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The Hijacked Jukebox

March 7, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Join Dave Stroud for a look at a fascinating, if somewhat cringey, slice of music history, where white cover versions of black R&B nuggets were whitewashed across the pop charts in the 1950s. While the ‘cover version’ was a standard industry practice, so were the ‘sanitized’ versions of R&B hits by black artists that made them more ‘palatable’ for white radio audiences, spotlighting white artists while the original creators stayed in the shadows. It’s certainly something that could be the topic of numerous Deeper Roots episodes but we’ll limit our scope to a two hour exploration, measuring the original against the cover. On one side of the house we’ll hear from Fats Domino (a popular source for the practic), Big Joe Turner, The Moonglows and a handful of others. The other side of the house has the names of Pat Boone, Art Mooney, The Fontane Sisters and others among the dubious roster ‘favorites’. Radio and media helped to democratize the landscape but today’s parallels with the frothing ‘look over thereness’ of right wing hate is unmistakable and hard to ignore. It was George Santayana who observed that “those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it.“

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Fontane Sisters	Hearts Of Stone	Vintage Music " Vols 3 & 4
3	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
4	The Fontane Sisters	Rock Love	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
5	Lula Reed	Rock Love	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
6	Eileen Barton	Fujiyama Mama	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
7	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama	From the Ghetto
8	The Crew Cuts	Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
9	The Chords	Sh-Boom	Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
10	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
11	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2]
12	The Crew Cuts	Don't Be Angry	High School Favorites
13	Nappy Brown	Don't Be Angry [1955 Version]	Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
14	The Fontane Sisters	Please Don't Leave Me	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.3
15	Fats Domino	Please Don't Leave Me	Rock And Rollin
16	Pat Boone	The Fat Man	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
17	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
18	Pat Boone	Long Tall Sally	The London American Story Disc 1
19	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
20	Art Mooney	Tutti Frutti	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
21	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
22	Johnnie Ray	Flip Flop And Fly	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
23	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop And Fly	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
24	Bill Haley & His Comets	Shake, Rattle and Roll	From The Original Master Tapes
25	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
26	Teresa Brewer	Tweedle Dee	The Best Of Teresa Brewer
27	LaVern Baker	Tweedlee Dee	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 2]
28	Gale Storm	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	The London American Story Disc 1
29	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
30	Georgia Gibbs	Dance With Me Henry	Georgia Gibbs Greatest Hits
31	Etta James	The Wallflower	The Best of Etta James [EMI-Capitol Special Markets]
32	Jean Dinning	Bo Diddley	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
33	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
34	The Hilltoppers	Teardrops From My Eyes	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
35	Ruth Brown	Teardrops From My Eyes	Ruth Brown: The Definitive Soul Collection [[Disc 1]]
36	Jaye P Morgan	Baby Don't Do It	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.3
37	The 5 Royales	Baby Don't Do It	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
38	Perry Como	Ko Ko Mo	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
39	The Flamingos	Ko Ko Mo	The Best Of The Flamingos
40	Ricky Nelson	I'm Walkin'	Legacy [Disc 1]

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Party Goin’ On

February 21, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Spring’s just around the corner but we’re all holding out with rain, wind and more California sunshine in our forecast until then. Don’t you think that this might call for a party? Well, some of us do and we’re going to mix up the country with the blues, the rock with the rockabilly, and the brassy with the sass as we prepare for the holiday known as President’s Day. I suppose the toddler in the basement wants that named after him, too. Can someone explain the rules of common decency and sense to President McFuddlepants? Please. I beg of you. We’ll leave him out of the party today, though, as we hang in there with a delicious spread of the very best music from the past century, including Mitty Collier, Dr. John, Marty Stuart, Merle Haggard, John Fogerty and Elvin Bishop. We’ll also hear from a local favorite, Doug Blumer and The Bohemian Highway, with a reminder that “The Party’s At Our House”.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Sad House Big Party	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
3	Roque Baños	Party at the Restaurant	Sexy Beast
4	Dr. John	Party Hellfire	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
5	Amos Milburn	House Party (Tonight)	Amos Milburn Rocks
6	Amos Milburn	Let's Have A Party	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
7	Hugo and Luigi	Rockabilly Party	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD1)
8	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Party at My House	Mean Case of the Blues
9	Jesse Allen	Let's Party	Stompin' 34
10	Sam Cooke	Having A Party	100 Northern Soul Classics
11	Mink DeVille	Party Girls	Cabretta
12	Helena Ferguson	Where Is The Party	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 5
13	Claudine Clark	Party Lights	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
14	Tammi Terrell	Two Can Have A Party	Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection
15	Mitty Collier	My Party	Talking With Her Man: The Chess Singles 1961-1968
16	Lesley Gore	It's My Party	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore
17	Charlie Wilson & His Hayloft Gang	The Beer Party (1933)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
18	Dale Watson	Pity Party	The Best of the HighTone Years
19	Don Gibson	Give Myself A Party	The Complete Recordings 1952-1962
20	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway	The Party's At Our House	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
21	Charline Arthur	I'm Having A Party All By Myself	Welcome To The Club
22	Wanda Jackson	There's A Party Going On	There's A Party Goin' On
23	Elvin Bishop	Party Till The Cows Come Home	Tulsa Shuffle
24	Whitney Rose	The Last Party	Heartbreaker of the Year
25	Merle Haggard	Goin' Away Party	Unforgettable
26	Rosanne Cash	I Don't Want To Spoil The Party	Hits: 1979-1989
27	Porter Wagoner	The Party & Dolly Parton	1967-1968 (Warped 6797)
28	John Fogerty	Garden Party (With Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmidt)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
29	Charlie Faye & The Fayettes	You Gotta Give It up (Party Song)	The Whole Shebang
30	The Jades with the Pacer's Music	The Big Beach Party	Banana Split for My Baby
31	Annette	Beach Party	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 3
32	The Super Stocks	Muscle Beach Party	Surf Route 101
33	Fats Domino	What a Party	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
34	Smiley Lewis	Caldonia's Party	Smiley Lewis Vol 1

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Steve Cropper Tribute

December 13, 2025 Dave Leave a comment

Long before you ever knew his name, Steve Cropper’s music was a part of your life if you grew up with a radio tuned to soul, rock, or R&B. You were already absorbing his fingerwork: that clipped, chiming guitar on “Green Onions,” the taut groove that made Wilson Pickett sound ten feet tall, or the unmistakable snap of Stax rhythm sections he helped shape. We lost a giant who contributed to the Americana musical landscape this past week and our show this week will reflect on his body of work. He wasn’t just part of the soundtrack of our lives, he was part of the atmosphere, a presence whose playing taught you—quietly and consistently—what feel really meant. To grow up with Steve Cropper’s music is to realize, eventually, that he helped define not just a sound but a sensibility—one where the groove is tight, the soul runs deep, and the guitar part is always exactly what the song needs and not a note more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay	Stax Number Ones
3	Booker T. & The MG's	Green Onions	Let There Be Drums Vol 2: The 60's
4	Steve Cropper	Baby Don't Do It (Steve Cropper with B.B. King & Shemekia Copeland)	Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales
5	The Tonettes	Teardrop Sea	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (2 of 9)
6	Carla Thomas	What a Fool I've Been	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (2 of 9)
7	Carla Thomas	Comfort Me	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
8	Johnny Daye	What'll I Do for Satisfaction	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9)
9	Steve Cropper, Pops Staples, Albert King	Tupelo[Pt. 1]	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (2 of 9)
10	Wilson Pickett	Don't Fight It [Unedited Single Master]	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
11	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
12	Barbara & the Browns	In My Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (4 of 9)
13	Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2]
14	Mable John	Wait You Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9)
15	Rufus Thomas	Can Your Monkey Do the Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (3 of 9)
16	The Astors	Candy	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
17	Bobby Marchan	You Won't Do Right	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (3 of 9)
18	Eddie Floyd	Knock on Wood	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9)
19	Otis Redding	Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
20	Otis Redding	That's How Strong My Love Is	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
21	Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour	Too Much Stress (feat. Brian May & Billy Gibbons)	Friendlytown
22	Steve Cropper	Two Wrongs	Fire It Up
23	Steve Cropper	Thirty Second Lover (Steve Cropper with Steve Winwood)	Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales
24	Aretha Franklin	Think	The Definitive Collection
25	Booker T. & the MG's	Soul-Limbo	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
26	Wendy Rene	What Will Tomorrow Bring?	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
27	William Bell	Who Will It Be Tomorrow	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (3 of 9)
28	Eddie Floyd	Yum Yum Yum (I Want Some)	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
29	Wilson Pickett	Ninety-Nine & A Half (Won't Do)	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
30	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and Dom Flemons featuring Steve Cropper	Shake Your Money Maker	Shake Your Money Maker (Single)
31	Steve Cropper	My Sugar Sugar (Steve Cropper with John Popper)	Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales
32	Steve Cropper & Pops Staples	Water	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (2 of 9)
33	The Mad Lads	Patch My Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9)
34	Cheryl Johnson/Pam Johnson	That's My Guy	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (2 of 9)
35	The Blues Brothers	Soul Man	The Definitive Collection
36	Booker T. & the MG's	Slim Jenkin's Place	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's

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Down & Dirty Blues

December 6, 2025 Dave

This week’s show leans into the rougher side of the tradition: the places where bruised pride, bad decisions, and raw truth find their way into song. “The down and dirty blues” isn’t a stylistic claim so much as a shared attitude — the kind shaped by rent coming due, lovers turning cold, and the kind of trouble that sits heavy in the gut. Across the past century, singers and players have used these stories to put plainspoken feeling into motion, building grooves that don’t promise comfort so much as recognition. Across two hours, we’ll move through voices that carried this edge with conviction — men and women from the 1930s onward who weren’t at all shy about calling out mean mistreaters or confessing their own missteps. You’ll hear hard-driving cuts where guitars sting, pianos roll, and vocals land with a certain bruising weight. Tune in for the likes of Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson, Dirty Red, Little Joe Blue, Howlin’ Wolf and a couple dozen others. The ‘dirty dozen’ doesn’t get much dirtier than this.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Annisteen Allen	Down By The River	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
3	Howlin' Wolf	Down In The Bottom	Moanin' In The Moonlight
4	Victoria Spivey	Down Hill Pull	Moaning The Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.65)
5	Memphis Minnie	Dirty Mother For You	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
6	Dirty Red	Mother Fuyer	Eat to The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Dirty Blues
7	Little Junior Parker	Dirty Friend Blues	Abc of the Blues, Vol. 36
8	Little Joe Blue	Dirty Work Goin' On	Chess Blues Disc 4
9	Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs	Dirty By The Dozen (Sweet Little Woman)	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
10	Muddy Waters	Down South Blues	More Real Folk Blues
11	Smokey Hogg	Dirty Mistreater	The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
12	B.B. King	Every Day I Have the Blues	Pure R&B: Vol. 3- Let the Good Times Roll [Disc 1]
13	Amos Milburn	Hard Driving Blues	Eat to The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Dirty Blues
14	T-Bone Walker	It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
15	Piano Red – Dr. Feelgood	Don't Tell Me No Dirty	The Doctor's in – Disc 4
16	J.B. Lenoir	Low Down Dirty Shame	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: J.B. Lenoir
17	Lonnie Johnson	The Dirty Dozen	Lonnie Johnson: Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 6 (1930-31)
18	Victoria Spivey	From 1 to 12 (Dirty Dozen)	The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-1937
19	Little Milton	I Play Dirty	Living The Blues: The 70's Blues Classics
20	Jimmy Reed	Down The Road	You Dont Have To Go (The Blues Collection Vol.18)
21	Bobby Bland	Driftin' Blues	The Best Of Bobby Bland
22	Jimmy Witherspoon	Bar Fly Blues	Raw Blues
23	Wynonie Harris	Hard Luck Blues	Battle of the Blues – Volume 2
24	John Lee Hooker	Blues Before Sunrise	Don't Look Back
25	The Leap Frogs	Dirty Britches	No Jive: Authentic Southern Country Blues
26	George Harmonica Smith/Long Gone Miles	Low Down Dirty Shame [#]	Juke Joint Blues 1950's-1960's
27	Rory Block	Low Down Dirty Dog Blues	Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House
28	Amina Claudine Myers	Dirty No-Gooder's Blues	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
29	Dinah Washington	Big Long Slidin' Thing	Eat to The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Dirty Blues
30	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Don't Come Too Soon	Eat to The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Dirty Blues
31	Buddy Guy	First Time I Met the Blues	Chess Blues Disc 4
32	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words Blues	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
33	Dave Bartholomew & His Orchestra	My Ding-A-Ling	Eat to The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Dirty Blues

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Rhythm & Bayou Romp

November 9, 2025 Dave

The sounds of New Orleans carry a mood that’s both jubilant and deeply human; it dances and mourns in the same breath. It’s the sound of the street parade meeting the juke joint: syncopated, earthy, and alive with horns, piano rolls, and that unmistakable backbeat shuffle. Unlike the more urban polish of Chicago blues or the rural cry of the Delta, New Orleans R&B has always felt like a conversation between the sacred and the profane, where gospel chords meet barroom swagger. Just beyond the Crescent City’s lights, where the waters of the bayou take form, we’ve got the accordians and fiddles of the swamp, where there’s humor, head and heartbreak woven into the DNA of the deep South. It is joyous and haunted, elegant and raw, as well as endlessly resilient. The music of New Orleans inspired an ethos — that music could be communal, unrestrained, and celebratory no matter the hardship. It taught America how to dance through its troubles, to find rhythm in resilience, and to turn sorrow into sound that still shakes the rafters and demands a communal dance to this day. This week’s show raises the flag of the Crescent City and her environs with a rhythm and bayou romp!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roomful Of Blues	New Orleans	Best of Roomful of Blues The Alligator Records Years
3	Rusty & Doug Kershaw	Louisiana Man	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
4	Jimmy Newman	A Fallen Star	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
5	Alvin Robinson	Down Home Girl	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
6	Joe Barry	I'm a Fool to Care	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
7	Rod Bernard	Pardon Mr. Gordon	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
8	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
9	Irma Thomas & Marcia Ball	I Just Can't Get New Orleans Off My Mind	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2]
10	The Hawketts	Your Time's Up	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
11	Sugar Boy Crawford	No More Heartaches	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
12	Clifton Chenier	The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
13	Clifton Chenier	Calinda	Destination New Orleans
14	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
15	Fats Domino	The Big Beat	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
16	Dr. John	Blue Monday	Goin' Back To New Orleans
17	Fats Domino	What's Wrong	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
18	Theryl De Clouet	I Get Lifted	A Celebration Of New Orleans Music To Benefit MusiCares Hurrincane Relief 2005
19	Sammy Naquin	New Orleans Waltz	Best of Cajun Instrumentals
20	Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie	Canaille	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
21	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	La Crhve De Faim (Starvation 2-Step)	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
22	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	New Orleans Beat	La Toussaint
23	Lil' Queenie & The Percolators	My Darlin' New Orleans	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
24	Sunpie And The Louisiana Sunspots	Bunny Bread	Destination New Orleans
25	Johnny Adams	Release Me	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
26	Jimmy Clanton	Another Sleepless Night	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
27	Jewel King	3X7=21	New Orleans R&B Outbreak
28	Charles "Hungry" Williams	So Glad You're Mine	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
29	Archibald	Stack O Lee	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
30	Great Day of New Orleans Singers	You've Got To Be Modernistic	Black American Choirs 1926-31
31	Great Day of New Orleans Singers	Shout On	Black American Choirs 1926-31
32	The Red Stick Ramblers	Main Street Blues	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
33	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Mardi Gras In New Orleans	A Celebration Of New Orleans Music To Benefit MusiCares Hurrincane Relief 2005

Mean Old Frisco

October 4, 2025 Dave

It’s a City (with a capital ‘C’ to locals) whose cultural history practically hums with musical possibilities. This is due in large part to how the city has always been a meeting point for restless ideas and diverse communities. From the Gold Rush boomtown that lured fortune-seekers from every continent, to the Beat poets of North Beach and the psychedelic counterculture that turned Haight-Ashbury into a world stage, it’s been an easy mark for songwriters. This week’s show will visit that blend of beauty, grit and idealism with performances for and about San Francisco. Join us for a whole batch of vintage sounds covering any old genre we care to share with the likes of Harry “The Hipster” Gibson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Linda Martell, and, of course, Tony Bennett. We’ll celebrate from a short distance away with memories of Broadway, the fog rolling through the Golden Gate, and that endless palette of imagery and mood that is a living chorus always ready to be set to music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Sound Of The City	KSFO 560 – San Francisco	78s
3	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
4	Logan Ledger	The Lights Of San Francisco	Logan Ledger
5	Chris Isaak	San Francisco Days	San Francisco Days
6	Journey	Lights	Journey's Greatest Hits
7	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged
8	Linda Martell	San Francisco is a Lonely Town (Remastered 2022)	Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
9	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Hello, San Francisco (Part I)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
10	The Teskey Brothers	San Francisco	Run Home Slow
11	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	The Dock of the Bay
12	Little Walter	Mean Old Frisco	Blues With A Feeling [Disc 2]
13	Charlie Musselwhite	When The Frisco Left The Shed	Mississippi Son
14	Richie Havens	San Francisco Bay Blues	Mixed Bag
15	Eric Lindell	Here In Frisco	Matters Of The Heart
16	Mark Spoelstra	San Francisco Zoo Song	Out Of My Hands
17	Marty Robbins	San Francisco Teardrops	San Francisco With Fond Memories
18	Dom Flemons	San Francisco Baby	Prospect Hill
19	Jimmy Martin	Fly Me To Frisco – 1973	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5]
20	Johnny Paycheck	The Ballad Of Frisco Bay	Nowhere to Run: the Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970
21	Merle Haggard	Return to San Francisco	Like Never Before
22	Harry "The Hipster" Gibson	I Flipped My Wig In San Francisco	Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?
23	Connie Russell	Foggy Night In San Francisco	San Francisco – With Fond Memories
24	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	San Francisco Bay Blues	South Coast
25	Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T.	San Francisco (Soundtrack Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
26	Tee Vee Toons	Streets Of San Francisco	Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
27	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Mean Ole Frisco	That's All Right (Mama)
28	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Lonesome Frisco Line [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
29	Memphis Minnie	'Frisco Town	Queen Of Country Blues
30	Scott McKenzie	San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)	San Francisco – With Fond Memories
31	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	San Francisco Fan	Jazz Noire (Darktown Sleaze of 1940s L.A.)

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Fortunate Son

September 27, 2025 Dave

The days are getting darker both by season and on the sidewalks of your town. Jackboot thugs with masks, clubs, and weapons are descending for you. Make no mistake. If you believe in your right to free speech and all that our Constitution affords you, think again. Know that you and your neighbor are in the crosshairs of this regime. This week’s show won’t break the spell but it will share with its language of comfort, joy and hope that music delivers as it stimulates the release of dopamine triggering pleasure and relaxation. Our prescription this morning is a compound of a free form eclectic blend that delivers a response from all corners. America’s music has always been built on a foundation of free expression so why not make the best…and that’s what we’ll be doing this morning with tracks from Glenn Miller, Charlie Christian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Randy Newman and Dean Martin, just to name a few. Dream when you’re feeling blue. Rise up when you’re being pushed down. This week’s show takes us where we want to go.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Fogerty	Fortunate Son	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
3	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Midnight Ramble	Stratosphere Boogie
4	Charlie Christian	Till Tom Special	Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
5	Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli	You're Driving Me Crazy	Quintesential
6	The Miracles	Mickey's Monkey	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
7	Mink Deville	You Just Keep Holding On	The Mink De Ville Collection
8	The Staple Singers	Let's Do It Again	The Buddah Box Disc 3
9	Sam Cooke	I'll Come Running Back To You	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
10	Etta James	I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)	Love Songs [MCA]
11	Bob Dylan	The Levee's Gonna Break	Modern Times
12	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
13	The Secret Sisters	Tennessee Me	The Secret Sisters
14	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
15	Dean Martin	Dream	Late at Night with Dean Martin
16	Les Baxter And His Orchestra	The High And The Mighty	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
17	Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood	Canadian Sunset	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
18	Billie Holiday	Too Marvelous For Words	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
19	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
20	Jean Shepard	I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded	Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1
21	The Andrews Sisters	Rum And Coca-Cola	20th Century Masters: Millenni
22	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	A String of Pearls	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
23	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
24	The Meters	Running Fast (single version)	Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology [Disc 2]
25	The Notting Hillbillies	Run Me Down	Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time
26	Vocaltones	Sugar Lump	Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records
27	Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
28	The Coasters	Run Red Run	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]
29	Del Shannon	Runaway	Oldies But Goodies: 21 #1 Hits
30	Buddy Holly	Think It Over	From the Original Master Tapes
31	Lovett Sisters	Bacon And Eggs	Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The
32	Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys	Pizza Pie	Doo Wop Box Disc 3
33	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Run Through the Jungle	Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
34	Party Ben	Single Ladies (In Mayberry)	The Party Ben Experience

Sixties Songbirds

September 20, 2025 Dave

From the cool and sultry lounge sounds smothered in smoke to the soul venues that celebrated love and all its pitfalls, we bring you the songbirds this week. We’ll be exploring vocalists, known and unknown, that delivered the goods in the first few years of the 1960s. Rock ‘n roll was finding its foothold at the same time as soul music was beginning to bust out in a big way. You’ll be hearing some you know and some you don’t in this week’s Deeper Roots. Yeah, we’ve got The Chordettes, Brenda Lee and The Shirelles but we’ve also got some very special gems from Helen Shapiro, Judy Thomas, Kitty Ford and Betty O’Brian this week. We’ll run a chronological marathon from 1960 to 1963, ignoring the genre guardrails as we make our way along. Hope you can join in on the fun.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra	Takin' Care Of Business	Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3)
3	Connie Francis	My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own	Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
4	The Shirelles	Welcome Home Baby	The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities
5	Shirley Bassey	The Party's Over	We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
6	The Chordettes	Never On Sunday	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
7	The Marvelettes	Way Over There	100 Northern Soul Classics
8	Diana Ross & The Supremes	Those D.J. Shows	25th Anniversary [Disc 2]
9	Tammy Montgomery	It's Mine	100 Northern Soul Classics
10	Ann-Margret	I Just Don't Understand	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
11	Kitty Ford	Don't Play No. 9	Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2]
12	Sarah Vaughan	True Believer	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
13	Betty O' Brian	She'll Be Gone	100 Northern Soul Classics
14	Brenda Lee	You Can Depend On Me	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
15	Helen Shapiro	Little Miss Lonely	Halfway To Paradise_ The Epic Records Story
16	Helen Shapiro	Tell Me What He Said	Girl Power – Vol. 3
17	The Pips	Every Beat Of My Heart	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
18	The Shirelles	A Teardrop and a Lollipop	The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities
19	Timi Yuro	Count Everything	I'm So Hurt
20	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
21	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Open Your Heart	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
22	Aretha Franklin	Just For A Thrill	Jazz To Soul [Disc 1]
23	Cathy Carroll	Young Ones	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
24	Judy Thomas	Never Say Devil Woman	Stampede! The United Artists Story
25	Barbara Stephens	Wait a Minute	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1 of 9)
26	Linda Hopkins	Mama's Doin' The Twist	The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
27	Christine Quaite	Your Nose Is Gonna Grow	The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
28	Timi Yuro	What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)	The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
29	Joy Dawn	Hang It Up	Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster
30	Claudine Clark	Who Will You Hurt?	Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster
31	Ann-Margret	Let Me Entertain You	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
32	Miss X	Christine	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
33	Barbara & the Boys	Hooty Sapperticker	Las Vegas Grind Part 1
34	Glenda & Glen	Voodoo Doll	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
35	Betty Harris	Cry To Me	Birth Of Soul: 2

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Deeper Roots of Rock

August 10, 2025 Dave

Deeper Roots means just that…and this week we’re spinning some blues, gospel, r&b, and swing … all music that introduced the rhythm that would become known as rock ‘n roll. We’ll go as far back as the late 1930s with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and make the picaresque journey across the alleys, juke joints, and house parties where tradition and urban electric blues became the foundation of a sound. We’ll share blues from Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and a handful of others. Also on tap, Goree Carter, Sticks McGhee, Amos Milburn and Julia Lee with some rhythm and blues and jump whose beat and attitude would influence many a rock ‘n roll musician and songwriter. Also on board: Hadda Brooks, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and Tiny Bradshaw. Don’t miss a wailin’, rockin’ morning here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Joe Turner	Roll 'em Pete	Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
3	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59)
4	Joe Liggins	The Honeydripper Part 1	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Every Day	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
6	Charles Brown	Driftin' Blues	Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
7	Hadda Brooks	Swingin' The Boogie	I've Got News For You [Disc 2]
8	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
9	T-Bone Walker	Call It Stormy Monday	Raw Blues
10	Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends	Snatch It And Grab It	Kuties And Krooners
11	Roy Brown	Good Rockin' Tonight	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
12	John Lee Hooker	Boogie Chillen	The Definitive Collection
13	Amos Milburn	Chicken Shack Boogie	Devil in a Blue Dress
14	Goree Carter & His Hepcats	Rock Awhile	Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
15	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002]	That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series)
16	Percy Mayfield	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
17	Tiny Bradshaw	The Train Kept a-Rollin'	Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]
18	Sticks McGhee	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee	The Atlantic Story [UK]
19	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
20	Little Junior Parker	Mystery Train	MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock!
21	Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy	Drunk	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
22	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Workin	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1]
23	Little Walter	My Babe	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
24	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Don't Start Me Talkin'	Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues
25	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
26	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
27	John Lee Hooker	Dimples	The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1]
28	Slim Harpo	I Got Love If You Want It	Roll Your Moneymaker
29	Lazy Lester	I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
30	Ray Charles	Night Time Is the Right Time	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
31	Bo Diddley	Say Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
32	Billy Boy Arnold	I Ain't Got You	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2]
33	Sonny Boy Williamson	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	The History of Rhythm & Blues 1925-1942

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Down By The Woodshed

May 24, 2025 Dave

Jazz, rhythm and all the very best of blues and swing from the past century, reaching as far back as the thirties and taking in some of rock royalty from the early fifties. This week we’re snapping fingers and cutting the rug with some of the very greats including Wynonie Harris, Buddy Johnson, The Five Royales, The Cadillacs, and a touch of gospel vocal majesty from Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The themes are wide-ranging, taking us from the woodshed to the urban streets and some Cadillac competitions and we’ll also get with the stuff that’s arrived and is oh so mellow. Night trains, sugar lumps, boogie woogie daddies and tall skinny papas rule the roost. Don’t miss out, even if you’re a night owl you’ll want to take these sounds with you into the early hours of tomorrow. Let me off uptown, would ya?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Baby Doll & Her Royal Swingsters	Down By The Woodshed	Stompin' 25
3	The Enchanters	Boogie Woogie Daddy	Jubilee Jezebels
4	Big Maybelle	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
5	Effie Smith	Root-Lie-Voot (08-16-50)	1945-1953
6	The Five Royales	Thirty Second Lover	Dedicated To You
7	Wynonie Harris	Adam Come And Get Your Rib	Lovin' Machine
8	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra	A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money) (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
9	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
10	Tony Allen & The Champs	Night Owl (Birds)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
11	Savannah Churchill	Fat Meat Is Good Meat	Jazzin' The Blues – Volume4 :1929-1943
12	Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers	Sugar Lump	Darktown Strutters Ball
13	The Four Blazes	Night Train	Mary Jo
14	Professor Longhair	Looka, No Hair	Ebb Records Story (Vol. 2): 1957-1959
15	Willie Mabon	The Seventh Son	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
16	The Mills Brothers	The Love Bug Will Bite You	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
17	The Ravens	I'm Going to Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters	The Greatest Group of Them All
18	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
19	Cleo Brown	The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow	The Legendary Cleo Brown
20	Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson	Get On Down The Road	Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
21	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
22	Margie Day	Dumplin' Dumplin'	Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Want A Tall Skinny Papa	Vintage Sex Songs
24	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	Smiley Lewis Vol 1
25	Blue Lu Barker	A Little Bird Told Me	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
26	Little Willie John	Home At Last	Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John
27	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
28	The Clovers	Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
29	Lula Reed	Rock Love	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
30	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Hungary Man	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
31	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	A Man's Best Friend Is A Bed	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
32	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Let Me Off Uptown	The Best Of 1940-50
33	Bo Diddley	Moon Baby	Bo Diddley Is A Lover
34	Nappy Brown	The Right Time	Savoy Blues 1957-1994 [Disc 3]
35	Slim Harpo	Bobby Sox Baby	The Best Of Slim Harpo

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