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The House That Ruth Built

February 5, 2022 Dave

The decade of the fifties found the sounds of rhythm and blues being best represented on the Atlantic Records label. Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, the catalog of artists and the quality of production were unparalleled for their time. And while Ertegun’s biography is subtitled “The House That Ertegun Built”, the performers were also undisputed heavyweights: Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, and Lavern Baker to name a few. Things, however, exploded when a lady dubbed “Miss Rhythm” arrived with “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” leading to another moniker: “The House That Ruth Built”. This week’s show will feature some of the great tracks from Ruth Brown and the many contemporaries who made the label synonymous with R&B well into the seventies and beyond. Tune in for a special treat. Rock, rhythm, and dynamite doo wop from the Atlantic vaults on a Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Clovers	One Mint Julep	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
3	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
4	Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters	Money Honey	Atlantic Rock & Roll
5	Carmen Taylor & The Boleros	Ooh I	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
6	Sheiks	Walk That Walk	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
7	The Chords	Sh-Boom	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
8	The Playboys	Good Golly Miss Molly	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
9	The Regals	Got The Water Boiling	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
10	The Clovers	Devil Or Angel	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy
11	Ruth Brown	Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
12	Ruth Brown	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
13	Ruth Brown	Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
14	The Cookies	In Paradise	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958
15	Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters	Treasure of Love	Atlantic Rock & Roll
16	The Drifters	Long Lonely Nights	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
17	The Drifters	Long Lonely Nights	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
18	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Atlantic Rock & Roll
19	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Atlantic Rock & Roll
20	Ray Charles	Hallelujah I Love Her So	Atlantic Rock & Roll
21	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rock & Roll
22	Ray Charles	This Little Girl of Mine	Atlantic Rock & Roll
23	LaVern Baker	Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) [Japan 2012 Remaster]	Atlantic Rock & Roll
24	LaVern Baker	Tweedle Dee (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
25	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
26	Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby (Single/LP Version)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
27	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's a Doggone Crying Shame	Atlantic Rock & Roll
28	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
29	The Ospreys	It's Good To Me (You Don't Know And I DOn't Know)	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
30	The Drifters	Drip Drop	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
31	The Coasters	Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
32	The Coasters	Dance!	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
33	Del-Larks	Remember The Night	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
34	The Sh-Booms (The Chords)	Blue Moon	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
35	Top Note	Hearts Of Stone	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
36	Billy Storm	When You Dance	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
37	Stick McGhee & His Buddies	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
38	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Atlantic Rock & Roll

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Brand New Day

January 8, 2022 Dave

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joe Liggins	Brand New Deal In Mobile	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
3	Fletcher Smith	Brand New Neighborhood	Stompin' 12
4	George Green	Brand New Rockin' Chair	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
5	Al Harrison	Brand New Money	Fool Mule
6	Barrel House Blott & Lee	Brand New Man	Dapper Dan
7	Fats Domino	Brand New Baby	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
8	Wayne Hancock	Brand New Cadillac	That's What Daddy Wants
9	The Payments	Brand New Automobile	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
10	Lightnin' Hopkins	Brand New Lock	Po' Lightnin'
11	Lead Belly	I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford	Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
12	Ruthie Foster	Brand New Day	Promise of a Brand New Day
13	Al Kooper	Brand New Day (Bonus Track)	You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
14	Dion	Brand New Morning	Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
15	Gary Stewart	Brand New Whiskey	An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
16	Mel Tillis	Brand New Mister Me	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	The Everly Brothers	Brand New Heartache	The Everly Brothers
18	Dave Edmunds	Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets	Get It
19	Gram Parsons	Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
20	Emmylou Harris	Brand New Dance	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
21	Tex Ritter	You're Always Brand New	High Noon
22	Don Henley	The Brand New Tennessee Waltz	Cass County (Deluxe)
23	Steve Earle	Brand New Companion	Townes
24	Dave Alvin	Brand New Heart	Blue Blvd
25	Greg Brown	Brand New '64 Dodge	Poet Game
26	Jesse Winchester	Brand New Tennesse Waltz	Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage
27	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters	Brand New Start	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
28	Modern Hicks	Brand New	Tornado Alley
29	Melanie	Brand New Key	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
30	Will Kimbrough	Brand New Song	Americanitis
31	Leftover Salmon	Brand New Good Old Days	Brand New Good Old Days
32	Elvis Presley	There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon	Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
33	Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers	Brand New Day (LP Version)	Set Me Free
34	James Brown	Papa's Got A Brand New Bag	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
35	Slim Harpo	Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1

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Bourbon Street Rhythms

December 3, 2021 Dave

We enter December with hope. Join us for some sounds from the French Quarter and its environs. This Friday on Deeper Roots, tune in for a sweeping celebration taking the St. Charles trolley in time from Kid Ory and Louis Armstrong to the sounds of Tuba Fats, Mac Rebennack, Allen Toussaint and beyond. We’ll also find some Big Easy rocking treats by the water: Ernie K-Doe, Sugar Boy Crawford, Fats Domino, and Larry Darnell are also on the board from the Big Easy as well as sounds of piano pounders like Archibald, Champion Jack Dupree and Professor Longhair. KOWS radio’s antenna is moving so we highly recommend that you stream us on the KOWS web site (or via the KOWS app) because the FM signal will be out of commission as the transmitter has found a new home out in the hills above Bodega Highway.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Archibald	She's Scattered Everywhere	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
3	Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band	Mardi Gras In New Orleans	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
4	Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band	Royal Garden Blues	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
5	Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven	Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
6	Professor Longhair	Bald Head	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Soutwest Blues V1
7	Champion Jack Dupree	Ici Mo-Mo	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
8	Dave Bartholomew	Messy Bessie	Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]
9	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	Smiley Lewis Vol 1
10	Larry Darnell	What More Do You Want	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
11	Annie Laurie	It Hurts To Be In Love	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 2]
12	Annie Laurie	Rockin' and Rollin' Again (Savoy 1197)	R&B Humdingers Volume 12
13	Paul Gayten	For You My Love	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
14	James "Sugar Boy" Crawford	Jock-A-Mo	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
15	Fats Domino	Don't You Lie To Me	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
16	Fats Domino	Hey! La Bas Boogie	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
17	Ernie K-Doe	Heebie Jeebies	Absolutely the Best
18	Benny Spellman	Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
19	Mac Rebennack	Good Times	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
20	Earl King	Is Everything All Right	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
21	Eddie Bo	Baby I'm Wise	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
22	Joe & Ann Trio	Gee Baby (You're So Fine)	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
23	Jewel King	3X7=21	New Orleans R&B Outbreak
24	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
25	Little Richard	Heeby Jeebies	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
26	Al Johnson	Carnival Time	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
27	Art Neville	That Rock & Roll Beat	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
28	Paul Marvin	Hurry Up	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
29	Leonard Carbo	I Don't Want To Lose Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
30	Dr. John	How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)	Goin' Back To New Orleans
31	Allen Toussaint	Southern Nights	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
32	The Velvetiers	Feeling Alright On Saturday Night	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
33	Earl King	Everybody's Carried Away	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
34	Ernie K-Doe	'Tain't It the Truth	Absolutely the Best
35	Art Neville	Too Much	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
36	Art Neville	That Old Time Rock And Roll	His Specialty Recordings

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When You Dance

November 29, 2021 Dave

It’s Black Friday here in Sonoma County and we don’t really know what to expect. Worn out from the ongoing pandemic, we’re still moderating here but we very much need music to help us light the way. We like to make that possible on Friday mornings on KOWS when we find another free form collection full of small themes and nuggets. With a sprinkling of classic Carole King, Sonny Bono and Brill Building sounds, we’ll move forward into the holidays with hand clapping gospel, soul stew from Booker T., some Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Gene Pitney, and The Cookies. The playlist this morning will circle back to celebrating all the things that matter in musical themes including true love, change, and (most of all) dance. Join us this week once again for some great sounds .

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Cuff Links	Guided Missiles	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
3	The Highway Q.C.'s	Pray	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
4	The Staple Singers	Hammer and Nails	Hammer and Nails
5	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
6	Paul Simon	Slip Slidin' Away	Sounds of the Seventies: 1977
7	Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos	Go Where You Wanna Go	Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
8	The Mamas & the Papas	Do You Wanna Dance	Greatest Hits
9	Bobby Freeman	Do You Wanna Dance	MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
10	The Drifters	Dance With Me	The 50's – A Decade to Remember: Do You Wanna Dance
11	Billy Bland	Let the Little Girl Dance	One Hit Wonders
12	Dash And Dot	Dance With Me Henry	Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1
13	The Diatones	Oh Baby, Come Dance With Me	Bandera Doo Wop
14	Billy Storm	When You Dance	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
15	Marvin Gaye	Stubborn Kind of Fellow	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
16	The O'Jays	Back Stabbers	The O'Jays Greatest Hits
17	Ann Cole	Have Fun	Birth Of Soul: 1
18	James Brown	Lost Someone	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
19	Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's	Time Is Tight	Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
20	Redbone	Come And Get Your Love	Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s
21	Phoebe Snow	Shakey Ground	The Best Of Phoebe Snow
22	Percy Sledge	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
23	The Cookies	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
24	Leon Russell	I Believe To My Soul	Best Of Hank Wilson
25	Ray Charles	Greenbacks	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
26	Gene Pitney	Every Breath I Take	Anthology: 1961-1968
27	The Raindrops	The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
28	Jackie DeShannon	Needles And Pins	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
29	Nancy Sinatra	Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)	Kill Bill, Vol. 1
30	Amy Winehouse	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?	Lioness: Hidden Treasures
31	Laura Nyro	165-Stoned Soul Picnic	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
32	The Mavericks	Dance the Night Away	Collection [2003]

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Wild Ones

November 13, 2021 Dave

Wild in the streets…well, we’re also wild in the bars, the dance halls, the backyards, and everywhere else for that matter. We’ll be revisiting the crazy ones…the excitable ones…the hot clubs where the bad boys and bad girls are burning the candle. Tune in for some fairly wild doin’s with Mabel Scott, The Louvins, Clarence Palmer and the Jive Bombers, Johnny Horton, and a couple dozen others as we take on that theme of wild men and wild women once more on Community Radio. Dave Stroud puts the metal to the pedal with jazz vocals, rockabilly romps, early century innuendos, and rhythm and blues on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Oh…and don’t forget to visit kowsfm.com and click on that Donate Now button to support all volunteer Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Garland Jeffreys	Wild in the Streets	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
3	Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers	Don't Bring Lulu	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
4	Mae West	I'm No Angel	The Mae West Collection
5	Mae West	My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)	Bombshells
6	Mabel Scott	Yes	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
7	Lizabeth Scott	A Deep Dark Secret	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8	Monica Lewis	Do It Again	Bombshells
9	Kenni Huskey	Wild Man Tamer	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
10	Donnie Elbert	Wild Child (Deluxe 6156)	R&B Humdingers Volume 11
11	Red Ingle & His Natural Seven	Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
12	Johnny Horton	The Wild One	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
13	Carl Mann	Born To Be Bad	Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
14	Jerry Lee Lewis	Real Wild Child (Wild One)	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
15	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I'm A Bad Man	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
16	The Dave & Deke Combo	Wild Woman	Hollywood Barndance
17	Charline Arthur	Burn That Candle	Welcome To The Club
18	The Louvin Brothers	You're Running Wild	Capitol Country Music Classics
19	The Hot Club of Cowtown	I Can't Tame Wild Women	Tall Tales
20	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
21	Carmen MacRae	Whatever Lola Wants	Burlesque – 100 Classics
22	The Jive Bombers	Bad Boy	Cry-Baby
23	The Trenier Twins	Hey! Sister Lucy (What Makes Your Lips So Juicy?)	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
24	Rudy Greene	Wild Life	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
25	Wynonie Harris	Young And Wild	Playful Baby
26	Champion Jack Dupree	Bad Whiskey And Wild Women	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
27	King James	Wild Wooly Woman	Stompin' 25
28	Eunice Davis	Let's Have A Party	Stompin' 25
29	Julia Lee	Do You Want It?	Burlesque – 100 Classics
30	Little Richard	The Girl Can't Help It	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
31	John Hammond	Wild Man On The Loose	Trouble No More
32	Louis Prima & Keely Smith	Barnacle Bill The Sailor	Breaking It Up!
33	Little Willie John	Fever	Burlesque – 100 Classics
34	Albert King	Wild Women	Door To Door
35	Wanda Jackson	Hard Headed Woman	Queen Of Rockabilly
36	Iggy Pop	Real Wild Child	Blah Blah Blah
37	Vince Taylor	Brand New Cadillac	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4

The Year in Music 1948

October 25, 2021 Dave

The year 1948 saw the price of a first class stamp at three cents and unemployment in post-war America was at a low 3.9%. The Hollywood Ten were jailed for contempt of Congress when they refused to disclose Communist affiliations. And Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The LP is still the standard by which physical listening is measured with album sales booming, with LPs sold rising 108% in the first six months of 2020. But we’re going to be sharing the music of 1948 this week: Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes, Louis Jordan, Blue Lu Barker and Mahalia Jackson are just but a few we’ll be hearing from in this week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
3	Lonnie Johnson	Tomorrow Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
4	Blue Lu Barker	A Little Bird Told Me	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
5	Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends	King Size Papa	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
6	Amos Milburn	Chicken-Shack Boogie	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
7	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Run, Joe	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949
8	Bull Moose Jackson	I Love You Yes I Do	Bad Man Jackson
9	Bull Moose Jackson	I Can't Go On Without You	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
10	Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
11	Hal Singer	Cornbread	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
12	Eddy Arnold	Bouquet Of Roses	Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him
13	Eddy Arnold	Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away	Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
14	Eddy Arnold	Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way)	Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
15	Eddy Arnold	What A Fool I Was	Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
16	Floyd Tillman	I Love You So Much It Hurts	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
17	Jimmy Wakely	One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
18	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman	That's What I Like About The West
19	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Bubbles in My Beer	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
20	Hank Thompson	Humpty Dumpty Heart	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
21	Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers	Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")	Country Legends
22	Dinah Shore	Buttons and Bows	Your Hit Parade – 1948
23	Nat King Cole	Nature Boy	Nat King Cole [Disc 1]
24	Doris Day	Love Somebody (With Buddy Clark)	The Vintage Years (Part One)
25	Peggy Lee	Manana	Your Hit Parade – 1948
26	Art Mooney	I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover	Your Hit Parade – 1948
27	Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters	Powder Your Face With Sunshine	Good Old Summertime
28	Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks	Just Because	Greatest Hits
29	Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins	Little White Lies	Your Hit Parade – 1948
30	Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers	My Happiness	Capitol Collectors Series
31	Doris Day	It's Magic	Your Hit Parade: 1948
32	The Andrews Sisters	Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)	Your Hit Parade – 1948
33	Bing Crosby	Now is the Hour	Your Hit Parade – 1948

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Dustbin Dynamite

October 8, 2021 Dave

A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ronnie Dee	Action Packed	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Bobby Troup	Seventh Son	Make Mine Mondo
4	Rock-A-Tones	One More Chance	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
5	Annette Funicello	Bikini Beach Party	Good Old Summertime
6	Red Prysock	Hand Clappin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
7	Jim Backus & Friend	Delicious	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8	The Interiors	Voodoo Doll	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
9	The Bikinis	Crazy Vibrations	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
10	Gary Warren	Midnight Rain	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
11	The Three Suns	Tequila	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
12	The Invaders	Shock Treatment	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
13	Freddie & The Hitch Hikers	Sinners	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
14	The Duals	Lover's Satellite	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
15	Sparkle Moore	Skull & Crossbones	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
16	Mamie Van Doren	Seperate The Men From The Boys	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
17	Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies)	Camel Walk	Make Mine Mondo
18	Rusty Draper & Lola Dee	Scratch My Back	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
19	Tarheel Slim	Number Nine Train	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
20	Robin Hood Brians	Dis A Itty Bit	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
21	Tony Casanova	Boogie Woogie Feeling	Make Mine Mondo
22	Don & The Galaxiex	Avalanche	Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
23	Jan & Dean	Surf Route 101	Popsicle
24	Bobby Fry	Grandchus	Make Mine Mondo
25	Si Zentner	Walk on the Wild Side	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
26	Johnny Durain & The Cytones	Shang-Dang-Doo	Make Mine Mondo
27	The Surfaris	Surfer Joe [Long Version]	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1
28	Voice Farm	Come On-A My House	Bigger Cooler Weirder
29	Mouse	A Public Execution	Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
30	The Bobbettes	I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1)	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
31	13th Floor Elevators	You're Gonna Miss Me	Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
32	Bob Callaway	Tick Tock	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
33	The Tornadoes	Maleguena	Bustin' Surfboards
34	Little Carolyn Sue	I Hate Men	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1
35	Martin Denny	Cool	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
36	Ann-Margret	Let Me Entertain You	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence

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R&B Boogie Woogie

September 20, 2021 Dave

Drop by to play along with the second of a two-part episode exploring an eclectic blend of boogie woogie, in the key of rhythm and blues. There will be enough piano pounding, toe-tapping, and slick percussion to feed the need for musical speed in our show this week. The usual suspects will keep the line moving and we’ll also bring out some old favorites including performances from Hadda Brooks, Gladys Bentley, Oscar’s Chicago Swingers, Rosco Gordon and Albert Ammons. This second episode keeps true to the sound that surfaced in the early century, blending juke joint rhythms and house party dance celebrations. Be sure to check us out on our new web site player or at the Live365 web site.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Freddie Slack	Rockin' The Boogie	Boogie Woogie [Disc 8]
3	Joe Lutcher	Rockin' Boogie (04-19-47)	1947
4	The Treniers	Rock-a-Beatin Boogie	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
5	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
6	Rosco Gordon	T Model Boogie	Let's Get High (B)
7	Hadda Brooks	Swingin' The Boogie	I've Got News For You [Disc 2]
8	Nellie Lutcher	Lake Charles Boogie	Hurry On Down
9	Gladys Bentley	Boogie'n My Woogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
10	Mabel Scott	Baseball Boogie	Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording
11	Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings	Boogie Woogie Stomp	Boogie Woogie Stomp!
12	Champion Jack Dupree	Dupree Shake Dance	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
13	Pinetop Perkins	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	Let's Drink Some Juice…
14	Little Brother Montgomery	No Special Rider Blues	Boogie Woogie Stomp!
15	Roosevelt Sykes	Blues n' Boogie	Chicago Boogie
16	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers	Dripper's Boogie	Vol. 2 – Dripper's Boogie
17	Amos Milburn	Roomin' House Boogie	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
18	Roy Brown	Boogie Woogie Blues	Good Rockin' Tonight
19	Sir Charles Thompson	Mister Boogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Tamburitza Boogie	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1949 – 1950
21	Brownie McGhee	Robbie-Doby Boogie	Savoy Blues 1948-1954 [Disc 2]
22	Frankie Lee Sims	She Likes to Boogie Real Slow	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5]
23	Roy Milton	Milton's Boogie	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
24	Jake Porter	Jake's Boogie in D Flat	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
25	Joey Thomas	Hobo Boogie	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)
26	Oscar's Chicago Swingers	I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woogie Now	Them Dirty Blues [Disc 2]
27	Professor Longhair	Boogie Woogie	New Orleans Piano
28	Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings	Jitterbug Boogie	Just For A Thrill / Live
29	Eddie "Clean Head" Vinson	Old Maid's Boogie	Down Home Blues
30	Little Walter	Boogie	Lone Star
31	Annisteen Allen	Bongo Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
32	Amos Milburn	Sax Shack Boogie	Amos Milburn Rocks

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Sister Rosetta

July 3, 2021 Dave

This week’s show celebrates the Godmother of rock ‘n roll who was finally paid tribute with her 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s sanctified electric guitar work not only touched on the cusp of soul and blues, but it foretold what was to come less than a decade later. There were the R&B bands, which she would dabble in (much to the chagrin of her followers), that would also have an impact…but it was her sound that influenced and inspired Elvis, Wanda Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many others, even to this day. We’ll take a deep dive into the music and story of this legend including some of those who she would draw her own inspirations from. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down By the Riverside	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
3	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
4	Thomas A. Dorsey	If You See My Savior	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5	Golden Gate Quartet	Blind Barnabas	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
6	Memphis Minnie	I Called You This Morning	Queen Of Country Blues
7	Sister O. M. Terrell	God's Little Birds	Country Gospel 1946-1953
8	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Didn't It Rain?	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
9	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Four or Five Times	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
10	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11	Marie Knight	Gospel Train	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
12	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
13	Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
14	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
15	Phoebe Snow	Beams of Heaven (feat. The Holmes Brothers)	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Intro – Didn't It Rain	Newport Jazz Festival 7/3/64
17	Marie Knight	Didn't It Rain	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
18	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	99 1/2 Won't Do	Gospel Train
19	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Fly Away	Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20	Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith	When I Lay This Body Down	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
21	Mahalia Jackson	His Eye Is On The Sparrow	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
22	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Two Little Fishes	Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
23	Fern Jones	Strange Things Happening Every Day	The Glory Road
24	Brittany Howard	That's All Live	That's All – RRHOF
25	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	That's All	Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
26	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Red Foley	Have a Little Talk With Jesus	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
27	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us	Raising Sand
28	Gospel Hebrews	Jesus Is All Over Me	Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
29	Louis Armstrong	Down By The Riverside	Louis And The Good Book
30	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
31	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Natural Facts	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)

Blues, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Blues Across Texas

June 26, 2021 Dave

A collection of blues performers almost unparalleled. They grow ’em big down there and the sound of the blues is no different. From Lead Belly to Blind Lemon Jefferson to the Vaughan Brothers, you can’t really capture the breadth and depth of the blues from the state of Texas in one sitting, so we’re only going to do our very best in the show this morning on KOWS. Early blues from Ramblin’ Thomas, Texas Alexander and Bessie Tucker will take us into the seminal country folk blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. While we’re name-dropping, how about Bobby “Blue” Bland, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Big Mama Thornton, and it doesn’t stop there. There’s a heaping helping of Texas blues coming your way from the KOWS studios located in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Matchbox Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
3	Pee Wee Crayton	Do Unto Others	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
4	Johnny Winter	Mean Town Blues	Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
5	Fenton Robinson	Somebody Loan Me A Dime	Living The Blues: The 70's Blues Classics
6	Albert Collins	Frosty	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
7	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
8	Ramblin' Thomas	Poor Boy Blues	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3B: Songs
9	Texas Alexander	Don't You Wish Your Baby was Built Up Like Mine	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 – 1928)
10	J.T. Smith	Fools Blues	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
11	Bessie Tucker	Better Boot That Thing [Take 2] [#]	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1928-1929)
12	Lightnin' Hopkins	Katie Mae Blues	The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
13	Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson	Blues Come To Texas	Blues Come To Texas
14	Mance Lipscomb	Introduction	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
15	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
16	T-Bone Walker	Cold, Cold Feeling	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
17	James "Thunderbird" Davis	If I Had My Life To Live Over	Blues Pajama Party
18	Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown	Okie Dokie Stomp	ABC Of The Blues Vol 4
19	Frankie Lee Sims	Lucy Mae Blues	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
20	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
21	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
22	Big Mama Thornton	Let Your Tears Fall Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
23	Freddie King	Hide Away	Ultimate Collection
24	Jimmie Vaughan	Don't Cha Know	Strange Pleasure
25	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Pride And Joy	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
26	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	She's Tuff	Blues Masters, Vol. 9: Postmodern Blues
27	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	One Room Country Shack	ABC Of The Blues Vol 49
28	Blind Willie Johnson	John The Revelator	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
29	Johnny Copeland	Down On Bending Knees	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
30	Andrew "Smokey" Hogg	I Gotta Ride	Texas Guitar Killers Disc 2
31	Johnny Winter	Highway 61 Revisited	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
32	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	A Propoer Introduction to Lowell Fulson Juke Box Shuffle

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