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Celebrating Smokey

April 27, 2024 Dave

The songs of Smokey Robinson have stood the test of time, remaining popular and relevant across generations. His compositions have been covered by artists from various genres, further cementing a legend as one of the greatest songwriters of his era. This week, we take a walk through a handful of the many classics he gave us, spanning three decades, focusing primarily on the Motown song machine classics from The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Mary Wells, and, of course, his own group The Miracles. There is no question that his songwriting style and lyrical finesse have influenced generations of musicians and, coupled with his ability to blend heartfelt lyrics with catchy melodies, standards were set for songwriters in the R&B and soul genres; not to mention the groundswell of the sixties sound of Berry Gordy’s Motown Records. A morning of pure soul and pop that will include some sweet contemporary covers (if we can squeeze them in).

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bonnie Bramlett	You've Really Got A Hold On Me	Lady's Choice
3	Barrett Strong	Misery	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
4	The Miracles	Bad Girl	The 35th Anniversary Collection
5	The Contours	Whole Lotta Woman	The Very Best of The Contours
6	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Shop Around	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
7	Mary Wells/The Love-Tones	You Beat Me to the Punch	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
8	Gene Chandler	You Threw A Lucky Punch	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
9	Mary Wells	The One Who Really Loves You	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
10	Mary Wells	Two Lovers	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
11	The Miracles	Going to a Go-Go	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
12	Brenda Holloway	When I'm Gone	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
13	Carolyn Crawford	My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down)	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
14	The Miracles	Baby Don't You Go [Single Version]	The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2]
15	The Temptations	The Way You Do The Things You Do	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
16	Marvelettes	Way Over There	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
17	Marvin Gaye	Ain't That Peculiar	Marvin Gaye Icon
18	The Contours	First I Look at the Purse	The Very Best of The Contours
19	The Temptations	Get Ready	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
20	Marvin Gaye	One More Heartache	Anthology [Disc 1]
21	Marvin Gaye	I'll Be Doggone	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
22	Marvin Gaye	Take This Heart Of Mine	Anthology [Disc 1]
23	The Contours	Determination	The Very Best of The Contours
24	Chris Clark	From Head To Toe	Soul Sounds – Remaster
25	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
26	The Marvelettes	The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
27	Johnny Rivers	The Tracks of My Tears	Greatest Hits [Capitol]
28	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	More Love	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 3
29	Tammi Terrell	He's The One I Love	Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection
30	Diana Ross & The Supremes	The Composer	The Best Of Diana Ross & The Supremes [Disc 2]
31	The Four Tops	Still Water (Love)	The Ultimate Collection
32	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Tears of a Clown	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
33	The Supremes	Floy Joy	Gold Disc 2
34	Rare Earth	Get Ready	Soundsavers – Old School No. 6
35	Rita Coolidge	The Way You Do The Things You Do	Delta Lady: The Rita Coolidge Anthology [Disc 2]
36	Sylvester	Ooo Baby Baby	The Original Hits [1989 Fantasy]

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420 Fun

April 21, 2024 Dave

It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century. We will join in the celebration (in spirit anyway) of the date and time that three Marin County teenagers are said to have inaugurated over a half century ago. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll brighten up the playlist with music that will help us kick back. We’ll pour over a selected list of great sounds from the last 100 years that either directly or indirectly find us thinking about (or maybe imbibing in) the herb so many care about. There will be music from John Prine, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles and some early century jazz nuggets you will find hard to resist. Friday morning sounds from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, streaming to West County and the world on KOWS-LP, Occidental 92.5 FM and kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
3	Cordovas	Stone Cold Stoned	The Rose of Aces
4	Yonder Mountain String Band	Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown	Mountain Tracks, Vol. 2
5	Sam Bush	Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana	Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
6	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Seeds And Stems (Again)	Lost In The Ozone
7	Jesse Dayton	Dope Smokin' Song	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
8	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie
9	Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson	Roll Me Up (Album version)	Heroes
10	k.d. lang	Smoke Rings	Drag
11	Kacey Musgraves	High Time	Pageant Material
12	Moonalice	It's 420 Somewhere	Dave's Way Vol 1
13	Chris Stapleton	Might As Well Get Stoned	Traveller
14	Asleep At The Wheel	Jack I'm Mellow	New Routes
15	Ashley Monroe	Weed Instead Of Roses	Like A Rose
16	Brothers Osborne	Weed Whiskey And Willie	Port Saint Joe
17	John Prine	Illegal Smile	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
18	Kacey Musgraves	Burn One With John Prine	Demos
19	Tom Petty	You Don't Know How It Feels	Wildflowers
20	Ben Harper	Burn One Down	Fight for Your Mind
21	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
22	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
23	Trixie Smith	Jack I'm Mellow	Trixie Smith Vol. 2 1925-1929
24	Buck Washington	Save the Roach for Me [FCC Warning n word]	When Hemp Was Hip
25	Dave Van Ronk	You's A Viper	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
26	Wayne Hancock	Viper	A-Town Blues
27	Harlan Pepper	Reefer	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
28	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
29	The Devil Makes Three	Champagne And Reefer	Redemption & Ruin
30	Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin'	Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie	Putomayo Presents Zydeco

Cuppa Joe

April 13, 2024 Dave

The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Warren Barker	Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip')	Jazz Noir
3	The Manhattan Transfer	Java Jive	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
4	King Cole Trio	You're The Cream In My Coffee	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
5	Ella Mae Morse	Coffee Date	Singles 3
6	Patricia Kaas	Black Coffee	Jazz a Saint Germain
7	Jack Barlow	Hot Cup Of Coffee	I Live The Country Songs I Sing
8	Merle Travis	I Can't Afford The Coffee	The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)
9	Tex Ritter	01 – Coffee Pot	(2000) High Noon (CD 4)
10	Claude Gray	I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee	Country & Western Nuggets
11	Lefty Frizzell	Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee	1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
12	Curtis Gordon	Caffeine And Nicotine	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
13	Jon Rauhouse	Corn & Coffee	Steel Guitar Rodeo
14	Frank Sinatra	The Coffee Song	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
15	Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra	Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee	American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin
16	Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas	Moliendo Cafe	Cuba. Por La Musica
17	Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer	Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
18	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Forty Cups of Coffee	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
19	The Modernaires	Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five	The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
20	The Ink Spots	Java Jive	The Great Entertainers
21	Atilla	Coffee, Coffee	Mo 33004
22	Greg Brown	Good Morning Coffee	If I Had Known
23	Kim Lenz	Percolate	Slowly Speeding
24	Julie London	Black Coffee	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
25	Ruth Etting	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
26	Brook Benton	Another Cup Of Coffee	Best Of Brook Benton
27	The Boswell Sisters	Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version]	That's How Rhythm Was Born
28	Emmett Miller	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Minstrel Man From Georgia
29	The Larks	Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
30	Bellevue Cadillac	Cuppa Joe	Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3
31	Lefty Frizzell	Cigarettes and Coffee Blues	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5)
32	Otis Redding	Cigarettes And Coffee	Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25
33	Neil Young + Promise of the Real	A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop	The Monsanto Years

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Rhythm Roller Coaster

April 6, 2024 Dave

Swing and jazz music of the late 1930s had just enough time to raise a small ruckus before the second World War broke out. After a celebratory wave swept the nation, there was a need for more of the same but with an upbeat but harder drive to it. It didn’t take long for pre-rock R&B to become popular across demographics as it would gain significant traction among urban youth, particularly in the central hubs of New York, Chicago, Detroit, LA, and New Orleans. This week’s show features a roller coaster of great sounds including tracks from Varetta Dillard, The Lollypoppers, The Flairs, and Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs. You don’t want to miss this wild ride.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Joe Turner	Love Roller Coaster	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
3	Big Maybelle	Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
4	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Working	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
5	Mabel Scott	Elevator Boogie	Swing Baby Swing!: House Rocking Swing and Jump Jive Boogie
6	Etta James	Spoonful	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
7	Shirley Gunter & The Queens	Oop Shoop	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
8	LaVern Baker	You'd Better Find	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5]
9	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
10	Ruth Brown	This Little Girls Gone Rockin'	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
11	The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter	Such A Night	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
12	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
13	Tabby Thomas	I'd Love To Tell	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
14	Louis Jordan	Roc Doc	From the Ghetto
15	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
16	The Flairs	She Wants To Rock	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
17	Titus Turner	Hungry Man	Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug
18	Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs	Dirty By The Dozen (Sweet Little Woman)	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
19	The Lollypoppers	A Bottle of Pop	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
20	Julia Lee	Tell Me Daddy	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
21	Varetta Dillard	Them Their Eyes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
22	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr. Percy	The Lovin' Bird
23	Varetta Dillard	Promise Mr Thomas	From the Ghetto
24	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	Sweet Man	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
25	Chuck Willis & His Orchestra	Lawdy Miss Mary	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
26	Champion Jack Dupree	Shim Sham Shimmy	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 15]
27	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 10]
28	Gladys Hill	Please Don't Touch My Bowl	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
29	Young Jessie	Shuffle In The Gravel	From the Ghetto
30	Roy Milton	Rhythm Cocktail	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
31	The Ravens	Midnight Blues	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
32	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
33	The Ebonaires	Lawd, Lawd, Lawd	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
34	Cab Calloway	Gambler's Guitar	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
35	Gloria Gunter	Move On Out	Cat Scratchin'
36	The Coasters	Yakety Yak	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
37	The Coasters	Run Red Run	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]
38	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop And Fly	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2]
39	Big Joe Turner	Well, All Right	Big Joe Rocks
40	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Atlantic Rock & Roll

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Monthly Archives: April 2024

Celebrating Smokey

420 Fun

Cuppa Joe

Rhythm Roller Coaster

A Century of America's Music