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Holland Dozier Holland

Deeper Roots explores the motor city soul sounds of Motown, paying our respects to the incredible songwriting team who defined the Hitsville, USA sound in the mid-sixties: brothers Eddie and Brian Holland, along with Lamont Dozier. The goods were delivered. The brassy, bass-driven rhythm and targeted stories of the heart stand alongside virtually any songwriting team of the century. Fact: this songwriting team wrote ten of the twelve #1 songs of The Supremes and were an institution alongside the music of The Funk Brothers. We’ll hear from Martha & The Vandellas, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, and a host of others this Friday morning while we’re tucked into our homes, waiting out the storm. Tune in and add a little bit of soul to your day.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marvin Gaye Can I Get a Witness 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 Amazon
2Mary Wells Old Love (Let's Try It Again) The Soul of Detroit – Disc 3 Amazon
3Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Mickey's Monkey (Single Version (Mono)) The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
4The Marvelettes Locking Up My Heart [Single Version] 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes Amazon
5The Contours Pa, I Need a Car The Very Best of The Contours Amazon
6Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
7The Supremes Come See About Me Gold Disc 1 Amazon
8Junior Walker & the All-Stars How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
9The Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Ultimate Collection Amazon
10The Four Tops It's The Same Old Song The Ultimate Collection Amazon
11The Supremes You Can't Hurry Love Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2 Amazon
12Junior Walker & the All-Stars (I'm A) Road Runner Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
13Martha & The Vandellas Nowhere To Run The Classic Sixties: 1965 Amazon
14Marvin Gaye You're a Wonderful One 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 Amazon
15Dusty Springfield When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes Ooooooweeee!!! Amazon
16The Supremes You Keep Me Hanging On Gold Disc 1 Amazon
17Shorty Long Function at the Junction Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
18Martha & the Vandellas Jimmy Mack Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2 Amazon
19The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There The Classic Sixties: 1966 Amazon
20The Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
21The Elgins Darling Baby Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
22Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need The 35th Anniversary Collection Amazon
23Fontella Bass Come And Get These Memories Very Best Of Amazon
24The Four Tops Bernadette The Ultimate Collection Amazon
25Johnny Rivers Baby I Need Your Loving Greatest Hits [Capitol] Amazon
26The Four Tops 7-Rooms Of Gloom The Ultimate Collection Amazon
27Len Barry 1, 2, 3 Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965 Amazon
28Kim Weston Take Me In Your Arms Single Amazon
29The Supremes Back In My Arms Again Gold Disc 1 Amazon
30Chris Clark Love's Gone Bad Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
31Linda Ronstadt Heat Wave Prisoner In Disguise Amazon
32The Blossoms Cherish What Is Dear To You (While It's Near To You) So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998 Amazon

Sixties Folk Alley

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

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

International Women’s Day ’20

Blues, folk, and plenty of tradition. Songs that celebrate sisters in a fight for equal rights. That’s right. This is still part of the conversation in the 21st century. The right to vote. The right to equal pay. And the right to choose. There is still exclusivity beyond measure and yet gender equality is still a topic, not a reality. This week’s show stands up for International Women’s Day, held this past Sunday, March 8th, around the world. Deeper Roots digs deep for soul from Aretha, Nina, and Betty Wright, blues from Lucille Bogan  and Bessie Smith, and fresh sounds from Amy Rigby, TLC, and the Secret Sisters on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Join us.  #EachforEqual #IWD2020.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Betty Wright Clean Up Woman Funk Soul Sisters Amazon
2Aretha Franklin Respect Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
3Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
4TLC No Scrubs Fanmail Amazon
5Destiny's Child Independent Woman, Part 1 Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
6Lauryn Hill 246-Doo Wop (That Thing) Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
7Lesley Gore You Don't Own Me Dancing Queens [Disc 1] Amazon
8The Secret Sisters You Don't Own Me Anymore You Don't Own Me Anymore Amazon
9Billie Holiday I Get Along Without You Very Well Lady In Satin Amazon
10Helen Reddy I Am Woman AM Gold 1970-1974 Amazon
11Dolly Parton Just Because I'm A Woman Just Because I'm A Woman Amazon
12Dolly Parton 9 To 5 I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
13Loretta Lynn The Pill Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
14Jeannie C. Riley Harper Valley P.T.A. Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2] Amazon
15Kitty Wells It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
16Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard Don't Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There The Rounder Records Story Amazon
17Peasall Sisters I Never Will Marry Home to You Amazon
18Amy Rigby Girls Got It Bad Little Fugitive Amazon
19The Miller Sisters Ten Cats Down Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3] Amazon
20Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody) Were Sisters Under the Skin Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949 Amazon
21Bessie Smith Sam Jones Blues ABC Of The Blues Vol 39 Amazon
22Georgia White The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
23Lucille Bogan Women Won't Need No Men Vol. 1-1923-30 Amazon
24Billie Holiday You Let Me Down Quintessential: Volume 1, 1933 – 1935 Amazon
25Nina Simone Four Women Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
26Bonnie Raitt Women Be Wise Bonnie Raitt Amazon
27Aretha Franklin Think 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
28Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur My Sisters And Brothers Sisters & Brothers Amazon

Candy

Yes, there’s a theme this week and it’s about as sweet a theme as you’ll hear on Deeper Roots. It’s not surprising there’s a wealth of content to choose from given that it is one of the favorite attention- getters, no matter your age. Candy. Sweets. Whether that’s a nickel, a penny, or a quarter a dose. Our favorites from the convenience aisle near the cash register, there to lure you. This week’s show is not for the glucose intolerant as we walk the convenience aisle of 20th century pop, rhythm & blues, country, jazz, and vocal group odes to the sugar in all things, sweet and small, short and tall, and sticky with the syrup-sweet. We’ll hear from The Strangeloves, Elvis, Lee Dorsey, Eddie Holland, Red Foley, and Barbie Gaye in our exploration of the sugar rush.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys My Little Rock Candy Baby Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years [Disc 2] Amazon
2Doris Allen Like Candy From A Baby Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day, Vol. 6 Amazon
3Eddie Holland Candy To Me It Moves Me: The Complete Recordings Amazon
4Sue Perrin Candy Store Man Original Sound Of Detroit – Vol 1 Amazon
5Art Neville Little Girl From The Candy Store Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
6Charlie Walker Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy 1952-1958 (Warped 5230) Amazon
7Little Jimmy Dickens Who Licked the Red Off Your Candy Warped 6668 – Little Jimmy Dickens – 1965 – 1966 Amazon
8Red Foley Candy Kisses Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon
9George Morgan Candy Kisses Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 2 Amazon
10George Jones Candy Hearts Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums Amazon
11Peter, Paul & Mary Talkin' Candy Bar Blues A Song Will Rise Amazon
12The Chordettes Lollipop Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
13Barbie Gaye My Boy Lollipop American Roots of the British Invasion Amazon
14Shirelles A Teardrop and a Lollipop The Shirelles Amazon
15Billy Bletcher The Lollipop Guild The Wizard Of Oz Amazon
16Shirley Temple On The Good Ship Lollipop America's Sweetheart Amazon
17Alma(the Lollipop Mama) Mondy Miss Lollipop's Confession Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Southwest Blues V1 Amazon
18Champion Jack Dupree Lollipop Baby Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
19Wynonie Harris Lollipop Mama Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
20The Strangeloves I Want Candy Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over Amazon
21Elvis Presley Cotton Candy Land Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco Amazon
22Bow Wow Wow I Want Candy 200 Cigarettes Amazon
23Lola Albright Candy Bombshells Amazon
24Dodie Stevens Candy Store Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon
25Ray Charles Candy Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You Amazon
26Roy Orbison Candy Man The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
27Lee Dorsey Candy Yam Wheelin' And Dealin' – The Definitive Collection Amazon
28Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons Candy Girl The Definitive Pop Collection Disc 1 Amazon
29Paolo Nutini Candy Sunny Side Up Amazon
30Jo Stafford Little Man With a Candy Cigar For You Amazon
31The Mills Brothers Sweeter Than Sugar Sweeter Than Sugar Amazon
32The Real Tuesday Weld Bathtime in Clerkenwell I, Lucifer Amazon
33Sammy Davis Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation The Candy Man 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
34Al Hirt Cotton Candy Greatest Hits Amazon

Ants In My Pants

Whether it was Prohibition, the need for comic relief from the worst Depression our country has known, or the release from Victorian norms in the age of the flapper…something was afoot. The humor it portended is not something that we all understand in this age… but it’s worth looking at. Novelty ruled the day and every Victrola and Edison radio spilled a silly song, whether it worked from puns or light humor (pop music), corny songs that sometimes had hidden charms (country and folk), or right in your face real life naughty bits (the blues)…there was something for everyone to sample. We’ll hear from Lonzo and Oscar, Milton Brown, Frank Crumit, George Formby, and Lonnie Johnson in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. A hoot and a holler by any other name on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Lonnie Johnson She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight Hot Fingers Amazon
2Frank Crumit My Little Bimbo Down on the Bimbo Isle (1920) grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
3Billy Murray I'll See You In C-U-B-A Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1 Amazon
4Ozzie & Harriet Nelson Oh Susanna, Dust off That Old Pianna The Nelson Touch Amazon
5Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Down By the O-H-I-O The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1] Amazon
6Roy Newman I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants) The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
7The Johnson Sisters Hillbilly Soldier Joe Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
8Texas Jim Robertson The Last Page of Mein Kampf Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
9Sweet Violet Boys I Love My Fruit Okeh Western Swing Amazon
10The Happiness Boys: Billy Jones & Ernest Hare I've Never Seen A Straight Banana The Charleston Days Amazon
11Hoosier Hot Shots I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
12Lonzo & Oscar I'm My Own Grandpa Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
13Lonzo and Oscar Girls Don't Nag Your Husbands 1947-1950 (Warped 4741) Amazon
14Six Jumping Jacks I Do Not Chose to Run Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
15Buddy Rogers (I'd Like to Be) A Bee in Your Boudoir The Big Broadcast vol. 6 Amazon
16Paul Specht Shoo-Shoo-Boogie-Boo Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930 Amazon
17George Formby Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt I'm The Ukulele Man Amazon
18The Three Keys Oh! By Jingo The Big Broadcast, Volume 2: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
19Marx Brothers I'm Against It/Horse Feathers Horse Feathers / Animal Crackers Amazon
20Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees Lydia, The Tatooed Lady gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
21Ben Selvin and his Orch (The Knickerbockers). v/ Dick Robertson When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On the Tuba orig. 78 rpm Columbia 2483-D Amazon
22Ross & Sargent Nellie the Nudist Queen Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
23Ozzie Nelson Avis Scaffin Fortintoo Campus Swing Amazon
24Frank Crumit Crazy Words Crazy Tune Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
25Frank Crumit The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
26Frank Crumit Song of the Prune The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934) Amazon
27Leslie Sarony with Harry Hudson & His Melody Men My Wife Is On A Diet The Charleston Days Amazon
28Helen Kane with the Victor Orchestra directed by Leonard Joy Dangerous Nan McGrew Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things Amazon
29Helen Kane I Taut I Taw a Puddy Kat The Boop Boop a Doop Girls Amazon
30Carmen Miranda I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) Anthology Amazon
31Irving Aaronson and His Commanders Oh! You Sweet Old Whatcha May Call It The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon

Rare Female Soul

From the deeper bins of the sixties and seventies…heartbreak, cheating, and all the soul from the ladies perspective. Some powerful divas deliver the goods in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. The songs you’ll hear were those on the chart bubble, some local, some national, but all worth a revisit. If you’ve heard more than a handful of these deep soul tracks, we’d be surprised. Join Dave Stroud as this week he’ll be sharing the sounds of Tammy Montgomery, Wendy Rene, Mitty Collier, Geraldine Hunt, and some names you’ll know including Irma Thomas, Mary Wells, and Etta James. Tune in on a Friday morning in Sonoma County for the best soul you’ve never heard.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jean Plum Look at the Boy Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
2Mitty Collier I Had A Talk With My Man Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
3Mitty Collier I Gotta Get Away From It All Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
4Jan Bradley Mama Didn't Lie Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
5Delilah Keenebruew Bright Lights After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
6Sugar Pie DeSanto I Want To Know Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
7Darlene Love Too Late To Say You're Sorry After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
8Wendy Rene What Will Tomorrow Bring? Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
9Barbara & The Browns I Don't Want To Have To Wait Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
10Mary Wells Can't You See (You're Losing Me) After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
11Tammy Montgomery It's Mine Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
12Etta James Seven Day Fool Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
13Barbara Lynn You're Losing Me After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
14Ernestine Anderson You're Not The Guy For Me Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
15Bettye LaVette Let Me Down Easy Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
16Doris Duke He's Gone Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
17Odessa Harris A Rockin' Good Way Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
18Jackie Shane Cruel Cruel World Any Other Way Amazon
19Irma Thomas Don't Mess With My Man Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
20Geraldine Hunt I Let Myself Go Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
21Barbara Brown Can't Find No Happiness Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4 Amazon
22Loretta Williams I'm Missing You Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
23Mitty Collier Don't Let Her Take My Baby Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
24Varetta & The Thomases Fly By Night Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
25Marvelettes Way Over There Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
26Maxine Brown Am I Falling In Love Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
27Betty O'Brian She'll Be Gone Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
28Brendetta Davis I Can't Make It Without Him Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Betty & Ray You're Too Much Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
30Carla Thomas I Can't Take It Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
31Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds Spring Birth Of Soul: 2 Amazon
32Madeline Bell Soul Time Bell's A Poppin' Amazon

New Moon

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

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

Who We Lost in 2019

Another year passes and with each year we take stock of the legacies that are not ‘left behind’ but live on in their contributions. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including contemporaries like Daniel Johnston and Ric Ocasek, studio production legends Hal Blaine and Dave Bartholomew, songwriting greats Robert Hunter and Donnie Fritts, and prolific performers like Fats Domino, Doris Day, and Art Neville. Two hours means we draw the line and that’s never easy. Tune in for a look back at who we lost in 2019. www.kowsfm.com/listen is the stream.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Cover of the Rolling Stone The Essential Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show Amazon
2Ethel Ennis, Hank Jones, Eddie Briggs, Abie Baker & Kenny Clarke Lullaby for Losers Lullabies for Losers Amazon
3Carol Channing Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
4Doris Day Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Something For Everybody Amazon
5The McGuire Sisters Sugartime Your Hit Parade – 1958 Amazon
6The Lettermen The Way You Look Tonight Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1] Amazon
7Leon Redbone My Little Grass Shack Whistling In The Wind Amazon
8Captain & Tenille Love Will Keep Us Together 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
9The Monkees Can You Dig It? Listen to the Band Disc 3 Amazon
10Danny & The Juniors Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story Amazon
11Jack Scott Leroy Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
12Sleepy Labeef Good Rockin' Boogie Sleepy Rocks Amazon
13Bonnie Guitar Dark Moon Dark Moon [Bear Family] Amazon
14The Grateful Dead Friend of the Devil American Beauty Amazon
1513th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me High Fidelity Amazon
16Quicksilver Messenger Service Who Do You Love Part 1 Happy Trails [Live] Amazon
17The Ronettes Be My Baby Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2 Amazon
18The Honeycombs Have I The Right We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites Amazon
19The Persuasions I'll Come Running Back to You Good News Amazon
20Andre Williams Jail Bait Artist's Choice: Rolling Stones Amazon
21Jackie Shane Any Other Way Any Other Way Amazon
22Donnie Fritts The Oldest Baby in the World Lucky 13 Amazon
23Eddie Money Baby Hold On Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money Amazon
24Art Neville All These Things Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
25Fats Domino I Hear You Knockin' They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
26Dr. John Somebody Changed The Lock Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
27Ric Ocasek Bottom Dollar Nexterday Amazon
28Little Feat Dixie Chicken Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
29The Amazing Rhythm Aces Third Rate Romance Stacked Deck Amazon
30Dick Dale & the Del-Tones King of the Surf Guitar Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2 Amazon
31Earl Thomas Conley Holding Her And Loving You Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1] Amazon
32Mac Wiseman Tis Sweet To Be Remembered Teenage Hangout Amazon

 

At the Jazz Club

Cool November sounds from the catalog of cool itself. This week’s Deeper Roots looks for some relaxed sounds; reminders of what it’s like to sit in a smokey lounge below street level in the Village and listen to solos, breakouts, and instrumental wizardry. Join us as we dig the swinging backbeat and improvisations that exemplify an urban sound from some of the greats. We’ve got Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Illinois Jacquet, and a host of others taking us into the Friday morning club here on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Charlie Haden Blue Pearl Now Is The Hour Amazon
2Roland Kirk Three for The Festival Mercury 1962 Amazon
3Buddy Rich Love For Sale The Best Of Buddy Rich: The Pacific Jazz Years Amazon
4Ben Webster The Jeep's Jumping The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 3] Amazon
5Illinois Jacquet Harlem Nocturne Swing's the Thing + Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
6Illinois Jacquet Las Vegas Blues Swing's the Thing + Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
7Ornette Coleman Ramblin Oxford American Southern Music Texas Amazon
8Sonny Rollins I'm An Old Cowhand Way Out West [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
9Dave Brubeck It's Deja Vu All Over Again So What's New? Amazon
10Herbie Hancock The Eye Of The Hurricane Maiden Voyage Amazon
11Lee Morgan Hocus-Pocus The Sidewinder (RVG Edition) Amazon
12Joe Henderson Homestretch Page One Amazon
13Freddie Hubbard Arietis (Alternate Take) Ready For Freddie Amazon
14Kenny Burrell K Twist Midnight Blue Amazon
15Grant Green Falling In Love With Love The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
16Count Basie Blues in Hoss' Flat Chairman of the Board Amazon
17Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd O Pato Jazz Samba Amazon
18Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery Night Train Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo Amazon
19The Oscar Peterson Trio/Milt Jackson Work Song Oscar Peterson's Finest Hour Amazon
20Miles Davis Jeru Birth of The Cool Amazon

Party at the House

November kicks off with a party at our house. Some rare R&B nuggets, some classic old time country and honky-tonk, and a little bit of the New Orleans and house party themes to kick off the morning here on Deeper Roots. House parties, rent parties, and dance hall jamborees are celebrated by Bob Wills, Babs Gonzales, Little Esther, Jackie Brenston, and Dale Watson. We’ll also hear from Willie, T-Bone, and Merle on a Friday morning show that brings a little bit of light into the Sonoma County after weeks of trepidation from the fires. Please join Dave Stroud broadcasting live from downtown Santa Rosa.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound Jebidiah Moonshine's Friday Night Shack Party Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound Amazon
2Amos Milburn House Party (Tonight) Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
3Babs Gonzales House Rent Party Cool WhalinDon Gibson Give Myself A Party Fifty Years Of Hits (Vol. 3) Amazon
4Jesse Allen Let's Party Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock 'n' Roll Vol 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
5The Hamptones Turkey Hop Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 Amazon
6The Treniers Go, Go, Go Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 Amazon
7The Four Jacks The Last of the Good Rocking Men Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3 Amazon
8Rollee McGill Rhythm Rockin' Boogie Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2) Amazon
9The Wild Magnolias Party Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
10Marcia Ball The Party's Still Going On Roadside Attractions Amazon
11Jackie Brentson Starvation Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13 Amazon
12Yvonne Baker & The Sensations Party Across The Hall Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
13Little Esther Ring-A-Ding-Doo Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
14Sam Cooke Having a Party Greatest Hits Amazon
15Tammi Terrell Two Can Have A Party Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection Amazon
16The Enchanters I Paid For The Party Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
17Quinn Golden Party On the Weekend On the Chitlin Circuit Amazon
18T-Bone Walker Party Girl The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 2] Amazon
19Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway The Party's At Our House Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway Amazon
20Bob Wills Goin' Away Party For the Last Time Amazon
21Merle Haggard/Ray Price/Willie Nelson Goin' Away Party Last of the Breed Disc 2 Amazon
22Willie Nelson The Party's Over ["Naked" version] Naked Willie Amazon
23Dale Watson The Party's Over Live Deluxe…Plus CD1 Amazon
24Dale Watson Pity Party I Hate These Songs Amazon
25The Cadillacs Party for Two For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
26Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Party at My House Mean Case of the Blues Amazon
27Babs Gonzales Babs' Celebrity Party Cool WhalinKing Biscuit And The Ronnie Hawkins Band Hoodoo Party Blues Anthology: Screamin' The Blues Amazon
28Fats Domino What a Party My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
29Boogaloo & His Gallant Crew Talk About A Party Stompin' 1 Amazon
30Shep & the Limelites Party for Two Daddy's Home to Stay Amazon