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A Bucket Of Nuggets

The Bear Family label, headquartered in Germany, has long featured deep track dives into American music of the past century. Whether that be rock, country, rhythm and blues, or Americana; much of it is as far off the beaten track as you can imagine. Their selections and the high quality of the liner notes and ephemera have long been the top shelf standard for collectors and aficionados of American music. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be diving into their delightful ‘theme’ universe prefaced with the perfect title of “Destination”. We’ll be digging into the themes of ‘freeway’, ‘outer space’, ‘beach parties’, ‘ocean cruise’, ‘lust’ and ‘sex’. The music you’ll be hearing is an unusual ‘bucket of nuggets’ representing some of the very best of camp pop and rock. Tune in for a raucous blend of ‘never heard’.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Stonewall Jackson Run Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
3Skeets McDonald Fort Worth Jail Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
4Jimmie Skinner One Dead Man Ago Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
5Jaycee Hill Crash Out Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
6Bill Carter Shot Four Times And Dying Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
7Gary Williams Walla Walla State Prison Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
8Don French Lonely Saturday Night Destination Lonely Street Amazon
9Jackie Wilson Lonely Life Destination Lonely Street Amazon
10Gene Vincent Lonely Street Destination Lonely Street Amazon
11Lonesome Lee Lonely Travelin' Destination Lonely Street Amazon
12Conway Twitty Lonely Blue Boy Destination Lonely Street Amazon
13Dale Hawkins Lonely Nights Destination Lonely Street Amazon
14Rusty Draper & Lola Dee Scratch My Back Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
15Miss X S-E-X Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
16Mamie Van Doren Seperate The Men From The Boys Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
17Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
18Jayne Mansfield Too Hot To Handle (Film version 1960) Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
19Dorothy Collins Let's Do It Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
20Jeri Southern Senor Blues Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
21Pat Morrissey Trapped In The Web Of Love Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
22The Valiants With Sandy Vale Boppin' On The Beach Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand Amazon
23Freddie Mitchell And His Rockers Seaweed Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand Amazon
24Wayne Hollers Dance In The Sand Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand Amazon
25Mitchell Torok Teenie Weenie Bikini Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation Amazon
26Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Teach 'Em How To Swim Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation Amazon
27Joey Dee & The Starliters Twistin' On A Liner Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation Amazon
28Earl Grant Beyond The Sea Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation Amazon
29Bobby Jackson Wow Man Destination Freeway Amazon
30Burt Keyes w/Teddy McRae And His Orchestra Stop Jivin' Start Drivin' Destination Freeway Amazon
31Dinah Shore See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet Destination Freeway Amazon
32Hagan, Sammy & The Visounts Tail Light Destination Freeway Amazon
33Warmer, Faron Cruisin' Central Destination Freeway Amazon
34Movie Trailer Plan 9 From Outer Space (Movie Trailer) Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon
35Merv Griffin The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X' Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon
36Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite) Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon
37Teacho & His Students Rock-Et Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon
38The Jive Fiveins People From Another World Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon
39Bill Buchanan The Thing Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon
40Louis Prima Beep! Beep! Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon
41Movie Trailer Invaders From Mars (Trailer) Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon
42Billy Lee Riley & The Little Green Men Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments) Amazon

Rain Theme

Seven years after our community was ravaged by three different wildfires, we’re going to focus on the theme of rain in our show today. Call it a rain dance if you must but we’re hoping that not only will the weather give us one more year of respite from the flaming torrent of climate change-induced wildfires but also make it two years in a row with reservoir replenishment. So why not a theme that promotes rainy weather? We’ll go to every genre corner in the show today: gospel, jazz, country, rock ‘n roll, soul and rhythm & blues. Tune in for a themed collection this morning that includes the likes of Glenn Yarbrough, Percy Sledge, Leon Russell, Lonnie Johnson and Billy “The Kid” Emerson. There’s a whole lot more so join in and find out. A sunny September morning leads us to our rain dance…or whatever you call it.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Sons of the Pioneers Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Remastered) Anthology: The Definitive Collection (Remastered) Amazon
3Buddy Guy Feels Like Rain Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy Amazon
4Hugh Laurie Didn't It Rain Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
5Sons Of South Didn't It Rain Children The Best Of Nashboro Gospel Amazon
6Lew Childre It Don't Do Nothing but Rain …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
7The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Buy for Me the Rain Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1 Amazon
8Sir Douglas Quintet The Rains Came Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
9Eddie Rabbitt I Love A Rainy Night Superstars Of Country Amazon
10Albert Lee Rainbows All Over Your Blues The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons Amazon
11Buddy Holly Raining in My Heart The Definitive Collection Amazon
12The Cascades Rhythm of the Rain Teen Ballads Disc 2 Amazon
13Lonnie Johnson Pouring Down Rain Complete Folkways Recordings Amazon
14John Hammond, Jr. Little Rain Falling Country Blues Amazon
15Billy "The Kid" Emerson When It Rains, It Pours Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1955-1956 Amazon
16Big Maybelle Rain Down Rain The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55 Amazon
17Leon Russell A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
18Irma Thomas It's Raining Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1 Amazon
19Irma Thomas I Think It's Going to Rain Today Simply Grand Amazon
20Madeleine Peyroux California Rain Half The Perfect World Amazon
21Billie Holiday Come Rain Or Come Shine Billie's Best Amazon
22Creedence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen The Rain Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary Amazon
23The Mavericks Here Comes the Rain Music for All Occasions Amazon
24The Serendipity Singers Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) My Music Original Masters Folk Rewind [Disc 2] Amazon
25Glenn Yarbrough Baby the Rain Must Fall Pop Memories of the 60s: Vol. 4- Blue Velvet [Disc 1] Amazon
26Roy Orbison Leaving Makes The Rain Come Down One of the Lonely Ones Amazon
27The Everly Brothers Crying in the Rain Singles / EP's /Radio / Live Amazon
28Merle Travis Rainy Day Feeling Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
29Grandpa Jones It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake) Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 Amazon
30The Birmingham Sunlights It's Gonna Rain Folk Masters Amazon
31Simon & Garfunkel Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Amazon
32Percy Sledge I Wish It Would Rain Blue Night Amazon
33Nick Lowe Raining Raining Nick's Knack Amazon

Also Rans 1956

The charts for the year 1956 were overtaken by Elvis. No question. There were a few others that illuminated the jukebox namely Fats Domino, Webb Pierce, Little Richard, and The Platters. Rock ‘n roll’s impact swept the floor with most burying some fairly incredible performances in it’s wake. Call it an avalanche. Call it a mudslide. Call it what you like. As I began to assemble a show looking at the top of the charts for the year, I found that starting at the bottom and working my way up was a revelation. Whether it was country, rhythm & blues, rock ‘n roll or pop…there were some delicious also-rans that I could not ignore so chose to ignore the Top 30 and focused today’s show on the so-called losers below the waterline of the Top 40. And what a joy it was! We’ll hear from some of them including Big Joe Turner, The Dells, LaVern Baker, Clyde McPhatter, Carl Smith and Kitty Wells in today’s show. I hope you’ll find some time, morning, noon or night, to listen in.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Ernie Freeman Combo Jivin' Around, Part 1 Blowing The Fuse: 1956 Amazon
3Bo Diddley Pretty Thing Blowing The Fuse: 1956 Amazon
4Chuck Berry Too Much Monkey Business Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
5Big Joe Turner The Chicken and the Hawk Big Joe Rocks Amazon
6LaVern Baker I Can't Love You Enough Rock & Roll Amazon
7Clyde McPhatter Seven Days Rock & Roll Amazon
8Chuck Willis Juanita I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
9Chuck Willis It's Too Late Blowing The Fuse: 1956 Amazon
10The Clovers Devil or Angel Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
11The Dells Oh What A Nite The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1] Amazon
12The Moonglows See Saw Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1] Amazon
13Little Willie John Home At Last Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John Amazon
14Ray Charles Lonely Avenue Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
15Otis Williams & His Charms Ivory Tower Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2 Amazon
16The Five Keys Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats Amazon
17The G-Clefs Ka-Ding Dong Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1 Amazon
18Clarence "Frogman" Henry Ain't Got No Home Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
19Sil Austin Slow Walk Great Instrumental Hits Of The 50s-80s (10 Songs) Amazon
20Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood Canadian Sunset Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
21June Carter Cash Juke Box Blues Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
22Eddy Arnold You Don't Know Me Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955 Amazon
23Webb Pierce Teenage Boogie All Hits! [Disc 2] Amazon
24Johnny Horton 093-Honky Tonk Man Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
25The Louvin Brothers Cash On The Barrelhead Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
26Kitty Wells The Lonely Side of Town The Complete Country Hits Amazon
27Sonny James The Cat Came Back Singles Amazon
28Marty Robbins I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982 Amazon
29Porter Wagoner Tryin' to Forget the Blues The Essential Porter Wagoner Amazon
30Tennessee Ernie Ford That's All Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
31Hank Thompson I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt Most Of All Amazon
32Sanford Clark The Fool Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962 Amazon
33Choir / Faron Young / Hubert Long Turn Her Down The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2) Amazon
34Carl Smith Wicked Lies Kisses Don't Lie Amazon
35Wanda Jackson I Gotta Know Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks] Amazon
36Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers/Jimmy Wright The ABC's of Love The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
37The Chordettes Born To Be With You Four By Four – Girl Groups Amazon

Summer of Broken Hearts

The debate is over; what’s say we have ourselves another. There’s certainly no debating democracy at work. Today’s Deeper Roots show will find us circulating through the connective tissue of song: themes that connect with one another. A little bit of eclectic free form fused with all the delightful sounds of country, pop, rock and tradition. Our guiding light will be the truth and the American way. Yes, there’s always bubble gum, apple pie, and Sunday church but then we also have the bats**t crazies who will blame all the good, the bad and the ugly on those who don’t resemble themselves or their own views. So take a break with us on this summer of broken hearts and we’ll share country from Don Gibson to Rosanne Cash, rock and roll from The Stray Cats to Fats Domino, and a little bit of sass and blues from Etta James and Charles Brown. Summer’s almost over and election day is fast approaching. So make sure you vote. 

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Sarah Vaughan Broken Hearted Melody Ultimate Sarah Vaughan (Selected by Dee Dee Bridgewater) Amazon
3Chris Isaak Lonely With A Broken Heart San Francisco Days Amazon
4k.d. lang & the Reclines Trail of Broken Hearts Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
5Rosanne Cash The Way We Make A Broken Heart [Album Version] King's Record Shop Amazon
6Al Green How Can You Mend A Broken Heart The Virgin Suicides Amazon
7Don Williams Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend The Definitive Collection Amazon
8Don Gibson I Can Mend Your Broken Heart The Complete Recordings 1952-1962 Amazon
9Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers My Heart Is Mended Sunny Road Amazon
10Gram Parsons Hearts On Fire G.P. / Grievous Angel Amazon
11Kelly Dalton I'm On Fire Home – EP Amazon
12Nikki Lane Love's On Fire All or Nothin' (Deluxe) Amazon
13Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Settin' The Woods On Fire Back At The Quonset Hut Amazon
14Fats Domino I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire This Is Gold Disc 2 Amazon
15Leon Redbone Settin' By The Fire Whistling In The Wind Amazon
16Etta James Let's Burn Down The Cornfield Enduring Soul Amazon
17Etta James Jump Into My Fire Seven Year Itch Amazon
18The Brothers Four Greenfields Best Of The Folk Era Amazon
19Peter Wolf The Green Fields Of Summer [with Neko Case] Midnight Souvenirs Amazon
20Nanci Griffith Fields Of Summer Late Night Grande Hotel Amazon
21Stray Cats Lonely Summer Nights Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92 Amazon
22The Four Preps Lazy Summer Night Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3] Amazon
23Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta Summer Nights Grease Amazon
24Steve Forbert Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy? Amazon
25The Beach Boys Your Summer Dream Surfer Girl Amazon
26Link Wray & The Wraymen Summer Dream Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand Amazon
27Rodney Crowell Voila, An American Dream Collection Amazon
28Hayes Carll American Dream What It Is Amazon
29Elvis Presley An American Trilogy Fifty Years Of Hits Amazon
30Willie Nelson By the Rivers of Babylon Gospel Favorites Amazon

Ride Away

It’s a mellow, laid back collection of sounds from the past century for you this morning. The “ember” months have arrived and we’re winding our way through the last sunsets of summer. So lay down your burdens and join us on another Deeper Roots Friday morning as we share some sweet sounds from near and far, all anchored in an American landscape of dreams and waning nights of warmth. And warmth is what we’ll focus on…from JJ Cale and Leon Russell to Leo Reisman’s Orchestra, Sam Cooke, Randy Newman and Levon Helm. All of this and more, as they say, as we approach the final two months of election promises. I’m hoping that everyone’s placed a high value on truth and goodness because the hate, the lies, the gutter talk all need to be evaporated at long last. Send the vermin back into their holes of hate and let’s get on with the business of making our lives better. Because it’s not politicians that can do that. It’s us.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine Speed of the Sound of Loneliness German Afternoons Amazon
3Roy Orbison Ride Away Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68 Amazon
4Dire Straits Ticket To Heaven On Every Street Amazon
5Eddie Lang Blue Guitars Jazz Guitar Virtuoso Amazon
6Bobby "Blue" Bland Stormy Monday Blues Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1) Amazon
7Ray Charles with Norah Jones Here We Go Again …Featuring Norah Jones Amazon
8Ray Charles Crying Time Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
9Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars You Got Me Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
10Leon Russell Lady Blue Retrospective Amazon
11J.J. Cale Magnolia The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
12Louis Armstrong When It's Sleepy Time Down South The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
13Hoagy Carmichael Lazy Bones Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
14Leo Reisman & His Orchestra Lazy Lullaby Society Swing Amazon
15Santo & Johnny Lazy Day Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
16Charlie McCoy Walkin' After Midnight Classic Country Amazon
17Randy Newman Baltimore The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 Amazon
18Sam Cooke Bring It on Home to Me Greatest Hits Amazon
19Etta James I'd Rather Go Blind Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
20The Arthur Lyman Group Yellow Bird Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6 Amazon
21Willie Nelson Blue Hawaii Honeymoon in Vegas Amazon
22Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler Tahitian Skies Neck and Neck Amazon
23Jason Wilber Your Destiny Lazy Afternoon Amazon
24John Prine & Mac Wiseman Old Cape Cod Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
25Bill Frisell Poem For Eva Good Dog, Happy Man Amazon
26Kevin Russell Lay Down Your Burden You Don't Know Me Amazon
27Mississippi John Hurt Since I've Laid My Burden Down Immortal Amazon
28Irma Thomas River Is Waiting Simply Grand Amazon
29Willie Nelson House Of Gold Country Music Amazon
30Calvin Cooke Since I Laid My Burden Down The Best Of Sacred Steel Amazon
31Emmylou Harris Mister Sandman Profile II: The Best Of Emmylou Harris Amazon

Meeting Up Yonder

Some dynamite gospel this week that leans heavily on the influencers, but we won’t let that lock us in. We’ll be cutting a broad swath across the Americana landscape, with deeper gospel tracks from some of the greats like the Selah Jubilee Singers, the rollicking Reverend Robert Ballinger, The Bronzeman, and some other greats you may or may not know. But we’ll also share tracks from the next generation secular branding with just a taste of gospel in their music: Johnny Taylor, Edwin Hawkins, and Curtis Mayfield. We’ll also share a couple of Marty Stuart gospel tracks in another look at the deepest roots from the past century. So grab the headphones and get ready for a revival without beating you about the head with any false fundamentalism. All for our favorite listeners, beaming down from the ether on KOWS Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives 99-1/2 Won't Do [Live] The Gospel Music Of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives [Live] Amazon
3Mighty Mo Rodgers Blues Is My Wailin' Wall Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues Amazon
4R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders Wait On Jesus Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1] Amazon
5Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers Walk With Me 20 Gospel Greats Amazon
6The Impressions Meeting Over Yonder Gospel Amazon
7Johnnie Taylor Soul Heaven Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3] Amazon
8Gospel Hummingbirds Don't Move the Mountain Blind Pig Records 20th Aniversary Collection [disk 1] Amazon
9The Staple Singers Hammer and Nails Hammer and Nails Amazon
10The Staple Singers New-Born Soul Hammer and Nails Amazon
11Skylarks My Life Is In His Hands I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3] Amazon
12Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Singing in My Soul The Gospel of Blues Amazon
13Sister Rosetta Tharpe God's Mighty Hand Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
14Mahalia Jackson I Will Move On Up A Little Higher Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
15The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
16The Edwin Hawkins Singers Jesus, Lover Of My Soul Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers Amazon
17Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir Jesus, Lover Of My Soul Do Not Pass Me By Vol. II Amazon
18Reverend Robert Ballinger So Glad 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
19Reverend Robert Ballinger Walking The Road 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
20Spirit Of Memphis Atomic Telephone Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel Amazon
21Selah Jubilee Singers Royal Telephone Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel Amazon
22The Golden Nuggets Gospel Train Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi Amazon
23Samuel Patterson This Train Americana Roots Songbook: Gospel Amazon
24The Bronzemen De Gospel Train The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939) Amazon
25Ernest Carter And The Hymn Trio The Gospel Train Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture Amazon
26Soul Stirrers Last Mile Of The Way Gospel Music Amazon
27Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls Living in the Last Days Living in the Last Days Amazon
28Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives Just A Little Talk With Jesus [Live] The Gospel Music Of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives [Live] Amazon
29R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders Wait On Jesus Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1] Amazon
30Clefs of Harmony Baptized This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
31Sister O.M. Terrell I'm Going To That City Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues Amazon
32Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers Where Shall I Be 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon

Little Bit O’ Bad

A little bit of good, a little bit of bad, and a whole lot of Americana classics. This morning’s Deeper Roots show runs the gamut from boogie Woogie to country ballads, classic rock, soul, blues, gospel and everything but the kitchen sink. Dave Stroud will be featuring songs that celebrate the band of gold, bad boys, bad girls, schooldays nostalgia, and the silly notion that black cats are no more than a warning when, in fact, they are a sign from on high of the very best being yet to come. Tune in for the likes of Stephen Stills, Johnny Cash, Cleo Brown, NRBQ and…yes, Billie Eilish as we celebrate America’s roots from then until now where no ocean is wider nor mountain is high. Celebrate a free form extravaganza with us as we push our way through August, well past the dog days and into the breezy, cool nights of summer’s waning. All for you and the neighborhood on KOWS Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2NRBQ A Little Bit Of Bad Message For The Mess Age Amazon
3Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs Stay Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) Amazon
4Ronnie Hawkins Matchbox Duane Allman: An Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 1] Amazon
5The Hunt Sisters Elvis Is Rocking Again Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story Amazon
6Elvis Presley Dirty Dirty Feeling Elvis Is Back! Amazon
7Cleo Brown Boogie Woogie Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers Amazon
8Big Joe Turner Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 3] Amazon
9Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis Boogie Woogie Country Gal Wild! Wild! Wild! Amazon
10The Drifters Let The Boogie Woogie Roll The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
11Robert Plant Let The Boogie Woogie Roll More Friends Amazon
12Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven Down The Road Apiece Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
13Billie Eilish Bad Guy When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Amazon
14Robert Gordon Bad Boy Bad Boy Amazon
15The Jive Bombers Bad Boy Cry-Baby Amazon
16Slim Rhodes Band Bad Girl Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
17The Miracles Bad Girl The 35th Anniversary Collection Amazon
18Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… Mama Don't Like My Man I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) Amazon
19Johnny Cash I Will Rock And Roll With You The Legend: Old Favorites And New [Disc 2] Amazon
20Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
21Roy Orbison Dream Baby The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1] Amazon
22Roy Orbison She Wears My Ring Crying Amazon
23Greg Brown Band of Gold Down in There Amazon
24Don Cherry Band Of Gold Rockin' & Rollin' Wedding Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon
25Elvis Presley Wear My Ring Around Your Neck 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2 Amazon
26Rev. Emmett Dickinson A Black Cat Has Crossed Your Path Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2 Amazon
27Johnny Winter Black Cat Bone The Progressive Blues Experiment Amazon
28Memphis Minnie Black Cat Blues – Take 1 Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
29Johnny Cash Mean Eyed Cat The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 1] Amazon
30Johnny Cash Ring Of Fire Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
31Roy Orbison Rock House Three Classic Albums+Singles and Sessions 1956-1962 [Disc 1] Amazon
32Pixies Havalina Bossanova Amazon
33BR5-49 I'm Going Down Dog Days Amazon
34Stephen Stills Acadienne Man Alive! Amazon
35Louis Jordan Boogie Woogie Blue Plate Number Ones Amazon
36Marty Wilde Bad Boy The Epic Story 1960 Amazon

Country Swing Pioneers

Join Dave Stroud for two hours of the very best of country swing music on Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. He’ll excavate the archives for a show from over eight years ago, reminding us that the west had been long-settled when a new sound exploded. It blasted its way out of the dance halls and barn-dance venues of the Midwest with an upbeat blend of jazz, hillbilly, and down-home blues. The arrangements blended strings, guitar, fiddle and bass, with the rhythmic sounds of urban jazz to reveal something catchy and danceable…and marketable. Before the beat was modernized into the mass market country blandness that paralleled mainstream pop, there were the pioneers including Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Adolph Hofner, Spade Cooley, Light Crust Doughboys, and a host of others. Drop in and celebrate this classic fusion of America’s best

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Artistry In Western Swing Country Hits Vol. 8 Amazon
3W. Lee & His Light Crust Doughboys When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
4Prairie Ramblers Deep Elem Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
5Prairie Ramblers Deep Elem Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
6Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
7Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies In El Rio Grande Daddy of Western Swing, Vol.1 : Brownies Stomp Amazon
8Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Easy Ridin' Papa Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa Amazon
9Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers Barn Dance Rag The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1] Amazon
10Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers I Want to Go Back The Golden Age Of Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers Amazon
11Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers Bring It On Home To Grandma Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1] Amazon
12Hank Penny Oh Yes? Take Another Guess King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1] Amazon
13Hank Penny Sweet Talkin' Mama King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1] Amazon
14Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Twin Guitar Special Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947 Amazon
15Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Stay A Little Longer Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy Amazon
16Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Take Me Back To Tulsa Tiffany Transcriptions& Vol. 2 Amazon
17Tex Williams Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon? Vintage Collections Amazon
18Leon McAuliffe Mr. Steel Guitar Tulsa Straight Ahead Amazon
19Leon McAuliffe Rag Mop Tulsa Straight Ahead Amazon
20Johnny Lee Wills Rag Mop The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 16 Amazon
21Tommy Duncan Stars Over San Antone Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk Amazon
22Tommy Duncan Take Me Back to Tulsa Texas Moon Amazon
23Merle Haggard Roly Poly Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player Amazon
24Adolph Hofner Alamo Rag The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8 Amazon
25Adolph Hofner Alamo Rag The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8 Amazon
26Ted Daffan's Texans Because Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist) Amazon
27Ted Daffan's Texans Down Hi Lo Way Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2 Amazon
28Moon Mullican Cherokee Boogie Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Hits Amazon
29Moon Mullican I'll Sail My Ship Alone The Very Best Of Amazon
30Spade Cooley & His Orchestra Shame On You (Tex Williams & Smokey Rogers) Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast Amazon
31Spade Cooley Troubled Over You Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley Amazon
32Spade Cooley You Can't Break My Heart Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley Amazon
33Smokey Rogers I Can't Help The Way You Feel Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
34Tex Williams Let's Live A Little (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
35Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra with Judy Hayden He's A Real Gone Oakie Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon

Bluegrass, Newgrass

We’re taking a trip up into hill country to celebrate a true Americana sound. From it’s simple roots rolling out of Appalachia, celebrating music and culture going back even further, bluegrass music evolved from many different corners with a combination of many styles, including old-time mountain music, square dance fiddling, blues, gospel, jazz, and popular music. You can count on high energy, fast tempos and a most distinctive sound. This week’s show has the syncopated rhythms moving along like a freight train, those nostalgic remembrances, and heel-kicking improvisations…not to mention those high lonesome vocals. We’ve got Blue Highway, Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs, The Rice Brothers and a couple dozen others in a Friday morning bluegrass extravaganza, sharing both classic and contemporary performers. If you’re close by, tune into KOWS 92.5 FM or, better yet, stream us almost anywhere on planet Earth at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Morris Brothers Salty Dog Blues Legends Of Bluegrass [Disc 3] Amazon
3Bill Monroe I'm Travelin' On and On 1947-1949 (Warped 4988) Amazon
4Bill Monroe Crossing the Cumberlands Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 4] Amazon
5Jimmy Martin Footprints in the Snow First Time Together Amazon
6The Dillards Dooley There Is A Time: 1963-70 Amazon
7Rhonda Vincent Lonesome Wind Blues Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
8The Gentlemen of Bluegrass Old Old House Carolina Memories Amazon
9John Hartford Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew Good'le Days: Essential Recordings Amazon
10John Hartford Take Me Back To My Mississippi River Home Good'le Days: Essential Recordings Amazon
11Blue Highway Riding the Danville Pike Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
12The David Thom Band Home Is Where The Heart Is That Old Familiar Amazon
13The David Thom Band The Little White Church That Old Familiar Amazon
14Alison Krauss & Union Station So Long So Wrong Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
15Ricky Skaggs I Hope You've Learned Ricky Skaggs Amazon
16Ralph Stanley Dad's Old Rocky Field Old Songs & Ballads Amazon
17The Rice Brothers Grapes On the Vine Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
18Hazel Dickens I Can't Find Your Love Any More O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection Amazon
19Del McCoury A Far Cry Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 4) Amazon
20Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver As Long As the World Stands The Hard Game of Love Amazon
21Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt Randy Lynn Rag The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2) Amazon
22The Johnson Mountain Boys Duncan & Brady Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
23The Johnson Mountain Boys Orange Blossom Special Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2] Amazon
24Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Dusty Miller Bill Monroe: Anthology Amazon
25Mac Wiseman I Wonder How The Old Folks Are Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2] Amazon
26Steep Canyon Rangers As I Go Nobody Knows You Amazon
27Laurie Lewis Tall Pines Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
28Jim Lauderdale Old Time Angels Old Time Angels Amazon
29Jim & Jesse Nine Pound Hammer Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] Amazon
30The Seldom Scene Muddy Water Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] Amazon
31Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury We're Steppin' Out Tonight Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
32Lynn Morris Band The Bramble and the Rose Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
33Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys Hit Parade of Love Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys Amazon
34Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Get Up John At The Ryman [Live] Amazon

AKA Blind Boy Grunt

It’s a cover show. It’s a celebration. It’s a reconnaissance regarding a renaissance. To what do we owe this week’s offering? The answer is clearly the songs of Bob Dylan who, at one time recorded under the non de plume Blind Boy Grunt and we’ve got a track from the Broadside Ballads collection to prove it. But this week’s show will focus primarily on covers of Dylan tracks going back to Sam Cooke live at the Copa to an oddball cover by The Grass Roots. We’ll also share some fresh takes from Eric Clapton, Raul Malo, Audra Mae & The Forest Rangers, and a lovely cover of a rare but popular piece called Walkin’ Down The Line. We’re celebrating a multi-generational master of his dominion where his words and melodies honor the past and carve a well-defined path leading into the future of America’s songwriting craft. Tune into Community Radio for Sonoma County on another Friday morning…via the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bob Dylan Corrina, Corrina [Album Version] The Future Is Unwritten Amazon
3Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan) Ballad Of Donald White Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988 Amazon
4Eilen Jewell Walking Down the Line Letters From Sinners & Strangers Amazon
5New Riders of the Purple Sage Farewell Angelina The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Amazon
6Sweethearts of the Rodeo One More Night Beautiful Lies Amazon
7Joan Baez The Walls Of Redwing Any Day Now Amazon
8The Highwaymen One Too Many Mornings Live – American Outlaws Amazon
9Johnny Cash Mama, You've Been On My Mind [Album Version] Orange Blossom Special Amazon
10Johnny Cash Wanted Man The Mystery Of Life Amazon
11Jessi Colter Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [Album Version] Out Of The Ashes Amazon
12Sam Cooke Blowin' In The Wind Sam Cooke At the Copa Amazon
13Nappy Brown Tonight Ill Be Staying Here With You Tore Up Amazon
14Jerry Lee Lewis Rita May A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3] Amazon
15The Grass Roots Mr Jones (A Ballad of a Thin Man) Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Disc 1 Amazon
16Eric Clapton I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine I Still Do Amazon
17Raul Malo You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go The Nashville Acoustic Sessions Amazon
18Waylon Jennings Don't Think Twice, It's Alright Dylan Country Amazon
19Shirley Caesar Gotta Serve Somebody Masked & Anonymous Amazon
20The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver Every Grain Of Sand I'll Find A Way Amazon
21The Mighty Clouds Of Joy Saved [Album Version] Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan Amazon
22Audra Mae & The Forest Rangers Forever Young Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 Amazon
23Hazel Dickens Only a Hobo It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song Amazon
24Bob Dylan Tell Ol' Bill [Album Version] North Country – Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
25Karl Shiflett Walking Down The Line Sho Nuff Country Amazon
26The Band I Shall Be Released Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2] Amazon
27The Byrds You Ain't Going Nowhere Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon