Category Archives: American Popular

Willie & Friends

April 17, 2021 Dave

Willie Nelson turns 88 this month. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, he wrote his first song at the age of seven and had his first band at the age of ten. From high school to the Air Force, then to his return home to Texas as a radio disc jockey, he was always in a band singing. In the 1950s he would write songs that would become country standards and we’ll be sharing some of them with you in today’s Deeper Roots, performed by Willie and his contemporaries. He endures just as his music does and the catalog is a legacy few parallel. We’ll hear from The Little Willies, Waylon Jennings, Faron Young, Asleep at the Wheel, and at least a dozen others performing the songs of Willie Hugh Nelson. Tune in Friday morning on KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willie Nelson	Me And Paul	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)
3	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Three Days	Absolute Torch and Twang
4	Willie Nelson	Nite Life	One Hell Of A Ride
5	B.B. King & Willie Nelson	Night Life	Deuces Wild
6	Duke Robillard/Sunny Crownover	Crazy	Tales from the Tiki Lounge
7	Bill Anderson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	1956-1961 (Warped 5720)
8	Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Pretty Paper	A Love So Beautiful
9	Timi Yuro	Are You Sure	The Best of Timi Yuro
10	Raul Malo	Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground	You're Only Lonely
11	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Country
12	Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson	Roll Me Up (Album version)	Heroes
13	The Little Willies	I Gotta Get Drunk	The Little Willies
14	Ernest Tubb	Sad Songs and Waltzes	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
15	Dale Watson	Write Your Own Songs	Dale & Ray
16	Ray Charles/Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 5
17	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
18	Faron Young	Hello Walls	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
19	Patsy Cline	Crazy	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 3]
20	Willie Nelson	Yesterday's Wine	One Hell Of A Ride
21	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys	Waylon & Willie
22	Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson	Heaven And Hell	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]
23	Kinky Friedman	Bloody Mary Morning	The Loneliest Man I Ever Met
24	Asleep at the Wheel	Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
25	Willie Nelson, The Time Jumpers	I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)	For The Good Times
26	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie
27	Faron Young	Three Days	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
28	Al Green/Lyle Lovett	Funny How Time Slips Away	More Greatest Hits
29	Willie Nelson	The Party's Over	Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 Disc 1
30	Doug Sahm	Me and Paul	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1

Rolling Along

April 9, 2021 Dave

We’re going to blend all the favorites into a delicious free form stew this morning, looking to the north, south, east and west for our inspiration. Not only do we have some Otis Redding soul, but we’ve also got some traditional blendings from David Johansen, The Devil Makes Three, and some southern fried sounds from James Lee Stanley and John Hammond. A lot of our playlist makes connections: moonlight drives, Memphis tributes, and a lot about our title track ‘rolling along’. I’ve also got a little splash of Frankie Laine for inspiration along those lines. Tune in on a Sonoma County Friday morning for more from the Cherry Street Historic District and the mighty KOWS, streaming to planet earth on kowsfm.com.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Mavericks	Rolling Along	Brand New Day
3	John Hammond	Riding In The Moonlight	Southern Fried
4	James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt	Moonlight Drive	All Wood And Doors
5	The Doors	Moonlight Drive	Strange Days
6	Raul Malo	Moonlight Kiss	Lucky One
7	B.B. King & Eric Clapton	Riding With The King	Riding With The King
8	John Hiatt	Book Lovers	Riding With the King
9	David Johansen & the Harry Smiths	Well, I've Been to Memphis	BMW Audiophile
10	J.J. Cale	Midnight in Memphis	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
11	Charley Crockett	That's How I Got to Memphis	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
12	Randy Newman	Rollin'	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
13	Raphael Saadiq	Stone Rollin'	Stone Rollin' – Single
14	Tiny Bradshaw	The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered) – Single
15	Various	Blazing Saddles Pledge To Hedley Lamarr Audio	Sound Clips
16	Frankie Laine	Signature / Main Title	Blazing Saddles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [40th Anniversary Edition]
17	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
18	Otis Redding	I'm Sick Y'All	Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
19	Arthur Alexander	In The Middle Of It All	The Greatest Hits
20	Elvis Presley	It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'	From Elvis in Memphis
21	The Devil Makes Three	Come On Up to the House	Redemption & Ruin
22	The Box Tops	The Letter	The Classic Sixties: 1967
23	Eartha Kitt	The Memphis Blues	The RCA Recordings 1953-1958
24	Jerry Lee Lewis	Night Train To Memphis	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
25	Mink Deville	You Just Keep Holding On	The Mink De Ville Collection
26	Ben E. King	Spanish Harlem	Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962
27	Cassius Clay	Stand by Me	Golden Throats, Vol. 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities
28	Creedence Clearwater Revival	It Ain't You Or Me	36 All – Time Greatest Hits 3 CD Set (Disk 3)
29	Kevin Russell	Nadine	You Don't Know Me
30	John Prine	Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian	German Afternoons
31	The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	The Soul Story, Vol. 2 [Disc 1]
32	Irma Thomas	Hurtin' for Certain	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn

Torch Songs

April 4, 2021 Dave

Smoky lounges, familiar places, and torch songs to patronize those forlorn lovers alone at the bar. You get the drift. Sentimentality abounds this morning on Deeper Roots as we dig into a subset of virtually any genre out there. It’s as old as time itself, of course: songs and stories of unrequited or lost love, either where one is oblivious to the feelings of another or has moved on from a relationship, all told in teary notes by the performer. Let me just say that there was no shortage of fodder for this show whether it was country, jazz, soul, or pop. We’ll hear from Julie London, Ray Charles, Dusty Springfield, Aretha, Roy Orbison, and on and on. No rest for the pain of unrequited love. Tune in for a crazy moon, crying time, and the end of the world on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Julie London	Cry Me A River	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po
3	Eva Taylor	Moanin' Low	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
4	Gertrude Niesen	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	My Best Wishes
5	Bing Crosby	I'll Be Seeing You	44 Your Hit Parade
6	Judy Garland	That Man That Got Away	Your Hit Parade – 1954
7	Julie London	In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Torch Songs
8	Peggy Lee	Oh You Crazy Moon	Torch Songs
9	Lena Horne	Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
10	Dusty Springfield	Anyone Who Had A Heart	A Girl Called Dusty
11	Dusty Springfield	Someone To Watch Over Me	Simply & Dusty [Disc 4]
12	Sarah Vaughan	Someone To Watch Over Me	The Best Of Sarah Vaughan 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection)
13	Lenny Welch	Since I Fell For You	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
14	Skeeter Davis	The End Of The World	The Essential Skeeter Davis
15	Little Anthony & The Imperials	Hurt So Bad	The Best Of Little Anthony And The I Mperials
16	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Ooo Baby Baby	Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1]
17	Ray Charles	Crying Time	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
18	Bettye LaVette	Let Me Down Easy	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
19	Brenda Lee	I'm Sorry	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
20	The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
21	Kay Starr	I've Grown Accustomed to His Face	Torch Songs
22	Nat King Cole	The Very Thought Of You	Nat King Cole [Disc 3]
23	Roy Orbison	Love Hurts	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
24	The Beach Boys	Caroline No	Pet Sounds
25	Aretha Franklin	Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
26	Crystal Gayle	Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue	Classic Country 1975 – 1979
27	Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds	The Classic Sixties: '60s Flashback
28	Willie Nelson	Someone to Watch over Me	Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
29	Dakota Staton	Misty	Torch Songs
30	Dionne Warwick	Always Something There To Remind Me	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
31	The Platters	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
32	The Cascades	Rhythm of the Rain	Teen Ballads Disc 2
33	Jo Stafford	The Things We Did Last Summer	Candy
34	The Traveling Wilburys	Not Alone Anymore	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1

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

Breakin’ The Law

March 29, 2021 Dave

Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis, The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willy DeVille	Hey Joe	Backstreets Of Desire
3	The Leaves	Hey Joe	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
4	The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought The Law	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
5	Dick & Dee Dee	Thou Shalt Not Steal	The Singles Collection
6	The Cadillacs	Jay Walker	For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
7	Kitty Wells	Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered)	Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single
8	Ray Batts	Stealin' Sugar	Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock
9	Eilen Jewell	If You Catch Me Stealing	Letters From Sinners & Strangers
10	Hank Snow	The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe	I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1]
11	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts of Life	The Essential Porter Wagoner
12	Jimmy Littlejohn	No Parking Here	The World Is A Monster
13	Johnny Cash	Out Among the Stars	Out Among The Stars
14	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	Original Greatest Hits
15	The Byrds	Pretty Boy Floyd	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
16	Joe Ely	Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde	Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
17	Merle Haggard	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
18	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Jesse James	Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
19	Bruce Springsteen	Jesse James	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
20	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	Glendale Train	New Riders Of The Purple Sage
21	Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson	In the Jailhouse Now	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
22	Rod Morris	Alabama Jailhouse	Country Boy's Dream
23	Dean Taylor	Indiana Wants Me	70s Music Explosion Escape
24	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Private Property (No Tresspassing)	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
25	Howling Wolf	My Friends aka Stealing My Clothes	Sings The Blues
26	David Lindley	Talk to the Lawyer	Win This Record
27	Warren Zevon	Lawyers, Guns and Money	A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
28	Mac Wiseman	Bad Ole Philadelphia Lawyer	Old Likker In A New Jug
29	Kitty Wells	Will Your Lawyer Talk To God	Country Music Hall Of Fame
30	Ricky Skaggs	Drunken Driver	Bluegrass Rules!
31	Goodnight, Texas	A Bank Robber's Nursery Rhyme	Uncle John Farquhar
32	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered)
33	Dinah Washington	Jailhouse Blues	The Bessie Smith Songbook

East Side West Side

March 20, 2021 Dave

From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	The Sidewalks of New York	Internet Archives
3	George Cohan Jr.	Give My Regards To Broadway	The Golden Entertainers
4	Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.	42nd Street – from 42nd Street	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
5	McGlinn/London Sinfonietta	Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street)	The Busby Berkeley Album
6	Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell	Lullaby Of Broadway	Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren
7	Jo Stafford	Manhattan Serenade	For You
8	Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson	Going To New York	Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
9	Ella Fitzgerald	Manhattan	Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
10	Babs Gonzales	Dem New York People	Cool Whalin'	Babs
11	Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris	America	West Side Story
12	Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra	She's a Latin from Manhattan	Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4
13	Desi Arnaz	I Come From New York	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
14	Bobby Darin	Sunday in New York	Wild Cool & Swingin
15	Frank Sinatra	Theme from New York, New York	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
16	Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis	Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
17	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York	Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
18	The Ad Libs	The Boy From New York City	Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
19	The Drifters	On Broadway	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
20	John Barry	Midnight Cowboy	Moviola
21	Harry Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin'	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
22	Harry Nilsson	I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City	All-Time Greatest Hits
23	Simon & Garfunkel	The Only Living Boy In New York	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
24	Henry Mancini	Rhapsody in Blue	Instrumental Favorites
25	Garland Jeffreys	New York Skyline	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
26	Ray Charles	New York's My Home	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
27	Judy Garland	I Happen To Like New York	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
28	Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues	Fairytale of New York	Galore
29	Mel Tormi	Sunday In New York	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
30	Stevie Wonder	Living for the City	Innervisions
31	Jay-Z	Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)	The Blueprint 3

The Great American Songbook

February 27, 2021 Dave

Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Songs of Free Men
3	George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Summertime	Porgy & Bess
5	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
6	Loudon Wainwright III	You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)	I'd Rather Lead a Band
7	Dinah Washington	They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
8	Billie Holiday	Autumn in New York	Ken Burns Jazz
9	Omara Portuondo	El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away)	Black Magic (Magia Negra)
10	Desi Arnaz	Holiday In Havana	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
11	Perez Prado	Cuban Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
12	Xavier Cugat	Papa Loves Mambo	Lounge Music Goes Latin
13	Stephen Foster	Beautiful Dreamer	The Songs of Stephen Foster
14	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
15	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Oh! Susanna	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
16	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
17	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	78s
18	Dirk Powell	I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly	When I Wait For You
19	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
20	Nelstone's Hawaiians	Village School	The Harry Smith B-Sides
21	Dock Boggs	Oh Death	Dock Boggs Is Legendary
22	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Night And Day	Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
24	Bettye LaVette	Blues For The Weepers	Blackbirds
25	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
26	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
27	The Stoneman Family	Too Late	The Harry Smith B-Sides
28	Mississippi John Hurt	Nobody's Dirty Business	The Harry Smith B-Sides
29	M. Ward	Along the Santa Fe Trail	Migration Stories
30	Ella Fitzgerald	In The Still Of The Night	Music & Moonlight

The Year 1939

February 19, 2021 Dave

While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell, A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Louis Armstrong	Jeepers Creepers	Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
3	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Tain't What You Do	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
5	Count Basie's Kansas City 7	Lester Leaps In	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
6	Woody Herman	Woodchopper's Ball	Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
7	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
8	Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
9	Billie Holiday	Them There Eyes	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06]
10	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra	Old Man Harlem	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
11	Marlene Dietrich	Falling In Love Again	The Blue Angel
12	Bob Hope & Shirley Ross	Thanks for the Memory	Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2
13	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
14	Bing Crosby	You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	The Harry Warren Songbook
15	Xavier Cugat	Perfidia	Say "Si Si"
16	Vaughn Monroe	In The Still Of The Night	First Crooners : Vol. 3-1935-40
17	Frankie Masters and His Orchestra	Scatter-Brain (Theme Song)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
18	Cab Calloway	The Jumpin' Jive	Best Of The Big Bands
19	Kay Kyser	Three Little Fishes	Sentimental Favorites
20	Coleman Hawkins	Body And Soul	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
21	The Ink Spots	Address Unknown	Greatest Hits
22	The Ink Spots	If I Didn't Care	Greatest Hits
23	Glenn Miller Orchestra	In The Mood	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
24	Slim Gaillard And His Flat Foot Floogie Boys	Matzah Balls	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
25	Charlie Barnet	Cherokee	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 3
26	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Diga, Diga Doo	Wicked Swing
27	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra W. Martha Tilton	And the Angels Sing	Too Marvelous For Words
28	Guy Lombardo	Penny Serenade	Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo
29	Bea Wain With Larry Clinton And His Orchestra	Deep Purple	White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1]
30	Lionel Hampton	I've Found a New Baby	Wicked Swing
31	Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson	Roll 'Em Pete	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
32	Chick Webb and his Orchestra v/Ella Fitzgerald	Undecided	from CD; orig. Decca 2323

Songs About Singing

January 15, 2021 Dave

Sing it loud! It’s a whole new year and our country can take heart without letting our guard down. We’ll celebrate a fresh new start knowing that hard work lies ahead with a two hour show featuring the theme of ‘singing’. Join Dave Stroud once more for a mixed bag; an eclectic blend of sounds from the past century featuring the likes of Ukulele Ike, Wingy Manone, The Cats & The Fiddle, John Sebastian, Cat Power, and a couple of dozen more, all belting out songs about the very act of singing. We’ll take you down Memory Lane with old fashioned songs, simple songs of gospel and freedom, swinging low, singing high, and those joyful sing-alongs we’ve shared over the past century. That’s right. It’s theme time on this week’s Deeper Roots show and we’d love to have you. Join in the festivities.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tony Bennett	Sing You Sinners [#]	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
3	Katie Crippen with Henderson's Novelty Ork.	Play 'Em For Mamma, Sing 'Em For Me (BS 2003, P-104-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
4	Cab Calloway	I Love to Sing-A (From 'The Singing Kid')	Chronological 1934-37
5	The Boswell Sisters	Sing A Little Jingle	The Boswell Sisters Collection
6	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Sing Me A Swing Song	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
7	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain	Golden Memories of Stage and Screen-Disc1
8	Pat Boone	It's a Grand Night For Singing	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
9	Ella Fitzgerald	Sing Song Swing	The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald – [Disc 2]
10	June Christy	Sing Something Simple	The Misty Miss Christy
11	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	SInging-ing-ing	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
12	Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination	Sing (A Happy Little Thing)	Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935
13	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Sing An Old Fashioned Song	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
14	Nellie Lutcher	If You Wanna Get T'Goin' (And Come Out Singing)	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3]
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	I'm Singing, So Help Me	The Very Best Of
16	Dr. John	Sing Along Song (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
17	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
18	Cat Power	Aretha, Sing One For Me	Jukebox
19	B.B. King	Why I Sing the Blues	Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics
20	Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen	One More Voice Singing In Heaven Tonight	Keeper Of The Flame
21	Edward W. Clayborn	I Heard The Angels Singing	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel
22	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Gospel of Blues
23	Curley Williams	Just A-Picking And A-Singing	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
24	John Sebastian	Singing The Blues	Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 2]
25	Stonewall Jackson	You're the Sad in My Songs	Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967
26	Gale Garnett	We'll Sing In The Sunshine	Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2]
27	Louie Innis	Sing Your Song Baby	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
28	Ferlin Husky	23 – I Could Sing All Night	Ferlin Husky Singles
29	Carl Perkins	Sing My Song	(2000) Back On Top (CD 3)
30	Charlie Monroe	I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing (TK A)	The Chronological Classics 1950-1956
31	Barbara Dane	Don't Sing Love Songs (Silver Dagger)	Anthology of American Folk Songs
32	Tim Hardin	Simple Song Of Freedom	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1]
33	Tex Ritter & His Texans	Singing in the Saddle	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
34	The New Seekers	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	70s Music Explosion – Sunshine

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, Oldies

Wide Open Places

January 8, 2021 Dave

A bright future is in store….that’s our story and we’re stickin’ to it! Today’s show contains an inordinate amount of upbeat tickers including a trip to Tulsa with Asleep at the Wheel, a Fats Waller song about those wide open places, a journey following the North Star with Rhiannon Giddens, The Boswells, Hank Williams, Les Paul, and a whole lot more. We’re in a free form mood on a Friday morning here in Sonoma County, celebrating the Twelve Days of Inauguration the best way we know how. Join us on Sonoma County Community radio from the Deeper Roots Den with your host Dave Stroud, celebrating our democracy in a big, big way.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	Asleep at the Wheel	Take Me Back to Tulsa	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
4	Robert Gordon	Take Me Back	Are You Gonna Be The One
5	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
6	Jerry Garcia	Sugaree	Garcia
7	Elizabeth Cotten	Freight Train	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
8	Les Paul	The Lonesome Road (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
9	Sam Cooke	Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair	Swing Low
10	John Lee Hooker	I Cover The Waterfront	Mr. Lucky
11	The Ravens	Deep Purple	The Greatest Group of Them All
12	Rhiannon Giddens	Following the North Star	Freedom Highway
13	Rhiannon Giddens	I'm On My Way	There Is No Other
14	Geraint Watkins	Heart of Stone	Rush of Blood
15	Paul Thorn	Soon I Will Be Done	Don't Let The Devil Ride
16	James Carr	Pouring Water On A Drowning Man	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
17	The Pilgrim Travelers	I Never Knew Joy Before	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
18	Reliable True Tones	I Came a Long Way	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
19	Paramount Singers	There's A Leak In This Old Building	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
20	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
21	John Fahey	Texas & Pacific Blues (My Bucket's Got A Hole In It)	Your Past Comes Back – Disc 5
22	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Dark Eyes	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
23	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (1)
24	Boswell Sisters	Everybody Loves My Baby	Boswell Sisters
25	Fats Waller	Dry Bones	Music By Fats Waller
26	Ivie Anderson	Five O'clock Whistle	Cocktail Hour
27	Cleo Brown	Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes	The Legendary Cleo Brown
28	Danny Kaye	Oh By Jingo!	Danny Kaye The Best of
29	Mae West	He's A Bad, Bad Man	The Mae West Collection
30	Rosanne Cash	I Still Miss Someone	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
31	Mark Knopfler	Rear View Mirror	Down The Road Wherever
32	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Sing, Sing, Sing	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
33	Geraint Watkins	It's a Beautiful Day	Watkins Bold as Love

Who We Lost 2020

January 2, 2021 Dave

It’s hard to put into words the grief we have experienced over so many great performers lost this past year, including those who lost their battle to COVID-19. When assembling our annual list of tributes it became clear that no two hours would suffice so we’ll be doing some abbreviated observations to make sure they’re not forgotten. And we’ll also be thanking those behind the scenes, the songwriters, the session folks, and we’ll even have a short collection of British influencers who touched our lives with their talent. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our first Deeper Roots show of 2021, this new year that is filled with so much promise. And it’s likely that we can all agree that the bar couldn’t have fallen much lower than it did last year.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fountains of Wayne	Valley Winter Song	Welcome Interstate Managers
3	Bucky Pizzarelli	Chicken a La Swing	Green Guitar Blues / Cafi Pierre Trio
4	McCoy Tyner	Flapstick Blues	Gold Encore Series – I Love A Piano
5	Annie Ross	Twisted	Got Nothing But Song
6	Bent Fabric	Alley Cat (Classic Version)	Jukebox
7	Hal Singer Sextet	Corn Bread	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
8	Bobby Lewis	Tossin' and Turnin'	Best of Answer Songs vol 4
9	Little Richard	Rip It Up	London American Label Year By Year 1956
10	Phil Phillips	Sea Of Love	Heatin' Up
11	Rod Bernard	This Should Go On Forever	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
12	Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes and Connie Stevens	Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
13	Len Barry	1-2-3	Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On
14	Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons	Rag Doll	The Definitive Pop Collection Disc 1
15	The Chordettes	Mr. Sandman	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
16	Johnny Nash	I Can See Clearly Now	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
17	Millie Small	My Boy Lollipop	The Island Story: 1962-1987 – 25th Anniversary [Disc 1]
18	Toots & The Maytals	Pressure Drop	The Harder They Come
19	Tony Rice	Cold On The Shoulder	Cold On The Shoulder
20	Jerry Jeff Walker	Mr. Bojangles	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 2]
21	Norma Tanega	Walkin' My Cat Named Dog	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
22	Trini Lopez	If I Had A Hammer	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
23	David Olney	God Shaped Hole	The Wheel
24	John Prine	Paradise	German Afternoons
25	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
26	Willie Nelson	Me And Paul	The Essential Willie Nelson
27	Billy Joe Shaver	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal…But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday
28	Kenny Rogers	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town	Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 1]
29	Jan Howard	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
30	The Charlie Daniels Band	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
31	Justin Townes Earle	Harlem River Blues	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
32	Helen Reddy	Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)	Singers And Songwriters: 1973-1975
33	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	The Best of Betty Wright
34	Bill Withers	Use Me	American Beauty
35	The Emotions	Best Of My Love	Boogie Nights: Music From The Original Motion Picture
36	Mountain	Mississippi Queen	Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 1
37	Van Halen	(Oh) Pretty Woman	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 7
38	The Merry-Go-Round (Emitt Rhodes)	Live	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
39	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell	Dueling Banjos	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
40	Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra	For A Few Dollars More	Music From The Good, The Bad And The Ugly & A Fistful of Dollars & For A Few Dollars More
41	Vera Lynn	We'll Meet Again	1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 7
42	Chad & Jeremy	Yesterday's Gone	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
43	Ian Whitcomb	You Turn Me On	You Turn Me On: The Very Best of Ian Whitcomb
44	The Spencer Davis Group	Keep on Running	The Finer Things Disc 1
45	Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders	Game Of Love	Wayne Fontana / It's Wayne Fontana
46	Joan Jett With The Sex Pistols	I Love Rock N' Roll [Early Version] (Alan Merrill COVID)	Flashback
47	Bill Pursell	Our Winter Love	Music to Shag By
48	The Pointer Sisters	Fire (Bonnie)	From The Pointer Sisters With Love
49	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything

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