Birds

April 20, 2019 Dave

For the birds, about the birds, and don’t you know that we’ll be wingin’ it on Deeper Roots….literally and figuratively. Our theme this week celebrates these descendants of prehistoric times and we’ll celebrate with flights of music and lyrics by all of the best including stories of robins, blackbirds, bluebirds, mockingbirds, and whipporwills. Tune in for music from LIttle Jimmy Dickens, Buffalo Springfield, Bill Monroe, and The Handsome Family on a Sonoma County Community radio morning that promises the brightest and warmest of the year so far. What better way to enjoy a Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Al Jolson	When the Red Red Robin (Birds)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
3	Steve Goodman	Red Red Robin	Live at the Earl of Old Town
4	Cyril Grantham With Geraldo & His Orchestra	Robins And Roses	Penny Serenade – Rare Recordings From The 1930s
5	Jimmy Martin	Little Robin	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
6	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Before The Blues Vol. 3
7	Howlin' Wolf	Bluebird	Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960
8	Bonnie Raitt	Bluebird	Bonnie Raitt
9	Leon Russell	Bluebird	Retrospective
10	Buffalo Springfield	Bluebird	Retrospective – The Best of Buffalo Springfield
11	Marvin Rainwater	Gonna Find Me A Bluebird	Three Classic Albums Plus Singles 1955-1962
12	Bing Crosby	So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together	Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
13	Annette Hanshaw with her Novelty Orchestra	My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now	The Girl Next Door
14	Little Jimmy Dickens	May The Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose	The Best of Country
15	Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws	Dance Of The Dodo Bird	The Best Of Western Swing
16	Cab Calloway	Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird	Are You Hep To The Jive?
17	Eels	Little Bird	End Times
18	Mel Blanc And The Sportsmen	Woody Woodpecker	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
19	Dean Martin	Bye Bye Blackbird	Cocktail Hour Disc 1
20	Patti Page	Mockin' Bird Hill	The Patti Page Collection: The Mercury Years, Volume 1
21	The Handsome Family	Woodpecker	Wilderness
22	T-Bone Burnett	The Bird That I Held in My Hand	Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett Disc 1
23	Jim Greer	When It's Time For The Whipporwill To Sing	30 Appalachian Bluegrass Classics: Vintage Collection Power Picks
24	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	The First Whipporwill	The Best of Bill Monroe
25	Blue Lu Barker	A Little Bird Told Me	Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949)
26	Tina Dixon	Parrot Bar Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
27	Bobby Day	Rockin' Robin	Oldies But Goodies: 21 #1 Hits
28	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	The Eagle Is Back	Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Johnny "Guitar" Watson
29	Steve Miller Band	Fly Like An Eagle (2006 Digital Remaster)	Fly Like An Eagle – 30th Anniversary
30	The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes For You	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
31	Neil Young	Birds	After the Gold Rush
32	Earl Bostic	Flamingo	Dance to The Best Of

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rockabilly

Rock Bop & Roll

April 12, 2019 Dave

We’ve got a wild mix this week…sounds from the rock n’ roll archives, all done while excavating deeper into the halls of R&B, rockabilly, and country. Don’t count on the usual suspects, although there will be a few attending, but look to the under-the-radar floor pounders. The performances mostly qualify for shouts, shakes, and rocking fool’s gold, including some hillbilly ranters, New Orleans panters, and country banters. Tune in for some obscure Eddie Cochran alongside sounds from Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats, Sax Kari & His Ballin’ Blues Band, Royce Porter with The Kounts, and the Brewster Avenue Rhythm Boys. We’re Deeper Roots… and we’re going deeper on Friday mornings at 9am Pacific on KOWS 92.5 FM, repeating the following week on KWTF 88.1 FM. Check us out!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gene Summers	School of Rock & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Bobby Marchan	You Can't Stop Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
4	Royce Porter with the Kounts	Beach of Love	Banana Split for My Baby
5	Huey "Piano" Smith	Hush Your Mouth	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
6	Bobby Marchan	Chicken – Wah – Wah	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
7	Amos Milburn	Soft Pillow	Amos Milburn Rocks
8	Sax Kari & His Ballin The Blues Band	Hush Your Lyin' Mouth	Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13
9	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
10	Jerry Lee Lewis	Rockin' My Life Away	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2)
11	Bobby Brant	Piano Nellie	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
12	The Cochran Brothers	Tired And Sleepy	Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits Of Eddie Cochran
13	Johnny Burnette	Please Don't Leave Me	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
14	Thumper Jones	Rock It	Classic Rockabilly
15	Conway Twitty	Shake It Up	The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD1
16	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
17	Bill Haley	Hot Dog Buddy Buddy	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
18	Charlie Adams	Cattin' Around	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
19	Dick Penner	Cindy Lou	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 4]
20	Carmol Taylor	Tell Me What to Do	Country & Western Nuggets
21	Werly Fairburn	Everybody's Rockin'	Classic Rockabilly
22	Big Joe Turner	Flip, Flop and Fly	Big Joe Rocks
23	Ronnie Self	Ain't I'm A Dog?	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
24	Wynn Stewart	Come On	California Country
25	Billy Strange	Hell Train	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26	Len Barrow	Hades Highway	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
27	Tarheel Slim	Number Nine Train	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
28	Vince Taylor	Brand New Cadillac	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
29	Eddie Cochran	Fools Paradise	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 2]
30	B.B. King	Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
31	Amos Milburn	House Party (Tonight)	Amos Milburn Rocks
32	Louis Jordan	Caledonia	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]
33	Rollee McGill	Rhythm Rockin' Boogie	Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
34	Wynonie Harris	Lovin' Machine	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
35	Jerry Lee Lewis	Breathless	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
36	Johnny Otis	Willy & The Hand Jive	Vol. 1-Johnny Otis R & B Dance
37	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have a Party	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
38	Buddy Holly	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
39	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1

The Stax Label

April 5, 2019 Dave

Founded in 1957 by brother and sister Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton as Satellite Records, Stax Records would become a powerhouse soul and R&B label in the sixties. Their ‘open door’ policy of welcoming artists to prove themselves in the studio produced an unparalleled cadre of talent. Although it looked as if the label went down with its biggest talent, Otis Redding, in 1967 when Atlantic Records had Stax forfeit all of its studio recordings through its power of majority stakeholder, under the guiding hand of Al Bell, the catalogue was rebuilt and a whole new generation of performers would surface in the 1970s. We’ll share the stories and the music from the Stax label this Friday on Deeper Roots on Sonoma County’s powerhouse low power station, KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ruby Johnson	I'll Run Your Hurt Away	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
3	Veda Brown	Short Stopping	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
4	Mable John	Your Good Thing (Is About To End)	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
5	Judy Clay & William Bell	Private Number	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
6	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
7	Mel & Tim	Starting All Over Again	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
8	Otis Redding & Carla Thomas	Tramp	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
9	Otis Redding	Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)	Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
10	Ollie & the Nightingales	I Got a Sure Thing	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (9 of 9)
11	Albert King	Born Under a Bad Sign	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
12	Albert King	Crosscut Saw	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9)
13	Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
14	Booker T. & the MG's	Slim Jenkins' Place	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9)
15	Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
16	Isaac Hayes & David Porter	Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
17	The Bar-Kays	Soul Finger	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
18	Otis Redding	Mr. Pitiful	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
19	Isaac Hayes	Theme From Shaft	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
20	The Mar-Keys	Last Night	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
21	Eddie Floyd	Knock On Wood	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
22	The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
23	Sam & Dave	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
24	Sam & Dave	Hold On I'm Coming	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
25	William Bell	I Forgot To Be Your Lover	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2]
26	Sir Mack Rice	Love Sickness	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9)
27	The Four Shells	Hot Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
28	Jeanne & the Darlings	Soul Girl	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (9 of 9)
29	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
30	March Wind	Do The Sweetback	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
31	The Staple Singers	Respect Yourself	Stax Profiles
32	Carla Thomas	Stop! Look What You're Doing	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)

Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition

Brothers in Harmony

April 1, 2019 Dave

Harmony. That blend of knowing how the instruments and vocals will reverberate against each other…and the Delmore Brothers introduced the tightest of harmonies combining the early sentiments of gospel, folk, and blues, becoming, in their time, the most popular act on the Grand Ole Opry. The Louvin Brothers were blessed with not only pure complementing vocal chops but an innate sense of timing. Others, like the Osbornes, the Stanleys, and the Monroes took the Appalachian folk sound of what would become bluegrass to another level, using their kinship as a vault that would surpass others whose symbiotic relationships would often lack the requisite DNA (not to mention timing). Deeper Roots explores a number of performers who leveraged that DNA to set themselves apart from others on the stage. It’s sibling country harmony this week on Sonoma County Community Radio. Join in the fun!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Everly Brothers	Roving Gambler	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
3	The Monroe Brothers	Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
4	The Monroe Brothers	Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
5	The Monroe Brothers	On The Banks Of The Ohio	What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? Volume One
6	Bill Monroe	New River Train	The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers
7	The Delmore Brothers	Brown's Ferry Blues	Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
8	The Delmore Brothers	Hillbilly Boogie	Boogie Man Boogie
9	The Delmore Brothers	Lonesome Yodel Blues	Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
10	The Delmore Brothers	Southern Moon	Hillbilly Boogie Best
11	The Delmore Brothers	I've Got The Big River Blues	Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
12	The Stanley Brothers	Rank Strangers	Back Roads to Cold Mountain
13	The Stanley Brothers	I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow	Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
14	The Stanley Brothers	Let Me Be Your Friend	Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
15	The Stanley Brothers	Poor Ellen Smith	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
16	The Blue Sky Boys	Only One Step More	Something Got A Hold Of Me
17	Blue Sky Boys	I'm S-A-V-E-D	1939-1940 (Warped 3976)
18	The Blue Sky Boys	Mary Of The Wild Moor	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
19	Blue Sky Boys	Story of the Knoxville Girl	The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807)
20	The Louvin Brothers	Knoxville Girl	Capitol Country Music Classics
21	The Louvin Brothers	I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby	Capitol Country Music Classics
22	The Louvin Brothers	If I Could Only Win Your Love	Capitol Country Music Classics
23	The Louvin Brothers	Pitfall	Close Harmony [Disc 2]
24	Osborne Brothers	Take This Hammer	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
25	Osborne Brothers	Charlie Cotton	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
26	Osborne Brothers	My Sweet Love Ain't Around	1968-1974 Disc 2
27	Osborne Brothers	Gotta Travel On	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
28	The Everly Brothers	Crying In The Rain	Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 2]
29	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1]
30	The Everly Brothers	Down In The Willow Garden	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
31	The Everly Brothers	Take a Message to Mary	A Portrait of Dylan
32	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
33	The Louvin Brothers	When I Stop Dreaming	Capitol Country Music Classics
34	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Capitol Country Music Classics

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Urban Blues

Time’s Getting Hard

April 1, 2019 Dave

Music this week that speaks to hard times. From the Dust Bowl and Great Depression to personal hardships, we’ll share some bluegrass sounds, tunes steeped in tradition, soothing notes of country gospel, and folk blues. We’ll hear from The Weavers, Mavis Staples, Bobby Bare, and Pearly “Grandma” Davis (a nugget from Mike Seeger’s Old Time Music series). There will be talk of failing crops, revolution, and Oklahoma dust this week. Deeper Roots goes a little bit deeper with more songs about hard times this week on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, where our neighbors just experienced their own hard times from flood waters. Thinking about them.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bobby Bare	Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning	Darker Than Light
3	Tracy Chapman	Talkin' Bout a Revolution	Tracy Chapman
4	Uncle Tupelo	No Depression	No Depression
5	Bob Dylan	Hard Times	Good As I Been To You
6	Dave Alvin	Waiting for the Hard Times to Go	Interstate City
7	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
8	The Byrds	Old Blue	The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 3
9	Peter Rowan	Seeds My Daddy Sowed	Dust Bowl Children
10	Jimmy LaFave	My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed away)	Peace Town
11	Pearly 'Grandma' Davis	It's These Hard Times	Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
12	Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three	Hard Times Come and Go	Riverboat Soul
13	Eddie Dattel	Trickle Down Blues	Trickle Down Blues
14	Buck Owens	Waitin' In Your Welfare Line	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
15	Ryan Bingham	Hard Times	Mescalito
16	Ry Cooder	You Must Unload	The Prodigal Son
17	The Louvin Brothers	Preach The Gospel	The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks
18	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Never No More Hard Times-Blues	The King Of Western Swing-25 Hits 1935-1945
19	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Hard Times Have Been Here (But They've Gone)	1978-1979
20	Country Joe McDonald	Talkin' Dust Bowl	Vanguard Visionaries
21	The Weavers	Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvia	Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
22	Josh White	Hard Times Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 51
23	Sheryl Crow	No Depression In Heaven	The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family
24	Country Joe McDonald	This Land Is Your Land	Vanguard Visionaries
25	R.B. Morris	That's How Every Empire Falls	Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
26	Bobby Bare	Times Are Gettin' Hard	1964 (Warped 6425)
27	The Tillers	All You Fascists Bound to Lose	The Tillers
28	Aiken County String Band	Hard Times Breakdown	78s
29	Eels	Rock Hard Times	Shootenanny!

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Monthly Archives: April 2019

Birds

Rock Bop & Roll

The Stax Label

Brothers in Harmony

Time’s Getting Hard

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