Preacher Man Anthology [CD2] Amazon
9Clay Hammond Suzy Do It Better Than You Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
10King Curtis Memphis Soul Stew Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
11Elvis Presley Promised Land Elvis At Stax Amazon
12Doris Duke I Don't Care Anymore Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4 Amazon
13Gary U.S. Bonds Soul Deep The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds Amazon
14Gary US Bonds New Orleans Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
15Ella Fitzgerald Don' Cha Go 'Way Mad 1950 Amazon
16Little Village Don't Go Away Mad Little Village Amazon
17Dion Ruby Baby Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
18Dion Song For Sam Cooke (Here In America) [feat. Paul Simon] Blues with Friends Amazon
19Sam Cooke Deep River 1959 (Scratched 5913) Amazon
20Gospel Tones Roll, Jordan, Roll Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
21The Zion Travelers I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone The Dootone Masters Amazon
22Mahalia Jackson I'm On My Way The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
23The Louvin Brothers The River Of Jordan Satan Is Real Amazon
24The Seldom Scene Muddy Water Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] Amazon
25The Box Tops The Letter Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
26The Gentrys Keep On Dancing Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
27Billy Burnette Ready All Ready Rock N' Roll With It Amazon
28Freddie King I'm Ready King Of The Blues Amazon
29Gary U.S. Bonds Angelyne The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds Amazon
30Dion & The Belmonts The Wanderer Del Shannon Amazon
31Roy Orbison Pretty Paper The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2] Amazon
32Mike Farris Change Is Gonna Come Salvation in Lights Amazon

The Itinerant Life

The Great Depression brought to the forefront the blight of runaway capitalism and a country that was not prepared to put safeguards in place for working people, let alone the working poor, until FDR’s New Deal in the 30s. By then it was too late for the many itinerant homeless and impoverished migrant workers who moved from town to town by any means necessary, looking for hope amongst communities of those equally disenfranchised. The itinerant life brought about its own language, hieroglyphics, and rule of law. Our show today rides the rails with the music; songs of the itinerant life. We’ll hear from the likely suspects like Woody and Cisco, Doc Watson, Jimmie Rodgers, and Harry Choates as well as the Goose State Ramblers’ story of Ole Olson, Norman and Nancy Blake’s tale of Hobo Bill, Montana Slim, and Bob Dylan. Tune in Friday morning for the best in roots sounds on the might KOWS Community Radio. 92.5 FM on your dial.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Norman & Nancy Blake The Hobo's Last Ride The Hobo's Last Ride Amazon
2Hank Williams Ramblin' Man (Single Version) Beyond The Sunset Amazon
3Johnny Bond I'm Pounding The Rails Again Put Me To Bed Amazon
4Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Lobo The Hobo Seven Decades Amazon
5Del McCoury Lonesome Hobo Del McCoury – 1967-1971 Amazon
6Bob Dylan Only A Hobo Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 1] Amazon
7The Band Hobo Jungle Northern Lights-Southern Cross Amazon
8Jimmie Rodgers Hobo Bill's Last Ride (1930) Jimmy Rodgers: The Singing Bra Amazon
9Doc Watson Rambling Hobo Memories Amazon
10Woody Guthrie Hobo's Lullaby This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 Amazon
11Cisco Houston Mysteries Of A Hobo's Life The Folkways Years: 1944-1961 Amazon
12Johnny Cash The Hobo Song The Mystery Of Life Amazon
13Goose Island Ramblers Ole Olson, the Hobo From Norway Polkabilly Amazon
14Rod Stewart Only A Hobo Gasoline Alley Amazon
15Molly O'Day The Tramp On The Street Country Boy's Dream Amazon
16The Carter Family Western Hobo The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2] Amazon
17Cisco Houston Hobo Bill The Folkways Years: 1944-1961 Amazon
18The Delmore Brothers Happy Hicky – The Hobo Charlotte, NC 1936-371 [Disc 2] Amazon
19Jimmie Rodgers Hobo's Meditation Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 4] Amazon
20Emmylou Harris Hobo's Lullaby Folkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly Amazon
21Goebel Reeves Hobo's Lullaby Country: The American Tradition [Disc 1] Amazon
22Grandpa Jones Hobo Bill Pickin' & A-Grinnin' Amazon
23Roy Acuff Poor Hobo compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
24Harry Choates Poor Hobo Fiddle King Of Cajun Swing Amazon
25Kelly Joe Phelps Hobo's Son Shine Eyed Mister Zen Amazon
26Montana Slim (Wilf Carter) I Ain't Gonna Be A Hobo No More Wilf Carter – Selected Sides 1933-41 Amazon
27J.D. Wilkes Hoboes Are My Heroes Fire Dream Amazon
28Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris Hobo's Meditation Trio Amazon
29Doc & Merle Watson The Hobo Down South Amazon
30Hank Williams Men With Broken Hearts Beyond The Sunset Amazon
31The Stoneman Family I Want To Wander 28 Big Ones Amazon

Tiki Torch Exotica

This week’s Deeper Roots takes an historical journey into a sidelight of America’s music: Exotica. The music was a phenomenon mostly attributed to a popularity born of World War II; servicemen returning from the South Seas, Hawaii, and other Asian locales had been exposed to the music and culture. Post-war found two composers who nurtured this sudden boom of south sea influences: Les Baxter and Martin Denny, both releasing groundbreaking popular performances that were an instant success. Even though these two composers were among a small cast of characters, like any popular American music that showed legs on the charts, their sound led to copy-cats and variations on the theme that were too eclectic to pigeonhole and today’s show will tap into a few of those nooks and crannies. It’s all in good fun with wild and sensual sounds from the lounge of mid-century performers like Arthur Lyman, Yma Sumac, Peggy Lee, and 80 Drums Around the World. We’ll also dig into some novel easy listening sounds from the deeper, dustier archives, retooled for a new generation by the Numero Group on their anthology called Technicolor Paradise, release in 2018. Join the rest of the castaways on our two hour tour this week on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Arthur Lyman Quiet Village The Very Best of Arthur Lyman – The Sensual Sounds of Exotica Amazon
2Les Baxter Simba Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica Amazon
3The Blue Hawaiians Martini Five-O Sway Amazon
4Peggy Lee Bali Ha'i The Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
5Martin Denny Quiet Village Exotica/Exotica Volume 2 Amazon
6Chick Floyd & His Orchestra Hana Maui Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica Amazon
780 Drums Around the World Caravan Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica Amazon
8The Arthur Lyman Group La Paloma Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6 Amazon
9Yma Sumac Bo Mambo Sampler Exotica Amazon
10Disney The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room (The Tiki Room Attraction) The Disney Collection, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Tak Shindo Bali Ha'i Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica Amazon
12Martin Denny Beyond The Sea (La Mer) Exotica III/The Enchanted Sea Amazon
13Voodoos Voodoo Walk Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Amazon
14Eddie Kochak And Hakki Obidia Jazz In Port Said Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Amazon
15The Centuries Polynesian Paradise Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Amazon
16Bas Sheva Lust Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica Amazon
17Webley Edwards Alika Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica Amazon
18Arthur Lyman Group Yellow Bird Music for a Bachelor's Den Amazon
19Martin Denny Hypnotique Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica Amazon
20Ross Anderson Chorus & Orchestra Tam-Bu Theme Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Amazon
21Fred Darian With Bill Loose Orchestra Magic Voodoo Moon Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Amazon
22Bill & Jean Bradway Paradise Isle Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Amazon
23Chico Jose Locura (Madness) Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Amazon
24The Crew Jaguar Hunt Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights Amazon
25Arthur Lyman Jungle Drums (1963) Yellow Bird & Taboo Amazon
26Danny Staton The Riddle Of The Papawhos (Bonus) Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
27Marti Barris Ahbe Casabe Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
28Jack La Forge Cleopatra Kick Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
29Bill Haley & His Comets Chick Safari Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
30Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm Katanga! Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
31Claus Ogerman Orchestra Green Onions Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
32Yma Sumac Babalu Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica Amazon
33Don Tiki Exotica Fifty Greatest Hawai'i Albums Of All Time Amazon
34Duke Robillard/Sunny Crownover Tico Tico Tales from the Tiki Lounge Amazon

Mama’s Getting Hot

Free Form Friday is considered the calm before two upcoming events, both suspenseful in nature. Halloween and Election Day. Halloween because we’ll be sharing some of the haunted reminders as well as social distancing, whereas Election Day will send the right message and send the ghouls, rats, and seditionists scurrying back to their nests. This morning’s music is the bright reminder that good still can come of our situation, taking a time out for music that keeps us centered. We’ll make the leap from Mama Cass to Geraint Watkins, Ella to Laura Nyro, John Prine to The Beach Boys…all in perfect form. Join Dave Stroud for another celebration of a hundred years of America’s music on KOWS radio, a bastion of free speech and no bull, streaming to your ears on www.freespeechnobull.com. And donate to support community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jimmie Davis Mama's Getting Hot And Papa's Getting Cold Nobody's Darlin' But Mine Amazon
2Nina Simone Stompin' At The Savoy The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall Amazon
3Louis Armstrong A Kiss To Build A Dream On Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
4Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Dream A Little Dream Of Me C'Est Si Bon Amazon
5Mama Cass Elliot New World Coming Mama's Big Ones Amazon
6The Soul Stirrers Resting Easy Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues Amazon
7Laura Nyro And When I Die Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2) Amazon
8Rosanne Cash Save The Country Time & Love, The Music of Laura Nyro Amazon
9The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett Long Time Gone (Dustbowl Version) a Place at the Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
10Levon Helm Rag Mama Rag Ramble at the Ryman Amazon
11John Prine/Miranda Lambert Cold Cold Heart For Better, Or Worse Amazon
12John Prine & Mac Wiseman I Forgot to Remember to Forget Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
13John Prine I Remember Everything I Remember Everything Amazon
14Dave Van Ronk Green, Green Rocky Road Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
15Grateful Dead Rosa Lee McFall Reckoning Amazon
16Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman New Moon Over My Shoulder Mac Doc Del Amazon
17Dolly Parton My Tennessee Mountain Home 1972 Amazon
18Maria Muldaur Any Old Time Maria Muldaur Amazon
19The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band All I Have to Do Is Dream Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 2 Amazon
20Len Barry 1-2-3 Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On Amazon
21The Beach Boys Heroes and Villains [Track Only][*] Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 5 Amazon
22Geraint Watkins Heroes and Villains Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
23Geraint Watkins Two Rocks Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
24Mink Deville A Train Lady The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
25The Holmes Brothers (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? State Of Grace Amazon
26Nick Lowe Here Comes That Feeling Lay It On Me Amazon
27Brenda Lee Here Comes That Feelin' Queen of Rock 'N' Roll Amazon
28Louis Armstrong Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Louis And The Good Book Amazon
29Sister Rosetta Tharpe Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down Gospel Train Amazon
30Duane Eddy Streets of Laredo Rebel Rouser Amazon
31Boyd Bennett & His Rockets Cool Disc Jockey Bob Dylan – Radio Radio Vol.5 Amazon
32Fats Domino Blue Monday Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon

Murder Most Foul

Our show this week is brought to you by a song, a narrative like no other Bob Dylan has ever produced. Murder Most Foul was released earlier this year as the first single from his latest album Rough and Rowdy Ways. It is a 16 minute narration of cultural reflection that speaks to the passing of time in the context of what has been lost and what still might be lost yet still celebrating our gains. The Kennedy assassination is one of those times that we reflect on, remembering the day that it happened with as much clarity as time permits. What Dylan does is use pastel images of ‘what was then’ with who we are now as he speaks to cultural touchstones in his (and our) life. And he warns us, once again, that the times are indeed changin’ and that we should likely hear this song as a storm warning. Tune into for a listen. Two hours of Deeper Roots this week.  You can also find out more about the Dylan song at https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/murder-most-foul-and-the-haunting-of-america.


No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Nina Simone Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
2Bob Dylan Murder Most Foul Murder Most Foul Amazon
3Louis Armstrong & All His Stars St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues) Satchmo Plays King Oliver Amazon
4Erroll Garner Trio Misty Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
5Miles Davis Stella by Starlight '58 Sessions Amazon
6Julie London Cry Me A River Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl Amazon
7Nat King Cole On The Street Where You Live The World Of Nat King Cole Amazon
8Marie Knight The Old Rugged Cross Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
9Etta James I'd Rather Go Blind Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
10The Platters Twilight Time Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
11The Fleetwoods Tragedy American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
12Gerry & the Pacemakers – Freddie & the Dreamers Ferry Cross The Mersey Back 2 Back Hits Amazon
13Elvis Presley Long Black Limousine From Elvis in Memphis Amazon
14Lefty Frizzell Long Black Veil Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
15The Kingston Trio Tom Dooley Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2] Amazon
16Marty Robbins El Paso All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
17Marilyn Monroe Happy Birthday To JFK The Essential Marilyn Monroe Amazon
18Lena Horne Love Me Or Leave Me RCA Records Label: The 1st Note in Black Music [Disc 3] Amazon
19The Beach Boys The Warmth of the Sun Endless Summer Amazon
20Ray Charles What'd I Say Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
21Larry Williams Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version] Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
22The Staple Singers Wade In The Water Freedom Highway Amazon
23Elvis Presley Mystery Train Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song Amazon
24Billy Joel Only The Good Die Young The Stranger Amazon
25Richard Burton Camelot Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
26Toussaint McCall Nothing Takes The Place Of You Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
27The Animals Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood The Most of the Animals Amazon
28Billy Bob Thornton He Was A Friend Of MIne Private Radio Amazon

Broken Hearts For Sale

It’s theme time once more. We’ve got songs about the broken hearts, tears, and childhood souvenirs…but mostly broken hearts. Lost love, faded love, and remembering old love letters from the book of broken hearts featuring country, soul, and rhythm, all from the past century. Join in for some classic country from Don Williams and Billy Walker, brassy vocals from Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday, late movie Elvis, and a couple of rockabilly legends named Sonny Burgess and Warren Smith. And don’t miss out on Mary Wells, Jimmy Ruffin, Tom Petty, and The Louvin Brothers this week. It’s all there…a common theme in songwriting for being relatable, illustrative, and purposeful in its singular stories of love and loss. Tune into KRJF 92.3 FM, Sonoma County Community Radio with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine Souvenirs Souvenirs Amazon
2Anita Carter A Pair of Broken Hearts (with Hank Snow) Warped 5627 – Anita Carter – 1956 – 1962 Amazon
3Willie Nelson My Broken Heart Belongs To You It Always Will Be Amazon
4Don Williams Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend The Definitive Collection Amazon
5Charlie Walker Broken Hearts Will Haunt Your Soul Charlie Walker – 1959-1964 Amazon
6Billy Walker You're Gonna Pay With A Broken Heart Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight Amazon
7Hank Williams Men With Broken Hearts Beyond The Sunset Amazon
8Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Take A Look At This Broken Heart Of Mine This Broken Heart Of Mine Amazon
9Johnny & Jonie Mosby Line of Broken Hearts Make a Left and Then a Right Amazon
10Warren Smith Book Of Broken Hearts Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
11Johnny Cash Story of a Broken Heart The Sun Country Box Amazon
12Sean McConnell Another Song About A Broken Heart Secondhand Smoke Amazon
13Tom Petty Only a Broken Heart Wildflowers Amazon
14Sonny Burgess One Broken Heart Rock n' Roll Legend Amazon
15Elvis Presley One Broken Heart for Sale Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco Amazon
16Doug C & The Blacklisted Working On My Next Broken Heart Hit and Run Amazon
17The Contessas Broken Heart Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground Amazon
18Jewel Paige I'm Left With A Broken Heart Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
19Peggy Lee All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart The Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
20Billie Holiday You Can't Lose A Broken Heart The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
21Nat King Cole You Can't Lose A Broken Heart Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949 Amazon
22Sam Browne Happy-Go-Lucky You and Broken-Hearted Me Hits of '32 Amazon
23Cleo Brown Give A Broken Heart A Break Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935) Amazon
24The Cadillacs Broken Heart For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon
25The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama Broken Heart Of Mine Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion Amazon
26Nat Hall With The Mellow 3 A Broken Hearted Clown Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 3] Amazon
27Mary Wells Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
28The Miracles Broken Hearted [Single Version] The 35th Anniversary Collection Amazon
29Jimmy Ruffin What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
30Al Green How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? More Greatest Hits Amazon
31k.d. lang Trail of Broken Hearts Recollection CD 1 Amazon