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Free Form – Old Records

Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Irma Thomas Old Records If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
2Lewis Bronzeville Five Natchez Mississippi Blues The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
3Leon Redbone Sweet Lorraine Any Time Amazon
4Los Lobos Goodnight My Love El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4) Amazon
5The Treniers Good Rockin' Tonight They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Amazon
6The Larks Rockin' in the Rocket Room Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
7The Swallows Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
8Irma Thomas Girl Needs Boy Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
9Norah Jones How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
10Arthur Alexander Every Day I Have to Cry Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter Amazon
11Arthur Alexander Anna The Craft of Music, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson Texas Bop The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
13The Mavericks Hey Tonight (Bonus) Quiero Creedence Amazon
14The Texas Tornados Little Bit Is Better Than Nada 4 Aces Amazon
15Don Santiago Jimenez Sr Ay Te Deja San Antonio Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Linda Ronstadt El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull) Mas Canciones Amazon
17Dwight Yoakam This Time This Time Amazon
18Lefty Frizzell Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More) Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk Amazon
19Charlie Walker Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk Amazon
20Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys What It Means To Be Blue Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2 Amazon
21Felix Arndt Desecration Rag The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon
22The Sunshine Boys It's Unanimous 1929-1931 – The Complete Set Amazon
23Ted Weems & His Orchestra From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928) Amazon
24Danny Kaye Civilization Danny Kaye The Best of Amazon
25Tampa Red Shake It Up a Little The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936) Amazon
26Louis Armstrong & All His Stars The Younger Generation When you're smiling Amazon
27Louis Armstrong A Kiss To Build A Dream On Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong – Demo Amazon
28Bob Dylan The Love That Faded The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
29Charlie Louvin Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham) Charlie Louvin Amazon
30Vince Gill Randall Knife This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2 Amazon
31Modern Hicks Wings Of A Dove Tornado Alley Amazon
32Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon

A Dreamer’s Holiday

Sit back and relax. Today’s Deeper Roots takes on a quieter mood with easy and sweet pop melodies from the past century. Dreamy classics from the American Songbook featuring the likes of Ray Charles, Leon Redbone, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, The Pied Pipers, and many more. From the 1930s to the 2010s, this week’s show contains the polish of moonlight, the wisp of clouds against a blue sky, and a trip to the Isle of Golden Dreams. Something to ponder…a dream or two…adrift like smoke rings in low light. All for our West County fans on Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Leon Redbone A Dreamer's Holiday Up A Lazy River Amazon
2Solitaire Miles Darn That Dream Melancholy Lullaby Amazon
3Mama Cass Dream A Little Dream Of Me Dream A Little Dream Of Me Amazon
4The Pied Pipers Dream It's Been A Long, Long Time – Music Of The War Years Vol 3 Amazon
5Roy Orbison Dream You've Got Mail Amazon
6The Prisonaires Dreaming Of You The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain Amazon
7Sam Cooke Smoke Rings The Rhythm And The Blues Amazon
8Little Jimmy Scott Street of Dreams Glengarry Glen Ross Amazon
9Dr. John Blue Skies Afterglow Amazon
10Bill Frisell & Petra Haden I've Got A Crush On You Petra Haden And Bill Frisell Amazon
11k.d. lang Skylark Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Amazon
12Les Paul & Mary Ford Drifting and Dreaming Lovers' Luau Amazon
13Peggy Lee Is That All There Is? The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1 Amazon
14Patti Page Old Cape Cod Your Hit Parade – 1957 Amazon
15Ray Charles Moonlight In Vermont Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
16Roy Orbison In Dreams The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 4] Amazon
17Neil Young Dreamin' Man Harvest Moon Amazon
18Willie Nelson A Dreamer's Holiday Without a Song Amazon
19Keely Smith You Go to My Head The Essential Capitol Collection Amazon
20Frank Sinatra September Song The Reprise Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
21Dean Martin Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song Amazon
22Dean Martin Hit The Road To Dreamland Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song Amazon
23The Ink Spots Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat Greatest Hits Amazon
24Leon Redbone If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Double Time Amazon
25Les Paul My Isle Of Golden Dreams Les Paul: Guitar Wizard Amazon
26Waylon Jennings Dreaming My Dreams With You Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2 Amazon
27Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
28Nat King Cole Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole [Disc 2] Amazon
29Alden Howard/Dick Hyman I'll See You in My Dreams Sweet and Lowdown Amazon
30Tony Bennett I Wanna Be Around Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Amazon

Truck Drivin’ Songs

White line fever…that endless gray ribbon…asphalt mixed with bennies…and a whole lot of attitude around semis, mile markers, county mounties, and bobtail returns. Terminology you won’t hear too much on our show…except for this show which shares the songs of the long-haulers. Bill Kirchen, Red Simpson, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard are just a sample of the performers joining in the fun where Cliff Bruner & His Boys introduce us to the first truck driving song “Truck Driver Blues” right up to that bad boy honky tonkin’ guitar trucker Dale Watson. You can’t escape the 18 wheel energy on Sonoma County Community Radio…straight from the Bakersfield asphalt to yours.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dick Curless A Tombstone Every Mile (1) A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969) Amazon
2Red Simpson Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
3Lyle Lovett The Truck Song Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Amazon
4Joe Ely White Line Fever Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
5Marty Stuart Truck Drivers' Blues Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down Amazon
6Bill Kirchen Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man Tied to the Wheel Amazon
7The Sons Of The Pioneers Diesel Smoke Country Legends Amazon
8Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956 Amazon
9Bill Neely I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy Texas Law & Justice Amazon
10Bob Ensign Midnight Trucker Front Porch Pickin': Bluegrass Instrumentals ('60s) Amazon
11Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun Semi-Truck Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
12Red Simpson Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
13Jimmy Martin Truck Driving Man Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
14Buck Owens Truck Drivin' Man Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967) Amazon
15Norton Buffalo Eighteen Wheels Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Amazon
16Dale Watson Been A Long Truckin Day The Trucking Sessions Vol 3 Amazon
17Merle Haggard Truck Driver's Blues Working In Tennessee Amazon
18Buck Owens Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
19Dave Dudley Six Days On The Road Classic Country Amazon
20Bill Kirchen Mama Hated Diesels Seeds and Stems Amazon
21Cliff Bruner & His Boys Truck Driver's Blues (1939) The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3] Amazon
22Jess Willard Truck Driver's Boogie Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
23Jimmy Martin Truck Driver's Queen Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3] Amazon
24Parker Millsap Truck Stop Gospel Parker Millsap Amazon
25Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch Truck Driver's Blues It's A Good Day Amazon
26Jim Lauderdale Diesel, Diesel, Diesel The Other Sessions Amazon
27Leon Russell Truck Drivin' Man Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
28BR5-49 18 Wheels And A Crowbar Big Backyard Beat Show Amazon
29Bill Kirchen Roll Truck Roll Tied to the Wheel Amazon
30Dale Watson Jack's Truck Stop & Cafe I Hate These Songs Amazon
31Little Willies Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves For the Good Times Amazon

Jazz Guitar Redux

Jazz guitar masters take center stage on a February Friday in Sonoma County on community radio. Join Dave Stroud as he revisits some of the great jazz guitar performances including tracks from Charlie Christian, Eddie Lang, Teddy Bunn, and Kenny Burrell. This week’s two hour show will also include some country and rock favorites whose guitar work stands alongside the great influential performers of the day….Les Paul, Chet Atkins, and Hank Garland among them.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli Jeepers Creepers Swing 39 Amazon
2Carl Kress Jazz in G Presenting& The Great Guitarists Amazon
3Stiphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
4Teddy Bunn I've Got The World on A String Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar) Amazon
5Charlie Christian Solo Flight Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution Amazon
6Gaillard, Slim Quartette Tee Say Malee Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3] Amazon
7Slim Gaillard Blue Heaven ABC Of The Blues Vol 12 Amazon
8Eddie Lang Add A Little Wiggle Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35 Amazon
9Eddie Lang Eddie's Twister Jazz Guitar Virtuoso Amazon
10John Trueheart Lonesome Moments Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar) Amazon
11Dick Bernstein Ramble HIttin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar) Amazon
12Les Paul & Mary Ford Jazz Me Blues Les Paul: Guitar Wizard Amazon
13Chet Atkins Mountain Melody 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
14Chet Atkins, George Barnes, Henry Haynes, Kenneth Burns, Charles R. Grean, Irving Goldberg, Bob Davis I'll See You In My Dreams Jazz from the Hills Amazon
15George Barnes Little Rock Getaway 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
16Oscar Aleman Bye Bye Blues Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1] Amazon
17Tal Farlow Yardbird Suite 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
18Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang Guitar Blues 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
19Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown On Green Dolphin Street 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
20Joe Pass Night and Day 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
21George Benson with Jack Mc Duff Easy Living George Benson & Jack McDuff Amazon
22Kenny Burrell Chitlins Con Carne Midnight Blue Amazon
23Jim Hall Autumn Leaves Hallmarks: The Best Of Jim Hall (1971-2000) Amazon
24Pat Martino Road Song Footprints Amazon
25Wes Montgomery The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Willow Weep For Me Amazon
26Hank Garland Some of These Day Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland Amazon
27Grant Green Jean De Fleur Idle Moments Amazon

The Old Chisholm Trail

Songs about moonlight on the trail this week. We revisit songs about Old Paint, cowpokes, outlaws, and the wide expanse of the range in this week’s show. Tradition, temperance, and memories of the Red River Valley with Michael Martin Murphey, Jimmie Driftwood, Rex Allen, Powder River Jack (featuring Kitty Lee), and many more cowboys from Hollywood and the old Navajo Trail. Storytelling and nostalgic novelties, most elevating the hardscrabble life of the West to a Disney featurette. Right here on Sonoma County community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Norman Luboff Choir Shenandoah Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea Amazon
2Gene Autry Tumbling Tumbleweeds Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1] Amazon
3Gene Autry Back In the Saddle Again Don't Fence Me In:Western Music Early Golden Era Amazon
4The Western Flyers Along The Navajo Trail Wild Blue Yonder Amazon
5Marty Robbins The Strawberry Roan Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
6Duane Eddy Streets of Laredo Rebel Rouser Amazon
7Ernest Tubb The Yellow Rose Of Texas Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours Amazon
8Gene Autry & Jimmy Long The Yellow Rose Of Texas American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2] Amazon
9Marty Robbins Red River Valley All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
10Johnny Bond Red River Valley History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9 Amazon
11Roy Rogers & Dale Evans The Old Chisholm Trail 16 Great Songs Of The Old West Amazon
12Ken Curtis & The Sons of the Pioneers Home On The Range The Cowboy Album Amazon
13Ken Maynard Home On The Range When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2 Amazon
14Judy Canova Along The Navajo Trail (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
15The Sons Of The Pioneers Along The Santa Fe Trail Sons Of The Pioneers Amazon
16Rex Allen Riding Down To Mexico The Last of The Great Singing Cowboys Amazon
17Johnny Bond Goodbye Old Paint Standard Transcriptions Amazon
18Cisco Houston I Ride An Old Paint The Folkways Years: 1944-1961 Amazon
19Michael Martin Murphey I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo/Git Along Little Doggies Cowboy Songs Amazon
20Eddy Arnold Cattle Call Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era Amazon
21Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time") Country Legends Amazon
22Ken Maynard Lone Star Trail Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
23Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) Strawberry Roan Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58 Amazon
24Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles Sleepy Desert Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931 Amazon
25Carson Robison's Buckaroos Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
26Crowder Brothers Wild West Rambler When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1 Amazon
27Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1 Amazon
28Jimmie Driftwood Billy The Kid Americana, Vol. 2 Amazon
29Don Edwards Sam Bass Saddle Songs (1 of 2) Amazon
30The Light Crust Doughboys Oh Susannah Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp) Amazon
31Tex Ritter My Darling Clementine Have I Stayed Away Too Long Amazon
32Tex Ritter Chisholm Trail High Noon Amazon
33Roy Rogers & Dale Evans The Streets Of Laredo 16 Great Songs Of The Old West Amazon
34Roy Rogers & Dale Evans With Frank Worth & His Orchestra Happy Trails Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon

Rockin’ Rhythm & Gospel

We gravitate towards gospel because it’s roots are so entwined with virtually every form of music we feature on Deeper Roots; so we’ll revisit the sound once more. However, in this episode we’ll focus on the rock and rhythm inspiration…gospel performances that were more worldliness than holiness. Jesus Rocked The Jukebox is the name of an album that we’ve leaned on in this episode and expanded from there with examples of over-the-top performances in the key of the sacred but with the pounding rhythmic syncopation of the secular. Join Dave Stroud as he pulls out the stop with the likes of The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Detroiters, The Highway QCs, Fannie Bell Chapman, and a host of others. Breathtaking gospel for a Friday evening in Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Pilgrim Travelers After While (Take 8) Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
2The Detroiters Let Jesus Lead You Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
3The Dixie Hummingbirds Jesus Children of America 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
4The Swan Silvertones Trouble In My Way Love Lifted Me Amazon
5The Dixie Hummingbirds Trouble In My Way The History of Black Gospel Volume 6 Amazon
6Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers Walk With Me Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
7The Original Blind Boys People Don't Sing Like They Used To Sing Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
8The Blind Boys Of Alabama He's Alright Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
9Fannie Bell Chapman He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007 Amazon
10The Chosen Gospel Singers Ananais Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
11The Chosen Gospel Singers Trouble Of This World's Condition I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
12Rosa Shaw On The Highway Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
13Sister Emily Bram Each Day Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
14Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air Gospel Train Amazon
15Sister Rosetta Tharpe Rock Me Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3 Amazon
16Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Shout, Sister, Shout! The Gospel of Blues Amazon
17The Staple Singers Wade In The Water Freedom Highway Amazon
18The Staple Singers Jacob's Ladder Freedom Highway Amazon
19The Golden Gate Quartet Wade In The Water (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
20Gospel Hummingbirds Pray On Taking Flight Amazon
21The Highway QC'S Walk with Me Great Gospel – People Get Ready Amazon
22The Highway Q.C.'s The Way Up The Hill Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
23Brother John Sellers He's My Rock Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel Amazon
24The Swan Silvertones My Rock Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 2: More Black Gospel Amazon
25Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers Rock My Soul Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
26Gospel Silhouettes Rock In A Weary Land Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1 Amazon
27The Swan Silvertones Sinner Man Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
28Gospel Supremes Sinner Man Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
29Silvertone Quintet Stand By Me Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
30Mary Deloatch The Lord's Gospel Train Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
31Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette Sinner's Crossroads Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
32The Harmonizing Four Hallelujah Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
33The Staple Singers Will The Circle Be Unbroken Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2 Amazon
34The Dixie Hummingbirds Christian's Automobile 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon

Elvis’ Roots

The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Mama Thornton Hound Dog Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
2Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys Blue Moon Of Kentucky Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon
3Ernest Tubb I Love You Because The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2) Amazon
4Gene Austin Love Letters In The Sand A Time To Relax Amazon
5Eddy Arnold It's a Sin Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 Amazon
6Red Foley Old Shep Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon
7The Lone Star Cowboys Just Because East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) Amazon
8The Carter Family I'm Working On A Building The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5] Amazon
9Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir Working On The Building Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
10Kokomo Arnold Milk Cow Blues Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
11Arthur Gunter Baby Let's Play House The Best Of Excello Records Amazon
12Jimmy Reed Big Boss Man The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Amazon
13Jimmy Reed Baby What You Want Me To Do The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Amazon
14Arthur Big Boy Crudup So Glad You're Mine Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47) Amazon
15Arthur Big Boy Crudup So Glad You're Mine Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47) Amazon
16Little Junior Parker Mystery Train Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
17Little Richard Long Tall Sally Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
18Chuck Berry Promised Land The Chess Box Disc 2 Amazon
19Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
20The Eagles Trying To Get To You Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1] Amazon
21Smiley Lewis One Night I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
22Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters Money Honey Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four Amazon
23Roy Brown Good Rockin' Tonight Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers Amazon
24Ivory Joe Hunter I Need You So The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950 Amazon
25Billy Bunn & His Buddies That's When Your Heartaches Begin Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53 Amazon
26Charlie Blackwell The Girl of My Best Friend Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1) Amazon
27Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle & Roll Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
28Sister Rosetta Tharpe I Believe Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
29The Golden Gate Quartet Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon
30Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers Peace In The Valley The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
31Mahalia Jackson How Great Thou Art Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1] Amazon
32Sister Rosetta Tharpe Precious Memories Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
33Joe Dowell Wooden Heart Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961 Amazon
34Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra Blue Moon Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon

Dead Roots

While the lyrics and music of Robert Hunter took the Grateful Dead into remarkable directions, codifying their place among the bands of the latter half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, by the time they reached their peak their roots were already firmly established. Their early music was clearly anchored in the sounds of tradition, reaching from the Appalachians to the Texas Gulf Coast. We’ll hear early (and contemporary) performances that inspired the band with songs of Blind Willie Johnson, Red Allen, The Mississippi Sheiks, Henry Thomas and Obray Ramsey. The landscape we’ll traverse includes blues, gospel, hillbilly, and folk…no Dead music, only music that served to inspire. This week on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1David Grisman/Jerry Garcia Been All Around This World Been All Around This World Amazon
2Dave Van Ronk Hang Me, Oh Hang Me Dave Van Ronk Amazon
3Obray Ramsey Rain And Snow Best Of The Troubadours Amazon
4Vince Martin & Fred Neil I Know You Rider Tear Down The Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal Amazon
5Henry Thomas Dont Ease Me In Ragtime Texas Complete Recorded Works 1927-29 Amazon
6The Memphis Jug Band On The Road Again Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1 Amazon
7The Memphis Jug Band Stealin' Stealin' Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 (1928-1929) Amazon
8Cannon's Jug Stompers Viola Lee Blues First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
9Hammie Nixon Viola Lee Blues Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 3 Amazon
10The Monroe Brothers Rosa Lee McFall Early Blue Grass Music Amazon
11Prairie Ramblers Deep Elem Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
12Mississippi Sheiks Sittin' On Top of the World Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
13Roscoe Holcomb Sittin' On Top of the World Classic Piedmont Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
14Dillard Chandler Rain and Snow Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
15The Chieftains Rain And Snow Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions Amazon
16Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers Minglewood Blues Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
17Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, et. al. New Minglewood Blues Jug Band Extravaganza Amazon
18Blind Willie Johnson Nobody's Fault But Mine Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 3] Amazon
19Sister Rosetta Tharpe Nobody's Fault But Mine The Great Gospel Women Amazon
20Rev. Pearly Brown Nobody's Fault But Mine You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion Amazon
21Lightnin' Hopkins See That My Grave Is Kept Clean The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2 Amazon
22Lightnin' Hopkins One Kind Favor Jake Head Boogie Amazon
23Memphis Slim Next Time You See Me The Greatest Hits Of Amazon
24Bob Dylan Jack-A-Roe World Gone Wrong Amazon
25Joan Baez Jack-A-Roe Rare, Live & Classic [Box] (3 of 3) Amazon
26The Sunshine Boys What's the Matter With Deep Elem The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
27Red Allen Deep Elem Blues The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983 Amazon
28The Light Crust Doughboys Sittin' On Top Of The World 1936-1941 Amazon
29Dock Walsh In The Pines In The Pines – Tar Heel Folk Songs And Fiddle Tunes – Old-Time Music Of North Carolina 1926-1936 Amazon
30John Sebastian Minglewood Blues Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon

Who We Lost in 2017

We look back at the great ones we lost in 2017…and there were a number of great ones:  Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Tom Petty. While two hours provides only a limited amount of time, our parameters are such that we look at contributions and influences, focusing our honor to those who fit the roots and the body of work that these greats brought to the fore.  We’ll feature music of Rosalie Sorrels, Greg Allman, Steely Dan, Don Williams, Glen Campbell, and numerous others whose lives will live on in their music. Join Dave Stroud for two hours of music from the last century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Fats Domino My Girl Josephine A Lot Of Dominos Amazon
2Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship The Baby Tree Blows Against The Empire Amazon
3Rosalie Sorrels Rock, Salt And Nails Cover to Cover: The Originals, Vol. 2 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Harry Dean Stanton Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Partly Fiction Amazon
5Mark Selby Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
6Wayne Cochran Last Kiss 30 Country Hits – A History of Country Music Amazon
7Chuck Berry Back In The U.S.A. Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
8Sonny Burgess Red Headed Woman Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3] Amazon
9The Allman Brothers Band Melissa Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
10Tower Of Power You're Still A Young Man Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
11The Main Ingredient Everybody Plays the Fool 70s Music Explosion – Miracles Amazon
12Sister Sledge We Are Family Ultimate Disco Amazon
13J. Geils Band Give It To Me Must Have Got Lost Amazon
14Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Don't Do Me Like That Damn the Torpedoes Amazon
15The Smithereens Blood & Roses Blown to Smithereens: The Best of the Smithereens Amazon
16Lonnie Brooks Mr. Hot Shot Stompin' 3 Amazon
17Steam Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969 Amazon
18Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1 Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin Amazon
19Della Reese Don't You Know Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
20Keely Smith/Louis Prima That Old Black Magic Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin Amazon
21Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York The Capitol Years [Disc 1] Amazon
22The Partridge Family I Think I Love You Have A Nice Day: Super Hits Of The '70s, Vol. 3 Amazon
23Al Jarreau We're In This Love Together BMG Vol. 03 Disc 01 1981-1983 Amazon
24D.L. Menard The Back Door The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
25Mel Tillis Who's Julie Only Country – 1965-1969 Amazon
26Don Williams Amanda The Definitive Collection Amazon
27Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy 70s Music Explosion – Magic Disc 2 Amazon
28Johnny Cash Rusty Cage Unchained Amazon
29Steely Dan Reeling in the Years A Decade of Steely Dan Amazon
30The Roches Wedding Bell Blues Time & Love, The Music of Laura Nyro Amazon
31James Brown Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise) In the Jungle Groove Amazon
32James Brown Cold Sweat CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics Amazon

Contemporary Americana Gospel

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