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The Year in Music 1948

The year 1948 saw the price of a first class stamp at three cents and unemployment in post-war America was at a low 3.9%. The Hollywood Ten were jailed for contempt of Congress when they refused to disclose Communist affiliations. And Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The LP is still the standard by which physical listening is measured with album sales booming, with LPs sold rising 108% in the first six months of 2020. But we’re going to be sharing the music of 1948 this week:  Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes, Louis Jordan, Blue Lu Barker and Mahalia Jackson are just but a few we’ll be hearing from in this week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Mahalia Jackson Move On Up A Little Higher Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel Amazon
3Lonnie Johnson Tomorrow Night Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
4Blue Lu Barker A Little Bird Told Me From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 Amazon
5Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends King Size Papa Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53 Amazon
6Amos Milburn Chicken-Shack Boogie Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn Amazon
7Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Run, Joe Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949 Amazon
8Bull Moose Jackson I Love You Yes I Do Bad Man Jackson Amazon
9Bull Moose Jackson I Can't Go On Without You Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950 Amazon
10Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
11Hal Singer Cornbread Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon
12Eddy Arnold Bouquet Of Roses Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him Amazon
13Eddy Arnold Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
14Eddy Arnold Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way) Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
15Eddy Arnold What A Fool I Was Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
16Floyd Tillman I Love You So Much It Hurts Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
17Jimmy Wakely One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 Amazon
18Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman That's What I Like About The West Amazon
19Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Bubbles in My Beer Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
20Hank Thompson Humpty Dumpty Heart The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
21Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time") Country Legends Amazon
22Dinah Shore Buttons and Bows Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
23Nat King Cole Nature Boy Nat King Cole [Disc 1] Amazon
24Doris Day Love Somebody (With Buddy Clark) The Vintage Years (Part One) Amazon
25Peggy Lee Manana Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
26Art Mooney I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
27Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters Powder Your Face With Sunshine Good Old Summertime Amazon
28Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks Just Because Greatest Hits Amazon
29Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins Little White Lies Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
30Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers My Happiness Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
31Doris Day It's Magic Your Hit Parade: 1948 Amazon
32The Andrews Sisters Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
33Bing Crosby Now is the Hour Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon

Dustbin Dynamite

A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ronnie Dee Action Packed Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
3Bobby Troup Seventh Son Make Mine Mondo Amazon
4Rock-A-Tones One More Chance Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
5Annette Funicello Bikini Beach Party Good Old Summertime Amazon
6Red Prysock Hand Clappin' Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
7Jim Backus & Friend Delicious Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
8The Interiors Voodoo Doll Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
9The Bikinis Crazy Vibrations Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
10Gary Warren Midnight Rain Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
11The Three Suns Tequila Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
12The Invaders Shock Treatment Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
13Freddie & The Hitch Hikers Sinners Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
14The Duals Lover's Satellite Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
15Sparkle Moore Skull & Crossbones Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
16Mamie Van Doren Seperate The Men From The Boys Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
17Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies) Camel Walk Make Mine Mondo Amazon
18Rusty Draper & Lola Dee Scratch My Back Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
19Tarheel Slim Number Nine Train Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
20Robin Hood Brians Dis A Itty Bit Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
21Tony Casanova Boogie Woogie Feeling Make Mine Mondo Amazon
22Don & The Galaxiex Avalanche Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection Amazon
23Jan & Dean Surf Route 101 Popsicle Amazon
24Bobby Fry Grandchus Make Mine Mondo Amazon
25Si Zentner Walk on the Wild Side Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
26Johnny Durain & The Cytones Shang-Dang-Doo Make Mine Mondo Amazon
27The Surfaris Surfer Joe [Long Version] Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1 Amazon
28Voice Farm Come On-A My House Bigger Cooler Weirder Amazon
29Mouse A Public Execution Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia Amazon
30The Bobbettes I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1) War Paint – The Gone Records Story Amazon
3113th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia Amazon
32Bob Callaway Tick Tock Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
33The Tornadoes Maleguena Bustin' Surfboards Amazon
34Little Carolyn Sue I Hate Men Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1 Amazon
35Martin Denny Cool Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood Amazon
36Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon

Watching The River Flow

September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Marty Robbins Running Gun Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
3Sugar Pie DeSanto Here You Come Running Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
4The Four Tops You Keep Running Away The Ultimate Collection Amazon
5Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
6Roy Orbison Running Scared Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
7Juke Boy Bonner Running Shoes Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
8Aretha Franklin Spanish Harlem 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
9Jesse Colin Young Morning Sun Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 Amazon
10Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
11Marie Knight His Eye Is On The Sparrow Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
12Taj Mahal Let the Four Winds Blow Phantom Blues Amazon
13Los Lobos I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
14Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
15Chris Kenner I Like It Like That Part 1 Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957- Amazon
16Solomon Burke Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
17Leon Russell Watching The River Flow Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
18Bob Dylan Knockin' On Heaven's Door Greatest Hits Volume 3 Amazon
19Warren Zevon Keep Me in Your Heart The Wind Amazon
20Steve Miller Band Living In The U.S.A. Sailor Amazon
21Steve Miller Band Quicksilver Girl Sailor Amazon
22John Prine There She Goes Bruised Orange Amazon
23John Prine Please Don't Bury Me Souvenirs Amazon
24Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
25Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio No Quiero The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
26Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Wooly Bully Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
27The Marvelettes Don't Mess With Bill Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
28Alive 'N Kickin' Tighter, Tighter Alive 'N Kickin' Amazon
29Bo Diddley Say Man Go Bo Diddley Amazon
30Joe Ely Fingernails Live Shots Amazon
31Duane Eddy Rebel Rouser Rebel Rouser Amazon
32Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues (Intro) Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
33Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon

R&B Boogie Woogie

Drop by to play along with the second of a two-part episode exploring an eclectic blend of boogie woogie, in the key of rhythm and blues. There will be enough piano pounding, toe-tapping, and slick percussion to feed the need for musical speed in our show this week. The usual suspects will keep the line moving and we’ll also bring out some old favorites including performances from Hadda Brooks, Gladys Bentley, Oscar’s Chicago Swingers, Rosco Gordon and Albert Ammons. This second episode keeps true to the sound that surfaced in the early century, blending juke joint rhythms and house party dance celebrations. Be sure to check us out on our new web site player or at the Live365 web site.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Freddie Slack Rockin' The Boogie Boogie Woogie [Disc 8] Amazon
3Joe Lutcher Rockin' Boogie (04-19-47) 1947 Amazon
4The Treniers Rock-a-Beatin Boogie Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10] Amazon
5Big Joe Turner Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
6Rosco Gordon T Model Boogie Let's Get High (B) Amazon
7Hadda Brooks Swingin' The Boogie I've Got News For You [Disc 2] Amazon
8Nellie Lutcher Lake Charles Boogie Hurry On Down Amazon
9Gladys Bentley Boogie'n My Woogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
10Mabel Scott Baseball Boogie Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording Amazon
11Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings Boogie Woogie Stomp Boogie Woogie Stomp! Amazon
12Champion Jack Dupree Dupree Shake Dance Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
13Pinetop Perkins Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Let's Drink Some Juice… Amazon
14Little Brother Montgomery No Special Rider Blues Boogie Woogie Stomp! Amazon
15Roosevelt Sykes Blues n' Boogie Chicago Boogie Amazon
16Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Dripper's Boogie Vol. 2 – Dripper's Boogie Amazon
17Amos Milburn Roomin' House Boogie Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn Amazon
18Roy Brown Boogie Woogie Blues Good Rockin' Tonight Amazon
19Sir Charles Thompson Mister Boogie Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration Amazon
20Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Tamburitza Boogie Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1949 – 1950 Amazon
21Brownie McGhee Robbie-Doby Boogie Savoy Blues 1948-1954 [Disc 2] Amazon
22Frankie Lee Sims She Likes to Boogie Real Slow Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5] Amazon
23Roy Milton Milton's Boogie Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon
24Jake Porter Jake's Boogie in D Flat Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
25Joey Thomas Hobo Boogie Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD) Amazon
26Oscar's Chicago Swingers I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woogie Now Them Dirty Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
27Professor Longhair Boogie Woogie New Orleans Piano Amazon
28Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings Jitterbug Boogie Just For A Thrill / Live Amazon
29Eddie "Clean Head" Vinson Old Maid's Boogie Down Home Blues Amazon
30Little Walter Boogie Lone Star Amazon
31Annisteen Allen Bongo Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
32Amos Milburn Sax Shack Boogie Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon

9 Volt Heart

Deeper Roots goes free form this week with some classic country and blues right alongside tradition. From Pee Wee King to Memphis Minnie and Robert “Barbecue Bob” Hicks to Chuck Wills…we’ve got the goods. We’ll fill our Friday two hours with a delightful collection of music from the past one hundred years, live from the KOWS Cherry Street Historic District in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Got some sugar, radio memories, gospel rafter-raisers, and a track from Luke the Drifter…and remember….ninety-nine and a half just won’t do when you’re listening to the radio. Which is why we give you a hundred percent here on community radio. An eclectic blend of sounds that takes you back to the little Zenith or Silvertone that you put up to your ear, driven by that two-pronged nine-volt heart. Join us for some memories.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Charlie Musselwhite Christo Redemptor Stand Back! Amazon
3The Iguanas 9 Volt Heart Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart Amazon
4Dave Alvin Border Radio Romeo's Escape Amazon
5Merle Haggard And The Strangers Silver Wings (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 06) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
6Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac Black Cadillac Amazon
7Pee Wee King (Vocal: Dick Lory) Catty Town Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
8Little Jimmy Dickens Country Boy Honky Tonk 1945-1953 [Disc 1] Amazon
9Hank Williams No, No Joe Beyond The Sunset Amazon
10The Spare Change Boys Policeman Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
11Peetie Wheatstraw Doin' The Best I Can (Take A) Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4 Amazon
12Barbecue Bob It Just Won't Hay Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929) Amazon
13Reverend Pearly Brown Ninety Nine And A Half Won't Do The Essential Guide To Gospel Amazon
14Bo Diddley Diddy Wah Diddy Bo Knows Bo Amazon
15Lead Belly Black Betty Lead Belly's Last Sessions Amazon
16Memphis Minnie New Dirty Dozen Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
17Charles Brown Don't Get Salty Sugar The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
18Chuck Willis Sugar Sugar I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
19Ray Batts Stealin' Sugar Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon
20Merle Travis Too Much Sugar For A Dime Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
21Mark Spoelstra Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
22Howlin' Wolf My Country Sugar Mama The Real Folk Blues Amazon
23Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
24Sister Rosetta Tharpe Shout Sister Shout Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
25Blind Willie McTell Lord, Send Me An Angel (Take 2) Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4 Amazon
26Big Bill Broonzy Hey Hey An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
27Eric Clapton Hey Hey Unplugged Amazon
28Pee Wee King Slow Poke 1974-Country Music Hall Of Fam Amazon
29Les Paul & Mary Ford Tico, Tico Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary Amazon
30Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Flippin' the Lid Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
31Alden Howard/Dick Hyman I'll See You in My Dreams Sweet and Lowdown Amazon
32Bob Dylan Duquesne Whistle Tempest Amazon
33Peggy Lee Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba Amore d'Italia Amazon
34Hadda Brooks Bully Wully Boogie That's My Desire Amazon

Groove Juice Special

Not exactly sure what ‘groove juice’ is, but for the purposes of our show full of sass and novelty, we’ll just suggest you make it what you want it. It’s a whimsical, sometimes bawdy, morning collection of the past 100 years of jazz, folk, country, and pop (with a little who-knows-what-that-is thrown in).  We’ve got poodles, big feet, Ovaltine, four leaf clovers, rabbits, and tattoos included with the subject matter today. Songs that are as delectable as they are incredible. We’ve got Skeets McDonald, Robert Crumb, Mae West, Groucho Marx, Dorothy Shay (the Park Avenue Hillbilly), and a couple dozen others for your Friday morning. Oh yeah, and some Johnny Cash and Slim Gaillard as well. So tune into KRJF Community Radio this week for all you can handle.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue [Live] 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
3Geraint Watkins Bouffant In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition Amazon
4Slim & Slam Groove Juice Special Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3) Amazon
5Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
6Harry "The Hipster" Gibson Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
7Tampa Red & Big Maceo Let Me Play With Your Poodle Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan Amazon
8Johnny Buckett Let Me Play With Your Poodle Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story Amazon
9Jimmie Davis The Poodle Dog Song Doggone Country Amazon
10Sam Butera & the Witnesses French Poodle Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin Amazon
11Hank Penny Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions Amazon
12Skeets McDonald The Tattooed Lady Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story Amazon
13Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby Lydia The Tattooed Lady The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits Amazon
14The Hoosier Hot Shots I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) Rural Rhythm 1935-42 Amazon
15Mae West I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love The Mae West Collection Amazon
16Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big Fats Waller Greatest Hits Amazon
17Dave Van Ronk Your Feet's Too Big Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
18Dave Van Ronk Would You Like to Swing on a Star? Sunday Street Amazon
19R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Hula Melody (Radio Broadcast) R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
20Fiddlin' Ian McCamy Quartette Schottische R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
21Al Miller I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
22Bo Carter She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes The Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues & Hokum Amazon
23Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon I'm Gonna Steal You (BP 8040, 12920-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
24Ben Selvin Orchestra Who's Your Little Who Zis Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
25Dorothy Shay Feudin & Fightin 47 Your Hit Parade Amazon
26Eileen Barton If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd 've Baked A Cake) Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
27Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo) 47 Your Hit Parade Amazon
28Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version] Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2] Amazon
29John Fogerty Honey Do Deja Vu All Over Again Amazon
30Louis Prima I Wanna Be Like You The Jungle Book (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] Amazon
31Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra I Want to Be Evil Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits Amazon
32Hank Penny The Mink on her Back King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon

Lefty Merle Willie Hank & Hank

It’s a songwriter’s showcase this morning on Deeper Roots. Country music songwriters Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, and Hank Williams are highlighted in a show that features covers by their contemporaries (and a few from the recent past) including Iris DeMent, Ernest Tubb, Billy Walker, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and at least two dozen others. Our show pays tribute to some amazing stalwarts who literally defined the country ‘voice’ and story. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all of planet earth on all your favorite services including OpenRadio.app, TuneIn.com, RadioGarden.io and, our web site, kowsfm.com. Good morning!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine I Want to Be With You Always The Missing Years Amazon
3Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters I Want To Be With You Always Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
4Brennen Leigh I Love You A Thousand Ways Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell Amazon
5George Jones If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time) Sings Country and Western Hits Amazon
6Keith Whitley I Never Go Around Mirrors The Rounder Records Story Amazon
7Merle Haggard My Baby's Just Like Money Roots, Vol. 1 Amazon
8Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright) The List Amazon
9Bill Kirchen Shelly's Winter Love (Album) Word To The Wise Amazon
10Iris DeMent Big City Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
11George Jones I Always Get Lucky With You The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2 Amazon
12Dale Watson Mama Tried More Great Moments of Vinyl History Amazon
13Ray Price Night Life Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound Amazon
14Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet Funny How Time Slips Away Elvis Country Amazon
15k.d. lang & the Reclines Three Days Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
16The Little Willies I Gotta Get Drunk The Little Willies Amazon
17The Secret Sisters Why Don't You Love Me The Secret Sisters Amazon
18Bob Dylan I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
19Buckwheat Zydeco Hey, Good Lookin' Menagerie Amazon
20Sleepy LaBeef I Saw the Light Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook Amazon
21Jerry Lee Lewis You Win Again The Definitive Collection Amazon
22Taj Mahal Mind Your Own Business Senor Blues Amazon
23Elvis Costello He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version) Almost Blue Amazon
24Rhiannon Giddens She's Got You Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
25Patsy Cline Why Can't He Be You The Patsy Cline Collection Amazon
26Dottie West Me Today And Her Tomorrow The Essential Dottie West Amazon
27Bobby Bare I'd Fight The World The Best Of Bobby Bare Amazon
28Jamey Johnson Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill) Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran Amazon
29Al Green & Lyle Lovett Funny How Time Slips Away Rhythm Country & Blues Amazon

Those Old Familiars

Quaint, sweet, nostalgic…just a few adjectives to describe today’s music. Digging into the digital bins we’ve surfaced some of the more familiar of tunes from the last century. Early century pop, country, jazz and vocal harmonies all being serenades with upbeat and good natured favorites of the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear from Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Ted Lewis, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Blind Blake with songs that ring a true bell in the heart. Songs about lazy rivers, love letters, the lovesick blues, and Kentucky moon. Don’t let yourself get carried away as you lean in closer to the speakers. We certainly don’t want you to hurt yourself. KOWS Community radio is a connection worth making with an eclectic blend of sounds from up and down the genre expanses…streaming to planet Earth at http://www.FreeSpeechNoBull.com. Join us.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' Music By Fats Waller Amazon
3Gene Austin Love Letters In The Sand A Time To Relax Amazon
4Gene Austin My Blue Heaven A Time To Relax Amazon
5Ted Lewis I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby Is Everybody Happy Now? Amazon
6Bing Crosby Someday, Sweetheart [Single Version] Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends Amazon
7The Boswell Sisters Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers When I Take My Sugar to Tea Those Were The Days. [Disc 1] Amazon
8The Spirits Of Rhythm Nobody's Sweetheart (Remastered) The Spirits of Rhythm feat. Teddy Bunn Amazon
9Eddie Condon Aint' Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll That's A Serious Thing Amazon
10Blind Blake Diddie Wah Diddie ABC Of The Blues Vol 5 Amazon
11Emmett Miller Right Or Wrong Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
12Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Right Or Wrong King Of Western Swing Volume One Amazon
13Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Somebody Stole My Gal Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa Amazon
14Jimmy Wakely Roll Along, Kentucky Moon Vintage Collections Amazon
15Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Lazy River Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5 Amazon
16Johnny Davis And His Orchestra Sugar The Big Broadcast, Volume 8: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
17Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws Some Sweet Day The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
18Sons of the Pioneers Prairie Lullaby Songs of the Prairie – CD2 Amazon
19W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys All I Do Is Dream of You Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
20Hank Williams Lovesick Blues Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash Amazon
21The Mills Brothers In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (L. Armstrong) Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
22The Mills Brothers My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5 Amazon
23Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
24Louis Armstrong & All His Stars Lazy River The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3] Amazon
25Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
26Dean Martin/Orchestra Pretty Baby That's Amore: The Best of Dean Martin Amazon
27Doris Day Moonlight Bay The Best Of Doris Day Amazon
28Tiny Bradshaw The Sheik of Araby (09-29-34) Breaking Up the House [Disc 1] Amazon
29The Boswell Sisters Shine On, Harvest Moon It's The Girls Amazon
30John Prine/Kacey Musgraves Mental Cruelty For Better, Or Worse Amazon
31The Browns You Nearly Lose Your Mind Classics 1963-1964 (Warped 6384) Amazon
32Cab Calloway 05 I Ain't Got Nobody Chronological 1934-37 Amazon
33Laurel and Hardy Shine on Harvest Moon The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon

Mean Old World

This week’s show is a free form collection of songs from early, middle and late, all blending tradition, pop, rock ‘n roll, soul, and so much more. Little themes and big ones that bring out the best in us and some old favorites as well. Tune in on Friday at 9 for Deeper Roots and we’ll give you some Mills Brothers, John Prine, Ivory Joe Hunter and John Sebastian…oh yes, a little Bo Diddley and some Bette Davis thrown in. Community Radio in Sonoma County is all about eclectic, non-commercial entertainment with voices of your community there to bring you home. It’s a mean old world but it’s also a big, old goofy one and we’ve got the sounds this week on Deeper Roots to prove it.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers Mean Old World The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
3Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson I Am The Light Of This World Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
4Lucinda Williams Sweet Old World Sweet Old World Amazon
5Johnny Burnette Big Big World 25 Greatest Hits Amazon
6John Prine It's a Big Old Goofy World The Missing Years Amazon
7Los Lobos We Belong Together La Bamba Amazon
8The Mills Brothers Sixty Seconds Got Together Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
9Campus Kids Managua, Nicaragua The Groups Sing [Disc 2] Amazon
10Carmen Miranda Chica Chica Boom Chic The Very Best of Carmen Miranda Amazon
11Sue Foley Cuban Getaway Antone's Women: Bringing You the Best in Blues Amazon
12Dean Martin Memories Are Made Of This Crush On You Amazon
13Nick Lowe Sensitive Man The Old Magic Amazon
14Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan Tennessee Bird Walk Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics Amazon
15John Sebastian Red-Eye Express The Best Of John Sebastian Amazon
16Dan Penn Don't Lose Your Good Thing The Fame Recordings Amazon
17Ivory Joe Hunter Since I Met You Baby Since I Met You Baby Amazon
18Ollie & The Nightingales I Got A Sure Thing Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
19The Spinners It's A Shame The Very Best Of Amazon
20Ann Cole Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work On You) Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
21Nat King Cole Mona Lisa 30 Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
22Dinning Sisters Oh Monah Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1] Amazon
23Bo Diddley Mona Living The Blues – Chicago Blues Giants Amazon
24Bette Davis They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
25The Prisonaires All Alone And Lonely The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain Amazon
26John Prine With Dolores Keane It's A Cheating Situation In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
27Elvis Presley Viva Las Vegas 2nd To None Amazon
28Jo Stafford I Love You You Belong To Me Amazon
29Boswell Sisters I Thank You Mr. Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
30Boswell Sisters Stop the Sun Stop the Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
31Bill Kirchen Valley of the Moon (Album) Word To The Wise Amazon

Bob at 80

Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bob Dylan Song To Woody No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1] Amazon
3Bob Dylan Mississippi The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1] Amazon
4Ian & Sylvia Tomorrow Is A Long Time Four Strong Winds Amazon
5Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline Rag Dylan Country Amazon
6Bob Dylan New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs] Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2] Amazon
7Bob Dylan Talkin' New York Bob Dylan Amazon
8Joan Baez It's All Over Now, Baby Blue From The Coffeehouse Amazon
9Peter, Paul & Mary Blowin' In The Wind The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary Amazon
10The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man 20 Number Ones Amazon
11Johnny Cash It Ain't Me Babe Dylan Country Amazon
12Bob Dylan If Dogs Run Free New Morning Amazon
13Bob Dylan Po' Boy Love and Theft Amazon
14Bob Dylan Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 MTV Unplugged Amazon
15Bob Dylan You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Blood on the Tracks Amazon
16Bob Dylan Shelter from the Storm [Take 2] More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Amazon
17Bob Dylan Everything Is Broken Oh Mercy Amazon
18Bob Dylan Things Have Changed Lovesick Amazon
19The Band When I Paint My Masterpiece A Musical History [Disc 4] Amazon
20Bob Dylan Man in the Long Black Coat Chronicles, Vol. 1 Amazon
21Bob Dylan Duquesne Whistle Tempest Amazon
22Bob Dylan Goodbye Jimmy Reed Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1] Amazon
23Bob Dylan My Blue Eyed Jane The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute Amazon
24Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison My Back Pages Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
25Bob Dylan Man Gave Names To All The Animals Slow Train Coming Amazon