Category Archives: American Popular

Cuppa Joe

April 13, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Warren Barker	Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip')	Jazz Noir
3	The Manhattan Transfer	Java Jive	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
4	King Cole Trio	You're The Cream In My Coffee	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
5	Ella Mae Morse	Coffee Date	Singles 3
6	Patricia Kaas	Black Coffee	Jazz a Saint Germain
7	Jack Barlow	Hot Cup Of Coffee	I Live The Country Songs I Sing
8	Merle Travis	I Can't Afford The Coffee	The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)
9	Tex Ritter	01 – Coffee Pot	(2000) High Noon (CD 4)
10	Claude Gray	I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee	Country & Western Nuggets
11	Lefty Frizzell	Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee	1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
12	Curtis Gordon	Caffeine And Nicotine	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
13	Jon Rauhouse	Corn & Coffee	Steel Guitar Rodeo
14	Frank Sinatra	The Coffee Song	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
15	Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra	Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee	American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin
16	Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas	Moliendo Cafe	Cuba. Por La Musica
17	Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer	Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
18	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Forty Cups of Coffee	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
19	The Modernaires	Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five	The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
20	The Ink Spots	Java Jive	The Great Entertainers
21	Atilla	Coffee, Coffee	Mo 33004
22	Greg Brown	Good Morning Coffee	If I Had Known
23	Kim Lenz	Percolate	Slowly Speeding
24	Julie London	Black Coffee	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
25	Ruth Etting	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
26	Brook Benton	Another Cup Of Coffee	Best Of Brook Benton
27	The Boswell Sisters	Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version]	That's How Rhythm Was Born
28	Emmett Miller	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Minstrel Man From Georgia
29	The Larks	Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
30	Bellevue Cadillac	Cuppa Joe	Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3
31	Lefty Frizzell	Cigarettes and Coffee Blues	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5)
32	Otis Redding	Cigarettes And Coffee	Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25
33	Neil Young + Promise of the Real	A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop	The Monsanto Years

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Rhythm Roller Coaster

April 6, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

Swing and jazz music of the late 1930s had just enough time to raise a small ruckus before the second World War broke out. After a celebratory wave swept the nation, there was a need for more of the same but with an upbeat but harder drive to it. It didn’t take long for pre-rock R&B to become popular across demographics as it would gain significant traction among urban youth, particularly in the central hubs of New York, Chicago, Detroit, LA, and New Orleans. This week’s show features a roller coaster of great sounds including tracks from Varetta Dillard, The Lollypoppers, The Flairs, and Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs. You don’t want to miss this wild ride.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Joe Turner	Love Roller Coaster	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
3	Big Maybelle	Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
4	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Working	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
5	Mabel Scott	Elevator Boogie	Swing Baby Swing!: House Rocking Swing and Jump Jive Boogie
6	Etta James	Spoonful	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
7	Shirley Gunter & The Queens	Oop Shoop	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
8	LaVern Baker	You'd Better Find	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5]
9	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
10	Ruth Brown	This Little Girls Gone Rockin'	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
11	The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter	Such A Night	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
12	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
13	Tabby Thomas	I'd Love To Tell	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
14	Louis Jordan	Roc Doc	From the Ghetto
15	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
16	The Flairs	She Wants To Rock	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
17	Titus Turner	Hungry Man	Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug
18	Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs	Dirty By The Dozen (Sweet Little Woman)	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
19	The Lollypoppers	A Bottle of Pop	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
20	Julia Lee	Tell Me Daddy	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
21	Varetta Dillard	Them Their Eyes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
22	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr. Percy	The Lovin' Bird
23	Varetta Dillard	Promise Mr Thomas	From the Ghetto
24	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	Sweet Man	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
25	Chuck Willis & His Orchestra	Lawdy Miss Mary	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
26	Champion Jack Dupree	Shim Sham Shimmy	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 15]
27	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 10]
28	Gladys Hill	Please Don't Touch My Bowl	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
29	Young Jessie	Shuffle In The Gravel	From the Ghetto
30	Roy Milton	Rhythm Cocktail	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
31	The Ravens	Midnight Blues	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
32	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
33	The Ebonaires	Lawd, Lawd, Lawd	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
34	Cab Calloway	Gambler's Guitar	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
35	Gloria Gunter	Move On Out	Cat Scratchin'
36	The Coasters	Yakety Yak	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
37	The Coasters	Run Red Run	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]
38	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop And Fly	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2]
39	Big Joe Turner	Well, All Right	Big Joe Rocks
40	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Atlantic Rock & Roll

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Space Race Rock

March 29, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

What a time it was. The surprise of Sputnik in the early fifties led to a space race, a technological competition that had a profound impact on popular music (not to mention popular culture), providing musicians (and would-be musicians) a rich source of inspiration and contributed to some of the most iconic, as well as comic and out of this world, songs of the era. Themes of space travel, the moon and Mars, and even flying saucers were rampant on the airwaves. And one can only ascribe the fear of aliens to the number attempted novelty bits that reflected that trepidation. Laughter is, after all, a natural way for fear to be released in humankind. This week we’ll be sharing some of the classics, as well as the unknowns, including Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders, The Drivers, Merv Griffin, The Big Bopper, Dave & The Detomics and quite a few more that even if we were to share their names, you’d probably scratch your head anyway.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Mello-Tones	Flying Saucer	Vocal Groups
3	Jerry Engler	Sputnik (Satellite Girl)	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
4	Harmonica George	Sputnik Music	This Is The Blues Harmonica
5	Roosevelt Sykes	Sputnik Baby	Voodoo Lou
6	Astronaut Neil Armstrong	The Moon Landing	Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 3 – the Dreams, Inspirations & Accomplishments
7	Gil Scott-Heron	Whitey On The Moon	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
8	Hightower, Dean (George Barnes)	Moon Rocket	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
9	Chris Kenner	Rocket To The Moon	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
10	The Drivers	My Astronaut	The King Records Story – Part 1
11	Johnny Greco	Rocket Ride	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
12	Vernon Green & The Medallions	Rocket Ship	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
13	Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders	My Satellite	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
14	The Larks	Rockin' In The Rocket Room	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
15	Educational	Duck and Cover	Educational
16	The Tornados	Telstar	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
17	Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
18	Don Lang & His Frantic Five	Red Planet Rock	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
19	Speedy West	Space Man In Orbit	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
20	Joe Montgomery	Planetary Run	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
21	Galen Denny	Gonna Build A Rocket	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
22	Merv Griffin	The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X'	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
23	The Royal Guardsmen	Smallest Astronaut	The Best of the Royal Guardsmen
24	Sheb Wooley	The Purple People Eater	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1]
25	The Big Bopper	The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2
26	John Mauceri: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	Herrmann: Outer Space [From "The Day the Earth Stood Still"]	Journey To The Stars: A Sci-fi Fantasy Adventure [John Mauceri The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 10]
27	Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra	Men Into Space	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
28	Billy Riley, The Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
29	The Marketts	Out of Limits	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
30	Nervous Norvus	Kibble Kibble (The Flying Saucer Song)	Stone Age Woo
31	Freddy Sunder	Flying Saucers	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
32	Dave & The Detomics	Detomic Orbit	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
33	The Equadors	Sputnik Dance	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
34	Leonard Nimoy	A Visit To A Sad Planet	Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner
35	Lightnin' Hopkins	Happy Blues For John Glenn	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 3]
36	David Rose & His Orchestra	Forbidden Planet	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
37	David Bowie	Space Oddity	Singles: 1969-1993 Disc 1

Family Affair

March 2, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

We’ve got the family trees for you on Deeper Roots this week; proof positive that music can very well run in the family. Our show will share music from just a few of the families that have made their own way in a host of different genres. We’ll hear from the Nelsons (both of them), the family Marsalis, the Hiatts, the Wainwrights, the brothers Neville and a few others this week, spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries. Tune in to this week’s two hour mixed bag with some of the very best performances from some different lineages, here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole	Straighten Up And Fly Right	Re: Generations
3	Art Neville	That Old Time Rock And Roll	His Specialty Recordings
4	Aaron Neville	Let's Live	Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron)
5	The Neville Brothers	Run Joe	Fiyo on the Bayou
6	Hank Williams Sr.	I Saw the Light	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
7	Hank Williams Jr.	Mind Your Own Business	Country Gold 1984-1986
8	Hank Williams III	I'm A Long Gone Daddy	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
9	Wynton Marsalis Septet	My Baby Don't Tolerate	United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas
10	Branford Marsalis	Fool For You	A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield
11	Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra	About A Quarter To Nine	Paper Moon
12	Rick Nelson	Poor Little Fool	Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
13	Dionne Warwick	Anyone Who Had A Heart	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
14	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
15	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	The Bodyguard
16	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	One Hell Of A Ride
17	Willie Nelson;Lukas Nelson;Micah Nelson	Come On Back Jesus	Heroes
18	Bobbie Nelson	The House of Blue Lights	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
19	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	If I Didn't Love You	Sticks and Stones
20	Bob Dylan	High Water (For Charley Patton)	Love and Theft
21	Jakob Dylan	Oh, Mama, Come Home	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
22	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012
23	Lilly Hiatt	Walking Proof	Walking Proof
24	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Album III
25	Rufus Wainwright	Greek Song	Poses [US Bonus Track]
26	Martha Wainwright	Prairie Lullaby	Martha Wainwright Lullaby Record
27	Johnny Cash with The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers	Belshazzar (w/ The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers)	The Johnny Cash TV Show (1969-1971)
28	Johnny Cash	I Can't Go On That Way	Life
29	Rosanne Cash	Black Cadillac	Black Cadillac
30	June Carter Cash	Keep On The Sunny Side	Wildwood Flower
31	The Carter Family	Anchored In Love	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]

Hive Harmony

February 17, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

The bouffant and the beehive…hairstyles with a tease and some backcombing, were all the rage in the sixties. Like pop music, it had a short life before the British wave. Unlike pop music, whose sound endured, the fashion was washed away at the salon in favor of the next big thing. Girl groups set the tone for the harmonious sounds of the time, and our nostalgia cruise will be tooling the AM radio sounds of the very best of the beehive and flip hairstyles of groups like The Shangri-Las, The Paris Sisters, The Angels, Lesley Gore and a couple dozen others in this week’s show. Join Dave for the hits, the misses, and the near misses along with some of the unheard in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. He’ll also share a number of tracks from an excellent 2018 release from Chicago’s Numero Group featuring some of ‘the others’. Girl groups emerged as a dominant force in the music industry, characterized by harmonious vocals, catchy melodies, and often choreographed performances.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Shangri-Las	Sophisticated Boom Boom	Myrmidons of Melodrama
3	Reparata And The Delrons	Whenever A Teenager Cries	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
4	The Angels	Cry Baby Cry	Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 5]
5	The Angels	The Guy With The Black Eye	Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
6	Shirley Ellis	I See It, I Like It, I Want It	The Clapping Song… And More
7	Shirley Ellis	The Clapping Song	We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
8	Dee Dee Sharp	I Sold My Heart to the Junkman	It's Mashed Potato Time
9	The Blossoms	Hard To Get	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
10	The Ribbons	Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
11	The Dreamers	Do Not Forget	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
12	Nancy Sinatra	Like I Do	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
13	Lesley Gore	Look Of Love	The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
14	Lesley Gore	Maybe I Know	The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
15	The Shangri-Las	He Cried	Myrmidons of Melodrama
16	The Ronettes	Do I Love You?	The Best of the Ronettes
17	The Ronettes	Everything Under the Sun	The Best of the Ronettes
18	The Jelly Beans	I Wanna Love Him So Bad	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
19	The Cookies	I Never Dreamed	Birth Of Soul: 2
20	The Murmaids	Popsicles And Icicles	Early Girls: 1
21	The Petites	Lonely Girl	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
22	The Monzas	Ain't It the Truth	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
23	The Vandelettes	He's All Mine	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
24	The Contessas	Gimme Gimme	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
25	Paris Sisters	Be My Boy	Early Girls – vol 5
26	The Chantels	Look In My Eyes	Four By Four – Girl Groups
27	The Chiffons	Stop, Look And Listen	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
28	The Chiffons	A Love So Fine	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
29	The Dixie Cups	Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright (Mono Single)	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
30	The Dixie Cups	Another Boy Like Mine	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
31	The Shirelles	Baby, It's You	Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
32	The Shangri-Las	Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)	Myrmidons of Melodrama
33	Peggy March	Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
34	Vickie & The Van Dykes	Baby I'm Crying	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Heart of Saturday Night

February 3, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

Where else but the heart of Saturday night? We’ve got an eclectic collection of performances that take you ‘there and back’ this Friday morning on Deeper Roots. No theme. No tribute. No genre sweep. Just a collection of some great sounds from the past (and present). Little themes that reach deep and a few awesome covers that you may not be familiar with. We’re making our way to the outskirts of the bayou with Cookie & The Cupcakes and Jo-el Sonnier, then into some gritty blues from Muddy Waters and RL Burnside, and we’ll also have some rollicking country and soul from Big Maybelle, Buck Owens, Mickey Baker, and The Ink Spots. Add a dose of Billie Holiday, LaVern Baker, and Tow Waits…and there you have it. Some surprises and some favorites all rolled up on this Friday morning blue plate special.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tom Waits	(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night	Used Songs 1973-1980
3	The Ink Spots	The Gypsy	Your Hit Parade 1946
4	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
5	Joe Ely	The Gypsy Lady	Flatland Lullaby
6	Jo-el Sonnier	Say You Love Me	The Complete Mercury Sessions
7	Cookie & the Cupcakes	Mathilda	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
8	Bill Hayes	Poor White Trash	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
9	George Jones	Just One More	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
10	Patsy Cline	A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
11	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Big Maybelle	Don't Leave Poor Me	Roll Your Moneymaker
13	Eilen Jewell	Don't Leave Poor Me	Down Hearted Blues
14	Jessie Mae Hamphill	Lord Help The Poor And Needy	Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2
15	Shemekia Copeland	Lord Help the Poor and Needy	Outskirts of Love
16	Robert Belfour	Old Black Mattie	Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2
17	Samantha Fish	Poor Black Mattie	Belle of the West
18	Leon Russell	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
19	Bob Dylan	Down Along The Cove	John Wesley Harding
20	Bob Dylan	Alberta #1	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 Deluxe-Edition 4 (Self Portrait. Original Edition; Rem. 2013)
21	The Cactus Blossoms	If Not For You	If Not For You (Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1)
22	Sarah Jarosz	Ring Them Bells	Follow Me Down
23	Jubilaires	Casey Jones	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
24	Mickey Baker	Gloomy Sunday	The Wildest Guitar
25	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	Gloomy Sunday	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 10]
26	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
27	The Browns	Shenandoah	Classics 1960 (Warped 6062)
28	Elvis Presley	I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine	Date with Elvis
29	Elvis Presley	Poor Boy	For LP Fans Only
30	Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	Jenny Take a Ride!	Let There Be Drums Vol 2: The 60's
31	Little Richard	Jenny Jenny	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
32	Muddy Waters	Young Fashioned Ways	The Anthology [Disc 1]
33	Shakey Jake	Roll Your Moneymaker	Roll Your Moneymaker

Back To Schooldays

January 29, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

Good times, bad times…let’s take a theme trip to schooldays past in music this week. Whether you were a product of the fifties, sixties or beyond, you remember your favorite music. We’ll be zooming in on sounds from that era in the show today as we explore the high school theme with topics like ‘lettered sweaters’…what ever happened to those? Or maybe the reminder of the bell or buzzer in the hallways. Or maybe that favorite after school rendezvous spot. We’ll be sharing music that celebrated school and affairs of the young at heart with tracks from The 5 Royals, Johnny Burnette, Gary US Bonds and some other favorites as well as some unknowns from some dusty 45s buried deep in the archives. Namely Nicky & The Nobles, Johnny & The Jammers, and Herbie Alpert & His Sextet. Quite the fun today so drop by.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beach Boys	School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)	Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1
3	Chuck Berry	School Days	The Chess Box Disc 1
4	Mickey & Sylvia	Love Will Make You Fail in School	Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School
5	The 5 Royales	School Girl	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
6	Smiley Lewis	School Days Are Back Again	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	High School Confidential	36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
8	Johnny & The Jammers	School Day Blues	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
9	Johnny Burnette	Skippin' School	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
10	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997)	Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe)
11	Rick Nelson	Back to Schooldays	The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1]
12	Dave Edmunds	Back to School Days	Single Trax 1970-1981
13	Dave Edmunds	High School Nights	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
14	Billy Harlan	School House Rock	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
15	Wynn Stewart	School Bus Love Affair	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
16	Toni Rossini	(Meet Me) After School	Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
17	Nicky & The Nobles	School Bells	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
18	Bobby Rydell	Swingin' School	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
19	The Beach Boys	Be True to Your School	20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
20	Jan & Dean	The New Girl In School	Greatest Hits
21	Gary (U.S.) Bonds	School Is Out	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
22	Herbie Alpert & His Sextet	Summer School	Another Banana Split, please
23	Betty Grable	Don't Carry Tales Out Of School	The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2)
24	Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin	High School Baby	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
25	Nat King Cole Trio	You Don't Learn That In School	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
26	Paul Simon	Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard	Paul Simon
27	Taj Mahal	Good Morning Little School Girl	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
28	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Good Morning Schoolgirl	Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival
29	NRBQ	Still In School	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
30	James Intveld	High School Hellcats	Cry-Baby
31	The Ramones	Rock 'N' Roll High School	End of the Century
32	Wee Willie Harris	Back To School Again	Their Greatest Misses
33	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
34	Alex Chilton	The New Girl in School	A Man Called Destruction
35	Louis Jordan	School Days	Jivin' With Jordan
36	Tom Paxton	What Did You Learn In School Today?	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound

Signs & Signifiers

January 6, 2024 Dave

It’s a brand new year! Turn off the TV and tune into community radio for your best time. This year’s news will be one of politics, war, and overall bad behavior from the middling underbelly and radio will at least bring you a brief respite from what ails us. This week’s Deeper Roots will be another free form romp of genre-bending fun with a mix of soul, blues, country, rock and gospel. Tune in for some Norah Jones, Chris Isaak, Tom Petty, and Donna The Buffalo as we take our first steps into 2024. We’ll have a set that features signs and signifiers alongside the encouragement of Sister Mahalia as we keep our hand on the plow, the story telling of Luther’s picking from Johnny Cash, and we’ll also be ‘watching the signals’ with Bullmoose Jackson and Brenton Wood. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning featuring a century of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP 92.5 Occidental. Streaming all across the world on kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Shorty's Got to Go	Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 4
3	Living Sisters	Good Ole Wagon	Love To Live
4	Ella Mae Morse	Rockin' And Rollin'	Best Of The Rockabilly Rockin' Years
5	Elvis Presley	I Gotta Know	Elvis #1 Singles
6	Chris Isaak	It's Now or Never	Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version)
7	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	California	Songs and Music From "She's the One"
8	Donna The Buffalo	Locket And Key	Silverlined
9	Johnny Cash	Luther Played The Boogie	Get Rhythm [Sun]
10	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I Ain't A-Gonna Let It Happen No More	Vintage Collections
11	Robert Gordon	Drivin' Wheel [*]	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
12	She & Him	Gonna Get Along Without You Now	Volume Two
13	The Fleetwoods	Mr. Blue	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
14	Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton	Creepin' In (feat. Dolly Parton)	…Featuring Norah Jones
15	Judy Collins	Someday Soon	Colors Of The Day: The Best Of Judy Collins
16	JD McPherson	Signs & Signifiers	Signs & Signifiers
17	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
18	Brenton Wood	Gimme Little Sign	Brenton Wood's 18 Best
19	Bull Moose Jackson	Watch My Signals	The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
20	Ralph Stanley	God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign [Album Version]	A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
21	Bob Dylan	Everything Is Broken	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
22	Tom Sullivan	Homeward Bound – The Old Slipper Shoe [instrumental]	Classic Maritime Music
23	Mahalia Jackson	Keep Your Hand on the Plow	The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
24	Robert Plant	Central Two-O-Nine	Band Of Joy
25	The Temptations	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1]
26	Dionne Warwick	Don't Make Me Over	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
27	Gene McDaniels with The Johnny Mann Singers	Point Of No Return	On The Soul Side
28	The Lovin' Spoonful	You Didn't Have to Be So Nice	Daydream [Original LP]
29	Rick Nelson	Travelin' Man	The Best of Rick Nelson, Vol. 2
30	The Cookies	Chains	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
31	The Isley Brothers	Shout, Pts. 1-2	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
32	V V Brown	Crazy Amazing	Travelling Like The Light

Who We Lost 2023

January 5, 2024 Dave

We’ll look back to 2023 with the indelible sounds of those we lost this past year. There were some losses that cut deep and we intend to pay tribute to each and every one who contributed their artistry to the past century of America’s music. There is hardly room in the two hours we have to touch on all of those, no matter their contribution but we have a couple from across the pond that deserve mentioning among the musicians, songwriters and producers who made their mark. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including the likes of the prolific Tony Bennett and Harry Belafonte, the boomer favorites like David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett and Jeff Beck, and the musical geniuses like Burt Bacharach, David Lindley, and Ahmad Jamal. Join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Pogues	If I Should Fall from Grace With God	Essential Pogues
3	The Yardbirds	The Nazz Are Blue	Ultimate! Disc 2
4	BTO	Takin' Care Of Business (Randy Bachman)	Songs For The Open Road [Platinum Legends]
5	David Crosby	Music Is Love	If I Could Only Remember My Name
6	The Association	Cherish	Pop Memories of the '60s – Vol. 6, My Special Angel
7	Gary Wright	Dream Weaver	Sounds Of The Seventies: 1976
8	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues (Intro)	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
9	David Lindley	El Rayo X	El Rayo-X
10	Jimmy Buffett	Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes	Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection Disc 1
11	It's a Beautiful Day	White Bird	Walk on the Moon
12	Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music [Disc 2]
13	Gordon Lightfoot	Early Morning Rain	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 12 The Heartland And Canada
14	Harry Belafonte	Jump in the Line	All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
15	The Serendipity Singers	Beans In My Ears (LEN CHANDLER)	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
16	Dixie Chicks	The Thrill Is in the Chase	Shouldn't a Told You That
17	The Ames Brothers	The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane	Magic Moments
18	April Stevens	I Want A Lip	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
19	The Righteous Brothers	(You're My) Soul and Inspiration	The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody
20	Tony Bennett	Rags to Riches	Your Hit Parade – 1953
21	Aretha Franklin	I Say A Little Prayer	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2]
22	Paul & Paula	Hey Paula	Teen Ballads Disc 2
23	George Maharis	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	The Epic Story 1960
24	The Earls	Remember Then	Doo Wop Love Songs
25	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Don't You Just Know It	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
26	Barrett Strong	Money (That's What I Want)	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
27	The Drifters	Sweets For My Sweet (CHARLIE THOMAS)	The Definitive Soul Collection [Disc 2]
28	Tina Turner	The Best	Simply The Best
29	Parliament	Up For The Down Stroke	In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1
30	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff	Pure Funk
31	The Pointer Sisters	KSAN Pointer Sisters Intro	KSAN's Live Jive
32	The Pointer Sisters	Fire	70s Music Explosion – Miracles Disc 2
33	Dwight Twilley Band	I'm on Fire	Poptopia! 70's Power Pop Classics
34	Kool & The Gang	Ladies' Night	Disco Fever [Disc 1]
35	Walter "Wolfman" Washington	Tailspin	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
36	Ahmad Jamal	The Surrey With The Fringe On Top	Okeh Jazz
37	Wayne Shorter	Tenderfoot	Jazz Essentials Volume 3
38	Eagles	Take It to the Limit	The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
39	Jim & Jesse	Hard Hearted	Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 2]
40	Mac Wiseman, Bobby Osborne & Jesse McReynolds	Bluebirds Are Singing For Me	Bluegrass Legands – Live At The Ryman
41	Lord Creator	Don't Stay Out Late	The Real Jamaica Ska
42	Robbie Robertson	Somewhere Down The Crazy River	Robbie Robertson [UK]

Country Christmas Redux

December 24, 2023 Dave

We revisit the country genre for some down home Christmas cooking…of sleigh bells, holly, ham, and mistletoe. Songs from mid-century to just a year ago or so featuring some of your favorite country and Americana artists in our final show before Christmas Day 2023. Tune in for some classics and also-rans from Gene Autry, Eddy Arnold, Red Foley, The Louvin Brothers and John Prine as we share some roasted, toasted chestnuts from the yule log. We’ve also got some George Jones, Ernest Tubb and Willie Nelson right up alongside Kacey Musgraves and Raul Malo. We’re saluting the season and telling stories from childhood’s past, all for you wrapped up with pretty paper and holiday ribbons of gold on this year’s Christmas show on community radio for Sonoma County, KOWS-LP, 92.5 FM, Occidental. Streaming your way across planet Earth on kowsfm.com. Now…let’s say it once again…’war is over’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Everything Is Cool	A John Prine Christmas
3	Eddy Arnold	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Christmas On the Country Side
4	Prairie Ramblers	Cowboy Santa Claus	Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2
5	Tennessee Ernie Ford	A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
6	Red Foley	Here Comes Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
7	Bernie Nee	Country Music Holiday	Country & Western Nuggets
8	Sonny James	Christmas in My Hometown	Christmas On the Country Side
9	Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford	Christmas Roses	Christmas On the Country Side
10	Marty Robbins	Footprints in the Snow	Christmas On the Country Side
11	Ernest Tubb	I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas	Christmas On the Country Side
12	Faron Young	I'm Gonna Tell Santa Claus On You	Christmas On the Country Side
13	Hank Thompson	It's Christmas Every Day in Alaska	Christmas On the Country Side
14	Homer and Jethro	Randolph the Flat Nosed Reindeer	Christmas On the Country Side
15	Eddy Arnold	I'm Your Private Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
16	The Louvin Brothers	Santa's Big Parade	Christmas On the Country Side
17	Raul Malo	Blue Christmas	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
18	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters	Pretty Paper	Christmas On A Greyhound Bus
19	George Jones	Lonely Christmas Call	Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums
20	Bill Anderson	Waffle House Christmas	Anderson
21	Asleep at the Wheel	Swingin' Silent Nite	Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All
22	Loretta Lynn	Country Christmas	White Christmas Blue
23	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Holiday Pickin'	American Beauty
24	Ralph Stanley	I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time	Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley
25	Hank Snow	Blue Christmas	Christmas On the Country Side
26	Hank Snow	The Reindeer Boogie	Christmas On the Country Side
27	Ernest Tubb	Merry Texas Christmas, You All!	Ernest Tubb – The Texas Troubadour – Writers Galore [Disc 4]
28	Raul Malo	Winter Wonderland	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
29	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
30	The Davis Sisters	The Christmas Boogie	Christmas On the Country Side
31	Kacey Musgraves	A Willie Nice Christmas	A Very Kacey Christmas
32	Willie Nelson	We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Christmas with Willie Nelson
33	John Prine	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	A John Prine Christmas
34	Gene Autry and the Pinafores	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	Christmas On the Country Side
35	Billy Joe Shaver	Merry Christmas To You	Freedom's Child
36	Willie Nelson	Pretty Paper	Christmas with Willie Nelson
37	The Alarm	Happy Christmas (War Is Over)	Standards

A Century of America's Music