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Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, New Orleans, Rockabilly

There She Goes – KOWS 12/16/15

December 17, 2015 Dave

West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
3	Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros)	Invitation to the Blues	Hillbilly Rhythm
4	T. Texas Tyler	Red Light	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
6	Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
7	Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake	Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga.	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
8	Precious Bryant	Georgia Buck	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
9	The Band & Emmylou Harris	Evangeline	A Musical History [Disc 5]
10	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
11	Jerry Jeff Walker	Viva Luckenbach	Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song
12	Carl Smith	Are You Teasing Me	The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
13	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
14	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Hello Stranger	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
15	Maria Muldaur	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Richland Woman Blues
16	Black Bottom McPhail	John	Jack Newman & Others
17	Jimmy Strange	Yas Yas Yas	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
18	Lightnin' Hopkins	Speedin' Boogie	Po' Lightnin'
19	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Hard Times Come Again No More	Songs Of The Civil War
21	Robert Shaw Chorale	Nelly Bly	Stephen Foster Songbook
22	Grandpa Jones	Nelly Bly	An American Original
23	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	I Scare Myself	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
24	Larry Jon Wilson	Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways]	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
25	Carl Perkins	Don't Stop The Music	Go Cat Go
26	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Raggy Levy	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
27	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Jelly Roll's Misgiving	Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton
28	Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers	The Pearls	The Pearls
29	Ry Cooder	The Pearls/Tia Juana	Jazz
30	Dr. John	Wild Honey	City Lights
31	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
32	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
33	Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio	Down The Road A Piece	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Roots of Doo Wop

December 12, 2015 Dave

The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Turbans	When You Dance	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
3	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
4	Heavenly Gospel Singers	The Prodigal Son	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5	The Heavenly Gospel Singers	When Was Jesus Born?	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
6	The Deep River Boys	Melody of Love	The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
7	The Charioteers	All God's Chillun Got Shoes	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
8	The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	Best of the Decca Years
9	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
10	Lewis Bronzville Five	Low Down Gal Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
11	The Ink Spots	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	40 Your Hit Parade
12	The Ink Spots	My Prayer	Greatest Hits
13	The Cats & The Fiddle	I Miss You So	The Very Best Of
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	We Cats Will Swing For You	The Very Best Of
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
16	The Delta Rhythm Boys	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Do You Care	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
18	Slim & Slam	The Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
19	Five Red Caps	Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
20	The Cap-Tans	I'm So Crazy For Love	Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
21	The Ravens	Count Every Star	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
22	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
23	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
24	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
25	The Toppers	If Money Grew on Trees	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
26	The Five Keys	The Glory of Love	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
27	The Orioles	It's Too Soon to Know	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
28	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
29	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
30	The Crows	Gee	Feelin Fine
31	The Flamingos	Would I Be Crying	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
32	The Flamingos	Golden Teardrops	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
33	The Five Satins	In The Still Of The Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
34	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
35	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
36	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel

Soothe Me – KOWS 12/9/15

December 10, 2015 Dave

In this episode, Deeper Roots will feature a wide range of sounds from a host of performers. There will be the topical sounds of courtroom drama featuring R&B from Johnny Otis, classic country Ernest Tubb, and country blues from Carl Martin. We’ll also feature a set that looks at “My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It” from a cross-section of talents and genres…and we’ll be soothed with some deep gospel, folk, and soul. Dave will also share a new track from singer/songwriter Steve Forbert’s latest album “Compromised” as well as some contemporary tracks from Marty Stuart, Jorma Kaukonen, and Joe Ely.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)	The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
3	Marie Knight	Satisfied With Jesus	Hallelujah What A Song!
4	Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers	Satisfied	How Sweet it Was
5	Spiritual Five	Satisfied With Him	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
6	Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers	Walk With Me	20 Gospel Greats
7	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Have A Friend Above All Others	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
8	Sam Cooke	Trouble In Mind	The Rhythm And The Blues
9	Steve Forbert	Devil (Here She Comes Now)	Compromised
10	Shorty Long	Devil With a Blue Dress On	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
11	Julia Lee	Trouble In Mind	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
12	Julia Lee	Lotus Blossom	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
13	Wynonie Harris	Good Morning Judge	All She Wants To Do Is Rock
14	Chuck Berry	Have Mercy Judge	The Chess Box Disc 3
15	Carl Martin	Good Morning, Judge	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
16	Sonny Boy Williamson	Your Funeral And My Trial	His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
17	Hugh Laurie	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
18	Dinah Washington	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	The Bessie Smith Songbook
19	Johnny Otis	Court Room Blues	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
20	Jorma Kaukonen	Judge, I'm Not Sorry	The Land Of Heroes
21	The Country Gentlemen	The Sentence	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
22	Ernest Tubb	Dear Judge	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
23	Patsy Cline	A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye	Live at the Opry
24	Washboard Sam	Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]	That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
25	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
26	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]
27	Page & Plant	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records
28	Joe Ely	Rock Me My Baby	Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981)
29	Marty Stuart	A Satisfied Mind	Country Music
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Cool, Cool Kisses	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
31	Charles Brown	Soothe Me	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
32	Stan Kenton & His Orchestra With June Christy	Soothe Me	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 4 – Love Letters – 1944-53
33	James & Bobby Purify	Soothe Me	The Best Of

Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Rock

Blues Guitar Shuffle

December 5, 2015 Dave

Last week’s show paid tribute to the great country guitarists…so why not spend a couple of hours with the blues greats. We’ll cover a good number of the well knowns like Buddy Guy, Elmore James, and the three ‘kings’…B.B., Freddie, and Albert as well as the second tier innovators like Guitar Slim, J. B. Lenoir, Magic Sam, and Mighty Joe Young. It’s a big helping of blues, some soul-laden clips, and big, screaming rhythm…coming your way on KWTF every Friday night on Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
3	Albert Collins	Jam It Up	The Complete Imperial Recordings Disc 2
4	Johnny Winter	Highway 61 Revisited	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5	Freddie King	Hideaway	One Hit Wonders
6	Gary Moore	Still Got The Blues	Still Got The Blues
7	Elmore James	The Sky Is Crying	The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011]
8	Elmore James	Dust My Broom	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Road To Memphis
9	Lonnie Johnson	Another Night To Cry	American Roots Music [Disc 2]
10	Muddy Waters	Honey Bee	The Anthology [Disc 1]
11	Howlin' Wolf	Killing Floor	The Real Folk Blues
12	J.B. Lenoir	Don't Dog Your Woman	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: J.B. Lenoir
13	Buddy Guy	First Time I Met the Blues	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Buddy Guy
14	Guitar Slim and His Band	The Things That I Used To Do	Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954
15	B.B. King	Three O'Clock Blues	King of the Blues [Box] Disc 1
16	B.B. King	The Thrill Is Gone	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
17	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	Too Tired	Space Guitar
18	Mighty Joe Young	Empty Arms	The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011]
19	Bo Diddley	Before You Accuse Me	His Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
20	Magic Sam	Sweet Home Chicago	West Side Soul
21	Albert King	Born Under a Bad Sign	The Very Best of Albert King
22	Sam & Dave	Soul Man	Stax Number Ones
23	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Stormy Monday Blues	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
24	Eric Clapton	Blues Before Sunrise	From the Cradle
25	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Texas Flood	Texas Flood
26	B.B. King	How Blue Can You Get	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
27	T-Bone Walker	News For My Baby	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
28	Jimmy Reed	Boogie In The Dark	Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall/The Best Of Jimmy Reed
29	Elmore James	Shake Your Moneymaker	The Sky Is Crying
30	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Okie Dokie Stomp	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
31	Albert Collins	The Freeze	Blues Masters Sampler
32	Muddy Waters	Rollin' And Tumblin'	The Definitive Collection
33	The David Thom Band	Windy City	That Old Familiar

Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel

Main Street – KOWS December 2, 2015

December 3, 2015 Dave

A bit of a celebration is in order. We will be broadcasting live from the new KOWS studios located in downtown Sebastopol with a playlist that scours the last century of America’s music for relevant sounds and themes that relate: songs of settling into home, saying goodbye, moving on, going west (or east, that is), and ‘getting gone’. We’ll feature The Cats & The Fiddle, local favorites Markus James and Doug Blumer & The Bohemian Highway, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, and a host of others who welcome us into our new home on Gravenstein Highway…or, as it is formally known hereabouts, Main Street.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Muddy Waters	Gone To Main Street	Mad Love
3	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Main Street Breakdown	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
4	David Bromberg	The Main Street Moan	The Player: A Retrospective
5	Los Lobos	On Main Street	Tin Can Trust
6	Loudon Wainwright III	Moving Day	High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
7	Leon Redbone	There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays	Christmas Island
8	Little Jimmy Dickens	No Place Like Home On Christmas	Country Boy [Disc 5]
9	Leon Selph	Now That You Have Gone	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
10	The Leake County Revelers	Been to the East, Been to the West	Lead Kindly Light
11	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway	Moving Day	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
12	JL Stiles	Movin	Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs
13	Howlin' Wolf	Moving	The Back Door Wolf
14	Markus James	Goin' Down South	Head For The Hills
15	Les Paul	I'm Movin' On	Legend and Legacy [Disc 3]
16	Peter, Paul & Mary	Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)	Moving
17	Florence Lowery	Moving Day Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11
18	Bertha Idaho	Move It On Out Of Here	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10
19	Monroe Moe Jackson	Move It On Over	Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956
20	Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys	Move It On Over	26 All-Time Country Classics
21	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
22	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Moving On	Looking Back
23	Mahalia Jackson	I Will Move On Up A Little Higher	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
24	The Staple Singers	Move Along Train	Freedom Highway
25	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)	Raising Sand
26	Jerry Lee Lewis	Move on Down the Line	The London Sessions 1973
27	Charline Arthur	Welcome To The Club	Welcome To The Club
28	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
29	John Hiatt	Gone	Crossing Muddy Waters
30	Irma Thomas	Gone	Soul Queen of New Orleans
31	The Cats & The Fiddle	Gone	The Very Best Of
32	Mr. Scruff	Get a Move On	Electro Swing Vol. 1
33	Paul Simon	Gone at Last	1964-1993 Disc 2
34	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Gotta Move On	West Side Strut

Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition

Country Strings

November 28, 2015 Dave

Our show this week revisits the great country guitar innovators and talents who contributed both session time to classic hits as well as original performances of their own. Whether they were pedal steel, Fender or Gibson electric magicians, or country pickers, we won’t discriminate. Tune in for Leon McAuliffe, Joe Maphis, James Burton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson and others on another Friday night on KWTF 88.1, Bodega Bay, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Lovin' Spoonful	Nashville Cats	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
3	Leon McAuliffe	Take It Away, Leon	Country Boy's Dream
4	Bob Wills	Twin Guitar Boogie	For the Last Time
5	Joe Maphis	Randy Lynn Rag [Album Version]	Fire On The Strings
6	Joe Maphis – duet with Larry Collins	Flying Fingers [Album Version]	Fire On The Strings
7	James Burton And Ralph Mooney	Sneaky Strings	Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin'
8	James Burton & Ralph Mooney	Moonshine	James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
9	Little Jimmy Dickens	Buddy's Boogie (Instrumental)	Country Boy [Disc 5]
10	Buddy Emmons w. Nashville session men	Four Wheel Drive	Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals
11	Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers	Sugarfoot Rag (feat. Red Foley)	Guitar Magic 1949-1957
12	Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers	Hillbilly Express	Guitar Magic 1949-1957
13	Red Foley, Grady Martin	Pinball Boogie	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
14	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
15	Lefty Frizzell	Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin)	Classic Country
16	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
17	Johnny Horton	I'm Coming Home	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
18	Chet Atkins	Tennesse Ray/Beaumont Rag	The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]
19	Chet Atkins	I Know That You Know	Mister Guitar – Workshop
20	Chet Atkins & Les Paul	Lover Come Back To Me	Chester & Lester
21	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Bryant's Bounce	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
22	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Frettin' Fingers	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
23	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Old Joe Clark	Stratosphere Boogie
24	Jerry Reed	Guitar Man	The Essential Jerry Reed
25	Roy Clark	Riders in the Sky	The Roy Clark Anthology
26	Albert Lee	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
27	Marty Stuart	Hollywood Boogie	Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
28	The Hellecasters	Orange Blossom Special	The Return Of The Hellecasters
29	Junior Brown	Where Has All the Money Gone?	Down Home Chrome
30	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
31	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Down Yonder	Black Mountain Rag
32	Peter Rowan, Don Edwards, Tony Rice & Norman Blake	Trail to Mexico	Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1
33	Norman Blake	Eastbound Freight Train	America Roots Songbook – Americana
34	Tony Rice	Stoney Point	The Bluegrass Guitar Collection
35	Tony Rice	He Rode All the Way to Texas	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
36	Merle Travis	Nine Pound Hammer	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
37	Merle Travis	Done Rovin'	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, New Orleans, Rhythm and Blues, Urban Blues

Deeper Dr. John

November 27, 2015 Dave

Mac Rebennack’s been around and the music, the culture, the people…they’ve embellished his art with a character like no other in roots music. He’s known them all: James Booker, Professor Longhair, Huey Smith, and Doc Pomus. He’s performed with them, composed for them, and broken bread with them. And when he takes the stage, whether that is in the traditional Indian celebratory garb or the frocked coat and hat, you can be certain that his performance will get your attention. He is coarse yet gentle, as punctual on the keys as he is laid back and lazy with them. This week’s show will sample a small set of his contributions to the American songbook including performances by Roland Stone, B.B. King, Charlie Rich, Solomon Burke, and Irma Thomas. And we’ll also hear plenty from the good Doctor himself.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dr. John	Right Place Wrong Time	Definitive Pop Collection
3	Dr John/Mac Rebennack	Sahara (LP Version)	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1]
4	Roland Stone [Dr. John]	Down The Road (LP Version)	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1]
5	Mac Rebennack	Good Times	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
6	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Long Lost And Worried	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
7	Art Neville	What's Going On	His Specialty Recordings
8	Johnny Jenkins	Walk On Gilded Splinters	Duane Allman Anthology 2 [Disc 2]
9	Dr. John	Black Widow Spider	Definitive Pop Collection
10	Dr. John	(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
11	Dr. John The Night Tripper	Wash Mama Wash	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
12	Dr. John	Big Chief	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
13	Irma Thomas	I Never Fool Nobody But Me	If You Want It, Come and Get It
14	Delaney & Bonnie	When the Battle Is Over	The Best of Delaney & Bonnie
15	Solomon Burke	Make Do With What You Got	Make Do With What You Got
16	Dr. John	Hen Layin' Rooster	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
17	Dr. John	Let the Good Times Roll	The Ultimate Dr. John
18	Dr. John	My Indian Red	Goin' Back To New Orleans
19	Dr. John	Sweet Home New Orleans	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
20	Dr. John	Memories Of Prof. Longhair	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
21	Marianne Faithfull	Hello Stranger	A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology [Disc 2]
22	Crescent City Gold	Kick It Raw	The Ultimate Session
23	Bluesiana Triangle	Need To Be Loved	Bluesiana Triangle
24	Charlie Rich	Pictures and Paintings	Pictures and Paintings
25	Dr. John	Eh Las Bas	N'awlinz: Dis, Dat Or D'Udda
26	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
27	B.B. King & Dr. John	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere	Deuces Wild
28	Dr. John	Let's Make a Better World	The Ultimate Dr. John
29	Dr. John	When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)	Ske-Dat-De-Dat&The Spirit Of Satch

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Gospel, Urban Blues

Take Me Back – KOWS Nov 18, 2015

November 19, 2015 Dave

Our final show at the old KOWS studio will feature the lineup you might expect…with a couple of themes running through it. The ‘take me back’ theme works well as we bring in Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Rushing, and Peter Rowan to make the plea and we’ve got the gospel themed pleas of working on a building from The Highway QCs. In addition, we’ve got some doo-wop, some ladies whose theme was ‘blues is her business’, and a run of country swing and bluegrass…all packed into two hours of elementary roots. Tune in after dinner for dessert.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Take Me Back And Try Me One More Time	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
3	Shannon Grayson	I Like The Old Time Way	Favorite Sacred Songs
4	Wade Mainer	Streamlined Religion	1961 King Session
5	Grandpa Jones	You And My Old Guitar	Makes The Rafters Ring
6	Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers	Train On The Island	Orthophonic Joy
7	The Whitstein Brothers	Where Will You Build	Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins
8	John Fogerty	Workin' on a Building	The Blue Ridge Rangers
9	The Highway QC'S	Working On a Building	Great Gospel – Maybe the Last Time
10	The Clara Ward Singers	Come By Here	Meetin' Tonight!
11	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Two Little Fishes (And Five Loaves of Bread)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
12	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Bedside Of A Neighbor	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
13	Marie Knight	Satisfied With Jesus	Hallelujah What A Song!
14	Sheiks	Walk That Walk	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
15	Garnet Mimms	Cry Baby	The Best of Garnet Mimms: Cry
16	The Five Royales	I Like It Like That	R&B Greats – Think
17	The Five Royales	Someone Made Me For You	Dedicated To You
18	Steve Cropper	Someone Made You For Me (Steve Cropper with Dan Penn)	Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales
19	Sam Cooke	You Were Made For Me	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
20	Bessie Smith	I'm Wild About That Thing	The Saucy Songs (1928-1938)
21	Victoria Spivey With Clarence Williams' Blue Five	My Handy Man (f. Victoria Spivey)	Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35
22	Ida Cox & Her Allstar Band	Four Day Creep	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
23	Dinah Washington	Blow Top Blues	Blues Was Her Business
24	Bonnie Raitt	Women Be Wise	Bonnie Raitt
25	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
26	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
27	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Somebody's Been Using That Thing	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
28	Ted Daffan's Texans	Born To Lose	26 All-Time Country Classics
29	Adolph Hofner	Let's Count The Stars	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
30	Jimmy Rushing	Take Me Back, Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
31	Buck Owens	Take Me Back Again	Act Naturally
32	Peter Rowan And Don Edwards	Take Me Back To The Range	High Lonesome Cowboy
33	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Missing Ol' Johnny Cash	Django and Jimmie
34	Johnny Cash	Tear Stained Letter	American IV: Man Comes Around
35	Earl Scruggs	Gospel Ship	The Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & Two

Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Songs of A.P. Carter

November 14, 2015 Dave

He grew up with music, learning to plan violin at a young age in Poor Valley, Virginia (now known as Maces Springs), sang in a church choir and helped his uncle, Flanders Bays, who ran a mobile music school in Scott County. He would go on to form one of the seminal country music groups of the day with his wife Sara and her cousin Maybelle. Their musicianship was remarkable but the song-writing was what set them apart, the compositions by A. P. Carter representing a treasury of classic folk, sentimental pop, cowboy songs, gospel favorites, and original love songs. While there may be little doubt as to whether all songs that carried his name were original, his treatment (and that of the Carter Family group) were without peer. Tune in this Friday night for music featuring performers covering A.P. Carter songs, including The Delmore Brothers, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Charlie Louvin, Ashley Monroe, and a host of others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ralph Stanley	Worried Man Blues [Album Version]	A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
3	Rosanne Cash	The Winding Stream	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
4	John Prine	Lulu Walls	German Afternoons
5	The Carter Family	Lulu Walls	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
6	The Carter Family	My Texas Girl	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
7	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Foggy Mountain Top	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
8	Osborne Brothers	You Are My Flower	Hillbilly Fever
9	Flatt & Scruggs	You Are My Flower [Album Version]	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered: The Essential Flatt & Scruggs
10	Charlie Haden	Oh Take Me Back	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
11	Ricky Skaggs & The Whites	Will My Mother Know Me There	Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1
12	Ashley Monroe	The Storms Are On The Ocean	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
13	The Delmore Brothers	The Storms are on the Ocean	Classic Cuts CD D – Atlanta 1940, New York 1940-41
14	Gene Autry	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
15	Red Allen	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter Family
16	Mac Wiseman	Jimmy Brown The Newsboy	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
17	Roy Clark	Jimmy Brown, the Newsboy	The Roy Clark Anthology
18	Charlie Louvin	My Texas Girl	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
19	Ralph Stanley	Distant Land To Roam [Album Version]	A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
20	The Carter Family	A Distant Land To Roam	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]
21	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Engine 143	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
22	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wabash Cannonball	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
23	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
24	Sister Bessie Griffin w/Brownie McGee	Heaven's Radio	Powerhouse Gospel
25	The Swan Silvertones, The Staple Singers, The Pilgrim Travelers	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	The Swan Silvertones 1946-1951
26	George Jones/Staples, Pop And Mavis	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
28	The Carter Family	Beautiful Brown Eyes & Sweet Fern	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
29	Jorma Kaukonen	Sweet Fern	Ain't In No Hurry
30	Loretta Lynn	Wildwood Flower	Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash
31	Norman & Nancy Blake	The Sunny Side of Life	Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1
32	Norman Blake	Fifty Miles of Elbow Room	Old Ties
33	Emmylou Harris	Hello Stranger (Remastered LP Version)	Luxury Liner [Remaster]

American Popular, Deeper Roots on KWTF

Broadway and Film

November 7, 2015 Dave

Not to ignore the obvious influences that Hollywood had on our culture and music, we dig into the archives to sample some of the greats as well as some of the unknowns. Popular entertainment began with minstrelsy, traveling medicine shows, vaudeville, and finally ‘the Great White Way’ of New York’s Broadway. Entertainers such as Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, as well as Harlem’s profound contribution in the names of Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway would capture a light-heartedness and nostalgic sound while telling small stories in a very big way. Tune in Friday night on KWTF and hear the musicals, the novelty pieces, and find yourselves riding down the river of some of the more energetic swells of the past century.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Benny Goodman	Hooray For Hollywood	Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
3	Al Jolson	My Mammy – from The Jazz Singer	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
4	Fanny Brice	My Man – from My Man	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
5	Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse	That's Entertainment (The Band Wagon)	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s
6	Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.	42nd Street – from 42nd Street	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
7	Ginger Rogers & Chorus / Busby Berkeley	We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song) (Album Version from 'Gold Diggers of 1933')	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
8	Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T.	San Francisco (Soundtrack Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
9	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (from Hi-De-Ho short)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
10	Dooley Wilson	As Time Goes By – from Casablanca	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
11	The Mills Brothers	Congo Fever (Jungle Fever)	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
12	Johnnie 'Scat' Davis, Frances Langford & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Let That Be A Lesson To You	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
13	Ethel Waters	Heat Wave	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
14	Bing Crosby	So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together	Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
15	Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong	Now You Has Jazz	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
16	Louis Armstrong & His Allstars/Jack Teagaredn	Ain't Misbehavin'	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
17	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
18	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain (Singin' in the Rain)	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s
19	Kern/Hammerstein	Buck & Wing	Show Boat Soundtrack
20	Christine Johnson, Jean Darling, Chorus	June Is Bustin' Out All Over	The Original Broadway Cast Album
21	Ray Bolger	Once in Love With Amy	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
22	Carol Channing	Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
23	Richard Burton	Camelot	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
24	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
25	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	Viva Las Vegas	Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
26	Carol Channing	Hello Dolly!	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
27	Robert Preston	Seventy Six Trombones	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
28	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Bonnie And Clyde	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
29	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell	Dueling Banjos	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
30	Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson	In the Jailhouse Now	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
31	Bette Midler	Optimistic Voices/Lullaby Of Broadway	Bette Midler
32	John Raitt	Hey There The Pajama Game]	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s

A Century of America's Music