Category Archives: Featured Music

Just a closer walk…Deeper Roots walks the gospel road once more, this time forgoing the ancestral roots for modern takes in black gospel, country gospel, and bluegrass from the Heartland. Our focus will be on some of the contemporary performers who cover with due recognition some of the great gospel standards. We’ll hear from Hugh Laurie, Willie Watson, Rodney Crowell, Bruce Cockburn, and Luther Dickinson…and that’s just a taste. We’ll hear the stories of Samson and Delilah alongside John the Revelator….right here on Deeper Roots…coming your way from the KWTF downtown studios.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Aubrey Ghent & Friends	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
2	Buddy Miller	There's A Higher Power	Universal United House Of Prayer
3	Wade Bowen	Precious Memories	Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother
4	Mike Farris	Sit Down Servant	Salvation in Lights
5	Bonnie Raitt & Maria Muldaur	My Journey to the Sky	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
6	Johnny Cash	The Man Comes Around	American IV: Man Comes Around
7	Jorma Kaukonen	What Are They Doing In Heaven Today	Blue Country Heart
8	Rodney Crowell	Denomination Blues	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
9	Willie Watson	Samson and Delilah	Folksinger Vol. 2
10	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Peace in the Valley	Come on Back
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Amazing Grace	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
12	The Blind Boys of Alabama	I Keep On Walking	Almost Home
13	Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt	Turn Me Around	Mavis Staples I'll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration
14	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
15	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
16	Linda Gail Lewis	This Train	Hard Rocking Woman
17	Leo Welch	You Can't Hurry God	Sabougla Voices
18	The Holmes Brothers	Farther Along	Speaking In Tongues
19	Ollabelle	John The Revelator	Ollabelle
20	Tom Waits	John The Revelator	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
21	Luther Dickinson feat. the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band	Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
22	Bruce Cockburn	Twelve Gates To The City	Bone On Bone
23	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Family Bible	Django and Jimmie
24	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	Old Time Religion	Farther Along
25	Gillian Welch	Old Time Religion [Outtake]	Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg [Disc 2]
26	Charlie Haden	A Voice From On High	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
27	Rhiannon Giddens	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway

Songs of John Hiatt

December 10, 2017 Dave

From the ‘pink bedroom’ and edgy alternative to blues and country, R&B and everything in between…John Hiatt’s catalog of recordings is only surpassed by the library of his songs penned over the past fifty years. We’ll take a look back, primarily focusing on covers from his contemporaries; names like Rosanne Cash, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Carrie Rodriguez, and Buddy Guy are but just a small sampling of the performers we’ll hear from on another Friday evening on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Crossing Muddy Waters
2	Buddy Guy	Feels Like Rain	Feels Like Rain
3	Emmylou Harris	Icy Blue Heart	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
4	Rosanne Cash	The Way We Make a Broken Heart	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
5	Jo-El Sonnier	I'll Never Get Over You	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
6	Flaco Jiminez	Across The Borderline featuring John Hiatt (Album Version)	Partners
7	Terrance Simien	It Hasn't Happened Yet	Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
8	Carrie Rodriguez	Big Love	Love and Circumstances
9	Rosanne Cash	It Hasn't Happened Yet	Retrospective
10	John Hiatt	Cry Love	Walk On
11	Kelly Willis	Drive South	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
12	Bonnie Raitt	Lover's Will [Radio Edit Version]	The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US]
13	Commander Cody	Commander Cody-Tennessee Plates	Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers
14	Gregg Allman	Memphis in the Meantime	Searching for Simplicity
15	Marshall Crenshaw	Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me	Good Evening
16	Nick Lowe	She Don't Love Nobody	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
17	Dave Edmunds	I Got Your Number	Closer to the Flame
18	Iggy Pop	Something Wild	Brick by Brick
19	Mitch Ryder	Where Is the Next One Coming From?	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
20	Asleep at the Wheel	This Is the Way We Make a Broken Heart	Pasture Prime
21	Rodney Crowell	She Loves the Jerk	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
22	Rosanne Cash	Pink Bedroom	Retrospective
23	John Hiatt	Your Love Is My Rest	Walk On
24	Joe Cocker	Have a Little Faith in Me	Ultimate Collection
25	John Hiatt	Real Fine Love	Stolen Moments
26	The Band	Bound By Love	Jubilation
27	John Hiatt	Master of Disaster [2005]	Master of Disaster

Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Back on the Farm

December 2, 2017 Dave

The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard	Farmer's Blues	Country Music
2	Freeman Stowers	Sunrise On The Farm	Sinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931
3	Bill Frisell	Farmer	Disfarmer
4	Levon Helm	Poor Old Dirt Farmer	Dirt Farmer
5	Bill Neely	Black Land Farmer	16 Down Home Country Classics
6	James King	Thirty Years of Farming	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
7	Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs Yeary	The Wheat Crop	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
8	Lemuel Jones	Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers)	Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941)
9	Peter Rowan	Let the Harvest Go To Seed	Bluegrass Boy
10	Carolina Tar Heels	Got The Farm Land Blues	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
11	Cisco Houston	Farmer's Lament	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
12	J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert)	17 Living On The Farm	The Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4
13	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Old Rivers
14	The Bently Boys	Down On Penny's Farm	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
15	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	Down on Penny's Farm	Penny's Farm
16	The Four Wanderers	Farmer's Life For Me	Black Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942)
17	Ben & Ellen Harper	Farmer's Daughter	Childhood Home
18	Bobby Bare	The Farmer Feeds Us All	Hard Time Hungrys
19	Porter Wagoner	The Farmer and the Lord	20 All-Time Greatest Hits
20	Paula Brown	Farm Hollers	Hollerin'
21	Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers	McDonald's Farm (1928)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
22	Bubby Bishop	I Want To Go Back To The Farm	The Great Vintage Country
23	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	On A Little Two Acre Farm	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
24	Goose Island Ramblers	I Worked For a Farmer	Polkabilly
25	Buster Carter & Preston Young	A Lazy Farmer Boy	Before The Blues Vol. 3
26	Rosetta Howard	Plow Hand Blues [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
27	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
28	Fiddlin' John Carson	Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003]	Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
29	Ray Wylie Hubbard	After the Harvest	Crusades of the Restless Nights
30	Dry Branch Fire Squad	Devil, Take The Farmer	481 Bluegrass Class of 1990
31	Glen Campbell	Arkansas Farmboy	Adios
32	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
33	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Mother Maybelle Carter	The Homestead On The Farm [Album Version]	Songs Of The Famous Carter Family

Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Below the Mason-Dixon Line

November 25, 2017 Dave

Songs that highlight the states below the ‘line’ of intransigence. Portions are better known as Dixie, others (like Florida and Texas) appear as appendages or after-market expanses. The music this evening will explore songs of Louisiana from Doug Kershaw, Texas from Asleep at the Wheel, Alabama from Mance Lipscomb, and West Virginia featuring Louis Jordan. There’s a whole lot more including Taj Mahal, Bill Kirchen, The Louvin Brothers and Pokey LaFarge; all on a journey through a collection of states that two surveyors by the name of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, in an attempt to resolve a dispute, attached their names to in the late 18th century.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Jimmie Rodgers	Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
2	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Down In Florida On A Hog	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
3	Muddy Waters	Deep Down In Florida #2	King Bee
4	Claire Lynch	My Florida Sunshine	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1
5	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
6	Dave Van Ronk	Georgia Camp Meeting	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
7	Alex Campbell, Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby	Bringing in the Georgia Mail	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
8	Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers	Georgia Boogie	Travellin' Boogie
9	Guy Clark	Virginia's Real	Texas Cookin'
10	The Carter Family	Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3]
11	Al Bowlly	My Sweet Virginia	Just A Bowl Of Cherries
12	Ethel Waters	I'm Coming Virginia	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
13	Hazel Dickens	West Virginia, My Home	Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1]
14	Louis Jordan	Salt Pork, West Virginia	The Chronological Louis Jordan 1945-1946
15	Dr. Horse	South Poke West Virginia	Harlem Rock N' Blues
16	Mance Lipscomb	Alabama Bound	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
17	Evan Marshall	The Alabama Jubilee	Mandolin Magic
18	The Louvin Brothers	Alabama	Hand-Picked
19	Neil Young/Stray Gators	Alabama	Harvest
20	Jimmie Driftwood	Arkansas Traveler	Americana, Vol. 1
21	Carolina Cotton	Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas)	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
22	Bill Kirchen	Arkansas Diamond (Album)	Word To The Wise
23	Taj Mahal	Texas Woman Blues	The Essential [Disc 1]
24	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
25	Tommy Duncan	Texas Moon	Texas Moon
26	Tony Rice	He Rode All the Way to Texas	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
27	Waylon Jennings	Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
28	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Going Back To Louisiana	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
29	Doug Kershaw	Louisiana Man	Diggy Diggy Lo
30	Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three	Mississippi Girl	Middle of Everywhere
31	Nina Simone	Mississippi Goddam	Anthology Disc 1
32	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Mississippi Mud	Paper Moon
33	The Andrew Sisters	When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabama	Double Goldies [CD1]

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country, Oldies, Urban Blues

The Hangman’s Rope

November 18, 2017 Dave

Songs about one of the most controversial of mankind’s attempt to balance the scales: the death penalty. Studies point to the fact that at least one in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent and yet the death penalty is legal in 32 states. In China, corporate fraud can be punishable by death…if it were the case here, our government would probably be on the straight and narrow. But I digress. The music this week will explore the long walk to eternity through the eyes of the condemned; the knowledge of the eventuality of the executioner’s song is clarity. And we’ve got country from a whole host of obscure characters, some blues and boogie, along with just a little bit of folk and bluegrass. A hundred years of the hangman’s rope in reflection.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Johnny Cash	I Hung My Head	American IV: Man Comes Around
2	Gurf Morlix	Theyre Hangin Me Tonight	The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 3
3	Johnny Bond	At Dawn I Die	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
4	Marty Robbins	The Hanging Tree	All-Time Greatest Hits
5	Peter, Paul & Mary	Hangman	See What Tomorrow Brings
6	Marty Stuart	Hangman	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
7	Ralston Bowles and May Erlewine-Bernard	Hangman	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
8	Cowboy Copas	Hangman Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
9	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Puerto Muerto	The Hangman's Song	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1
10	Al Dean	Hangman	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
11	Leadbelly	Gallows Pole	Too Late, Too Late – Vol. 12 – 1917-48
12	Furry Lewis	Judge Harsh Blues	Furry Lewis 1927 – 1929
13	Brownie McGhee	Hangman's Blues	The Folkways Years (1945-1959)
14	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hangman's Blues	Complete Recordings Vol. 3
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Electric Chair	Blues Images Presents 1920's Blues Classics, Vol. 13
16	Lonesome Johnny	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
17	Jimmy Minor	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
18	Porter Wagoner	(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
19	Dave Alvin	Sonora's Death Row	West of the West
20	Lee Hazelwood	The Girl On Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
21	Johnny Cash	The Mercy Seat	American III: Solitary Man
22	Bessie Smith	Send Me To The Lectric Chair	Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
23	Booker T. & the MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
24	Hoyle Miller	Twelve Years On Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
25	Steve Earle	Walking Down Death Row	If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
26	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
27	Bob Dylan	Seven Curses	The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [Disc 2]
28	Joan Baez	Geordie	The First 10 Years
29	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Dean Schlabowske	Gary Gilmore's Eyes	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1

Songs About Youth

October 7, 2017 Dave

A nostalgic celebration of youth, love, and idealism…some saccharine sounds for a Friday evening whose theme is young at heart. We’ll be digging into mid-century popular sounds, with a laser focus on the many songs for young lovers that poured out of AM radio during the early years of jukebox rock from the soda fountain. But we’ll also reflect on the loss of youth, childlike wonder, and a little bit of tongue-in-cheek heartbreak and bitterness. Country sounds from Hayes Carll and Roger Miller, symphonic soliloquies from Percy Faith and Ray Conniff, and reflective studies by Bob Dylan and Antony, and some growing pains from Tom Waits and Billy Bob Thornton. How can you go wrong?

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bob Dylan	Young at Heart	Fallen Angels
2	Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus	Hello Young Lovers	Broadway In Rhythm
3	Percy Faith	Theme for Young Lovers	16 Most Requested Songs
4	Paul & Paula	Young Lovers	Hard to Find 45's on CD, Vol. 2: 1961-64
5	Ruby & Romantics (63-64)	When You're Young And In Love	Our Day Will Come: The Very Be
6	Sonny James	Young Love	Singles
7	Robin Ward	Young Lovers After Midnight	The Very Best Of
8	Rick Nelson	Young World	Greatest Love Songs
9	Rick Nelson	Young Emotions	Greatest Love Songs
10	Nat King Cole	Too Young	Your Hit Parade – 1951
11	Hank Garland	Blame It On My Youth	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
12	Bing Crosby & Guy Lombardo	Young At Heart	Your Hit Parade – 1954
13	Flying Pickets	When You're Young and in Love	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 4
14	Bob Dylan	Forever Young	The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
15	Billy Bob Thornton	I Gotta Grow Up	Beautiful Door
16	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
17	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
18	Bill Frisell & Petra Haden	I Don't Want To Grow Up	Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
19	Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Blues	Singing In The Rain
20	The Deer Run Drifters	Restless Youth	Restless Youth
21	Antony With Bryce Dessner	I Was Young When I Left Home	Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1]
22	The Mavericks	Children	From Hell to Paradise
23	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Teach Your Children	Deja Vu
24	Carole King	Like Little Children	Crazy in Alabama
25	The The	Jealous of Youth	Solitude
26	Felix Dukes & Mississippi Fred McDowell	Motherless Children	Sounds of the South Vol 4: American Folk Songs for Children
27	Willie Dixon And Friends	Youth to You	Willie Dixon and Friends, Vol. 8
28	Daniel Romano	Middle Child	Come Cry With Me
29	Roger Miller	Little Children Run and Play	The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
30	Jackson Browne	I Thought I Was A Child (LP Version)	For Everyman
31	Willie Nelson	Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [w/ Waylon Jennings]	One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2]

Covers Show

October 2, 2017 Dave

From the Brill Building to the Delta; from Bakersfield to Woodstock; from Tulsa to Deep Elem. Music on a Friday evening from the deeper wells, all presented to you in the form of covers: some new, some vintage, some traditional. We’ll pair up Tom Waits and Blind Willie Johnson, The Band and JJ Cale, Connee Boswell and VV Brown, and there will also be plenty to cover going back to Gus Cannon, Bradley Kincaid, and The Carter Family. It’s our Friday welcome mat to autumn here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Shirelles	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
2	Buck Owens	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
3	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
4	The Band	Crazy Mama	High On The Hog
5	J.J. Cale	Crazy Mama	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	When I Get My Rewards	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
7	Harry Dean Stanton	When I Get My Rewards	Partly Fiction
8	Mississippi John Hurt	I'm Satisfied	Night On The Delta
9	John Sebastian & David Grisman	I'm Satisfied	Satisfied
10	Bradley Kincaid	Froggie Went A-Courting	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
11	Bruce Springsteen	Froggie Went a Courtin'	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
12	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Walk Right In	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
13	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Walk Right In	Roots of Rock
14	Hank Williams	Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?	24 Greatest
15	Tom Hiddleston & The Saddle Spring Boys	Why Don't You Love Me	I Saw The Light: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
16	The Seldom Scene	Mama Tried	Scenechronized
17	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
18	Merle Haggard	San Antonio Rose	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
19	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	San Antonio Rose	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
20	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four
21	Emmylou Harris	Hello Stranger (Remastered LP Version)	Luxury Liner [Remaster]
22	Howlin' Wolf	Little Red Rooster	Great Tomato Blues Package
23	Sam Cooke	Little Red Rooster	Night Beat
24	ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)/Jack Johnson	I Shall Be Released	Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
25	Bob Dylan	I Shall Be Released	Before The Flood [Disc 1]
26	Connee Boswell	Heart And Soul	Heart & Soul
27	V V Brown	Crazy Amazing	Travelling Like The Light
28	Blind Willie Johnson	The Soul Of A Man	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
29	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
30	Amy Winehouse	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?	Lioness: Hidden Treasures

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Bad Luck Blues

September 16, 2017 Dave

We’re exploring the blues this week on Deeper Roots. And it’s all about bad luck blues…when the dice roll snake eyes, when the crops won’t make the rent, when your woman asks for money and all you got is the dust in your pockets…when you ain’t got no money. Join Dave Stroud for a collection of the very best including Big Joe Williams’ Jinx Blues, bad luck stories from Dinah Washington and Memphis Minnie, piano moaning from Leroy Carr and Ivory Joe, as well as further tales of gambling, dice, and no luck from Clifford Gibson and Black Boy Shine. Friday evening blues….what more?

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Little Milton	Bad Luck	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
2	Rory Block	Jinx Blues	Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House
3	Son House	The Jinx Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41
4	Big Joe Williams	Jinx Blues	Classic Delta Blues
5	Black Boy Shine	Gamblin' Jinx Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
6	Memphis Minnie	I'm A Bad Luck Woman	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
7	Mel Walker	Unlucky Man	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
8	Nat King Cole Trio	Chant Of The Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues)	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1]
9	Dinah Washington	Bad Luck	Dinah Washington Sings The Blues
10	Jimmy Lewis/Ray Charles	If It Wasn't for Bad Luck	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 4
11	Robert Belfour	Bad Luck	What's Wrong with You
12	Muddy Waters	Mother's Bad Luck Child	Can't Get No Grindin'
13	Lightnin' Slim	Bad Luck Blues	The Best Of Excello Records
14	Lightnin' Hopkins	Bad Luck And Trouble	Blues Kingpins
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Bad Luck Blues	Classic Sides Disc 1
16	Cliifford Gibson	Bad Luck Dice	Complete Recorded Works
17	Guitar Welch	Bad Luck Blues	Southern Prison Blues (Digitally Remastered)
18	Kokomo Arnold	Bad Luck Blues	Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1937-1938)
19	Ivory Joe Hunter	No Money, No Luck Blues	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
20	Bill Gaither	Bad Luck Child's Request	When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941
21	Leroy Carr	Bad Luck All The Time	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 2]
22	Champion Jack Dupree	Bad Luck Bound To Change	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
23	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
24	John Mayall	Bad Luck Time	Room To Move 1969-1974 [Disc 2]
25	Tommy Castro And The Painkillers	Bad Luck	Method To My Madness
26	Larry Campbell	Bad Luck Charm	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
27	The Harlem Hamfats	Bad Luck Man	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
28	Charlie Musselwhite	If I Should Have Bad Luck	Deluxe Edition – Charlie Musselwhite

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Free Form – September 2017

September 9, 2017 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for a special edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. He’ll be sitting in for Steady Eddie’s Retro Music Archives, filling the airwaves with sounds you would expect to hear on either show. With a little blend of roots Americana stirred in. Hot rod sounds, killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, early century pop from Annette Hanshaw and Mae West, gospel from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Sam Cooke…and some sweet soul vocals from The Ravens and Barbara Lewis. You won’t go wrong on a Sunday afternoon in West County. Tune in.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Barbara Lewis	Make Me Your Baby	Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis
2	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
3	Smiley Lewis	Hey Girl	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
4	Kay Starr	Kay's Lament	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
5	Kay Starr	Night Train	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
6	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Free At Last	Down In New Orleans
7	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers
8	Sam Cooke	Mean Old World	Night Beat
9	The Golden Gate Quartet	Dipsy Doodle	Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1
10	Alabama Shakes	Killer Diller Blues	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1]
11	Jimmy Liggins	Cadillac Boogie	Jump, Jive & Swing
12	Trailer	Hot Rods to Hell	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3
13	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
14	Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines	I Want a Lavender Cadillac	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4
15	Mink Deville	Spanish Stroll	The Mink De Ville Collection
16	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	What Does the Deep Sea Say?	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
17	Annette Hanshaw	Moanin' Low	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
18	Mae West	Mister Deep Blue Sea	The Mae West Collection
19	David Johansen	Deep Blue Sea	Shaker
20	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	One Hour Mama
21	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea	Vintage Collections
22	Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely	Rider in the Rain	Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman
23	Barbara Lewis	Hello Stranger	MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
24	John Prine	Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
25	Bob Hope, Bing Crosby	Nothing in Common	Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records
26	The Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born	Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
27	Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey	Rhythm Saved The World	The Gems Of Jazz
28	Louis Armstrong	Rhythm Saved The World	Rhythm Saved The World
29	Ethel Smith	I Got Rhythm	Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952
30	The Happenings	I Got Rhythm	The Best Of The Happenings
31	Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian	Sail Away Lady	The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2
32	The Americans	Sail Away Ladies	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Gospel, Jazz

Five Year Anniversary

September 2, 2017 Dave

Time has flown like it always does…it’s been since August 2012 and we’re taking time out for a special celebration on weekly show. Dave Stroud will be reaching back and revisiting tracks he played on the first couple of shows back in the day…including tracks from Geraint Watkins, Fats Waller, Sister Rosetta, Big Joe Turner, Nina Simone, and a host of others. Deeper Roots has kept its promise to it’s listeners…back then and right to the current day. Tune in! Join us and raise a glass.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Geraint Watkins	Bouffant	In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition
2	Roger McGuinn	Anna	Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander
3	Arthur Alexander	Soldier Of Love	The Greatest Hits
4	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (Album)	Word To The Wise
5	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
6	Ringo Starr	Whispering Grass	Beaucoups Of Blues [UK]
7	Fats Waller	Lulu's Back In Town	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
8	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister	100 Ans De Jazz
9	Slim & Slam	Huh! Uh-Huh!	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
10	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down By the Riverside	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
11	Fern Jones	Just A Little Talk With Jesus	The Glory Road
12	Geraint Watkins	Go West	Dial 'W' for Watkins
13	Charles Brown	I Wanna Go Home	The 15 Greatest Hits On Ace Records
14	Slim Harpo	Rainin' In My Heart	The Best Of Slim Harpo
15	Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack & His Orchestra	Mr. Five By Five	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
16	Helen Humes	Be Ba Ba Le Ba Boogie	1945-47
17	Ruth Brown	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean	Ruth Brown: Mama He Treats Your Daugher Mean & Other Hits
18	Little Willie John	Sleep	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
19	Nina Simone	Work Song	The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
20	Ray Charles	Ruby	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
21	Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby	Since I Met You Baby
22	Nellie Lutcher	Hurry On Down	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
23	Hadda Brooks	Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere	BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958
24	The Robins	The Hatchet Man	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
25	Bull Moose Jackson	Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
26	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Drivin' Nails In My Coffin	Vintage Collections
27	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Hand-Picked
28	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
29	Harry Belafonte	Mama, Look at Boo Boo	Harry Belafonte: Greatest Hits
30	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Shame On You	Shame On You
31	Bill Kirchen	Valley of the Moon (Album)	Word To The Wise
32	Doug Sahm	(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
33	Shirley Gunter	Oop Shoop	Shirley Gunter
34	Big Joe Turner	Love Roller Coaster	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]

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