A collection of blues performers almost unparalleled. They grow ’em big down there and the sound of the blues is no different. From Lead Belly to Blind Lemon Jefferson to the Vaughan Brothers, you can’t really capture the breadth and depth of the blues from the state of Texas in one sitting, so we’re only going to do our very best in the show this morning on KOWS. Early blues from Ramblin’ Thomas, Texas Alexander and Bessie Tucker will take us into the seminal country folk blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. While we’re name-dropping, how about Bobby “Blue” Bland, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Big Mama Thornton, and it doesn’t stop there. There’s a heaping helping of Texas blues coming your way from the KOWS studios located in downtown Santa Rosa.
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1 | Artist |
Title |
Album |
Buy |
2 | Blind Lemon Jefferson |
Matchbox Blues |
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey |
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3 | Pee Wee Crayton |
Do Unto Others |
Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings |
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4 | Johnny Winter |
Mean Town Blues |
Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1) |
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5 | Fenton Robinson |
Somebody Loan Me A Dime |
Living The Blues: The 70's Blues Classics |
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6 | Albert Collins |
Frosty |
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] |
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7 | Blind Lemon Jefferson |
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean |
Black Swan Sampler |
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8 | Ramblin' Thomas |
Poor Boy Blues |
Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3B: Songs |
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9 | Texas Alexander |
Don't You Wish Your Baby was Built Up Like Mine |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 – 1928) |
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10 | J.T. Smith |
Fools Blues |
Oxford American Southern Music Texas |
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11 | Bessie Tucker |
Better Boot That Thing [Take 2] [#] |
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1928-1929) |
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12 | Lightnin' Hopkins |
Katie Mae Blues |
The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins |
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13 | Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson |
Blues Come To Texas |
Blues Come To Texas |
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14 | Mance Lipscomb |
Introduction |
Ash Grove 12/6/1964 |
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15 | Mance Lipscomb |
Darktown Strutters' Ball |
Ash Grove 12/6/1964 |
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16 | T-Bone Walker |
Cold, Cold Feeling |
The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] |
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17 | James "Thunderbird" Davis |
If I Had My Life To Live Over |
Blues Pajama Party |
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18 | Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown |
Okie Dokie Stomp |
ABC Of The Blues Vol 4 |
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19 | Frankie Lee Sims |
Lucy Mae Blues |
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues |
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20 | Juke Boy Bonner |
Running Shoes |
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] |
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21 | Bobby "Blue" Bland |
Turn On Your Love Light |
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] |
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22 | Big Mama Thornton |
Let Your Tears Fall Baby |
ABC Of The Blues Vol 43 |
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23 | Freddie King |
Hide Away |
Ultimate Collection |
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24 | Jimmie Vaughan |
Don't Cha Know |
Strange Pleasure |
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25 | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble |
Pride And Joy |
Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2 |
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26 | The Fabulous Thunderbirds |
She's Tuff |
Blues Masters, Vol. 9: Postmodern Blues |
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27 | Johnny "Guitar" Watson |
One Room Country Shack |
ABC Of The Blues Vol 49 |
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28 | Blind Willie Johnson |
John The Revelator |
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson |
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29 | Johnny Copeland |
Down On Bending Knees |
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues |
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30 | Andrew "Smokey" Hogg |
I Gotta Ride |
Texas Guitar Killers Disc 2 |
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31 | Johnny Winter |
Highway 61 Revisited |
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. |
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32 | Lowell Fulson |
Blue Shadows |
A Propoer Introduction to Lowell Fulson Juke Box Shuffle |
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Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.
No. |
1 | Artist |
Title |
Album |
Buy |
2 | Robbie Robertson |
When The Night Was Young |
How To Become Clairvoyant |
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3 | The Band |
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track) |
A Musical History [Disc 1] |
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4 | The Levon Helm Band |
Anna Lee |
Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008 |
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5 | Rick Danko |
When I Get My Just Rewards |
Cryin' Heart Blues |
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6 | Bob Dylan & The Band |
The Weight |
Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2] |
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7 | Joan Baez |
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down |
Hits: Greatest & Others |
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8 | The Band |
Acadian Driftwood |
Northern Lights-Southern Cross |
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9 | Bob Dylan & The Band |
Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) |
The Basement Tapes [Disc 2] |
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10 | Bob Dylan & The Band |
Million Dollar Bash |
The Basement Tapes [Disc 1] |
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11 | Rick Danko |
It Makes No Difference |
Live Anthology |
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12 | Emmylou Harris & The Band |
Evangeline |
Duets |
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13 | The Band |
Stage Fright |
The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1 |
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14 | Ronnie Hawkins/The Band |
Who Do You Love? |
The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1 |
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15 | Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars |
Havana Moon |
Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars |
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16 | Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks |
Hey Boba Lou |
The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks |
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17 | The Band |
Stand Up |
High On The Hog |
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18 | Levon Helm |
False Hearted Lover Blues |
Dirt Farmer |
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19 | Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee |
The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee) |
(2013) Love For Levon |
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20 | The Band,Bob Clearmountain |
Time to Kill – Remix / 2020 |
Stage Fright (Deluxe Remix 2020) |
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21 | The Band |
Life Is a Carnival |
Cahoots |
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22 | Levon Helm |
Tennessee Jed |
Electric Dirt |
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23 | The Band |
Twilight (Single Version) |
Islands [Remastered] |
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24 | Bob Dylan |
I Shall Be Released |
Before The Flood [Disc 1] |
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25 | Levon Helm |
Money |
Levon Helm |
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A Century of America's Music