Country, gospel, and rhythm and blues are the major arteries that flow to the heart of Americana musical traditions, each influencing the other through shared themes of storytelling, emotion, and spirituality. Gospel’s uplifting harmonies and spiritual fervor inspired both the heartfelt narratives of country music and the soulful expressions of rhythm and blues. Similarly, rhythm and blues infused gospel energy into secular music, while country music borrowed melodic and vocal elements from both genres. The “golden age” of these genres is often considered to be the mid-20th century, roughly the 1940s through the 1960s, when their innovation and cross-pollination laid the groundwork for modern popular music, including rock and roll. This week on Deeper Roots we’re going to flip through some classic old records (as we love to do) and highlight the morning with performances from the likes of Otis Spann, Merle Travis, Sue Foley, Sturgill Simpson, and a few dozen others.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
2	Seasick Steve	Dark	Man from Another Time (Bonus Version)
3	Sturgill Simpson	Breakers Roar	A Sailor's Guide To Earth
4	The Everly Brothers	Bowling Green	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
5	The Kossoy Sisters	Bowling Green	Bluegrass Jamboree
6	Merle Travis	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
7	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	We've Got a Live One Here!
8	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Grave In The Wave Of The Ocean	Close Harmony [Disc 7]
9	Hart Valley Drifters	Nine Pound Hammer	Folk Time
10	Van Morrison	Dark Night Of The Soul	Three Chords And The Truth
11	The Riders Of The Purple Sage	Cool Water (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
12	The Harmonizing Four	Wade In The Water	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
13	The Soul Stirrers	Jesus I'll Never Forget [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
14	Mahalia Jackson	Dark Was The Night	Moving On Up A Little Higher
15	Bing Crosby	Down to the Old Ox Road	Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
16	Sue Foley	Freight Train	One Guitar Woman
17	Porter Wagoner	Banks of the Ohio	1968 (Warped 6846)
18	Roy Rogers with Country Washburne	My Chickashay Girl	26 All-Time Country Classics
19	Merle Haggard	Time Changes Everything	The Peer Sessions
20	Jimmie Dolan	The Wheel That Does The Squeakin'	Juke Box Boogie
21	Raul Malo	Weary Blues from Waitin'	The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
22	Ted Daffan's Texans	Born To Lose	26 All-Time Country Classics
23	Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips	I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy	Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
24	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
25	Jewel Paige & Her Brown Brownies	Give It Up	If You Take Me Back
26	Julia Lee	Snatch It And Grab It (06-11-47)	1947
27	Slim Gaillard	Thunderbird	ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
28	John Hiatt	Thunderbird	Master of Disaster
29	Chuck Berry	Jaguar and Thunderbird	The Chess Box Disc 2
30	Otis Spann	Mule Kicking In My Stall	Cryin' Time
31	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	Chess Blues Disc 4