Amen!

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.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls Testify Living in the Last Days Amazon
3Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Plastic Jesus Set Two Amazon
4The Amazing Rhythm Aces Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song) Stacked Deck Amazon
5The Staple Singers He's Got the Whole World In His Hands Amen/Why Amazon
6The Jordaniares Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
7Washboard Rhythm Kings, Washboard Rhythm Band Shoutin' in the Amen Corner All Time Jazz: Washboard Rhythm Kings Amazon
8Abraham Alexander Amen SEA/SONS Amazon
9Colleen Kattau Amen to the Freedom Rides Besos Kisses Amazon
10Johnny Cash Amen [Album Version] Orange Blossom Special Amazon
11Drive-By Truckers Thoughts and Prayers (Radio Edit) The Unraveling Amazon
12Judy Collins Amazing Grace Forever: [Disc 2] Amazon
13Sonny Treadway Amazing Grace Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
14The Zion Travelers Milky White Way This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
15Elvis Presley Milky White Way His Hand in Mine Amazon
16Elvis Presley Working on the Building He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
17The Blue Sky Boys The Lord Be With Us, Amen Classic Country Remastered CD E Amazon
18Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite When I Go No Mercy In This Land Amazon
19Elder Charles Beck Didn't It Rain Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
20Mahalia Jackson Didn't It Rain 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
21Fern Jones I Do Believe The Glory Road Amazon
22Amy Helm Ain't That Good News Didn't It Rain Amazon
23Rounders Power In The Blood Around With The Gospel Amazon
24Paul Newman Plastic Jesus Cool Hand Luke Amazon
25Tia Blake Plastic Jesus Folksongs & Ballads Amazon
26Paul Thorn Soon I Will Be Done Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
27Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
28Harrod's Jubilee Singers Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho (Pm 12116, 12116B) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
29Josh White Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono) The Elektra Years – disc 1 Amazon
30The Golden Gate Quartet Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Vol. 5 (1945-1949) Amazon
31Angelic Gospel Singers and Dixie Hummingbirds One Day Gospel Music Amazon
32The Zion Harmonizers Old Time Religion Ultimate Gospel Fest Amazon
33The Soul Stirrers Wade In The Water Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1] Amazon

Deeper Roots of Rock

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Big Joe Turner Roll 'em Pete Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
3Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59) Amazon
4Joe Liggins The Honeydripper Part 1 The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3] Amazon
5Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
6Charles Brown Driftin' Blues Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
7Hadda Brooks Swingin' The Boogie I've Got News For You [Disc 2] Amazon
8The Ravens Write Me A Letter Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
9T-Bone Walker Call It Stormy Monday Raw Blues Amazon
10Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends Snatch It And Grab It Kuties And Krooners Amazon
11Roy Brown Good Rockin' Tonight Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
12John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen The Definitive Collection Amazon
13Amos Milburn Chicken Shack Boogie Devil in a Blue Dress Amazon
14Goree Carter & His Hepcats Rock Awhile Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 Amazon
15Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002] That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
16Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone To Love Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
17Tiny Bradshaw The Train Kept a-Rollin' Breaking Up the House [Disc 2] Amazon
18Sticks McGhee Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee The Atlantic Story [UK] Amazon
19Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon
20Little Junior Parker Mystery Train MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock! Amazon
21Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy Drunk Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
22Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Workin Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1] Amazon
23Little Walter My Babe Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] Amazon
24Sonny Boy Williamson II Don't Start Me Talkin' Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues Amazon
25Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7] Amazon
26Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
27John Lee Hooker Dimples The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1] Amazon
28Slim Harpo I Got Love If You Want It Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon
29Lazy Lester I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
30Ray Charles Night Time Is the Right Time Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
31Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
32Billy Boy Arnold I Ain't Got You Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2] Amazon
33Sonny Boy Williamson Good Morning Little Schoolgirl The History of Rhythm & Blues 1925-1942 Amazon

Twist & Shout

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Three Times Seven Dance Ranch Amazon
3Dave Edmunds Three Time Loser Twangin' Amazon
4Corey Glover Three Time Loser Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay Amazon
5Otis Rush Three Times a Fool Essential Collection: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958 Amazon
6Robert Gordon Three Alley Cats (feat. Dave Alvin ) Rockabilly for Life Amazon
7Chris Bouchillon I've Been Married Three Times 1925-1928 (Warped 2690F) Amazon
8David Lindley & El Rayo-X I Just Can't Work No Longer Very Greasy Amazon
9Billy Butler & The Enchanters I Can't Work No Longer Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
10Top Note Twist And Shout Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
11The Isley Brothers Twist And Shout Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3 Amazon
12The Temptations Don't Look Back The Temptations [Disc 1] Amazon
13John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back The Best Of Friends Amazon
14John Prine Hey Ah Nothin' Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Amazon
15John Prine Lake Marie Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings Amazon
16The Righteous Brothers Something's Got A Hold On Me The Moonglow Years Amazon
17Reverend James Cleveland Something Got A Hold On Me I Walk With God Amazon
18Johnny Cash Unclouded Day Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
19Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Laurie London The Gospel Train Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando Amazon
21Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
22David Lindley and Wally Ingram Oh Death Twango Bango II Amazon
23David Lindley and Wally Ingram Shame And Scandal In The Family Twango Bango III Amazon
24Odetta Shame And Scandal Sings Ballads And Blues Amazon
25Waylon Jennings Jole Blon Nashville Rebel (1958-1969) Amazon
26Gary U.S. Bonds Jole Blon The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds Amazon
27Wild Tchoupitoulas Brother John Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
28John Sebastian Minglewood Blues Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
29Grateful Dead Dire Wolf Workingman's Dead Amazon
30Fats Domino Shurah A Lot Of Dominos Amazon