Category Archives: Oldies

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

Yip Harburg Tribute

Yip Harburg was a songmaker. He was part of a select few in the early to mid-century who found their calling as lyricists, writing words that transformed music to story and story to film and Broadway spectacles. We could gloss over his contributions by simply saying “he’s the guy who wrote Over The Rainbow or April in Paris or Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”. But his career was more than that. It’s no secret that Yip’s politics were carefully crafted in song. The phrases “honky-tonk parade” and “Barnum and Bailey world” were veiled criticisms of the “phony as it can be” corporate and political leadership in America, written by a freethinking, socially conscious lyricist. Our show today will honor some of his best songs and include interview excerpts featuring both Yip and his son, Ernie.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra What Is There To Say White Satin Black Satin Amazon
2Anita O'Day Old Devil Moon Anita Sings The Most Amazon
3Frank Sinatra It's Only A Paper Moon Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra Amazon
4Peggy Lee Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1 Amazon
5Martha Tilton How Are Things In Glocca Morra? The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 2] Amazon
6Nellie Lutcher April In Paris Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 2] Amazon
7Lena Horne Ain't It The Truth Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology Amazon
8Lena Horne Then I'll Be Tired of You Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981 Amazon
9Nat King Cole Trio Then I'll Be Tired Of You The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3] Amazon
10Ella Logan How Are Things in Glocca Morra? The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s Amazon
11Ray Bolger If I Only Had A Brain The Wizard Of Oz Amazon
12Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby Lydia The Tattooed Lady The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits Amazon
13Ella Logan When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981 Amazon
14Judy Garland Over The Rainbow That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals Amazon
15Judy Garland We're Off To See The Wizard The Wizard Of Oz Amazon
16David Wayne When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981 Amazon
17Don Francks & Petula Clark Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
18Dinah Washington Look To The Rainbow Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [Disc 2] Amazon
19Carmen McRae The Eagle and Me Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981 Amazon
20Blossom Dearie Down With Love Once Upon A Summertime Amazon
21Jeri Southern Down with Love Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981 Amazon
22Dean Martin I'm Yours Late at Night with Dean Martin Amazon
23Judy Garland Paris Is A Lonely Town – Gay Purr-Ee Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
24Judy Garland The Jitterbug Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981 Amazon
25Bing Crosby Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981 Amazon
26Rudy Vallee Brother Can You Spare A Dime Vagabond Lover Amazon
27Barbara Cook and Jerome Courtland Here's to Your Illusions Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981 Amazon
28Count Basie April In Paris Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie Amazon

Diddy Wah Diddy

This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Taj Mahal Diddy Wah Diddy Maestro Amazon
2Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket) Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2 Amazon
3Hank Williams My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 Amazon
4Hank Williams I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19) Amazon
5Johnny Cash The Night Hank Williams Came To Town Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home Amazon
6Leon Russell Love's Gonna Live Here Legend in My Time – Hank Wilson Vol. III Amazon
7Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Jones On the Jukebox Set Two Amazon
8George Jones I Always Get Lucky With You With Mark Knopfler Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets Amazon
9Porter Wagoner Highway Headin' South The Essential Porter Wagoner Amazon
10Red Saunders & His Orchestra Hambone OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
11Lillian Briggs Can't Stop Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
12Big Maybelle Rock House Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
13Clyde McPhatter Just to Hold My Hand Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1 Amazon
14Ivory Joe Hunter It's A Sin Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951) Amazon
15Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
16The Ink Spots Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) Greatest Hits Amazon
17The Dubs Could This Be Magic The Roots Of Frank Zappa Amazon
18The Cadillacs Gloria The Cadillacs Meet The Orioles Amazon
19Pee Wee King Slow Poke Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 3 Amazon
20Rusty Draper The Shifting Whispering Sands Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
21Floyd Tillman This Cold War With You The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17 Amazon
22Foy Willing Texas Blues History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9 Amazon
23Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) X's From Down In Texas – 1958 Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58 Amazon
24The Light Crust Doughboys Stay Out Of The South 1936-1941 Amazon
25Bobby Bare They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
26Eilen Jewell Whispering Sea Butcher Holler Amazon
27Cookie & His Cupcakes Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
28Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays Deacon's Hop Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
29Little Esther & the Dominoes The Deacon Moves In Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
30Bull Moose Jackson Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well Badman Jackson Thats Me Amazon
31Jimmy Durante Little Bit This, Little Bit That The Great Schnozzle Amazon
32Annette Hanshaw I Want To Be Bad Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
33Ozzie & Harriet Nelson I Want the Waiter with the Water The Nelson Touch Amazon
34Taj Mahal Take a Giant Step In Progress and In Motion (1965-1998) (3 of 3) Amazon

Deeper Merle Travis

Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines.  We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties.  It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Merle Travis I'll See You In My Dreams The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53) Amazon
2Joe Maphis & Merle Travis Alabama Jubilee Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981) Amazon
3John McEuen Merle Travis Story Live in L.A. Amazon
4The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Cannonball Rag Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
5The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Dark as a Dungeon Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
6The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
7Willie Nelson Dark As A Dungeon Country Music Amazon
8Tennessee Ernie Ford Dark As A Dungeon Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] Amazon
9Willie Nelson Sixteen Tons Remember Me, Vol. 1 Amazon
10The Platters Sixteen Tons The Magic Touch: An Anthology Amazon
11James & Bobby Purify 16 Tons The Best Of Amazon
12Hank Penny Merle's Buck Dance Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
13Merle Travis Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer Ash Grove 12/9/1966 Amazon
14The Kentucky Colonels Nine Pound Hammer Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon
15The Country Gentlemen I Am a Pilgrim On the Road (And More) Amazon
16Johnny Cash Loading Coal [Album Version] Ride This Train Amazon
17Merle Travis Start Even Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
18Merle Travis No Vacancy The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D. Amazon
19Ernest Tubb So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story Amazon
20Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1 Lead Kindly Light Amazon
21Bill Frisell Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis) Guitar In The Space Age Amazon
22Johnny Bond Divorce Me C.O.D. Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
23Tex Ritter Everybody Likes A Little Lovin' High Noon Amazon
24Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
25Spade Cooley & His Orchestra Steel Guitar Rag Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley Amazon
26Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis Wildwood Flower Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers Amazon
27Merle Travis Philosophy Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
28Merle Travis Too Much Sugar For A Dime Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
29The Everly Brothers Muskrat Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1 Amazon
30Doc Watson/Merle Watson Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Black Mountain Rag Amazon
31Tennessee Ernie Ford That's All Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
32Ricky Skaggs Sweet Temptation Favorite Country Songs Amazon
33Merle Travis When My Baby Double Talks To Me Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
34Merle Travis When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D. Amazon

The Object of My Affection

It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Mavis Staples We Go High If All I Was Was Black Amazon
2Fats Domino Telling Lies Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4 Amazon
3Sister Rosetta Tharpe No Room In the Church for Liars Precious Memories Amazon
4Sister Rosetta Tharpe Let That Liar Alone ABC Of The Blues Vol 43 Amazon
5Reverend A. Johnson Let That Liar Pass On By 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
6Radio Yesterday Lights Out Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
7Martha Fields Southern White Lies Southern White Lies Amazon
8Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
9The Carter Family You Better Let That Liar Alone Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3) Amazon
10David Olney No Lies One Tough Town Amazon
11Rosalie Allen Hitler Lives Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
12Carl Smith Wicked Lies Kisses Don't Lie Amazon
13The Nashville Bluegrass Band The Biggest Liars in Town Home of the Blues Amazon
14Flatt & Scruggs Poison Lies The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2] Amazon
15Les Paul & Mary Ford Lies Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary Amazon
16Cyndi Lauper Lies A Hat Full Of Stars Amazon
17The Roosevelts Tell Only Lies The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn Amazon
18Ian Gomm Dirty Lies Summer Holiday Amazon
19The Castaways Liar, Liar Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack] Amazon
20The Knickerbockers Lies Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968 Amazon
21Tex Grande & His Range Riders Hitler's Reply to Mussolini Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
22Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers Tellin' Lies The Eyes of Texas Amazon
23John Hartford Politic Hamilton Ironworks Amazon
24Mimi & Richard Farina House Un-American Blues Activity Dream Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics Amazon
25Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk All Men Are Liars Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe Amazon
26J.J. Cale Lies The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
27Frankie Boots And The County Line Pack Of Lies Frankie Boots And The County Line Amazon
28Neko Case Lonely Old Lies The Virginian Amazon
29Johnnie Taylor Running Out Of Lies Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3] Amazon

Answer Songs

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ernest Tubb Rainbow At Midnight The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1) Amazon
2Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller Answer to Rainbow At Midnight Answer to Rainbow At Midnight Amazon
3Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys The Wild Side Of Life Vintage Collections Amazon
4Kitty Wells It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels The Complete Country Hits Amazon
5Hank Locklin Please Help Me, I'm Falling Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2 Amazon
6Skeeter Davis (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too The Essential Skeeter Davis Amazon
7Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Vintage Collections Amazon
8Patsy Montana 16 Pounds Best of Answer Songs vol 2 Amazon
9Merle Haggard Okie From Muskogee Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
10Lowell Levinger Hippie From Olema Get Together- Youngblood Classics Amazon
11Big Mama Thornton Hound Dog Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
12Rufus Thomas Bear Cat Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics Amazon
13Elvis Presley Little Sister Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3) Amazon
14Lavern Baker Hey Memphis Best of Answer Songs vol 2 Amazon
15Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3) Amazon
16Dodie Stevens Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight Ultimate Collection Amazon
17Claude King Wolverton Mountain Classic Country Amazon
18Jo Ann Campbell (I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2 Amazon
19Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell Yes Mr. Peters Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
20Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann Hurry Mr. Peters Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
21Muddy Waters (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues Amazon
22Bo Diddley I'm A Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
23Muddy Waters Mannish Boy The Definitive Collection Amazon
24The Dominoes Sixty Minute Man The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin' Amazon
25Billy Ward & the Dominoes Can't Do Sixty No More Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
26The Bobbettes Mr. Lee Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
27The Bobbettes I Shot Mr. Lee Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
28Neil Sedaka Oh! Carol All Time Greatest Hits Amazon
29Carole King Oh Neil Best of Answer Songs vol 1 Amazon
30Sam Cooke Bring It on Home to Me Greatest Hits Amazon
31Carla Thomas I'll Bring It Home To You Gee Whiz & Other Hits Amazon
32Ben E. King Stand By Me Heatin' Up Amazon
33Damita Jo I'll Be There Best of Answer Songs vol 1 Amazon
34Ernie K-Doe Mother-In-Law Absolutely the Best Amazon
35Paul Peek Brother-In-Law Best of Answer Songs vol 2 Amazon

Political Science

The winds of social change become the storm from every direction when authoritarianism, tyranny, and facism begin to take shape. And music has always played a part when speaking truth to power. The most important role of an American citizen is to vote. There is no greater enemy than apathy. The songs we share on Deeper Roots today focus on Civil Rights, war for the cause of oil, voting as voice, and the fight for power in the New World Order. Tune in for performances from Phil Ochs, Ben Harper, Drive-By Truckers, Roy Zimmerman, and Iris DeMent on a show that explores some political science in harmony, vocals, and melodies to make a stand.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Roy Zimmerman Real America Real American Amazon
2Jackson Browne The Dreamer The Dreamer Amazon
3Steve Earle with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark 16 Immigrant Eyes Together at The Bluebird Cafe Amazon
4Steve Earle City Of Immigrants (With Forro In The Dark) Washington Square Serenade Amazon
5Roy Zimmerman My Vote My Voice My Right The Faucet's On Fire Amazon
6Phil Ochs I Ain't Marching Anymore There But for Fortune Amazon
7The Byrds Draft Morning The Notorious Byrd Brothers Amazon
8Barry McGuire Eve of Destruction Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965 Amazon
9Bruce Cockburn If I Had A Rocket Launcher Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987 Amazon
10Randy Newman Political Science The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 Amazon
11Joan Baez The President Sang Amazing Grace Whistle Down the Wind Amazon
12Drive-By Truckers What It Means American Band Amazon
13Drive-By Truckers Guns Of Umpqua American Band Amazon
14Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals Call It What It Is Call It What It Is Amazon
15Mavis Staples We Go High If All I Was Was Black Amazon
16Sam Cooke A Change Is Gonna Come Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
17C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers Get Your Rights, Jack Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles) Amazon
18Nina Simone To Be Young, Gifted And Black Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit Amazon
19The Staple Singers Freedom Highway Freedom Highway Amazon
20The Almanac Singers Dear Mr. President Woody Guthrie And American Folk Giants Amazon
21Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land American Roots Music [Disc 3] Amazon
22Joan Baez I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 4] Amazon
23Marvin Gaye Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2 Amazon
24Randy Newman Every Man a King Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
25Randy Newman Rednecks Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
26The Blind Boys of Alabama Pray for Peace Almost Home Amazon
27Public Enemy Fight The Power Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music Amazon

100 Years Ago

We’re taking this ‘Century of America’s Music’ theme quite serious this week. The tracks we’ll be playing are from the the first few decades of the 20th Century.  Parlor music had lost its attraction by the turn of the century in favor of minstrel, vaudeville, and the emergence of Tin Pan Alley.  Ragtime and jazz would evolve in an organic manner and blues would inform much of the jazz and band music that would become popular with the advent of the Victrola. Music today includes tracks from Vernon Dahlart, Billy Murray, Frank Crumit, and Ben Selvin & His Orchestra as we find the music of the teens and early 20s on a show that keeps our tagline strong. Tune in for this celebration of American popular music in its infancy.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1W.C. Handy Livery Stable Blues Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
2Burt Williams Nobody Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
3Felix Arndt Desecration Rag The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon
4Paramount Symphony Orchestra Made In America (Pm 2008, 60-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
5Harry McClaskey Your Country And My Country (Pm 2011, 2011-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
6Arthur Fields Good Morning, Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip (Pm 2052, 2052-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
7Whit Cunliffe Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser! Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure Amazon
8Original Dixieland Jazz Band Tiger Rag 78s Amazon
9Billy Murray The Little Old Ford Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure Amazon
10Edith Day, Rosario Bourdon Alice Blue Gown Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon
11Paul Whiteman Whispering Greatest Hits Amazon
12Billy Murray I'll See You In C-U-B-A Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1 Amazon
13Ben Selvin & His Orchestra Dardanella Dardanella Amazon
14Ben Selvin & His Orchestra I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Dardanella Amazon
15Al Jolson Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night (1916) Columbia-1976 Amazon
16Al Jolson Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land (World War I Song) (1918) Columbia-2542 (77753) Amazon
17Vernon Dalhart Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline? Puttin on the Style Amazon
18Fisk Jubilee Singers O Mary Don't You Weep Don't You Mourn Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920 Amazon
19Fisk Jubilee Singers Shout All Over God's Heaven Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920 Amazon
20Van Eps Trio Ragging The Scale (Pm 2050, 87R-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
21Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag Amazon
22Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band Indianola (Those Draftin' Blues) Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag Amazon
23Pale K. Lua The Rosary …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
24Frank Crumit I'm a Lonesome Little Rain Drop (1920) Columbia-3332 (79460) Amazon
25Louise, Ferera and Rose Aloha Land (Pm 30060, 245-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
26Helen Louise & Frank Derera's Hawaiians Kai Maia O ka Maoli With My Little Ukulele in My Hand Amazon
27Helen Louise & Palakiko Ferreira – Moana Lua Hawaiian Hula Medley Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records Amazon
28Ford's Hawaiian Orchestra Kahola March Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records Amazon
29Al Jolson Swanee Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
30Bert Williams Moon Shines On The Moonshine, The A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1 Amazon
31Mamie Smith Crazy Blues American Roots Music [Disc 2] Amazon

Tell Old Bill

We’ve got another free form collection of sounds for a Friday in Sonoma County. The July heat has us moving a little slower as everything around us appears to move at breakneck speed. So the idea is to help us find our center and we do that with sounds from the islands with Joe Keawe and Arthur Lyman, soul from the heart by Solomon Burke and Betty Everett, and some tradition with a mix of Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, and Bob Wills. We find our muse throughout with David Lindley and El Rayo-X. Join us.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dave Van Ronk Tell Old Bill Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Amazon
2K.C. Douglas Mercury Blues Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
3Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
4Warren Zevon Gorilla, You're A Desperado I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1] Amazon
5Billy Butler & The Enchanters I Can't Work No Longer Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
6The Temptations Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
7Chris Barber's Jazz Band Petite Fleur (Little FLower) Your Hit Parade -1959 Amazon
8Joanie Sommers Johnny Get Angry Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1) Amazon
9Arthur Lyman Group Maui Chimes The Best of the Arthur Lyman Group Amazon
10Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians Tomi Tomi Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934 Amazon
11Joe Keawe My Little Grass Shack Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I Amazon
12Dave Van Ronk My Little Grass Shack (In Kealakekua, Hawaii) A Chrestomathy [Disc 2] Amazon
13Ry Cooder Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) Jazz (Remaster 2013) Amazon
14Rhiannon Giddens Up Above My Head Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
15Sister Rosetta Tharpe Singing in My Soul The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3] Amazon
16Etta James Something's Got a Hold on Me Chess Blues Disc 4 Amazon
17Betty Everett You're No Good Something's Got A Hold On Me Amazon
18Solomon Burke If You Need Me Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
19The Impressions Gypsy Woman Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story Amazon
20Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
21Wild Tchoupitoulas Brother John Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
22Nappy Brown Goody Goody Gum Drop Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1] Amazon
23Johnny Cash Understand Your Man 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
24Johnny Cash Cindy[w. Nick Cave] Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs Amazon
25Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Get Along Home, Cindy Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 8 Amazon
26The Louvin Brothers I Wonder Where You Are Tonight Close Harmony [Disc 3] Amazon
27Jimmy Dean Big Bad John (Uncensored Version) Best of Answer Songs vol 3 Amazon
28Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin Bye Bye Baby Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits Amazon
29Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers Get Along Home, Miss Cindy Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers Amazon
30David Lindley & El Rayo-X Texas Tango Very Greasy Amazon
31David Lindley Mercury Blues El Rayo-X Amazon

Women of 60s Southern Soul

Their songs are iconic and their voices, unforgettable. From the deep south and southeast, from the church choirs to the small urban clubs, there were only a handful of female soul vocalists who hit it big with crossover chart sounds.  But there were so many more whose voices did not find the venue or the right producer or label to take them to the next level. They were mostly unknown but in our show this week, we’ll try to share examples of what might have been. We’ll hear from Veda Brown, Carla Thomas, Ruby Johnson, and the great Judy Clay on a show full of upbeat and backbeat soul, brass, Stax, and Volt. Discover those female soul sounds that continue to inspire and influence…here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning in West County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Veda Brown Short Stopping Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
2Barbara & the Browns In My Heart The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 Amazon
3Barbara & the Browns My Lover The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 Amazon
4Carla Thomas B-A-B-Y Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
5Carla Thomas I Want to Be Your Baby The Queen Alone Amazon
6Carla Thomas Give Me Enough (To Keep Me Going) The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue] Amazon
7Jean Wells Have A Little Mercy Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
8Jean Wells Ordinary Woman Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
9Barbara Stephens I Don't Worry 60's Southern Soul, Vol. 2 Amazon
10Veda Brown Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me) Private Numbers Amazon
11Barbara Lynn You'll Lose A Good Thing Art Laboe's Dedicated To You, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Barbara Lynn You're Losing Me After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
13Ruby Johnson Come to Me My Darling The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9) Amazon
14Ruby Johnson I'll Run Your Hurt Away Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
15Irma Thomas Gone Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
16Irma Thomas Look Up (AKA Whenever) Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
17Irma Thomas Ruler of My Heart Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
18Mitty Collier I Had A Talk With My Man Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
19Sugar Pie DeSanto Here You Come Running Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
20Fontella Bass The Soul Of A Man Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
21Judy Clay You Can't Run Away from Your Heart The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9) Amazon
22Judy Clay & William Bell Private Number Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
23Judy Clay & William Bell Love-Eye-Tis Private Numbers Amazon
24Betty Harris Cry to Me Soul from the South Amazon
25Betty Harris Mean Man Soul from the South Amazon
26Betty Harris I'm Evil Tonight Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957- Amazon
27Linda Lyndell What A Man Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
28Etta James Pushover Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
29Wendy Rene Give You What I Got The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 Amazon
30Wendy Rene After Laughter (Comes Tears) Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008] Amazon
31Jan Bradley Mama Didn't Lie Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
32Shirley Brown Woman To Woman Stax Number Ones Amazon