Category Archives: Blues

Free Form – October 2015

Free Form - October 2015
Free Form – October 2015

Free form with just a dose of playlist themes…R&B and sugar from Chuck Willis, some sweeter country from Bob Wills, more of the same with a moonlight-based theme from Tommy Duncan, Dale Evans, and Elton Britt. We’ve also got a mix of early century jazz from Satchmo and blues from Tampa Red, Charley Patton, and Blind Blake. Tune into community radio locally on KWTF 88.1 on the FM dial or catch us streaming on TuneIn, RadioBox, or from our web site at kwtf.net/listen.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Seasick Steve Dark Man from Another Time (Bonus Version) Amazon
3Wild Tchoupitoulas Meet De Boys On The Battlefront Treacherous [Disc 1] Amazon
4The Neville Brothers Yellow Moon Yellow Moon Amazon
5Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon Old Yellow Moon Amazon
6Bill Neely Big Yellow Moon Over Texas Texas Law & Justice Amazon
7Tommy Duncan Texas Moon Texas Moon Amazon
8Elton Britt Blue Texas Moonlight The RCA Years Amazon
9Dale Evans Under a Texas Moon The Rage of the Sage Amazon
10Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Sugar Moon Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line Amazon
11k.d. lang Sugar Moon Shadowland Amazon
12Merle Travis Too Much Sugar For A Dime Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
13Chuck Willis Sugar Sugar I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
14Muddy Waters Sugar Sweet The Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
15The Mills Brothers Sweeter Than Sugar The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3 Amazon
16Earl Bostic Sweet Lorraine Earl Bostic Flamingo Amazon
17Dave Van Ronk Sweet And Lowdown Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
18Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
19Blind Blake Sweet Papa Low Down Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker Amazon
20Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three Sweet Potato Blues Riverboat Soul Amazon
21Warner Williams With Jay Summerour Digging Potatoes Blues Highway Amazon
22Nat King Cole Solid Potato Salad Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1945 Amazon
23Hunter & Jenkins Meat Cuttin' Blues Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops Amazon
24Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven Potato Head Blues The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
25Fats Waller & His Rhythm All That Meat And No Potatoes 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
26The Swallows It Ain't The Meat Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
27Memphis Minnie Pig Meat On The Line [Album Version] Queen Of The Blues Amazon
28Tampa Red;Georgia Tom Dead Cats On The Line Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard Amazon
29Bob Brozman Dead Cat On The Line Blues Reflex Amazon
30Charley Patton Mean Black Cat Blues Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel Songs Amazon
31Harry Reser Cat And Dog Banjo Crackerjax 1922-1930 Amazon
32Bob Brozman Dog and Cat Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz! Amazon
33Joe Venuti's Blue Four Beatin' the Dog Wild Cats Amazon
34Dr. John How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round) Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
35Nat King Cole Open Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In) (1992 Digital Remaster) Nat King Cole [Disc 3] Amazon

Wild Men and Wild Women

Wild Men and Wild Women
Wild Men and Wild Women

It’s theme time once again and we’re going to find ourselves among the wild and crazy men as well as the wild, woolly women. Round town girls celebrate, burning that candle, and Keely Smith will jump, jive, and wail with Louis Prima. Red Ingle and His Natural Seven will join the Sons of the Pioneers in spreading the word about ‘cigareets, whuskey, and wild, wild women”. Mae West, Julia Lee, Ernie Ford, and Jerry Lee Lewis will keep the party going and Deeper Roots will keep the lights on ’till 11pm sharp (that’s Pacific Time, of course). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of a century of America’s music on KWTF, 88.1 FM, community radio for Bodega Bay.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Mary Ford Running Wild 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites Amazon
3Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
4The Jive Bombers Bad Boy Cry-Baby Amazon
5Donnie Elbert Wild Child (Deluxe 6156) R&B Humdingers Volume 11 Amazon
6Johnny Carroll Wild Wild Women Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
7Jerry Lee Lewis Real Wild Child (Wild One) A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
8Carl Mann Born To Be Bad Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
9Charline Arthur Burn That Candle Welcome To The Club Amazon
10Wanda Jackson Hard Headed Woman There's A Party Goin' On Amazon
11Wanda Jackson Let's Have A Party Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
12Tennessee Ernie Ford I'm A Bad Man Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] Amazon
13The Dave & Deke Combo Wild Woman Hollywood Barndance Amazon
14Freda & the Firedogs Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad Freda & The Firedogs Amazon
15The Sons Of The Pioneers Cigareetes, Whusky And Wild, Wild Women Country Legends Amazon
16Red Ingle & His Natural Seven Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
17Wanda, Ruth Neal Round Town Girls Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
18King James Wild Wooly Woman Stompin' 25 Amazon
19Julia Lee Do You Want It? Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
20Eunice Davis Let's Have A Party Stompin' 25 Amazon
21Little Richard The Girl Can't Help It Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
22Keely Smith/Louis Prima/Sam Butera & the Witnesses Jump, Jive, An' Wail Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
23Carmen MacRae Whatever Lola Wants Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
24Mae West I'm No Angel The Mae West Collection Amazon
25Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers Don't Bring Lulu The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
26Cecil Gant Little Baby You're Running Wild The Cecil Gant Collection Amazon
27Wynonie Harris Young And Wild Playful Baby Amazon
28Rudy Greene Wild Life Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
29Memphis Nighthawks Wild Man Stomp Document Shortcuts Vol. 3 – My Babe Amazon
30Memphis Minnie I'm A Bad Luck Woman Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
31Champion Jack Dupree Bad Whiskey And Wild Women Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
32JB Hutto & The Hawks Wild Wild Woman Masters Of Modern Blues Amazon
33Albert King Wild Women Door To Door Amazon
34Little Jimmy King Wild Woman Little Jimmy King and the Memphis Soul Survivors Amazon
35Amy Helm Wild Girl Didn't It Rain Amazon
36John Hammond Wild Man On The Loose Trouble No More Amazon
37Louis Armstrong & The Hot 7 Wild Man Blues The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon

Roots of R&B

Roots of R&B
Roots of R&B

“Rhythm n’ Blues” and “Rock n’ Roll” were both born of a raw sound that was an amalgam of lyrical call-and-response, the upbeat bounce of barrelhouse and juke joint piano, traditional rhyme, and an abundance of musical brilliance from the many itinerant performers who plied their trade. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll go find the “Roots of R&B” and find a stage that we often visit, spending time with the performers that we seem to always find in its lights. Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Leroy Carr, Memphis Minnie, and Lonnie Johnson are just a sampling of the music we’ll bring you on our show produced especially for KWTF 88.1 FM, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Mamie Smith Crazy Blues Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
3Tampa Red It Hurts Me Too Country Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
4Tampa Red Anna Lou Blues The Guitar Wizard (The Blues Collection Vol.51) Amazon
5Leroy Carr How Long-How Long Blues Whiskey Is My Habit, Women Is All I Crave: The Best of Leroy Carr Disc 1 Amazon
6Little Brother Montgomery Vicksburg Blues (Pm 13006, L-502-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
7Little Brother Montgomery No Special Rider Blues (Pm 13006, L-501-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
8Roosevelt Sykes 44 Blues The Honey Dripper Amazon
9Roosevelt Sykes Night Time Is The Right Time As Good As It Gets: Country Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
10Georgia Tom The Duck Yas-Yas-Yas Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
11Georgia Tom Hear Me Beefin' at You Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1928-1930) Amazon
12Tampa Red;Georgia Tom Dead Cats On The Line Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard Amazon
13Blind Boy Fuller Truckin' My Blues Away Country Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
14Bill "Jazz" Gillum Key To the Highway [Remastered 2002] That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
15Bill 'Jazz' Gillum Go Back to the Country Heartbreakers Blue & Lonely Amazon
16Lonnie Johnson 6 / 88 Glide Steppin' On The Blues Amazon
17Lonnie Johnson Furniture Man Blues Pt. 1 (w/Victoria Spivey) Complete Recordings Vol. 4 Amazon
18Memphis Minnie Bumble Bee Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
19Memphis Minnie Me And My Chauffeur Blues Blues Was Her Business Amazon
20Roosevelt Sykes Drivin' Wheel Chicago Boogie Amazon
21Bill "Jazz" Gillum W/ Big Bill Broonzy Jockey Blues Broke, Black & Blue [Disc 3] : Good Whiskey Blues Amazon
22Bill "Jazz" Gillum Sarah Jane Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
23Washboard Sam Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002] That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
24Washboard Sam Let Me Play Your Vendor Vol. 6 1941 – 1942 Amazon
25Big Bill Broonzy How You Want It Done Blues From The Vocalion Vaults Amazon
26Big Bill Broonzy Key to the Highway Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
27Big Bill Broonzy I Can't Be Satisfied ABC Of The Blues Vol 5 Amazon
28Speckled Red The Dirty Dozen Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
29Speckled Red The Dirty Dozen Pt 2 Rude Dudes Amazon
30Speckled Red You Got to Fix It [Remastered 2002] That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
31Speckled Red Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Classic Piano Blues Amazon
32Sunnyland Slim Illinois Central [Remastered 2002] That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
33Arthur Crudup Mean Old Frisco Blues Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song Amazon
34Arthur Crudup That's All Right Mama Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon

Songs About Doctors

Songs About Doctors
Songs About Doctors

We go to the theme well once more on Deeper Roots, this time with music that explores the tincture of hadacol, the sick bed blues, the boogie woogie flu, measles, whooping cough, and snake oil…all in a show full of the very best of music about being sick in bed and sending for the doctor from the last century of big band, jazz, country, blues, and rock.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Betty Hutton Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957 Amazon
3Doc Pomus Send for the Doctor (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
4Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Part 1) Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
5Huey "Piano" Smith Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
6Doctor Ross Call The Doctor (Hi-Q 5033, 1963) Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 7] Amazon
7Doctor Ross The Boogie Disease Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon
8Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers Hadacol Bounce 'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
9Jerry Lee Lewis Hadacol Boogie A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3] Amazon
10Ray Charles I Don't Need No Doctor BMG Vol. 01 Disc 03 1966-1971 Amazon
11Joan Osborne I Dont Need No Doctor Bring It On Home Amazon
12Artie Shaw Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 3 – Frenesi Amazon
13Benny Goodman Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe Texas Tea Party Amazon
14Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah The Spasm Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937 Amazon
15Walter Smith The Cat's Got the Measles, the Dog's Got the Whooping Cough Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Amazon
16Bert Mays Snake Doctor Blues Blues From The Vocalion Vaults Amazon
17Memphis Minnie Doctor, Doctor Blues Memphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4] Amazon
18South Memphis Jug Band Doctor Medicine Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow! Amazon
19Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blues Boys Hadacol Boogie (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
20Shorty Godwin Jimbo Jambo Land Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937 Amazon
21Rev. Johnny L. Jones I Don't Need A Doctor (Sermon Excerpt) The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta Amazon
22Boyd Rivers You Gonna Take Sick and Die Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
23Skip James Sick Bed Blues [Album Version] Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Amazon
24Casey Bill Weldon Lady Doctor Blues Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters Of The 1930s Amazon
25Mance Lipscomb Mother Had A Sick Child Ash Grove 12/6/1964 Amazon
26Mississippi Sheiks When You're Sick With The Blues Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3 Amazon
27Warren Zevon Don't Let Us Get Sick Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
28Willie Nelson Too Sick To Pray One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
29Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks I Asked My Doctor Last Train To Hicksville… The Home Of Happy Feet Amazon
30The Rolling Stones Dear Doctor Beggars Banquet Amazon
31J.J. Cale Call The Doctor Naturally Amazon
32Guada La Habrians/Phil Alvin Oh, Doctor County Fair 2000 Amazon
33Boz Scaggs Sick And Tired Come On Home Amazon
34Otis Redding I'm Sick Y'All Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Amazon
35Irma Thomas Doctor Feelgood The Story of My Life Amazon

Dark Moon

Deeper Roots on KOWS
Deeper Roots on KOWS

We’re going to go pretty deep this coming Saturday morning here in Western Sonoma County. It’s a mix of old time and tradition with a few themed sets including social sciences, the labor blues, calypso rhythm, minstrelsy, and some special sounds from Ira and Charlie Louvin. Performers this week include Darby  & Tarlton, Riley Puckett, Fern Jones, Arizona Dranes, and a pair each from Ry Cooder and Harry Belafonte. It’s a “Great Dream From Heaven” for KOWS listeners on an August morning in Occidental. Broadcast on KOWS 107.3 FM on August 22, 2015.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Little Jimmy Dickens May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
3Ry Cooder Great Dream From Heaven Into The Purple Valley (Remaster 2013) Amazon
4Del McCoury Fireside Chat, Part 1 (feat. Franklin D. Roosevelt) Moneyland Amazon
5Bob Miller The Rich Man And The Poor Man [Rematered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
6Frank Crumit A Tale of the Ticker [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
7Uncle Dave Macon All In Down And Out Blues [2003 Remastered] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
8Ry Cooder Denomination Blues Into The Purple Valley Amazon
9Washington Phillips Denomination Blues Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Arizona Dranes God's Got A Crown He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes Amazon
11Elvis Presley Swing Down Sweet Chariot His Hand In Mine Amazon
12Fern Jones By And By The Glory Road Amazon
13Dave Van Ronk That'll Never Happen No More Sunday Street Amazon
14Ramblin' Jack Elliott Dark As A Dungeon Best Of The Vanguard Years Amazon
15Emmett Miller That's The Good Old Sunny South Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
16Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers Lovesick Blues Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
17Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard Coal Miner Blues Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
18Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins Hawkins Rag Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3] Amazon
19Darby & Tarlton Lonesome Frisco Line Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song Amazon
20Lead Belly Black Betty Lead Belly's Last Sessions Amazon
21Odetta Shame And Scandal Sings Ballads And Blues Amazon
22Harry Belafonte Mama, Look at Boo Boo Harry Belafonte: Greatest Hits Amazon
23Harley Allen & Dierks Bentley I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs Of The Louvin Brothers Amazon
24The Louvin Brothers Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Close Harmony [Disc 5] Amazon
25The Louvin Brothers Keep Watching The Sky Close Harmony [Disc 8] Amazon
26Bonnie Guitar Dark Moon Hard to Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics Amazon
27Skeeter Davis The One You Slip Around With The Essential Skeeter Davis Amazon
28Wanda Jackson Savin' My Love Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks] Amazon
29Webb Pierce I Ain't Never 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce Amazon
30The Allen Brothers Skipping and Flying Lead Kindly Light Amazon
31Bascom Lamar Lunsford Kidder Cole The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American Countryside Amazon
32The Weavers Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvia Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2] Amazon
33Little Jimmy Dickens I'm In Love Up To My Ears Country Boy [Disc 1] Amazon
34Rosie Flores & The Jordanaires I Ain't Never Caught in the Webb Amazon
35Dale Watson & The Jordanaires In The Jailhouse Now Caught In the Webb Amazon
36Los Indios Tabajaras Maria Elena Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon

Connections II

Connections II
Connections II

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

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

Ragged But Right – KOWS July 25, 2015

Ragged But Right
Ragged But Right

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

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

Dirty Dog – KOWS July 11, 2015

KOWS - July 11, 2015
KOWS – July 11, 2015

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

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

Songs About Telephones

Songs About The Telephone
Songs About The Telephone

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

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

Ruler Of My Heart – KOWS July 27, 2015

Deeper Roots on KOWS
Deeper Roots on KOWS

Saturday morning in West County…our first week of summer with Deeper Roots and we’ve got an early set of New Orleans swamp classics followed by shreds of rockabilly and sounds from The Killer. There’s also gospel with The Staple Singers, high octane early century pop from The Boswell Sisters and Johnny Hamp and the Orchestra. We’ll sum the day up with folk, pop, and R&B…and everything in between.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bobby Marchan Chicken – Wah – Wah The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
3Lazy Lester I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
4Irma Thomas Ruler of My Heart Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
5Aaron Neville Get Out Of My Life Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron) Amazon
6Fats Domino What a Price Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
7Shirley Gunter Oop Shoop Shirley Gunter Amazon
8Jerry Lee Lewis Let's Talk About Us A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
9Wanda Jackson Man, We Had A Party Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
10JD McPherson Fire Bug Signs & Signifiers Amazon
11Sister Rosetta Tharpe Two Little Fishes Five Loaves Of Bread Gospel Train Amazon
12Sam Cooke Touch The Hem Of His Garment The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke Amazon
13The Staple Singers Pray On The Best of the Vee-Jay Years Amazon
14Dorothy Love Coates You Better Run The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes Amazon
15Andy Mosely & Hogman Maxey Brother Mosely Crossed The Water Angola Prison Spirituals Amazon
16Blind Willie Johnson Jesus Is Coming Soon The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Disc 1) Amazon
17Lena Horne Stormy Weather Stormy Weather Amazon
18Johnny Hamp And His Kentucky Serenaders If I Had A Talking Picture Of You Johnny Hamp at Archive Amazon
19The Boswell Sisters Shuffle Off To Buffalo The Object Of My Affection Amazon
20George Olsen & His Music (v: Fran Frey) The Varsity Drag [1927] The Charleston Era Amazon
21Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers Shreveport Stomp Jelly Roll Morton – Vol. V Amazon
22Louis Armstrong On Treasure Island Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
23Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli It Don't Mean A Thing Quintesential Amazon
24Dinah Washington Teach Me Tonight Gold [Disc 2] Amazon
25Ray Charles Drown in My Own Tears The Birth of Soul Disc 2 Amazon
26Chuck Jackson Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Chuck Jackson The Great Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
27Frank Sinatra Just in Time Come Dance with Me! Amazon
28Sarah Vaughan The Nearness Of You Great American Songbook Amazon
29Charlie Spand & Blind Blake Hastings Street Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937 Amazon
30Pine Ridge Boys Farther Along Classic Field Recordings Amazon
31David Bromberg I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning The Player: A Retrospective Amazon
32Doc Watson Steel Guitar Rag Memories Amazon
33The Country Gentlemen One Morning in May The Complete Vanguard Recordings Amazon
34The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys This Weary Heart You Stole Away Appalachian Stomp Amazon
35The Stripling Brothers The Lost Boy Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937 Amazon