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Rhythm & Blues & Soul

….’Cause it’s gotta have soul, rhythm, and blues to make the cut this week. That’s the answer to the question. We’ll look to a couple of iconic comedians from the late 70s to inspire us with a collection of sounds lifted from their albums…and their movies. Why not? Jake and Elwood teamed up with Stax legends Steve Cropper, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, and Duck Dunn to deliver punch after punch and we’re going to sample the best of it. We’ve got Willie Mabon, King Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Big Joe, The Robins, The Soul Survivors, and (of course) Aretha…all for you in a two hour rhythm & blues & soul extravaganza this week on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Aretha Franklin Think 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
2Aretha Franklin Respect The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
3James Brown Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 Gold Disc 1 Amazon
4Taj Mahal Mr. Pitiful Seqor Blues Amazon
5Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
6King Floyd Groove Me In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Johnnie Taylor Who's Making Love Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
8Sam & Dave Soul Man The Best Soul Album In The World… Ever! Amazon
9Otis Redding I Can't Turn You Loose Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
10Big Mama Thornton Let Your Tears Fall Baby Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings Amazon
11Floyd Dixon Hey Bartender Marshall Texas Is My Home Amazon
12Willie Mabon I Don't Know Atlantic Blues: Piano Amazon
13Linda Hayes Yes I Know Atomic Baby Amazon
14The Soul Survivors Expressway to Your Heart Striptease Amazon
15Solomon Burke Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
16The Contours Do You Love Me The Very Best of The Contours Amazon
17James & Bobby Purify Shake A Tail Feather The Best Of Amazon
18Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly Detroit Breakout! 1 Amazon
19The Playboys Good Golly Miss Molly Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
20Big Joe Turner Flip Flop and Fly Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
21The Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin' Notting Hill Amazon
22The Robins Riot in Cell Block #9 50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1] Amazon
23Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1) Amazon
24The Chips Rubber Biscuit The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
25Wilson Pickett 634-5789 The Very Best of Wilson Pickett Amazon
26Johnnie Taylor Cheaper To Keep Her Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
27Bobby "Blue" Bland Turn On Your Love Light Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
28Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band Messin' With The Kid Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics Amazon
29The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Born in Chicago An Anthology: The Elektra Years Disc 1 Amazon
30The Blues Brothers (I Got Everything I Need) Almost The Definitive Collection Amazon
31Big Mama Thornton They Call Me Big Mama Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings Amazon
32Margie Anderson Yes I Know Stompin' 25 Amazon
33Jackie Wilson Baby Workout Something's Got A Hold On Me Amazon
34Etta James Tell Mama Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
35The Blues Brothers Soul Man The Definitive Collection Amazon

Beer Thirty

One of the more popular topics that follows the Americana and roots landscape (aside from love, death, and the gospel) is the topic of ice cold beer. Beer in the morning, beer in the evening, beer at suppertime. And our show this week is a sampler of 30 plus tracks of (mostly) country, rockabilly, rock, some blues, and we’ll be including some vintage television commercials that celebrate the suds. So kick back with a cold one and tune that dial to Deeper Roots on KWTF with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific as he steps up to the bar and shares a wild assortment of songs about a cold brew or two…and we’re not talkin’ boojie coffee.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Amos Milburn One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
2Smiley Maxedon Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer [Album Version] Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
3Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Bubbles In My Beer Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line Amazon
4Willie Nelson Bubbles In My Beer One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
5Andy Reynolds Beer Bottle Mama Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9] Amazon
6Garth Brooks/George Jones Beer Run God's Country: George Jones and Friends Disc 1 Amazon
7George Jones Beer, Bait And Ammo All Gone Fishin' Amazon
8Derailers Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music Soldiers of Love Amazon
9Dale Watson Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint The Best of the HighTone Years Amazon
10Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers Drink the Beer Barrel Dry Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers Amazon
11Various If You've Got The Time Miller Beer BigKevNastyCD Amazon
12Tom T. Hall I Like Beer The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall Amazon
13Bob Woodruff Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer Dreams & Saturday Nights Amazon
14Asylum Street Spankers Beer Spanker Madness Amazon
15Johnny Russell Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer 20 Hits Amazon
16Whitney Rose There's A Tear In My Beer Heartbreaker of the Year Amazon
17Stray Cats Lookin' Better Every Beer Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92 Amazon
18John Lee Hooker One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) Amazon
19Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Hey Bartender, There's A Big Bug In My Beer Blues Highway Amazon
20Various Bob Uecker Lite Beer Commercial BigKevNastyCD Amazon
21Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim Beer Drinking Woman Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
22Floyd Dixon Hey Bartender Marshall Texas Is My Home Amazon
23Bessie Smith Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer [Album Version] The Essential Bessie Smith Amazon
24Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942 Amazon
25Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters Shut Up And Drink Your Beer Western Swing  40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2] Amazon
26Various Artists Falstaff Beer 1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials Amazon
27Tommy Duncan Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)? Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
28Johnny Bond Bartender's Blues Put Me To Bed Amazon
29Merrill Moore Bartender's Blues Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
30The Texas Tornados In Heaven There Is No Beer !Esta Bueno! Amazon
31Washboard Hank Beer Cans Down The Trans Can Human Beans Amazon
32Reverend Horton Heat Beer Holder Laughin & Cryin Amazon
33Eddie Noack Beer Drinkin' Blues Psycho Amazon
34James Mask Beer Drinking Blues Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon

Go West!

Go West!
Go West!

The westward movement is celebrated once more as Deeper Roots spends two hours digging through those dusty digital bins to find the more popular and, in some cases, more obscure pieces about the one of the great migrations. In addition to the 19th century land-grab where the call was “Westward Ho!”, we’ll hear songs about the not-so-celebratory movement following the 20th century Dust Bowl migration. Tune in for blues from Lowell Fulson, Barbecue Bob, and Albert King; country from Merle Haggard, Asleep at the Wheel, and John Hartford; tradition and folk from Woody Guthrie, Darryl Holter, and Jay Farrar; and jazz/pop from Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Sol Hoopii. All on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Geraint Watkins Go West Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
2Bing Crosby Go West, Young Man! [Single Version] Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1] Amazon
3Nat King Cole (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1946 Amazon
4Asleep at the Wheel Route 66 The Best of Asleep at the Wheel Amazon
5Sol Hoopii An Orange Grove in California Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 2 Amazon
6Sons of the Pioneers When It's Autumn in the Hills of California Songs of the Prairie – CD5 Amazon
7Sons of the Pioneers Let4s Go West Again (1950) Wagons West (CD3) Amazon
8Darryl Holter California Stars Radio Songs Amazon
9Hazel Dickens California Cottonfields It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song Amazon
10Webb Pierce California Blues Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
11Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n Skiffle California Zephyr Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon
12Jimmy Lafave Dust Bowl Okies The Night Tribe Amazon
13Peter Rowan Dust Bowl Children Dust Bowl Children Amazon
14Woody Guthrie Talking Dust Bowl Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection Amazon
15Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3 Amazon
16Emmylou Harris Kern River All I Intended To Be Amazon
17Merle Haggard Kern River Blues Kern River Blues – Single Amazon
18John Hiatt Adios To California Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns Amazon
19Lowell Fulson Highway 99 Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
20Jesse Thomas Gonna Move To California Complete Recorded Works 1948-1958 Amazon
21Barbecue Bob California Blues ABC Of The Blues Vol 2 Amazon
22Albert King Travelin' to California More Big Blues Amazon
23Doc & Merle Watson California Blues Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues Amazon
24Lefty Frizzell Blue Yodel #4 (California Blues) Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night) Amazon
25John Hartford California Earthquake Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South Amazon
26Joni Mitchell California Blue Amazon
27John Stewart California Bloodlines Gold [Disc 1] Amazon
28Steve Forbert When I Get To California (Americana Version) Compromised Amazon
29Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard California Zephyr One Fast Move or I'm Gone Amazon
30Chuck Berry Route 66 Cars Amazon

Sugar Sugar

Sugar Sugar
Sugar Sugar

We’ve got a theme show for you tonight: the last century of America’s music with a focus on candy, cake, pie, and cola…all with that magic (deadly?) insidious ingredient that lures us to it’s flavor. A sure example of a muse if there ever was one. Tune for the sounds of Bill Haley, Al Hirt, Duke Ellington, Elvis, and the Collins Kids (among others). It’s folk, blues, R&B, country, pop, and rock…all in good sweet fun on KWTF radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Temple Yum, Yum, Yum Broke, Black & Blue: Volume Four – Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame Amazon
2Chuck Willis Sugar Sugar I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
3Vocaltones Sugar Lump Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
4The Collins Kids Sugar Plum Hop, Skip And Jump [Disc 2] Amazon
5Peggy Lee Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine) The Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
6Sammy Davis Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation The Candy Man 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
7Bobby Bare Candy Coated Kisses (1964) All American Boy – CD 2 Amazon
8Dodie Stevens Candy Store Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon
9Jo Stafford Little Man With a Candy Cigar For You Amazon
10Julie London Yummy, Yummy, Yummy Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 2 Amazon
11Lola Albright Candy Bombshells Amazon
12Eddie Kirk Candy Kisses The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17 Amazon
13Little Jimmy Dickens Who Licked The Red Off Your Candy The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
14John Fogerty Rhubarb Pie Deja Vu All Over Again Amazon
15Jay & The Techniques Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie 45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969 Amazon
16Dinah Shore Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy Presenting…The Best of the Blues – Vol. 2 Amazon
17Big Bill Lister RC Cola And Moon Pie Country Boy's Dream Amazon
18Red Foley & Evelyn Knight Tater Pie Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
19Skip & Flip Cherry Pie (1960 #11) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
20Marvin & Johnny Cherry Pie Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
21Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod Candy Man Come On In Amazon
22Skeets McDonald Birthday Cake Boogie Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
23Texas Top Hands You Can't Have Your Cake Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9] Amazon
24Art Neville Little Girl From The Candy Store Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
25Elvis Presley Cotton Candy Land Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco Amazon
26The Collins Kids Soda Poppin' Around Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1] Amazon
27Johnny Burnette One Soda, Two Straws (2) The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 8 Amazon
28Poorhouse Gorgeous Angel Food Cake Poorhouse Gorgeous Amazon
29Bonnie Guitar Candy Apple Red Singles 1 Amazon
30Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra;Ivie Anderson;Sonny Greer;Ray Nance;Harry Carney Chocolate Shake Wicked Swing Amazon
31Bill Kirchen She's A Yum Yum Raise A Ruckus Amazon
32The Iguanas Sugar Cane Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart Amazon
33Harry McClintock Big Rock Candy Mountain Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
34Muddy Waters Sugar Sweet The Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
35Peter, Paul & Mary Talkin' Candy Bar Blues A Song Will Rise Amazon
36The Harlem Hamfats The Candy Man Harlem Hamfats Vol. 4 1938-1939 Amazon

City Blues

City Blues
City Blues

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Frank Hutchison K.C. Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
2HowellDevine KC Blues Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles Amazon
3Ernest Tubb Kansas City Blues Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours Amazon
4Sidney Bechet St. Louis Blues Blues In Thirds Amazon
5Lonnie Johnson Low Down St. Louis Blues Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1 Amazon
6Blind Willie McTell East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well) The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago Amazon
7Red Nichols Wabash Blues I Got Rhythm Amazon
8Leroy Carr Naptown Blues Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1] Amazon
9Fats Domino Detroit City Blues Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Mississippi Fred McDowell Kokomo Blues Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell Amazon
11Dan Pickett Chicago Blues I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar Amazon
12Don Flemons Milwaukee Blues What Got Over Amazon
13Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Milwaukee Blues The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
14Dorothy Everetts Macon Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6 Amazon
15Elmore James Madison Blues The Sky Is Crying Amazon
16Barbecue Bob Jacksonville Blues Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929) Amazon
17John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur Minglewood Blues The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
18Sam Chatmon Vicksburg Blues Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
19Black Birds of Paradise Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
20Lewis Bronzville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3 Amazon
21Howlin' Wolf Natchez Burning The Real Folk Blues Amazon
22Bo Chatmon East Jackson Blues Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 Amazon
23Mississippi Sheiks West Jackson Blues [Album Version] Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks Amazon
24Little Brother Montgomery Shreveport Blues Boogie Woogie [Disc 3] Amazon
25Memphis Piano Red Mobile Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
26Jorma Kaukonen Nashville Blues River Of Time Amazon
27The Louvin Brothers Nashville Blues Close Harmony [Disc 5] Amazon
28Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Dallas Blues Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939 Amazon
29Billy Boy Arnold San Antonio Blues Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
30Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2) Amazon
31Jabo Williams Pratt City Blues Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers Amazon
32Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
33Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers New Orleans Blues Sunny Road Amazon

Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Days
Hot Summer Days

As we make it over the summer hump, we’ll take time to celebrate all the things we love about the summer heat.  Those stunning summer skies, sea breezes, backyard barbecues, and the lift of a summer rain. We’ve got the beach sounds of the sixties, Hawaiian medleys from the islands, sophisticated sass from Buster Poindexter, hot kissin’ from H-Bomb Ferguson, the summer rain, the summer sky, and the Summer Wind from Frank Sinatra.  Rock, zydeco, country, pop, bluegrass, rock, and so much of what comes from the in-between this week on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The David Thom Band California's Burning That Old Familiar Amazon
2Dave Alvin California's Burning Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
3Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians Heat Wave Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
4Bob Brozman Hawaiian Heat Waves Medley Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz! Amazon
5Mr. Sad Head Hot Weather Blues Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
6Teddy Bunn Summertime 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
7Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band In the Summertime 100% Fortified Zydeco Amazon
8Sly & the Family Stone Hot Fun in the Summertime Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1 Amazon
9Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
10The Lovin' Spoonful Summer in the City Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
11The Beach Boys The Warmth of the Sun Endless Summer Amazon
12It's a Beautiful Day Hot Summer Day It's a Beautiful Day Amazon
13Buster Poindexter Hot Hot Hot Buster Poindexter Amazon
14Ann Miller Too Darn Hot The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love Amazon
15Ella Fitzgerald Too Darn Hot Music & Moonlight Amazon
16Eilen Jewell Too Hot To Sleep Letters From Sinners & Strangers Amazon
17Kid Bangham, Dan McKinney, Bill Melcher & Dave Ferrara Some Summer Day Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
18Willie Nelson Summer Of Roses [Album Version] One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
19H-Bomb Ferguson Hot Kisses Big City Blues Amazon
20Judy Collins In The Heat Of The Summer Forever: [Disc 2] Amazon
21Sam Cooke Summertime Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
22The Donkeys Theme From The Endless Summer Theme From The Endless Summer [single] Amazon
23Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
24Johnny Burnette What a Summer Day The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6 Amazon
25Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
26Frank Sinatra Summer Wind The Reprise Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
27Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
28Charlie Parker Summertime Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes Amazon
29Nanci Griffith Summer Wages Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Amazon
30Bob Dylan Summer Days Love and Theft Amazon

 

Time is Passing

Time Is Passing
Time Is Passing

Theme time this week! We are going to dip into a sometimes raucous, other times wistful, blend of country, blues, jazz, and what-not…to celebrate (or is it bemoan) the passing of time in our show this week. The clock is ticking, the calendar flipping, and the little blue orb keeps spinning around that big bright one. And all the while we live our lives celebrating the luminous sounds on Deeper Roots; this week featuring Johnny Otis, Fenton Robinson, Bob Dylan, Texas Jim Lewis, Roy Acuff, and so many others. Time may be passing and we may like to reminisce and wax nostalgic, but we press on…driven by music from the past century (among other things).

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Hank Thompson The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music The Best Of Hank Thompson 1966-1979 Amazon
2Alfred G. Karnes Where We'll Never Grow Old (1927) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
3The Church Sisters Where We'll Never Grow Old Orthophonic Joy Amazon
4The Carter Family Darling, We Are Growing Older/The Old Texas Trail – Anita Carter On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1 Amazon
5Dick Curless Rock of Ages A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969) Amazon
6Jerry Lee Lewis Middle Age Crazy The Definitive Collection Amazon
7Doc Watson Grandfather's Clock My Dear Old Southern Home Amazon
8Texas Jim Lewis Way Back in Grandpa's Day Free at Archive.org Amazon
9Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys Old Age Pension Cheque King of Country Music [[Disc 2]: "Beautiful Brown Eyes: 1939-'41" Proper Records, 2004] Amazon
10Tom Russell Wayfarin' Stranger (Passage of Time) The Man From God Knows Where Amazon
11Dar Williams You're Aging Well The Honesty Room Amazon
12Stonewall Jackson Gettin' Older Waterloo Box Set Amazon
13Bob Dylan Time Passes Slowly New Morning Amazon
14Bob Dylan My Back Pages All I Really Want To Do Amazon
15Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Time Is A Passin' One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
16Johnny Otis / Jimmy Rushing Round The Clock The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4] Amazon
17Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra Take the Hands off the Clock Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947 Amazon
18Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Five O'Clock Whistle Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
19The Original Memphis Five Four O'clock Blues The Original Memphis Five Collection Vol. 1 – 1922-1923 Amazon
20Fenton Robinson As The Years Go Passing By Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
21Big Bill Broonzy Getting Older Every Day Great Blues Guitarsists: String Dazzlers Amazon
22Howlin' Wolf Getting Old & Gray Howlin' Wolf – 52 Essential Tracks Amazon
23Victoria Spivey Grow Old Together Black Snake Blues – The Best Of Amazon
24JL Stiles Never To Grow Old Solo Sessions Amazon
25David Johansen My Grandpa Is Old Too Shaker Amazon
26Ricky Skaggs In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old Rising Star Amazon
27Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone All The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2] Amazon
28Harry Reser & His Orchestra The Clock and the Banjo Trainin' The Fingers Amazon
29Ivory Joe Hunter Time Has Passed Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951) Amazon
30Tom Lehrer When You Are Old And Gray Song & More Songs Amazon
31Ray Wylie Hubbard After All These Years Eternal & Lowdown Amazon
32The Carter Family Where We'll Never Grow Old The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4] Amazon

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!

Smoke Smoke Smoke
Smoke Smoke Smoke

Songs from the past century will fill the air with second hand music smoke…all songs that reflect either the hawkish or ‘dove-ish’ opinions in words and music. We have two hours of country, jazz, blues, pop, and all those adventurous styles in between that use nicotine for their muse. Country from k.d. lang to The Sons of The Pioneers, R&B from the likes of Lucky Millender to Benny Spellman, some doo-wop, some Sam Cooke soul, and a little bit of sweet big band sounds from Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians. Maybe we won’t celebrate the habit…just the music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jimmy Martin I Can't Quit Cigarettes Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 4] Amazon
2Otis Redding Cigarettes And Coffee Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
3Sam Cooke Smoke Rings The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4) Amazon
4The Mills Brothers Smoke Rings The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2 Amazon
5The Larks Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
6The Platters Smoke Gets In Your Eyes All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
7The Corsairs Smokey Places (1962 #12) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
8Lillian Leach/The Mellows Smoke from Your Cigarette The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 1 Amazon
9The Drake Sisters Smoke From Your Cigarette Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8 Amazon
10k.d. lang & The Reclines Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray Angel With A Lariat Amazon
11Patsy Cline Three Cigarettes In A Ashtray Country Greats #2 Amazon
12k.d. lang I'm Down to My Last Cigarette Shadowland Amazon
13Merle Travis Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Ash Grove 12/9/1966 Amazon
14Willie Nelson Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette Just One Love Amazon
15Benny Spellman Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
16Reverend Horton Heat Drinkin' and Smokin' Cigarettes Best Of Yep Roc Singles Amazon
17Manassas Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) Pieces Amazon
18Lefty Frizzell Cigarettes and Coffee Blues Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5) Amazon
19Jimmie Dolan Nicotine Fits Juke Box Boogie Amazon
20Curtis Gordon Caffeine And Nicotine Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
21Red Ingle & The Natural Seven Cigarettes, Whuskey And Wild, Wild Women Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
22The Sons Of The Pioneers Cigareefes, Whusky Country Hits Vol. 6 Amazon
23Kris Kristofferson I May Smoke Too Much Spooky Lady's Sideshow/Shake Hands with the Devil Amazon
24Dale Watson Smokey Old Bar El Rancho Azul Amazon
25Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians A Cigarette, Sweet Music & You Cigar Classics 1: The Standards Amazon
26Nina Simone Don't Smoke in Bed The Ultimate Nina Simone Amazon
27Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Chew Tobacco Rag Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon
28The Bottle Rockets Smokin' 100's Alone 24 Hours a Day Amazon
29Ry Cooder Fool For A Cigarette/Feelin' Good Paradise And Lunch Amazon
30Bo Carter Cigarette Blues Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
31Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
32Georgia White The Stuff Is Here The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon

The Midnight Hour

The Midnight Hour
The Midnight Hour

The witching hour. The darkest moment in our day where the bell tolls another in the heart of the ancient wood. A muse for poets, writers, and songsmiths over the ages….midnight. Deeper Roots highlights the midnight muse with a delightful blend of the celebratory and the soulful sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Waits, Merle Travis, Big Joe Turner, and Lowell Fulson.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Creedence Clearwater Revival The Midnight Special Chronicle: Volume Two Amazon
2Big Bill Broonzy Midnight Special An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
3The Louvin Brothers Midnight Special Long Play Collection Amazon
4Big Joe Turner Midnight Special Train Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
5Big Joe Turner Midnight Cannonball Big Joe Rocks Amazon
6Merle Travis & Joe Maphis Big Midnight Special Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis Amazon
7The Delmore Brothers Midnight Train Sand Mountain Blues Amazon
8Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Ridin' That Midnight Train The Three Pickers Amazon
9Gladys Knight & the Pips Midnight Train to Georgia The Buddah Box Disc 3 Amazon
10Maria Muldaur Midnight at the Oasis Maria Muldaur Amazon
11Patsy Cline Intro Walkin' After Midnight The Arthur Godfrey Show Amazon
12Patsy Cline Walkin' After Midnight 12 Greatest Hits Amazon
13Ray Charles The Midnight Hour The Birth of Soul Disc 1 Amazon
14Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
15J.J. Cale After Midnight The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
16Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Midnight Shift Lost In The Ozone Amazon
17The Mills Brothers Long About Midnight The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4 Amazon
18Larry Campbell Midnight Highway Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
19Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson Midnight In Milpitas Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
20Lucinda Williams Howlin' at Midnight Happy Woman Blues Amazon
21Tom Waits Midnight Lullabye The Early Years Amazon
22Lowell Fulson Midnight Showers Of Rain Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
23Cowboy Copas Midnight In Heaven Songs That Made Him Famous Amazon
24Tony Rice Unit Midnight on the Stormy Deep Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
25Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Midnight On the Stormy Deep Bill Monroe: Anthology Amazon
26The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Midnight at Woody Creek Welcome to Woody Creek Amazon
27B.B. King Blues at Midnight King of the Blues [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
28Peetie Wheatstraw Midnight Blues The Devil's Son-In-Law Amazon
29Howlin' Wolf Moanin' at Midnight Chess Blues Disc 1 Amazon
30Bob Dylan Soon After Midnight Tempest Amazon
31Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen Midnight In Moscow Easy Listening Gold 1962-1963 Amazon
32Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Amazon

Trains & Boats & Planes & Automobiles

Trains Planes Automobiles
Trains Boats Planes & Automobiles

Deeper Roots takes on a theme this week… one that has us on the road, the rails, the ocean deep, and soaring in the clouds. We speak, of course, of our modes and muse of transport in music.  There’s a variety of styling to be had including blues from Snooks Eaglin and Lightnin’ Hopkins, 50s country from Cowboy Copas and Bonnie Guitar,  pop sounds from Jo Stafford and the Modernaires, and a host of others that all support the theme of the day. Tune in for another roots-infused Wednesday evening on KOWS, the heart and voice of West Sonoma County, California.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Modernaires The Stanley Steamer The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947) Amazon
2Kevin Russell Cadillacin' Model A You Don't Know Me Amazon
3Snooks Eaglin Model T And The Train Country Boy Down In New Orleans Amazon
4Rosco Gordon T Model Boogie Let's Get High (B) Amazon
5Lightnin' Hopkins Automobile Blues Lightnin' Amazon
6Ry Cooder Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) Borderline (Remaster 2013) Amazon
7John Sebastian Got No Automobiles Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
8The Dixie Hummingbirds Christian's Automobile 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
9Mink Deville Lilly's Daddy's Cadillac Coup De Grace Plus Where Angels Fear To Tread Amazon
10Roger Miller (The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane The Best Of : Vol 2 Amazon
11Peter, Paul & Mary Leaving On A Jet Plane Album 1700 Amazon
12Mother McCollum Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4] Amazon
13Peter Case Waiting On A Plane HWY 62 Amazon
14Cowboy Copas Night Plane to Memphis Settin' Flat On Ready Amazon
15Dwight Yoakam 07 Trains and Boats and Planes Population: Me Amazon
16Doc Watson Blue Railroad Train The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
17J. H. Howell Howell's Railroad Classic Field Recordings Amazon
18Hank Williams California Zephyr Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
19Chuck Berry Down Bound Train Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song Amazon
20Jimmie Driftwood Sailing Away On The Ocean Americana, Vol. 3 Amazon
21Earl Scruggs My Ship Will Sail The Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & Two Amazon
22The Boxmasters Goin' Home Modbilly Disc 1 Amazon
23Jake Xerxes Fussell Boat's up the River Jake Xerxes Fussell Amazon
24Jo Stafford Shrimp Boats You Belong To Me Amazon
25Al Hendrickson On A Slow Boat To China Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53 Amazon
26Nick Lowe Christmas At The Airport Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
27Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson Gulf Coast Highway Duets Amazon
28Patsy Cline Life's Railway To Heaven Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
29Tony Rice Unit Old Train Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
30Jimmie Driftwood I'm Leavin' On The Wagon Train Americana, Vol. 2 Amazon