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Leon Redbone Tribute

June 8, 2019 Dave Leave a comment

“The only thing that interests me is history – reviewing the past and making something out of it”. A man after our own heart here at Deeper Roots, shining bright like that old harvest moon. We lost Leon this past week and his family lovingly announced his passing with the following prose deserving of the mysterious Mr. Redbone: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence.” We’ll take some time to honor the music that so inspired this delightful entertainer who elevated the blues, early century pop, and country into a form that extracted the joy of life and bottled like fine wine over the past 40 years. We’ll even reach into the Redbone bins for a handful of delightful covers. A simple tip of our hat to Leon as he crosses to the other shore…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
3	Merle Travis	If We Never Meet Again	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
4	Emmett Miller	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll	Minstrel Man From Georgia
5	Red Nichols & His Five Pennies	The Sheik Of Araby	Saints Ramble & Sensation
6	Laurel and Hardy	Shine on Harvest Moon	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
7	Nat King Cole	Sweet Lorraine	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
8	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	Sugar	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
9	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazybones	Sometimes I Wonder….
10	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy River	Sometimes I Wonder….
11	Lonnie Johnson	He's A Jelly-Roll Baker	Tomorrow Night
12	Peetie Wheatstraw	Shake That Thing	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
13	Dave Van Ronk	Shake That Thing	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
14	Elvis Presley	You're A Heartbreaker	Elvis – The King Of Rock 'N' Roll – The Complete 50's Masters (CD1)
15	Julia Lee	Breeze	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
16	Cowboy Copas	Breeze	1954-1958
17	Leon Redbone	Breeze	Sugar
18	Rex Griffin	Sweet Mama Hurry Home	1935-1936 (Warped 3520)
19	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy	Bouquet Of Roses	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
20	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2 : Brownie Special
21	Emmett Miller	Lovesick Blues	American Yodeling
22	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie (Pm 12888, 15459-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
23	Leon Redbone	Diddy Wa Diddie	Double Time
24	Shirley Temple	Polly Wolly Doodle	America's Sweetheart
25	Boswell Sisters	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Boswell Sisters
26	Paul Specht	Sweet Lorraine	Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930
27	Ruth Etting	Shine on, Harvest Moon	Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
28	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
29	Leon Redbone	My Little Grass Shack	Whistling In The Wind
30	Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel	Baby It's Cold Outside	Unknown
31	Al Jolson	Pretty Baby	The Very Best Of Al Jolson
32	Leon Redbone	Pretty Baby	Sugar
33	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Bert Lown's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
34	Leon Redbone	Lulu's Back In Town	On The Track

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That’s The Way The World Goes ‘Round

May 18, 2019 Dave Leave a comment

Friday morning fresh from the archives. We’ve got the classics today with a free form mix of vintage sounds from siblings The Mills Brothers and The Boswell Sisters as well as some folk, jubilee, soul, and rhythm from Sugar Pie De Santo, Andy Griffith, The New Christy Minstrels, and The Manhattan Transfer. If that’s now enough, we’ll share some Killer, Albert Ammons, and Creedence. You cannot go wrong on a Thursday evening…. particularly when we get cooking with a track from Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, and Angela Strehli in tribute to Sister Rosetta. Join Dave Stroud on Sonoma County Community Radio…88.1 FM, streaming at kwtf.net/live.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
3	Jerry Lee Lewis	Just a Little Bit	Southern Roots
4	The Four Blazes	Mary Jo	Mary Jo
5	Fats Domino	Lady Madonna	Fats Is Back
6	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll	Big Joe Rocks
7	The Isley Brothers	Shout, Pts. 1-2	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
8	The Isley Brothers	Twist And Shout	Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3
9	Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli & Tracy Nelson	Shout, Sister, Shout!	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
10	Louis Armstrong	Going To Shout All Over God's Heaven	Louis And The Good Book
11	Andy Griffith	Careless Love	Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs
12	Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra	Georgia On My Mind	Paper Moon
13	The New Christy Minstrels	Wagoner's Song (Land of the Sacramento)	Ramblin'
14	Rudy Vallee	Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries	Vagabond Lover
15	The Boswell Sisters	Got The South In My Soul	The Boswell Sisters Collection
16	The Mills Brothers	Swing Is The Thing	Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
17	Kermit Ruffins	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	We Partyin' Traditional Style
18	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Lodi	Green River
19	Quicksilver Messenger Service	Dino's Song	The Best Of Quicksilver Messenger Service
20	The Manhattan Transfer	Tuxedo Junction	Anthology – Down In Birdland (Disc 2)
21	Videos	Trickle Trickle	Doo Wop Box Disc 3
22	Chuck Willis	Sugar Sugar	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
23	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
24	Sugar Pie DeSanto	A Little Taste of Soul	A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
25	Big Daddy Wilson	I Got Plenty	Deep in My Soul
26	Benny Spellman	Fortune Teller	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
27	King Floyd	Groove Me	In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1
28	Eric Clapton	I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) [feat. Don White]	The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
29	Benny Goodman Trio	Oh, Lady Be Good	After You've Gone:The Original Benny Goodman Trio And Quartet
30	Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders	Sunnyside Up	Paper Moon
31	Buck Owens	Big in Vegas	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
32	Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys	Pizza Pie	Doo Wop Box Disc 3
33	Dean Martin/Orchestra	That's Amore	That's Amore: The Best of Dean Martin

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Diddy Wah Diddy

September 15, 2018 Dave

This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Diddy Wah Diddy	Maestro
3	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket)	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
4	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
5	Hank Williams	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
6	Johnny Cash	The Night Hank Williams Came To Town	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
7	Leon Russell	Love's Gonna Live Here	Legend in My Time – Hank Wilson Vol. III
8	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Jones On the Jukebox	Set Two
9	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You With Mark Knopfler	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
10	Porter Wagoner	Highway Headin' South	The Essential Porter Wagoner
11	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Hambone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
12	Lillian Briggs	Can't Stop	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
13	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
14	Clyde McPhatter	Just to Hold My Hand	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1
15	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
16	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
17	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
18	The Dubs	Could This Be Magic	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
19	The Cadillacs	Gloria	The Cadillacs Meet The Orioles
20	Pee Wee King	Slow Poke	Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 3
21	Rusty Draper	The Shifting Whispering Sands	Your Hit Parade – 1955
22	Floyd Tillman	This Cold War With You	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17
23	Foy Willing	Texas Blues	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	X's From Down In Texas – 1958	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	The Light Crust Doughboys	Stay Out Of The South	1936-1941
26	Bobby Bare	They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Eilen Jewell	Whispering Sea	Butcher Holler
28	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
29	Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays	Deacon's Hop	Jump, Jive & Swing
30	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
31	Bull Moose Jackson	Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well	Badman Jackson Thats Me
32	Jimmy Durante	Little Bit This, Little Bit That	The Great Schnozzle
33	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
34	Ozzie & Harriet Nelson	I Want the Waiter with the Water	The Nelson Touch
35	Taj Mahal	Take a Giant Step	In Progress and In Motion (1965-1998) (3 of 3)

100 Years Ago

July 21, 2018 Dave

We’re taking this ‘Century of America’s Music’ theme quite serious this week. The tracks we’ll be playing are from the the first few decades of the 20th Century. Parlor music had lost its attraction by the turn of the century in favor of minstrel, vaudeville, and the emergence of Tin Pan Alley. Ragtime and jazz would evolve in an organic manner and blues would inform much of the jazz and band music that would become popular with the advent of the Victrola. Music today includes tracks from Vernon Dahlart, Billy Murray, Frank Crumit, and Ben Selvin & His Orchestra as we find the music of the teens and early 20s on a show that keeps our tagline strong. Tune in for this celebration of American popular music in its infancy.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	W.C. Handy	Livery Stable Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Burt Williams	Nobody	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Felix Arndt	Desecration Rag	The Big Broadcast vol. 9
5	Paramount Symphony Orchestra	Made In America (Pm 2008, 60-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
6	Harry McClaskey	Your Country And My Country (Pm 2011, 2011-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
7	Arthur Fields	Good Morning, Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip (Pm 2052, 2052-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
8	Whit Cunliffe	Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser!	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
9	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag	78s
10	Billy Murray	The Little Old Ford	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	Edith Day, Rosario Bourdon	Alice Blue Gown	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
12	Paul Whiteman	Whispering	Greatest Hits
13	Billy Murray	I'll See You In C-U-B-A	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
14	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	Dardanella	Dardanella
15	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	Dardanella
16	Al Jolson	Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night (1916)	Columbia-1976
17	Al Jolson	Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land (World War I Song) (1918)	Columbia-2542 (77753)
18	Vernon Dalhart	Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline?	Puttin on the Style
19	Fisk Jubilee Singers	O Mary Don't You Weep Don't You Mourn	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
20	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Shout All Over God's Heaven	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
21	Van Eps Trio	Ragging The Scale (Pm 2050, 87R-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
22	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
23	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Indianola (Those Draftin' Blues)	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
24	Pale K. Lua	The Rosary	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
25	Frank Crumit	I'm a Lonesome Little Rain Drop (1920)	Columbia-3332 (79460)
26	Louise, Ferera and Rose	Aloha Land (Pm 30060, 245-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
27	Helen Louise & Frank Derera's Hawaiians	Kai Maia O ka Maoli	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
28	Helen Louise & Palakiko Ferreira – Moana Lua	Hawaiian Hula Medley	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
29	Ford's Hawaiian Orchestra	Kahola March	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
30	Al Jolson	Swanee	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
31	Bert Williams	Moon Shines On The Moonshine, The	A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1
32	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	American Roots Music [Disc 2]

Early Female Pop Vocals

May 19, 2018 Dave

Here’s to the pioneering pop mavens. Don’t think we won’t draw a little bit outside the lines as well in this show, bringing in flappers, jazz, and novelty sounds. The groups and solo acts are thoroughly represented with the likes of Marion Harris, Ruth Etting, Billie Holiday, Kate Smith, and The Andrews Sisters. We’ll go a little bit further and bring you songs to uplift in hard times, ring with a bit of jingoism in war time, and celebrate the good times in every way possible. West County radio will get a good dose of the best of the early and mid-century popular music…all from the ladies.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Boswell Sisters	Heebie Jeebies, #1	The Boswell Sisters Collection
3	Marion Harris	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
4	Helen Kane, Leonard Joy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
5	Lee Morse	If You Want the Rainbow	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
6	Lee Morse	If I Can't Have You	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
7	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
8	Annette Hanshaw	I Get The Blues When It Rains	The Girl Next Door
9	Ethel Shutta With George Olsen & His Music	I'm On A Diet Of Love	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
10	Ruth Etting	My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
11	Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls
12	Vaughn De Leath	Ukulele Lady	With My Little Ukulele In My Hand (Disc 4 Of 4)
13	Vaughn De Leath	Banana Oil	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
14	Marion Harris	Spring Is Here Again	The Big Broadcast vol. 6
15	Boswell Sisters	Put That Sun Back In the Sky	Boswell Sisters
16	The Boswell Sisters	Shuffle Off To Buffalo	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
17	Kate Smith	Twenty Million People	Emergence Of A Legend
18	Kate Smith	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Emergence Of A Legend
19	Josephine Baker	Confessing	1926-1932
20	Billie Holiday	My Last Affair	Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2
21	Billie Holiday	I Wished On The Moon	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
22	Billie Holiday	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Hallelujah!	Cryin' Mood
24	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
25	Helen Forrest	Two Blind Loves	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
26	The Andrews Sisters	Rhumboogie	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
27	The Andrews Sisters	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
28	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
29	Dinning Sisters	Beg Your Pardon	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
30	Dinning Sisters	Oh Monah	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
31	The McGuire Sisters	Sugartime	The McGuire Sisters Greatest Hits
32	Helen Kane	Button Up Your Overcoat	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls

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Free Form – Roll Like a Big Wheel

April 14, 2018 Dave

We mix it up once again. Nothing like ending the week on a high note, a low note, and just the right mix of jazz, pop, rock, country, bluegrass, and R&B. You know it won’t stop there because if it’s one thing we do well is find all that is good in between the boards. Join Dave Stroud for music featuring tracks from The Boswell Sisters, Red Foley, Julia Lee, The Prisonaires, Mose Allison, and John Prine. Friday mornings in West County … where we kick off the weekend on the stream our hearts out!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joan Osborne	Roll Like A Big Wheel	Bring It On Home
3	The Mills Brothers	Cherry (L. Armstrong)	The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
4	Les Paul & The Andrews Sisters	Rumors Are Flying (Single Version)	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
5	Louis Jordan	Hungry Man	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra	Shout, Brother, Shout – (featuring The Five Tones)	Not So Quiet Please
7	The Prisonaires	Just Walking in the Rain	Sun Ballads 1953-62
8	Mose Allison	Lost Mind	Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
9	Dinah Washington	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?	Verve Unmixed
10	Julia Lee	When Jennie Does That Lowdown Dance	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]
11	Nellie Lutcher	Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Guy	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 4]
12	Boswell Sisters	Put That Sun Back In the Sky	Boswell Sisters
13	Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters	I Want To Be With You Always	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
14	The Andrews Sisters	Pistol Packin' Mama	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 1]
15	Junior Brown	Where Has All the Money Gone?	Down Home Chrome
16	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
17	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Down In Mexico	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
18	Santiago Jimenez	Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
19	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Havana Moon	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
20	Levon Helm	Tennessee Jed	Electric Dirt
21	Grateful Dead	Dire Wolf	Workingman's Dead
22	Graham Parker	Sugaree	Your Country
23	Jim Lauderdale	The Night The Moon Fell Down	Carolina Moonshine
24	Jimmy Martin	20/20 Vision	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
25	Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart	24 Greatest
26	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
27	Billie Holiday	Gloomy Sunday	Ken Burns Jazz
28	Lula Reed	I'll Drown In My Own Tears	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
29	Effie Smith	Water, Water	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
30	Mildred Jones	Mr. Thrill	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
31	T-Bone Walker	Cold Cold Feeling	Electric Blues – Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
32	Jo Stafford	Shrimp Boats	Your Hit Parade – 1951
33	Louis Armstrong	The Music Goes Round And Around [Single Version]	Rhythm Saved The World

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Free Form – Old Records

March 24, 2018 Dave

Old records are honored…as they are each week. The 33s, the 45s, and the 78s…all forms, all speeds. We’ll take a musical trip back to the dawn of doo wop, head to the border for an encounter with el toro relajo, visit the Big Broadcast sounds of early radio and hotel orchestras including Ted Weems and the Sunshine Boys. We’ll also gear up for a classic 1914 recording by the piano genius Felix Arndt. Arthur Alexander, Los Lobos, Tampa Red, and Left Frizzell also join in…just for you on a free form Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Irma Thomas	Old Records	If You Want It, Come and Get It
3	Lewis Bronzeville Five	Natchez Mississippi Blues	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
4	Leon Redbone	Sweet Lorraine	Any Time
5	Los Lobos	Goodnight My Love	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4)
6	The Treniers	Good Rockin' Tonight	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
7	The Larks	Rockin' in the Rocket Room	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
8	The Swallows	Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9	Irma Thomas	Girl Needs Boy	Soul Queen of New Orleans
10	Norah Jones	How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart?	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
11	Arthur Alexander	Every Day I Have to Cry	Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
12	Arthur Alexander	Anna	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
13	Ry Cooder w/Jim Dickinson	Texas Bop	The Border/Alamo Bay
14	The Mavericks	Hey Tonight (Bonus)	Quiero Creedence
15	The Texas Tornados	Little Bit Is Better Than Nada	4 Aces
16	Don Santiago Jimenez Sr	Ay Te Deja San Antonio	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
17	Linda Ronstadt	El Toro Relajo (The Troublesome Bull)	Mas Canciones
18	Dwight Yoakam	This Time	This Time
19	Lefty Frizzell	Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More)	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
20	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 2 – Legends Of Honky Tonk
21	Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys	What It Means To Be Blue	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
22	Felix Arndt	Desecration Rag	The Big Broadcast vol. 9
23	The Sunshine Boys	It's Unanimous	1929-1931 – The Complete Set
24	Ted Weems & His Orchestra	From Saturday Night Till Monday Morning	The Complete Ted Weems and His Orchestra Vol. 2 (1926-1928)
25	Danny Kaye	Civilization	Danny Kaye The Best of
26	Tampa Red	Shake It Up a Little	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
27	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	The Younger Generation	When you're smiling
28	Louis Armstrong	A Kiss To Build A Dream On	Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong – Demo
29	Bob Dylan	The Love That Faded	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
30	Charlie Louvin	Knoxville Girl (w. Will Oldham)	Charlie Louvin
31	Vince Gill	Randall Knife	This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
32	Modern Hicks	Wings Of A Dove	Tornado Alley
33	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection

A Dreamer’s Holiday

March 17, 2018 Dave

Sit back and relax. Today’s Deeper Roots takes on a quieter mood with easy and sweet pop melodies from the past century. Dreamy classics from the American Songbook featuring the likes of Ray Charles, Leon Redbone, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, The Pied Pipers, and many more. From the 1930s to the 2010s, this week’s show contains the polish of moonlight, the wisp of clouds against a blue sky, and a trip to the Isle of Golden Dreams. Something to ponder…a dream or two…adrift like smoke rings in low light. All for our West County fans on Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Redbone	A Dreamer's Holiday	Up A Lazy River
3	Solitaire Miles	Darn That Dream	Melancholy Lullaby
4	Mama Cass	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	Dream A Little Dream Of Me
5	The Pied Pipers	Dream	It's Been A Long, Long Time – Music Of The War Years Vol 3
6	Roy Orbison	Dream	You've Got Mail
7	The Prisonaires	Dreaming Of You	The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain
8	Sam Cooke	Smoke Rings	The Rhythm And The Blues
9	Little Jimmy Scott	Street of Dreams	Glengarry Glen Ross
10	Dr. John	Blue Skies	Afterglow
11	Bill Frisell & Petra Haden	I've Got A Crush On You	Petra Haden And Bill Frisell
12	k.d. lang	Skylark	Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
13	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Drifting and Dreaming	Lovers' Luau
14	Peggy Lee	Is That All There Is?	The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
15	Patti Page	Old Cape Cod	Your Hit Parade – 1957
16	Ray Charles	Moonlight In Vermont	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
17	Roy Orbison	In Dreams	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 4]
18	Neil Young	Dreamin' Man	Harvest Moon
19	Willie Nelson	A Dreamer's Holiday	Without a Song
20	Keely Smith	You Go to My Head	The Essential Capitol Collection
21	Frank Sinatra	September Song	The Reprise Collection [Disc 2]
22	Dean Martin	Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams	Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song
23	Dean Martin	Hit The Road To Dreamland	Spotlight On Dean Martin: Great Gentlemen Of Song
24	The Ink Spots	Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat	Greatest Hits
25	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
26	Les Paul	My Isle Of Golden Dreams	Les Paul: Guitar Wizard
27	Waylon Jennings	Dreaming My Dreams With You	Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2
28	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
29	Nat King Cole	Orange Colored Sky	Nat King Cole [Disc 2]
30	Alden Howard/Dick Hyman	I'll See You in My Dreams	Sweet and Lowdown
31	Tony Bennett	I Wanna Be Around	Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Free Form, Gospel, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues

Free Form – September 2017

September 9, 2017 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for a special edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. He’ll be sitting in for Steady Eddie’s Retro Music Archives, filling the airwaves with sounds you would expect to hear on either show. With a little blend of roots Americana stirred in. Hot rod sounds, killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, early century pop from Annette Hanshaw and Mae West, gospel from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Sam Cooke…and some sweet soul vocals from The Ravens and Barbara Lewis. You won’t go wrong on a Sunday afternoon in West County. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Barbara Lewis	Make Me Your Baby	Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis
3	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
4	Smiley Lewis	Hey Girl	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
5	Kay Starr	Kay's Lament	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
6	Kay Starr	Night Train	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
7	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Free At Last	Down In New Orleans
8	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers
9	Sam Cooke	Mean Old World	Night Beat
10	The Golden Gate Quartet	Dipsy Doodle	Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1
11	Alabama Shakes	Killer Diller Blues	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1]
12	Jimmy Liggins	Cadillac Boogie	Jump, Jive & Swing
13	Trailer	Hot Rods to Hell	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3
14	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
15	Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines	I Want a Lavender Cadillac	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4
16	Mink Deville	Spanish Stroll	The Mink De Ville Collection
17	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	What Does the Deep Sea Say?	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
18	Annette Hanshaw	Moanin' Low	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
19	Mae West	Mister Deep Blue Sea	The Mae West Collection
20	David Johansen	Deep Blue Sea	Shaker
21	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	One Hour Mama
22	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea	Vintage Collections
23	Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely	Rider in the Rain	Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman
24	Barbara Lewis	Hello Stranger	MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
25	John Prine	Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
26	Bob Hope, Bing Crosby	Nothing in Common	Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records
27	The Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born	Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
28	Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey	Rhythm Saved The World	The Gems Of Jazz
29	Louis Armstrong	Rhythm Saved The World	Rhythm Saved The World
30	Ethel Smith	I Got Rhythm	Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952
31	The Happenings	I Got Rhythm	The Best Of The Happenings
32	Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian	Sail Away Lady	The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2
33	The Americans	Sail Away Ladies	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]

The Year in Pop – 1932

August 5, 2017 Dave

We look back…even though we weren’t there. Our show this week will celebrate the American songbook and popular music in the darkest of times: the year 1932. The clouds were only starting to clear in the heart of the Great Depression and the music was hopeful, sometimes saccharine, and the songwriting talent abundant. The performances were not bad either. The Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, The Boswell Sisters, Cab Calloway, Mildred Bailey, and many others contributed. Tune in on our morning look at the popular sounds of 1932.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination	A Great Big Bunch Of You	Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935
3	Jimmy Grier Orchestra voc. The Three Ambassadors	Bend Down Sister	Echoes From The Cocoanut Grove
4	Ozzie & Harriet Nelson	It's Gonna Be You	The Nelson Touch
5	The Mills Brothers	Chinatown My Chinatown	Sweeter Than Sugar
6	The Mills Brothers	I Can't Give You Anything But Love	This Is Art Deco
7	Boswell Sisters	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Boswell Sisters
8	Boswell Sisters	Stop the Sun Stop the Moon	Boswell Sisters
9	Jeanette MacDonald	Isn't It Romantic	Hits of '32
10	Jimmy Grier Orchestra voc. The Three Ambassadors	We`ve Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky	Echoes From The Cocoanut Grove
11	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Bed)	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
12	George Formby	I Told My Baby With The Ukelele	I'm The Ukulele Man
13	Cab Calloway	Eadie Was A Lady	Best Of The Big Bands
14	Ivie Anderson	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
15	Bill "Bojangles" Robinson	Doin' The New Lowdown	A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1
16	Louis Armstrong	All Of Me	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
17	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
18	The Mills Blue Rhythm Band	Mighty Sweet	Rhythm Spasm
19	Helen Morgan with Victor Young & His Orchestra	Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen
20	Jimmie Grier & His Orchestra	One Hour With You	Paper Moon
21	Al Bowlly	Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries	Just A Bowl Of Cherries
22	Mildred Bailey	Rockin' Chair	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
23	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24	The Mills Brothers	Goodbye, Blues	Hits of '32
25	Gene Austin	A Ghost Of A Chance	Voice Of The Southland
26	Bing Crosby	I Found A Million Dollar Baby	Henry & June
27	Bing Crosby	Paradise	Hits of '32
28	Bing Crosby	Dinah	Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
29	Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton Douglas	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003]	Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
30	Sam Browne with Ambrose & His Orchestra	The Sun Has Got His Hat On [Remastered 2003]	Hits of '32

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