Category Archives: Blues

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Finger Pickin’ Good

May 7, 2016 Dave

I’ll say…finger pickin’ good music featuring finger pickin’ great performers from the past century. We’ve got a two hour sampling of sounds from the likes of Doc Watson, Jorma Kaukonen, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Blind Blake, Riley Puckett, and (of course) Merle Travis. Our Wednesday evening will keep it pretty folksy and traditional for the most part, leaning on tradition and the very best in string picking and chord strumming. All this and more on our roots music show which is produced exclusively for Sonoma County community radio, both KWTF and KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leo Kottke	Buckaroo	Essential
3	Chet Atkins	Wheels	Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker
4	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
5	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
6	Doc Watson	Doc's Guitar [#]	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
7	Jefferson Airplane	Embryonic Journey	Walk on the Moon
8	Jorma Kaukonen	Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Instrumental)	Stars In My Crown
9	John Fahey	Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
10	Davy Graham	Angi	3/4 Ad – Single
11	Davy Graham	Davy's Train Blues	3/4 Ad – Single
12	Stefan Grossman	Police Dog Blues	How To Play Blues Guitar
13	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Roots of Rock
14	Lonnie Johnson	Untitled	Steppin' On The Blues
15	Riley Puckett	Fuzzy Rag	Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
16	Etta Baker	One Dime Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
17	Merle Travis	Freight Train (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
18	Tommy Emmanuel	The Bug	It's Never Too Late
19	Bob Brozman	Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version]	Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered]
20	Merle Travis	Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
21	Jorma Kaukonen	Fur Peace Rag	Stars In My Crown
22	Leo Kottke	Wonderland By Night	Peculiaroso
23	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Leo Live
24	Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon	Rings	Sixty Six Steps
25	John Fahey	Layla	Rain Forests, Oceans And Other
26	Dave Van Ronk	Green, Green Rocky Road	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
27	Doc & Merle Watson	Bonaparte's Retreat	Then And Now/Two Days In November
28	Sam McGee	Knoxville Blues	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
29	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight	Complete Studio Recordings 3-CD Set
30	Stefan Grossman	Pallet On Your Floor	How To Play Blues Guitar
31	David Bromberg	Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
32	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
33	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	Barrier	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
34	Bob Hadley	Celtic Reverie	Imaginational Anthem
35	Bert Jansch	Angie	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
36	Dave Van Ronk	Gaslight Rag	Going Back to Brooklyn
37	Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon	Strange	Clone
38	Bob Brozman	Devil's Slide	Devil's Slide

Trains & Boats & Planes & Automobiles

April 21, 2016 Dave

Trains Planes Automobiles — Trains Boats Planes & Automobiles

Deeper Roots takes on a theme this week… one that has us on the road, the rails, the ocean deep, and soaring in the clouds. We speak, of course, of our modes and muse of transport in music. There’s a variety of styling to be had including blues from Snooks Eaglin and Lightnin’ Hopkins, 50s country from Cowboy Copas and Bonnie Guitar, pop sounds from Jo Stafford and the Modernaires, and a host of others that all support the theme of the day. Tune in for another roots-infused Wednesday evening on KOWS, the heart and voice of West Sonoma County, California.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Modernaires	The Stanley Steamer	The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947)
3	Kevin Russell	Cadillacin' Model A	You Don't Know Me
4	Snooks Eaglin	Model T And The Train	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
5	Rosco Gordon	T Model Boogie	Let's Get High (B)
6	Lightnin' Hopkins	Automobile Blues	Lightnin'
7	Ry Cooder	Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)	Borderline (Remaster 2013)
8	John Sebastian	Got No Automobiles	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
9	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
10	Mink Deville	Lilly's Daddy's Cadillac	Coup De Grace Plus Where Angels Fear To Tread
11	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2
12	Peter, Paul & Mary	Leaving On A Jet Plane	Album 1700
13	Mother McCollum	Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
14	Peter Case	Waiting On A Plane	HWY 62
15	Cowboy Copas	Night Plane to Memphis	Settin' Flat On Ready
16	Dwight Yoakam	07 Trains and Boats and Planes	Population: Me
17	Doc Watson	Blue Railroad Train	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
18	J. H. Howell	Howell's Railroad	Classic Field Recordings
19	Hank Williams	California Zephyr	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
20	Chuck Berry	Down Bound Train	Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
21	Jimmie Driftwood	Sailing Away On The Ocean	Americana, Vol. 3
22	Earl Scruggs	My Ship Will Sail	The Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & Two
23	The Boxmasters	Goin' Home	Modbilly Disc 1
24	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Boat's up the River	Jake Xerxes Fussell
25	Jo Stafford	Shrimp Boats	You Belong To Me
26	Al Hendrickson	On A Slow Boat To China	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
27	Nick Lowe	Christmas At The Airport	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
28	Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson	Gulf Coast Highway	Duets
29	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
30	Tony Rice Unit	Old Train	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
31	Jimmie Driftwood	I'm Leavin' On The Wagon Train	Americana, Vol. 2

American Novelties

March 25, 2016 Dave

It’s popular in just about every form…well, not so with gospel…but it’s tradition goes back to minstrelsy: the song that has a humorous hook or a running joke to share or maybe a bandleader who takes us into new a ridiculous territories. We’ve got a lot of novelty tunes of this nature to bring you this week on Deeper Roots… a bit of a departure from our normal fare but it’s all for the fun. We’ll hear country sounds from Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, tearjerkers and rock therapy from Mabel Scott, The Chips, and Tiny Hill, and some classic novelty sounds from Danny Kaye, Spike Jones (of course), and Fats Waller.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cab Calloway	The Scat Song	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
3	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
4	Slim & Slam	Sploghm	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
5	The Ink Spots	Mama Don't Allow	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
6	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
7	Ella Mae Morse	Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet	The Morse Code [Disc 1]
8	Danny Kaye	Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
9	Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy	Bed Strings	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
10	Jimmy Durante	Inka Dinka Doo	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
12	Lonnie Johnson	Wipe It Off	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
13	Tiny Hill and His Orchestra (Vocal Tiny Hill)	Hot Rod Race (1951)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
14	Ross & Sargent	Nellie the Nudist Queen	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
15	Spike Jones	Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai (Hawaiian War Chant)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
16	Spike Jones	Der Fuhrer's Face	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
17	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2
18	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds	In Spite Of Ourselves
19	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
20	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
21	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue	At Madison Square Garden
22	Red Ingle and the Natural Seven (Vocal 'Cinderella G. Stump' (Jo Stafford) & Red Ingle)	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) (1947)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
23	Roy Newman	I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
24	Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven	I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)	Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
25	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
26	Leon Redbone	Your Feets Too Big	Any Time
27	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
28	Hank Penny	Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, And Tell 'Em Nothin'	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
29	Hank Penny	The Freckle Song	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
30	The Light Crust Doughboys	Pussy Pussy Pussy	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
31	Eddie Cantor	Hungry Women	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
32	Arthur Godfrey\The Too Fat Trio	Too Fat Polka	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
33	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	When Yuba Plays The Rhumba on The Tuba	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Cliff Edwards	I'm No Fool	The Collection
35	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly	20 Greatest Hits

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Deeper Blind Willie Johnson

March 17, 2016 Dave

Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.

The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell	Dark Was The Night	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
3	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
4	Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
5	Hot Tuna	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live]	Live In Japan
6	Bruce Cockburn	Soul of a Man	Nothing But a Burning Light
7	Ry Cooder	Dark Was The Night	Paris, Texas
8	Maria Muldaur	Oh, the Rain	Any Woman's Blues
9	Sinead O'Connor	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
10	Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams	Motherless Children	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2]
11	John Hammond, Jr.	Motherless Willie Johnson	Country Blues
12	Odetta	Motherless Children	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
13	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Nobody's Fault	Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
14	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
15	Blind Willie Johnson	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
16	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
17	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
18	The Staple Singers	Samson And Delilah	Freedom Highway
19	Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four	John the Revelator	Peace in the Valley [Arista]
20	The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
21	Blind Willie Johnson	Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
22	The Levon Helm Band	God Don't Never Change	The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3
23	David Bromberg Band	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Only Slightly Mad
24	The Blasters	Samson and Delilah	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
25	Blind Willie Johnson	If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down	ABC Of The Blues Vol 20
26	Johnny Shines	It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine	Traditional Delta Blues
27	Irma Thomas	Soul of a Man	After the Rain
28	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
29	Taj Mahal	You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond	The Real Thing
30	Rev. Gary Davis	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs

Free Form – March 2016

March 10, 2016 Dave

We return to a free form collection of American music, featuring blues from Markus James, Blind Willie Johnson, and Dinah Washington; country from Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells, and Leroy Van Dyke; pop memories from Frank Sinatra, Cliff Edwards, and Rusty Draper. The show will feature an expanded eclectic blend of bluegrass, gospel, rockabilly, and gospel and, in addition to Markus James, we’ll also feature a other local musical luminaries to ensure we’re reminded that our Sonoma County musical talent is a rich aquifer.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding	Drivin' Wheel	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
3	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	One More Cowboy (w/Willie Nelson)	Selected Shorts
4	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	Donkey Town	All The Roadrunning
5	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
6	Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards	Somebody Loves Me	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (Disc 2)
7	Sophie Tucker	He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
8	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
9	Laurie London	The Gospel Train	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
10	Rusty Draper	The Train With The Rhumba Beat	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
11	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
12	Mississippi John Hurt	The Chicken	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
13	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
14	Kitty Wells	The Other Cheek	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
15	Leroy Van Dyke	Walk On By	Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 1]
16	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts Of Life	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
17	Slim Gaillard	How High The Moon	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
18	Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Orchestra	Repeal The Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
19	Erwin Lehn	Sentimental Journey	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
20	Frank Sinatra	Day In – Day Out	Come Dance with Me!
21	Jimmy Elledge	Funny How Time Slips Away	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
22	The Rhythm Rangers	I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels	Not Out of the Woods Yet
23	Kevin Russell	Solid Wrong	Plain Dirt Fashion
24	Wendy DeWitt	29 Ways	Getaway
25	Markus James	Head For The Hills	Head For The Hills
26	Markus James	On a Mississippi Porch	Head For The Hills
27	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
29	Lucinda Williams	God Don't Never Change	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
30	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer

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Deeper Roots Ragtime

February 27, 2016 Dave

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	The Hillbillies	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
4	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tangled Tales
5	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
6	Sol Ho'opi'i	Twelfth Street Rag	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
7	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Hawkins Rag	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
8	Sons of the Pioneers	'A' Rag	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
9	Leon McAuliffe	Twin Fiddle Rag	Tulsa Straight Ahead
10	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Down Home Rag	Shame On You
11	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tiger Rag	The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
12	Pearl Bailey	Johnson Rag	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
13	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Beaumont Rag	Songs For Rounders
14	David Miller	Jailhouse Rag	Old-Time Mountain Guitar
15	The McCormick Brothers	Bugle Call Rag	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
16	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
17	David Grisman	Black Mountain Rag	Early Dawg
18	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
19	Chet Atkins	Dill Pickle Rag	Reflections with Doc Watson
20	Duck Baker	Maple Leaf Rag	Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques
21	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
22	Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
23	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
24	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
25	Bill Neely	Deep Elm Blues	Texas Law & Justice
26	Buddy Jones	Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
27	Cliffie Stone	Jump Rope Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
28	Big Bill Broonzy	Down by the Riverside	Absolutely the Best
29	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
30	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
31	Fats Domino	Darktown Strutters' Ball	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
32	The Davis Sisters	Jesus Steps Right In	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
33	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	You've Got To Bear The Consequence	Shakin' The Rafters
34	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Pure Religion	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
35	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

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Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
3	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
5	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
6	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
7	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
11	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
15	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
16	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
17	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
18	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
19	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
20	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
22	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
23	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
24	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
25	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
26	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
27	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
29	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
30	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
31	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
32	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
33	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

Christmas Special 2015

December 26, 2015 Dave

We’ve got some holiday roots music featuring new and old. Join Dave Stroud for Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music for music from the outskirts of R&B, rock, blues, country, and pop. We’ll hear holiday cheer in the form of blues with Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and Lloyd Glenn; contemporary pieces from Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and The Boxmasters; confectionary pop from The Andrews Sisters, Eileen Barton, and The Beach Boys; and some of the very best R&B from Ray Charles, Betty Carter, and Amos Milburn. There’s a large helping of country pop and blues including Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big ‘D’ Boys, The Living Sisters, and (of course) Elvis. Two hours of Christmas cheer on a hump day Wednesday evening on the voice of West Sonoma County! You can follow it here: http://www.kows.fm/listen

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
3	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
4	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
5	The Living Sisters	Merry Happy Christmas	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
6	She & Him	Blue Christmas	A Very She & Him Christmas
7	The Ronettes	Frosty the Snowman	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
8	The Beach Boys	Toy Drive Public Service Announcement	Ultimate Christmas
9	Darlene Love	Winter Wonderland	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
10	The Beach Boys	Dennis Wilson Christmas Message	Ultimate Christmas
11	Darlene Love	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
12	The Beach Boys	Man With All the Toys, The	Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
13	Leroy Carr	Christmas In Jail – Ain't That A Pain	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
14	Lloyd Glenn	Sleigh Ride	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
15	Amos Milburn	Christmas Comes But Once A Year	King single 45-5405
16	B.B. King	Christmas Celebration	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
17	Walter Davis	Santa Claus	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
18	Blind Blake	Lonesome Christmas Blues	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
19	Leon Redbone	Christmas Island	Christmas Island
20	The Andrews Sisters	Christmas Island	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
21	Eileen Barton	The Night Before Christmas Song	Coral single 9-60880
22	Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
23	Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys	Santa's Helper	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
24	Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren	Christmas Choo Choo Train	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
25	Elvis Presley	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
26	Elvis Presley	If Every Day Was Like Christmas	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
27	The Living Sisters	Silver Bells	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
28	Dean Martin	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
29	Betty Carter	Baby It's Cold Outside	The Spirit Of Christmas
30	Ray Charles	Winter Wonderland	The Spirit Of Christmas
31	Cajun Gold	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
32	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
33	Lou Rawls	Christmas Is	Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails
34	The Louvin Brothers	It's Christmas Time	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
35	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
36	James Brown	Please Come Home for Christmas	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
37	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, New Orleans, Rockabilly

Free Form – December 2015

December 19, 2015 Dave

Every couple of months, Deeper Roots shares a free form playlist with host Dave Stroud. This week we’ll share ‘contemporary roots’ infused music including the sounds of Howell Devine, Jason Isbell, and Ian Tyson as well as a broad selection of R&B (from The Blenders), early blues (from Blind Lemon Jefferson), and ‘ding dong daddy’ country swing (featuring Bob Wills). We’ll also wrap it up with a festive foodie theme.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Ink Spots	Street Of Dreams	Greatest Hits
3	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Scandalize My Name	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
4	The Cats & The Fiddle	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
5	The Penguins	Ookey Ook	Great Googa Mooga [Ace]
6	The Roosevelts	Jitterbug Special	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
7	The Ravens	Gotta Find My Baby	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
8	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9	Robins	My Baby Done Told Me	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53)
10	Esther Phillips	Your Love Is So Doggone Good [Album Version]	Jazz Moods – Hot
11	Hawkins, Coleman: The Bebop Years [Disc 2]: Cattin' at Keynote	Blue Moon	The Bebop Years [Disc 2] ~ Cattin' at Keynote
12	Justin Townes Earle	Workin' for the MTA	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
13	Robert Plant	Central Two-O-Nine	Band Of Joy
14	Jason Isbell	Johnny Reb, That's Me	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
15	Howell Devine	Boat's Up the River	Delta Grooves
16	Billy Walker	Cross The Brazos At Waco	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
17	Chris Smither	No More Cane On The Brazos	Still On The Levee CD 1
18	Odetta	No More Cane On The Brazos	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
19	Red Foley & The Sunshine Boys	(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)	Johnny Cash: Artist's Choice – Music That Matters To Him
20	Ian Tyson	Ridin' Down the Canyon	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
21	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
22	Asleep at the Wheel	Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee	A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set)
24	Jo-El Sonnier	Tear-Stained Letter	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
25	Clifton Chenier	Accordion Boogie	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
26	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hot Dogs	The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
27	Lil Johnson	Sam The Hot Dog Man	Vintage Sex Songs
28	Rosie Flores	Hot Dog	Speed of Sound
29	Dale Hawkins	Hot Dog	Rock'n'roll Tornado
30	Bill Haley	Hot Dog Buddy Buddy	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
31	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
32	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 1]
33	The Four Shells	Hot Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
34	Shakin' Stevens	Hot Dog	Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles #1
35	John Hiatt	Adios To California	Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns

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There She Goes – KOWS 12/16/15

December 17, 2015 Dave

West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
3	Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros)	Invitation to the Blues	Hillbilly Rhythm
4	T. Texas Tyler	Red Light	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
6	Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
7	Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake	Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga.	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
8	Precious Bryant	Georgia Buck	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
9	The Band & Emmylou Harris	Evangeline	A Musical History [Disc 5]
10	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
11	Jerry Jeff Walker	Viva Luckenbach	Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song
12	Carl Smith	Are You Teasing Me	The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
13	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
14	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Hello Stranger	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
15	Maria Muldaur	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Richland Woman Blues
16	Black Bottom McPhail	John	Jack Newman & Others
17	Jimmy Strange	Yas Yas Yas	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
18	Lightnin' Hopkins	Speedin' Boogie	Po' Lightnin'
19	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Hard Times Come Again No More	Songs Of The Civil War
21	Robert Shaw Chorale	Nelly Bly	Stephen Foster Songbook
22	Grandpa Jones	Nelly Bly	An American Original
23	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	I Scare Myself	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
24	Larry Jon Wilson	Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways]	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
25	Carl Perkins	Don't Stop The Music	Go Cat Go
26	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Raggy Levy	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
27	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Jelly Roll's Misgiving	Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton
28	Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers	The Pearls	The Pearls
29	Ry Cooder	The Pearls/Tia Juana	Jazz
30	Dr. John	Wild Honey	City Lights
31	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
32	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
33	Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio	Down The Road A Piece	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

A Century of America's Music