We’re taking a slow walk back to the gospel well this morning, exploring a particularly expansive landscape of classic hymns, choir harmonies, and new-fangled secular reflections from the likes of Elizabeth King, Ben Harper and Amy Helm. There are also the traditional pulpit pounders like Elder Charles Beck, jubilee and country groups including The Jordanaires (with and without Elvis) and The Golden Gate Quintet, as well as a sampling old favorites from Johnny Cash, The Blue Sky Boys and the Neville Brothers. It’s a morning dish of reflection and exploration once again as we take that deep dive into the gospel classics once more. Hope you can climb aboard that gospel train and redeem your ticket to the great beyond.
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| 1 | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 2 | Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls |
Testify |
Living in the Last Days |
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| 3 | Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue |
Plastic Jesus |
Set Two |
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| 4 | The Amazing Rhythm Aces |
Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song) |
Stacked Deck |
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| 5 | The Staple Singers |
He's Got the Whole World In His Hands |
Amen/Why |
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| 6 | The Jordaniares |
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho |
The Jordaniares Gospel |
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| 7 | Washboard Rhythm Kings, Washboard Rhythm Band |
Shoutin' in the Amen Corner |
All Time Jazz: Washboard Rhythm Kings |
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| 8 | Abraham Alexander |
Amen |
SEA/SONS |
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| 9 | Colleen Kattau |
Amen to the Freedom Rides |
Besos Kisses |
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| 10 | Johnny Cash |
Amen [Album Version] |
Orange Blossom Special |
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| 11 | Drive-By Truckers |
Thoughts and Prayers (Radio Edit) |
The Unraveling |
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| 12 | Judy Collins |
Amazing Grace |
Forever: [Disc 2] |
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| 13 | Sonny Treadway |
Amazing Grace |
Sacred Steel Guitar |
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| 14 | The Zion Travelers |
Milky White Way |
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 |
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| 15 | Elvis Presley |
Milky White Way |
His Hand in Mine |
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| 16 | Elvis Presley |
Working on the Building |
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 |
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| 17 | The Blue Sky Boys |
The Lord Be With Us, Amen |
Classic Country Remastered CD E |
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| 18 | Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite |
When I Go |
No Mercy In This Land |
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| 19 | Elder Charles Beck |
Didn't It Rain |
Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats |
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| 20 | Mahalia Jackson |
Didn't It Rain |
16 Most Requested Songs |
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| 21 | Fern Jones |
I Do Believe |
The Glory Road |
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| 22 | Amy Helm |
Ain't That Good News |
Didn't It Rain |
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| 23 | Rounders |
Power In The Blood |
Around With The Gospel |
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| 24 | Paul Newman |
Plastic Jesus |
Cool Hand Luke |
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| 25 | Tia Blake |
Plastic Jesus |
Folksongs & Ballads |
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| 26 | Paul Thorn |
Soon I Will Be Done |
Don't Let The Devil Ride |
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| 27 | Tom Waits |
The Soul Of A Man |
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson |
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| 28 | Harrod's Jubilee Singers |
Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho (Pm 12116, 12116B) |
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) |
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| 29 | Josh White |
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono) |
The Elektra Years – disc 1 |
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| 30 | The Golden Gate Quartet |
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho |
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) |
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| 31 | Angelic Gospel Singers and Dixie Hummingbirds |
One Day |
Gospel Music |
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| 32 | The Zion Harmonizers |
Old Time Religion |
Ultimate Gospel Fest |
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| 33 | The Soul Stirrers |
Wade In The Water |
Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1] |
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Deeper Roots means just that…and this week we’re spinning some blues, gospel, r&b, and swing … all music that introduced the rhythm that would become known as rock ‘n roll. We’ll go as far back as the late 1930s with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and make the picaresque journey across the alleys, juke joints, and house parties where tradition and urban electric blues became the foundation of a sound. We’ll share blues from Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and a handful of others. Also on tap, Goree Carter, Sticks McGhee, Amos Milburn and Julia Lee with some rhythm and blues and jump whose beat and attitude would influence many a rock ‘n roll musician and songwriter. Also on board: Hadda Brooks, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and Tiny Bradshaw. Don’t miss a wailin’, rockin’ morning here on KOWS Community Radio.
| No. |
| 1 | Artist |
Title |
Album |
Buy |
| 2 | Big Joe Turner |
Roll 'em Pete |
Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| 3 | Champion Jack Dupree |
Junker's Blues |
Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59) |
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| 4 | Joe Liggins |
The Honeydripper Part 1 |
The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3] |
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| 5 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
Strange Things Happening Every Day |
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of |
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| 6 | Charles Brown |
Driftin' Blues |
Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him |
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| 7 | Hadda Brooks |
Swingin' The Boogie |
I've Got News For You [Disc 2] |
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| 8 | The Ravens |
Write Me A Letter |
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 |
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| 9 | T-Bone Walker |
Call It Stormy Monday |
Raw Blues |
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| 10 | Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends |
Snatch It And Grab It |
Kuties And Krooners |
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| 11 | Roy Brown |
Good Rockin' Tonight |
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 |
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| 12 | John Lee Hooker |
Boogie Chillen |
The Definitive Collection |
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| 13 | Amos Milburn |
Chicken Shack Boogie |
Devil in a Blue Dress |
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| 14 | Goree Carter & His Hepcats |
Rock Awhile |
Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 |
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| 15 | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup |
My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002] |
That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series) |
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| 16 | Percy Mayfield |
Please Send Me Someone To Love |
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues |
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| 17 | Tiny Bradshaw |
The Train Kept a-Rollin' |
Breaking Up the House [Disc 2] |
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| 18 | Sticks McGhee |
Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee |
The Atlantic Story [UK] |
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| 19 | Lloyd Price |
Lawdy Miss Clawdy |
Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] |
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| 20 | Little Junior Parker |
Mystery Train |
MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock! |
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| 21 | Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy |
Drunk |
Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes |
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| 22 | Muddy Waters |
Got My Mojo Workin |
Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1] |
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| 23 | Little Walter |
My Babe |
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] |
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| 24 | Sonny Boy Williamson II |
Don't Start Me Talkin' |
Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues |
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| 25 | Howlin' Wolf |
Smokestack Lightnin' |
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7] |
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| 26 | Louis Jordan |
Caldonia |
Number Ones |
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| 27 | John Lee Hooker |
Dimples |
The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1] |
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| 28 | Slim Harpo |
I Got Love If You Want It |
Roll Your Moneymaker |
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| 29 | Lazy Lester |
I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter |
Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound |
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| 30 | Ray Charles |
Night Time Is the Right Time |
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 |
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| 31 | Bo Diddley |
Say Man |
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley |
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| 32 | Billy Boy Arnold |
I Ain't Got You |
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2] |
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| 33 | Sonny Boy Williamson |
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl |
The History of Rhythm & Blues 1925-1942 |
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A little bit of twisting and a little bit of shouting…as well as some gospel rhythms, hand clapping, and some back beat rhythms from the gulf and whole lot more. This week’s show will be a free form extravaganza which means there’s a bright day ahead, as always. My springboard was an afternoon’s listen to the music of David Lindley who, in addition to being a fine musician, he had extraordinary taste in music. We’ll hear some gospel tracks from Sister Marie Knight and the Reverend James Cleveland, classic funk and soul from The Temptations, Billy Butler and The Isleys. We’ll also spinning up some Wild Tchoupitoulas, Otis Rush and be featuring some three-time track samples and a brand new track from the 30th anniversary release of John Prine’s Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, slated for release in early September. There’s a whole lot more to share with everyone out there so it’s a good morning to drop in and here a Twist and Shout sample from Top Note going back to 1961…oh yes, as well as a couple David Lindley tracks.
| No. |
| 1 | Artist |
Title |
Album |
Buy |
| 2 | Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys |
Three Times Seven |
Dance Ranch |
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| 3 | Dave Edmunds |
Three Time Loser |
Twangin' |
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| 4 | Corey Glover |
Three Time Loser |
Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay |
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| 5 | Otis Rush |
Three Times a Fool |
Essential Collection: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958 |
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| 6 | Robert Gordon |
Three Alley Cats (feat. Dave Alvin ) |
Rockabilly for Life |
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| 7 | Chris Bouchillon |
I've Been Married Three Times |
1925-1928 (Warped 2690F) |
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| 8 | David Lindley & El Rayo-X |
I Just Can't Work No Longer |
Very Greasy |
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| 9 | Billy Butler & The Enchanters |
I Can't Work No Longer |
Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 |
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| 10 | Top Note |
Twist And Shout |
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival |
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| 11 | The Isley Brothers |
Twist And Shout |
Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3 |
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| 12 | The Temptations |
Don't Look Back |
The Temptations [Disc 1] |
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| 13 | John Lee Hooker |
Don't Look Back |
The Best Of Friends |
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| 14 | John Prine |
Hey Ah Nothin' |
Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) |
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| 15 | John Prine |
Lake Marie |
Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings |
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| 16 | The Righteous Brothers |
Something's Got A Hold On Me |
The Moonglow Years |
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| 17 | Reverend James Cleveland |
Something Got A Hold On Me |
I Walk With God |
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| 18 | Johnny Cash |
Unclouded Day |
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South |
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| 19 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers |
There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me |
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 |
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| 20 | Laurie London |
The Gospel Train |
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando |
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| 21 | Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio |
Trouble In Mind |
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 |
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| 22 | David Lindley and Wally Ingram |
Oh Death |
Twango Bango II |
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| 23 | David Lindley and Wally Ingram |
Shame And Scandal In The Family |
Twango Bango III |
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| 24 | Odetta |
Shame And Scandal |
Sings Ballads And Blues |
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| 25 | Waylon Jennings |
Jole Blon |
Nashville Rebel (1958-1969) |
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| 26 | Gary U.S. Bonds |
Jole Blon |
The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds |
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| 27 | Wild Tchoupitoulas |
Brother John |
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] |
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| 28 | John Sebastian |
Minglewood Blues |
Chasin' Gus' Ghost |
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| 29 | Grateful Dead |
Dire Wolf |
Workingman's Dead |
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| 30 | Fats Domino |
Shurah |
A Lot Of Dominos |
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A Century of America's Music