The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta.  Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	Gangster Of Love	Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics
2	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	Chess Blues Disc 4
3	T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
4	Ivory Joe Hunter	Boogin' In The Rain	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
5	Amos Milburn	One, Two, Three, Everybody	Amos Milburn Rocks
6	Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Amos Milburn Rocks
7	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
8	Big Jay McNeely	The Deacon's Hop	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
9	Percy Mayfield	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
10	Johnny Guitar Watson	Mortorhead Baby	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
11	Little Esther And Willie Littlefield	Turn the Lights Down Low	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
12	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
13	Peppermint Harris	I Got Loaded	Loaded, Vol. 1
14	Jimmy McCracklin	The Walk	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
15	Little Willie Littlefield	K. C. Loving	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
16	T-Bone Walker	Stormy Monday	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
17	Roy Milton	The Hucklebuck	Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
18	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
19	Johnny Otis	Baby Baby Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
20	Johnny Otis	Head Hunter	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
21	Etta James	Good Rockin Daddy	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
22	Pee Wee Crayton	Blues After Hours	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
23	Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	Driftin' Blues	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
24	Charles Brown	Black Night	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
25	Cecil Gant	I Wonder	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
26	Amos Milburn	Bad Bad Whiskey	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
27	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
28	Lloyd Glenn	The Shakedown	Chess Blues Disc 4
29	Etta James	I Just Want to Make Love to You	At Last!
30	Percy Mayfield	The River's Invitation	ABC Of The Blues Vol 28
31	Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers	Deep Fried	Blues Pajama Party
32	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	R.M. Blues	Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton