Deep Tracks 91

1. Runnin' South-Bill Emerson And Cliff Waldron
2. Time To Do Your Thing-Eddie Harris
3. Kamunganzi Ko-Dr. Nico & African Fiesta Suki
4. 153rd Street Theme – Larry Willis
5. Aqua De Beber-Astrud Gilberto
6. She's Mine-Joe Tex
7. I'm Ready To Go-The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
8. 24 Carat Black theme-24 Carat Black
9. Kissin' My Love-Bill Withers
10. China Grove-The Doobie Brothers
11. Larry's Boogie-Larry Coryell
12. Workin' Man Blues-Merle Haggard
13. So Close-Carol Fran
14. Shout And Sing-Charlie Moore & Bill Napier
15. Leogane-Coupé Cloué
16. Brand New Thing (part 1)-Jackie Wilson
17. Funky In Here -Dayton Sidewinders
18. Put Your Cat Clothes On-Carl Perkins
19. You Made Your Bed-Reuben Howell
20. Get In Line Brother-Sonny Osborne
21. Soul Vaccination-Tower of Power
22. How About Me-Jimmy Johnson

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Deep Tracks 90

1. Turn On Your Love Light-Jerry Lee Lewis

2. Music's Takin' Over-Jacksons

3. My Lady Frustration-Fela Kuti

4. Long Road Ahead-Delany and Bonnie

5. Cryin'Ain't Dyin-Eddie Harris

6. Organize-Sly Stone

7. Working On A Building-Mylon LeFevre

8. One For The Masses-Harold Ousley

9. I'd Rather Be Blind, Cripple -O.V. Wright

10. Mountain Dew-Peter Wernick & Country Cookin

11. Prone To Lean-Donnie Fritts

12. Jesus On The Mainline-Ry Cooder

13. Carroll County Blues-Kenny Baker & Josh Graves

14. Cantelope Woman-George Braith

15. Anoma Franoas -Oyikwam Internationals

16. Hello, Goodbye-The Soulful Strings

17. I Turn My Back On Love-Skull Snaps

18. Soul walk-Sugar Loaf

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Deep Tracks 89 - Nayabinghi Voyage

1. Rudie Can’t Fail – The Clash
2. St. Catherine – Eric Donaldson
3. Double Barrell – Dave and Ansel Collins
4. Now A Days – Charlie Chaplin
5. Won’t Be The Same Always – Audley Rollins
6. Bend Down Low – Bob Marley
7. Dread Head – Jackie Brown
8. Dream Land – Bunny Wailer
9. Joyful Noise – Clinton Fearon
10. Shot the President – Top Rankin
11. Stay Alive – Cedric Myton and the Congos
12. Time So Hard – George Dekker
13. Iniquity Worker – Culture
14. A Win Dem – Leo Graham
15. Wet Dreams – Derrick Morgan
16. Journey – Jimmy Cliff
17. There’s A Reward – Joe Higgs
18. Poverty – The Caribbeans
19. Come Mek We Run – Pablo Moses
20. Warrior – The Sensations
21. Run Them Away – Bim Sherman
22. Rude Boy Train – Desmond Dekker

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Another selection of deep roots tracks dedicated to Sunsplash 1986 at the Circle Star Theater, Belmont, California.

Deep Tracks 88

1. You Can't Always Get What You-Maxayn
2. Get On Board-Carl Story & the Brewster Brothers
3. Iron City – Grant Green
4. Yeh Yeh – Georgie Fame
5. Cubano Chant – Cal Tjader
6. Joe Friday – Alvin Youngblood Hart
7. You've Got It Bad Girl-Hank Crawford
8. Lonely Weekends-Terry Robb
9. Lean On Me-Shirley Scott
10. Can't You Hear The Blessed Savior-Cliff Waldron
11. El Carretero-Guillermo Portabales
12. Lake County Cotton Country-Carl Perkins
13. September 13-Deodato
14. New Beale Street Blues-Eric Bibb
15. Junkie For Your Love-Cash McCall
16. Shining Ground-Bobby Atkins & The Countrymen
17. Nina Y Señores-Tito Puente
18. Up At Joe's, Down At Jim's-Houston Person

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Guitarist, fiddler, and vocalist Carl Story became known as "The Father of Bluegrass Gospel Music" over his decades-long career. After initially pursuing secular bluegrass, he went on to record one of the greatest oeuvres of religious bluegrass making him a legend at the time of his death in 1995. Story and his band became fixtures on the bluegrass festival circuit, and he toured consistently even after he entered semi-retirement in Greer, SC, outside of Greenville, where he worked as a disc jockey. Get On Board indeed.

Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader (July 16, 1925–May 5, 1982) was a master of Latin Jazz vibraphone, probably defining the genre for all time. If there ever was an example of how the energy of America affects its inhabitants, it is Cal Tjader. Born 16 July 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri to touring Swedish American vaudevillians. He ultimately met and played with a number of great early jazz musicians around San Francisco after WWII. Cubano Chant features the blisteringly smooth electric keys of Clare Fisher.

Deep Tracks 87

1. Country Boy's Dream-Carl Perkins
2. Coisa de Louco-Wilson Simonal
3. Tobacco Road-Brother Jack McDuff
4. War Is Coming! War Is Coming!-WAR
5. I’m Free – The Rolling Stones
6. Step It Up And Go-Andreas Kilger
7. New York's My Home-Ray Charles
8. Sittin' On Top Of The World-Joe Stuart
9. Be My Guide – Leaving Texas
10. You're Gonna Make Me Cry-Little Milton
11. I'm in the Mood for Love-Delroy Wilson
12. Five Card Hand-William Clarke
13. Ako – Fela Kuti
14. Mr. Cool-Rasputin's Stash
15. Bulbs-Van Morrison
16. Ain’t No Way – David Lindley
17. Why Do Everything Happen To Me-B.B. King
18. Nine Pound Hammer-Merle Travis
19. Not Her Usual Man-Arlen Roth
20. It's All in Your Mind-Phillip Walker
21. Fuzz – David Newman

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Country Boy's Dream was recorded in 1967, during the lowest commercial and personal ebb of Perkins' career. It also represent his first serious foray into straight radio-ready country music. The lyrics have a biographic legitimacy perhaps unexpected in the genre and he simply shreds a six string. Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed. Perkins' songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Johnny Cash, which further cemented his place in the history of popular music.Called "the King of Rockabilly", he was inducted into the Rock and Roll, the Rockabilly, and the Nashville Songwriters halls of fame; and was a Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipient.

Wilson Simonal de Castro, a Brazilian singer, was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 26, 1939. He had great success during the 60's and early 70's in pop music. The beginning of the 70's was a troubled period in the Brazilian politics. At that time, he was accused of helping the military government by denouncing fellow artists who were involved in political left-wing movements. Partly because of these accusations, his career stalled and he never recaptured his initial success. This is a really cool piece of Brazilian ethno-pop.

Deep Tracks 86

1. Soul Serenade-King Curtis
2. Don't Happen No More-Jessie Young
3. Méditation-Fantastic Tchico
4. Outrageous-Johnny Pate
5. Born To Wander-Rare Earth
6. Family Affair-Blue Mitchell
7. Last Ole Dollar-Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
8. Blackbyrd-Donald Byrd
9. Your Love Is Certified-Rasputin's Stash
10. Sassy-Frantic Johnny Rogers
11. Groove Thang-Houston Person
12. I Don't Want To Pretend-Billy Preston
13. Sophisticated Soul-Hank Crawford
14. Cheater Man-Irma Thomas
15. Take Your Shoes Off Moses-The Bluegrass Cardinals
16. The Piper Cherokee-Bobby Hughes Experience
17. Roll over Beethoven-Chuck Berry
18. Dumpy Mama-Sonny Stitt
19. West Coast Blues-Nancy Wilson
20. You Call It Joggin'-Mose Allison

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Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist and session musician who played rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, funk and soul jazz. He was also a musical director and record producer for Aretha Franklin and other top R&B artists. Provided sax solos on numerous hits in the 60's and inspired nearly every artist he worked with. Curtis was loved and respected by both the music establishment and hippy freaks like Duane Allman and Delany Bramlett. Soul Serenade is one of his best known compositions. Tragically he was murdered entering his home in Harlem in 1971.

Houston Person (born November 10, 1934) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer. Although he has performed in the hard bop and swing genres, he is most experienced in and best known for his work in soul jazz with people like Bernard Purdie, Melvin Sparks, Virgil Jones, and others. His best stuff never seemed to stray far from his roots in R&B, as "Sweet Buns" indicates. And this might be one of the worst covers ever made.

Deep Tracks 85

1. Panama’s Boogaloo – Charlie Palmieri
2. The Same Thing – Sly & the Family Stone
3. Oyolima – Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe
4. Next Equation – Bow Thayer
5. Reggae Street – The Mighty Diamonds
6. Dark Clouds – Brooklyn Skyways
7. Pole m’ze – Rochereau
8. You Think I’m Your Good Man – Bee Houston
9. A ¼ lb of I’cense – Max Romeo
10. Hot Sauce – Charles Kynard
11. Too Much Pressure – The Selecter
12. Evil Spirits – Batsumi
13. The Watts Breakaway – Johnny Otis
14. Hit the Road – Andy Gorwell
15. Norwegian Wood – Charlie Cline
16. Don’t Let Him Catch You – Electrifying Gospel Stars
17. Wasteland – Bernard Purdie
18. Spiritual Medley – Ben Andrews
19. Positive – Black Uhuru
20. Jesus On The Line – Union Gospel Singers

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Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe was an Igbo Nigerian Highlife musician, from southeastern Nigeria. His career spanned over 40 years, and he is one of the most well known Igbo highlife musicians. His loping layered grooves are elemental to the West African sound. His compositions frequently occupied an entire side of wax and often aspects of samba and meringue. A highly danceable groove.

Bow Thayer is one of Vermont's best kept secrets. A talented singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, his profile was raised somewhat by recording an album with Band drummer Levon Helm. A terrific roots rock album, this track is just a solid bit of American songwriting and playing.

Johnny Otis, one of the great American blues and rhythm and blues pianist, vibraphonist, drummer, singer, bandleaders and impresarios, was born John Alexander Veliotes to greek immigrant parents. Perhaps best known for his hit Willie and the Hand Jive, Otis recorded literally hundreds of tracks often including the prodigious guitar work of his son Shuggie Otis. As this track demonstrates, he always had a crack band and knew how to groove.

Deep Tracks 84

1. Take Me To The River – Al Green
2. Yonder Comes the Blues – Odetta
3. Lonesome Rueben – Earl Scruggs
4. Vamanos Pa'l Monte-Eddie Palmieri
5. Rolling On – Mandrill
6. Stop – Mel Brown
7. Smiling, Styling, and Profiling – The Bar-Kays
8. I Can’t Explain – The Who
9. Munchies – David Oliver
10. Toe Hold – Cane & Able
11. Feelin’ Alright – Wade Marcus
12. Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
13. Respect – Otis Redding
14. Pull Together – Oteil & the Peacemakers
15. Your Red Wagon – Mose Allison
16. Hillbilly Blues – Ronnie Dawson
17. Worried Man Blues-Earl Taylor & Jim McCall
18. Money (That's What I Want)-Barrett Strong
19. El Palito de la Alcancia-Faustino Oramas 'El Guayabero'
20. Ivy-Willis Jackson

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Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936), is a Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms. In 1971, Palmieri recorded Vamonos Pa'l Monte (Going to the Mountain) with his brother Charlie at the organ from which this hard hitting Nuyorican groove is snagged. His music from this period reflects the influences of the Brown Power movement and a recognition that Puerto Ricans in NYC had their own cultural identity.

A fantastic bit of tripped out funk! Cane & Able were one of the many groups that came out of the collective surrounding the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band in the early 70s -- and like that group, Cane & Able draw on a wide range of influences to create a heavy funky sound. The album mixes the African influences used by Lafayette Afro-Rock Band the with more of a hard soul vocal approach, with some cuts sounding a bit like material from Atlantic albums of the late 60s, but handled with more of a fuzzy edge.

Deep Tracks 83

1. Swing Low Sweet Chariot-Curly Seckler
2. Cherry Wine-Little Esther Phillips
3. Wakasikirei Satani-Bhundu Boys
4. Leave My Woman Alone-Freddie King
5. One Night Affair – Seldon Powell
6. Everybody Wants To Fall In Love-Solomon Burke
7. Grand Funk – Jackie Mittoo
8. Rocket 69 – Todd Rhodes
9. The Prodigal Son – Harold Ousley
10. No Luck To Run – Zamali
11. LA Sunshine – WAR
12. Gentle On My Mind-Caecilie Norby
13. Gospel Feeling – Weldon Irvine
14. Poor Man – Little Milton
15. I Can’t Get No Higher – Eight Minutes
16. A New Day – Jack Lomax
17. Evil Ways – Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes
18. Sweet Virginia – Rolling Stones (Live ’72)
19. Senor Boogaloo – Wally Richardson

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The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco, country, and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success. The name came from bhundu (meaning "Bush" or "jungle"), in reference to the young boys who used to aid the nationalist guerrilla fighters in the 1970s war against the white minority government of what was then Rhodesia. Lead singer Biggie Tembo (Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha) was just such a Bhundu boy.

Jackie Mittoo was a Jamaican keyboardist, songwriter and musical director. He was a founding member of The Skatalites and was a mentor to many younger performers, primarily through his work as musical director for the Studio One record label. His brilliant compositions integrated funk, R&B, mento, calypso. Grand Funk is a wicked early 70's jam.

LA Sunshine is about as positive a groove as one could possibly compose about Los Angeles and it's ubiquitous sun. WAR was a multiracial and multiethnic band that originated in fertile ghettos of Chicago during the end of the 60's. The band flourished throughout the 70's scoring several hits and evolving personnel. Just a really sick band.

Deep Tracks 82

1. Walking in The Sunshine-Clyde Bowling & The Southern Boys
2. Life's Highway-Bobby Smith & Josh Graves
3. My Night To Howl-Boys From Indiana
4. The Midnight Train-Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys
5. Runnin' South-Bill Emerson And Cliff Waldron
6. Sunny Side Of The Mountain-Benny Martin
7. Tear It Down-Old Crow Medicine Show
8. Old Man From The Mountain-Goins Brothers
9. Since You Left And Said Goodbye-Bluegrass Blend
10. Earl's Breakdown-Josh Graves
11. Bringin' in the Georgia Mail-Curly Seckler & Nashville Grass
12. Flatt Lonesome-Lester Flatt
13. Fast Picks And Hot Licks-Red And Murphy & Co
14. Just Over In The Glory Land-The Barrier Brothers
15. On And On-Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys
16. Ramblin' Man-Clinton King & The Virginia Mountain Boys
17. A Beautiful Life-Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys
18. Breakin' It Down-Charlie Cline
19. Nine Pound Hammer-Joe Maphis
20. I'm Working on a Road-Earl Scruggs
21. Crazy Blues-Leslie Keith
22. Deep Elm Blues-Kenny Baker & Josh Graves
23. White House Blues-Sonny Osborne
24. Dark Hollow-Benny Martin
25. Foggy Mountain Breakdown-Earl Scruggs
26. Johnny B. Goode-Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys
27. Shout and Shine-Carl Story & his Ramblin' Mountain Boys
28. Brother, I'm Getting Ready to Go-Earl Scruggs
29. Foggy Mountain Top-Doc Watson/Ralph Stanley/Ricky Skaggs
30. I'm Travelin' On and On-Bill Monroe
31. I Believe In The Old Time Way-Charlie Moore & Bill Napier
32. You Ain't Going Nowhere-Cliff Waldron & The New Shades of Grass

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Volume 82 is another genre specific compilation. This time the focus are musicians from South of the Mason-Dixon line. I usually refer to it as Hillbilly music despite the pejorative quality of that label. The sophistication and musicianship belies any effort to suggest that these 'folk' tunes are somehow less accomplished than Mozart.

Josh Graves was the bluesy Dobro genius who figured out how to play with Earl Scruggs. Graves was one of the true giants and this unusual duet with country singer and fiddler Bobby Smith is a fantastic piece of Americana. I guarantee you they don't sound like this anywhere else on the planet.

Curly Seckler began played country and bluegrass music in the 1930's but didn't really hit his stride until he paired with Lester Flatt in the 1950's. Their duets are still considered among the finest ever recorded. This track is a rollicking good time from late in Curly's career when he continued to tour with Lester's band after he passed away.

Deep Tracks 81

1. California Blues – Merle Haggard
2. Uncle Funky – Harold Ousley
3. You Can Feel It in Your Soul-Earl Scruggs
4. It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing – Ernestine Anderson
5. Step One – Jimmy McGriff
6. That's Live-Peter Herbolzheimer
7. Chegou da Bahia-Arnaud Rodrigues
8. Mis-Using My Love-Little Milton
9. Ain't That Nothin'-Billy Preston
10. Satisfied – Lonnie Mack
11. Take Me (I'll Take You There)-Mike Farris
12. Go call police-Oliver de Coque
13. Juke Joint Jump-Elvin Bishop
14. Down Yonder – Snooks Eaglin
15. In The Middle – Grant Green
16. Funk#48 – James Gang
17. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Willie Bobo
18. 219 Train – El Dorados

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Harold Ousley was a fantastic tenor player you kicked out a few indie jazz funk releases in the 70's. Oozing nasty Fender Rhodes and a tough groove, Ousley proves that if he isn't Uncle Funky, he certainly knows him. Oh. And how about the cover? Tight.

Arnaud Rodriques is a brilliant Brazilian madman who was both comedian, musician, and freak. I found a couple of his albums in the ozone and they have that musky, good smell - like the beach after the rain. I wish I spoke Portuguese...

Snooks Eaglin is another NOLA treasure perhaps best known for his guitar work with idiosyncratic piano legend Professor Longhair. This doozy from his Sonnet solo catalog finds the blind guitarist in fine form serving a gumbo of licks and some fine vocals as well.

Deep Tracks 80

1. A Smile Can't Hide A Broken Heart-William Bell
2. Memphis Underground-Herbie Mann
3. There Is A Green Hill-Charlie Chaplin
4. Listen To The Music-The Isley Brothers
5. Mama Ndiyalila - Miriam Makeba
6. Guide And Protect-Albert Griffiths & The Gladiatiors
7. I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometimes-Earl Scruggs
8. Got To Keep Moving-Boby King & Terry Evans
9. Fool’s Paradise-Willie Nelson & Dr John
10. Sad and Lonesome Feeling-Jimmy Ruffin
11. Always There-Willie Bobo
12. Check It Out-Bobby Womack
13. Brown's Ferry Blues-Kenny Baker & Josh Graves
14. Yako Aba-Dr. K Gyasi & The Noble Kings Dance Band
15. Encouraging Words-Billy Preston
16. Reggae Machine-Willie Lindo
17. Aloko Party-Manu Dibango
18. I've Got A Feeling-Junior Byles
19. Made To Love-Walter Heath
20. Steppin' Out-Steel Pulse
21. I Saw The Light-The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys

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Herbie Mann is without a doubt one of the most important jazz flutists of the 20th century. I know of him because Duane Allman added some guitar solos to one of his Atlantic albums. Mann was adept at just about all genres: blues, bossa nova, bop, funk, avante garde, even reggae and disco. Memphis Underground is one of his best known pieces and features a blistering guitar solo from Sonny Sharrock.

Willie Lindo played rhythm and lead guitar for just about everyone that entered a studio in Jamaica for 25 years. He only recorded a couple of solo albums that often played off of his success playing with Bob Marley. Reggae Machine is from the mid-70's. It demonstrates that even though guitar is almost always a rhythm instrument in reggae it can be a lead instrument in the right hands.