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Mother’s Day Special

May 7, 2021 Dave

This weekend we observe Mother’s Day, a day that got buried among the many lost celebrations last year due to the pandemic. So it is only fitting that we elevate the gratitude we have this coming Sunday. At Deeper Roots, we’re taking time this Friday to celebrate with only the finest in the many American genres including country, bluegrass, rock, pop vocals, soul, and everything in between…with a little bit of spark thrown in. We’ve got Aretha, The Louvins, Zydeco sounds with Fernest Arceneaux, JJ Cale and Dr. Hook, all in tow to pay tribute to all of those moms out there who play such a big part in our formation as adults. Tune in Friday mornings live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bill & The Belles	Finger Pointin' Mama	Dreamsongs, Etc.
3	Nat King Cole	My Mother Told Me	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
4	J.J. Cale	Blues For Mama	To Tulsa And Back
5	Paul Simon	Mother And Child Reunion	Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar
6	Fernest Arceneaux, The Zydeco All Stars, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr.	Don't Tell Your Mother	Zydeco Blues Party
7	Miracles	If Your Mother Only Knew	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
8	Dee Dee Sharp	(That's What) My Mama Said	The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
9	The Shirelles	Mama Said	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
10	Jackie Deshannon	Did He Call Today, Mama	Breakin' It Up On the Beatles
11	Hello, Dolly! 1994 Broadway Revival Cast	Motherhood	Hello, Dolly!: The New 1994 Cast Recording
12	Charles Colman & William Eaton	Doncha Hear Yo'Po Mother Callin'?	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
13	Lou Monte	Mama (Mamma)	Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings
14	The Mills Brothers	Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother	Mills Brothers – Golden Greats
15	The Taylor Brothers	Mother's Advice	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Hear My Mother Call My Name	The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
17	Buck Owens	Dust On Mother's Bible	Dust On Mother's Bible
18	Bonnie Owens	Medals for Mothers	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
19	The Haden Triplets	Gray Mother Dreaming	The Family Songbook
20	Faron Young	Let Old Mother Have Her Way	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
21	Mac Wiseman	Mother Knows Best	1962-1965 (Warped 6339)
22	The Louvin Brothers	God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother)	Long Play Collection
23	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Let My Mother Live	Almost Home
24	Ike & Tina Turner	Mamma Tell Him	Don't Play Me Cheap
25	Aretha Franklin	A Mother's Love	Soul Sister
26	B.B. King	Nobody Loves Me But My Mother	Indianola Mississippi Seeds
27	Earl King	Mother Told Me Not To Go	Let The Good Times Roll
28	Buddy Guy	My Mother	The Treasure Untold
29	Leo Welch	Mother Loves Her Children	Sabougla Voices
30	Chris Smither	Every Mother's Son	I'm a Stranger Too!/Don't It Drag On
31	Troy Hess	Please Don't Go Topless, Mother	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
32	Louis Armstrong	Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)	Blues In The Night: The Johnny Mercer Songbook
33	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Mother, the Queen of My Heart	Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers

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Honey Don’t

May 6, 2021 Dave

Don’t tell me…it’s theme time but with the negative bent. No, no, no, honey don’t. This week’s show takes on songs of which there is no reduced supply chain: songs that ask us ‘not to’. A somewhat obscure theme, no question, but it’s all about the message after all. We’ll hear a variety of genres this week, all with their warnings prefaced with the contraction “don’t”. We’ll hear from Elvis (a favorite of the idiom), Blue Lu Barker, Julia Lee, Charles Brown, Buddy Emmons, and those representing doo wop, country, early rock, and Americana. All of this coming your way on our first show of May 2021, a rebroadcast of a KOWS show recorded live from the KOWS studios, located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Don’t get defensive, it’s all in fun.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Carl Perkins	Honey Don't	American Roots of the British Invasion
3	Johnny Cash	Don't Go Near The Water	Ragged Old Flag
4	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	2nd To None
5	Elvis Presley	Don't	Elvis Is Back!
6	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles)
7	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
8	Billy Tate	Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671)	R&B Humdingers Volume 11
9	Shirelles	Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin')	The Shirelles
10	Lowell Fulson	Don't Be So Evil	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
11	Muddy Waters	Don't Go No Farther	The Definitive Collection
12	Blue Lu Barker	Don't You Make Me High	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
13	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Don't Come Too Soon	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
14	Etta James	Don't Cry Baby	The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
15	Bee Arnold	Don't Do It Daddy	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
16	Continentals	Don't Do It Baby	Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey
17	The Drifters	Don't Dog Me	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
18	The Penguins	Don't Do It	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
19	The Band	Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It)	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
20	Charles Brown	Don't Get Salty Sugar	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
21	Ella Fitzgerald	Don't Be That Way	First Lady of Song
22	June Christy	Don't Explain	Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2]
23	Asleep At The Wheel	Don't Forget The Trains	Collision Course & The Wheel (1977, 78)
24	Grandpa Jones	Don't Bring Your Banjo Home	Grandpa Jones The Country Music Hall Of Fame
25	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Don't Fence Me In	Sons Of The Pioneers
26	Bobby Bare	Don't Do Like I Done Son	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Bobby Bare Jr.	Don't Go to Chattanooga	A Storm – A Tree – My Mother's Head
28	Solomon Burke	Don't Give Up on Me	Don't Give Up on Me
29	Nina Simone	Don't You Pay Them No Mind	Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul
30	The Handsome Family	Don't Be Scared	In the Air
31	J.J. Cale	Don't Go To Strangers	Naturally
32	Ramones	Don't Come Close (Remastered Version )	Road To Ruin: Expanded and Remastered
33	Johnny Burnette	Don't Do It	The Ballads Of
34	Conway Twitty	Don't Cry No More	The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD7
35	Buddy Holly	Don't Come Back Knockin' [Album Version]	Rave On: The Very Best Of &

Deeper Soul Tracks

April 23, 2021 Dave

We’re going rare and under-the-radar for the most part this Friday morning, taking time to peek our heads above the surface only a few times. This week we’ve got a collection of mostly unknown soul sounds from some of the classic labels as well as some rare gems from the vaults of labels like Prix and Cash. There will be some vocal powerhouse sounds from Dee Dee Warwick, Jean Wells, Madeline Bell and Darrel Banks. We’ll also share some fun sixties sounds from The Olympics, a special pair of Barbara Lynn and Dee Dee Sharp gems from the Deeper Roots dusty digital bins. Join Dave Stroud on a Friday morning recorded live from the KOWS studios in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	J. J. Jackson	But It's Alright	But It's Alright
3	Mary Wells	When I'm Gone	Looking Back 1961-1964
4	Barbara Lewis	How Can I Say Goodbye	Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis
5	Thelma Jones	I Won't Give Up My Man	Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides
6	Barbara Lynn	You Better Quit It	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
7	Barbara Lynn	New Kind Of Love	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
8	Madeline Bell	Mercy Mercy Mercy	Bell's A Poppin'
9	Wilson Pickett	I'm In Love	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
10	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
11	Bobby Womack	Check It Out	The Best Of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years
12	Skip Drake	Wrapped Around Your Finger	Eccentric Soul: The Cash Label
13	Royal Esquires	Our Love Used To Be	Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
14	Michael Bell	Can't Make It Without You	Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label
15	Bobby Womack	Baby I Can't Stand It	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
16	Andy Mack & The Carltons	Do You Wanta Go	Chess Uptown Soul
17	Little Stevie Wonder	Contract On Love	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
18	Jimmy Hughes	You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy (You Really Know How To Make Him Cry)	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
19	Barrett Strong	Misery	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
20	Darrel Banks	Our Love (Is In The Pocket)	Detroit Sounds
21	The Olympics	Baby Do The Philly Dog	Northern Soul Originals
22	Joe Tex	You Better Get It	25 All Time Greatest Hits
23	William Bell	Every Man Oughta Have A Woman	The Very Best Of William Bell
24	Chuck Edwards	I Need You	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
25	Jean Wells	After Loving You	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
26	Jean Wells	Keep On Doin'It	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
27	Dee Dee Sharp	(It's Wonderful) The Love I Fe	The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
28	Dee Dee Sharp	It's A Funny Situation	The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
29	Eddie Holman	I'm Not Gonna Give Up	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
30	Ralph Soul Jackson	You Left the Water Running	Hall of Fame – Volume 3
31	Elijah & The Ebonites	Pure Soul	Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label
32	Marjorie Ingram	I'm Gonna Start Checking Up On My Man	Hall of Fame – Volume 2
33	Eula Cooper	Shake Daddy Shake	Let Our Love Grow Higher
34	Etta James	Let's Burn Down The Cornfield	Enduring Soul
35	Timmy Willis	Easy as Saying 1-2-3	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1

Rolling Along

April 9, 2021 Dave

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

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

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Breakin’ The Law

March 29, 2021 Dave

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

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

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Burnin’ Love

March 12, 2021 Dave

A hunka hunka free form sounds this morning on Deeper Roots: some thoughtful pairings and some that just need to be pushed to the surface. We’re coming up on Daylight Savings Time already as we prepare for the days to get longer shedding more light in the attic from the window up above. Songs today explore mojo, some gospel musings, concerns about a fellow named Lou whose got the flu, and some reflections on the 420 favorite. Performers include Julia Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ivie Anderson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and we’ve even got an ‘unknown’ from the mid-century wondering “Who’s Boogeying My Woogie Now”. Imagine that. Well, imagine this: Friday mornings on KOWS Community Radio are made just for the beginning of Spring. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Clay Pigeons	Fair & Square
3	Elvis Presley	Burning Love	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	99 1/2 Won't Do	Gospel Train
5	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
6	Nina Simone	Lilac Wine	Verve/Unmixed 3
7	Ivie Anderson	Chocolate Shake	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
8	Bette Midler	Marahuana	Songs For The New Depression
9	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
10	Buddy Holly	Fool's Paradise	Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 2]
11	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
12	Fats Domino	Be My Guest	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
13	Dorsey Burnette	Don't Let Go	The Precious Years
14	Charley Crockett	The Man That Time Forgot	Welcome To Hard Times
15	Kevin Russell	Country Boy	Country Swing
16	Little Jimmy Dickens	May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
17	Buddy Emmons	New Road Under My Wheels	Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
18	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
19	Roger Miller	Lou's Got The Flu	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
20	Roger Miller	The Moon Is High (And So Am I)	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
21	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	His Best, 1956 To 1964
22	Ann Cole	I Got My Mojo Working	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4]
23	Unknown Artist	I Wonder Who's Boogeying My Woogie Now ?	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
24	Lightnin' Hopkins	Mojo Hand	The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
25	Mose Allison	Mojo Woman	Down Home Piano
26	Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams	Overtime	It Always Will Be
27	John Fogerty	Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger)	Wrote a Song for Everyone
28	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	Still the Same	Greatest Hits
29	Raul Malo	It Only Hurts Me When I Cry	After Hours
30	Red Simpson	Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
31	Bruce Springsteen	Pink Cadillac	18 Tracks
32	Baker Knight	Bring My Cadillac Back	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
33	Miley Cyrus	Lilac Wine	The Backyard Sessions
34	Ray Charles	I Believe to My Soul	The Birth of Soul Disc 3

The Great American Songbook

February 27, 2021 Dave

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

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

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Lead Belly’s Legacy

February 12, 2021 Dave

Deeper Roots goes deeper this Friday morning. We’ll be sharing the songs of tradition and folk blues from an artist who opened up a world to a generation of followers in the 1940s and 1950s. With the witting arm of Alan Lomax as his promoter and benefactor, Huddie Ledbetter’s music would get wings and find its place in America’s traditional music lexicon. This week’s show, like last week’s Bill Monroe special, revisits the music that he was identified with, much of which he is credited with bringing into this world, or at least opening our eyes to. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm, Red Smiley, Odetta, The Weavers, Bob Dylan, and many others on a show that celebrates a giant of America’s songbook. Tune into KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for a new episode of a show that’s heading into it’s ninth year here on KOWS Community Radio.

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Begin the Beguine

January 30, 2021 Dave

This past January was as much a month to remember as it was to forget. We’ll keep the serenity we need by softening the blow with music while also celebrating the good with swing, country, rhythm and gospel in another eclectic free form show on Sonoma County community radio. Cold weather and rain arrives so we’ll share the soul sounds of William Bell and Johnnie Taylor, some folk rock from Linda Ronstadt, swing vocals from The Mills Brothers and The Four Vagabonds, and gospel with Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers. We’ll visit Shenandoah, The Red River Valley, and Forty Miles of Bad Road in our Friday morning show, recorded this week in the Deeper Roots Den. I hope you’ll join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Michael Nesmith	Begin The Beguine	Tropical Campfires
3	Mikki Wilcox	Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues	Sun Ballads 1953-62
4	Maria Muldaur	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues	Love Wants to Dance
5	The Four Vagabonds	Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Shenandoah	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 2]
7	Duane Eddy	Forty Miles Of Bad Road	Dance With The Guitar Man
8	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	The Image of Me	Playback Disc 5
9	Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban	Patricia	Hear Music, Vol. 9: Souvenirs
10	The Texas Tornados	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights	The Best Of Texas Tornados
11	Glories	Dark End Of The Street	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
12	Bessie Banks	Go Now	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
13	William Bell	Everybody Loves a Winner	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
14	Wilson Pickett	I'm In Love	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
15	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax Number Ones
16	Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight	I'll Take You There
17	Elvis Presley	I Gotta Know	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
18	Marshall Crenshaw	I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)	Downtown
19	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
20	The Jack Fords	That's All You Gotta Do	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
21	Big Boy Groves	I Gotta New Car	Fool Mule
22	Corey Glover	Three Time Loser	Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
23	The Mills Brothers	Glow Worm	The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
24	Charlie Barnet	Flying Home	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 6
25	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
26	Lou Rawls (2nd Vocal) & The Pilgrim Travelers	Come Home	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
27	Aretha Franklin	Never Grow Old	None But the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats
28	Merle Haggard	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive	Capitol Collector's Series
29	The Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt	Different Drum	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
30	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
31	Roy Rogers	Moonlight On The Prairie	Country Music Hall Of Fame
32	Chris Hillman	When I Get A Little Money	Bidin' My Time
33	Rick Nelson	Hello Mary Lou	Greatest Love Songs
34	Carla Thomas/Rufus Thomas	Birds and the Bees	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
35	The Bar-Kays	Soul Finger	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)

Deeper Roots on KOWS, New Orleans, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Theme Time, Urban Blues

New Orleans R&B

January 22, 2021 Dave

We just can’t get enough of this sound, a blend of sounds that cannot be pushed away with the urban renewal of auto-tune and electronic pasteurization. It’s long history of inspiration whose roots are driven by centuries of influence, from Congo Square to Rampart Street, and beyond. Our show today returns to the humid southern climes at the mouth of the Mississippi for some of the very best of rhythm, from Cosimo Matassa’s studios to the clubs that pepper the Crescent City on Bourbon Street. Popular rhythm and blues today from Nawlins inclues some Fats, Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Paul Gayen, Frankie Ford, and a couple dozen others giving us that signature percussive backbeat embellished by pounding piano. It’s a Friday evening celebration here on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Boy Myles	New Orleans	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
3	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	The Monkey [Album Version]	The New Orleans Album
4	Fats Domino	When The Saints Go Marchin' In	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
5	Dr. John	Somebody Changed The Lock	Dr. John's Gumbo
6	Huey "Piano" Smith	Mean Mean Mean	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
7	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
8	Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl	Absolutely the Best
9	Frankie Ford	It Must Be Jelly	Very Best Of Frankie Ford
10	Lee Diamond&The Upsetters	Hattie Malatti	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
11	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
12	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	My Feet Can't Fail Me Now	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
13	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	R&B Outbreak CD 2
14	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	It Won't Be Long	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
15	Edgar Blanchard	Honeycomb	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
16	Charles "Hungry" Williams	So Glad You're Mine	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
17	Champion Jack Dupree	Mail Order Woman	New Orleans R&B Outbreak
18	Paul Marvin	Hurry Up	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
19	Paul Gayten	For You My Love	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
20	Larry Williams	Bad Boy	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
21	Fats Domino	Please Don't Leave Me	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
22	Smiley Lewis	Mama Don't Like	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
23	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn	Educated Fool	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
24	Kermit Ruffins	Holy Cow	Livin' A Tremi Life
25	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
26	Jewel King	3×7=21	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]
27	Irma Thomas	Look Up (AKA Whenever)	Soul Queen of New Orleans
28	Eddie Bo	Roamin-Itis	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
29	Zorro & The Zips	Frankie & Johnny	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
30	Danny White	Let's Play	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
31	The Showmen	True Fine Mama	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
32	Lee Diamond &The Upsetters	It Won't Be Me	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
33	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Alimony	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
34	Jessie Hill	Scoop Scoobie Doobie	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
35	Earl King	No City Like New Orleans	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
36	Galactic	Go Go	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans

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