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Too Darn Hot

July 21, 2019 Dave

One way to lounge about in the summer heat is to go directly at it with songs that complement the temperature from different angles (and genres). Tune in Saturday afternoon for a fresh look as Dave sits in for Steady Eddie once more with some rockabilly with Jimmy Simmons and Billy Lee Riley, hot country biscuits from Asleep at the Wheel and Al Dexter, hot soul stew from James Brown and Major Lance, and some humid yet playful pieces from Fats Waller and Lee Press-on & The Nails. We’ll also be taking a drone flight above some Mason-Dixon Line tradition from the very distant past with the Old South Quartette (featuring Polk Miller), and Victoria Spivey and Don Flemons. It’s summer and the heat will be with us for some weeks; too hot to handle? Too darn hot? Too hot for (fill in the blank)? Join this hot little collection in a special fill-in on a Saturday afternoon in Sonoma County. At least it’s a dry heat.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Too Darn Hot	Music & Moonlight
3	Iris DeMent	Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart	Infamous Angel
4	Old South Quartette	When De Corn Pone's Hot	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
5	Al Dexter	Hot Foot Shuffle	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
6	Lonnie Johnson	Hot Fingers	Hot Fingers
7	Asleep at the Wheel	Hot Like That	Reinventing the Wheel
8	Jimmy Simmons	Too Hot To Handle	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
9	Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets	Hot Tamale Pete	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
10	Johnny Carroll	Hot Rock	Classic Rockabilly
11	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
12	Lee Press-On & the Nails	Hot for Teacher	Lee Press-On & the Nails
13	Stephane Grappelli	Hot Lips	Stephane Grappelli
14	Robert Johnson	They're Red Hot	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1
15	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
16	Dom Flemons	Hot Chicken	Prospect Hill
17	Austin Lounge Lizards	Hot Tubs of Tears	Creatures from the Black Saloon
18	Major Lance	Too Hot To Hold	The Very Best Of Major Lance
19	James Brown	Hot Pants	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
20	The Steve Miller Band	Hot Chili	Number 5
21	Tommy Douglas	Hot Sauce	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
22	Jay McShann	Hot Biscuits	R&B Jukebox Hits 1949 – Vol. 1
23	Stompy Jones	Hot Sause Boss	That's Alright
24	Jimmie Lunceford	Le Jazz Hot	Strictly Lunceford: [Disc 3]: For Dancers Only
25	Fats Waller	Red Hot Dan	The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 3]
26	Jimmy Durante	Hot Patatta	The Great Schnozzle
27	Victoria Spivey	I'm A Red Hot Mama	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
28	Memphis Minnie	Hot Stuff – Take 2	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
29	Julie London	Hot Toddy	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 18: Bottoms Up
30	George Benson with Jack Mc Duff	Hot Barbecue	George Benson & Jack McDuff
31	Ella Fitzgerald	The Hot Canary	The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951
32	Mr. Sad Head	Hot Weather Blues	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]

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Dave Bartholomew Tribute

July 5, 2019 Dave

Dave Bartholomew passed away in June at the age of 100. You may not know his name, but he was one of the architects of a sound that would become rock n’ roll. A New Orleans fixture he was a band leader, trumpet player, arranger, producer, and songwriter whose keen ear and direction led him to become A&R man for Imperial Records where he met Fats Domino. His songwriting and arrangements can be heard on “Blueberry Hill”, “Ain’t That a Shame”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, and hundreds more. Early rock has the signature of Dave Bartholomew just as the music of New Orleans would become identified with the expansiveness of jazz and rhythm & blues. We’ll hear early influences and early productions of Dave’s, prior to his collaborations with Fats Domino. And, as always, so much more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jewel King	3×7=21	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]
3	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
4	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	This Is Gold Disc 3
5	Smiley Lewis	One Night	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
6	Elvis Presley	One Night	Artist of the Century Disc 1
7	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
8	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
9	Dave Bartholomew	The Monkey Speaks His Mind	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
10	Chuck Willis	Going To The River	Let's Jump Tonight! The Best Of Chuck Willis from 1951 – '56
11	Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life)	Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]
12	Professor Longhair	Whole Lotta Loving	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
13	Dave Bartholomew	Shrimp And Gumbo	1952-1955
14	Snooks Eaglin	Yours Truly	Complete Imperial Recordings
15	Fats Domino	The Big Beat	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
16	Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
17	Dave Bartholomew	My Ding a Ling	Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2
18	Chuck Berry	My Ding-A-Ling	Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969 to 1974
19	Neil Young	Walking To New Orleans	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2]
20	Doug Sahm	My Girl Josephine [Live]	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm
21	Smiley Lewis	Blue Monday	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
22	Snooks Eaglin	By the Water	Complete Imperial Recordings
23	Berna Dean	I Walk In My Sleep	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
24	Fats Domino	Tell Me That You Love Me	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
25	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Let The Four Winds Blow	Rock 'n' Roll City
26	Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knockin'	The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1
27	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Hello Josephine	The Hard Stuff
28	John Lennon	Ain't That A Shame	Gimme Some Truth [Disc 4]
29	Jools Holland	Be My Guest	Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska
30	Robbie Robertson With Galactic	Going To The River	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1]
31	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	That's How You Got Killed Before [Album Version]	The New Orleans Album
32	Fats Domino	Walking to New Orleans	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
33	Fats Domino	I Want to Walk You Home	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
34	Smiley Lewis	How Long	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25

Songs of Goffin & King

June 29, 2019 Dave

A couple of months ago we featured about 20 minutes on a songwriter special featuring the music of the husband and wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. We’ll take a bit more time in this week’s show sharing their tunes with you. From the Brill Building onwards, their songs easily defined the soundtrack for a generation of young Americans of the 1960s. Light-hearted love songs, songs of reflection, and dreamlike hooks were the order: Carole the tunes and Gerry the lyrics. Join Dave Stroud in a look back featuring the music of The Cookies, Earl Jean, Lou Rawls Skeeter Davis, and many more on a Friday evening on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Cookies	Chains	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
3	Gene Pitney	Every Breath I Take	Anthology: 1961-1968
4	Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 2: Mid-'60s
5	Tammy Montgomery	Make The Night A Little Longer	Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection
6	Freddie Scott	Hey, Girl	Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
7	Maxine Brown	Oh No Not My Baby	Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On
8	Skeeter Davis	I Can't Stay Mad At You	Early Girls: 1
9	Little Eva	The Loco-Motion	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
10	Dusty Springfield	That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) [*]	Dusty in Memphis [Deluxe Edition]
11	The Righteous Brothers	Just Once in My Life	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3
12	The Drifters	Some Kind of Wonderful	Drifters' Golden Hits
13	The Drifters	Up on the Roof	Drifters' Golden Hits
14	Maurice & Mac	So Much Love	Chess Uptown Soul
15	Carole King	It Might As Well Rain Until September	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
16	The Cookies	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
17	The Crystals	He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
18	The Chiffons	One Fine Day	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
19	The Ronettes	Is This What I Get for Loving You?	The Best of the Ronettes
20	The Blossoms	So Much Love	So Much Love: A Darlene Love Anthology 1958 – 1998
21	Earl-Jean	I'm Into Something Good	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
22	The Byrds	Goin' Back	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
23	Lou Rawls	I Can't Make It Alone	The Essential Lou Rawls [Disc 2]
24	Chuck Jackson	I Need You	The Very Best Of Chuck Jackson 1961-1967
25	Carole King	Will You Love Me Tomorrow?	Tapestry
26	Dusty Springfield	Some Of Your Lovin'	The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield
27	Gene McDaniels	Point of No Return	The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
28	Bobby Vee	Take Good Care of My Baby	Absolutely the Best
29	Bobby Vee	Sharing You	Absolutely the Best
30	Carole King	Smackwater Jack	Tapestry
31	Taj Mahal	Take A Giant Step	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
32	Dusty Springfield	Goin' Back	The Silver Collection
33	Nils Lofgren & Grin	Goin' Back	The Best of Nils Lofgren & Grin: The A&M Years

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Rock Bop & Roll

April 12, 2019 Dave

We’ve got a wild mix this week…sounds from the rock n’ roll archives, all done while excavating deeper into the halls of R&B, rockabilly, and country. Don’t count on the usual suspects, although there will be a few attending, but look to the under-the-radar floor pounders. The performances mostly qualify for shouts, shakes, and rocking fool’s gold, including some hillbilly ranters, New Orleans panters, and country banters. Tune in for some obscure Eddie Cochran alongside sounds from Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats, Sax Kari & His Ballin’ Blues Band, Royce Porter with The Kounts, and the Brewster Avenue Rhythm Boys. We’re Deeper Roots… and we’re going deeper on Friday mornings at 9am Pacific on KOWS 92.5 FM, repeating the following week on KWTF 88.1 FM. Check us out!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gene Summers	School of Rock & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Bobby Marchan	You Can't Stop Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
4	Royce Porter with the Kounts	Beach of Love	Banana Split for My Baby
5	Huey "Piano" Smith	Hush Your Mouth	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
6	Bobby Marchan	Chicken – Wah – Wah	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
7	Amos Milburn	Soft Pillow	Amos Milburn Rocks
8	Sax Kari & His Ballin The Blues Band	Hush Your Lyin' Mouth	Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13
9	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
10	Jerry Lee Lewis	Rockin' My Life Away	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2)
11	Bobby Brant	Piano Nellie	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
12	The Cochran Brothers	Tired And Sleepy	Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits Of Eddie Cochran
13	Johnny Burnette	Please Don't Leave Me	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
14	Thumper Jones	Rock It	Classic Rockabilly
15	Conway Twitty	Shake It Up	The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD1
16	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
17	Bill Haley	Hot Dog Buddy Buddy	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
18	Charlie Adams	Cattin' Around	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
19	Dick Penner	Cindy Lou	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 4]
20	Carmol Taylor	Tell Me What to Do	Country & Western Nuggets
21	Werly Fairburn	Everybody's Rockin'	Classic Rockabilly
22	Big Joe Turner	Flip, Flop and Fly	Big Joe Rocks
23	Ronnie Self	Ain't I'm A Dog?	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
24	Wynn Stewart	Come On	California Country
25	Billy Strange	Hell Train	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26	Len Barrow	Hades Highway	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
27	Tarheel Slim	Number Nine Train	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
28	Vince Taylor	Brand New Cadillac	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
29	Eddie Cochran	Fools Paradise	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 2]
30	B.B. King	Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
31	Amos Milburn	House Party (Tonight)	Amos Milburn Rocks
32	Louis Jordan	Caledonia	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]
33	Rollee McGill	Rhythm Rockin' Boogie	Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
34	Wynonie Harris	Lovin' Machine	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
35	Jerry Lee Lewis	Breathless	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
36	Johnny Otis	Willy & The Hand Jive	Vol. 1-Johnny Otis R & B Dance
37	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have a Party	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
38	Buddy Holly	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
39	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1

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If You’re Ready

March 9, 2019 Dave

Free form this morning, live from the studios in downtown Santa Rosa. Deeper Roots shares a rare mix of sounds including jug band sounds from Jim Kweskin, a new track from Maria Muldaur, The Ink Spots, Gal Holiday, and Pee Wee Crayton…oh what a mix. Dave hosts a unique blend of sounds each Friday morning and he’ll be setting aside a playlist or two that scratches the surface of the Burnette clan including Johnny, Dorsey, Billy and Rocky including a wrap up of some tracks from the great Bay Area-based Solid Smoke reissue from the early 80s of the Rock n’ Roll Trio. Tune in for some Hash House Hattie and One Eyed Jacks, this Friday evening at 9

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Staple Singers	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
3	Jay & The Americans	Cara Mia	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
4	Marvin & Johnny	Cherry Pie	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
5	Chuck Willis	It's Too Late	The King of the Stroll
6	The Ink Spots	You're Breaking My Heart	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
7	Johnny Burnette	Moody River	The Ballads Of
8	Johnny & Dorsey Burnette	One Eyed Jacks	Life is Like a Card Game (US Gambling Songs 1920s 1950s)
9	Dorsey Burnette	Hey Little One	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
10	Rocky Burnette	Tired Of Toein' The Line	Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980
11	Billy Burnette	Crazy Like Me	Crazy Like Me
12	Jim Kweskin	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me	Vanguard Visionaries
13	Ames Brothers The	The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane	Your Hit Parade – 1955
14	Maria Muldaur	Scat Skunk	Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker)
15	Cliff Edwards & His Hot Combination	Good Little Bad Little You	Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35
16	Rudy Vallie & His Connecticut Yankees	You Oughta Be In Pictures	The Voice That Had Them Fainting 1928-1937
17	John Hartford	Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home	Morning Bugle
18	Roy Rogers	You Can't Break My Heart	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
19	Tommy Duncan	Please Come Back Home	Texas Moon
20	Dick Reinhart	Hash House Hattie	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
21	Living Sisters	Make Love To Me	Run For Cover – EP
22	Bobby Bare	Come On Home (And Sing Blues To Daddy)	The Best Of Bobby Bare
23	Gal Holiday and the Hony Tonk Revue	Come Home	Lost & Found
24	Paul Simon	Mother And Child Reunion	Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar
25	Sonia Ross	Breaking My Heart	Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels
26	Marvin Gaye	Baby Don't You Do It	Anthology [Disc 1]
27	The Band	Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It)	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
28	Pee Wee Crayton	Don't Break My Heart	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
29	Buddy Johnson	When My Man Comes Home	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
30	Rosemary Clooney	Cherry Pies Ought To Be You	Tenderly
31	Frankie Yankovic	The Happy Wanderer	The Happy Wanderer-Frankie Yankovic & The Yanks
32	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Sweet Love On My Mind	Tear It Up
33	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Your Baby Blue Eyes	Tear It Up

8 Songwriters 3 Hours

February 25, 2019 Dave

A special three hour show has Dave filling in for KC and I Hear You Rockin’ on KOWS Community Radio, live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Dave will walk through some of performances of songwriters who were influential in the rise of Americana sounds including blues, rock, rhythm & blues, pop, folk, and country in the late half of the 20th century. Who you might ask? In addition to the pairings of Carole King and Gerry Goffin as well as Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, we’ll also be sharing songs written by Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and Tom Waits.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Peter Green Splinter Group	If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day	Me & the Devil Disc 2
3	Eric Clapton	32-20 Blues	Me & Mr. Johnson
4	Keb' Mo'	Love in Vain	Slow Down
5	Leon Russell	Come On In My Kitchen	Life Journey
6	Otis Spann	Dust My Broom	The Blues Never Die
7	Huey Lewis & The News	Blue Monday	Four Chords & Several Years Ago
8	Mitch Woods	I Hear You Knockin	Gumbo Blues
9	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
10	Robert Gordon	All by Myself [*]	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
11	Brenda Lee	Let the Four Winds Blow	Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
12	Doug Kershaw	I'm Walkin'	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
13	John Lennon	Ain't That A Shame	Rock 'n' Roll
14	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Hello Josephine	The Hard Stuff
15	Bonnie Raitt & Jon Cleary	I'm In Love Again/All By Myself	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1]
16	Ray Charles	Move It On Over	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
17	Sleepy LaBeef	The Blues Come Around	Tomorrow Never Comes
18	Raul Malo	Weary Blues from Waitin'	The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
19	The Secret Sisters	Why Don't You Love Me	The Secret Sisters
20	Tompall And The Glasier Brothers	A Mansion On The Hill	American Legends – Hank Williams
21	Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler	Lost On The River	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
22	Taj Mahal	Mind Your Own Business	Sekno Blues
23	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	A Horse Called Music
24	The Little Willies	Night Life	The Little Willies
25	Johnny Burnette	Hello Walls	The Ballads Of
26	Jamey Johnson	Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)	Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
27	Bryan Ferry	If Not For You	Dylanesque
28	Madeleine Peyroux	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Careless Love
29	Mason Jennings	The Times They Are A-Changin'	I'm Not There [Disc 2]
30	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Way Down In The Hole	Spirit Of The Century
31	Los Lobos	Jockey Full Of Bourbon	Ride This: The Covers [EP]
32	The Devil Makes Three	Come On Up to the House	Redemption & Ruin
33	John Hammond, Jr.	Clap Hands	Wicked Grin
34	The Eagles	Ol' 55	On The Border
35	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Jolene
36	Linda Ronstadt	I Will Always Love You	Prisoner In Disguise
37	Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station	Coat of Many Colors	Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton
38	Bill Philips	Put It Off Until Tomorrow	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
39	The Drifters	Some Kind of Wonderful	Drifters' Golden Hits
40	The Cookies	Chains	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
41	The Drifters	Up On The Roof	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
42	Maxine Brown	Oh No Not My Baby	Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On
43	Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 2: Mid-'60s
44	Taj Mahal	Take A Giant Step	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
45	The Byrds	Goin' Back	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
46	Skeeter Davis	I Can't Stay Mad At You	Early Girls: 1
47	The Band	I Shall Be Released	Music From Big Pink
48	The Brothers and Sisters	All Along the Watchtower	When Gospel Sings Bob Dylan
49	Rick Nelson	She Belongs To Me	The Best Of 1964-1975

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Bayou R&B

January 26, 2019 Dave

Back to the bayou once more. This time we keep our focus with laser precision on the rhythm and the blues swirling around in the stew that is Louisiana and the southern climes. You can look forward to some straight ahead blues from Katie Webster, B. B. King, and Lonesome Sundown as well as rhythm vocals from the likes of Art Neville, The Del-Chords, and Joe Richards. I’m telling you…you won’t be hearing anything like it anywhere on Sonoma County radio. It’s a down and dirty bayou collection including selections from the Ace UK archives, the Chess label, and includes some special treats from Little Richard, The Spiders, and King Karl.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	James Booker	Junco Partner	Junco Partner
3	Little Richard	Directly from My Heart	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
4	Joe Richards	You'd Better Change	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
5	Tabby Thomas	I'd Love To Tell	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
6	Johnnie Allan	Lonely Days & Lonely Nights	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
7	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
8	The Velvetiers	Feelin' Right On Saturday Night	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
9	The Del-Chords	Help Me	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
10	The Hi-Fi's	I'm So Lonely	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
11	The Spiders	I Didn't Want to Do It	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
12	Art Neville	House On The Hill	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
13	Art Neville	What's Going On	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
14	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
15	Earl King	Feeling My Way Around	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
16	Sugar Boy Crawford	What's Wrong	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
17	Chris Kenner	Something You Got	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
18	Katie Webster	Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
19	Jimmy Dotson	I Need Your Love	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
20	Lionel Torrance	Rooty Tooty	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
21	King Karl	Walking Through The Park	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
22	B.B. King	Bad Case of Love	Blues on the Bayou
23	Lonesome Sundown	California Blues	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
24	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
25	Fats Domino	Whole Lotta Loving	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
26	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
27	Clifton Chenier	The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
28	Smiley Lewis	Shame, Shame, Shame	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
29	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
30	Ernie K-Doe	Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta	Absolutely the Best
31	Big Boy Myles	New Orleans	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
32	Frankie Ford	Roberta	Very Best Of Frankie Ford
33	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn	Educated Fool	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
34	Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow	Jumping At The Zadacoe	Louisiana Swamp Blues
35	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Don't You Know Yockomo	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
36	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	It Won't Be Long	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
37	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1

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Goodnight Irene

January 12, 2019 Dave

Free form this week. We’re pulling out the stops with a mix of gospel from the King’s Sacred Quartette, Band memories from Steve Forbert and Rick Danko, some sixties garage band, classic R&B from Shirley & Lee and Lloyd Price, and the Motown sounds of Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, and Stevie Wonder. The mix includes country, blues classics, and an After Hours mash-up…all for you…all for community radio on a Friday morning in West County. Join in the revelry.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dr. John	Good Night, Irene	Goin' Back To New Orleans
3	Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos	After Hours	The Hotel Child
4	Willie Dixon And Friends	After Hours	Willie Dixon And Friends, Vol. 9
5	Ivory Joe Hunter	I Almost Lost My Mind	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
6	Fats Domino	The Girl I Love [Version 2]	This Is Gold Disc 1
7	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
8	The Soul Stirrers	Slow Train	Tribute to Sam Cooke
9	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
10	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
11	Steve Forbert	Wild as the Wind	Just Like There's Nothin' to It
12	Bob Dylan & The Band	The Shape I'm In	Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
13	The Byrds	You Ain't Going Nowhere	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
14	Maria Muldaur	Sweetheart	Waitress In a Donut Shop
15	Sam Cooke	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (2 of 4)
16	Kermit Ruffins	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	We Partyin' Traditional Style
17	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Stagger Lee	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
18	Cannibal & the Headhunters	Land of 1000 Dances	Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
19	Lloyd Price	Rock 'n' Roll Dance	Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 3]
20	Shirley & Lee	I Want To Dance	Shirley & Lee Rock
21	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Mitch Ryder Radio Promo	Detroit Breakout! 1
22	Booker T. & the MG's	Time Is Tight	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
23	The Four Tops	It's the Same Old Song	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
24	Marvin Gaye	Stubborn Kind of Fellow	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
25	Little Stevie Wonder	Contract On Love	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
26	Richard Lanham	On Your Radio	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
27	Johnnie & Joe	Over the Mountain, Across the Sea, Pt. 2	The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea
28	Blu Lu Barker	That Made Him Mad	Don't You Feel My Leg
29	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
30	Levon Helm	False Hearted Lover Blues	Dirt Farmer
31	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	Diamond Joe	Penny's Farm
32	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Long Play Collection
33	Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy	A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
34	Dale Evans	My Heart Is Down Texas Way (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Free Form, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

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)

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Answer Songs

August 4, 2018 Dave

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ernest Tubb	Rainbow At Midnight	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
3	Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
4	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side Of Life	Vintage Collections
5	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Complete Country Hits
6	Hank Locklin	Please Help Me, I'm Falling	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
7	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
9	Patsy Montana	16 Pounds	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
10	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
11	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
12	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
13	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
14	Elvis Presley	Little Sister	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
15	Lavern Baker	Hey Memphis	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
16	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
17	Dodie Stevens	Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight	Ultimate Collection
18	Claude King	Wolverton Mountain	Classic Country
19	Jo Ann Campbell	(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
20	Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell	Yes Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann	Hurry Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
22	Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
23	Bo Diddley	I'm A Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
24	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	The Definitive Collection
25	The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
26	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
27	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
28	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
29	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	All Time Greatest Hits
30	Carole King	Oh Neil	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
31	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
32	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	Gee Whiz & Other Hits
33	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Heatin' Up
34	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
35	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-In-Law	Absolutely the Best
36	Paul Peek	Brother-In-Law	Best of Answer Songs vol 2

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