Bound To Lose

This week‘s show brings us echoes of resistance from the past because there’s a storm brewing, stirring from the louder voices of people recognizing that fascism has settled in. People in this country are getting organized around a common anger that democracy and freedom is being taken from them. The political fortification led by Republican leadership co-opted by white nationalism and support for the gestapo tactics must be held in check and the voices of the ballot box will be the final determination; that is, if there is time. Music this week features Roy Zimmerman, Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and a whole host of sounds from the past century whose musical voices raged when fascism and autocracy attempted to take hold. Money is the root of this evil, make no mistake. There is always hope, however, and we need to be here for each other while practicing self-care with family and friends. The storm clouds are now above us and it’s up to all of us. Now. Not later.

 

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners & McCrarys We Shall Overcome Gospel Caravan Amazon
3Allen Toussaint Yes We Can Can Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album Amazon
4Pete Seeger Which Side Are You On Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits Amazon
5John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Power To The People Gimme Some Truth [Disc 1] Amazon
6Buffalo Springfield For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield Amazon
7Molly Brandt Revolution on the Horizon American Saga Amazon
8Tracy Chapman Talkin' Bout a Revolution Tracy Chapman Amazon
9Woody Guthrie Tear the Fascists Down My Dusty Road Amazon
10Alan Lomax All Of You Fascists Bound To Lose Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co Amazon
11The Tillers All You Fascists Bound to Lose The Tillers Amazon
12Marc Ribot Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits) Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018 Amazon
13Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
14Jefferson Airplane Volunteers Volunteers Amazon
15Public Enemy Fight The Power Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music Amazon
16Perla Batalla The Partisan A Letter to Leonard Cohen Amazon
17Isley Brothers Fight the Power EDIT FunkGASM Amazon
18Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings This Land is Your Land (Digital Album Exclusive) Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In) Amazon
19Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal Crawl into the Promised Land Crawl Into the Promised Land (Single) Amazon
20Nanci Griffith Hell No (I'm Not Alright) Occupy This Album Amazon
21Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. Chapter & Verse Amazon
22Nina Simone Revolution Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
23R.B. Morris That's How Every Empire Falls Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara Amazon
24Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land (Alternate Version) Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection Amazon
25Dropkick Murphys All You Fonies This Machine Still Kills Fascists Amazon
26Gil Scott-Heron Whitey On The Moon The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Amazon
27Lou Christie Self Expression (The Kids on the Street Will Never Give In) Enlightnin'ment: The Best of Lou Christie Amazon
28John Fogerty Fortunate Son The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
29Billy Bragg & Wilco All You Fascists Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2 Amazon
30Marvin Gaye What's Going On Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 1] Amazon
31Marc Ribot How To Walk In Freedom (feat. Sam Amidon & Fay Victor) Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018 Amazon

Get On Board

From a song about dirty little religions to a song about Joanie the Jehovah Witness Stripper, we’ll be going all out from up and down with genre celebrations from the past century where music reflects the inspiration from church on Sunday mornings following the barroom sinners of Saturday night. This week’s Deeper Roots takes a bit of a free form shuffle featuring Bo Diddley, The Ramones, Johnny Mercer, and a whole host of rhythm makers. Performances this morning will span some covers from Chris Smither, David Lindley and an answer song from Barbara Lewis. KOWS radio wants to thank all of you who came out to the Comedy fundraiser at Barrel Proof Lounge last week. It was a great success for us and also a validation of community radio here in the North Bay. KOWS is free form, free speech, no bull community radio; just the kind of thing we need in a country gone mad with lies, deceit and hate. There is always hope. Tune into your radio voice, any time of the day or night. We’ll always welcome you.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Martha and the Vandellas Quicksand The Motown Sound Vol. 1 Amazon
3Faye Adams Witness To The Crime (Herald 470) R&B Humdingers Volume 11 Amazon
4Warren Zevon Dirty Little Religion Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
5Paul Thorn Joanie The Jehovah Witness Stripper Hammer & Nail Live Amazon
6Marvin Gaye Can I Get A Witness I'll Take You There Amazon
7Alphabetical Four Get On Board, Little Children Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943 Amazon
8Tiny Mayberry Oh That Nasty Man (Take A) Vol. 2-Vocal Blues & Jazz Amazon
9Johnny Mercer Small Fry With Victor Young's Small Fryers Bing Crosby And Friends Amazon
10The Golden Gate Quartet Dipsy Doodle Travelin' Shoes Amazon
11Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Keep A Knockin' But You Can't Come In Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1938 – 1940 Amazon
12Little Richard Keep A Knockin' The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
13Chris Smither Maybellene Call Me Lucky Amazon
14Chuck Berry Maybellene Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10] Amazon
15David Lindley Mercury Blues El Rayo-X Amazon
16K.C. Douglas Mercury Blues Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
17Violet Hall Six Foot Papa (I'm A Whole Lot Of Woman) The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2 Amazon
18Big Maybelle So Good To My Baby The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55 Amazon
19George Thorogood Bo Diddley 2120 South Michigan Avenue Amazon
20Bo Diddley Don't Let It Go (Hold On To What You Got) The Chess Box [Disc 1] Amazon
21Sam & Dave Hold On! I'm a Comin' The Very Best of Sam & Dave Amazon
22Sam Cooke Bring It On Home To Me Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
23Barbara Lewis I'll Bring It Back Home To You Don't Forget About Me: The Atlantic & Reprise Recordings Amazon
24Jack Nitzsche The Lonely Surfer Teen Beat 5 Amazon
25Mink Deville Just Your Friends The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
26The Ramones Needles & Pins [Single Version][Version] Ramones Mania Amazon
27The Books Feat. Jose Gonzalez Cello Song Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1] Amazon
28T-Bone Burnett House Of Mirrors Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett Disc 2 Amazon
29Lorne Greene Ringo Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2 Amazon
30Marty Robbins The Hanging Tree The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982 Amazon
31Dickson Hall Cowboy My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
32Johnny Cash The Rebel – Johnny Yuma The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 2 Amazon
33Louis Prima Banana Split for My Baby Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
34The Allman Brothers Band Jessica [Single Edit] Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 2 Amazon

Spring Fever

Every year about this time there’s a quick burst of blossom, a promise of renewal and that first pitch of the national pastime. I don’t know about you but it’s my favorite time of year, a time when winter’s cold is shut down and we’ve got that Spring Fever. This week’s show will take time out for a couple sets celebrating and remembering baseball’s past through music with the likes of The Treniers, Danny Kaye, and Dr. John with some early rapping from Mel Allen of all people. And that’s just the half of it because the fever goes beyond the diamond: we’ll share songs of April love with Shirley Jones, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White with Perez Prado, Nina Simone, Martha Tilton, and a run of classic country with Johnny Horton, Sons of the Pioneers and the Sons of the San Joaquin. From stickball to kite-flying to the first frisbees of the year in the local park. Let’s get away from it all.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Radio Commercial 'Spring Time Fever Time' Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
3The Velvets Spring Fever Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
4Shirley Jones & Pat Boone April Love (Film Version) Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
5The Pentagons It's Spring Again Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
6Martha Tilton I'll Remember April The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 1] Amazon
7Perez Prado And His Orchestra Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
8Count Basie April in Paris Pure Jazz Amazon
9Naturals & Mel Allen Baseball Dreams Baseball's Greatest Hits Amazon
10Johnny Darling Baseball Baby Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan Amazon
11Dr. John Take Me Out To The Ballgame Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording Amazon
12The Treniers Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) Baseball Anthems Amazon
13Sister Wynona Carr The Ball Game Baseball Anthems Amazon
14Russ Hodges Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round The World Baseball Anthems Amazon
15Terry Cashman Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke") 61* [Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
16Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer I Love Mickey Baseball's Greatest Hits Amazon
17Danny Kaye D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley) Baseball's Greatest Hits Amazon
18Stormy Weather The Land Of Wrigley Baseball's Greatest Hits Amazon
19Steve Goodman A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request Baseball's Greatest Hits Amazon
20Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra Joltin' Joe Dimaggio Baseball Anthems Amazon
21Little Willie John I've Got Spring Fever Little Willie John Amazon
22Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds Spring Birth Of Soul: 2 Amazon
23Jerry Duane & The Monarchs It Might As Well Be Spring Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
24Nina Simone It Might As Well Be Spring The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years Amazon
25Craig Douglas Hello Spring Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
26The Cadillacs It's Spring For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
27Delbon Johnson It's Always Springtime in Nassau Putumayo Presents: Calypso Amazon
28The Browns Springtime Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529) Amazon
29Johnny Horton When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) 36 All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
30Sons of the Pioneers Springtime On the Range 1941 vol 1 (Warped 4108) Amazon
31Sons Of The San Joaquin Ridin' For The Roundup In The Springtime From Whence Came The Cowboy Amazon
32Charlie Monroe Springtime in Glory 1950-1956 (Warped 5079) Amazon
33Billie Holiday Some Other Spring Ken Burns Jazz Amazon
34Mose Allison Spring Song Mose Allison [2-fer] Amazon
35Mose Allison Fires Of Spring Gimcracks and Gewgaws Amazon
36Tony Perkins April Fool On a Rainy Afternoon Amazon

Also Rans 1960 Pt. 2

The downstream wave of sounds that flooded the charts seemed endless in the year 1960. As was exhibited in last week’s Deeper Roots exhibition of ‘also rans’ from that year, it was a very, very crowded field. That field was spread far and wide across genres and levels of production, songwriting and performance quality. We take on that same strata this week in the show. More teen crushes, tragedies, soulful exchanges and instrumentals that bore earworms galore. That’s what we’ve got in store with performances from Fats to Jackie, Smokey to Etta, the Burnette Brothers and Ricky, Dean Martin, Freddie King and Linda Laurie…all giving it their all and doing their very best to crawl to the top of their respective charts. We’re getting ready for a wild Sunday night here in Santa Rosa, celebrating KOWS Community Radio at the Barrel Proof Lounge in downtown Santa Rosa. Hope you can make today’s Deeper Roots show and Sunday’s benefit!

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Little Junior Parker Driving Wheel Feelin' Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings Amazon
3Jackie Wilson Doggin' Around American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
4Rosie & The Originals Angel Baby Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1) Amazon
5Jessie Hill Ooh Poo Pah Doo Pt 1 The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
6Fats Domino Walking To New Orleans A Lot Of Dominos Amazon
7The Shirelles Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Brill Building Sound Disc 1 Amazon
8Ray Peterson Tell Laura I Love Her Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1 Amazon
9The Browns The Old Lamplighter Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2 Amazon
10The Platters Harbor Lights All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
11Johnny Burnette Dreamin' 25 Greatest Hits Amazon
12Dorsey Burnette Hey Little One American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
13Rick Nelson Young Emotions Greatest Love Songs Amazon
14Etta James A Sunday Kind Of Love Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
15Jimmy Jones Good Timin' We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites Amazon
16Kathy Young & The Innocents A Thousand Stars Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1) Amazon
17Roy Orbison Blue Angel The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1] Amazon
18The Smoothies Softly I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3] Amazon
19The Miracles Shop Around The 35th Anniversary Collection Amazon
20Hayley Mills Let's Get Together Classic Disney, Vol. I: 60 Years Of Musical Magic Amazon
21Dean Martin Ain't That A Kick In The Head The Best Of The Rat Pack Amazon
22Jayne Mansfield Too Hot To Handle Bombshells Amazon
23The Videls Mister Lonely The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
24Peggy Lee I Love Being Here With You [Remastered] The Best Of The Singles Collection Amazon
25Linda Lawson Like Young Bombshells Amazon
26Floyd Cramer Last Date Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon
27Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
28Ronnie Love Chills And Fever 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
29Nick Perito The Green Leaves Of Summer (Album Version) Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
30Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
31Hank Locklin Please Help Me, I'm Falling Classic Country Amazon
32Jim Reeves Billy Bayou Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times Amazon
33Jack Scott Cool Water Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation Amazon
34Marty Robbins Song Of The Bandit The Complete Recordings 1952-1960 Amazon
35Duane Eddy CD 1 Because They're Young Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
36The Drifters This Magic Moment All-Time Greatest Hits & More 1959-1965 [Bonus Tracks] [Disc 1] Amazon
37Henry Mancini Lujon Best Of Amazon