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Country Christmas 2018

It’s a holly, jolly, country Christmas on a Friday morning in West County. We’ll put our political blinders on this morning in search of the merriment that ’tis the season on Deeper Roots. This year’s Christmas special is a collection of country sounds, both new and old, that takes us down a path that mixes contemporary Americana, bluegrass, rockabilly, and classic country into a finely tuned blend of holiday cheer. We’ll be cooking from the Texas panhandle with Dale Watson, taking the high lonesome yule train with Jimmy Martin, spinning yarns with Johnny and Tommy Cash, and dropping by the Waffle House with Bill Anderson. Tune in knowing full well that the dinner’s in the oven and the stockings are all hung by the chimney with care. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Gretchen Wilson I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas Amazon
2Ernest Tubb I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
3Pee Wee King Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2) Amazon
4Buck Owens Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Original Mono Single Version) Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
5Jimmy Martin Daddy Will Santa Claus Ever Have to Die To Mother At Christmas Amazon
6Jimmy Martin Old Fashioned Christmas Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2] Amazon
7The Country Gentlemen Christmas Time Back Home The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
8Ralph Stanley I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley Amazon
9The Louvin Brothers Santa's Big Parade Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
10Bill Anderson Waffle House Christmas Anderson Amazon
11Mary Gauthier Christmas In Paradise Filth & Fire Amazon
12Lyle Lovett Christmas Morning The Road To Ensenada Amazon
13John Prine Christmas In Prison Souvenirs Amazon
14Dale Watson You Can Call Me Nick Christmas Time in Texas Amazon
15Eddy Arnold Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
16Sonny James I Forgot to Remember Santa Claus Singles Amazon
17Tennessee Ernie Ford A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
18Loretta Lynn To Heck With Ole Santa Claus White Christmas Blue Amazon
19Johnny Cash/Tommy Cash That Christmasy Feeling The Classic Christmas Album Amazon
20George Jones Lonely Christmas Call Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
21Chip Taylor Merry F'n Christmas The Little Prayers Trilogy (disc 1) Amazon
22Billy Joe Shaver Merry Christmas To You Freedom's Child Amazon
23Antsy McClain Mary Lou's Christmas List Merry Christmas from the Trailer Park Amazon
24Ernest Tubb Blue Christmas Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection Amazon
25John Prine I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus A John Prine Christmas Amazon
26Dale Watson Santa Bring Her Back Christmas Time in Texas Amazon
27Little Jimmy Dickens No Place Like Home On Christmas Country Boy [Disc 5] Amazon
28Eddy Arnold I'm Your Private Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
29Asleep at the Wheel Here Comes Santa Claus Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All Amazon
30Kacey Musgraves Let It Snow A Very Kacey Christmas Amazon
31Leon Redbone Feat. Dr. John Frosty The Snowman (With Dr. John) Christmas Island Amazon
32John Anderson Here Comes Santa Claus Boots To Big to Fill Amazon

Louisiana Gumbo

Back to the bayou. Back to Bourbon Street. From a house of blues to the small clubs out across the river. We’ll be taking a journey into the deeper wells where the influences include urban blues, jazz, French Acadian, Caribbean, and African American.  And one could argue a handful of others. It’s all there in the sounds of south where the pianos and guitar amps are wired into a foundation of tradition…as if performed from a garage or cabin. Cookie & The Cupcakes’ swamp pop, swamp rock from Randy & The Rockets, New Orleans busking from Snooks Eaglin, classic piano noodling from the Professor and Dr. John, and a warm bouillabaisse of southern musical cuisine from Dave Bartholomew and Fats Domino all served up on a Friday evening celebrating a few of the treats on community radio for Sonoma County, KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dr. John Honey Dripper Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
2Charles Sheffield Boogie Children Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin' Amazon
3Professor Longhair & His Blues Scholars Walk Your Blues Away 'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
4Dave Bartholomew Got You On My Mind 1952-1955 Amazon
5Joe Medwick Brought Down I4m An After Hour Man (The Crazy Cajun Recordings) Amazon
6Phil Bo Don't Take It So Hard Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
7Cookie & the Cupcakes Mathilda Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
8Cookie & His Cupcakes Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
9Rod Bernard This Should Go On Forever Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
10Dr. John Wash, Mama, Wash Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
11Erwin Babin Big Boy Blue Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade Amazon
12Clint West Our Love Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
13Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow Flip Flop Louisiana Swamp Blues Amazon
14Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow Hey Mr. Bon Ton Louisiana Swamp Blues Amazon
15Rod Bernard Diggy Liggy Lo Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
16Katie Webster & Bobby Jay Hey Mr Love Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
17Jay Nelson Silly Filly Oh Baby Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin' Amazon
18Fred Carter (You'll Have To) Come And Get It Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
19Randy & the Rockets Lets Do the Cajun Twist Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
20Rufus Jagneaux Opelousas Sostan Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
21Fats Domino La-La [Version 2] They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
22Fats Domino I Want You to Know They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
23Snooks Eaglin Lavinia Baby, You Can Get Your Gun! Amazon
24Snooks Eaglin By the Water Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
25Charles Sheffield I Would Be a Sinner Best Of Excello Vol 1: Sound of the Swamp Amazon
26Zorro & The Zips Frankie & Johnny Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
27Jay Chevalier & The Longshots Cuttin' Cane Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
28King Karl & Guitar Gable Mary Lou Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
29Warren Storm Hey Ma Ma Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade Amazon
30Terry Clement & The Tune Tones Hey Joli Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
31Irma Thomas Cry On Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
32Berna Dean I Walk In My Sleep Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
33Clarence "Frogman" Henry The Glory Of Love [Outtake] Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
34Bobby Charles Time Will Tell Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
35Dr. John Iko Iko Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag Pt 2

We had so much fun with our first installment a few months back that we thought it was worth a second installment…well, that and the depth and breadth of the American Songbag certainly lends itself to doing so. It doesn’t hurt either that it fits our deeper roots sensibilities so well. This installment finds us meandering about those classic songs whose topics include mellow blues ballads, hobo songs, Mexican border songs (how appropriate), tarnished love tales, and the ‘road to heaven’. Helping us through our sets we’ll be featuring an interesting collection of performers:  Dave Van Ronk, Dock Boggs, Rosanne Cash, and Peter Case. A host of others will join in the fun on Community Radio for Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dave Van Ronk Willie The Weeper Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Amazon
2The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Willie the Weeper Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1 Amazon
3Dan Zanes Roll The Chariot Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag Amazon
4Josh White Barbara Allen Best Of Josh White Amazon
5Delmore Brothers Frozen Girl Brown's Ferry Blues Amazon
6Dock Boggs Pretty Polly Country Blues Amazon
7The Carter Family My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Instrumental) On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1 Amazon
8Tony Rice House Carpenter Church Street Blues Amazon
9Hylo Brown Pretty Fair Maiden Legends & Tall Tales Amazon
10Ola Belle Reed, John Miller, Burl Kilby The Orphan Girl Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line Amazon
11David Rawlings Midnight Train Poor David's Almanack Amazon
12Arlo Guthrie Gypsy Davy Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004) Amazon
13Peter Case Roving Gambler Sings Like Hell Amazon
14Rosanne Cash Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow The List Amazon
15Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield Old American Songs (Set One): Zion's Walls Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition) Amazon
16Louis Armstrong Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Louis And The Good Book Amazon
17Sister Rosetta Tharpe Things That I used to do (and I Don't Do No More) The Gospel Truth Amazon
18The Robinson Children I Ain't Gwine Study About War No More Swinging Gospel Sounds (1935-1942) Amazon
19The Bronzemen Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939) Amazon
20Septeto Habanero Cielito Lindo Cuba. Por La Musica Amazon
21Los Panchos La Cucaracha – La Adelita Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
22Dan Zanes Lo Que Digo Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag Amazon
23Kathy Reid-Naiman Pretty Betty Martin Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
24Laurie Lewis Weevily Wheat Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals Amazon
25Dan Zanes Cuckoo Waltz Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag Amazon
26Tom Paxton Times A-Getting Hard, Boys Seeds – The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Disc 2 Of 2 – Friends Of Pete) Amazon
27Bobby Bare Times Are Gettin' Hard Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
28Ronnie Gilbert Lincoln And Liberty Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
29Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur The Boll Weevil Penny's Farm Amazon
30Dave Van Ronk Gamblers Blues Dust Bowl Blues Essential American Folk Amazon

Suzie Blue

Another Friday morning of sounds from the deeper wells, the archives of Americana, featuring the very best of early century pop, southern gospel, bluegrass, jazz, and swamp seasoned blues. Tune in at 9am for a fresh blend of performances that span the genres: Charles Sheffield to Ernest Tubb, The Dells to Mildred Bailey, and Jimmie Rodgers to John Prine. Dave Stroud will be sharing sounds from the Excello vaults, new Americana from recent years, classic gospel from The Soul Stirrers and the Southern Stars. You can only hear the variety and depth of selection on community radio. So be sure you listen in Friday mornings on KOWS and Friday evenings on KWTF.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Suzie Blue Burn To Shine Amazon
2Carmen Miranda I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) Anthology Amazon
3Cole Porter You're The Top – (From "Anything Goes") A Centennial Celebration Amazon
4Honeydreamers Perdido Sing Me A Swing Song – Disc 2 Amazon
5Mildred Bailey Georgia On My Mind The Rockin' Chair Lady Amazon
6The Shelton Brothers Just Because Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon
7T. Texas Tyler Beautiful Life (Life's Evening Sun) Country Boy Amazon
8Floyd Tillman They Took The Stars Out Of Heaven Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
9Ernest Tubb Pass The Booze Retrospective – Volume 2 Amazon
10Blind Boys Where There's a Will, There's a Way The Best of The Blind Boys Amazon
11The Soul Stirrers Resting Easy None But the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats Amazon
12The Southern Stars Don't Give Up None But the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats Amazon
13Alison Krauss I've Got That Old Feeling I've Got That Old Feeling Amazon
14Johnny Horton Sleepy-Eyed John American Originals Amazon
15John Prine That's How Every Empire Falls Fair and Square EP Amazon
16Richard Thompson Wall of Death Watching the Dark (disc 1) Amazon
17Johnny Cash Two Stories Wide Highwayman 2 (Jennings, Nelson, Kristofferson, Cash) Amazon
18Joe Medwick Barefootin4 I4m An After Hour Man (The Crazy Cajun Recordings) Amazon
19Charles Sheffield I Would Be a Sinner Best Of Excello Vol 1: Sound of the Swamp Amazon
20The Blues Rockers Calling All Cows Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock Amazon
21The Gladiolas Little Darlin' Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock Amazon
22Marvin Gaye How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) Best of Marvin Gaye Disc 1 Amazon
23Mary Wells Two Lovers Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
24The Chiffons Sweet Talkin Guy Sweet Talkin Girls – Disc 2 Amazon
25Dr. John Right Place Wrong Time Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
26Dr. John Such A Night Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
27Woody Herman Bamba Samba A Taste of Tradition Amazon
28Les Paul & Mary Ford Brazil Les Paul: Guitar Wizard Amazon
29Steve Forbert My Blue Eyed Jane Any Old Time Amazon
30Jimmie Rodgers My Blue-Eyed Jane Recordings 1927-1933 [Disc 3] Amazon
31Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day – Original Buddah Classics Amazon

Music of Albert E. Brumley Sr.

The music of Albert E. Brumley resides in a shadowy corner of country gospel, but when it’s given the light of day, the glow is blinding.  He was a shape note music composer and publisher whose southern gospel pieces are familiar to many. There’s not a lot of information about Albert but the musical legacy of his “I’ll Fly Away”, “Rank Strangers”, and “Turn Your Radio On” are masterpieces of the genre made popular by everyone from The Carters to Bill Monroe and Aretha Franklin to Alan Jackson and Kanye West.  We’ll spend time with his music today, sharing numerous interpretations for you on a Friday morning in Sebastopol, live from KOWS studio at the UMC in the heart of town.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones Turn Your Radio On 70th Anniversary Amazon
2The Dillards Introduction There Is A Time: 1963-70 Amazon
3The Dillards I'll Fly Away There Is A Time: 1963-70 Amazon
4The Humbard Family I'll Fly Away [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
5Stamps-Baxter Quartet When We Sing Around The Throne Eternal Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music Amazon
6The Del McCoury Band The Lord Is Writing Down Names The Promised Land Amazon
7The Del McCoury Band It's Surprising What The Lord Can Do The Promised Land Amazon
8Clinch Mountain Boys/Jim Lauderdale/Ralph Stanley This World Is Not My Home I Feel Like Singing Today Amazon
9Fern Jones This World Is Not My Home The Glory Road Amazon
10Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc One Amazon
11The Louvin Brothers He Set Me Free Close Harmony [Disc 6] Amazon
12Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Standing By the River Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc 4 Amazon
13The Country Gentlemen Rank Strangers To Me The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
14Ricky Skaggs Rank Stranger Bluegrass Rules! Amazon
15Leon Redbone If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Double Time Amazon
16Elvis Presley If We Never Meet Again He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
17Doc Watson I'll Meet You In The Morning Milestones [Disc 2] Amazon
18Albert E. Brumley, Jr./Merle Haggard I'll Meet You in the Morning Two Old Friends Amazon
19Johnnie and Jack I Heard My Name on the Radio 1947-1950 (Warped 4720) Amazon
20Coon Creek Girls Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
21Rangers Quartet I've Found A Hiding Place Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music Amazon
22Marty Stuart Lord, Give Me Just a Little More Time Souls' Chapel Amazon
23Mac Wiseman By the Side of the Road Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
24Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver By The Side Of The Road Beyond The Shadows Amazon
25The Del McCoury Band I'll Put On A Crown And Walk Around The Promised Land Amazon
26The Del McCoury Band It's An Unfriendly World The Promised Land Amazon
27Merle Travis If We Never Meet Again Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
28The Kingsmen I'd Rather Be An Old-Time Christian Crossroads: Southern Roots Amazon
29Jimmie Davis 'Twill Be Sweet When We Meet Nobody's Darlin' But Mine Amazon
30Carl Story I've Found a Hiding Place Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 Amazon
31Wade Bowen I'll Fly Away Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother Amazon
32Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch I'll Fly Away Down From The Mountain: Live Concert Performances By The Artists & Musicians Of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Amazon
33NRBQ Down In My Heart Stay With We Amazon
34Lyle Lovett I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord Smile: Songs From The Movies Amazon

Golden Age of Country

It’s a time that followed the second World War and baked into its foundation were the sounds of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Spade Cooley, Bob Wills among others. The music was inspired by bluegrass, folk, blues, and jazz with Country Swing and barn dances sparking a popularity that blanketed the American musical landscape from the Pacific to the southern Atlantic. It was a sound that solidified the title of “Country and Western” and he’ll be sharing some of the great performances in this week’s episode: Patsy Cline, Little Jimmy Dickens, George Jones, Ferlin Husky, and Webb Pierce…just to name a few. While the sound would fade away sometime around the turn of the seventies, when rock n’ roll would elbow it (more like steamroll it) out in popularity on the airwaves, it is revered and restated to this day as a cornerstone of what we recognize as Americana music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Robbins Singing The Blues Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville Amazon
2Webb Pierce Why Baby Why Featuring Red Sovine All Hits! [Disc 2] Amazon
3Ray Price Crazy Arms Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
4Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel Collections Amazon
5The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 1 Amazon
6Little Jimmy Dickens Hey Worm (You Wanna Wiggle) Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
7Ferlin Husky Gone Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast Amazon
8Marty Robbins The White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation) Magic Moments Amazon
9Bobby Helms Fraulein Classic Country Amazon
10Patsy Cline Walkin' After Midnight 12 Greatest Hits Amazon
11Ray Price My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You The Essential Ray Price 1951-1962 Amazon
12Little Jimmy Dickens A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed The Old Country Church/Raisin' The Dickens Amazon
13Marvin Rainwater Gonna Find Me A Bluebird Three Classic Albums Plus Singles 1955-1962 Amazon
14Johnny Cash Ballad Of A Teenage Queen His Sun Years Amazon
15Johnny Cash I Still Miss Someone 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
16Lefty Frizzell If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time Selected Sides – 1957-59 Amazon
17Little Jimmy Dickens Me And My Big Loud Mouth The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
18Don Gibson Oh, Lonesome Me RCA Country Legends Amazon
19Charlie Walker Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
20Jim Reeves Billy Bayou Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times Amazon
21Patsy Cline I Can See An Angel The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
22Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Drivin' Nails In My Coffin Songs For Rounders Amazon
23George Jones White Lightning The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 1 Amazon
24Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans Classic Country Amazon
25Stonewall Jackson Waterloo Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
26The Browns The Three Bells Classic Country Amazon
27Marty Robbins El Paso Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
28Buck Owens Under Your Spell Again The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
29Kitty Wells Amigos Guitar Queen of Country Amazon
30Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys A Six Pack To Go Vintage Collections Amazon
31Wynn Stewart Wishful Thinking Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast Amazon
32Loretta Lynn I'm A Honkey Tonk Girl Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
33Willie Nelson Nite Life One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
34Porter Wagoner The Cold Hard Facts of Life The Essential Porter Wagoner Amazon
35Jimmie Skinner Don4t Let Love Get You Down Country & Western Nuggets Amazon

Eight to the Bar

It’s a free form collection that knows no boundaries. Dynamic sounds from the past century of America’s music including tracks from Kinky Friedman, Hank Snow, Clara Ward, The Charioteers, and a host of others from every corner. We’ll be sharing The Old Spinning Wheel, a parlor song; songs about a baseball and silver screen legend; and gospel from the deeper wells. Join Dave Stroud for another Deeper Roots evening on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ella Fitzgerald Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar Get Happy Amazon
2El Pauling & Royal Abbit Send Me Somebody The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
3Freddie King Please Send Me Someone To Love King Of The Blues Amazon
4Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Gonna Send You Where I Got You From Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1 Amazon
5Nina Simone Children Go Where I Send You The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall Amazon
6The Charioteers Walk Together Children Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water Amazon
7The Original Gospel Harmonettes Just To Behold His Face Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
8Clara Ward And The Ward Sisters You Must Have Good Religion Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2] Amazon
9Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Plastic Jesus Set Two Amazon
10Wanda Jackson No Wedding Bells For Joe (2002 Digital Remaster) Wanda Jackson Amazon
11John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
12Laura Nyro Wedding Bell Blues Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2) Amazon
13The Del-Vikings I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells) Hit The Road Jack- The ABC-Paramount Story Amazon
14Kinky Friedman Marilyn and Joe Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman Amazon
15Simon & Garfunkel Mrs. Robinson The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
16Blackjack Wayne Holding Hands For Joe I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1] Amazon
17Hank Williams No, No Joe Beyond The Sunset Amazon
18Ernie K-Doe Popeye Joe Absolutely the Best Amazon
19The Howlin' Brothers World Spinning Round Trouble Amazon
20Hank Snow The Old Spinning Wheel (Chet Atkins) The Singing Ranger Disc 1 of 4 Amazon
21The Beau Hunks The Old Spinning Wheel The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music [Disc 2] Amazon
22C.W. Stoneking I'm The Jungle Man Gon' Boogaloo Amazon
23Duke Ellington Jungle Jamboree The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31) Amazon
24Eddie Cantor Hungry Women grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
25Dwight Yoakam Send Me the Pillow Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Amazon
26Fatso Bentley June-teenth Jamboree The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
27Duke Ellington Mood Indigo The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31) Amazon
28Blue Lu Barker Where's Joe Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949) Amazon
29Gloria Lynne Cool Daddy Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
30Little Richard Send Me Some Lovin' The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
31Robert Gordon and Link Wray Black Slacks Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die Amazon
32Steve Earle & the Dukes Ain't Nobody's Daddy Now Terraplane Amazon
33Sam Cooke You Send Me Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon

The Arhoolie Label

There are a handful of record labels that subscribe to the ‘deeper roots’ dogma. And our show tries to cover all of them. But East Bay’s own Arhoolie, whose catalog was recently acquired by Smithsonian Folkways is a very special example, maybe the premiere example, of what it means to dig deeper. Founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz, a German transplant who moved to the States in 1947, Arhoolie was founded on the principle that the best music could be found by traveling the backroads. And that is precisely how it got started, with a recording device in his trunk and an ear for the sublime. Join us this Friday evening as we explore just a hint of the music you’ll find on a landmark roots label.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Mama Thornton Wade in the Water This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1] Amazon
2Mance Lipscomb Sugar Babe Texas Songster Amazon
3Mance Lipscomb Jack O' Diamonds Texas Songster Amazon
4Snooks Eaglin Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes Country Boy Down In New Orleans Amazon
5K.C. Douglas High Water Rising Mercury Blues Amazon
6Lightnin' Hopkins Lightning Boogie Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Big Joe Williams Shake Your Boogie Shake Your Boogie Amazon
8R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
9Paramount Singers There's A Leak In This Old Building 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
10The Campbell Brothers Feat. Katie Jackson I Feel Good 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
11Sonny Treadway Don't Let The Devil Ride Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
12Annie Mae & Fred McDowell I'm Going Over The Hill 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
13Sonny Treadway Amazing Grace Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
14Bill Neely Satan's Burning Hell Texas Law & Justice Amazon
15Bill Neely I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy Texas Law & Justice Amazon
16Del McCoury Hey, Hey Bartender 16 Down Home Country Classics Amazon
17Kirk Sutphin Yellow Rose Of Texas Masters of the Banjo Amazon
18Laurie Lewis & Dudley Connell The Johnson Boys Masters of the Banjo Amazon
19The Hodges Brothers Bogue Chito Fling Ding 16 Down Home Country Classics Amazon
20Rose Maddox Single Girl 16 Down Home Country Classics Amazon
21Maddox Bros. and Rose I Want to Live and Love This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1] Amazon
22Adolph Hofner Dirty Dog South Texas Swing Amazon
23Lydia Mendoza Amor En Duda First Queen Of Tejano Music Amazon
24Lydia Mendoza A Ti Madre First Queen Of Tejano Music Amazon
25Lydia Mendoza Amor Bonito First Queen Of Tejano Music Amazon
26Don Santiago Jiminez, Sr. La Duena de la Llave Tex Mex Fiesta Amazon
27Flaco Jiminez Un Mojado Sin Licencia This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2 Amazon
28Clifton Chenier Bogalusa Boogie Bogalusa Boogie Amazon
29Savoy Family Band Two-Step de Amede This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2 Amazon
30Pine Leaf Boys Pine Grove Blues This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2 Amazon
31HowellDevine Can't Be Satisfied Modern Sounds of Ancient Juju Amazon

California’s Burning

We are remembering what happened here in Sonoma County last October when the firestorm hit, devastating communities and lives. Over 5000 homes and dozens of lives were lost. Disaster struck overnight and our music today reflects back with songs of disaster, songs of burning hell, and music that reminds us that Mother Nature will have its way. Blues from John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, traditional country gospel from Bill Neely and Kitty Wells, and more in a Friday evening remembrance.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The David Thom Band California's Burning That Old Familiar Amazon
2Under The Radar Ride These Flames Beyond The Niche Amazon
3Kitty Wells He Will Set Your Fields on Fire Dust on the Bible (1959) Amazon
4Kilby Snow, Mike Seeger He Will Set Your Fields On Fire Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967 Amazon
5Clyde Moody 06 – Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire) The Hillbilly Waltz King Amazon
6Bill Neely Satan's Burning Hell Texas Law & Justice Amazon
7Howlin' Wolf The Natchez Burning Blues From Hell Amazon
8John Lee Hooker Burning Hell The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2] Amazon
9John Lee Hooker The Motor City Is Burning The Definitive Collection Amazon
10Otis Spann Burning Fire The Great Blues Men Amazon
11Bob Brozman American House Fire Blues Fire in the Mind Amazon
12Dave Alvin Barn Burning King Of California Amazon
13Dave Alvin California's Burning Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
14John Mellencamp Eden Is Burning John Mellencamp Amazon
15Dixon Brothers The School House Fire Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937 Amazon
16J. H. Howell Burning Of Cleveland School Classic Field Recordings Amazon
17Max Steiner And The MGM Studio Orhestra Atlanta in Flames Gone With the Wind Amazon
18Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet What's You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire? Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931) Amazon
19Selah Jubilee Singers I'm Tormented In The Flames Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941) Amazon
20Sisters Of Song In God's House Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 Amazon
21Mandolin Orange Wildfire Blindfaller Amazon
22Lightnin' Hopkins Burnin' in L.A. Po' Lightnin' Amazon
23D.L. Menard/Eddie LeJeune/Ken Smith Les Flammes D'Enfer (The Flames of Hell) The Best of Louisiana Music [Rounder] Amazon
24Jude Taylor and His Burning Flames Burnin Flames Special Putomayo Presents Zydeco Amazon
25Buckwheat Zydeco Where There's Smoke There's Fire Menagerie Amazon
26Buddy Miller Fire and Water Universal United House Of Prayer Amazon
27Janiva Magness Your House Is Burnin' Love Wins Again Amazon

Roger Miller Tribute

There’s a new tribute album out, celebrating the music of country renaissance troubadour Roger Miller.  Produced by his son Dean it’s a fully formed varietal that, as Rolling Stone magazine critic Stephen Betts notes, features a dazzling lineup after being beset by repeated delays since 2015. Miller was an extraordinary songwriter with offbeat humor, part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, and a poet of the uncommon whose song King of the Road “was positively average compared to his other oddball compositions, including Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug, and You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd” as Betts goes on to point out. Our show features tracks from the album, some other notable covers of Roger Miller’s music, and, of course, some wacky, some tame originals from Roger himself.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Asleep at the Wheel Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis) King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Amazon
2Roger Miller Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD2) Amazon
3Doug Kershaw You Don't Want My Love The Best Of Doug Kershaw Amazon
4Ernest Tubb Half a Mind Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection Amazon
5Faron Young A World So Full of Love The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2) Amazon
6Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell Invitation to the Blues Old Yellow Moon Amazon
7George Jones Tall Tall Trees George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
8Roger Miller Tall, Tall Trees King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3) Amazon
9Roger Miller My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles Amazon
10Charley Pride Billy Bayou 20 Classics Amazon
11Jim Reeves Home Essential Jim Reeves Amazon
12Roger Miller Little Green Apples All Time Greatest Hits Amazon
13Bill Kirchen Husbands and Wives (Album) Word To The Wise Amazon
14Roger Miller/Willie Nelson Husbands and Wives Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away Amazon
15Willie Nelson Old Friends One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
16Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard Old Friends King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Amazon
17Patsy Cline When Your House Is Not A Home [Radio Transcription] The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
18Little Jimmy Dickens When Your House Is Not A Home Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
19Merle Haggard Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go Chicago Wind Amazon
20Ray Price Invitation To The Blues Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
21Jon Rauhouse Pardon This Coffin The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3 Amazon
22Roger Miller King Of The Road The Best Of : Vol 2 Amazon
23Dick Curless King of the Road A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969) Amazon
24Roger Miller Kansas City Star The Best Of : Vol 2 Amazon
25Kacey Musgraves Kansas City Star King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Amazon
26Roger Miller Dang Me King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
27Willie Nelson When Two Worlds Collide Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away Amazon
28Alison Krauss You Oughta Be Here With Me / I've Been a Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family) King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Amazon
29Alison Krauss River In The Rain Windy City Amazon
30Roger Miller Where Have All The Average People Gone King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3) Amazon
31Roger Miller Hoppy's Gone The Best Of : Vol 2 Amazon
32The Dead South One Dying And A Burying King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2] Amazon
33Nick Lowe Old Toy Trains Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
34Roger Miller (The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane The Best Of : Vol 2 Amazon