Category Archives: Early Jazz

Music Goes ‘Round

March 1, 2025 Dave

Put another nickel in that nickelodeon ‘cause rhythm saved the world. This week on Deeper Roots we’re spinning up songs about the jukebox, hit records, little bitty records, disc jockey pleas, and swinging syncopated rhythms from across the past century. That’s right, we’re taking a trip across ninety years featuring jazz from Jimmie Lunceford, country from the Sons of the Pioneers, gospel from the Chuck Wagon Gang, and swinging send-ups from Louis Armstrong, NRBQ, Slim Gaillard, and The Sensations. Well, you can also count on more from the usual suspects in this week’s thematic celebration of the very best of Americana. Whether that’s reaching out to the jukebox, the DJ or that record hawker…we’ve got two hours of rhythm here on KOWS Community Radio. Spend your time with music, not your hard earned dough on this day of resistance.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Commercial	Nuclear Survival Course Record Album (1954)	Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
2	The Sensations	Please Mr Disc Jockey	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
3	Fred Astaire	Music Makes Me	American Songbook Series
4	Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven	The Music Goes Round And Round	Me & Orson Welles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
5	Louis Prima	The Music Goes 'Round and Around	Capitol Collectors Series
6	Louis Armstrong	Rhythm Saved The World	Rhythm Saved The World
7	Tex Beneke, The Modernaires	Jukebox Saturday Night	Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
8	Jimmie Lunceford	Rhythm Is Our Business	An Introduction To Jimmie Lunceford
9	The Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born	Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
10	Three Sharps And A Flat	That's The Rhythm	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
11	Ella Fitzgerald	Vote For Mr Rhythm	The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald [Disc 3]
12	Ella Fitzgerald	My Last Affair	The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald
13	Fats Waller	Music Maestro Please	Music Maestro Please
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	Mr. Rhythm Man	The Very Best Of
15	Slim Gaillard	Jumpin' At The Record Shop	Vout For Voutoreenes
16	The Mills Brothers	Rhythm Saved The World	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
17	George Kent	Hello, I'm A Jukebox	The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
18	Boyd Bennett & His Rockets	Cool Disc Jockey	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio Vol.5
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Syncopated Rhythm	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
20	Jerry Lee Lewis	Jukebox Junky	Killer Country
21	Brook Benton	Hit Record	Mercury 1962
22	Charles Senns	Dig Me A Crazy Record	One More Record Please
23	Norma Jean	I Heard the Jukebox Playing	1965-1966
24	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	One More Record Please
25	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Jones On the Jukebox	Set Two
26	Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones	Turn Your Radio On	70th Anniversary
27	Bill Kirchen	Little Bitty Record	King of Dieselbilly: Classic Kirchen
28	NRBQ	Music Goes Round And Around	Tiddly Winks
29	BR5-49	A1 On The Jukebox	Dog Days
30	The Blasters	Border Radio	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
31	Dillard & Clark	The Radio Song	The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
32	Teresa Brewer	Music ! Music ! Music !	Music ! Music ! Music !
33	Gene Kelly	I Got Rhythm	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love

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White Powder Muse

May 19, 2024 Dave

Cocaine is one of a few substances that have served as a muse, both in word and effect, in various forms of art throughout history, particularly in the 20th century. Its influence can be found repeatedly in the music industry, peaking in use during the 1980s when it was used by performer and listener as the disco and party-going atmosphere exploded, Contributing to this bacchanal were films depicting its use (and abuse) with plot themes embracing the white powder in storytelling. Cocaine’s impact is predominant in the genres of rock, jazz, and hip-hop and many performers have openly discussed their cocaine use, and its influence can be heard in lyrics, musical styles, and even album artwork. This week’s show looks at this muse with sounds from Margo Price, The Reverend Horton Heat, Lucille Bogan, Fred Neil and a host of others from 1929 to the present.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Roy Hogsed	Cocaine Blues	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
2	Hank Williams III	Cocaine Blues	Risin' Outlaw
3	Dick Justice	Cocaine	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
4	Carl Martin	That New Kind Of Stuff	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
5	Lucille Bogan	Baking Powder Blues	Cocaine Blues
6	Johnny Cash	Cocaine Blues	Silver
7	Billy Hughes	Cocaine Blues	Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
8	Son Volt	Cocaine and Ashes	American Central Dust
9	The Reverend Horton Heat	Bales of Cocaine	Holy Roller
10	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Cocaine Blues	Dance Ranch
11	Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's	Whiskey And Cocaine	Deep Ellum
12	Grateful Dead	Casey Jones	Workingman's Dead
13	The Byrds	Take A Whiff On Me	Untitled / Unissued [Disc 1]
14	Fred Neil	Sweet Cocaine	The Many Sides Of Fred Neil [Disc 1]
15	Woody Guthrie	Take A Whiff On Me	Muleskinner Blues (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2)
16	Woody Guthrie	Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues) (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
17	Jackson Browne	Cocaine	Running On Empty
18	Dave Van Ronk	Cocaine	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
19	Eric Clapton	Cocaine	Slowhand
20	Margo Price	Cocaine Cowboys	All American Made
21	Doc & Merle Watson	Let the Cocaine Be	Live & Pickin'
22	The Manhattan Transfer	That Cat Is High	Anthology – Down In Birdland (Disc 2)
23	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	Wacky Dust	Cocaine Blues
24	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	Kickin' The Gong Around	Cocaine Blues
25	Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra	Kickin' The Gong Around	Chronological Cab Calloway (1932-1934)
26	Mills Blue Rhythm Band	Kokey Joe	Cocaine Blues
27	The Spirits of Rhythm	Junk Man	Cocaine Blues
28	Curtis Mayfield	Pusherman	The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield
29	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
30	Memphis Jug Band	Cocaine Habit Blues	Cocaine Blues

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420 Fun

April 21, 2024 Dave

It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century. We will join in the celebration (in spirit anyway) of the date and time that three Marin County teenagers are said to have inaugurated over a half century ago. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll brighten up the playlist with music that will help us kick back. We’ll pour over a selected list of great sounds from the last 100 years that either directly or indirectly find us thinking about (or maybe imbibing in) the herb so many care about. There will be music from John Prine, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles and some early century jazz nuggets you will find hard to resist. Friday morning sounds from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, streaming to West County and the world on KOWS-LP, Occidental 92.5 FM and kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
2	Cordovas	Stone Cold Stoned	The Rose of Aces
3	Yonder Mountain String Band	Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown	Mountain Tracks, Vol. 2
4	Sam Bush	Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana	Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
5	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Seeds And Stems (Again)	Lost In The Ozone
6	Jesse Dayton	Dope Smokin' Song	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
7	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie
8	Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson	Roll Me Up (Album version)	Heroes
9	k.d. lang	Smoke Rings	Drag
10	Kacey Musgraves	High Time	Pageant Material
11	Moonalice	It's 420 Somewhere	Dave's Way Vol 1
12	Chris Stapleton	Might As Well Get Stoned	Traveller
13	Asleep At The Wheel	Jack I'm Mellow	New Routes
14	Ashley Monroe	Weed Instead Of Roses	Like A Rose
15	Brothers Osborne	Weed Whiskey And Willie	Port Saint Joe
16	John Prine	Illegal Smile	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
17	Kacey Musgraves	Burn One With John Prine	Demos
18	Tom Petty	You Don't Know How It Feels	Wildflowers
19	Ben Harper	Burn One Down	Fight for Your Mind
20	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
21	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
22	Trixie Smith	Jack I'm Mellow	Trixie Smith Vol. 2 1925-1929
23	Buck Washington	Save the Roach for Me [FCC Warning n word]	When Hemp Was Hip
24	Dave Van Ronk	You's A Viper	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
25	Wayne Hancock	Viper	A-Town Blues
26	Harlan Pepper	Reefer	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
27	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
28	The Devil Makes Three	Champagne And Reefer	Redemption & Ruin
29	Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin'	Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie	Putomayo Presents Zydeco

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Fats Waller Revisited

December 16, 2023 Dave

Fats Waller was a master of stride piano, a style that emerged in the early 20th century and became a cornerstone of jazz. His virtuosity in this style influenced countless pianists who came after him. But he is remembered most for his songwriting and the lively and humorous quality to his performances, incorporating all of these elements into his music. His ability to infuse joy and playfulness into his compositions and improvisations set him apart and made his music accessible to a wide audience. His contributions to the Great American songbook include jazz standards like “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” and “Black and Blue” which have been covered by countless artists over the years. This morning on Deeper Roots, we drop in to revel in the music, humor, warmth and charisma that was Thomas “Fats” Waller.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	Squeeze Me	One Hour Mama
2	James P. Johnson	Carolina Shout	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 2 – Hot Lips
3	James P. Johnson	What's The Use Of Being Alone	A Piano Anthology
4	Duke Ellington	That Rhythm Man	The Okeh Ellington [Disc 2]
5	Willie The Lion Smith & His Cubs	More Than That	Harlem Jazz (The 30's)
6	Willie "The Lion" Smith	Morning Air	A Piano Anthology
7	Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'	The Joint Is Jumpin'
8	Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
9	Fats Waller	I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby	The Joint Is Jumpin'
10	Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards	I'm Goin' Huntin'	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
11	Fats Waller With Morris' Hot Babies	Fats Waller Stomp	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 2]
12	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Mamacita	100 Ans De Jazz
13	Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Thomas "Fats" Waller & Jeni Le Gon	Living In A Great Big Way	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
14	Fats Waller	I Wish I Were Twins	The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4]
15	Ethel Waters	What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
16	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue [Album Version]	Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
17	Fats Waller	Let's Pretend There's A Moon	The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4]
18	Fats Waller	I'm Going To Sit Down & Write Myself A Letter	Music By Fats Waller
19	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
20	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
21	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
22	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	You're The Picture	Complete Recorded Works Vol.3
23	Fats Waller	All That Meat & No Potatoes	Music By Fats Waller
24	Fats Waller	Sweet Savannah Sue	The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1]
25	Fats Waller	Sweet Sue	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
26	Fats Waller	Six Or Seven Times	The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1]
27	Billie Holiday	Blue Turning Gray Over You	Billie's Blues
28	Maxine Sullivan & Her Jazz All-Stars	My Fate Is In Your Hands	Memories of You: A Tribute To Andy Razaf

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Guitar Routes

October 4, 2021 Dave

It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic. That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock. We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Truett & George	Ghost Dance	Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
2	Lonnie Johnson	Swing Out Rhythm	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
3	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
4	Blind Blake	Southern Rag	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
5	Robert Johnson	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
6	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Little Queen Of Spades	Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters
7	Les Paul Trio	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
8	Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders	Indiana March	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
9	Slim Gaillard	Minuet In Vout	Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts
10	Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band	Blue Guitar Stomp	Hillibilly Boogie!
11	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51)
12	Les Paul	Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
13	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Railroadin'	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
14	Chet Atkins	Carolina Shout	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
15	Richard Thompson	New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel	Strict Tempo!
16	Richard Thompson	Rockin' in Rhythm	Strict Tempo!
17	John Fahey	I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
18	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey
19	Bert Jansch	On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix]	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
20	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years
21	Roy Clark	Riders in the Sky	The Roy Clark Anthology
22	Doc Watson	Dill Pickle Rag	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
23	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	American Roots Music (Disc One-Country)
24	Jorma Kaukonen	There's A Table Sitting In Heaven	Stars In My Crown
25	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
26	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits
27	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Coal Miner's Daughter
28	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman	All-Time Greatest Hits
29	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil in Disguise	Artist of the Century Disc 2
30	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Honey Hush	Tear It Up
31	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Texas Flood	Texas Flood
32	Gary Moore	Parisienne Walkways	While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2]

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Dope Head Blues

July 31, 2021 Dave

It’s one of the novelty topics but that’s only whistling in the graveyard now, isn’t it? An episode of vipers and wild nights backstage, a reflection of the party atmosphere and the debauchery that would often take place after long nights of performing and jiving. We’ll also touch on the devil’s weed, as it was once known before the recognition of Victorian sensibilities was ejected in favor of common sense. The music will include primarily blues and jazz but we’ll also dip into some later novelty sounds to keep us all honest with the topics of coke, opium, marijuana, and pills on the agenda. Sweet bath house sounds from Bette Midler, wistful sounds from Phil Lawrence and Dan Hicks take center stage alongside the music of The Cats & The Fiddle, Fats Waller, Barney Bigard, and Cab Calloway. Quite a lineup and quite a topic surrounded by junkies, reefers, hadacol concoctions, and mellow stuff…so we hope you’ll drop by on a Friday morning in Sonoma County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Willie Mabon	Got To Have Some	I'm The Fixer : The Best Of The USA Records Sessions
2	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
3	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
4	The Spirits of Rhythm	Junk Man	Cocaine Blues
5	Cleo Brown	The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow	The Legendary Cleo Brown
6	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 6
7	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Junco Partner	Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953
8	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Long Comma Viper	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
9	Phil Lawrence	Viper's Dream	Mandolin Heaven
10	Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys	You're a Viper	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
11	Louis Armstrong	Song Of The Vipers [Album Version]	Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
12	Lalo Guerrero	Marihuana Boogie	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
13	Bette Midler	Marahuana	Songs For The New Depression
14	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
15	Fats Waller	The Reefer Song	Last Testament His Final Recor
16	Barney Bigard Sextet	Sweet Marihuana Brown	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
17	Larry Adler	Smoking Reefers	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
18	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
19	Johnny Cash	Leave That Junk Alone	The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 2]
20	Hot Lips Page	Feelin' High And Happy	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
21	Ella Fitzgerald	When I Get Low I Get High	Cryin' Mood
22	Cab Calloway	Kickin' The Gong Around	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
23	Julia Lee	Pipe Dreams	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]
24	Tampa Red	That Stuff Is Here	Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard
25	Cedar Creek Sheik	Don't Use That Stuff	Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
26	Dick Justice	Cocaine	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
27	Reverend Gary Davis	Cocaine Blues	Blues And Ragtime
28	Charley Jordan	Just A Spoonful	Cocaine Blues
29	Slim & Slam	Chinatown, My Chinatown	Cocaine Blues
30	Dr. John	Junko Partner	The Ultimate Dr. John
31	The Treniers	Hadacole (That's All)	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!

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Crazy Blues Centennial

August 15, 2020 Dave

It was the year 1920. One of the more important events in the annals of popular music in the United States occurred 100 years ago this month. Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds’ recording of Perry Bradford‘s tune “Crazy Blues” became an instant hit and was the first significant recording in the blues genre. And Mamie herself was also the first African American female popular singer to lead a commercial recording. This week on Deeper Roots we celebrate with the first installment of a show featuring two hours of music including two very special guests: Gillian and Gary Atkinson, proprietors of Document Records in the UK. I had a chance to interview the two about the label and about the dawn of blues and jazz recording including the early century social impact of black artists. A very special opportunity offered for a very special time. We’ll also hear about a recent video release called Searching for Secret Heroes, a resurrection of a long lost documentary made by Sam Charters, released by Document this past April.

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No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	American Roots Music [Disc 2]
2	Deeper Roots	Pre 20th Century – Gillian Atkinson Interview	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
3	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band	The Darktown Strutters' Ball	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band (Remastered)
4	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band	Memphis Blues	James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band (Remastered)
5	Deeper Roots	Crazy Blues Recording – Gary/Gillian Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
6	Deeper Roots	Selling the Crazy Blues	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
7	Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band	Royal Garden Blues	The History of Jazz :The Swing
8	Mamie Smith	Mamma Whip! Mamma Spank!	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2
9	Edna Hicks	Hard Luck Blues (Pm 12023, 1629-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
10	Ma Rainey and Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders	Honey Where You Been So Long? (Pm 12200, 1701-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
11	Deeper Roots	The Circle of Musicians – Gillian Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
12	Hall Johnson Choir	St. Louis Blues	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
13	Jelly Roll Morton	Buddy Bolden's Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) [Album Version]	The Rose & The Briar
14	Deeper Roots	Document Records with Gary Atkinson	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
15	Lovie Austin and Her Blues Serenaders	Traveling Blues (Pm 12255, 10005-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
16	Deeper Roots	Gillian and Gary Discussing Blues in the Jazz Age	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
17	The Hokum Boys	We Don't Sell It Here No More	Georgia Tom – Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (September 1928 – 5 February 1930)
18	Deeper Roots	Early Influentials in the Circles	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
19	Deeper Roots	Early Influentials in the Circles	Document Interview – Crazy Blues Centennial
20	Bessie Smith	I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	The Anthology
21	Deeper Roots	Searching for Secret Heroes Serendipity	Crazy Blues Centennial Interviews
22	Furry Lewis	John Henry	Searching For Secret Heroes
23	JD Short – Memphis Willie B	Alone In The Evening Hours	Searching For Secret Heroes
24	Hattie Heart	Coldest Stuff in Town	Searching For Secret Heroes
25	Trixie Smith and her Down Home Syncopators	Freight Train Blues (Pm 12211, 1767-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
26	Sippie Wallace With Clarence Williams' Blue Five	Baby I Can't Use You No More	The Complete Clarence Williams Sessions, Vol. 2 – 1923-1925
27	Sara Martin/Fats Waller	Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 1]
28	Lizzie Miles	Electrician Blues	Rude Dudes
29	Victoria Spivey and Her Hallelujah Boys	Black Snake Swing	The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-1937
30	Ida Cox	I've Got The Blues For Rampart Street	Black Swan Sampler
31	Mamie Smith	You Can't Keep A Good Man Down	Mamie Smith Vol. 1 (1920-1921)

Ants In My Pants

February 15, 2020 Dave

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

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Urban Blues

Hot Piano Rhythms

July 13, 2019 Dave

Celebrate this week with some rocking boogie woogie, country, and rhythm and blues with a special emphasis on the pounding of the ivories. We’ll put the speakers to the test as the rug gets thrown aside and the neighbors all celebrate and rocking good time with Fats, Ella Mae and Her Boogie Woogie Seven, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Merrill Moore, Moon Mullican and a host of others. Tune in for Beer Bottle Boogie, Cherokee Boogie, and Crazy Rhythm as the piano is given the top billing. A hundred years of American music with the focus on good…no, great…music. Friday morning antics coming your way on Sonoma Community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Cherokee Boogie	Back to the Future Now – Live at Arizona Charlie's
3	Merrill Moore	Snatchin' And Grabbin	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
4	Ray Charles	Jumpin' in the Mornin'	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
5	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
6	Madonna Martin	Madonna's Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
7	Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven	Down The Road Apiece	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
8	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
9	Professor Longhair	Boogie Woogie	New Orleans Piano
10	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
11	Dr. John	Mess Around	Definitive Pop Collection
12	Fats Waller	The Joint Is Jumpin'	The Joint Is Jumpin'
13	Albert Ammons	Bass Goin' Crazy	Best of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 1
14	Marylin Scott	Beer Bottle Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
15	Jack Mc Vea	Bartender Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 6]
16	Lucky Millinder	Bongo Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 9]
17	Memphis Slim	Dedication to Pete Johnson	Classic Piano Blues
18	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
19	Peter Johnson's Orchestra	Half Tight Boogie	The Small Groups – Boogie Woogie
20	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	The Very Best Of
21	Moon Mullican	Bottom Of The Glass	The Very Best Of
22	Jerry Lee Lewis	What'd I Say	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
23	Bobbie Nelson	Boogie Woogie	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
24	Cliff Jackson	Crazy Rhythm	World Of Jazz – The Jazz Piano
25	Piano Red	Do She Love Me	Live And Feelin' Good (The Blues Collection Vol.68)
26	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
27	Pinetop Perkins	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	Let's Drink Some Juice…
28	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Big Joe Rocks
29	Hadda Brooks	Stompin' The Boogie (aka Bully Wully Stomp)	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
30	The Boogie Woogie Boys, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons	Boogie Woogie Prayer – Part 1	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
31	Dr. John	Good Night, Irene	Goin' Back To New Orleans
32	Amos Milburn	Down the Road Apiece	Amos Milburn Rocks
33	Adrian Rollini Trio	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

Leon Redbone Tribute

June 8, 2019 Dave

“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
2	Merle Travis	If We Never Meet Again	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
3	Emmett Miller	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll	Minstrel Man From Georgia
4	Red Nichols & His Five Pennies	The Sheik Of Araby	Saints Ramble & Sensation
5	Laurel and Hardy	Shine on Harvest Moon	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
6	Nat King Cole	Sweet Lorraine	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
7	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	Sugar	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
8	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazybones	Sometimes I Wonder….
9	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy River	Sometimes I Wonder….
10	Lonnie Johnson	He's A Jelly-Roll Baker	Tomorrow Night
11	Peetie Wheatstraw	Shake That Thing	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
12	Dave Van Ronk	Shake That Thing	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
13	Elvis Presley	You're A Heartbreaker	Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1)
14	Julia Lee	Breeze	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
15	Cowboy Copas	Breeze	1954-1958
16	Leon Redbone	Breeze	Sugar
17	Rex Griffin	Sweet Mama Hurry Home	1935-1936 (Warped 3520)
18	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy	Bouquet Of Roses	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
19	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special
20	Emmett Miller	Lovesick Blues	American Yodeling
21	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
22	Leon Redbone	Diddy Wa Diddie	Double Time
23	Shirley Temple	Polly Wolly Doodle	America's Sweetheart
24	Boswell Sisters	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Boswell Sisters
25	Paul Specht	Sweet Lorraine	Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930
26	Ruth Etting	Shine on, Harvest Moon	Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
27	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
28	Leon Redbone	My Little Grass Shack	Whistling In The Wind
29	Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel	Baby It's Cold Outside	Unknown
30	Al Jolson	Pretty Baby	The Very Best Of Al Jolson
31	Leon Redbone	Pretty Baby	Sugar
32	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
33	Leon Redbone	Lulu's Back In Town	On The Track

A Century of America's Music