Category Archives: Featured Music

Too Darn Hot

One way to lounge about in the summer heat is to go directly at it with songs that complement the temperature from different angles (and genres). Tune in Saturday afternoon for a fresh look as Dave sits in for Steady Eddie once more with some rockabilly with Jimmy Simmons and Billy Lee Riley, hot country biscuits from Asleep at the Wheel and Al Dexter, hot soul stew from James Brown and Major Lance, and some humid yet playful pieces from Fats Waller and Lee Press-on & The Nails. We’ll also be taking a drone flight above some Mason-Dixon Line tradition from the very distant past with the Old South Quartette (featuring Polk Miller), and Victoria Spivey and Don Flemons. It’s summer and the heat will be with us for some weeks; too hot to handle? Too darn hot? Too hot for (fill in the blank)? Join this hot little collection in a special fill-in on a Saturday afternoon in Sonoma County. At least it’s a dry heat.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ella Fitzgerald Too Darn Hot Music & Moonlight Amazon
2Iris DeMent Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart Infamous Angel Amazon
3Old South Quartette When De Corn Pone's Hot Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette Amazon
4Al Dexter Hot Foot Shuffle Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag) Amazon
5Lonnie Johnson Hot Fingers Hot Fingers Amazon
6Asleep at the Wheel Hot Like That Reinventing the Wheel Amazon
7Jimmy Simmons Too Hot To Handle 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
8Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets Hot Tamale Pete The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon
9Johnny Carroll Hot Rock Classic Rockabilly Amazon
10Billy Lee Riley Red Hot Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
11Lee Press-On & the Nails Hot for Teacher Lee Press-On & the Nails Amazon
12Stephane Grappelli Hot Lips Stephane Grappelli Amazon
13Robert Johnson They're Red Hot The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1 Amazon
14Mississippi John Hurt Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
15Dom Flemons Hot Chicken Prospect Hill Amazon
16Austin Lounge Lizards Hot Tubs of Tears Creatures from the Black Saloon Amazon
17Major Lance Too Hot To Hold The Very Best Of Major Lance Amazon
18James Brown Hot Pants 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
19The Steve Miller Band Hot Chili Number 5 Amazon
20Tommy Douglas Hot Sauce Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2 Amazon
21Jay McShann Hot Biscuits R&B Jukebox Hits 1949 – Vol. 1 Amazon
22Stompy Jones Hot Sause Boss That's Alright Amazon
23Jimmie Lunceford Le Jazz Hot Strictly Lunceford: [Disc 3]: For Dancers Only Amazon
24Fats Waller Red Hot Dan The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 3] Amazon
25Jimmy Durante Hot Patatta The Great Schnozzle Amazon
26Victoria Spivey I'm A Red Hot Mama Black Snake Blues – The Best Of Amazon
27Memphis Minnie Hot Stuff – Take 2 Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
28Julie London Hot Toddy Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 18: Bottoms Up Amazon
29George Benson with Jack Mc Duff Hot Barbecue George Benson & Jack McDuff Amazon
30Ella Fitzgerald The Hot Canary The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951 Amazon
31Mr. Sad Head Hot Weather Blues Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon

Fat Daddy

“…crazy ’bout that woman ’cause Caldonia is her name”. Tune in for a mix of sounds coming from the free form archives, celebrating a century of America’s music as is the habit each Friday morning at 9 on Sonoma County Community Radio. We’ll be exploring the Cherry Red Blues, Evil Gal Blues, and Louis Jordan’s jump piece Caldonia as part of our show today. Country sounds feature two Georges: Strait and Jones, soul sounds from The Miracles and Arthur Alexander, rhythm & blues from the ladies including Varetta Dillard, Etta James, and Albinia Jones, and an oddball opening set that takes us down into some strange and exotic places “Ahbe Casaba” and “Katanga!”

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dinah Washington Fat Daddy Rock 'N' Roll Early Years – Vol. 3 Amazon
2Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm Katanga! Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
3Classie Ballou Classie's Whip Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
4Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers Police Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
5Kip Tyler Shadow Street Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
6Jimmy Rushing Where Were You Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
7Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
8Fats Waller Believe It Beloved Honeysuckle Rose Amazon
9The Three Riffs Cherry In My Lemon And Lime Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm Amazon
10Big Joe Turner Hollywood Red (Cherry Red Blues) Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
11Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Cherry Red Blues Lost Time Amazon
12Aretha Franklin Evil Gal Blues Aretha Sings The Blues Amazon
13Albinia Jones Evil Gal Blues Vocal Blues & Jazz Vol. 4 (1938) Amazon
14Etta James Tell Mama Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
15Varetta Dillard I Can't Help Myself Got You On My Mind Amazon
16The Browns You Can't Grow Peaches On a Cherry Tree Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529) Amazon
17Ersel Hickey Bluebirds Over The Mountain Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
18George Strait All My Ex's Live In Texas 50 Number Ones [Disc 1] Amazon
19George Jones Just One More Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
20Ned Miller From A Jack To A King Classic Country Amazon
21Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You) The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
22The Spinners It's a Shame One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1 Amazon
23Arthur Alexander Cry Like A Baby The Monument Years Amazon
24Wilson Pickett I Found A True Love A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 2] Amazon
25Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Rock & Roll Never Forgets Night Moves Amazon
26Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
27Lil Palmore Lil's Caldonia Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
28Van Morrison Caledonia Swing Keep Me Singing [LP] Amazon
29The Five Stars Where Did Caldonia Go Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
30Huey "Piano" Smith Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
31Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry Swingin' by Request Amazon
32Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters Cry Baby Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
33Full Tilt Boogie Band/Janis Joplin Cry Baby Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits Amazon
34John Fogerty River Is Waiting Revival Amazon

Hot Piano Rhythms

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 Buy
1Ray Charles Mess Around Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
2Asleep at the Wheel Cherokee Boogie Back to the Future Now – Live at Arizona Charlie's Amazon
3Merrill Moore Snatchin' And Grabbin Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
4Ray Charles Jumpin' in the Mornin' Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8) Amazon
5Ray Charles Hallelujah, I Love Her So Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
6Madonna Martin Madonna's Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
7Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven Down The Road Apiece Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
8Merrill Moore Nola Boogie Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
9Professor Longhair Boogie Woogie New Orleans Piano Amazon
10Fats Domino I'm Walkin' My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
11Dr. John Mess Around Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
12Fats Waller The Joint Is Jumpin' The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
13Albert Ammons Bass Goin' Crazy Best of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 1 Amazon
14Marylin Scott Beer Bottle Boogie Boogie Woogie [Disc 9] Amazon
15Jack Mc Vea Bartender Boogie Boogie Woogie [Disc 6] Amazon
16Lucky Millinder Bongo Boogie Boogie Woogie [Disc 9] Amazon
17Memphis Slim Dedication to Pete Johnson Classic Piano Blues Amazon
18Pete Johnson Boogie Woogie Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
19Peter Johnson's Orchestra Half Tight Boogie The Small Groups – Boogie Woogie Amazon
20Moon Mullican Cherokee Boogie The Very Best Of Amazon
21Moon Mullican Bottom Of The Glass The Very Best Of Amazon
22Jerry Lee Lewis What'd I Say A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
23Bobbie Nelson Boogie Woogie Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive) Amazon
24Cliff Jackson Crazy Rhythm World Of Jazz – The Jazz Piano Amazon
25Piano Red Do She Love Me Live And Feelin' Good (The Blues Collection Vol.68) Amazon
26Professor Longhair Got My Mojo Working Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
27Pinetop Perkins Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Let's Drink Some Juice… Amazon
28Big Joe Turner Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Rocks Amazon
29Hadda Brooks Stompin' The Boogie (aka Bully Wully Stomp) Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
30The Boogie Woogie Boys, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons Boogie Woogie Prayer – Part 1 Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
31Dr. John Good Night, Irene Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
32Amos Milburn Down the Road Apiece Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
33Adrian Rollini Trio Honky Tonk Train Blues Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon

Red River Valley

Deeper Roots will be filling in for Steady Eddie’s show this week while Eddie takes a well-deserved vacation. And Dave Stroud is jumping into those two hours with a nostalgic mix of Stephen Foster, western campfire trail songs, and silver screen sendups of life on the trail. Join the fun with some classic Bob Wills, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Driftwood, and John Hartford as we listen to those crickets callin’ and those coyotes makin’ their wail. Listening to the music as the wind is strummin’ a sagebrush guitar. A hundred years of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Get Up John At The Ryman [Live] Amazon
2Cowboy Jack Clement Beautiful Dreamer Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War Amazon
3John Hartford Lorena Good'le Days: Essential Recordings Amazon
4Clint Eastwood Claudia's Theme/Main Title – Unforgiven 75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1) Amazon
5Mavis Staples Hard Times Come Again No More Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
6Lee Marvin Wand'rin Star Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Marilyn Monroe River Of No Return The Essential Marilyn Monroe Amazon
8Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson My Rifle, My Pony And Me My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
9Kirk Douglas And The Moon Grew Brighter My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
10Jimmie Driftwood When I Swim the Golden River Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles Amazon
11Marty Robbins Red River Valley All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
12Asleep at the Wheel Miles and Miles of Texas The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970 Amazon
13Willie Nelson Sugar Moon You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
14Bob Wills Sugar Moon 1946 (Warped 4677) Amazon
15Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Along The Navajo Trail Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy Amazon
16Asleep at the Wheel Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
17Merle Kilgore Nevada Smith My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
18Sons of the Pioneers Tumbling Tumbleweeds Tumbling Tumbleweeds – The RCA Victor Years Voume 1 Amazon
19Tex Ritter High Noon Famous Country Music Makers Amazon
20Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
21Elmer Bernstein: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra The Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein Amazon
22Jason Isbell Johnny Reb, That's Me You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold Amazon
23Jay Unger And Molly Mason With Fiddle Fever Ashokan Farewell Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
24Johnny Bond Red River Valley History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9 Amazon
25Roy Rogers Don't Fence Me In My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
26Frankie Laine Gunfight At O.K. Corral My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
27Asleep at the Wheel South of the Border (with George Strait) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
28Asleep at the Wheel San Antonio Rose Western Standard Time Amazon
29Ennio Morricone The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Stick It In: A Virgin Compilation Amazon
30Jay Unger, Paul Roebling & David McCullough Ashokan Farewell – Sullivan Ballou Letter The Civil War Amazon

Dave Bartholomew Tribute

Dave Bartholomew passed away in June at the age of 100. You may not know his name, but he was one of the architects of a sound that would become rock n’ roll. A New Orleans fixture he was a band leader, trumpet player, arranger, producer, and songwriter whose keen ear and direction led him to become A&R man for Imperial Records where he met Fats Domino. His songwriting and arrangements can be heard on “Blueberry Hill”, “Ain’t That a Shame”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, and hundreds more. Early rock has the signature of Dave Bartholomew just as the music of New Orleans would become identified with the expansiveness of jazz and rhythm & blues. We’ll hear early influences and early productions of Dave’s, prior to his collaborations with Fats Domino. And, as always, so much more.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jewel King 3×7=21 Gettin' Funky [Disc 4] Amazon
2Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944 Amazon
3Fats Domino The Fat Man This Is Gold Disc 3 Amazon
4Smiley Lewis One Night I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
5Elvis Presley One Night Artist of the Century Disc 1 Amazon
6Bobby Mitchell I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
7Los Lobos I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
8Dave Bartholomew The Monkey Speaks His Mind Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4] Amazon
9Chuck Willis Going To The River Let's Jump Tonight! The Best Of Chuck Willis from 1951 – '56 Amazon
10Dave Bartholomew Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life) Gettin' Funky [Disc 2] Amazon
11Professor Longhair Whole Lotta Loving Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
12Dave Bartholomew Shrimp And Gumbo 1952-1955 Amazon
13Snooks Eaglin Yours Truly Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
14Fats Domino The Big Beat My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
15Fats Domino Ain't That a Shame My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
16Dave Bartholomew My Ding a Ling Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2 Amazon
17Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969 to 1974 Amazon
18Neil Young Walking To New Orleans Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2] Amazon
19Doug Sahm My Girl Josephine [Live] The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm Amazon
20Smiley Lewis Blue Monday I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2 Amazon
21Snooks Eaglin By the Water Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
22Berna Dean I Walk In My Sleep Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
23Fats Domino Tell Me That You Love Me They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
24Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Let The Four Winds Blow Rock 'n' Roll City Amazon
25Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knockin' The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1 Amazon
26George Thorogood & The Destroyers Hello Josephine The Hard Stuff Amazon
27John Lennon Ain't That A Shame Gimme Some Truth [Disc 4] Amazon
28Jools Holland Be My Guest Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska Amazon
29Robbie Robertson With Galactic Going To The River Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1] Amazon
30Dirty Dozen Brass Band That's How You Got Killed Before [Album Version] The New Orleans Album Amazon
31Fats Domino Walking to New Orleans My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
32Fats Domino I Want to Walk You Home My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
33Smiley Lewis How Long ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 Amazon

Songs of Goffin & King

A couple of months ago we featured about 20 minutes on a songwriter special featuring the music of the husband and wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. We’ll take a bit more time in this week’s show sharing their tunes with you.  From the Brill Building onwards, their songs easily defined the soundtrack for a generation of young Americans of the 1960s. Light-hearted love songs, songs of reflection, and dreamlike hooks were the order: Carole the tunes and Gerry the lyrics. Join Dave Stroud in a look back featuring the music of The Cookies, Earl Jean, Lou Rawls Skeeter Davis, and many more on a Friday evening on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Cookies Chains The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
2Gene Pitney Every Breath I Take Anthology: 1961-1968 Amazon
3Aretha Franklin (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 2: Mid-'60s Amazon
4Tammy Montgomery Make The Night A Little Longer Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection Amazon
5Freddie Scott Hey, Girl Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
6Maxine Brown Oh No Not My Baby Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On Amazon
7Skeeter Davis I Can't Stay Mad At You Early Girls: 1 Amazon
8Little Eva The Loco-Motion The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
9Dusty Springfield That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) [*] Dusty in Memphis [Deluxe Edition] Amazon
10The Righteous Brothers Just Once in My Life Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3 Amazon
11The Drifters Some Kind of Wonderful Drifters' Golden Hits Amazon
12The Drifters Up on the Roof Drifters' Golden Hits Amazon
13Maurice & Mac So Much Love Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
14Carole King It Might As Well Rain Until September The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
15The Cookies Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
16The Crystals He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
17The Chiffons One Fine Day The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
18The Ronettes Is This What I Get for Loving You? The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
19The Blossoms So Much Love So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998 Amazon
20Earl-Jean I'm Into Something Good The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
21The Byrds Goin' Back The Notorious Byrd Brothers Amazon
22Lou Rawls I Can't Make It Alone The Essential Lou Rawls [Disc 2] Amazon
23Chuck Jackson I Need You The Very Best Of Chuck Jackson 1961-1967 Amazon
24Carole King Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Tapestry Amazon
25Dusty Springfield Some Of Your Lovin' The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield Amazon
26Gene McDaniels Point of No Return The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
27Bobby Vee Take Good Care of My Baby Absolutely the Best Amazon
28Bobby Vee Sharing You Absolutely the Best Amazon
29Carole King Smackwater Jack Tapestry Amazon
30Taj Mahal Take A Giant Step Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
31Dusty Springfield Goin' Back The Silver Collection Amazon
32Nils Lofgren & Grin Goin' Back The Best of Nils Lofgren & Grin: The A&M Years Amazon

Back to Back Blues

We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new.  Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Turtle Island String Quartet Crossroads A Little on the CD Side Amazon
2Muddy Waters Trouble No More Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959) Amazon
3The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards) Blues Blues Blues Amazon
4Black Cats And The Kitten Step It Up And Go [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
5Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Step It Up And Go Blues Highway Amazon
6Robert Wilkins That's No Way to Get Along Roots of Rock Amazon
7The Rolling Stones Prodigal Son Beggars Banquet Amazon
8Elmore James One Way Out The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
9John Hiatt One Way Out All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman Amazon
10Howlin' Wolf I Ain't Superstitious Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
11Jeff Beck I Ain't Superstitious Truth Amazon
12Big Joe Williams Baby Please Don't Go Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
13Tom Rush Baby Please Don't Go Town and Country Blues Amazon
14Elmore James Dust My Broom Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics Amazon
15Sonny Landreth Dust My Broom Bound by the Blues Amazon
16Howlin' Wolf Back Door Man Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals Amazon
17John Hammond Backdoor Man The Best Of Amazon
18Koko Taylor Wang Dang Doodle Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
19Dr. John Wang Dang Doodle The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
20Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie When the Levee Breaks People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
21Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1 Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin Amazon
22Bukka White Parchman Farm Blues Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1] Amazon
23Rory Block Parchman Farm Blues Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White Amazon
24Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1] Amazon
25Taj Mahal Statesboro Blues The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
26Robert Johnson Stones in My Passway The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2 Amazon
27Roy Rogers Stones in My Passway Slide of Hand Amazon
28The Allman Brothers Band Statesboro Blues Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics Amazon
29The Allman Brothers Band Trouble No More Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 Amazon

Jumpin’ Jack

Free form provides our weekly exploration a wider berth in which to stretch our wings. And that’s precisely why I take a free form journey every week or so on Deeper Roots. This week we’ll be featuring at least two tracks from the great Ella Mae Morse, some R&B and Doo Wop from The Cardinals and Ruth Brown, a rare track you may never hear elsewhere featuring the late, great Dr. John, and selected tracks from John Prine, Nat King Cole, The Orlons, and a golden classic country favorite from George Jones. We’re just scratching the surface as we sail through two hours of gospel, tradition, pop, rock, country, bluegrass (inhale), blues, and jazz. Don’t miss this week’s Friday stroll on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ella Mae Morse Jumpin' Jack Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
2Ruth Brown Daddy Daddy Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
3The Cardinals Wheel Of Fortune Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Kay Starr Wheel Of Fortune Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
5Dr. John Let's Make A Better World (LP Version) Destively Bonnaroo (US Release) Amazon
6Big Joe Turner Hide and Seek Big Joe Rocks Amazon
7Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Everyday The Gospel of Blues Amazon
8The Clara Ward Singers Traveling Shoes Meetin' Tonight! Amazon
9Maria Muldaur Travelin' Shoes Waitress In a Donut Shop Amazon
10Blind Alfred Reed You Must Unload Complete Recorded Works 1927-29 Amazon
11Ry Cooder You Must Unload The Prodigal Son Amazon
12Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna El Watusi Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
13Orlons The Wah-Watusi Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1 Amazon
14Ricky Nelson Travelin' Man Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
15J.J. Cale Travelin' Light Troubadour Amazon
16Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman Travelin' Light Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
17Nat King Cole Dream A Little Dream Of Me The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3] Amazon
18Bert Kaempfert Wimoweh That Happy Feeling Amazon
19S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds Mbube The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48) Amazon
20Merle Haggard And The Strangers Travelin' Blues Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
21Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Papa's on the House Top Lost Time Amazon
22Dave Alvin Don't Look Now West of the West Amazon
23John Prine/Susan Tedeschi Color of the Blues For Better, Or Worse Amazon
24George Jones Color Of The Blues The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 Amazon
25Steve Earle Hillbilly Highway Guitar Town Amazon
26Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids Custer Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited Amazon
27Johnny Cash Understand Your Man 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
28Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Travelin' Playback Disc 6 Amazon
29Dr. John Old Settlers Live at Magfest 2014 Amazon
30Cousin Joe How Come My Dog Don't Bark? …..From New Orleans' Amazon

Leon Redbone Tribute

“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 Buy
1Leon Redbone If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Double Time Amazon
2Merle Travis If We Never Meet Again Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
3Emmett Miller I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
4Red Nichols & His Five Pennies The Sheik Of Araby Saints Ramble & Sensation Amazon
5Laurel and Hardy Shine on Harvest Moon The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
6Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] Amazon
7Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Sugar Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05] Amazon
8Hoagy Carmichael Lazybones Sometimes I Wonder…. Amazon
9Hoagy Carmichael Lazy River Sometimes I Wonder…. Amazon
10Lonnie Johnson He's A Jelly-Roll Baker Tomorrow Night Amazon
11Peetie Wheatstraw Shake That Thing ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48 Amazon
12Dave Van Ronk Shake That Thing Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers Amazon
13Elvis Presley You're A Heartbreaker Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1) Amazon
14Julia Lee Breeze Kansas City Star [Disc 3] Amazon
15Cowboy Copas Breeze 1954-1958 Amazon
16Leon Redbone Breeze Sugar Amazon
17Rex Griffin Sweet Mama Hurry Home 1935-1936 (Warped 3520) Amazon
18Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy Bouquet Of Roses Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville Amazon
19Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special Amazon
20Emmett Miller Lovesick Blues American Yodeling Amazon
21Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
22Leon Redbone Diddy Wa Diddie Double Time Amazon
23Shirley Temple Polly Wolly Doodle America's Sweetheart Amazon
24Boswell Sisters When I Take My Sugar to Tea Boswell Sisters Amazon
25Paul Specht Sweet Lorraine Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930 Amazon
26Ruth Etting Shine on, Harvest Moon Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen Amazon
27Joe Keawe My Little Grass Shack Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I Amazon
28Leon Redbone My Little Grass Shack Whistling In The Wind Amazon
29Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel Baby It's Cold Outside Unknown Amazon
30Al Jolson Pretty Baby The Very Best Of Al Jolson Amazon
31Leon Redbone Pretty Baby Sugar Amazon
32Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Amazon
33Leon Redbone Lulu's Back In Town On The Track Amazon

Gospel Crosscurrents

Another gospel celebration, this time with a mix of country, bluegrass, classic black gospel, and a very special blending from the annals of rock n’ roll. We’re calling this roots celebration “Gospel Cross-Currents” and it makes its way through a mix of fifties country gospel of Fern Jones and Bonnie Owens and some recent country releases of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with folk, bluegrass and black gospel of the early century. Tune in for Mac Wiseman, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis, the Alphabetical Four, and Sister Lottie Peavy. Deeper Roots celebrates each Friday morning on KOWS and Friday evening on KWTF.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Good News Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
2Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Keep on the Firing Line Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
3Carl Story Keep on the Firing Line 1942-1947 (Warped 4780) Amazon
4Browns Ferry Four Keep On The Firing Line Goodbye, Babylon – Goodbye, Babylon [Disc 5] Amazon
5Precious Bryant Sit Down Servant The Truth Amazon
6Jackson Browne & David Lindley Sit Down Servant Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
7Mike Farris Sit Down Servant Salvation in Lights Amazon
8Bad Livers I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap Dust On The Bible Amazon
9Mac Wiseman I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap Most Requested Amazon
10Michelle Lanchester w/Sweet Honey In The Rock I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior) African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers Amazon
11Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin If You See My Savior Lost Time Amazon
12Porter Wagoner/Willie Nelson Family Bible Unplugged Amazon
13Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Family Bible Lost In The Ozone Amazon
14Lyle Lovett I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord Smile: Songs From The Movies Amazon
15Willie Nelson Sweet Bye and Bye Old Time Religion Amazon
16Elizabeth Cotten Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes Amazon
17Alphabetical Four What a Friend We Have in Jesus Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943 Amazon
18Bonnie Owens What a Friend We Have in Jesus 1968-1971 (Warped 6947) Amazon
19Fern Jones By And By The Glory Road Amazon
20Elvis Presley By and By Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
21Paul Butterfield's Better Days Nobody's Fault But Mine 'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back' Amazon
22Sister Lottie Peavy Nobody's Fault But Mine Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950 Amazon
23Brother Claude Ely I'm Crying Holy Unto The Lord Satan Get Back Amazon
24Bad Livers Crying Holy Unto The Lord Dust On The Bible Amazon
25The Jordaniares Dig a Little Deeper The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
26Mahalia Jackson Dig A Little Deeper Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
27Johnny Cash Where We'll Never Grow Old Unearthed Volume Four. My Mother's Hymn Book Amazon
28Patty Griffin Never Grow Old Downtown Church Amazon
29Johnny Cash & The Carter Family Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century Amazon
30Aaron Neville Were You There Gospel Roots Amazon
31Jessi Colter His Eye Is On The Sparrow [Album Version] Out Of The Ashes Amazon
32The Staple Singers This May Be The Last Time Swing Low Amazon