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Back to Bakersfield

August 22, 2015 Dave

Deeper Roots heads down the long hot stretch of 99 to California’s Central Valley to visit the country sound that blew in from every direction…starting with the Dust Bowl. Bakersfield was a first step, a way station, for migrant workers coming into California to escape hard times in the Midwest; their treatment by the small minds of fearful communities being little different than those migrants we think of today. “In the years following World War II, Bakersfield had plentiful honky-tonks including the soon-to-be-famous Blackboard Cafe. People drank, danced, and even fought to Western swing music.” The sound of Nashville began to become watered down, losing its appeal to some who thought it had lost a reverence for the heart and soul of working class Country. We’ll hear from Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, and Billy Mize and tip our cap to a great book on the subject of the Bakersfield sound and the history of Country Music: Workin’ Man Blues written by local author and Central Valley native, Gerald Haslam.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Haggard	Workin' Man Blues	Capitol Collector's Series
3	Hank Thompson	Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart	Most Of All
4	Slim Whitman	Song Of The Old Water Wheel	Vintage Collections
5	Billy Barton	Blues in the Blue of Night	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
6	Fuzzy Owen	Arkie's Got Her Shoes On	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
7	Tommy Collins	Untied	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
8	Tommy Collins	You Better Not Do That	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
9	Tommy Collins	Ernest Tubb 78s	One More Record Please
10	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
11	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Bill Woods	Go Crazy Man	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Buck Owens	Take Me Back Again	Buck Owens
15	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
16	Buck Owens	Down, Down, Down	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
17	Wynn Stewart	Big Big Love	California Country
18	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
19	Wynn Stewart	You're That Someone Else	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
20	Merle Haggard	The Roots Of My Raising	Capitol Collector's Series
21	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Today I Started Loving You Again (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
22	Merle Haggard; Ray Price; Vince Gill; Willie Nelson	Heartaches by the Number	Last of the Breed Disc 1
23	Jean Shepard	A Dear John Letter	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
24	James Burton And Ralph Mooney	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive	Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin'
25	Ferlin Husky	Heart of Stone	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
26	Ferlin Husky	Freckles and Polliwog Days	Ferlin Husky Singles
27	Connie Smith	Ain't Had No Lovin'	The Essential Connie Smith
28	Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
29	Dwight Yoakam	The Sad Side of Town	Tomorrow's Sounds Today
30	Dwight Yoakam	Guitars, Cadillacs	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1
31	The Blasters	Blue Shadows	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
32	The Blasters	Hey, Girl	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
33	The Blasters	American Music	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
34	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
35	Dave Alvin	Out in California	Interstate City
36	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
37	Wynn Stewart	Wishful Thinking	Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 2]
38	Buck Owens	The Band Keep's Playin' On	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)

Songs of the Century – Misses

August 15, 2015 Dave

Songs of the Century - The Misses — Songs of the Century – The Misses

Join us on our second of two episodes exploring the Top 30 songs of the 20th century as it is so suggested by the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA)…this time, however, Dave Stroud suggests 30 that he believes were worthy of the list but which either a) did not make the list or was b) buried further down the larger list of 365. The fun continues. Last week we discovered that “Over the Rainbow” was #1 and that “Rhapsody in Blue” was nowhere to be found on the larger list. This week we get payback and find songs like “Blue Moon of Kentucky”, “Rocket 88″, and “West End Blues” our own list. Our list too is not without controversy.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beatles	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Rubber Soul [Capitol Album]
3	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Begin The Beguine	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
4	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5	Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone	Biograph Disc 1
6	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
7	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
8	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Artist of the Century Disc 1
9	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Blue Moon of Kentucky	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
10	Sidney Bechet	Summertime	Summertime
11	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
12	Dave Brubeck	Take Five	Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
13	Patsy Cline	Crazy	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
14	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
15	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	Minnie The Moocher (Brunswick Version)	Jukebox Hits 1930-1950
16	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	24 Greatest
17	Glen Campbell	Gentle On My Mind	Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits
18	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
19	Vernon Dalhart	The Prisoner's Song	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
20	Led Zeppelin	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin IV
21	Johnny Cash	I Walk The Line	Original Greatest Hits
22	The Beatles	With a Little Help from My Friends	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
23	Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
24	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	San Antonio Rose	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
25	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag	RCA Victor Jazz/The First Half-Century: The 20's
26	Billie Holiday	God Bless the Child	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
27	Louis Armstrong	Heebie Jeebies	The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 1]
28	Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five	West End Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
29	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
30	Paul Whiteman	Rhapsody in Blue	Greatest Hits
31	W.C. Handy	St. Louis Blues	Jazzin' the Blues

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San Antone – KOWS August 10, 2015

August 11, 2015 Dave

We’re filling in once more for Mark Hogan and his Bluegrass and Old Time Hour. This week, we’ve put together another two hours of music that spans close to a full century…including Cliff Edwards from 1933, Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Lunceford, and Dave Van Ronk (just to name a few). There will be some themes and schemes built into our sets this evening including the story of Caldonia, the Texas town of San Antone, and heading down a dusty road of a century of America’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Charlie Gracie	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Angel on My Shoulder
3	Doug Sahm	Chicken and the Bop	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
4	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
5	Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band	Mama Was the Rose of San Antone	Swingin' by Request
6	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
7	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	San Antone	Running Wild
8	Les Paul	I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way (feat. Bing Crosby) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
9	Bobby Bare	Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning	Darker Than Light
10	Woody Guthrie	Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad)	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
11	Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin	I'm Going Down the Road	First Time Together
12	Doug Jayne	Running Lightly Down The Road	It Looks Like She's Going on a Trip
13	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
14	The Mills Brothers	Old-Fashioned Love	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3
15	Cliff Edwards	It's Only A Paper Moon	Columbia Records 25th
16	Frank Auburn Orchestra w/Benny Goodman	I Found a Million Dollar Baby	Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s
17	Jimmie Lunceford	Cement Mixer	Strictly Lunceford Blues In The Night
18	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
19	Ella Mae Morse	Forty Cups Of Coffee	The Morse Code [Disc 2]
20	Smiley Lewis	Cadonia's Party	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
21	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
22	B.B. King	Caldonia	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
23	Dave Van Ronk	Your Feet's Too Big	Sweet & Lowdown
24	Nat King Cole Trio	Honeysuckle Rose	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1]
25	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
26	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
27	The Blasters	Trouble Bound	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
28	The Staple Singers	This Train	Freedom Highway
29	The Fairfield Four	Hallelujah	Revival
30	Sam Cooke	Trouble Blues	The Rhythm And The Blues
31	Maria Muldaur	I Belong To That Band	Richland Woman Blues
32	Mother McCollum	Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!	Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
33	Emmylou Harris	When Halley Came To Jackson	Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1]
34	Arthur Alexander	Every Day I Have to Cry Some	Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter

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Songs of the Century

August 8, 2015 Dave

The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) produced a list a few years back that they called the “Songs of The Century”. It was concocted based on a questionable set of sampling and was to represent and “promote a better understanding of America’s musical and cultural heritage.” The voting pool was a strange mixture elected officials, school students and teachers, as well as industry professionals. The respondent pool was about 200. The list is woefully inadequate but certainly worth discussing. Deeper Roots will spend this week exploring the top 30 (of 365) and follow up with its own list in a second episode next week. Listen in as we stretch the imagination.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Lennon	Imagine	Imagine
3	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train To Georgia	Singers And Songwriters: 1973-
4	The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand [Stereo]	The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1 Disc 1
5	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
6	Lena Horne	Stormy Weather (From "Stormy Weather")	The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years
7	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Malt Shop Memories Save the Last Dance for Me
8	The Beach Boys	Good Vibrations	Endless Summer
9	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
10	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 1
11	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
12	John Philip Sousa	Stars And Stripes Forever	The March King: John Philip Sousa Conducts His Own Marches and Other Favorites (An Historical Recording)
13	Kate Smith With Orchestra	God Bless America	Nippers 30's-Vol.1
14	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
15	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Take The "A" Train	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
16	The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Singles Collection: The London Years Disc 1
17	Bobby Darin	Mack The Knife	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
18	Jimmie Davis	You Are My Sunshine	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
19	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	When The Saints Go Marching In	Pete Fountain Presents The Best Of Dixieland: Louis Armstrong
20	Bill Haley & His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (Single Version)	Rock Around The Clock
21	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	In the Mood	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
22	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
23	The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
24	Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet	Take Me Out To The Ball Game	www.allaoijr.com
25	Leonard Bernstein	West Side Story Overture	West Side Story
26	The Andrews Sisters	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection – The Best Of The Andrews Sisters
27	Don McLean	American Pie	American Pie [Bonus Tracks]
28	Aretha Franklin	Respect	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
30	Bing Crosby	White Christmas	Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits
31	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
32	George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's

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Wake Up! – KOWS August 8, 2015

August 8, 2015 Dave

It’s a joy to queue up a century of America’s music every other Saturday morning in West County…live from the heart and voice of West Sonoma County’s KOWS studios in downtown Occidental. A common theme will run through this morning’s show and it’s all about waking up: gospel’s Mahalia Jackson and When I Wake Up in Glory, Roy Milton and the Wake Up Blues, James Brown’s Get Up Offa That Thing … and more!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Junior Brown	Gotta Get Up Every Morning	Semi-Crazy
3	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
4	Dwight Yoakam	Little Sister	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (1 of 4)
5	The Mavericks	All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down	Music for All Occasions
6	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
7	The Band	Get Up Jake	A Musical History [Disc 3]
8	James Brown	Get Up Offa That Thing	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
9	Lavern Baker	Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head)	London American Label Year By Year 1956
10	Jimmy Murphy	Wake Me up Sweet Jesus	Electricity
11	Mahalia Jackson	When I Wake Up In Glory	The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
12	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
13	Reverend CL Franklin	Wings Of Faith	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
15	Charlie & His Orchestra	You're Driving Me Crazy	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
16	Bob Brozman	You're Driving Me Crazy	Devil's Slide
17	Big Joe Turner	Lipstick, Powder and Paint	Big Joe Rocks
18	Smiley Lewis	Hook Line & Sinker	Smiley Lewis Vol 1
19	Merrill Moore	Yes Indeed (EP Version)	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
20	The Carlisles	Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
21	Roy Milton	Waking Up Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
22	Ike & Tina Turner	Wake Up	Don't Play Me Cheap
23	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	5 Classic Albums
24	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	The Soul of Rock and Roll
25	Hank Garland	Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
26	The Knockouts	Darling Lorrane	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
27	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Poverty	The Definitive Collection
28	Townes Van Zandt	Snowin' On Raton (with James McMurtry)	Texas Rain
29	Jonathan Edwards	Mole	Tomorrow's Child
30	Elvis Presley	Somebody Bigger Than You and I	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
31	Kim McLean	Somebody Bigger Than You and I	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
32	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
33	Roy Zimmerman	The Faucet's On Fire	The Faucet's On Fire

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Beautiful Dreamer – KOWS August 3, 2015

August 4, 2015 Dave

Deeper Stephen Foster — Beautiful Dreamer

Mark Hogan’s Bluegrass and Old-Time Hour is on hiatus for two weeks while Mark is back in Galax, Virginia checking out the summer activities including a Fiddler’s Convention. And we’re going to honor his muse this week, the first of two Monday episodes where Deeper Roots fills his spot in the schedule on KOWS. We’ve got plenty of bluegrass in the first hour featuring new music from Trout Steak Revival and classics from Bill Monroe and Mac Martin. Our second hour rolls out a run of Stephen Foster covers done by Jack Clement, Jonathan Edwards, The Sons of the Pioneers, and others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers	Home In Tennessee	With The Travelin Blues
3	Ashley Monroe	The Storms Are On The Ocean	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
4	Emmylou Harris	Bury Me Beneath The Willow	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
5	The Church Sisters	Where We'll Never Grow Old	Orthophonic Joy
6	John Reischman & The Jaybirds	Booth Shot Lincoln	John Reischman And The Jaybirds
7	Mike Auldridge	Drivin' Nails In My Coffin	Cool Blue & Lonesome: Bluegrass for Broken
8	Trout Steak Revival	Brighter Every Day	Brighter Every Day
9	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblerss	Get Up John	Live at the Ryman
10	Bill Monroe	Big River	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
11	Ricky Skaggs	Uncle Pen	Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs
12	The Stanley Brothers	Angel Band	Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings
13	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
14	Blue Grass Boogiemen	Goin' Up Caney	Who's Afraid of the Boogiemen?
15	Joe Maphis	Twin Banjo Special	Absolutely Bluegrass
16	Grandpa Jones	Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia	Pickin' & A-Grinnin'
17	Reno & Smiley	The Talk Of The Town	Absolutely Bluegrass
18	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight	Mac Doc Del
19	2nd South Carolina String Band	Angelina Baker/Angeline the Baker	In High Cotton
20	Phil and Vivian Williams	Nelly Bly	Pioneer Dance Tunes of the Far West
21	Grandpa Jones	Nelly Bly	An American Original
22	Timothy Seaman & Friends	I Hear Those Gentle Voices Calling (Old Black Joe) (feat. Bill Gurley & Ann Robinson)	Tenting On the Old Camp Ground
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	Old Black Joe	Old Tyme Country Music
24	Anna McGarrigle	Gentle Annie	Transatlantic Sessions – Series 1: Volume Three
25	Sons of the Pioneers	Gentle Annie	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
26	Jonathan Edwards	Hard Times	Tomorrow's Child
27	Nanci Griffith	Hard Times (Come Again No More)	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
28	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster
29	Cowboy Jack Clement	Beautiful Dreamer	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
30	BR5-49	Don't Bet Money on the Shanghai	Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster
31	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Oh! Susanna	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
32	Noam Pikelny	Old Folks at Home / The Girl I Left Behind Me	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War

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Songs of Protest

August 1, 2015 Dave

This week’s show on KWTF runs down a century’s worth of protest music. We’ve got some of the familiars, but we’ve also got some of the not-so-familiars. Out playlists will focus on a couple of the major issues of half century ago that we find ourselves embroiled in today. We’ll hear civil rights anthems and performances from some of the more emphatic musical voices of the sixties that were railing against a war. You’ll also hear topics of union organizing and social justice including the sounds of Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Pete Seeger, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Marvin Gaye, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Pete Seeger	Waist Deep In The Big Muddy	The Essential Pete Seeger
3	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	There's A Meeting Here Tonight	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
4	Sncc Freedom Singers	We Shall Overcome	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
5	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
6	Josh White	Strange Fruit	Josh White – The Remaining Titles (1941-1947)
7	Mavis Staples	We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
8	Hollis Watkins	Oh Freedom	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
9	Aaron Neville	Oh Freedom	I Know I've Been Changed
10	SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell	Which Side Are You On?	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
11	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	Farewells & Fantasies [Disc 1]
12	The Almanac Singers	Which Side Are You On	Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
13	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
14	Jean Ritchie	Black Waters	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
15	Bob Dylan	Blowin' In The Wind	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
16	Bruce Springsteen	Eyes on the Prize	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
17	Barry McGuire	Eve Of Destruction	Eve Of Destruction
18	Tom Paxton	Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
19	Buffalo Springfield	For What It's Worth	Retrospective – The Best of Buffalo Springfield
20	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	36 All – Time Greatest Hits 3 CD Set (Disk 3)
21	Marvin Gaye	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
22	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
23	Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free	Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
24	Ethel Waters	What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
25	Peter, Paul & Mary	Where Have All The Flowers Gon	Peter, Paul & Mary
26	Odetta	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
27	Paul Robeson	No More Auction Block	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
28	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
29	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
30	Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers	Union Maid	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 4]
31	Bob Dylan	Masters of War	Biograph Disc 1
32	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Ohio	So Far
33	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1

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Connections II

July 25, 2015 Dave

We take another trip down the roots rabbit hole with the usual selections of blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, and tradition in a show that follows a thread that begins with The Del McCoury Band’s bluegrass cover of Mama’s Hungry Eyes and winds its way to conclusion down the endless black ribbon. In between we’ve got kind words and last words, chain gangs and jailers, and songs about bird dogs and mockingbirds. The show is a special ‘stream of musical roots consciousness’ called “Connections”.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Del McCoury	Mama's Hungry Eyes (feat. Emmylou Harris)	Moneyland
3	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
4	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Mama Didn't Raise No Fool	Down In The Basement
5	Rodney Crowell	Famous Last Words of a Fool in Love	Tarpaper Sky
6	David Johansen	The Last Kind Words	Shaker
7	Rhiannon Giddens	Last Kind Words	Tomorrow Is My Turn
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Gennett Sound Effects	Mocking Bird	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Listen To The Mockingbird	Stars And Stripes Forever
12	Doc Watson	Bird Dog	Docabilly
13	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
14	Steve Earle & The V-Roys	In The Jailhouse Now	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
15	Johnny Cash	I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now	American V: A Hundred Highways
16	Wynona Sweet	Please Mr. Jailer	Cry-Baby
17	Johnny Tillotson	Jailer Bring Me Water	The Tillotson Touch
18	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
19	Elvis Presley	Bosom of Abraham	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 2
20	The Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul	Rock My Soul & Other Gospel Favorites
21	Louis Armstrong	Rock My Soul	Louis And The Good Book
22	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Highway 61 Revisited
23	Band Of Ruhks	Lost Highway	Band Of Ruhks
24	Hank Williams	Lost Highway	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
25	Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)	Down The Road Pt II	The Low Highway [+digital booklet]
26	Tiny Harris	Endless Black Ribbon	Lonesome Highway Songs
27	Nat King Cole	A Little Yellow Ribbon	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
28	Sonny James & Taylor*Karla	Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree	Classic Country Duets
29	Connie Smith	Ribbon Of Darkness	The Essential Connie Smith
30	Willie Nelson	Scarlett Ribbons	Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
31	Grateful Dead	Scarlet Begonias	Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel
32	Gillian Welch	Scarlet Town	The Harrow & The Harvest
33	David Olney	One Tough Town	One Tough Town
34	Fats Waller	Lulu's Back In Town	Honeysuckle Rose
35	Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)	Don't Bring Lulu [1925]	The Charleston Era

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition

Ragged But Right – KOWS July 25, 2015

July 25, 2015 Dave

Hot summer days…cool West County nights. Deeper Roots finds the right balance on Saturday mornings in Occidental this week with music about ramblers and gamblers featuring Ralph Stanley, Tom Russell, and Sturgill Simpson. We’ll also find ourselves in the crosshairs of country, blues, and southern gospel with songs of light and life featuring Hank Williams, Gary Davis, and Marty Stuart. Riley Puckett, The Sons of the Pioneers, and the Selah Jubilee Singers also join in on another Saturday morning filled with roots music on KOWS 107.3-LP FM. Tune in on TuneIn!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Imperial Singles Collection
3	Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)	Don't Bring Lulu [1925]	The Charleston Era
4	Roy Acuff	Bang Away My Lulu	DON'T BRING LULU was a 20's hit song
5	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	You'll Rue The Day	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
6	Tommy Duncan	Please Come Back Home	Texas Moon
7	Lucinda Williams	Memphis Pearl	Sweet Old World
8	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
9	Selah Jubilee Singers	I Saw the Light	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
10	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Harlem Street Singer
11	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	This Little Light of Mine	Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1
12	Sam Cooke	Having a Party	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
13	Clyde McPhatter	A Lovers Question	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 2
14	Kay Starr	Night Train	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
15	Ike Turner	Do Right Baby	Classic Early Sides
16	Slim Harpo	I Love the Life I'm Living	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1
17	John Sebastian	Ain't Nowhere to Hobo Anymore	I Want My Roots
18	The Blue Sky Boys	Wild And Reckless Hobo	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
19	Grandpa Jones	Hobo Bill	Makes The Rafters Ring
20	Bob Dylan	Only A Hobo	It Could Even Be A Myth
21	Elana James	Hobo's Lullaby	Black Beauty
22	Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys	Poor Rambler	Classic Bluegrass
23	Sturgill Simpson	Poor Rambler	High Top Mountain
24	Tom Russell	Rambler, Gambler	Song Of The West – The Cowboy Collection
25	Jimmie Skinner	Don't Give My Heart to a Rambler	One Dead Man Ago
26	Grayson & Whitter	I've Always Been a Rambler	Music from the Lost Provinces
27	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Ragged But Right	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
28	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Ridge Mountain Home	Songs of the Prairie – CD1
29	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Blue Ridge Mountain	Small Town Heroes
30	The Carter Family	My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 4)
31	The Country Gentlemen	Blue Ridge Mountains Turning Green	Sugar Hill Collection
32	Nick Lowe	I'll Be There	The Impossible Bird
33	Willie Nelson & Ray Price	I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)	San Antonio Rose [Expanded Edition]
34	Willie Nelson	Sweet Jennie Lee	Willie and the Wheel

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF

Ladies of Gospel

July 18, 2015 Dave

The influence of gospel music on the forms of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, and soul are fairly well documented. The elements of early black gospel music arose from a tradition of work songs, anthems, spirituals, hollers, and the stylized performance of hymns. The evolution of the form, particularly in the Church of God In Christ (COGIC), reveals a freedom of expression that made its listeners ‘move with the spirit’. We’ll hear from the ladies from the COGIC as well as the traditionalists that could bring in the masses to the church with their uplifting, sometimes roaring voices including Sister Ernestine Washington, Edna Gallmon Cooke, Sister Goldia Haynes, Mahalia Jackson, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Clara Ward Singers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
3	Sister Ernestine Washington	Jesus Is All The World To Me	Sister Ernestine Washington (1943-1948)
4	Sister Ernestine Washington	I Know The Lord Will Make A Way	Sister Ernestine Washington Vol. 2 (1954-c.1958)
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Teach Me To Be Right	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
6	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Gospel Train
7	Marie Knight	Marie Knight – Tharpe and Singing	Interview
8	Marie Knight	Gospel Train	Hallelujah What A Song!
9	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
10	Mahalia Jackson	I Have A Friend	Legend: The Best Of Mahalia Jackson [Disc 2]
11	Mahalia Jackson & Della Reese	Della Reese Interview
12	Della Reece And The Meditations	Hard To Get Along	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
13	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
14	Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir	Angels, Angels, Angels	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
15	Edna Gallmon Cooke And The Radio Four	Somebody Touched Me	How Sweet it Was
16	Sister Goldia Haynes	This Old World	The Great Gospel Women
17	Lucy Smith	O What A Time	The Great Gospel Women
18	Shirley Caesar	I'd Rather Serve Jesus	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
19	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
20	Jessie Mae Renfro	I Must Tell Jesus	The Great Gospel Women
21	Sister Lucille Barbee	Where Could I Go	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
22	Sister Emily Bram	Each Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
23	Bessie Griffin And The Caravans	Let Us Run	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
24	Candi Staton & The Jewel Gospel Trio	Jesus Is Listening	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
25	Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith	When I Lay This Body Down	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
26	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
27	Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers	Rock My Soul	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
28	Clara Ward (With Unidentified Group)	Peace In The Valley	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
29	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
30	Dorothy Love Coates	No Hiding Place	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
31	Albertina Walker	Albertina Walker Interview	Interview
32	Albertina Walker	Put a Little Love In Your Heart	Platinum Gospel-Albertina Walker
33	Albertina Walker & The Caravans	How Do You Feel	Precious Lord Gospel Gold
34	Marion Williams	He's A High Class Physician	How Sweet it Was
35	Thomas A. Dorsey with Marion Williams	If We Never Needed The Lord Before [Album Version]	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
36	Bunk Johnson/Ernestine Washington	Where Could I Go	Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel

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