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Beer Thirty

March 11, 2017 Dave

One of the more popular topics that follows the Americana and roots landscape (aside from love, death, and the gospel) is the topic of ice cold beer. Beer in the morning, beer in the evening, beer at suppertime. And our show this week is a sampler of 30 plus tracks of (mostly) country, rockabilly, rock, some blues, and we’ll be including some vintage television commercials that celebrate the suds. So kick back with a cold one and tune that dial to Deeper Roots on KWTF with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific as he steps up to the bar and shares a wild assortment of songs about a cold brew or two…and we’re not talkin’ boojie coffee.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Amos Milburn Rocks
3	Smiley Maxedon	Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer [Album Version]	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Bubbles In My Beer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line
5	Willie Nelson	Bubbles In My Beer	One Hell Of A Ride
6	Andy Reynolds	Beer Bottle Mama	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
7	Garth Brooks/George Jones	Beer Run	God's Country: George Jones and Friends Disc 1
8	George Jones	Beer, Bait And Ammo	All Gone Fishin'
9	Derailers	Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music	Soldiers of Love
10	Dale Watson	Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint	The Best of the HighTone Years
11	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Drink the Beer Barrel Dry	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
12	Various	If You've Got The Time Miller Beer	BigKevNastyCD
13	Tom T. Hall	I Like Beer	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
14	Bob Woodruff	Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer	Dreams & Saturday Nights
15	Asylum Street Spankers	Beer	Spanker Madness
16	Johnny Russell	Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer	20 Hits
17	Whitney Rose	There's A Tear In My Beer	Heartbreaker of the Year
18	Stray Cats	Lookin' Better Every Beer	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
19	John Lee Hooker	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer	His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
20	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Hey Bartender, There's A Big Bug In My Beer	Blues Highway
21	Various	Bob Uecker Lite Beer Commercial	BigKevNastyCD
22	Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim	Beer Drinking Woman	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
23	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
24	Bessie Smith	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer [Album Version]	The Essential Bessie Smith
25	Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon	Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer	Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
26	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	Shut Up And Drink Your Beer	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
27	Various Artists	Falstaff Beer	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
28	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
29	Johnny Bond	Bartender's Blues	Put Me To Bed
30	Merrill Moore	Bartender's Blues	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
31	The Texas Tornados	In Heaven There Is No Beer	!Esta Bueno!
32	Washboard Hank	Beer Cans Down The Trans Can	Human Beans
33	Reverend Horton Heat	Beer Holder	Laughin & Cryin
34	Eddie Noack	Beer Drinkin' Blues	Psycho
35	James Mask	Beer Drinking Blues	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4

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Cool Down R&B

March 5, 2017 Dave

Mellow R&B from a broad spectrum of performers who made a mark in the decade or so that preceded rock ‘n roll’s infancy. Indeed, they participated in the birth of the form with a sound that included the vocal quartet, jump and swing, and an incessant beat that could not be ignored. We’ll hear from the ‘feisty females’ of the day: Varetta Dillard, Blue Lu Barker, Big Maybelle, and Bernice Gooden right alongside Buddy Johnson’s Orchestra, the Three Bits of Rhythm, The Cats & the Fiddle, and Luke Jones and the Orchestra. Deeper Roots digs into a collection of tracks, some familiar, some from so deep in the archives that the dust is part of the sound, on another Friday evening of American roots sounds for Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)	Rock 'N' Roll	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
3	Luke Jones and His Orchestra	Rompin' the Boogie	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
4	Butch Stone & His Orchestra	Ooh, Look A There Ain't She Pretty	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
5	Three Bits of Rhythm	Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
6	Bebopper Lulu and Her Orchestra	Mellow Scat	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
7	Slim Gaillard	Rhythm Mad	Laughing in Rhythm: Groove Juice Special [Disc 2]
8	Three Bits Of Rhythm	The Man That Comes To My House	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
9	Coleman Brothers	Raise A Rukus Tonight	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
10	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
11	Nappy Brown	Pitter Patter	The R&B Years 1955 – Vol 2
12	Teddy Bunn With The Hootie McShann Trio	In The Oven	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
13	The Herb Fisher Trio	Don't Want Nobody Else	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
14	Luke Jones & His Orchestra	Jump Me Some Boogie	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
15	Gene Phillips	Women, Women, Women	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
16	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
17	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr Percy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
18	Varetta Dillard	Promise Mr Thomas	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
19	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra	Fine Brown Fame	The Best of Buddy's
20	Bernice Gooden	Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter (On A Teen-Age Date)	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
21	Little Willie Littlefield	Hello Kats	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
22	Bob Gaddy	Come On Little Children	The Classic Old Town Records
23	Bob Gaddy	Could I?	The Classic Old Town Records
24	The Cats & The Fiddle	Mr. Rhythm Man	The Very Best Of
25	Effie Smith	Be On Your Merry Way	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
26	Linda Hayes	What's It To You, Jack	Atomic Baby
27	Johnny Alston and His Orchestra	Everything Will Be Alright	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
28	Blue Lu Baker	Here Is a Little Girl	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
29	Hadda Brooks	I Feel So Good	I've Got News For You [Disc 1]
30	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	It Comes in Like a Lion	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1
31	Big Maybelle	Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
32	Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	The Robins	That's What The Good Book Says	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
34	The Cats & The Fiddle	Gang Busters	The Very Best Of
35	Black Cats and the Kitten	You Better Ask Somebody	Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3

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Evil Blues

December 17, 2016 Dave

It’s the story of evil told in the voice of the blues. All things evil are explored in the voices of gospel, country blues, urban blues, and the folk blues. Evil ways, bad blood, fear, and the depths to which the evil in man’s heart can go are the themes tonight in a show that features the likes of Otis Spann, Elmore James, Henry Truvillion, The Golden Gate Quartet, and many others. All of this coming to you on a cold December evening in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Howlin' Wolf	Evil	Blues From Hell
3	The Golden Gate Quartet	Atom And Evil (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
4	The Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, baritone/William Langford, tenor/Henry Owens, tenor/Arlandus Wilson, Bass) (Aka "Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet")	The Devil With The Devil	Vol. 3, 1939 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 3, 1939)
5	Chris Smither	The Devil's Real	A Little On The Cd Side Volume 11
6	Noah Lewis	Devil In The Wood Pile	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
7	Don Byas's Swig Seven, Albinia Jones	Evil Gal Blues	Savoy Blues 1944-1994 [Disc 1]
8	Dinah Washington	Evil Gal Blues	Gold
9	T-Bone Walker	Evil Hearted Woman (Alt. Take)	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
10	Champion Jack Dupree	Evil Woman	Blues from the Gutter
11	Doctor Gaddy	Evil Man Blues	Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
12	Otis Spann	Evil Ways	Essential Blues Hits Disc 2
13	Washboard Sam	Evil Blues	Vol. 6 1941 – 1942
14	Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe	Evil Devil Woman Blues	Vol 4 (1933-34)
15	Moreland & Arbuckle	Mean And Evil	Promised Land Or Bust
16	B.B. King	Mean And Evil	There Is Always One More Time
17	Elmore James	Mean And Evil	Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James
18	Lightnin' Hopkins	Mean and Evil Blues	Texas Guitar Killers Disc 1
19	Blind Boy Fuller	Worried and Evil Man Blues	Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937
20	Reverend Gary Davis	Cross And Evil Woman Blues	Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2]
21	Lowell Fulson	Don't Be So Evil	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
22	Gatemouth Moore	Evil Gal's Jockey	Hey Mr. Gatemouth – Complete King Recordings
23	Albert King	I Get Evil	More Big Blues
24	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Bad Blood	Sportin' the Blues Disc 2
25	Ramona Hicks	Evil and Blue	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
26	Ollie Shepard	King Of All Evil	Vol. 2-1939-41
27	Walter Brown	What Evil Have I Done?	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
28	Alice Moore	Black And Evil Blues	Black Swan Sampler
29	Koko Taylor	Evil	The Best of Koko Taylor
30	Ella Fitzgerald	Necessary Evil	The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald – 1951
31	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	I Want to Be Evil	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
32	Aretha Franklin	Evil Gal Blues	Aretha Sings The Blues

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Free Form – June 2016

July 9, 2016 Dave

Deeper Roots goes free form and our two hours will be filled with an eclectic blend of blues, gospel, tradition, and early century jazz. We’ll feature songs about vapor vipers, snakes, preachers, and a whole lot more. Join us for another summer evening in West Sonoma County, California with performances from Charley Patton, Josh White, Jimmie Driftwood, Noble Sissle, and Jumpin’ Bill Carlisle.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Madam Ernestine Washington And The Milleraires	Holding On — Part 2	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
3	Stuffy Smith & His Onyx Club Boys	You're a Viper	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
4	Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's	If You're A Viper	Deep Ellum
5	Noble Sissle/Sidney Bechet	Viper Mad	Sweet and Lowdown
6	Fats Waller	Viper's Drag [Piano Solo]	The Joint Is Jumpin'
7	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	'Long Come A Viper	Last Train To Hicksville… The Home Of Happy Feet
8	David Grisman Quintet	Rattlesnake	Dgq-20
9	Jumpin' Bill Carlisle	Rattlesnake Daddy	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
10	Champion Jack Dupree	Rattlesnake Boogie	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
11	Jaydee Short	Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake (Pm 13043, L-468-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
12	Luella Miller	Rattle Snake Groan	24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ]
13	Charley Patton	Rattlesnake Blues	The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
14	Chris Smither	Rattlesnake Preacher	Honeysuckle Dog
15	Mac Wiseman	Old Rattler	Songs From My Mother's Hand
16	Jimmie Driftwood	Rattlesnake Song	Americana, Vol. 1
17	Jimmie Driftwood	The Battle Of New Orleans	Vanguard: Roots Of Folk [Disc 1]
18	Jimmie Driftwood	Bunker Hill	Americana, Vol. 1
19	Jimmie Driftwood	Country Boy	Americana, Vol. 1
20	Jonatha Brooke	In the Gloaming	Live
21	Ed Lewis & Group	I Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down	Sounds of the South [Disc 1] – Blue Ridge Mountain Music
22	Josh White	When I Lay Down And Die	In Chronological Order, Volume 5 (1944)
23	Straight Street Holiness Group	Victory Shall Be Mine	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	My Journey to the Sky	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
25	Johnnie Morisette	Meet Me at the Twisting Place	Sam Cooke's Sar Records Story 59-65 CD2
26	William Bell	The Three Of Me	This Is Where I Live
27	The Sweet & Lowdown	Violent Love	Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From the Second Decades
28	Art Neville	That Old Time Rock And Roll	His Specialty Recordings
29	Marvin Johnson & His Orchestra	Hey Lawdy Mama	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
30	Johnny Otis	Baby Baby Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
31	Robins	My Baby Done Told Me	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53)
32	Rose Marie McCoy	Dippin' In My Business	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	Junior Brown	Venom Wearin' Denim	Semi Crazy

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The Midnight Hour

June 25, 2016 Dave

The witching hour. The darkest moment in our day where the bell tolls another in the heart of the ancient wood. A muse for poets, writers, and songsmiths over the ages….midnight. Deeper Roots highlights the midnight muse with a delightful blend of the celebratory and the soulful sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Waits, Merle Travis, Big Joe Turner, and Lowell Fulson.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Creedence Clearwater Revival	The Midnight Special	Chronicle: Volume Two
3	Big Bill Broonzy	Midnight Special	An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy
4	The Louvin Brothers	Midnight Special	Long Play Collection
5	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
6	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Cannonball	Big Joe Rocks
7	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Big Midnight Special	Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
8	The Delmore Brothers	Midnight Train	Sand Mountain Blues
9	Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder	Ridin' That Midnight Train	The Three Pickers
10	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Midnight Train to Georgia	The Buddah Box Disc 3
11	Maria Muldaur	Midnight at the Oasis	Maria Muldaur
12	Patsy Cline	Intro Walkin' After Midnight	The Arthur Godfrey Show
13	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	12 Greatest Hits
14	Ray Charles	The Midnight Hour	The Birth of Soul Disc 1
15	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
16	J.J. Cale	After Midnight	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
17	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Midnight Shift	Lost In The Ozone
18	The Mills Brothers	Long About Midnight	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
19	Larry Campbell	Midnight Highway	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
20	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	Midnight In Milpitas	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
21	Lucinda Williams	Howlin' at Midnight	Happy Woman Blues
22	Tom Waits	Midnight Lullabye	The Early Years
23	Lowell Fulson	Midnight Showers Of Rain	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
24	Cowboy Copas	Midnight In Heaven	Songs That Made Him Famous
25	Tony Rice Unit	Midnight on the Stormy Deep	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
26	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Midnight On the Stormy Deep	Bill Monroe: Anthology
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Midnight at Woody Creek	Welcome to Woody Creek
28	B.B. King	Blues at Midnight	King of the Blues [Box] Disc 1
29	Peetie Wheatstraw	Midnight Blues	The Devil's Son-In-Law
30	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' at Midnight	Chess Blues Disc 1
31	Bob Dylan	Soon After Midnight	Tempest
32	Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen	Midnight In Moscow	Easy Listening Gold 1962-1963
33	Kenny Burrell	Midnight Blue	Midnight Blue

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Free Form – May 2016

May 14, 2016 Dave

Country sounds from Johnny Cash, Wynn Stewart, and Ferlin Husky kick things off and we’ll run the blues and R&B gamut with B. B. King, John Jackson, and Duke Robillard…who will also complement the sounds of Dr. John. A free form extravaganza continues with early pop and big band sounds, including Helen Forrest vocals, The Boswells, and Harry James.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	The Only Man Wilder Than Me	Django and Jimmie
3	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
4	Ferlin Husky	Puxico Polka	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
5	Johnny Cash	Tennessee Flat Top Box	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 1
6	Patsy Cline	That's My Desire	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 3]
7	Mac Wiseman	Old Camp Meeting Time	Grassroots To Bluegrass
8	Leon Russell	Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms	Retrospective
9	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	Friend of the Devil	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen
10	C.W. Stoneking	Good Luck Charm	Gon' Boogaloo
11	Bob Dylan	Talkin' Devil	It Could Even Be A Myth
12	John Jackson	The Devil He Wore A Hickory Shoe	Front Porch Blues
13	Prophet G. Lusk	The Devil's Trying to Steal My Joy	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
14	Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound	My Friend The Devil	Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound
15	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard
16	Dr. John	How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)	Goin' Back To New Orleans
17	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
18	B.B. King & Dr. John	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere	Deuces Wild
19	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington	It Don't Mean A Thing	The Great Summit [Disc 1]
20	Dj Frogg	I Don't Mean a Mash	Mashups
21	Eugiene Baird & The Duke's Boys	Everything But You	American Songbook Series: Duke Ellington
22	Helen Forrest and Les Paul Trio	Everybody Knew But Me	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
23	Harry James & His Orchestra	I've Heard That Song Before	43 Your Hit Parade
24	The Boswell Sisters	Heebie Jeebies	The Object Of My Affection
25	New Friends Of Rhythm	Shoot The Schubert To me Hubert	1939-1947 Performances
26	Fats Waller	How Can You Face Me?	Honeysuckle Rose
27	Leon Redbone	Bittersweet Waltz	Up A Lazy River
28	John Jorgenson	F. A. Swing	Franco-American Swing
29	Nappy Brown	The Hole I'm In	Night Time Is the Right Time
30	The Five Royales	Tears Of Joy	Dedicated To You
31	Howlin' Wolf	Baby How Long	Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960
32	Nappy Brown	Little By Little	Night Time Is the Right Time
33	Nappy Brown	Piddily Patter Patter	Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]

American Novelties

March 25, 2016 Dave

It’s popular in just about every form…well, not so with gospel…but it’s tradition goes back to minstrelsy: the song that has a humorous hook or a running joke to share or maybe a bandleader who takes us into new a ridiculous territories. We’ve got a lot of novelty tunes of this nature to bring you this week on Deeper Roots… a bit of a departure from our normal fare but it’s all for the fun. We’ll hear country sounds from Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, tearjerkers and rock therapy from Mabel Scott, The Chips, and Tiny Hill, and some classic novelty sounds from Danny Kaye, Spike Jones (of course), and Fats Waller.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cab Calloway	The Scat Song	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
3	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
4	Slim & Slam	Sploghm	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
5	The Ink Spots	Mama Don't Allow	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
6	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
7	Ella Mae Morse	Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet	The Morse Code [Disc 1]
8	Danny Kaye	Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
9	Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy	Bed Strings	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
10	Jimmy Durante	Inka Dinka Doo	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
12	Lonnie Johnson	Wipe It Off	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
13	Tiny Hill and His Orchestra (Vocal Tiny Hill)	Hot Rod Race (1951)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
14	Ross & Sargent	Nellie the Nudist Queen	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
15	Spike Jones	Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai (Hawaiian War Chant)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
16	Spike Jones	Der Fuhrer's Face	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
17	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2
18	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds	In Spite Of Ourselves
19	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
20	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
21	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue	At Madison Square Garden
22	Red Ingle and the Natural Seven (Vocal 'Cinderella G. Stump' (Jo Stafford) & Red Ingle)	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) (1947)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
23	Roy Newman	I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
24	Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven	I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)	Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
25	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
26	Leon Redbone	Your Feets Too Big	Any Time
27	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
28	Hank Penny	Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, And Tell 'Em Nothin'	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
29	Hank Penny	The Freckle Song	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
30	The Light Crust Doughboys	Pussy Pussy Pussy	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
31	Eddie Cantor	Hungry Women	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
32	Arthur Godfrey\The Too Fat Trio	Too Fat Polka	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
33	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	When Yuba Plays The Rhumba on The Tuba	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Cliff Edwards	I'm No Fool	The Collection
35	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly	20 Greatest Hits

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Roots of Doo Wop

December 12, 2015 Dave

The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Turbans	When You Dance	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
3	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
4	Heavenly Gospel Singers	The Prodigal Son	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5	The Heavenly Gospel Singers	When Was Jesus Born?	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
6	The Deep River Boys	Melody of Love	The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
7	The Charioteers	All God's Chillun Got Shoes	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
8	The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	Best of the Decca Years
9	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
10	Lewis Bronzville Five	Low Down Gal Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
11	The Ink Spots	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	40 Your Hit Parade
12	The Ink Spots	My Prayer	Greatest Hits
13	The Cats & The Fiddle	I Miss You So	The Very Best Of
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	We Cats Will Swing For You	The Very Best Of
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
16	The Delta Rhythm Boys	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Do You Care	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
18	Slim & Slam	The Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
19	Five Red Caps	Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
20	The Cap-Tans	I'm So Crazy For Love	Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
21	The Ravens	Count Every Star	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
22	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
23	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
24	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
25	The Toppers	If Money Grew on Trees	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
26	The Five Keys	The Glory of Love	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
27	The Orioles	It's Too Soon to Know	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
28	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
29	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
30	The Crows	Gee	Feelin Fine
31	The Flamingos	Would I Be Crying	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
32	The Flamingos	Golden Teardrops	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
33	The Five Satins	In The Still Of The Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
34	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
35	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
36	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, New Orleans, Rhythm and Blues, Urban Blues

Deeper Dr. John

November 27, 2015 Dave

Mac Rebennack’s been around and the music, the culture, the people…they’ve embellished his art with a character like no other in roots music. He’s known them all: James Booker, Professor Longhair, Huey Smith, and Doc Pomus. He’s performed with them, composed for them, and broken bread with them. And when he takes the stage, whether that is in the traditional Indian celebratory garb or the frocked coat and hat, you can be certain that his performance will get your attention. He is coarse yet gentle, as punctual on the keys as he is laid back and lazy with them. This week’s show will sample a small set of his contributions to the American songbook including performances by Roland Stone, B.B. King, Charlie Rich, Solomon Burke, and Irma Thomas. And we’ll also hear plenty from the good Doctor himself.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dr. John	Right Place Wrong Time	Definitive Pop Collection
3	Dr John/Mac Rebennack	Sahara (LP Version)	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1]
4	Roland Stone [Dr. John]	Down The Road (LP Version)	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1]
5	Mac Rebennack	Good Times	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
6	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Long Lost And Worried	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
7	Art Neville	What's Going On	His Specialty Recordings
8	Johnny Jenkins	Walk On Gilded Splinters	Duane Allman Anthology 2 [Disc 2]
9	Dr. John	Black Widow Spider	Definitive Pop Collection
10	Dr. John	(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
11	Dr. John The Night Tripper	Wash Mama Wash	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
12	Dr. John	Big Chief	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
13	Irma Thomas	I Never Fool Nobody But Me	If You Want It, Come and Get It
14	Delaney & Bonnie	When the Battle Is Over	The Best of Delaney & Bonnie
15	Solomon Burke	Make Do With What You Got	Make Do With What You Got
16	Dr. John	Hen Layin' Rooster	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
17	Dr. John	Let the Good Times Roll	The Ultimate Dr. John
18	Dr. John	My Indian Red	Goin' Back To New Orleans
19	Dr. John	Sweet Home New Orleans	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
20	Dr. John	Memories Of Prof. Longhair	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
21	Marianne Faithfull	Hello Stranger	A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology [Disc 2]
22	Crescent City Gold	Kick It Raw	The Ultimate Session
23	Bluesiana Triangle	Need To Be Loved	Bluesiana Triangle
24	Charlie Rich	Pictures and Paintings	Pictures and Paintings
25	Dr. John	Eh Las Bas	N'awlinz: Dis, Dat Or D'Udda
26	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
27	B.B. King & Dr. John	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere	Deuces Wild
28	Dr. John	Let's Make a Better World	The Ultimate Dr. John
29	Dr. John	When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)	Ske-Dat-De-Dat&The Spirit Of Satch

Bluegrass, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues

In The Gloaming – KOWS Oct 24, 2015

October 24, 2015 Dave

Our Saturday morning show opens with some caffeine-driven music…literally… songs about the magic bean, that morning beverage that starts the day for some of us. We’ve got swamp pop from Randy & The Rockets, some jumpin’ jive from Cab Calloway, twilight reflections from Jonatha Brooke and The Sons of The Pioneers, and some Chet Atkins, David Lindley, and Eilen Jewell. KOWS community radio studios will be moving before the end of the year to a very central West County location that will bring us in closer contact with our listeners…and our Deeper Roots. And some exciting news! Deeper Roots moves to weekly broadcasts on KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Randy & the Rockets	Lets Do the Cajun Twist	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
3	Curtis Gordon	Caffeine And Nicotine	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
4	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Caffeine Patrol	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
5	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Forty Cups of Coffee	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
6	Frank Sinatra	The Coffee Song	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
7	Carmen McRae/Previn Trio	Coffee Time	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
8	Annette Hanshaw	You're the Cream in My Coffee	The Personality Girl, Vol. 4: 1928
9	The Manhattan Transfer	Java Jive	Swing
10	Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three	Coffee Pot Blues	Middle of Everywhere
11	Cab Calloway	The Jumpin' Jive	Best Of The Big Bands
12	Tiny Davis & Her Orchestra	How About That Jive	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)
13	Johnny Mercer	G.I. Jive	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
14	Ella Fitzgerald	Five O'Clock Whistle	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
15	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming	Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc One
16	Sons of the Pioneers	In the Gloaming	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
17	Jonatha Brooke	In the Gloaming	Live
18	John Prine With Emmylou Harris	I Know One	In Spite Of Ourselves
19	Porter Wagoner	Fool Like Me	Wagonmaster
20	Chet Atkins	Levee Walking	My Favorite Guitars – It's A Guitar World
21	The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers	Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	Blue Grass Favorites
22	Eilen Jewell	That's Why I'm Walkin	Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From the Second Decades
23	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	Walk Right In, Walk Right Out (The Walking Blues)	One Hour Mama
24	Eddie Jefferson	Start Walkin' Stop Talkin'	The BeBop Singers
25	Dinah Washington	Walkin' And Talkin'	Gold
26	Peggy Lee	Talkin' To Myself About You	The Capitol Collector's Series
27	David Lindley	Talk to the Lawyer	Win This Record
28	David Lindley & El Rayo-X	Talkin' to the Wino Too	Very Greasy
29	David Lindley and Wally Ingram	Oh Death	Twango Bango II
30	Pepe Ahlqist	Moonshine Babe	Raw Blues
31	Perline Ellison	Razor Totin' Mama	Document Shortcuts Vol. 1 "God Don't Like It"
32	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	El Rayo X (Intro)	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
33	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	El Rayo X	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
34	Mark Knopfler	Who's Your Baby Now	Sailing to Philadelphia

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