We’ve got some holiday roots music featuring new and old. Join Dave Stroud for Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music for music from the outskirts of R&B, rock, blues, country, and pop. We’ll hear holiday cheer in the form of blues with Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and Lloyd Glenn; contemporary pieces from Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and The Boxmasters; confectionary pop from The Andrews Sisters, Eileen Barton, and The Beach Boys; and some of the very best R&B from Ray Charles, Betty Carter, and Amos Milburn. There’s a large helping of country pop and blues including Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big ‘D’ Boys, The Living Sisters, and (of course) Elvis. Two hours of Christmas cheer on a hump day Wednesday evening on the voice of West Sonoma County! You can follow it here: http://www.kows.fm/listen
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Nick Lowe
Rise Up Shepherd
Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
3
Raul Malo
Feliz Navidad
Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
4
The Boxmasters
My Dreams of Christmas
Christmas Cheer
5
The Living Sisters
Merry Happy Christmas
Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
6
She & Him
Blue Christmas
A Very She & Him Christmas
7
The Ronettes
Frosty the Snowman
A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
8
The Beach Boys
Toy Drive Public Service Announcement
Ultimate Christmas
9
Darlene Love
Winter Wonderland
A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
10
The Beach Boys
Dennis Wilson Christmas Message
Ultimate Christmas
11
Darlene Love
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
12
The Beach Boys
Man With All the Toys, The
Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
13
Leroy Carr
Christmas In Jail – Ain't That A Pain
Where Will You Be Christmas Day
14
Lloyd Glenn
Sleigh Ride
Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
15
Amos Milburn
Christmas Comes But Once A Year
King single 45-5405
16
B.B. King
Christmas Celebration
Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
17
Walter Davis
Santa Claus
Where Will You Be Christmas Day
18
Blind Blake
Lonesome Christmas Blues
Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
19
Leon Redbone
Christmas Island
Christmas Island
20
The Andrews Sisters
Christmas Island
Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
21
Eileen Barton
The Night Before Christmas Song
Coral single 9-60880
22
Fats Waller
Swingin' Them Jingle Bells
Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
23
Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys
Santa's Helper
Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
24
Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren
Christmas Choo Choo Train
Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
25
Elvis Presley
Winter Wonderland
Christmas Peace – Vol 1
26
Elvis Presley
If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Christmas Peace – Vol 1
27
The Living Sisters
Silver Bells
Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
28
Dean Martin
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
29
Betty Carter
Baby It's Cold Outside
The Spirit Of Christmas
30
Ray Charles
Winter Wonderland
The Spirit Of Christmas
31
Cajun Gold
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
32
Brenda Lee
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
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.
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The Ink Spots
Street Of Dreams
Greatest Hits
3
The Delta Rhythm Boys
Scandalize My Name
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
4
The Cats & The Fiddle
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
5
The Penguins
Ookey Ook
Great Googa Mooga [Ace]
6
The Roosevelts
Jitterbug Special
The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
7
The Ravens
Gotta Find My Baby
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
8
The Blenders
Don't Play Around with Love
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9
Robins
My Baby Done Told Me
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53)
10
Esther Phillips
Your Love Is So Doggone Good [Album Version]
Jazz Moods – Hot
11
Hawkins, Coleman: The Bebop Years [Disc 2]: Cattin' at Keynote
Blue Moon
The Bebop Years [Disc 2] ~ Cattin' at Keynote
12
Justin Townes Earle
Workin' for the MTA
Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
13
Robert Plant
Central Two-O-Nine
Band Of Joy
14
Jason Isbell
Johnny Reb, That's Me
You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
15
Howell Devine
Boat's Up the River
Delta Grooves
16
Billy Walker
Cross The Brazos At Waco
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
17
Chris Smither
No More Cane On The Brazos
Still On The Levee CD 1
18
Odetta
No More Cane On The Brazos
7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
19
Red Foley & The Sunshine Boys
(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
Johnny Cash: Artist's Choice – Music That Matters To Him
20
Ian Tyson
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
21
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
Legends of Country Music Disc 2
22
Asleep 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
23
Jerry Lee Lewis
Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set)
24
Jo-El Sonnier
Tear-Stained Letter
Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
25
Clifton Chenier
Accordion Boogie
Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
26
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Hot Dogs
The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
27
Lil Johnson
Sam The Hot Dog Man
Vintage Sex Songs
28
Rosie Flores
Hot Dog
Speed of Sound
29
Dale Hawkins
Hot Dog
Rock'n'roll Tornado
30
Bill Haley
Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.
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Tommy Duncan
Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?
Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
3
Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros)
Invitation to the Blues
Hillbilly Rhythm
4
T. Texas Tyler
Red Light
Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
My Galveston Gal
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
6
Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse
Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
7
Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake
Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga.
The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
8
Precious Bryant
Georgia Buck
The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
9
The Band & Emmylou Harris
Evangeline
A Musical History [Disc 5]
10
John Prine
There She Goes
Bruised Orange
11
Jerry Jeff Walker
Viva Luckenbach
Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song
12
Carl Smith
Are You Teasing Me
The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
13
The Louvin Brothers
Are You Teasing Me
Close Harmony [Disc 3]
14
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Hello Stranger
The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
15
Maria Muldaur
Me And My Chauffeur Blues
Richland Woman Blues
16
Black Bottom McPhail
John
Jack Newman & Others
17
Jimmy Strange
Yas Yas Yas
Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
18
Lightnin' Hopkins
Speedin' Boogie
Po' Lightnin'
19
Pete Johnson
Boogie Woogie
Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Hard Times Come Again No More
Songs Of The Civil War
21
Robert Shaw Chorale
Nelly Bly
Stephen Foster Songbook
22
Grandpa Jones
Nelly Bly
An American Original
23
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
I Scare Myself
The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
24
Larry Jon Wilson
Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways]
The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
25
Carl Perkins
Don't Stop The Music
Go Cat Go
26
Jake Xerxes Fussell
Raggy Levy
The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
27
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Jelly Roll's Misgiving
Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton
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.
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The Turbans
When You Dance
Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
3
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
Golden Gate Gospel Train
Vol. 1-(1937-38)
4
Heavenly Gospel Singers
The Prodigal Son
Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5
The Heavenly Gospel Singers
When Was Jesus Born?
Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
6
The Deep River Boys
Melody of Love
The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
7
The Charioteers
All God's Chillun Got Shoes
The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
8
The Mills Brothers
Paper Doll
Best of the Decca Years
9
The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra
Diga, Diga, Do
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
10
Lewis Bronzville Five
Low Down Gal Blues
Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
11
The Ink Spots
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
40 Your Hit Parade
12
The Ink Spots
My Prayer
Greatest Hits
13
The Cats & The Fiddle
I Miss You So
The Very Best Of
14
The Cats & The Fiddle
We Cats Will Swing For You
The Very Best Of
15
The Cats & The Fiddle
Killin' Jive
The Very Best Of
16
The Delta Rhythm Boys
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17
The Delta Rhythm Boys
Do You Care
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
18
Slim & Slam
The Flat Foot Floogie
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
19
Five Red Caps
Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)
Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
20
The Cap-Tans
I'm So Crazy For Love
Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
21
The Ravens
Count Every Star
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
22
The Ravens
My Baby's Gone
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
23
The Ravens
Write Me A Letter
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
24
The Moonglows
Sincerely
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
25
The Toppers
If Money Grew on Trees
Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
26
The Five Keys
The Glory of Love
The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
27
The Orioles
It's Too Soon to Know
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
28
The Orioles
You Belong to Me
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
29
The Cardinals
Wheel Of Fortune
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
30
The Crows
Gee
Feelin Fine
31
The 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
32
The Flamingos
Golden Teardrops
Doo Wop Box Disc 1
33
The Five Satins
In The Still Of The Night
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
34
The Penguins
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
35
The Cadillacs
Speedo (Cadillac)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
In this episode, Deeper Roots will feature a wide range of sounds from a host of performers. There will be the topical sounds of courtroom drama featuring R&B from Johnny Otis, classic country Ernest Tubb, and country blues from Carl Martin. We’ll also feature a set that looks at “My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It” from a cross-section of talents and genres…and we’ll be soothed with some deep gospel, folk, and soul. Dave will also share a new track from singer/songwriter Steve Forbert’s latest album “Compromised” as well as some contemporary tracks from Marty Stuart, Jorma Kaukonen, and Joe Ely.
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Bob Dylan
I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
3
Marie Knight
Satisfied With Jesus
Hallelujah What A Song!
4
Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers
Satisfied
How Sweet it Was
5
Spiritual Five
Satisfied With Him
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
6
Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers
Walk With Me
20 Gospel Greats
7
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
I Have A Friend Above All Others
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
8
Sam Cooke
Trouble In Mind
The Rhythm And The Blues
9
Steve Forbert
Devil (Here She Comes Now)
Compromised
10
Shorty Long
Devil With a Blue Dress On
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
11
Julia Lee
Trouble In Mind
Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
12
Julia Lee
Lotus Blossom
Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
13
Wynonie Harris
Good Morning Judge
All She Wants To Do Is Rock
14
Chuck Berry
Have Mercy Judge
The Chess Box Disc 3
15
Carl Martin
Good Morning, Judge
Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
16
Sonny Boy Williamson
Your Funeral And My Trial
His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
17
Hugh Laurie
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
18
Dinah Washington
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
The Bessie Smith Songbook
19
Johnny Otis
Court Room Blues
Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
20
Jorma Kaukonen
Judge, I'm Not Sorry
The Land Of Heroes
21
The Country Gentlemen
The Sentence
The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
22
Ernest Tubb
Dear Judge
Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
23
Patsy Cline
A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye
Live at the Opry
24
Washboard Sam
Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]
That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
25
Hank Williams
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
26
Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]
27
Page & Plant
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records
28
Joe Ely
Rock Me My Baby
Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981)
29
Marty Stuart
A Satisfied Mind
Country Music
30
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Cool, Cool Kisses
Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
31
Charles Brown
Soothe Me
The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
32
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra With June Christy
Soothe Me
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 4 – Love Letters – 1944-53
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.
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Shuffle
The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
3
Albert Collins
Jam It Up
The Complete Imperial Recordings Disc 2
4
Johnny Winter
Highway 61 Revisited
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5
Freddie King
Hideaway
One Hit Wonders
6
Gary Moore
Still Got The Blues
Still Got The Blues
7
Elmore James
The Sky Is Crying
The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011]
8
Elmore James
Dust My Broom
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Road To Memphis
9
Lonnie Johnson
Another Night To Cry
American Roots Music [Disc 2]
10
Muddy Waters
Honey Bee
The Anthology [Disc 1]
11
Howlin' Wolf
Killing Floor
The Real Folk Blues
12
J.B. Lenoir
Don't Dog Your Woman
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: J.B. Lenoir
13
Buddy Guy
First Time I Met the Blues
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Buddy Guy
14
Guitar Slim and His Band
The Things That I Used To Do
Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954
15
B.B. King
Three O'Clock Blues
King of the Blues [Box] Disc 1
16
B.B. King
The Thrill Is Gone
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
17
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Too Tired
Space Guitar
18
Mighty Joe Young
Empty Arms
The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011]
19
Bo Diddley
Before You Accuse Me
His Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
20
Magic Sam
Sweet Home Chicago
West Side Soul
21
Albert King
Born Under a Bad Sign
The Very Best of Albert King
22
Sam & Dave
Soul Man
Stax Number Ones
23
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Stormy Monday Blues
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
24
Eric Clapton
Blues Before Sunrise
From the Cradle
25
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Texas Flood
Texas Flood
26
B.B. King
How Blue Can You Get
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
27
T-Bone Walker
News For My Baby
The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
28
Jimmy Reed
Boogie In The Dark
Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall/The Best Of Jimmy Reed
A bit of a celebration is in order. We will be broadcasting live from the new KOWS studios located in downtown Sebastopol with a playlist that scours the last century of America’s music for relevant sounds and themes that relate: songs of settling into home, saying goodbye, moving on, going west (or east, that is), and ‘getting gone’. We’ll feature The Cats & The Fiddle, local favorites Markus James and Doug Blumer & The Bohemian Highway, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, and a host of others who welcome us into our new home on Gravenstein Highway…or, as it is formally known hereabouts, Main Street.
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Muddy Waters
Gone To Main Street
Mad Love
3
Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers
Main Street Breakdown
Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
4
David Bromberg
The Main Street Moan
The Player: A Retrospective
5
Los Lobos
On Main Street
Tin Can Trust
6
Loudon Wainwright III
Moving Day
High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
7
Leon Redbone
There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays
Christmas Island
8
Little Jimmy Dickens
No Place Like Home On Christmas
Country Boy [Disc 5]
9
Leon Selph
Now That You Have Gone
You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
10
The Leake County Revelers
Been to the East, Been to the West
Lead Kindly Light
11
Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
Moving Day
Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
12
JL Stiles
Movin
Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs
13
Howlin' Wolf
Moving
The Back Door Wolf
14
Markus James
Goin' Down South
Head For The Hills
15
Les Paul
I'm Movin' On
Legend and Legacy [Disc 3]
16
Peter, Paul & Mary
Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)
Moving
17
Florence Lowery
Moving Day Blues
Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11
18
Bertha Idaho
Move It On Out Of Here
Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10
19
Monroe Moe Jackson
Move It On Over
Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956
20
Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys
Move It On Over
26 All-Time Country Classics
21
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
