Category Archives: American Popular

High Noon

September 26, 2015 Dave

It’s a new morning…as it always is…and was when we celebrated another Saturday morning in Occidental with Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music with host Dave Stroud. This twice-monthly show opens with a mule kicking in the stall, some barnyard rhythm and then moves swiftly into a blend of 1950s country and big band. Ray Charles, Frankie Laine, Chick Webb, Otis Spann, and Merle Travis are just a sampling of performers we’ll hear from. West County living deserves roots music wafting over the airwaves on a Saturday morning in early autumn. Let’s set the airwaves stage with some Otis Spann.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nellie Lutcher	He's A Real Gone Guy	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
3	Nellie Lutcher	There's Another Mule In Your Stall	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 1]
4	Otis Spann	Mule Kicking In My Stall	Cryin' Time
5	Louis Jordan	Barnyard Boogie	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Joe Liggins	Rhythm In The Barnyard	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
7	The Andrews Sisters	A Man is a Brother To a Mule	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
8	Charlie Poole With Sid Harkreader and Uncle Dave Macon	Man that Rode the Mule Around the World	You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 2]
9	Ralph Stanley	I've Got A Mule To Ride	Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection
10	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Mule Train (1996 Digital Remaster)	Vintage Collections
11	Frankie Laine	That Lucky Old Sun [Album Version]	Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits
12	Ray Charles	That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
13	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	High Noon	Country Guitar Giants
14	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	Country Greats #2
15	Chick Webb and his Orchestra	Don't Be That Way	from CD; orig. Decca 483
16	Ella Fitzgerald	Melinda the Mousle	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
17	Annette Hanshaw	Who's That Knocking At My Door	The Twenties Sweetheart
18	Brother Grady Coffee	I'm Working on a Building	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
19	Elvis Presley	Working on the Building	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
20	Murry Hammond	In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
21	John & Jamie Hartford	When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland	Hartford & Hartford
22	June Carter Cash	Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?	Wildwood Flower
23	George Jones	Worried Man Blues	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
24	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
25	David Lindley and Wally Ingram	Coot From Tennessee	Twango Bango Deluxe
26	Ole Ramussen	Sleepy Eyed John	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
27	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Oozlin' Daddy Blues	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
28	Cliff Hobbs;Bill Cox	Oozlin' Daddy Blues [Album Version]	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
29	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	Big Mamou	We've Got a Live One Here!
30	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Big Mamou	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
31	Bonnie Guitar	Noon Train	Affair
32	Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips	If I Had My Way	Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips

Songs of the Century – Misses

August 15, 2015 Dave

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

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

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

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San Antone – KOWS August 10, 2015

August 11, 2015 Dave

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

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

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Songs of the Century

August 8, 2015 Dave

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

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

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Wake Up! – KOWS August 8, 2015

August 8, 2015 Dave

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

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

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Connections II

July 25, 2015 Dave

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

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

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Ragged But Right – KOWS July 25, 2015

July 25, 2015 Dave

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

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

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Dirty Dog – KOWS July 11, 2015

July 11, 2015 Dave

West County is the place to be in summer. The inland heat is pulling in the right amount of tempered cool from the coast…and Deeper Roots sounds will ride the wave on a Saturday morning. Join us for music from Arlo Guthrie, Chubby Newsome, Jimmie Revard, Mahalia Jackson, and more. The sounds we’ll hear come from country, country swing, classic gospel, mountain tradition, and just a little bit of the blues so please join us as we fill the airwaves with classic roots music on a Saturday morning, live from the KOWS studios in Occidental.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Burnette	Let's Think About Living	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 3
3	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
4	Hank Snow	Music Makin' Mama From Memphis	The Essential Hank Snow
5	Asleep at the Wheel	What's the Matter With the Mill (with Pokey LaFarge)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
6	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Back Home In Indiana (LP Version)	Tiffany Transcriptions& Vol. 9
7	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Coming Back Home	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
8	Jimmie Revard	Dirty Dog	Western Swing: 40 Bootstompers
9	Jimmie Revard	Holdin' The Sack	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
10	The Louvin Brothers	I'm Ready To Go Home	Satan Is Real
11	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	Little Birdie	Ralph Stanley 1971-1973
12	Doc & Merle Watson	Corrina, Corrina	Then And Now/Two Days In November
13	Jimmie Driftwood	Soldier's Joy	Americana, Vol. 1
14	The Rice Brothers	Soldier's Joy	The Rice Brothers
15	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Django and Jimmie
16	Willie Nelson & the Offenders	A Moment Isn't Very Long	Me and the Drummer
17	Red Simpson	Don't Fall Asleep At The Wheel	Lonesome Highway Songs
18	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	So Long It's Been Good to Know You	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
19	Johnny Cash	Hey Porter	The Mystery Of Life
20	Elvis Presley	Memphis Tennessee	Artist of the Century Disc 2
21	Floyd Dixon	Oooh Little Girl	Marshall Texas Is My Home
22	Bob Dylan	It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry (take 9)	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Ser [UK] Disc 2
23	Chubby Newsome	Toodle Luddle Baby	Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
24	Anthony Butler	Judgement's Coming Soon	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
25	Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
26	Mahalia Jackson	I'm On My Way	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
27	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' For My Baby	Blues From Hell
28	Tampa Red	Crying Won't Help You	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
29	Hadda Brooks	He's Coming Home	Jump Back Honey:Complete OKeh Sessions
30	The Four Lads	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Around the World 1)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
31	Ivie Anderson	I Got It Bad	The Collection
32	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
33	Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band	Chevrolet	Greatest Hits
34	John Hiatt	Memphis in the Meantime	Bring the Family

Songs About Telephones

July 11, 2015 Dave

It’s ‘theme time’ in this episode as we find a muse that songwriters have been looking to since it’s appearance in the 19th century: the telephone. Join us for operators, dial tones, party lines, busy signals, and hang-ups…just a few of the topics in a show featuring gospel from the Selah Jubilee Singers and Sister Wynona Carr, sixties soul from The Marvelettes and The Orlons, tradition from Bill Monroe and Wade Mainer, and more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	The Manhattan Transfer
3	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
4	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
5	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
6	Burl Ives	Royal Telephone	Greatest Hits
7	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
8	Bill Monroe	When The Phone Rang	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
9	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	The Phone Call	More Behind the Picture Than the Wall
10	Wade Mainer	God's Radio Phone	I'm Not Looking Backward
11	Doc Watson	No Telephone In Heaven	My Dear Old Southern Home
12	The Carter Family	No Telephone In Heaven	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]
13	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
14	Orville Reed	The Telephone Girl	Lead Kindly Light
15	Bonnie Guitar	Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone	Only The Moon Man Knows: Rare Recordings 1951-1957
16	George Jones	Wrong Number	Star Creek Promotions 4
17	Aaron Neville	Wrong Number (I Am Sorry, Goodbye)	Treacherous [Disc 1]
18	Irma Thomas	Sorry Wrong Number	If You Want It, Come and Get It
19	Mickey & Sylvia	Can't Get You On The Phone	Rock With A Sock
20	The Orlons	Don't Hang Up	Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
21	Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
22	Tony & Tyrone	Please Operator	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
23	Mary Wells	Operator	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
24	Jorma Kaukonen	Operator	River Of Time
25	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
26	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Pennsylvania 6-5000	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
27	Hank Penny	Hold the Phone	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
28	Stonewall Jackson	Can't Hang Up the Phone	Original Greatest Hits
29	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn	Answer The Phone With Loretta Lynn	A Tribute To A Legend
30	Tom T. Hall	Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
31	Pee Wee Crayton	Phone Call From My Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
32	Pee Wee Crayton	The Telephone Is Ringing	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
33	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)
34	Floyd Dixon	Telephone Blues	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
35	Eddie Gorman And His Group	Telephone Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
36	Elana James	Telephone Man	Black Beauty

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

Grapes on the Vine

June 14, 2015 Dave

Raising the roof once more on KOWS in West Sonoma County on a bright Saturday morning. And we make it count with an opening salvo of some country swing from Bob Wills, W. Lee O’Daniel, The Light Crust Doughboys, and Willie Nelson. Not to be outdone, we’ve got bluegrass from The Rice Brothers and our own David Thom, gospel from the Hummingbirds, and a special set celebrating the “Poet of the Blues” Percy Mayfield. We’ll also feature blues from Texas and, if we find the time, early century pop from Frank Crumit and Cliff Edwards. Tune in Saturday morning at 9 on KOWS for a dose of roots sounds from the past century of America’s music with Dave Stroud.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel/Johnny Gimble	Big Balls in Cowtown	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
3	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	I Had Someone Else Before I Had You	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
4	The Light Crust Doughboys	Blue Guitars	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
5	Skeets McDonald	Fuss and Fight	Skeets McDonald – Heart Breakin' Mama (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight)
6	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Congratulate Me	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
7	Willie Nelson	Cherokee Maiden	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
8	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Sun Country Box CD4 So Long, I'm Gone
9	Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury	We're Steppin' Out Tonight	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
10	Ralph Stanley	Are You Washed In The Blood	A Mother's Prayer
11	Ralph Stanley	Dad's Old Rocky Field	Old Songs & Ballads
12	The Rice Brothers	Grapes On the Vine	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
13	The David Thom Band	The Little White Church	That Old Familiar
14	Selah Jubilee Singers	I Saw the Light	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
15	The Selah Singers	I'll Be Satisfied	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
16	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
17	Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
18	Aretha Franklin	River's Invitation	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2]
19	Percy Mayfield	Strange Things Happening	ABC Of The Blues Vol 28
20	Ray Charles	Hit the Road Jack	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
21	Buddy Miller	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Midnight And Lonesome
22	Freddie King	Look On Yonder Wall	Woman Across the River
23	The Mississppi Mud Mashers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
24	Texas Alexander	The Risin' Sun	As Good As It Gets: Country Blues [Disc 2]
25	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Easy Rider Blues	Classic Sides Disc 2
26	Ishman Bracey	Woman Woman Blues (Pm 12970, L-239-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
27	Charlie Spand	Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
28	Jean Brady and Big Bill Broonzy	Knocking Myself Out	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
29	Lightnin' Hopkins	Buddy Brown's Blues (98 Degree Blues)	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 2]
30	Frank Crumit	There's No One With Endurance	grimriper2u@yahoo.com FRANK CRUMIT
31	Cliff Edwards	K-K-K-Katy & When You Wore A Tulip	CLIFF EDWARDS grimriper2u@yahoo.com
32	Herbert Payne	Smoke Clouds	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
33	Al Jolson	Toot, Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
34	Billy Joe Shaver	Hill Country Love Song	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
35	Marty Robbins	The Strawberry Roan	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

A Century of America's Music