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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

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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)

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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]

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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

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Main Street Breakdown

August 27, 2022 Dave

“Gather ‘round everybody, gonna tell you a story, about a little fella, he’s really very mella’, sells the daily papers on Main Street USA. ” That’s how we’ll open this week’s show, with a story told by Bill Haley and the Comets from 1955. It’s a free form throwback road trip from Main Street to the deep South with some blues, country, and roots sounds from the past 100 years. Got some blues from Bertha Idaho, classic country from Hank Williams, some fresh southland sounds from Los Lobos, locally fresh sounds from Doug Blumer and JL Stiles…and so much more as we venture in and around all of the corners, north, south, east and west in today’s show. Friday morning breakfasts have never been so entertaining. Tune us in on 92.5 FM in West County or stream us on your listening device at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bill Haley	The Paper Boy (On Main Street USA)	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (3): Rock Around the Clock
3	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Main Street Breakdown	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
4	David Bromberg	The Main Street Moan	The Player: A Retrospective
5	Los Lobos	On Main Street	Tin Can Trust
6	Loudon Wainwright III	Moving Day	High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
7	Willie Nelson	Still Is Still Moving To Me	Across The Borderline
8	Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers	Gone, Gonna Rise.Again	Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions
9	Leon Selph	Now That You Have Gone	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
10	The Leake County Revelers	Been to the East, Been to the West	Lead Kindly Light
11	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway	Moving Day	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
12	JL Stiles	Movin	Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs
13	Florence Lowery	Moving Day Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11
14	Bertha Idaho	Move It On Out Of Here	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10
15	Howlin' Wolf	Moving	The Back Door Wolf
16	Monroe Moe Jackson	Move It On Over	Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956
17	Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys	Move It On Over	26 All-Time Country Classics
18	Mahalia Jackson	I Will Move On Up A Little Higher	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
19	The Staple Singers	Move Along Train	Freedom Highway
20	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)	Raising Sand
21	Tom Petty	Time to Move On	Wildflowers
22	Jerry Lee Lewis	Move on Down the Line	The London Sessions 1973
23	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
24	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
25	John Hiatt	Gone	Crossing Muddy Waters
26	Irma Thomas	Gone	Soul Queen of New Orleans
27	The Cats & The Fiddle	Gone	The Very Best Of
28	Paul Simon	Gone at Last	1964-1993 Disc 2
29	Bobby "Blue" Bland	This Time I'm Gone For Good	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
30	Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash	Gone Like a Raven	Bend in the Road
31	Violent Femmes	Gone Daddy Gone	Add It Up (1981-1993)
32	Lefty Frizzell	She's Gone, Gone, Gone	Look What Thoughts Will Do

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Let’s Dance

July 30, 2022 Dave

A mix of just about everything your ears might need on a Friday morning with the focus being on preparing you for the weekend here in Sonoma County. Wake up sounds with themes that sport the connective tissue of a variety of genres and performers. We’ll hear some Bo Diddley, Chris Montez, Steve Earle, Del Reeves, and more than two dozen others. We’ll be highlighting small themes of trains, boogie Woogie daddies, sad and happy songs, weed and invitations to the party here on KOWS Community radio where free speech is coupled with a promise of no bull. We stream all over the planet on kowsfm.com/listen and will be celebrating the return of our antenna and the FM signal sooner rather than later. Join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	NRBQ	Wacky Tobacky	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
3	Mel Tillis	Loco Weed (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
4	Wayne Hancock	Viper of Melody	Viper of Melody
5	Harlem Hamfats/Rosetta Howard	If You're a Viper	When Hemp Was Hip
6	Bea Foote	Weed	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
7	Cab Calloway	Minnie The Moocher	Are You Hep To The Jive?
8	Steve Earle & the Dukes	Ain't Nobody's Daddy Now	Terraplane
9	The Enchanters	Boogie Woogie Daddy	Jubilee Jezebels
10	Bo Diddley	Diddley Daddy	The Chess Box [Disc 1]
11	Howlin' Wolf	Rockin' Daddy	Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960
12	Jimmy Ricks & The Ravens	Daddy Rollin' Stone	Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962
13	Fontella Bass	Sweet Lovin' Daddy	Very Best Of
14	Stonewall Jackson	You're the Sad in My Songs	Warped 6742 – Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967
15	Del Reeves	You're the Happy Songs I Sing	The Wonderful World of del Reeves
16	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	It's Everly Time
17	Merle Haggard	Sing A Sad Song	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
18	Rachel Sweet	Sad Song	Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet
19	Jerry Lee Lewis	Invitation to Your Party	25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
20	Cab Calloway	Everybody Eats When They Come To My House	Are You Hep To The Jive?
21	The Royal Hounds	Invitation To Be Lonely	A Whole Lot of Nothin'
22	Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar	Invitation to the Blues	For Pete's Sake [Gusto]
23	The Soul Stirrers	Slow Train	Tribute to Sam Cooke
24	Bob Dylan	Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)	North Country – Music From The Motion Picture
25	Leon Russell	Slow Train	A Mighty Flood
26	ack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest/Dialogue	Pulp Fiction
27	Chris Montez	Let's Dance	National Lampoon's Animal House
28	Fats Domino	The Twist Set Me Free	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
29	Chubby Checker	Let's Dance	It's Pony Time
30	Gary U.S. Bonds	Dear Lady Twist	Gary "U.S" Bonds – 30 Original Greatest Hits
31	Jimmy Soul	Twistin' Matilda (And The Channel)	The Best Of Jimmy Soul
32	The Champs	Tequila Twist	5 Classic Albums Plus
33	The Isley Brothers	Twist and Shout	American Roots of the British Invasion
34	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Do You Know How to Twist	The King Records Story – Part 1
35	The Dovells	Bristol Stomp	Cameo Parkway The Best of the Dovells, 1961-1965

A Taste of Sixties Soul

July 17, 2022 Dave

What a decade. The Sixties. There was, of course, the mainlining of rock that took place, The Beatles, The Stones, Dylan, folk-rock, a rediscovery of tradition and the blues…and then there was something that had been bubbling underneath the pop, gospel, jazz, and rock elements. It would come to be called ‘soul’ and the sixties urban explosion out of a post-war northern cities like Chicago and (especially) Detroit, gave us something uniquely American. And the sixties charts were brimming with Motown, funk, cold sweat, and brassy ballads with a back beat and synchronicity of voice that established itself for good. The Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Chuck Jackson, Mary Wells, The Temptations, The Impressions…the list goes on…all of these acts and hundreds of others staked their claim to the charts, easily competing (if not comfortably sharing) with the British wave and psychedlic sounds that had stormed the gates. Join Dave Stroud for a taste of 60s soul.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Miracles	Shop Around [National Hit Version]	The 35th Anniversary Collection
3	Ike & Tina Turner	It's Gonna Work Out Fine	Birth Of Soul: 3
4	Sugar Pie DeSanto	A Little Taste of Soul	A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
5	Chuck Jackson	Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
6	Sam Cooke	Send Me Some Lovin'	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
7	Mary Wells	Bye Bye Baby	Looking Back 1961-1964
8	The Impressions	I'm So Proud	Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
9	The Supremes	Come See About Me	Gold Disc 1
10	Mary Wells	My Guy	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
11	Brenda Holloway	Every Little Bit Hurts	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
12	The Tams	What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am)	Classic Rock: 1964 A Go Go
13	Jimmy Hughes	Steal Away	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
14	King Curtis	Soul Serenade	Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
15	The Funk Brothers	Too Many Fish in the Sea	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Funk Brothers
16	The Supremes	Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart	Gold Disc 1
17	The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	The Ultimate Collection
18	The Isley Brothers	This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)	The Essential Isley Brothers [Disc 1]
19	The Temptations	Get Ready	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
20	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright)	The Classic Sixties: 1965
21	Spooner's Crowd	Two In The Morning	Chess Uptown Soul
22	The Mar-Keys	Philly Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
23	Carla Thomas	A Woman's Love	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
24	Carla Thomas/Otis Redding	Tramp	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
25	Arthur Conley	Sweet Soul Music	The Muscle Shoals Sound
26	Sam & Dave	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby	The Very Best of Sam & Dave
27	Marvin Gaye	If I Could Build My Whole World Around You	Anthology [Disc 1]
28	Jimmy Ruffin	What Becomes of the Brokenhearted	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
29	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	Red, White & Rock Disc 3
30	James Brown	Cold Sweat	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
31	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	Jimmy Mack	The Ultimate Collection
32	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax Number Ones
33	Marvin Gaye	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby	Anthology [Disc 1]
34	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff	Stax Number Ones

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No Parking Here

July 2, 2022 Dave

The archivists went back to the well for the core of a show first broadcast seven years ago, polished it up some by adding some fresh musical paints to the themes, but left the vintage drapes and findings alone. And this week’s Deeper Roots show is all the better for it. Tune in on Friday morning for songs about the ‘love bug’, private property and trespassers, biblical tales from about fellows named John, and some musical musings about dog houses and ramblers. We’ve the likes of Ry Cooder, Moses Mason, Arthur Smith, The Drifters, and Sharon Jones to help you get your head straight for a weekend to kick off a long summer of our discontent. Your rights. Our rights. When they come for some today, who says they won’t come for you tomorrow.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Rosie Flores	I Push Right Over	Speed of Sound
3	Cliff Edwards	Hang on to Me	Ukulele Ike
4	Emmett Miller	(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way	Minstrel Man From Georgia
5	Sons of the Pioneers	Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown	Songs of the Prairie – CD3
6	Arthur Smith	Follow Me Boogie (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
7	Johnny Cash	Calilou (The Rambler)	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4]
8	Dr. John	How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)	Goin' Back To New Orleans
9	Bobby "Blue" Bland	I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
10	The Drifters	Don't Dog Me	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
11	Jim Jackson	Old Dog Blue	25 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920s-1940s Vol 19
12	Ry Cooder	Police Dog Blues	Broadcast from the Plant: 1974 Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca
13	Pee Wee King	Dog House Blues	Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
14	Neko Case	John Saw That Number	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
15	Moses Mason	John The Baptist	Take Me To The Water
16	John Mellencamp	John The Revelator	Trouble No More
17	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Get Up John	Bill Monroe: Anthology
18	Elvis Presley	I, John	Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 2)
19	The Golden Gate Quartet	Frankie and Johnny	CD 2 the Recent Years
20	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Private Property (No Tresspassing)	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
21	Jimmy Littlejohn	No Parking Here	The World Is A Monster
22	Woody Guthrie	Riding in My Car (Car Song)	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
23	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Trespasser	Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In)
24	Vince Gill	Love Bug	Bradley Barn Sessions
25	Little Jimmy Dickens	When That Love Bug Bites You	Country Boy [Disc 2]
26	Jimmy Edwards	Love Bug Crawl	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 7)
27	Jimmy Edwards	Love Bug Crawl	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
28	Red Foley & Minnie Pearl	Love Bug Itch	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
29	The Mills Brothers	The Love Bug Will Bite You	Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
30	Vera Lynn	The Love Bug Will Bite You	A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
31	Doc & Merle Watson	Corrina, Corrina	Then And Now/Two Days In November
32	Gillian Welch	I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll	Time (The Revelator)
33	John Prine With Lucinda Williams	Wedding Bells / Let's Turn Back The Years	In Spite Of Ourselves
34	Junior Brown & Red Simpson	Nitro Express	Rig Rock Deluxe
35	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer

Americana, Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Jazz, Oldies, Theme Time

Double Play

May 29, 2022 Dave

Hot weather this week and we’ll be sweatin’ out the oldies in the KOWS Studio this coming Friday. Summer may be just around the corner but we’re running hot already here in Sonoma County. Today’s show features a ‘double play’ collection of traditions and covers, focusing primarily on gospel tradition and contemporary covers. Brook Benton, Josh White, Wilson Pickett, Neko Case, and Hank Williams are among the performers we’ll be featuring this week. Covers of the Gambler’s Blues, Stormy Weather, Denomination Blues, and more coming your way from the studios located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Freddie King	Trouble In Mind	King Of The Blues
3	Mavis Staples Levon Helm	Trouble In My Mind	Carry Me Home
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Trouble In My Mind	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
5	Washington Phillips	Denomination Blues – Part 1	Manzarene Dreams
6	Rodney Crowell	Denomination Blues	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
7	Josh White	St. James Infirmary	Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love
8	Bobby "Blue" Bland	St. James Infirmary	Mississippi Blues
9	Blind Alfred Reed	You Must Unload	Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
10	Ry Cooder	You Must Unload	The Prodigal Son
11	Louis Armstrong	Shadrack	Louis And The Good Book
12	Brook Benton	Shadrack	Mercury 1962
13	CBS Trumpeteers	Milky White Way	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
14	Elvis Presley	Milky White Way	His Hand In Mine
15	Shades of Blue	Oh How Happy	Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
16	Carlene Carter	Oh How Happy	Carlene Carter/Blue Nun
17	Jeff Lynne	Stormy Weather	Armchair Theatre
18	Ethel Waters	Stormy Weather	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
19	Aaron Neville	I Saw The Light	Gospel Roots
20	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21	Arizona Dranes	John Said He Saw A Number	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
22	Neko Case	John Saw That Number	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
23	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man	The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
24	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Big Boss Man	Playback Disc 5
25	Wilson Pickett	Three-Time Loser	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
26	Dave Edmunds	Three Time Loser	Twangin'
27	Solomon Burke	Got To Get You Off My Mind	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
28	Huey Lewis And The News	Got To Get You Off My Mind	Soulsville
29	Peggy Lee With Dave Barbour & His Orchestra	I Don't Know Enough About You	I Get Ideas – A Proper Introduction To Peggy Lee
30	The Mills Brothers	I Don't Know Enough About You	The Very Best Of The Mills Brothers
31	The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought The Law	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
32	The Clash	I Fought the Law	Story of the Clash, Vol. 1 Disc 1

Your Lucky Day

May 14, 2022 Dave

Bad luck and trouble are supposed to be common watchwords on a Friday the 13th but we’re not the superstitious kind. Those vintage holdovers from a Christian time gone long past are just reminders of the stinkin’ thinkin’ that got us to where we are today. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends vocal nuggets from Frank Sinatra and Elvis with blues from Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ray Charles, and Chester Burnett. We’ve also got some Jimmy Smith, Raul Malo, Chance Halladay, and Nappy Brown to keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Adopt a black cat. Despite longstanding superstitions, they have the very best of personalities.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jim Lauderdale	Lucky 13	Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
3	Chris Isaak	Waiting for My Lucky Day	Baja Sessions
4	The Bobby Fuller Four	I'm A Lucky Guy	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
5	Frank Sinatra	Luck Be a Lady	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
6	Judy Garland	Lucky Day	Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
7	Jimmy Smith	I'm Just A Lucky So And So	Standards
8	Ray Charles	Lucky Old Sun	Hear Music Volume 1
9	Tommy Flanagan	Friday The 13th	For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
10	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Friday The 13th Child	His California Album
11	Howlin' Wolf	Hard Luck	The Chess Box [Disc 3]
12	Chris Thomas King	Superstitious Blues	Me, My Guitar and the Blues
13	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
14	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
15	J.J. Cale	Lady Luck	Travel Log
16	Raul Malo	Lucky One	Lucky One
17	Mary-Chapin Carpenter	I Feel Lucky	Come On Come On
18	Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds	Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
19	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Luck in My Eyes	Absolute Torch and Twang
20	Charley Crockett	Lots of Luck	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
21	Johnny Cash	Thirteen	American Recordings
22	Gale Storm	Lucky Lips	Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
23	Ruth Brown	Lucky Lips	Feelin Fine
24	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	My Lucky Day	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
25	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	The Chess Box
26	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
27	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Bad Luck, Pt. 1	Greatest Hits
28	Chance Halladay	Lucky Me	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2

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