Mellow R&B from a broad spectrum of performers who made a mark in the decade or so that preceded rock ‘n roll’s infancy. Indeed, they participated in the birth of the form with a sound that included the vocal quartet, jump and swing, and an incessant beat that could not be ignored. We’ll hear from the ‘feisty females’ of the day: Varetta Dillard, Blue Lu Barker, Big Maybelle, and Bernice Gooden right alongside Buddy Johnson’s Orchestra, the Three Bits of Rhythm, The Cats & the Fiddle, and Luke Jones and the Orchestra. Deeper Roots digs into a collection of tracks, some familiar, some from so deep in the archives that the dust is part of the sound, on another Friday evening of American roots sounds for Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)	Rock 'N' Roll	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
2	Luke Jones and His Orchestra	Rompin' the Boogie	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
3	Butch Stone & His Orchestra	Ooh, Look A There Ain't She Pretty	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
4	Three Bits of Rhythm	Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
5	Bebopper Lulu and Her Orchestra	Mellow Scat	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
6	Slim Gaillard	Rhythm Mad	Laughing in Rhythm: Groove Juice Special [Disc 2]
7	Three Bits Of Rhythm	The Man That Comes To My House	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
8	Coleman Brothers	Raise A Rukus Tonight	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
9	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
10	Nappy Brown	Pitter Patter	The R&B Years 1955 – Vol 2
11	Teddy Bunn With The Hootie McShann Trio	In The Oven	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
12	The Herb Fisher Trio	Don't Want Nobody Else	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
13	Luke Jones & His Orchestra	Jump Me Some Boogie	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
14	Gene Phillips	Women, Women, Women	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
15	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
16	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr Percy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
17	Varetta Dillard	Promise Mr Thomas	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
18	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra	Fine Brown Fame	The Best of Buddy's
19	Bernice Gooden	Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter (On A Teen-Age Date)	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
20	Little Willie Littlefield	Hello Kats	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
21	Bob Gaddy	Come On Little Children	The Classic Old Town Records
22	Bob Gaddy	Could I?	The Classic Old Town Records
23	The Cats & The Fiddle	Mr. Rhythm Man	The Very Best Of
24	Effie Smith	Be On Your Merry Way	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
25	Linda Hayes	What's It To You, Jack	Atomic Baby
26	Johnny Alston and His Orchestra	Everything Will Be Alright	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
27	Blue Lu Baker	Here Is a Little Girl	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
28	Hadda Brooks	I Feel So Good	I've Got News For You [Disc 1]
29	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	It Comes in Like a Lion	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1
30	Big Maybelle	Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
31	Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
32	The Robins	That's What The Good Book Says	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
33	The Cats & The Fiddle	Gang Busters	The Very Best Of
34	Black Cats and the Kitten	You Better Ask Somebody	Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3