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Jukebox Saturday Night

A few years back we celebrated the record, the radio, and disc jockeys on a couple of themed shows. We’re going to rev that theme up once again, but with a bit of a twist. This morning’s show pays tribute to that nickel, dime, and quarter evaporator known as the jukebox. We’ll also extend the music selections to include sounds of record hops, soda fountains, and the healthiest way to partake in any or all of the festivities.  Tune in for new and old, including country sounds from Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, and Bill Walker; R&B from Shirley & Lee, Charles Bronw, and The Marigolds; and pop straightaways from Gale Storm, Dodie Stevens, and Brook Benton. All this on a Friday evening on KWTF community radio.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Dave EdmundsA. 1 on the Juke BoxTracks on Wax 4Amazon
2Margie SingletonOld RecordsOne More Record PleaseAmazon
3Dodie StevensI Wore Out My RecordUltimate CollectionAmazon
4Gale StormLove By The Jukebox LightDark Moon * The Best Of Gale StormAmazon
5Teresa BrewerMusic! Music! Music!Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)Amazon
6Kenny LoranOne More Record PleaseOne More Record PleaseAmazon
7Shirley & LeeSomebody Put A Jukebox In The Study HallShirley & Lee RockAmazon
8Buck OwensPut A Quarter In The JukeboxHot DogAmazon
9Bill Haley with the SaddlemenJukebox CannonballFrom Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the JointAmazon
10Joshua HedleyMr. JukeboxMr. JukeboxAmazon
11Ernest TubbMr. JukeboxLast Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2Amazon
12Mel TillisJukebox Man (Single Version)The Best of Mel TillisAmazon
13Kitty WellsI Heard the Jukebox PlayingSinglesAmazon
14Vernon OxfordTurn The Record OverOne More Record PleaseAmazon
15Wilma Lee & Stoney CooperDon't Play That Song (On The Juke Box Tonight)One More Record PleaseAmazon
16Katy MoffattStoned At The JukeboxA Collection Of Drinking SongsAmazon
17Billy WalkerThe RecordThe World Is A MonsterAmazon
18Charles SennsDig Me A Crazy RecordOne More Record PleaseAmazon
19Willie NelsonMr. Record ManNite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)Amazon
20June Carter CashJuke Box BluesKeep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1Amazon
21Dinah WashingtonRecord Ban BluesGoldAmazon
22Slim Gaillard QuartetJumpin' At The Record ShopLaughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]Amazon
23Jon And Sondra SteeleThey All Recorded To Beat The BanOne More Record PleaseAmazon
24Bull Moose JacksonBig Ten-Inch RecordRisque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&BAmazon
25Brook BentonHit RecordMercury 1962Amazon
26The MarigoldsJuke Box Rock & RollThe Johnny Bragg StoryAmazon
27Tex Beneke, The ModernairesJukebox Saturday NightStagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1Amazon
28Snookum RussellJuke Box Boogie Woogie ChickSwing-O-Rama : Beautiful BabiesAmazon
29Hadda BrooksJukebox BoogieThat's My DesireAmazon
30Hardrock GunterJukebox Help Me Find My BabyGonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All NightAmazon
31The Hi-FlyersJuke Box JumpSteelin' It: The Steel Guitar StoryAmazon
32Lattie MooreThe Jukebox And The PhoneTalking on the Telephone Vol. 2Amazon
33BR5-49A1 On The JukeboxDog DaysAmazon
34Si CranstounJukebox JumpOld SchoolAmazon
35Luke Wills Rhythm BustersA Nickel In The JukeboxSwinging Hollywood Hillbilly CowboysAmazon

Diddy Wah Diddy

This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Taj MahalDiddy Wah DiddyMaestroAmazon
2Julia Lee & Her Boy FriendsOh Chuck It (In a Bucket)Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2Amazon
3Hank WilliamsMy Bucket's Got A Hole In ItThe History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18Amazon
4Hank WilliamsI Just Don't Like This Kind Of LivingThe History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)Amazon
5Johnny CashThe Night Hank Williams Came To TownJohnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of HomeAmazon
6Leon RussellLove's Gonna Live HereLegend in My Time – Hank Wilson Vol. IIIAmazon
7Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk RevueJones On the JukeboxSet TwoAmazon
8George JonesI Always Get Lucky With You With Mark KnopflerBurn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased DuetsAmazon
9Porter WagonerHighway Headin' SouthThe Essential Porter WagonerAmazon
10Red Saunders & His OrchestraHamboneOKeh Rhythm & BluesAmazon
11Lillian BriggsCan't StopVoodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties FemalesAmazon
12Big MaybelleRock HouseVoodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties FemalesAmazon
13Clyde McPhatterJust to Hold My HandAtlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1Amazon
14Ivory Joe HunterIt's A SinChronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)Amazon
15Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink SpotsI'm Making BelieveR&B Jukebox Hits 1944Amazon
16The Ink SpotsWhispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)Greatest HitsAmazon
17The DubsCould This Be MagicThe Roots Of Frank ZappaAmazon
18The CadillacsGloriaThe Cadillacs Meet The OriolesAmazon
19Pee Wee KingSlow PokeClassic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 3Amazon
20Rusty DraperThe Shifting Whispering SandsYour Hit Parade – 1955Amazon
21Floyd TillmanThis Cold War With YouThe History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17Amazon
22Foy WillingTexas BluesHistory Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9Amazon
23Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)X's From Down In Texas – 1958Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58Amazon
24The Light Crust DoughboysStay Out Of The South1936-1941Amazon
25Bobby BareThey Covered Up the Old Swimming HoleMemories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969Amazon
26Eilen JewellWhispering SeaButcher HollerAmazon
27Cookie & His CupcakesBreaking Up Is Hard To DoRhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal GroupsAmazon
28Big Jay McNeely & His Blue JaysDeacon's HopJump, Jive & SwingAmazon
29Little Esther & the DominoesThe Deacon Moves InRhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1Amazon
30Bull Moose JacksonFare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee WellBadman Jackson Thats MeAmazon
31Jimmy DuranteLittle Bit This, Little Bit ThatThe Great SchnozzleAmazon
32Annette HanshawI Want To Be BadAnnette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)Amazon
33Ozzie & Harriet NelsonI Want the Waiter with the WaterThe Nelson TouchAmazon
34Taj MahalTake a Giant StepIn Progress and In Motion (1965-1998) (3 of 3)Amazon

Great Gospel

Deeper Roots goes to the deeper wells of black American gospel which is one of the more powerful examples of bedrock sounds that we play here on our show. This show includes hand-picked classics such as “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Joshua Fit the Battle”, “Trouble in My Way”, and a medley of freedom classics from the SNCC Freedom Singers. It’s a mix of jubilee quartets, female gospel greats, sensational musical sermons, as well as Aretha, Sister Tharpe, Mahalia, and The Staples. Tune in for more….a whole lot more.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1The Blind Boys Of AlabamaFreedom RoadHigher GroundAmazon
2Mahalia JacksonDidn't It Rain16 Most Requested SongsAmazon
3Marie KnightThe Old Rugged CrossHallelujah What A Song!Amazon
4Marie KnightWalk With MeThe Great Gospel WomenAmazon
5SNCC Freedom SingersWoke Up This MorningCrossroads: Southern RootsAmazon
6The Freedom SingersFreedom Medley:Freedom Chant, Oh Freedom, This Little Light Of MineVoices Of the Civil Rights MovementAmazon
7Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalistFree At Las'2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black MusicAmazon
8Southern SonsI'm Free At Last (1942)1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)Amazon
9Sam Cooke And The Soul StirrersMean Old WorldThe Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]Amazon
10Aretha FranklinPrecious Lord (Part One)Lovely Jazz Gospel & BluesAmazon
11Marion WilliamsNobody Knows, Nobody CaresThe Great Gospel WomenAmazon
12Clara Ward SingersSomebody Bigger Than You & ISomebody Bigger Than You & IAmazon
13Morris Brown QuartetClimbing Up The MountainI Hear Music In The AirAmazon
14Southern SonsLift Every Voice And SingI Hear Music In The AirAmazon
15The Swan SilvertonesTrouble In My WayLove Lifted MeAmazon
16Bill Landford And The LandfordairesTrouble Of This World [Album Version]The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1Amazon
17Fisk Jubilee SingersJoshua Fit The BattleAmerican Roots Music [Disc 3]Amazon
18Leonard de Paur conducting choirWe Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black MusicAmazon
19Gospel TonesRoll, Jordan, RollNuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958Amazon
20The Sensational NightingalesFreedom After a WhileGreat Gospel – People Get ReadyAmazon
21Reverend Robert BallingerSo Glad1950s Gospel ClassicsAmazon
22Mahalia JacksonI'm on My Way To Canaan101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1Amazon
23The TrumpeteersI'll Fly AwayFolk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be UnbrokenAmazon
24Sister Rosetta TharpeStand By MeComplete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1Amazon
25The Belleville A Cappella Choir of the Church of God and Saints of ChristGreat Camp Meeting… – Swing Low… – Steal Away – What Kind… – Oh Them… – I'm a Soldier… (Medley of Spirituals)Southern Journey Vol 11: Honor the LambAmazon
26The Staple SingersSwing Down, ChariotSwing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)Amazon
27The Staple SingersUncloudy DaySwing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)Amazon
28Golden Gate QuartetGod's Gonna Cut 'em Down101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1Amazon
29The Dixie HummingbirdsChristian's AutomobileThank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie HummingbirdsAmazon
30Southern SonsAbove My Head, I Hear The Music In The AirI Hear Music In The AirAmazon
31Arizona DranesBye & Bye We're Going To See The KingHe Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona DranesAmazon

Lies and Liars

A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Mavis StaplesWe Go HighIf All I Was Was BlackAmazon
2Fats DominoTelling LiesOut Of New Orleans, Vol. 4Amazon
3Sister Rosetta TharpeNo Room In the Church for LiarsPrecious MemoriesAmazon
4Sister Rosetta TharpeLet That Liar AloneABC Of The Blues Vol 43Amazon
5Reverend A. JohnsonLet That Liar Pass On By1950s Gospel ClassicsAmazon
6Radio YesterdayLights OutFlashbacks # 6: Hitler & HellAmazon
7Martha FieldsSouthern White LiesSouthern White LiesAmazon
8Laurie Lewis And The Right HandsLet That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)The Hazel and Alice SessionsAmazon
9The Carter FamilyYou Better Let That Liar AloneCarter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)Amazon
10David OlneyNo LiesOne Tough TownAmazon
11Rosalie AllenHitler LivesFlashbacks # 6: Hitler & HellAmazon
12Carl SmithWicked LiesKisses Don't LieAmazon
13The Nashville Bluegrass BandThe Biggest Liars in TownHome of the BluesAmazon
14Flatt & ScruggsPoison LiesThe Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]Amazon
15Les Paul & Mary FordLiesBye Bye Blues/Les and MaryAmazon
16Cyndi LauperLiesA Hat Full Of StarsAmazon
17The RooseveltsTell Only LiesThe Greatest Thing You'll Ever LearnAmazon
18Ian GommDirty LiesSummer HolidayAmazon
19The CastawaysLiar, LiarGood Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]Amazon
20The KnickerbockersLiesNuggets Sampler 1965-1968Amazon
21Tex Grande & His Range RidersHitler's Reply to MussoliniFlashbacks # 6: Hitler & HellAmazon
22Bill Boyd's Cowboy RamblersTellin' LiesThe Eyes of TexasAmazon
23John HartfordPoliticHamilton IronworksAmazon
24Mimi & Richard FarinaHouse Un-American Blues Activity DreamGenerations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & PoliticsAmazon
25Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone WalkAll Men Are LiarsLabour of Love: The Music of Nick LoweAmazon
26J.J. CaleLiesThe Very Best of J.J. CaleAmazon
27Frankie Boots And The County LinePack Of LiesFrankie Boots And The County LineAmazon
28Neko CaseLonely Old LiesThe VirginianAmazon
29Johnnie TaylorRunning Out Of LiesLifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]Amazon

The Object of My Affection

It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Mavis StaplesWe Go HighIf All I Was Was BlackAmazon
2Fats DominoTelling LiesOut Of New Orleans, Vol. 4Amazon
3Sister Rosetta TharpeNo Room In the Church for LiarsPrecious MemoriesAmazon
4Sister Rosetta TharpeLet That Liar AloneABC Of The Blues Vol 43Amazon
5Reverend A. JohnsonLet That Liar Pass On By1950s Gospel ClassicsAmazon
6Radio YesterdayLights OutFlashbacks # 6: Hitler & HellAmazon
7Martha FieldsSouthern White LiesSouthern White LiesAmazon
8Laurie Lewis And The Right HandsLet That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)The Hazel and Alice SessionsAmazon
9The Carter FamilyYou Better Let That Liar AloneCarter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)Amazon
10David OlneyNo LiesOne Tough TownAmazon
11Rosalie AllenHitler LivesFlashbacks # 6: Hitler & HellAmazon
12Carl SmithWicked LiesKisses Don't LieAmazon
13The Nashville Bluegrass BandThe Biggest Liars in TownHome of the BluesAmazon
14Flatt & ScruggsPoison LiesThe Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]Amazon
15Les Paul & Mary FordLiesBye Bye Blues/Les and MaryAmazon
16Cyndi LauperLiesA Hat Full Of StarsAmazon
17The RooseveltsTell Only LiesThe Greatest Thing You'll Ever LearnAmazon
18Ian GommDirty LiesSummer HolidayAmazon
19The CastawaysLiar, LiarGood Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]Amazon
20The KnickerbockersLiesNuggets Sampler 1965-1968Amazon
21Tex Grande & His Range RidersHitler's Reply to MussoliniFlashbacks # 6: Hitler & HellAmazon
22Bill Boyd's Cowboy RamblersTellin' LiesThe Eyes of TexasAmazon
23John HartfordPoliticHamilton IronworksAmazon
24Mimi & Richard FarinaHouse Un-American Blues Activity DreamGenerations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & PoliticsAmazon
25Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone WalkAll Men Are LiarsLabour of Love: The Music of Nick LoweAmazon
26J.J. CaleLiesThe Very Best of J.J. CaleAmazon
27Frankie Boots And The County LinePack Of LiesFrankie Boots And The County LineAmazon
28Neko CaseLonely Old LiesThe VirginianAmazon
29Johnnie TaylorRunning Out Of LiesLifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]Amazon

Answer Songs

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

 

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Ernest TubbRainbow At MidnightThe Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)Amazon
2Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John MillerAnswer to Rainbow At MidnightAnswer to Rainbow At MidnightAmazon
3Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley BoysThe Wild Side Of LifeVintage CollectionsAmazon
4Kitty WellsIt Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk AngelsThe Complete Country HitsAmazon
5Hank LocklinPlease Help Me, I'm FallingNipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2Amazon
6Skeeter Davis(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling TooThe Essential Skeeter DavisAmazon
7Tennessee Ernie FordSixteen TonsVintage CollectionsAmazon
8Patsy Montana16 PoundsBest of Answer Songs vol 2Amazon
9Merle HaggardOkie From MuskogeeCapitol Collector's SeriesAmazon
10Lowell LevingerHippie From OlemaGet Together- Youngblood ClassicsAmazon
11Big Mama ThorntonHound DogBlues Masters Vol. 3: Texas BluesAmazon
12Rufus ThomasBear CatLiving The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues ClassicsAmazon
13Elvis PresleyLittle SisterElvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)Amazon
14Lavern BakerHey MemphisBest of Answer Songs vol 2Amazon
15Elvis PresleyAre You Lonesome TonightElvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)Amazon
16Dodie StevensYes, I'm Lonesome TonightUltimate CollectionAmazon
17Claude KingWolverton MountainClassic CountryAmazon
18Jo Ann Campbell(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton MountainCameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2Amazon
19Roy Drusky & Priscilla MitchellYes Mr. PetersTalking on the Telephone Vol. 2Amazon
20Justin Tubb & Lorene MannHurry Mr. PetersTalking on the Telephone Vol. 2Amazon
21Muddy Waters(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie ManMartin Scorsese Presents The BluesAmazon
22Bo DiddleyI'm A Man20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo DiddleyAmazon
23Muddy WatersMannish BoyThe Definitive CollectionAmazon
24The DominoesSixty Minute ManThe Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'Amazon
25Billy Ward & the DominoesCan't Do Sixty No MoreRhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2Amazon
26The BobbettesMr. LeeAtlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll EraAmazon
27The BobbettesI Shot Mr. LeeAtlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group RevivalAmazon
28Neil SedakaOh! CarolAll Time Greatest HitsAmazon
29Carole KingOh NeilBest of Answer Songs vol 1Amazon
30Sam CookeBring It on Home to MeGreatest HitsAmazon
31Carla ThomasI'll Bring It Home To YouGee Whiz & Other HitsAmazon
32Ben E. KingStand By MeHeatin' UpAmazon
33Damita JoI'll Be ThereBest of Answer Songs vol 1Amazon
34Ernie K-DoeMother-In-LawAbsolutely the BestAmazon
35Paul PeekBrother-In-LawBest of Answer Songs vol 2Amazon

Political Science

The winds of social change become the storm from every direction when authoritarianism, tyranny, and facism begin to take shape. And music has always played a part when speaking truth to power. The most important role of an American citizen is to vote. There is no greater enemy than apathy. The songs we share on Deeper Roots today focus on Civil Rights, war for the cause of oil, voting as voice, and the fight for power in the New World Order. Tune in for performances from Phil Ochs, Ben Harper, Drive-By Truckers, Roy Zimmerman, and Iris DeMent on a show that explores some political science in harmony, vocals, and melodies to make a stand.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Roy ZimmermanReal AmericaReal AmericanAmazon
2Jackson BrowneThe DreamerThe DreamerAmazon
3Steve Earle with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark16 Immigrant EyesTogether at The Bluebird CafeAmazon
4Steve EarleCity Of Immigrants (With Forro In The Dark)Washington Square SerenadeAmazon
5Roy ZimmermanMy Vote My Voice My RightThe Faucet's On FireAmazon
6Phil OchsI Ain't Marching AnymoreThere But for FortuneAmazon
7The ByrdsDraft MorningThe Notorious Byrd BrothersAmazon
8Barry McGuireEve of DestructionBillboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965Amazon
9Bruce CockburnIf I Had A Rocket LauncherWaiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987Amazon
10Randy NewmanPolitical ScienceThe Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1Amazon
11Joan BaezThe President Sang Amazing GraceWhistle Down the WindAmazon
12Drive-By TruckersWhat It MeansAmerican BandAmazon
13Drive-By TruckersGuns Of UmpquaAmerican BandAmazon
14Ben Harper & the Innocent CriminalsCall It What It IsCall It What It IsAmazon
15Mavis StaplesWe Go HighIf All I Was Was BlackAmazon
16Sam CookeA Change Is Gonna ComePortrait Of A Legend 1951-1964Amazon
17C.O.R.E. Freedom SingersGet Your Rights, JackVoices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)Amazon
18Nina SimoneTo Be Young, Gifted And BlackForever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And SpiritAmazon
19The Staple SingersFreedom HighwayFreedom HighwayAmazon
20The Almanac SingersDear Mr. PresidentWoody Guthrie And American Folk GiantsAmazon
21Woody GuthrieThis Land Is Your LandAmerican Roots Music [Disc 3]Amazon
22Joan BaezI Dreamed I Saw Joe HillFolk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 4]Amazon
23Marvin GayeMercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2Amazon
24Randy NewmanEvery Man a KingGood Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1Amazon
25Randy NewmanRednecksGood Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1Amazon
26The Blind Boys of AlabamaPray for PeaceAlmost HomeAmazon
27Public EnemyFight The PowerCapturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed MusicAmazon

Tell Old Bill

We’ve got another free form collection of sounds for a Friday in Sonoma County. The July heat has us moving a little slower as everything around us appears to move at breakneck speed. So the idea is to help us find our center and we do that with sounds from the islands with Joe Keawe and Arthur Lyman, soul from the heart by Solomon Burke and Betty Everett, and some tradition with a mix of Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, and Bob Wills. We find our muse throughout with David Lindley and El Rayo-X. Join us.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Dave Van RonkTell Old BillDown In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways CollectionAmazon
2K.C. DouglasMercury BluesClassic Blues From Smithsonian FolkwaysAmazon
3Jackson Browne & David LindleyMercury BluesLove Is Strange [Disc 1]Amazon
4Warren ZevonGorilla, You're A DesperadoI'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]Amazon
5Billy Butler & The EnchantersI Can't Work No LongerKent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2Amazon
6The TemptationsPapa Was A Rollin' StoneAnthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]Amazon
7Chris Barber's Jazz BandPetite Fleur (Little FLower)Your Hit Parade -1959Amazon
8Joanie SommersJohnny Get AngryGems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)Amazon
9Arthur Lyman GroupMaui ChimesThe Best of the Arthur Lyman GroupAmazon
10Sol K. Bright's HollywaiiansTomi TomiVintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934Amazon
11Joe KeaweMy Little Grass ShackHapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. IAmazon
12Dave Van RonkMy Little Grass Shack (In Kealakekua, Hawaii)A Chrestomathy [Disc 2]Amazon
13Ry CooderBig Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)Jazz (Remaster 2013)Amazon
14Rhiannon GiddensUp Above My HeadTomorrow Is My TurnAmazon
15Sister Rosetta TharpeSinging in My SoulThe Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]Amazon
16Etta JamesSomething's Got a Hold on MeChess Blues Disc 4Amazon
17Betty EverettYou're No GoodSomething's Got A Hold On MeAmazon
18Solomon BurkeIf You Need MeVery Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)Amazon
19The ImpressionsGypsy WomanHit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount StoryAmazon
20Huey "Piano" Smith & His ClownsTu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus BluesHaving A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1Amazon
21Wild TchoupitoulasBrother JohnTheme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]Amazon
22Nappy BrownGoody Goody Gum DropNight Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]Amazon
23Johnny CashUnderstand Your Man16 Biggest HitsAmazon
24Johnny CashCindy[w. Nick Cave]Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption SongsAmazon
25Bob Wills & His Texas PlayboysGet Along Home, CindyTiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 8Amazon
26The Louvin BrothersI Wonder Where You Are TonightClose Harmony [Disc 3]Amazon
27Jimmy DeanBig Bad John (Uncensored Version)Best of Answer Songs vol 3Amazon
28Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis JoplinBye Bye BabyJanis Joplin's Greatest HitsAmazon
29Pope's Arkansas MountaineersGet Along Home, Miss CindyArkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair PullersAmazon
30David Lindley & El Rayo-XTexas TangoVery GreasyAmazon
31David LindleyMercury BluesEl Rayo-XAmazon

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag

Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Zora Layman & The HometownersWhen The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The StarsHowdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time GreatsAmazon
2Johnny CashThe Streets of LaredoCome Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2]Amazon
3Sons of the PioneersLone Star TrailSongs of the Prairie – CD2Amazon
4Tex RitterWhoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Dogies)Have I Stayed Away Too LongAmazon
5The WeaversGet Along Little DogiesThe Weavers AlmanacAmazon
6Woody GuthrieBuffalo Skinners (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie)Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]Amazon
7Oscar BrandThe TenderfootPie In The SkyAmazon
8The Blue Sky BoysTrail To MexicoAmerican Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]Amazon
9Marc WilliamsThe Little Old Sod Shanty On My ClaimHowdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time GreatsAmazon
10Mac WisemanTurkey In The StrawSings Old Time Country FavoritesAmazon
11The Blue Sky BoysWho's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little FeetPresenting The Blue Sky BoysAmazon
12Dan ZanesI Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years AgoParades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American SongbagAmazon
13Dan ZanesCaliforniaParades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American SongbagAmazon
14Hylo BrownSweet Betsy From PikeLegends & Tall TalesAmazon
15BR5-49Sweet Betsy from PikeSong of AmericaAmazon
16Tennessee Ernie FordWho Will Shoe Your Pretty Little FootThis Lusty LandAmazon
17Gid Tanner & The Skillet LickersThe Old Gray MareAnd The Skillet Lickers Vol. 2Amazon
18David RawlingsMoney Is the Meat in the CoconutPoor David's AlmanackAmazon
19Kilby SnowChicken Reel (Folk)Masters of Old-Time Country AutoharpAmazon
20The Everly BrothersWho's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little FeetSongs Our Daddy Taught UsAmazon
21Carolina Chocolate DropsSourwood MountainDona Got A Ramblin' MindAmazon
22Molly Mason & Jay UngarThe Lover's LamentThe Lovers' WaltzAmazon
23Marty RobbinsRed River ValleyAll-Time Greatest HitsAmazon
24Dick CurlessRed River ValleyA Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)Amazon
25The Doc Watson FamilyOne Morning In MayTraditionAmazon
26Dave Van RonkKentucky MoonshinerInside Dave Van RonkAmazon
27Otis ReddingDown In The ValleyDreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]Amazon
28Slim WhitmanDown In The ValleyCountry Greats #2Amazon
29Bob DylanFroggie Went A-Courtin'Good As I Been To YouAmazon
30Tex RitterFroggie Went A-Courtin'Singing In The SaddleAmazon
31Dan ZanesThe Monkey's WeddingParades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American SongbagAmazon
32Doc WatsonThe Ship That Never ReturnedMy Dear Old Southern HomeAmazon
33Hank PennyIt Ain't Gonna Rain No MoreKing Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]Amazon

Lonely Avenue

Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Booker T. & The MG'sLonely AvenueGreen OnionsAmazon
2Ray CharlesLonely AvenueDoc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2]Amazon
3Mel WalkerFeelin' Mighty LonesomeMercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2Amazon
4Johnny AceSo LonelyMemorial AlbumAmazon
5Smiley TurnerLonely Boy BluesMercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1Amazon
6Julia LeeHave You Ever Been LonelyKansas City Star [Disc 2]Amazon
7Irma ThomasWoman Left LonelyMy Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan PennAmazon
8Maxine SullivanKind'a LonesomeClassic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]Amazon
9T-Bone WalkerBlue MoodBest Of Black & White & Imperial YearsAmazon
10Shakey JakeGimme A SmileThe Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country DaysAmazon
11The Holmes BrothersI'm So LonelySimple TruthsAmazon
12Joe LigginsBlues For TanyaJoe Liggins & The HoneydrippersAmazon
13Sam CookeLonely IslandThe Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)Amazon
14Eddie BurnsLonely Man PleaDelmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]Amazon
15James WinfieldLonely, Lonely, NightsLonely Lonely NightsAmazon
16Champion Jack DupreeLonely Road BluesTwo Classic Albums Plus SinglesAmazon
17Chris KennerI'm Lonely, Take MeLand of 1000 DancesAmazon
18Earl KingThose Lonely Lonely NightsLouisiana & The Old New Orleans SoundAmazon
19Eddie BoydGot Lonesome HereThird Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58)Amazon
20Johnny BraggHurt & LonelyThe Johnny Bragg StoryAmazon
21Violet Hall(All Alone) I Sit And CryThe Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2Amazon
22Fats DominoI'm Alone Because I Love YouOut Of New Orleans, Vol. 8Amazon
23Clarence "Frogman" HenryLonely StreetAin't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" HenryAmazon
24Freddie KingLonesome Whistle BluesUltimate CollectionAmazon
25Lowell FulsonEveryday I Have The BluesTrying to Find My BabyAmazon
26Smiley LewisLonesome HighwayABC Of The Blues Vol 25Amazon
27Nappy BrownI'm Getting LonesomeDown In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B'sAmazon
28Little RichardLonesome And BlueThe Absolutely Essential 3 CD CollectionAmazon
29Ray Charles & Betty CarterAlone TogetherRay Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To YouAmazon
30Ella FitzgeraldI'm the Lonesomest Gal in TownChronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41Amazon
31Lillie Mae KirkmanLonesomeFemale Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)Amazon
32Julia LeeBack Street (06-13-47)1947Amazon