Category Archives: Blues

Motown 60s Soul

February 15, 2023 Dave

The decade of the sixties saw top 40 radio get it’s cue from the sounds of the Motor City. The house that Berry Gordy built was overflowing with musical talent. And he knew how to use them. The Funk Brothers and other studio musicians coupled with the songwriting of Barrett Strong, Smokey Robinson, and the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland…were at the core of what was produced in Detroit’s Motown. There were also the performers that blossomed, some becoming household names: Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, and countless others. There is no question that this was the Motown Decade. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be walking through the sixties Motown sound with just some of those performers…and more. Friday mornings at 9 Pacific on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Barrett Strong	Money (That's What I Want)	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
3	The Marvelettes	Please Mr. Postman	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
4	Barrett Strong	Misery	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
5	The Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
6	Mary Wells	You Beat Me To The Punch	Looking Back 1961-1964
7	Miracles	You've Really Got A Hold On Me	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
8	The Contours	Do You Love Me	The Very Best of The Contours
9	Mary Wells	My Guy	Looking Back 1961-1964
10	Mary Wells	Two Lovers	Looking Back 1961-1964
11	Marvin Gaye	Pride and Joy	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
12	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave	The Ultimate Collection
13	The Temptations	The Way You Do The Things You Do	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
14	The Temptations	My Girl	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
15	The Supremes	Come See About Me	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
16	Diana Ross & The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	The Best Of Diana Ross & The Supremes [Disc 1]
17	The Supremes	Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart	Gold Disc 1
18	Kim Weston	Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
19	Junior Walker & The All Stars	Shotgun	The Classic Sixties: 1965
20	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Ooo Baby Baby	The Boat That Rocked [Disc 1]
21	The Isley Brothers	This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
22	The Four Tops	Reach Out I'll Be There	The Ultimate Collection
23	The Elgins	Heaven Must Have Sent You	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
24	Martha and the Vandellas	I'm Ready for Love	The Motown Sound Vol. 4
25	Shorty Long	Function at the Junction	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
26	Jimmy Ruffin	What Becomes of the Brokenhearted	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
27	Martha Reeves & the Vandellas	(We've Got) Honey Love	I'm in a Different World – A Journey Through Motown's Unchartered Territories
28	The Four Tops	Bernadette	The Ultimate Collection
29	Marvin Gaye	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Anthology [Disc 1]
30	The Temptations	Cloud Nine	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
31	Stevie Wonder	For Once in My Life	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 3
32	The Jackson 5	I Want You Back	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 4
33	Stevie Wonder	Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
34	The Supremes	You Can't Hurry Love	Gold Disc 1

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Elvis’ Influencers

January 8, 2023 Dave

Elvis Presley’s performances, in particular those from his first decade, were based in some very deep roots. Those roots tapped into almost anything that could be heard in the south on that cultural touchstone of radio. Blues, big band, jazz, hillbilly, pop, gospel and country all played an enormous role in molding the iconic performer he was to become. In our Deeper Roots show this week we’ll be exploring the ‘influencers’ of the day; songs that played on the radio, songs that Elvis personally revealed as his favorites, songs that he enjoyed with his family as a young boy. We’ve got Mahalia and Sister Rosetta tracks, Little Junior Parker and Jimmy Reed, Red Foley and Roy Acuff, and a host of others to share this week so we’re hoping that we can remember how radio’s lifeline to culture that spoke to Elvis in a very, very big way.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
3	Jimmy Reed & His Trio	You Don't Have To Go	Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954
4	Little Junior Parker	Mystery Train	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
5	Little Junior Parker	Feelin' Good	Feelin4 Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings
6	Big Joe Turner	Honey Hush	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2]
7	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Everyday	The Gospel of Blues
8	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
9	The Statesmen Quartet	Somebody Bigger	Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music
10	Hovie Lister & The Statesmen Quartet	His Hand Is Mine	Country Gospel Classics [Disc 2]
11	The Golden Gate Quartet	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
12	Jimmie Rodgers	Frankie And Johnnie	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2]
13	The Carter Family	042-Can the Circle Be Unbroken	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14	Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans	Great Speckled Bird [78rpm Version]	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
15	Red Foley	Old Shep	Tennessee Saturday Night
16	Ivory Joe Hunter	I Almost Lost My Mind	Since I Met You Baby
17	Jumpin' Gene Simmons	I Done Told You So	SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]]
18	Elvis Presley	Milk Cow Blues	The Sun Sessions
19	Johnny Lee Wills And His Boys	Milk Cow Blues	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
20	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	24 Greatest
21	Mississippi Slim	Try Doin' Right	The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened
22	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Blue Moon of Kentucky	The Best of Bill Monroe
23	Elvis Presley	Blue Moon of Kentucky	The Tupelo Mississippi Flash CD 2
24	Dean Martin with Paul Weston & His Dixieland Eight	I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
25	Billy Bunn & His Buddies	That's When Your Heartaches Begin	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
26	Ella Fitzgerald	My Happiness	The Chronological Classics 1947-1948
27	B.B. King	Everyday I Have The Blues	BB King And Pee Wee Crayton
28	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
29	Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats	Rocket 88	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
30	Chuck Berry	Maybellene	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2]
31	Billy Ward & The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	Eat to The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Dirty Blues
32	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll	Big Joe Rocks
33	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
34	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
35	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	Blowing The Fuse: 1956

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Wild in the Streets

December 4, 2022 Dave

December’s arrived and we’re going to get ourselves warmed up for the Hot Stove League, New Year’s Eve, football playoffs, reindeer on the roof and all the rest of it. But our show today will take on a common thread: songs about ‘the street’ or streets or boulevards, avenues … only the surface streets, not the highways. Dave’s picked out a collection of songs that are sure to stir emotion bringing home music that take on the ‘street’ topics from the genres of country, early pop, rock, folk, blues and all the rest. We’ll hear from Dylan, The Ink Spots, Tony Rice, Charlie Spand, the Orlons and a couple dozen others taking on an eclectic blend of songs where the streets as the muse. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio’s KOWS 92.5 FM, streaming to all of planet earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Deeper Roots brings you a morning of sounds from the locales of Easy Street, Lonely Street and 4th Street…directly from Orchard and 7th.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Various Artists	Wild In the Streets Trailer	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
3	Garland Jeffreys	Wild in the Streets	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
4	Orlons	South Street	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
5	The Royals	Fifth Street Blues	The Very Best of the Royals & the Midnighters
6	Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles	Decatur Street	Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles
7	Eddie Floyd	Soul Street	Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd
8	Glories	Dark End Of The Street	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
9	Bobby Womack	Across 110th Street	Jackie Brown OST
10	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Lonely Street	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
11	Little Ann	One Way Street	Funk Soul Sisters
12	Charlie Spand	Hastings Street	Black Swan Sampler
13	Jack Teagarden	Basin Street Blues	An Introduction To Jack Teagarden
14	Cab Calloway	Beale Street Mama	Best Of The Big Bands
15	The Ink Spots	Street Of Dreams	Greatest Hits
16	The Boswell Sisters	Forty-Second Street	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
17	Julie London	Easy Street	Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl
18	Dean Martin	On the Street Where You Live	Swingin' with Dino
19	Keely Smith w. Billy May Orchestra	On The Sunny Side Of The Street	Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls
20	George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson	On Green Dolphin Street	The Swingin's Mutual!
21	T-Bone Walker	Street Walking Woman	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
22	Bob Dylan	Positively 4th Street	Biograph Disc 2
23	Bruce Springsteen	Streets of Philadelphia	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24	The Doobie Brothers	Takin' It To The Streets	Takin' It To The Streets
25	Utah Phillips	Larimer Street	The Telling Takes Me Home
26	Gram Parsons	Streets Of Baltimore	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 1] – GP
27	Buck Owens	Streets of Laredo	I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
28	Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
29	Tony Rice	Church Street Blues	Church Street Blues
30	Simon & Garfunkel	The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
31	Matys Brothers	Crazy Street	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
32	Leonard Cohen	Boogie Street	The Future/Ten New Songs

Sweet Dreams

November 20, 2022 Dave

Our show this week features sweet dreams, swamp pop, Americana, doo wop, and all that makes the past century of America’s music a delight to dream on. We’ll touch on the new album from a legend who is most deservedly having his moment right now with a new album and where a one hit wonder once existed. Tommy McLain’s new album is a revelation and reminds us that music, when carried and shared with a passion like his, will always bring a bright light even in the darkest of times. This week’s show is a free form romp featuring Tommy, Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant, Bill Kirchen, Corb Lund, Bob Wills, Paul Thorn, and a couple dozen others. Some fiery rock and roll blended with country, doo wop, pop and lots of circumstance. Please join in…we’d be delighted to spend a Friday morning with you on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Solomon Burke/Zucchero	Diavolo in Me (A Devil in Me)	Zucchero & Co.
3	Tommy McLain	I Ran Down Every Dream (feat. Elvis Costello)	I Ran Down Every Dream
4	Tommy McLain	Sweet Dreams	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
5	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	The Essential Collection
6	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	I Ran Down Every Dream
7	Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler	I'll See You in My Dreams	Neck and Neck
8	Mark Knopfler	Devil Baby	The Ragpicker's Dream
9	Chris Isaak	Speak of the Devil	Speak of the Devil
10	Earl-Jean	I'm Into Something Good	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
11	Marvin & Johnny	Cherry Pie	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
12	Don Gardner & DeeDee Ford	I Need Your Loving	Soul Gold Oldies
13	Ernie Maresca	Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)	The Best Jukeboxhits [Disc 1]
14	Jesse Powell & The Caddies	Ain't You Gonna	Roulette Rock & Roll, Vol. 2
15	The Chiffons	One Fine Day	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
16	Corb Lund	Devil's Best Dress	Americana Music Awards Sampler
17	Gillian Welch	The Devil Had a Hold of Me	Hell Among the Yearlings
18	Bill Kirchen	Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version)	Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
19	Paul Thorn	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Don't Let The Devil Ride
20	Bob Wills	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
21	Scott H. Biram	Gotta Get To Heaven	Sold Out To The Devil: Select Gospel Cuts By The Reverend Scott H. Biram
22	Robert Plant	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Band Of Joy
23	Levon Helm	Stuff You Gotta Watch	Electric Dirt
24	Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven	Down The Road Apiece	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
25	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters – Greatest Hits
26	Michael Nesmith	Silver Moon	Listen To The Band [UK]
27	Louis Jordan	Stone Cold Dead in the Market – Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Tympany Five	Number Ones
28	Rosemary Clooney	Come On A My House	Tenderly
29	Tommy McLain	Somebody (Radio Edit)	I Ran Down Every Dream
30	Pete Seeger	Little Boxes	The Essential Pete Seeger

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Fascinating Rhythm

October 29, 2022 Dave

Crazy rhythm! Big bands, scat vocals, syncopation, snapping fingers, drum and trumpet solos, all packed into two hours on a Sonoma County autumn morning on Deeper Roots. We’re celebrating that fascinating rhythm with some classic jazz, smooth vocals, and the voot of Slim Galliard as well as we take a trip through the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsey’s Clambake Seven, Cab Calloway, and Artie Shaw. That’s not all, though. We’ll also hear the celebrations of rhythm with the brothers and sister teams of the Boswells, the Colemans, the Delta Rhythm Boys, and Three Sharps and a Flat. Sweet and sentimental with a celebratory blast. Join Dave Stroud on a journey that celebrates rhythm with the best rhythm-makers on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Benny Goodman And His Orchestra & Helen Ward	Get Rhythm in Your Feet (And Music In Your Soul)	Wicked Swing
3	Jimmie Lunceford (Willie Smith And Band, Vocals)	Rhythm Is Our Business	Jimmie Lunceford
4	Ivie Anderson	All God's Chillun Got Rhythm	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
5	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Get on Board Little Children	Radio, Gimme Some Jive
6	Coleman Brothers	Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
7	Three Sharps And A Flat	That's The Rhythm	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
8	Slim & Slam	The Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
9	The Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born	That's How Rhythm Was Born
10	Slim & Slam	Rhythm Mad	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
11	Slim & Slam	Buck Dance Rhythm	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
12	The Cats & The Fiddle	Mr. Rhythm Man	The Very Best Of
13	Ace Harris And His Sunset Royals	Rhythm 'Bout Town	Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
14	Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven	Nothin' But Rhythm	Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
15	Django Reinhardt	Crazy Rhythm	The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]
16	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Spreadin' Rhythm Around	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
17	Billie Holiday	Spreadin' Rhythm Around	Quintessential: Volume 1, 1933 – 1935
18	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	He Ain't Got Rhythm	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 02]
19	Louis Armstrong	I Got Rhythm	Now You Has Jazz: Louis Armstrong AT M-G-M
20	Cab Calloway	Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm	Chronological 1937-38
21	Cab Calloway	Black Rhythm	Kicking The Gong Around
22	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Rockin' In Rhythm	Ken Burns Jazz: Duke Ellington
23	Artie Shaw	All God's Chillun Got Rhythm	The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 1 – Free Wheeling
24	Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey	Rhythm Saved The World	The Gems Of Jazz
25	The Mills Brothers	Rhythm Saved The World	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
26	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	I'm Nuts About Screwy Music	Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford
27	Sol Hoopii	Fascinating Rhythm	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 2
28	Fred Astaire	Fascinating Rhythm	The Astaire Story, Vol.1 & 2
29	Gene Kelly	I Got Rhythm	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
30	Tony Bennett	Crazy Rhythm	This Is Jazz Sampler
31	Charlie Barnet	Flying Home	Wicked Swing
32	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	He Ain't Got Rhythm	Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford
33	Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra	Jivin' With Jarvis	Wicked Swing
34	Nellie Lutcher	If You Wanna Get T'Goin' (And Come Out Singing)	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3]

Sacred Rock & Soul

October 23, 2022 Dave

A mixed bag of the soulful sounds with an undercurrent of gospel mixed in this morning. Songs whose construction bears some resemblance or, in most cases, far distant ancestry to the sacred sounds of the church gatherings. The music this morning isn’t really gospel in its obvious form. It’s more the sound of performances that owe gospel music a debt of gratitude for the sound, the rhythm, and the form. Tune in for a bright, shining blend of popular sounds from Paul Simon, Laura Nyro, Curtis Mayfield, Percy Sledge, Mitty Collier, and a couple dozen others as we take a closer walk with rhythm, soul, rock, and pop on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS, your low power community station with a big heart. Tune in on 92.5 FM or stream us on kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Isley Brothers	Shout (Parts 1 & 2)	The Essential Isley Brothers [Disc 1]
3	Sam Cooke	Just For You	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
4	Sam Cooke	You Send Me	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
5	Ray Charles	I've Got a Woman	Ultimate Hits Collection [1 of 2]
6	Ray Charles	Hallelujah I Love Her So	Ultimate Hits Collection [1 of 2]
7	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	Cry Baby	Birth Of Soul: 1
8	Marvin Gaye	Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing	Anthology [Disc 1]
9	The Impressions	Keep On Pushing	Gospel
10	Curtis Mayfield	Move on Up	Something to Believe In
11	Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	Oh Happy Day – Original Buddah Classics
12	Al Green	Take Me to the River	More Greatest Hits
13	Bill Withers	Lean on Me	Still Bill
14	Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Bridge Over Troubled Water
15	Paul Simon	Loves Me Like A Rock	Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar
16	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	Something to Believe In
17	The Staple Singers	Respect Yourself	Stax Profiles
18	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
19	Aretha Franklin	Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
20	Percy Sledge	When A Man Loves A Woman	It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge
21	Mitty Collier	I Had A Talk With My Man	Chess Uptown Soul
22	Mitty Collier	No Faith, No Love	Talking With Her Man: The Chess Singles 1961-1968
23	Laura Nyro	And When I Die	Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2)
24	Marc Cohn	Walking In Memphis	Marc Cohn
25	Roy Wood	Songs Of Praise	Boulders
26	Elton John	Take Me To The Pilot	Elton John
27	Etta James	Strange Things Happening	Singles 1957 – 1962

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West Coast Blues Roots

October 9, 2022 Dave

The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta. Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	Gangster Of Love	Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics
3	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	Chess Blues Disc 4
4	T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
5	Ivory Joe Hunter	Boogin' In The Rain	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
6	Amos Milburn	One, Two, Three, Everybody	Amos Milburn Rocks
7	Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Amos Milburn Rocks
8	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
9	Big Jay McNeely	The Deacon's Hop	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
10	Percy Mayfield	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
11	Johnny Guitar Watson	Mortorhead Baby	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
12	Little Esther And Willie Littlefield	Turn the Lights Down Low	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
13	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
14	Peppermint Harris	I Got Loaded	Loaded, Vol. 1
15	Jimmy McCracklin	The Walk	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
16	Little Willie Littlefield	K. C. Loving	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
17	T-Bone Walker	Stormy Monday	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
18	Roy Milton	The Hucklebuck	Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
19	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
20	Johnny Otis	Baby Baby Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
21	Johnny Otis	Head Hunter	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
22	Etta James	Good Rockin Daddy	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
23	Pee Wee Crayton	Blues After Hours	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
24	Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	Driftin' Blues	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
25	Charles Brown	Black Night	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
26	Cecil Gant	I Wonder	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
27	Amos Milburn	Bad Bad Whiskey	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
28	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
29	Lloyd Glenn	The Shakedown	Chess Blues Disc 4
30	Etta James	I Just Want to Make Love to You	At Last!
31	Percy Mayfield	The River's Invitation	ABC Of The Blues Vol 28
32	Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers	Deep Fried	Blues Pajama Party
33	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	R.M. Blues	Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Doo Wop’s Golden Age

September 24, 2022 Dave

In the early 1950s, trade magazines were bemoaning the overabundance of vocal groups making it difficult for single artists to break through. It was just the beginning of a wave of adolescent boys finding that street corner singers were attracting the neighborhood girls. Well, that’s the story anyway. But it might not have been too far off the mark as the mid-to-late 1950s saw the charts exploding with groups with vocal prowess in both instrumental imitation and harmonies with inglorious sound effects. It would become an cultural art form born in the tradition of some of the vocal groups of the 30s and 40s. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll revisit doo wop’s golden age where the harmonies were tight and sweet and the ballads were recycled gems of the past or low-brow teen crooning of the present. Join us on Sonoma County Community Radio for some of the best examples of Doo Wop’s Golden Age.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The El Dorados	At My Front Door	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
3	The Nutmegs	Story Untold	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
4	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
5	The Heartbeats	A Thousand Miles Away	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
6	The Rays	Silhouettes	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
7	The Willows	The Church Bells May Ring	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
8	The Cadillacs	Zoom	For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
9	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall In Love	Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
10	The Moonglows	See Saw (mono)	Blue Velvet: The Ultimate Collection
11	The Del Vikings	Come Go with Me	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
12	The Dubs	Could This Be Magic	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
13	Mellokings	Tonight Tonight	Tonight-Tonight
14	The Monotones	Book Of Love	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
15	Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/The Rob Roys	Tell Me Why	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
16	The Silhouettes	Get A Job	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
17	The Diamonds	Little Darlin'	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
18	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
19	The Cadillacs	Buzz Buzz Buzz	For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
20	The Solitaires	Walking Along	Doo Wop Love Songs
21	Lee Andrews & The Hearts	Long Lonely Nights	Doo Wop Love Songs
22	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Goody Goody	Doo Wop Love Songs
23	The Chantels	Maybe	Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 2]
24	The Edsels	Rama Lama Ding Dong	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
25	The Aquatones	You	Early Girls: 1
26	The Marcels	Blue Moon	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
27	The Elegants	Little Star	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
28	Dion & The Belmonts	I Wonder Why	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
29	The Videos	Trickle, Trickle	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
30	The Coasters	Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart	Doo Wop Love Songs
31	The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes for You	For Collectors Only – Disc 1
32	The Mystics	Hushabye	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
33	Dion & The Belmonts	A Teenager In Love	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
34	The Fiestas	So Fine	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
35	The Sheppards	Island Of Love	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
36	Earls	Remember Then	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)

Americana, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Oldies, Theme Time

Workin’ Man Blues

September 17, 2022 Dave

We’ll be spending two hours on a century of hard work, little pay, striking it rich as well as failing to do so. Songs about working the mines, panning in the mother lode, welfare and pittance wages, as well as the country sounds of Merle’s Working Man Blues. Plenty to keep us reflecting on a lifetime of keeping afloat knowing full well that you can’t take it with you. Not necessarily money for nothing and kicks for free but we’ve also got songs about blowing it all on a Saturday night. Join us for music from Johnny Horton, Wynn Stewart, Tex Ritter, Merle, Hazel Dickens, Roy Orbison and a cast of the very best of performances from the past century here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tex Williams	Money	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
3	Howard Vokes	The Miner	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
4	Tex Ritter	A Working Man's Prayer	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
5	Doc Watson	Dream of the Miner's Child	1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
6	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Coal Miner's Daughter
7	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
8	Lyle Lovett	Working Too Hard	My Baby Don't Tolerate
9	Slaid Cleaves	Working Stiff	Unsung
10	Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn	Living On The Welfare Check	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
11	Buck Owens	Waitin' In Your Welfare Line	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
12	Johnny Paycheck	Take This Job And Shove It	Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
13	Roy Orbison	Working for the Man	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
14	Brennen Leigh	North To Alaska	Too Thin To Plow
15	Mudcrutch	Six Days On the Road	Mudcrutch
16	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	California Country
17	The Westport Kids	You Kaint Take It With You	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
18	Billy Parker	It Takes A Lot Of Money	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
19	Bobby Barnett	Workin' Man	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
20	Arlie Duff	Money Hungry	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
21	Faron Young	I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night	1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
22	Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws	I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired	The Best Of Western Swing
23	Jim Nesbitt	Working All My Life	Cash-A-Likes
24	Marty Stuart	Hard Working Man	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
25	Dick Curless	I've Been Working On the Railroad	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
26	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Saginaw Michigan	Standard Songs for Average People
27	Dolly Parton	9 To 5	Dolly [Disc 4]
28	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
29	Tom Waits	Heigh Ho	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3]
30	Lee Dorsey	Working In A Coal Mine	Soul Mine
31	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
32	The Dwarf Chorus	Heigh-Ho	Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical
33	Adriana Caselotti	Whistle While You Work	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]

Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Playlists, Theme Time

Not Above The Law

September 11, 2022 Dave

Welcome to a common theme we share on Deeper Roots: an eclectic blend of stories featuring grifters, the gallows, the law and prison time. Today we’ll be mixing current events with the rule of law and the focus takes on historic anthems of good versus evil. Playlists will feature topics of blind justice, the fate of liars and thieves, and stories of false prophets and demagogues. We’ll welcome them in their own words with pearls of justice that even the January 6^th looters, traitors and thieves cannot escape. It’s a cult…and neither democracy nor faith abide much by the cult of personality that’s soiling our Constitution. We’ve got tracks from Dr. John, Three Dog Night, Hugh Laurie, Booker T and Ted Hawkins this week. Join us here on Deeper Roots for an expose about “Fear and Loathing at Mar-a-Lago”.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Booker T. & The MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
3	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Can't Tear It Up Enuff	T-Bird Rhythm
4	Ted Hawkins	The Constitution	Happy Hour
5	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
6	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
7	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Call The Police	Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands
8	Ray Lum	A Trader Is	Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
9	Bill Phillips	The Yankee Trader	Bill Phillips 1958-1961
10	Dr. John	Trader John	The Blues Biography
11	Three Dog Night	Liar	The Complete Hit Singles
12	Julia Lee	Lies	Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
13	JD McPherson	Mother Of Lies	Let The Good Times Roll
14	Julie London	Little White Lies	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
15	Jackie Greene	About Cell Block #9	Sweet Somewhere Bound
16	Bill Carter with The Cooper Brothers	Jailer Man	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
17	Buck Owens	In the Jailhouse Now	Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
18	Hugh Laurie	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
19	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
20	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
21	Dan Reeder	2016 Election Song	Every Which Way (Deluxe Edition)
22	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
23	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
24	George Kent	I Always Did Like Leavenworth	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
25	The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought The Law	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
26	George Jones/Johnny Cash	I Got Stripes [*]	Silver
27	Rico Bell	Death Row	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 2
28	Doodle Duncan	Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
29	Marty Robbins	Hanging Tree	A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)
30	Ralph Stanley	O Death	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
31	Roy Zimmerman	The Don	Rize Up
32	Thomas E. Dewey	Election Eve Campaign Speech	Great Speeches of the 20th Century
33	Paul Stookey	Nukes R Nuts	Just Causes
34	Roy Zimmerman	The Liar Tweets Tonight	The Liar Tweets Tonight (Single)
35	Earle Hagen	I Spy	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene

A Century of America's Music