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Free Form – December 2015

Free Form - December 2015
Free Form – December 2015

Every couple of months, Deeper Roots shares a free form playlist with host Dave Stroud. This week we’ll share ‘contemporary roots’ infused music including the sounds of Howell Devine, Jason Isbell, and Ian Tyson as well as a broad selection of R&B (from The Blenders), early blues (from Blind Lemon Jefferson), and ‘ding dong daddy’ country swing (featuring Bob Wills). We’ll also wrap it up with a festive foodie theme.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Ink Spots Street Of Dreams Greatest Hits Amazon
2The Delta Rhythm Boys Scandalize My Name I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem Amazon
3The Cats & The Fiddle I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
4The Penguins Ookey Ook Great Googa Mooga [Ace] Amazon
5The Roosevelts Jitterbug Special The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2 Amazon
6The Ravens Gotta Find My Baby OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
7The Blenders Don't Play Around with Love Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
8Robins My Baby Done Told Me Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53) Amazon
9Esther Phillips Your Love Is So Doggone Good [Album Version] Jazz Moods – Hot Amazon
10Hawkins, Coleman: The Bebop Years [Disc 2]: Cattin' at Keynote Blue Moon The Bebop Years [Disc 2] ~ Cattin' at Keynote Amazon
11Justin Townes Earle Workin' for the MTA Harlem River Blues [Explicit] Amazon
12Robert Plant Central Two-O-Nine Band Of Joy Amazon
13Jason Isbell Johnny Reb, That's Me You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold Amazon
14Howell Devine Boat's Up the River Delta Grooves Amazon
15Billy Walker Cross The Brazos At Waco Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
16Chris Smither No More Cane On The Brazos Still On The Levee CD 1 Amazon
17Odetta No More Cane On The Brazos 7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks Amazon
18Red Foley & The Sunshine Boys (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) Johnny Cash: Artist's Choice – Music That Matters To Him Amazon
19Ian Tyson Ridin' Down the Canyon Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry Amazon
20Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) Legends of Country Music Disc 2 Amazon
21Asleep at the Wheel Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
22Jerry Lee Lewis Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set) Amazon
23Jo-El Sonnier Tear-Stained Letter Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
24Clifton Chenier Accordion Boogie Louisiana Blues and Zydeco Amazon
25Blind Lemon Jefferson Hot Dogs The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2] Amazon
26Lil Johnson Sam The Hot Dog Man Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
27Rosie Flores Hot Dog Speed of Sound Amazon
28Dale Hawkins Hot Dog Rock'n'roll Tornado Amazon
29Bill Haley Hot Dog Buddy Buddy From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock Amazon
30Wanda Jackson Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
31Buck Owens Hot Dog Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 1] Amazon
32The Four Shells Hot Dog The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9) Amazon
33Shakin' Stevens Hot Dog Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles #1 Amazon
34John Hiatt Adios To California Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns Amazon

Roots of Doo Wop

Roots of Doo Wop
Roots of Doo Wop

The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Turbans When You Dance Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2] Amazon
2Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Golden Gate Gospel Train Vol. 1-(1937-38) Amazon
3Heavenly Gospel Singers The Prodigal Son Halleluja Gospel & Prayers Amazon
4The Heavenly Gospel Singers When Was Jesus Born? Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4] Amazon
5The Deep River Boys Melody of Love The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning Amazon
6The Charioteers All God's Chillun Got Shoes The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1 Amazon
7The Mills Brothers Paper Doll Best of the Decca Years Amazon
8The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra Diga, Diga, Do The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2 Amazon
9Lewis Bronzville Five Low Down Gal Blues Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3 Amazon
10The Ink Spots We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) 40 Your Hit Parade Amazon
11The Ink Spots My Prayer Greatest Hits Amazon
12The Cats & The Fiddle I Miss You So The Very Best Of Amazon
13The Cats & The Fiddle We Cats Will Swing For You The Very Best Of Amazon
14The Cats & The Fiddle Killin' Jive The Very Best Of Amazon
15The Delta Rhythm Boys I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem Amazon
16The Delta Rhythm Boys Do You Care I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem Amazon
17Slim & Slam The Flat Foot Floogie Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1) Amazon
18Five Red Caps Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take) Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947) Amazon
19The Cap-Tans I'm So Crazy For Love Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8 Amazon
20The Ravens Count Every Star Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon
21The Ravens My Baby's Gone OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
22The Ravens Write Me A Letter Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
23The Moonglows Sincerely Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon
24The Toppers If Money Grew on Trees Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947 Amazon
25The Five Keys The Glory of Love The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
26The Orioles It's Too Soon to Know Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon
27The Orioles You Belong to Me Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
28The Cardinals Wheel Of Fortune Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
29The Crows Gee Feelin Fine Amazon
30The Flamingos Would I Be Crying Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3 Amazon
31The Flamingos Golden Teardrops Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon
32The Five Satins In The Still Of The Night Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
33The Penguins Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) Amazon
34The Cadillacs Speedo (Cadillac) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
35The Jewels Hearts of Stone Doo Wop Box Disc 1 Amazon

Blues Guitar Shuffle

Blues Guitar Shuffle
Blues Guitar Shuffle

Last week’s show paid tribute to the great country guitarists…so why not spend a couple of hours with the blues greats. We’ll cover a good number of the well knowns like Buddy Guy, Elmore James, and the three ‘kings’…B.B., Freddie, and Albert as well as the second tier innovators like Guitar Slim, J. B. Lenoir, Magic Sam, and Mighty Joe Young. It’s a big helping of blues, some soul-laden clips, and big, screaming rhythm…coming your way on KWTF every Friday night on Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1T-Bone Walker T-Bone Shuffle The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch] Amazon
2Albert Collins Jam It Up The Complete Imperial Recordings Disc 2 Amazon
3Johnny Winter Highway 61 Revisited Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
4Freddie King Hideaway One Hit Wonders Amazon
5Gary Moore Still Got The Blues Still Got The Blues Amazon
6Elmore James The Sky Is Crying The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011] Amazon
7Elmore James Dust My Broom Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Road To Memphis Amazon
8Lonnie Johnson Another Night To Cry American Roots Music [Disc 2] Amazon
9Muddy Waters Honey Bee The Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
10Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor The Real Folk Blues Amazon
11J.B. Lenoir Don't Dog Your Woman Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: J.B. Lenoir Amazon
12Buddy Guy First Time I Met the Blues 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Buddy Guy Amazon
13Guitar Slim and His Band The Things That I Used To Do Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon
14B.B. King Three O'Clock Blues King of the Blues [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
15B.B. King The Thrill Is Gone Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
16Johnny "Guitar" Watson Too Tired Space Guitar Amazon
17Mighty Joe Young Empty Arms The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011] Amazon
18Bo Diddley Before You Accuse Me His Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Amazon
19Magic Sam Sweet Home Chicago West Side Soul Amazon
20Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign The Very Best of Albert King Amazon
21Sam & Dave Soul Man Stax Number Ones Amazon
22Bobby "Blue" Bland Stormy Monday Blues Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues Amazon
23Eric Clapton Blues Before Sunrise From the Cradle Amazon
24Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Texas Flood Amazon
25B.B. King How Blue Can You Get Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
26T-Bone Walker News For My Baby The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] Amazon
27Jimmy Reed Boogie In The Dark Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall/The Best Of Jimmy Reed Amazon
28Elmore James Shake Your Moneymaker The Sky Is Crying Amazon
29Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Okie Dokie Stomp Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
30Albert Collins The Freeze Blues Masters Sampler Amazon
31Muddy Waters Rollin' And Tumblin' The Definitive Collection Amazon
32The David Thom Band Windy City That Old Familiar Amazon

Country Strings

Country Strings
Country Strings

Our show this week revisits the great country guitar innovators and talents who contributed both session time to classic hits as well as original performances of their own. Whether they were pedal steel, Fender or Gibson electric magicians, or country pickers, we won’t discriminate. Tune in for Leon McAuliffe, Joe Maphis, James Burton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson and others on another Friday night on KWTF 88.1, Bodega Bay, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Lovin' Spoonful Nashville Cats Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
2Leon McAuliffe Take It Away, Leon Country Boy's Dream Amazon
3Bob Wills Twin Guitar Boogie For the Last Time Amazon
4Joe Maphis Randy Lynn Rag [Album Version] Fire On The Strings Amazon
5Joe Maphis – duet with Larry Collins Flying Fingers [Album Version] Fire On The Strings Amazon
6James Burton And Ralph Mooney Sneaky Strings Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin' Amazon
7James Burton & Ralph Mooney Moonshine James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969 Amazon
8Little Jimmy Dickens Buddy's Boogie (Instrumental) Country Boy [Disc 5] Amazon
9Buddy Emmons w. Nashville session men Four Wheel Drive Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals Amazon
10Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers Sugarfoot Rag (feat. Red Foley) Guitar Magic 1949-1957 Amazon
11Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers Hillbilly Express Guitar Magic 1949-1957 Amazon
12Red Foley, Grady Martin Pinball Boogie Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4] Amazon
13Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
14Lefty Frizzell Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin) Classic Country Amazon
15Marty Robbins El Paso Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
16Johnny Horton I'm Coming Home Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2) Amazon
17Chet Atkins Tennesse Ray/Beaumont Rag The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA] Amazon
18Chet Atkins I Know That You Know Mister Guitar – Workshop Amazon
19Chet Atkins & Les Paul Lover Come Back To Me Chester & Lester Amazon
20Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Bryant's Bounce Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
21Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Frettin' Fingers Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2 Amazon
22Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Old Joe Clark Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
23Jerry Reed Guitar Man The Essential Jerry Reed Amazon
24Roy Clark Riders in the Sky The Roy Clark Anthology Amazon
25Albert Lee Rainbows All Over Your Blues The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons Amazon
26Marty Stuart Hollywood Boogie Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down Amazon
27The Hellecasters Orange Blossom Special The Return Of The Hellecasters Amazon
28Junior Brown Where Has All the Money Gone? Down Home Chrome Amazon
29Doc Watson/Merle Watson Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Black Mountain Rag Amazon
30Doc Watson/Merle Watson Down Yonder Black Mountain Rag Amazon
31Peter Rowan, Don Edwards, Tony Rice & Norman Blake Trail to Mexico Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1 Amazon
32Norman Blake Eastbound Freight Train America Roots Songbook – Americana Amazon
33Tony Rice Stoney Point The Bluegrass Guitar Collection Amazon
34Tony Rice He Rode All the Way to Texas Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection Amazon
35Merle Travis Nine Pound Hammer Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
36Merle Travis Done Rovin' Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon

Deeper Dr. John

Deeper Dr. John
Deeper Dr. John

Mac Rebennack’s been around and the music, the culture, the people…they’ve embellished his art with a character like no other in roots music. He’s known them all: James Booker, Professor Longhair, Huey Smith, and Doc Pomus. He’s performed with them, composed for them, and broken bread with them. And when he takes the stage, whether that is in the traditional Indian celebratory garb or the frocked coat and hat, you can be certain that his performance will get your attention. He is coarse yet gentle, as punctual on the keys as he is laid back and lazy with them. This week’s show will sample a small set of his contributions to the American songbook including performances by Roland Stone, B.B. King, Charlie Rich, Solomon Burke, and Irma Thomas. And we’ll also hear plenty from the good Doctor himself.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dr. John Right Place Wrong Time Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
2Dr John/Mac Rebennack Sahara (LP Version) Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
3Roland Stone [Dr. John] Down The Road (LP Version) Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
4Mac Rebennack Good Times The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
5Clarence "Frogman" Henry Long Lost And Worried Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
6Art Neville What's Going On His Specialty Recordings Amazon
7Johnny Jenkins Walk On Gilded Splinters Duane Allman Anthology 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
8Dr. John Black Widow Spider Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
9Dr. John (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away Destively Bonnaroo (US Release) Amazon
10Dr. John The Night Tripper Wash Mama Wash The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
11Dr. John Big Chief The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
12Irma Thomas I Never Fool Nobody But Me If You Want It, Come and Get It Amazon
13Delaney & Bonnie When the Battle Is Over The Best of Delaney & Bonnie Amazon
14Solomon Burke Make Do With What You Got Make Do With What You Got Amazon
15Dr. John Hen Layin' Rooster The Best Of The Parlophone Years Amazon
16Dr. John Let the Good Times Roll The Ultimate Dr. John Amazon
17Dr. John My Indian Red Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
18Dr. John Sweet Home New Orleans The Best Of The Parlophone Years Amazon
19Dr. John Memories Of Prof. Longhair Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
20Marianne Faithfull Hello Stranger A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
21Crescent City Gold Kick It Raw The Ultimate Session Amazon
22Bluesiana Triangle Need To Be Loved Bluesiana Triangle Amazon
23Charlie Rich Pictures and Paintings Pictures and Paintings Amazon
24Dr. John Eh Las Bas N'awlinz: Dis, Dat Or D'Udda Amazon
25Dr. John Old Settlers Live at Magfest 2014 Amazon
26B.B. King & Dr. John There Must Be A Better World Somewhere Deuces Wild Amazon
27Dr. John Let's Make a Better World The Ultimate Dr. John Amazon
28Dr. John When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) Ske-Dat-De-Dat&The Spirit Of Satch Amazon

Songs of A.P. Carter

He grew up with music, learning to plan violin at a young age in Poor Valley, Virginia (now known as Maces Springs), sang in a church choir and helped his uncle, Flanders Bays, who ran a mobile music school in Scott County. He would go on to form one of the seminal country music groups of the day with his wife Sara and her cousin Maybelle. Their musicianship was remarkable but the song-writing was what set them apart, the compositions by A. P. Carter representing a treasury of classic folk, sentimental pop, cowboy songs, gospel favorites, and original love songs. While there may be little doubt as to whether all songs that carried his name were original, his treatment (and that of the Carter Family group) were without peer. Tune in this Friday night for music featuring performers covering A.P. Carter songs, including The Delmore Brothers, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Charlie Louvin, Ashley Monroe, and a host of others.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ralph Stanley Worried Man Blues [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
2Rosanne Cash The Winding Stream The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music Amazon
3John Prine Lulu Walls German Afternoons Amazon
4The Carter Family Lulu Walls Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
5The Carter Family My Texas Girl Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
6Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter Foggy Mountain Top Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
7Osborne Brothers You Are My Flower Hillbilly Fever Amazon
8Flatt & Scruggs You Are My Flower [Album Version] 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered: The Essential Flatt & Scruggs Amazon
9Charlie Haden Oh Take Me Back Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
10Ricky Skaggs & The Whites Will My Mother Know Me There Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1 Amazon
11Ashley Monroe The Storms Are On The Ocean Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon
12The Delmore Brothers The Storms are on the Ocean Classic Cuts CD D – Atlanta 1940, New York 1940-41 Amazon
13Gene Autry I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
14Red Allen I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter Family Amazon
15Mac Wiseman Jimmy Brown The Newsboy Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] Amazon
16Roy Clark Jimmy Brown, the Newsboy The Roy Clark Anthology Amazon
17Charlie Louvin My Texas Girl Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs Amazon
18Ralph Stanley Distant Land To Roam [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
19The Carter Family A Distant Land To Roam The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2] Amazon
20Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men Engine 143 Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
21The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Wabash Cannonball Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
22The Carter Family Hello Central! Give Me Heaven The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5] Amazon
23Sister Bessie Griffin w/Brownie McGee Heaven's Radio Powerhouse Gospel Amazon
24The Swan Silvertones, The Staple Singers, The Pilgrim Travelers Will The Circle Be Unbroken The Swan Silvertones 1946-1951 Amazon
25George Jones/Staples, Pop And Mavis Will the Circle Be Unbroken My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
26The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
27The Carter Family Beautiful Brown Eyes & Sweet Fern On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1 Amazon
28Jorma Kaukonen Sweet Fern Ain't In No Hurry Amazon
29Loretta Lynn Wildwood Flower Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash Amazon
30Norman & Nancy Blake The Sunny Side of Life Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1 Amazon
31Norman Blake Fifty Miles of Elbow Room Old Ties Amazon
32Emmylou Harris Hello Stranger (Remastered LP Version) Luxury Liner [Remaster] Amazon

Broadway and Film

Broadway & Film
Broadway & Film

Not to ignore the obvious influences that Hollywood had on our culture and music, we dig into the archives to sample some of the greats as well as some of the unknowns. Popular entertainment began with minstrelsy, traveling medicine shows, vaudeville, and finally ‘the Great White Way’ of New York’s Broadway. Entertainers such as Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, as well as Harlem’s profound contribution in the names of Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway would capture a light-heartedness and nostalgic sound while telling small stories in a very big way. Tune in Friday night on KWTF and hear the musicals, the novelty pieces, and find yourselves riding down the river of some of the more energetic swells of the past century.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Benny Goodman Hooray For Hollywood Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976) Amazon
2Al Jolson My Mammy – from The Jazz Singer Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
3Fanny Brice My Man – from My Man Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
4Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse That's Entertainment (The Band Wagon) Best of Broadway- The Early '50s Amazon
5Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co. 42nd Street – from 42nd Street Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
6Ginger Rogers & Chorus / Busby Berkeley We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song) (Album Version from 'Gold Diggers of 1933') The 30s: Hollywood's Best Amazon
7Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T. San Francisco (Soundtrack Version) The 30s: Hollywood's Best Amazon
8Cab Calloway & His Orchestra I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (from Hi-De-Ho short) The 30s: Hollywood's Best Amazon
9Dooley Wilson As Time Goes By – from Casablanca Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
10The Mills Brothers Congo Fever (Jungle Fever) Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1] Amazon
11Johnnie 'Scat' Davis, Frances Langford & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Let That Be A Lesson To You Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1] Amazon
12Ethel Waters Heat Wave Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman) Amazon
13Bing Crosby So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1 Amazon
14Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong Now You Has Jazz Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2] Amazon
15Louis Armstrong & His Allstars/Jack Teagaredn Ain't Misbehavin' Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2] Amazon
16Bette Davis They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
17Gene Kelly Singin' In The Rain (Singin' in the Rain) Best of Broadway- The Early '50s Amazon
18Kern/Hammerstein Buck & Wing Show Boat Soundtrack Amazon
19Christine Johnson, Jean Darling, Chorus June Is Bustin' Out All Over The Original Broadway Cast Album Amazon
20Ray Bolger Once in Love With Amy The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s Amazon
21Carol Channing Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
22Richard Burton Camelot The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s Amazon
23Ann Miller Too Darn Hot The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love Amazon
24Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires Viva Las Vegas Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack Amazon
25Carol Channing Hello Dolly! The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s Amazon
26Robert Preston Seventy Six Trombones Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
27Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Bonnie And Clyde 75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1) Amazon
28Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell Dueling Banjos 75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1) Amazon
29Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson In the Jailhouse Now O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
30Bette Midler Optimistic Voices/Lullaby Of Broadway Bette Midler Amazon
31John Raitt Hey There The Pajama Game] Best of Broadway- The Early '50s Amazon

Songs of the Dust Bowl

Songs of the Dust Bowl
Songs of the Dust Bowl

Our story is one that we’ve covered before, previously focusing on the Great Depression and the music of Woody Guthrie. This episode pulls in the theme of that tragic chapter of a drought that uprooted nearly 60 percent of the population from the affected region of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. With the soil lacking a firm root due to poor farm practices, the plains winds would pick up the loose topsoil and create the dust clouds that ravaged farm and city alike. The music we’ll hear tonight brings us the stories, including those of Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Bob Gibson, Lane Hardin, Vernon Dahlart, and The Morrison Two Brothers String Band.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ramblin' Jack Elliott Talking Dust Bowl Hard Travelin' Amazon
2Ramblin' Jack Elliott Dust Storm Disaster Hard Travelin' Amazon
3Woody Guthrie Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster) Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] Amazon
4Woody Guthrie Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road (Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad) Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] Amazon
5Alison Krauss Dust Bowl Children Paper Airplane Amazon
6Peter Rowan Tumbleweed Dust Bowl Children Amazon
7Bob Gibson Pastures of Plenty Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson Amazon
8Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards Pasture of Plenty Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
9Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards So Long It's Been Good to Know You Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
10The Byrds Pretty Boy Floyd Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
11Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards Do Re Mi Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
12Cisco Houston The Great American Bum Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2] Amazon
13Mac "Harry" McClintock Hallelujah, I'm a Bum [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
14Billy Bragg I Ain't Got No Home Tooth & Nail Amazon
15Michelle Shocked Woody's Rag Arkansas Traveler Amazon
16Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
17Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton Douglas Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
18Woody Guthrie Talking Dust Bowl Blues Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] Amazon
19Woody Guthrie Dust Pneumonia Blues Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] Amazon
20Lane Hardin California Desert Blues [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
21Red Allen Deep Elem Blues The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983 Amazon
22Prairie Ramblers Deep Elem Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
23Joe Stone It's Hard Time Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
24Vernon Dalhart The Farm Relief Song Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
25The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band Dry and Dusty Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers Amazon
26Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Dealing With The Devil Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2] Amazon
27Jack Guthrie Oklahoma Hills Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
28Bruce Springsteen I Ain't Got No Home Folkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly Amazon
29Ry Cooder Vigilante Man Into The Purple Valley Amazon
30Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards Tom Joad Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
31Jimmy Lafave Dust Bowl Okies The Night Tribe Amazon

Free Form – October 2015

Free Form - October 2015
Free Form – October 2015

Free form with just a dose of playlist themes…R&B and sugar from Chuck Willis, some sweeter country from Bob Wills, more of the same with a moonlight-based theme from Tommy Duncan, Dale Evans, and Elton Britt. We’ve also got a mix of early century jazz from Satchmo and blues from Tampa Red, Charley Patton, and Blind Blake. Tune into community radio locally on KWTF 88.1 on the FM dial or catch us streaming on TuneIn, RadioBox, or from our web site at kwtf.net/listen.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Seasick Steve Dark Man from Another Time (Bonus Version) Amazon
2Wild Tchoupitoulas Meet De Boys On The Battlefront Treacherous [Disc 1] Amazon
3The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon Yellow Moon Amazon
4Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon Old Yellow Moon Amazon
5Bill Neely Big Yellow Moon Over Texas Texas Law & Justice Amazon
6Tommy Duncan Texas Moon Texas Moon Amazon
7Elton Britt Blue Texas Moonlight The RCA Years Amazon
8Dale Evans Under a Texas Moon The Rage of the Sage Amazon
9Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Sugar Moon Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line Amazon
10k.d. lang Sugar Moon Shadowland Amazon
11Merle Travis Too Much Sugar For A Dime Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
12Chuck Willis Sugar Sugar I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
13Muddy Waters Sugar Sweet The Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
14The Mills Brothers Sweeter Than Sugar The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3 Amazon
15Earl Bostic Sweet Lorraine Earl Bostic Flamingo Amazon
16Dave Van Ronk Sweet And Lowdown Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
17Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
18Blind Blake Sweet Papa Low Down Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker Amazon
19Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three Sweet Potato Blues Riverboat Soul Amazon
20Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Digging Potatoes Blues Highway Amazon
21Nat King Cole Solid Potato Salad Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1945 Amazon
22Hunter & Jenkins Meat Cuttin' Blues Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops Amazon
23Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven Potato Head Blues The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
24Fats Waller & His Rhythm All That Meat And No Potatoes 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
25The Swallows It Ain't The Meat Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
26Memphis Minnie Pig Meat On The Line [Album Version] Queen Of The Blues Amazon
27Tampa Red;Georgia Tom Dead Cats On The Line Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard Amazon
28Bob Brozman Dead Cat On The Line Blues Reflex Amazon
29Charley Patton Mean Black Cat Blues Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel Songs Amazon
30Harry Reser Cat And Dog Banjo Crackerjax 1922-1930 Amazon
31Bob Brozman Dog and Cat Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz! Amazon
32Joe Venuti's Blue Four Beatin' the Dog Wild Cats Amazon
33Dr. John How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round) Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
34Nat King Cole Open Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In) (1992 Digital Remaster) Nat King Cole [Disc 3] Amazon

Wild Men and Wild Women

Wild Men and Wild Women
Wild Men and Wild Women

It’s theme time once again and we’re going to find ourselves among the wild and crazy men as well as the wild, woolly women. Round town girls celebrate, burning that candle, and Keely Smith will jump, jive, and wail with Louis Prima. Red Ingle and His Natural Seven will join the Sons of the Pioneers in spreading the word about ‘cigareets, whuskey, and wild, wild women”. Mae West, Julia Lee, Ernie Ford, and Jerry Lee Lewis will keep the party going and Deeper Roots will keep the lights on ’till 11pm sharp (that’s Pacific Time, of course). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of a century of America’s music on KWTF, 88.1 FM, community radio for Bodega Bay.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Mary Ford Running Wild 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
2Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
3The Jive Bombers Bad Boy Cry-Baby Amazon
4Donnie Elbert Wild Child (Deluxe 6156) R&B Humdingers Volume 11 Amazon
5Johnny Carroll Wild Wild Women Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
6Jerry Lee Lewis Real Wild Child (Wild One) A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
7Carl Mann Born To Be Bad Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
8Charline Arthur Burn That Candle Welcome To The Club Amazon
9Wanda Jackson Hard Headed Woman There's A Party Goin' On Amazon
10Wanda Jackson Let's Have A Party Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
11Tennessee Ernie Ford I'm A Bad Man Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] Amazon
12The Dave & Deke Combo Wild Woman Hollywood Barndance Amazon
13Freda & the Firedogs Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad Freda & The Firedogs Amazon
14The Sons Of The Pioneers Cigareetes, Whusky And Wild, Wild Women Country Legends Amazon
15Red Ingle & His Natural Seven Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
16Wanda, Ruth Neal Round Town Girls Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
17King James Wild Wooly Woman Stompin' 25 Amazon
18Julia Lee Do You Want It? Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
19Eunice Davis Let's Have A Party Stompin' 25 Amazon
20Little Richard The Girl Can't Help It Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
21Keely Smith/Louis Prima/Sam Butera & the Witnesses Jump, Jive, An' Wail Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
22Carmen MacRae Whatever Lola Wants Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
23Mae West I'm No Angel The Mae West Collection Amazon
24Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers Don't Bring Lulu The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
25Cecil Gant Little Baby You're Running Wild The Cecil Gant Collection Amazon
26Wynonie Harris Young And Wild Playful Baby Amazon
27Rudy Greene Wild Life Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
28Memphis Nighthawks Wild Man Stomp Document Shortcuts Vol. 3 – My Babe Amazon
29Memphis Minnie I'm A Bad Luck Woman Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
30Champion Jack Dupree Bad Whiskey And Wild Women Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
31JB Hutto & The Hawks Wild Wild Woman Masters Of Modern Blues Amazon
32Albert King Wild Women Door To Door Amazon
33Little Jimmy King Wild Woman Little Jimmy King and the Memphis Soul Survivors Amazon
34Amy Helm Wild Girl Didn't It Rain Amazon
35John Hammond Wild Man On The Loose Trouble No More Amazon
36Louis Armstrong & The Hot 7 Wild Man Blues The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon