Thursday, November 21, @Midnite KOWS
Finger Pickin’ Good
Tune in for a finger pickin’ encore from early 2023….it’s a full helping of Americana and beyond as our show revisits some guitar masters from blues, country blues, folk and tradition. We’ll take a spin across the landscape of steel and gut string tradition with a collection that features tracks from Stefan Grossman, Mississippi John Hurt, Leo Kottke, Merle Travis and over a dozen others. As February wraps up, we’ll be completing our February journey out of winter’s doldrums and into the sweet breezes of Spring. Let this show be a warmup for your good life and times. So put your feet up and drop in. We’d love to have you.
Thursday, November 21, @9am on KOWS
Saturday, November 23, @3am on KOWS
Blue Moon Americana Episode 484
“It’s a good day to walk on water, It’s a good day to swallow your pride. It’s a good day to call your mother. It’s a good day to be alive.” Reflections on what it means to be here from Chuck Prophet. It’s taken from “It’s a Good Day to Be Alive” from his latest album Wake the Dead which we’ll highlight once more in this week’s show…along with a host of new releases. Included among them are Jeffrey Foucault, The Devil Makes Three and Amythyst Kiah. A soothing unguent for the double down on hate that over half of our country voted for. Deep breaths once again. This week’s vintage collection will include some late career Elvis, chapter and verse from Bruce Springsteen, and some tributes including Marvin Gaye and Dave Porter. Let’s not flinch because there’s work to be done; and know that it is good and righteous work. Tune into a lone voice in the wilderness of Sonoma County, KOWS-LP 92.5 FM, streaming on kowsfm.com/listen.
Friday, November 22, @9am on KOWS
American Banned Stand
The past century’s puritanical interlopers, better known as the ‘thought police’, have had their way with music. And we’re not talking about just the lyrics (which will no doubt be the source of most of the songs in the show today)…whether that be the sound of the saxophone or Link Wray’s sinister fuzz and feedback…telling us how to think or suggesting that your children would be swayed to the dark side due a mention of Susie getting home past curfew. It’s an age old problem. It’s really stinkin’ thinkin’ if you’d have asked Frank Zappa. And someone did and summarized his opinions thusly: “Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are, in my opinion, more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate their sexuality.” All the songs this week suffered from some form of censorship, whether corporate or governmental. And we’re going to play them…damned be the fools.
Saturday, November 23, @9am on KOWS
Wake Up!
We’ll be sharing a Wake Up call with everyone out there…no…not election day. Although it’s just around the corner. There’s an alarm clock buzzing or ringing or chiming that is bent on a theme…that of ‘waking up’. That’s our theme in the show todays as we excavate the mines of rich Americana ore from the past century, sharing songs whose thematic tone demands that our eyes open to the brighter days ahead. Dave has a boatload of sounds that include the rockabilly sounds of Mac Curtis and some country bop from Billy Briggs. That’s not all…there’s the brothers Everly, Merle Haggard, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Richard Thompson, Nat King Cole, Bob Dorough and a couple dozen others. Join Dave for a thematic romp on Deeper Roots this Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio.