Americana, Blues, Country, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Don’t Wanna

March 30, 2024 Dave

Theme time and I’m going to break it to you slow…it’s all about the negative and those that refuse. If there’s something that’s more prevalent in our lives than saying that we ‘want to’…it’s when we don’t want to. The ‘desire not to’ seems to be winning over the ‘desire to’ in our show today. We’ve got a collection of songs that all begin with the phrase “I Don’t Want” in some form or another. We’ll bring you the early sounds of The Blue Sky Boys and some country sounds of Jimmy Wakely from the hayloft, blues and soul from Magic Sam and that firecracker Sugar Pie DeSanto, and plenty of Americana from The Blasters, Wanda Jackson and Doug Sahm in our show today. It’s going to be a romp because there’s a lot of fodder to choose from when stubbornness is the theme. Tune into community radio for Sonoma County to find out. I don’t want to spoil the theme…but not ‘wanting to’ isn’t always a bad thing…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
3	The Ravens	Honey, I Don't Want You	Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
4	The Blasters	I Don't Want To	American Music
5	Wanda Jackson	I Don't Wanta Go	Wonderful Wanda
6	Doc Williams	Don't Want To Work	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
7	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
8	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
9	Tex Williams	I Don't Want To Be Free	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
10	Jimmy Wakely w/Margaret Whiting	I Don't Want to Be Free	The Collection 1940-53 CD3
11	Sir Douglas Quintet	I Don't Want To Go Home	Mono Singles '68-'72
12	The Blue Sky Boys	I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
13	Iris DeMent	I Don't Want To Get Adjusted	Lifeline
14	Carrie Rodriguez	I Don't Want To Play House Anymore	Seven Angels on a Bicycle
15	Tammy Wynette	I Don't Wanna Play House	Super Hits
16	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
17	Fernest Arceneaux & His Louisiana French Band	I Don't Want Nobody	Putumayo Presents: Blues Party
18	Leonard Carbo	I Don't Want To Lose Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
19	Slim Harpo	I Don't Want No One	The Scratch
20	Barbara Lynn	I Don't Want A Playboy	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
21	Magic Sam	I Don't Want No Woman	West Side Soul
22	Susan Tedeschi	I Don't Want Nobody	Better Days
23	Buddy & Ella Johnson	I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You)	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
24	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Don't Wanna Fuss	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
25	Johnnie Taylor	I Don't Wanna Lose You	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 7]
26	Barbara & The Browns	I Don't Want To Have To Wait	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
27	The Drifters	I Don't Want To Go On Without You	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
28	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Don't Want To Cry	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
29	Pearlean Gray And The Passengers	I Don't Want To Cry	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 2]
30	The Ink Spots	I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire	Your Hit Parade – 1941
31	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
32	Billie Holiday	I Don't Want To Cry Anymore	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
33	Big Maybelle	I Don't Want To Cry	Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
34	Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra	I Don't Want to Love You	Spotlighting the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Theme Time

Space Race Rock

March 29, 2024 Dave

What a time it was. The surprise of Sputnik in the early fifties led to a space race, a technological competition that had a profound impact on popular music (not to mention popular culture), providing musicians (and would-be musicians) a rich source of inspiration and contributed to some of the most iconic, as well as comic and out of this world, songs of the era. Themes of space travel, the moon and Mars, and even flying saucers were rampant on the airwaves. And one can only ascribe the fear of aliens to the number attempted novelty bits that reflected that trepidation. Laughter is, after all, a natural way for fear to be released in humankind. This week we’ll be sharing some of the classics, as well as the unknowns, including Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders, The Drivers, Merv Griffin, The Big Bopper, Dave & The Detomics and quite a few more that even if we were to share their names, you’d probably scratch your head anyway.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Mello-Tones	Flying Saucer	Vocal Groups
3	Jerry Engler	Sputnik (Satellite Girl)	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
4	Harmonica George	Sputnik Music	This Is The Blues Harmonica
5	Roosevelt Sykes	Sputnik Baby	Voodoo Lou
6	Astronaut Neil Armstrong	The Moon Landing	Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 3 – the Dreams, Inspirations & Accomplishments
7	Gil Scott-Heron	Whitey On The Moon	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
8	Hightower, Dean (George Barnes)	Moon Rocket	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
9	Chris Kenner	Rocket To The Moon	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
10	The Drivers	My Astronaut	The King Records Story – Part 1
11	Johnny Greco	Rocket Ride	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
12	Vernon Green & The Medallions	Rocket Ship	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
13	Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders	My Satellite	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
14	The Larks	Rockin' In The Rocket Room	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
15	Educational	Duck and Cover	Educational
16	The Tornados	Telstar	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
17	Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
18	Don Lang & His Frantic Five	Red Planet Rock	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
19	Speedy West	Space Man In Orbit	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
20	Joe Montgomery	Planetary Run	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
21	Galen Denny	Gonna Build A Rocket	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
22	Merv Griffin	The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X'	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
23	The Royal Guardsmen	Smallest Astronaut	The Best of the Royal Guardsmen
24	Sheb Wooley	The Purple People Eater	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1]
25	The Big Bopper	The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2
26	John Mauceri: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	Herrmann: Outer Space [From "The Day the Earth Stood Still"]	Journey To The Stars: A Sci-fi Fantasy Adventure [John Mauceri The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 10]
27	Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra	Men Into Space	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
28	Billy Riley, The Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
29	The Marketts	Out of Limits	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
30	Nervous Norvus	Kibble Kibble (The Flying Saucer Song)	Stone Age Woo
31	Freddy Sunder	Flying Saucers	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
32	Dave & The Detomics	Detomic Orbit	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
33	The Equadors	Sputnik Dance	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
34	Leonard Nimoy	A Visit To A Sad Planet	Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner
35	Lightnin' Hopkins	Happy Blues For John Glenn	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 3]
36	David Rose & His Orchestra	Forbidden Planet	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
37	David Bowie	Space Oddity	Singles: 1969-1993 Disc 1

Americana, Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Scenes Of Devastation

March 16, 2024 Dave

There’s going to be a free form mix of sounds this week with some ‘scenes of devastation’ as well as some blues and tradition. We’ll set the tone with a song that inspired the title lines from The Pine Hill Project and then head into some tradition and some covers that speak in the language of the sacred and secular…from Saturday night at the juke to Sunday morning in the pew. A great mix of sounds from some classic female blues gems from the 1940s like Wea Bea Booze and Ethel Waters. We’ll also go down to the crossroads and Deep Elem with the likes of Champion Jack Dupree and T-Bone Walker, some deeper/darker blues from Geeshie Wiley and Blind Lemon Jefferson as well. But we’ll also fill the air with the tops in great interpretations from Van Dyke Parks, Willie Watson and Bob Brozman. Join us for some ‘last kind words’ from the Rocky Road Blues to James Alley on a Friday morning in West County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Pine Hill Project	Battlefield	Tomorrow You're Going (Featuring Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Schindell)
3	Son House	John the Revelator	Death Letter
4	Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers	John The Revelator	Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4
5	Blu Lu Barker	Don't You Feel My Leg	Don't You Feel My Leg
6	Wea Bea Booze	These Young Men Blues	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
7	Champion Jack Dupree	Dirty Woman	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
8	T-Bone Walker	It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
9	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
10	David Johansen	The Last Kind Words	Shaker
11	Woody Guthrie	When That Great Ship Went Down	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
12	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer
13	The Million Dollar Quartet	Great Speckled Bird	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
14	Willie Watson	James Alley Blues	Folk Singer Vol. 1
15	Doc Watson	Little Omie Wise	1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
17	B.B. King	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	One Kind Favor
18	Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian	Sail Away Lady	The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2
19	Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers	Sail Away Ladies	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
20	Bob Brozman	Rocky Road	Snapping the Strings
21	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Rocky Road Blues	The Essential Bill Monroe [Disc 1]
22	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Mule Skinner Blues	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
23	Dolly Parton	Mule Skinner Blues	Country USA 1970
24	Rev. J. M. Gates	Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting	The Harry Smith B-Sides
25	The Persuasions	Dry Bones	Gospel Brunch Classics
26	Maria Muldaur	A Little Bird Told Me	Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker)
27	Jim Kweskin	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me	Vanguard Visionaries
28	Ethel Waters	Honey In The Honeycomb	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
29	Baby Dee	Look What Baby's Got For You	Don't You Feel My Leg
30	Ames Brothers The	The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane	Your Hit Parade – 1955
31	Bill & The Belles	Finger Pointin' Mama	Dreamsongs, Etc.
32	Paul Thorn	Come On Let's Go	Don't Let The Devil Ride

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Your Lucky Day

March 16, 2024 Dave

Mining the archives we find that bad luck and trouble are not a concern as Spring peeks around the corner. Luck is our watchword on this March morning and we’ll try to keep our superstitions in check. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends some vocals from past and present and with this being an election year…we need all the luck we can get. Tune in for some Raul Malo, Charley Crockett, Howlin’ Wolf, Judy Garland and a couple dozen others following the theme of ‘Your Lucky Day’. Let us keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. You can change your luck by adopting a cat, you know. And black cats have, despite longstanding superstitions, the best of personalities.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jim Lauderdale	Lucky 13	Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
3	Chris Isaak	Waiting for My Lucky Day	Baja Sessions
4	The Bobby Fuller Four	I'm A Lucky Guy	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
5	Frank Sinatra	Luck Be a Lady	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
6	Judy Garland	Lucky Day	Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
7	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	My Lucky Day	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
8	Jimmy Smith	I'm Just A Lucky So And So	Standards
9	Ray Charles	Lucky Old Sun	Hear Music Volume 1
10	Tommy Flanagan	Friday The 13th	For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
11	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Bad Luck, Pt. 1	Greatest Hits
12	Howlin' Wolf	Hard Luck	The Chess Box [Disc 3]
13	Chris Thomas King	Superstitious Blues	Me, My Guitar and the Blues
14	Chance Halladay	Lucky Me	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
15	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
16	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
17	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	The Chess Box
18	J.J. Cale	Lady Luck	Travel Log
19	Raul Malo	Lucky One	Lucky One
20	Charley Crockett	Lots of Luck	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
21	Johnny Cash	Thirteen	American Recordings
22	Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit	Lucky Dog	The Rose of England
23	Tommy Collins	Black Cat	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
24	The Band Of Heathens	Black Cat	Black Cat (Single)
25	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
26	Dr. John	Witchy Red	Television
27	Eels	Your Lucky Day In Hell	Beautiful Freak
28	Joe "Papoose" Fritz	I'm Not Suspicious, But	Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults

Blues, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

In Honor Of Mississippi John Hurt

March 2, 2024 Dave

There was some devastating new this past week…nothing new; and certainly, it seems, not in Mississippi. The Mississippi John Hurt Museum, a small sanctuary of tribute located on the Mississippi Blues Trail, burned down last week. While authorities in Carroll County try to determine the cause, we mourn the loss of John Hurt’s home, a small house that had just been given landmark status on the national historical registry just hours before. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he combines notes from a 2018 tribute to Mississippi John Hurt with some of the news of the day and keep with the sounds of his contemporaries (of which there are few), Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Chris Smither and Rory Block. All paying tribute with songs of Avalon, Creole Belle, Spike Driver Blues, and Mermaids. Tune in on Radio Rethink radio or KOWSFM.COM.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bruce Cockburn	Avalon, My Home Town	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
3	Jesse Colin Young	Creole Belle	Together
4	John Oates	Spike Driver Blues	Arkansas
5	Doc & Merle Watson	Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)	Live & Pickin'
6	Taj Mahal	Frankie And Albert	The Best Of Taj Mahal
7	Dave Van Ronk	Spike Driver Blues	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
8	Rhiannon Giddens	The Angels Laid Him Away	Freedom Highway
9	David Johansen	Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me	Shaker
10	JL Stiles	Trouble I Had All My Days	Solo Sessions
11	Bill Morrissey	Avalon Blues	The Essential Collection
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Farther Along	Deadwood
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Spider, Spider	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 3
14	Bettye LaVette	Nobody's Dirty Business	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
15	Dave Alvin With Dean Schlabowske	Louis Collins	The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 2
16	Rory Block	Candy Man	Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
17	R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods	Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
18	Beck	Stagolee	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
19	Doc Watson	My Creole Belle	Songs From Home
20	Doc & Merle Watson	Stack O'lee	Ballads From Deep Gap
21	Mississippi John Hurt	Chicken	Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live]
22	Mark Selby	Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
23	Mississippi John Hurt	Richland Woman Blues	Immortal
24	Taj Mahal	Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too	The Essential Taj Mahal
25	Mississippi John Hurt	Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me	Discovery:The Rebirth Of Mississippi John Hurt
26	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey

Family Affair

March 2, 2024 Dave

We’ve got the family trees for you on Deeper Roots this week; proof positive that music can very well run in the family. Our show will share music from just a few of the families that have made their own way in a host of different genres. We’ll hear from the Nelsons (both of them), the family Marsalis, the Hiatts, the Wainwrights, the brothers Neville and a few others this week, spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries. Tune in to this week’s two hour mixed bag with some of the very best performances from some different lineages, here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole	Straighten Up And Fly Right	Re: Generations
3	Art Neville	That Old Time Rock And Roll	His Specialty Recordings
4	Aaron Neville	Let's Live	Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron)
5	The Neville Brothers	Run Joe	Fiyo on the Bayou
6	Hank Williams Sr.	I Saw the Light	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
7	Hank Williams Jr.	Mind Your Own Business	Country Gold 1984-1986
8	Hank Williams III	I'm A Long Gone Daddy	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
9	Wynton Marsalis Septet	My Baby Don't Tolerate	United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas
10	Branford Marsalis	Fool For You	A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield
11	Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra	About A Quarter To Nine	Paper Moon
12	Rick Nelson	Poor Little Fool	Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
13	Dionne Warwick	Anyone Who Had A Heart	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
14	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
15	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	The Bodyguard
16	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	One Hell Of A Ride
17	Willie Nelson;Lukas Nelson;Micah Nelson	Come On Back Jesus	Heroes
18	Bobbie Nelson	The House of Blue Lights	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
19	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	If I Didn't Love You	Sticks and Stones
20	Bob Dylan	High Water (For Charley Patton)	Love and Theft
21	Jakob Dylan	Oh, Mama, Come Home	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
22	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012
23	Lilly Hiatt	Walking Proof	Walking Proof
24	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Album III
25	Rufus Wainwright	Greek Song	Poses [US Bonus Track]
26	Martha Wainwright	Prairie Lullaby	Martha Wainwright Lullaby Record
27	Johnny Cash with The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers	Belshazzar (w/ The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers)	The Johnny Cash TV Show (1969-1971)
28	Johnny Cash	I Can't Go On That Way	Life
29	Rosanne Cash	Black Cadillac	Black Cadillac
30	June Carter Cash	Keep On The Sunny Side	Wildwood Flower
31	The Carter Family	Anchored In Love	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]

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Monthly Archives: March 2024

Don’t Wanna

Space Race Rock

Scenes Of Devastation

Your Lucky Day

In Honor Of Mississippi John Hurt

Family Affair

A Century of America's Music