Category Archives: Country

Scenes Of Devastation

There’s going to be a free form mix of sounds this week with some ‘scenes of devastation’ as well as some blues and tradition. We’ll set the tone with a song that inspired the title lines from The Pine Hill Project and then head into some tradition and some covers that speak in the language of the sacred and secular…from Saturday night at the juke to Sunday morning in the pew. A great mix of sounds from some classic female blues gems from the 1940s like Wea Bea Booze and Ethel Waters. We’ll also go down to the crossroads and Deep Elem with the likes of Champion Jack Dupree and T-Bone Walker, some deeper/darker blues from Geeshie Wiley and Blind Lemon Jefferson as well. But we’ll also fill the air with the tops in great interpretations from Van Dyke Parks, Willie Watson and Bob Brozman. Join us for some ‘last kind words’ from the Rocky Road Blues to James Alley on a Friday morning in West County.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Pine Hill Project Battlefield Tomorrow You're Going (Featuring Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Schindell) Amazon
3Son House John the Revelator Death Letter Amazon
4Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers John The Revelator Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 Amazon
5Blu Lu Barker Don't You Feel My Leg Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
6Wea Bea Booze These Young Men Blues Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949) Amazon
7Champion Jack Dupree Dirty Woman Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
8T-Bone Walker It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch] Amazon
9Geeshie Wiley Last Kind Words Mississippi Masters Amazon
10David Johansen The Last Kind Words Shaker Amazon
11Woody Guthrie When That Great Ship Went Down This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 Amazon
12Rory Block Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down) Confessions of A Blues Singer Amazon
13The Million Dollar Quartet Great Speckled Bird The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
14Willie Watson James Alley Blues Folk Singer Vol. 1 Amazon
15Doc Watson Little Omie Wise 1964-1965 (Warped 6411F) Amazon
16Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Black Swan Sampler Amazon
17B.B. King See That My Grave Is Kept Clean One Kind Favor Amazon
18Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian Sail Away Lady The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2 Amazon
19Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Sail Away Ladies The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
20Bob Brozman Rocky Road Snapping the Strings Amazon
21Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Rocky Road Blues The Essential Bill Monroe [Disc 1] Amazon
22Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Mule Skinner Blues East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) Amazon
23Dolly Parton Mule Skinner Blues Country USA 1970 Amazon
24Rev. J. M. Gates Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting The Harry Smith B-Sides Amazon
25The Persuasions Dry Bones Gospel Brunch Classics Amazon
26Maria Muldaur A Little Bird Told Me Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) Amazon
27Jim Kweskin Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
28Ethel Waters Honey In The Honeycomb On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940 Amazon
29Baby Dee Look What Baby's Got For You Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
30Ames Brothers The The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
31Bill & The Belles Finger Pointin' Mama Dreamsongs, Etc. Amazon
32Paul Thorn Come On Let's Go Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon

Your Lucky Day

Mining the archives we find that bad luck and trouble are not a concern as Spring peeks around the corner. Luck is our watchword on this March morning and we’ll try to keep our superstitions in check. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends some vocals from past and present and with this being an election year…we need all the luck we can get. Tune in for some Raul Malo, Charley Crockett, Howlin’ Wolf, Judy Garland and a couple dozen others following the theme of ‘Your Lucky Day’. Let us keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. You can change your luck by adopting a cat, you know. And black cats have, despite longstanding superstitions, the best of personalities.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jim Lauderdale Lucky 13 Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album Amazon
3Chris Isaak Waiting for My Lucky Day Baja Sessions Amazon
4The Bobby Fuller Four I'm A Lucky Guy The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
5Frank Sinatra Luck Be a Lady Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Amazon
6Judy Garland Lucky Day Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby! Amazon
7Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody) My Lucky Day Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949 Amazon
8Jimmy Smith I'm Just A Lucky So And So Standards Amazon
9Ray Charles Lucky Old Sun Hear Music Volume 1 Amazon
10Tommy Flanagan Friday The 13th For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk Amazon
11Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Bad Luck, Pt. 1 Greatest Hits Amazon
12Howlin' Wolf Hard Luck The Chess Box [Disc 3] Amazon
13Chris Thomas King Superstitious Blues Me, My Guitar and the Blues Amazon
14Chance Halladay Lucky Me Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
15John Fogerty Bad Moon Rising The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
16Stevie Wonder Superstition Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1 Amazon
17Howlin' Wolf I Ain't Superstitious The Chess Box Amazon
18J.J. Cale Lady Luck Travel Log Amazon
19Raul Malo Lucky One Lucky One Amazon
20Charley Crockett Lots of Luck Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza Amazon
21Johnny Cash Thirteen American Recordings Amazon
22Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit Lucky Dog The Rose of England Amazon
23Tommy Collins Black Cat Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan Amazon
24The Band Of Heathens Black Cat Black Cat (Single) Amazon
25Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
26Dr. John Witchy Red Television Amazon
27Eels Your Lucky Day In Hell Beautiful Freak Amazon
28Joe "Papoose" Fritz I'm Not Suspicious, But Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults Amazon

Family Affair

We’ve got the family trees for you on Deeper Roots this week; proof positive that music can very well run in the family. Our show will share music from just a few of the families that have made their own way in a host of different genres. We’ll hear from the Nelsons (both of them), the family Marsalis, the Hiatts, the Wainwrights, the brothers Neville and a few others this week, spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries. Tune in to this week’s two hour mixed bag with some of the very best performances from some different lineages, here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole Straighten Up And Fly Right Re: Generations Amazon
3Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon
4Aaron Neville Let's Live Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron) Amazon
5The Neville Brothers Run Joe Fiyo on the Bayou Amazon
6Hank Williams Sr. I Saw the Light Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century Amazon
7Hank Williams Jr. Mind Your Own Business Country Gold 1984-1986 Amazon
8Hank Williams III I'm A Long Gone Daddy Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
9Wynton Marsalis Septet My Baby Don't Tolerate United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas Amazon
10Branford Marsalis Fool For You A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield Amazon
11Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra About A Quarter To Nine Paper Moon Amazon
12Rick Nelson Poor Little Fool Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2) Amazon
13Dionne Warwick Anyone Who Had A Heart Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
14Dee Dee Warwick We're Doing Fine Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
15Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You The Bodyguard Amazon
16Willie Nelson Mr. Record Man One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
17Willie Nelson;Lukas Nelson;Micah Nelson Come On Back Jesus Heroes Amazon
18Bobbie Nelson The House of Blue Lights Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive) Amazon
19Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real If I Didn't Love You Sticks and Stones Amazon
20Bob Dylan High Water (For Charley Patton) Love and Theft Amazon
21Jakob Dylan Oh, Mama, Come Home The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
22John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012 Amazon
23Lilly Hiatt Walking Proof Walking Proof Amazon
24Loudon Wainwright III Dead Skunk Album III Amazon
25Rufus Wainwright Greek Song Poses [US Bonus Track] Amazon
26Martha Wainwright Prairie Lullaby Martha Wainwright Lullaby Record Amazon
27Johnny Cash with The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers Belshazzar (w/ The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers) The Johnny Cash TV Show (1969-1971) Amazon
28Johnny Cash I Can't Go On That Way Life Amazon
29Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac Black Cadillac Amazon
30June Carter Cash Keep On The Sunny Side Wildwood Flower Amazon
31The Carter Family Anchored In Love American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2] Amazon

Heart of Saturday Night

Where else but the heart of Saturday night? We’ve got an eclectic collection of performances that take you ‘there and back’ this Friday morning on Deeper Roots. No theme. No tribute. No genre sweep. Just a collection of some great sounds from the past (and present). Little themes that reach deep and a few awesome covers that you may not be familiar with. We’re making our way to the outskirts of the bayou with Cookie & The Cupcakes and Jo-el Sonnier, then into some gritty blues from Muddy Waters and RL Burnside, and we’ll also have some rollicking country and soul from Big Maybelle, Buck Owens, Mickey Baker, and The Ink Spots. Add a dose of Billie Holiday, LaVern Baker, and Tow Waits…and there you have it. Some surprises and some favorites all rolled up on this Friday morning blue plate special.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Tom Waits (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night Used Songs 1973-1980 Amazon
3The Ink Spots The Gypsy Your Hit Parade 1946 Amazon
4The Impressions Gypsy Woman American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
5Joe Ely The Gypsy Lady Flatland Lullaby Amazon
6Jo-el Sonnier Say You Love Me The Complete Mercury Sessions Amazon
7Cookie & the Cupcakes Mathilda Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
8Bill Hayes Poor White Trash Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
9George Jones Just One More The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 Amazon
10Patsy Cline A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline Amazon
11Buck Owens Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon) The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
12Big Maybelle Don't Leave Poor Me Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon
13Eilen Jewell Don't Leave Poor Me Down Hearted Blues Amazon
14Jessie Mae Hamphill Lord Help The Poor And Needy Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2 Amazon
15Shemekia Copeland Lord Help the Poor and Needy Outskirts of Love Amazon
16Robert Belfour Old Black Mattie Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2 Amazon
17Samantha Fish Poor Black Mattie Belle of the West Amazon
18Leon Russell It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
19Bob Dylan Down Along The Cove John Wesley Harding Amazon
20Bob Dylan Alberta #1 Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 Deluxe-Edition 4 (Self Portrait. Original Edition; Rem. 2013) Amazon
21The Cactus Blossoms If Not For You If Not For You (Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1) Amazon
22Sarah Jarosz Ring Them Bells Follow Me Down Amazon
23Jubilaires Casey Jones Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
24Mickey Baker Gloomy Sunday The Wildest Guitar Amazon
25Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Gloomy Sunday Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 10] Amazon
26LaVern Baker Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
27The Browns Shenandoah Classics 1960 (Warped 6062) Amazon
28Elvis Presley I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine Date with Elvis Amazon
29Elvis Presley Poor Boy For LP Fans Only Amazon
30Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels Jenny Take a Ride! Let There Be Drums Vol 2: The 60's Amazon
31Little Richard Jenny Jenny The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
32Muddy Waters Young Fashioned Ways The Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
33Shakey Jake Roll Your Moneymaker Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon

Back To Schooldays

Good times, bad times…let’s take a theme trip to schooldays past in music this week. Whether you were a product of the fifties, sixties or beyond, you remember your favorite music. We’ll be zooming in on sounds from that era in the show today as we explore the high school theme with topics like ‘lettered sweaters’…what ever happened to those? Or maybe the reminder of the bell or buzzer in the hallways. Or maybe that favorite after school rendezvous spot. We’ll be sharing music that celebrated school and affairs of the young at heart with tracks from The 5 Royals, Johnny Burnette, Gary US Bonds and some other favorites as well as some unknowns from some dusty 45s buried deep in the archives. Namely Nicky & The Nobles, Johnny & The Jammers, and Herbie Alpert & His Sextet. Quite the fun today so drop by.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Beach Boys School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1 Amazon
3Chuck Berry School Days The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
4Mickey & Sylvia Love Will Make You Fail in School Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School Amazon
5The 5 Royales School Girl The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
6Smiley Lewis School Days Are Back Again I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4 Amazon
7Jerry Lee Lewis High School Confidential 36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
8Johnny & The Jammers School Day Blues Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
9Johnny Burnette Skippin' School The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6 Amazon
10Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997) Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe) Amazon
11Rick Nelson Back to Schooldays The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1] Amazon
12Dave Edmunds Back to School Days Single Trax 1970-1981 Amazon
13Dave Edmunds High School Nights Porky's Revenge! [Expanded] Amazon
14Billy Harlan School House Rock That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2) Amazon
15Wynn Stewart School Bus Love Affair Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack Amazon
16Toni Rossini (Meet Me) After School Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
17Nicky & The Nobles School Bells War Paint – The Gone Records Story Amazon
18Bobby Rydell Swingin' School Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits Amazon
19The Beach Boys Be True to Your School 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits Amazon
20Jan & Dean The New Girl In School Greatest Hits Amazon
21Gary (U.S.) Bonds School Is Out American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
22Herbie Alpert & His Sextet Summer School Another Banana Split, please Amazon
23Betty Grable Don't Carry Tales Out Of School The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2) Amazon
24Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin High School Baby Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1 Amazon
25Nat King Cole Trio You Don't Learn That In School The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] Amazon
26Paul Simon Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Paul Simon Amazon
27Taj Mahal Good Morning Little School Girl Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
28Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band Good Morning Schoolgirl Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival Amazon
29NRBQ Still In School Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1] Amazon
30James Intveld High School Hellcats Cry-Baby Amazon
31The Ramones Rock 'N' Roll High School End of the Century Amazon
32Wee Willie Harris Back To School Again Their Greatest Misses Amazon
33Ricky Nelson Waitin' In School Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
34Alex Chilton The New Girl in School A Man Called Destruction Amazon
35Louis Jordan School Days Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
36Tom Paxton What Did You Learn In School Today? Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Amazon

Let’s Duet

Country duets have been a hallmark of the genre and this week we’ll spend a couple of hours sampling some old, some new, some sappy and some without peer. From Rose and Buck to George and Tammy, we’ll be spending time with some real down home pairings singing songs of loose talk, booze, suspicion, holding on to what you’ve got and a whole lot more. There’s a range of topics beyond that and most involve cheatin’, lovin’ and fightin’…just what you’d expect from the base. The pairings are not necessarily all husband and wife as we’ve got a few that go beyond that rail like Dwight and Buck, the Hanks, and Waylon and Willie. Tune in Friday morning for a countrified, if not rarified, journey with some classic country duets.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
3John Prine With Melba Montgomery Milwaukee Here I Come In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
4Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Jackson Classic Country Great Duets [Disc 1] Amazon
5Johnny Cash & June Carter It Ain't Me, Babe Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter Amazon
6Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
7Buck Owens & Rose Maddox Loose Talk Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
8Buck Owens Under Your Spell Again (Duet With Dwight Yoakam) Hot Dog Amazon
9Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam Streets of Bakersfield Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1 Amazon
10Dwight Yoakam/Sheryl Crow Baby Don't Go Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 Amazon
11Emmylou Harris & The Band Evangeline Duets Amazon
12Linda Ronstadt I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (w/Emmylou Harris) Duets Amazon
13Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons Love Hurts Duets Amazon
14k.d. lang (with Roy Orbison) Crying Recollection CD 2 Amazon
15Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. There's A Tear In My Beer Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
16Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves I Fall To Pieces [Album Version (Manufactured Duet)] Remembering Amazon
17Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch I'll Fly Away O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
18Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Please Read The Letter Raising Sand Amazon
19Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys RCA Country Legends [Disc 2] Amazon
20Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter Suspicious Minds Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
21George Jones & Tammy Wynette We're Gonna Hold On Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
22Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton The Last Thing On My Mind Dolly [Disc 1] Amazon
23Ashley Monroe You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter) [Duet with Blake Shelton] Like A Rose Amazon
24Ray Charles & Willie Nelson Seven Spanish Angels The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992) Amazon
25Marty Stuart This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Marty Stuart Amazon
26George Jones/Merle Haggard Yesterday's Wine [Duet] The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years Amazon
27John C. Reilly & Angela Correa Let's Duet Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] Amazon
28Dottie West Duet with Don Gibson There's A Story (Goin' Round) The Essential Dottie West Amazon
29Randy Travis Happy Trails (Duet With Roy Rogers) Heroes & Friends Amazon

Signs & Signifiers

It’s a brand new year! Turn off the TV and tune into community radio for your best time. This year’s news will be one of politics, war, and overall bad behavior from the middling underbelly and radio will at least bring you a brief respite from what ails us. This week’s Deeper Roots will be another free form romp of genre-bending fun with a mix of soul, blues, country, rock and gospel. Tune in for some Norah Jones, Chris Isaak, Tom Petty, and Donna The Buffalo as we take our first steps into 2024. We’ll have a set that features signs and signifiers alongside the encouragement of Sister Mahalia as we keep our hand on the plow, the story telling of Luther’s picking from Johnny Cash, and we’ll also be ‘watching the signals’ with Bullmoose Jackson and Brenton Wood. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning featuring a century of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP 92.5 Occidental. Streaming all across the world on kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Shorty's Got to Go Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 4 Amazon
3Living Sisters Good Ole Wagon Love To Live Amazon
4Ella Mae Morse Rockin' And Rollin' Best Of The Rockabilly Rockin' Years Amazon
5Elvis Presley I Gotta Know Elvis #1 Singles Amazon
6Chris Isaak It's Now or Never Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version) Amazon
7Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers California Songs and Music From "She's the One" Amazon
8Donna The Buffalo Locket And Key Silverlined Amazon
9Johnny Cash Luther Played The Boogie Get Rhythm [Sun] Amazon
10Tennessee Ernie Ford I Ain't A-Gonna Let It Happen No More Vintage Collections Amazon
11Robert Gordon Drivin' Wheel [*] Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials Amazon
12She & Him Gonna Get Along Without You Now Volume Two Amazon
13The Fleetwoods Mr. Blue Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
14Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton Creepin' In (feat. Dolly Parton) …Featuring Norah Jones Amazon
15Judy Collins Someday Soon Colors Of The Day: The Best Of Judy Collins Amazon
16JD McPherson Signs & Signifiers Signs & Signifiers Amazon
17Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
18Brenton Wood Gimme Little Sign Brenton Wood's 18 Best Amazon
19Bull Moose Jackson Watch My Signals The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Ralph Stanley God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
21Bob Dylan Everything Is Broken The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1] Amazon
22Tom Sullivan Homeward Bound – The Old Slipper Shoe [instrumental] Classic Maritime Music Amazon
23Mahalia Jackson Keep Your Hand on the Plow The World's Greatest Gospel Singer Amazon
24Robert Plant Central Two-O-Nine Band Of Joy Amazon
25The Temptations Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1] Amazon
26Dionne Warwick Don't Make Me Over Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
27Gene McDaniels with The Johnny Mann Singers Point Of No Return On The Soul Side Amazon
28The Lovin' Spoonful You Didn't Have to Be So Nice Daydream [Original LP] Amazon
29Rick Nelson Travelin' Man The Best of Rick Nelson, Vol. 2 Amazon
30The Cookies Chains The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
31The Isley Brothers Shout, Pts. 1-2 Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
32V V Brown Crazy Amazing Travelling Like The Light Amazon

Who We Lost 2023

We’ll look back to 2023 with the indelible sounds of those we lost this past year. There were some losses that cut deep and we intend to pay tribute to each and every one who contributed their artistry to the past century of America’s music. There is hardly room in the two hours we have to touch on all of those, no matter their contribution but we have a couple from across the pond that deserve mentioning among the musicians, songwriters and producers who made their mark. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including the likes of the prolific Tony Bennett and Harry Belafonte, the boomer favorites like David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett and Jeff Beck, and the musical geniuses like Burt Bacharach, David Lindley, and Ahmad Jamal. Join us.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Pogues If I Should Fall from Grace With God Essential Pogues Amazon
3The Yardbirds The Nazz Are Blue Ultimate! Disc 2 Amazon
4BTO Takin' Care Of Business (Randy Bachman) Songs For The Open Road [Platinum Legends] Amazon
5David Crosby Music Is Love If I Could Only Remember My Name Amazon
6The Association Cherish Pop Memories of the '60s – Vol. 6, My Special Angel Amazon
7Gary Wright Dream Weaver Sounds Of The Seventies: 1976 Amazon
8Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues (Intro) Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
9David Lindley El Rayo X El Rayo-X Amazon
10Jimmy Buffett Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection Disc 1 Amazon
11It's a Beautiful Day White Bird Walk on the Moon Amazon
12Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music [Disc 2] Amazon
13Gordon Lightfoot Early Morning Rain Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 12 The Heartland And Canada Amazon
14Harry Belafonte Jump in the Line All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Amazon
15The Serendipity Singers Beans In My Ears (LEN CHANDLER) Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2] Amazon
16Dixie Chicks The Thrill Is in the Chase Shouldn't a Told You That Amazon
17The Ames Brothers The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane Magic Moments Amazon
18April Stevens I Want A Lip Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
19The Righteous Brothers (You're My) Soul and Inspiration The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody Amazon
20Tony Bennett Rags to Riches Your Hit Parade – 1953 Amazon
21Aretha Franklin I Say A Little Prayer Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
22Paul & Paula Hey Paula Teen Ballads Disc 2 Amazon
23George Maharis (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 The Epic Story 1960 Amazon
24The Earls Remember Then Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
25Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Don't You Just Know It Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
26Barrett Strong Money (That's What I Want) Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
27The Drifters Sweets For My Sweet (CHARLIE THOMAS) The Definitive Soul Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
28Tina Turner The Best Simply The Best Amazon
29Parliament Up For The Down Stroke In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1 Amazon
30Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Pure Funk Amazon
31The Pointer Sisters KSAN Pointer Sisters Intro KSAN's Live Jive Amazon
32The Pointer Sisters Fire 70s Music Explosion – Miracles Disc 2 Amazon
33Dwight Twilley Band I'm on Fire Poptopia! 70's Power Pop Classics Amazon
34Kool & The Gang Ladies' Night Disco Fever [Disc 1] Amazon
35Walter "Wolfman" Washington Tailspin Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
36Ahmad Jamal The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Okeh Jazz Amazon
37Wayne Shorter Tenderfoot Jazz Essentials Volume 3 Amazon
38Eagles Take It to the Limit The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 Amazon
39Jim & Jesse Hard Hearted Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 2] Amazon
40Mac Wiseman, Bobby Osborne & Jesse McReynolds Bluebirds Are Singing For Me Bluegrass Legands – Live At The Ryman Amazon
41Lord Creator Don't Stay Out Late The Real Jamaica Ska Amazon
42Robbie Robertson Somewhere Down The Crazy River Robbie Robertson [UK] Amazon

Country Christmas Redux

We revisit the country genre for some down home Christmas cooking…of sleigh bells, holly, ham, and mistletoe. Songs from mid-century to just a year ago or so featuring some of your favorite country and Americana artists in our final show before Christmas Day 2023. Tune in for some classics and also-rans from Gene Autry, Eddy Arnold, Red Foley, The Louvin Brothers and John Prine as we share some roasted, toasted chestnuts from the yule log. We’ve also got some George Jones, Ernest Tubb and Willie Nelson right up alongside Kacey Musgraves and Raul Malo. We’re saluting the season and telling stories from childhood’s past, all for you wrapped up with pretty paper and holiday ribbons of gold on this year’s Christmas show on community radio for Sonoma County, KOWS-LP, 92.5 FM, Occidental. Streaming your way across planet Earth on kowsfm.com. Now…let’s say it once again…’war is over’.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine Everything Is Cool A John Prine Christmas Amazon
3Eddy Arnold Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
4Prairie Ramblers Cowboy Santa Claus Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2 Amazon
5Tennessee Ernie Ford A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
6Red Foley Here Comes Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
7Bernie Nee Country Music Holiday Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
8Sonny James Christmas in My Hometown Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
9Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford Christmas Roses Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
10Marty Robbins Footprints in the Snow Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
11Ernest Tubb I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
12Faron Young I'm Gonna Tell Santa Claus On You Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
13Hank Thompson It's Christmas Every Day in Alaska Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
14Homer and Jethro Randolph the Flat Nosed Reindeer Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
15Eddy Arnold I'm Your Private Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
16The Louvin Brothers Santa's Big Parade Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
17Raul Malo Blue Christmas Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites Amazon
18Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Pretty Paper Christmas On A Greyhound Bus Amazon
19George Jones Lonely Christmas Call Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums Amazon
20Bill Anderson Waffle House Christmas Anderson Amazon
21Asleep at the Wheel Swingin' Silent Nite Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All Amazon
22Loretta Lynn Country Christmas White Christmas Blue Amazon
23The Nashville Bluegrass Band Holiday Pickin' American Beauty Amazon
24Ralph Stanley I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley Amazon
25Hank Snow Blue Christmas Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
26Hank Snow The Reindeer Boogie Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
27Ernest Tubb Merry Texas Christmas, You All! Ernest Tubb – The Texas Troubadour – Writers Galore [Disc 4] Amazon
28Raul Malo Winter Wonderland Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites Amazon
29Raul Malo Feliz Navidad Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites Amazon
30The Davis Sisters The Christmas Boogie Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
31Kacey Musgraves A Willie Nice Christmas A Very Kacey Christmas Amazon
32Willie Nelson We Wish You a Merry Christmas Christmas with Willie Nelson Amazon
33John Prine I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus A John Prine Christmas Amazon
34Gene Autry and the Pinafores Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
35Billy Joe Shaver Merry Christmas To You Freedom's Child Amazon
36Willie Nelson Pretty Paper Christmas with Willie Nelson Amazon
37The Alarm Happy Christmas (War Is Over) Standards Amazon

The Year in Music 1959

Popular culture in 1959 was marked by a dynamic mix of artistic and societal shifts. The music scene was dominated by the rise of rock and roll shaping the sound of the era. It found itself rising above the simple adult contemporary and country sounds of the day. Iconic films such as “Some Like It Hot” and “Ben-Hur” showcased a diverse range of storytelling and cinematic styles and cultural narratives found a place in television, with shows like “The Twilight Zone” captivating audiences with thought-provoking and imaginative storytelling. The boomers were reaching their teen years, the space race was launched and a torch was about to be passed in Washington. Our show today spins the top tracks from each of the pop, country, R&B and rock charts reflecting a year of cultural transition, encapsulating the tension between traditional values and the evolving influences of a changing world. Everyone from Johnny Horton and Marty Robbins to Lloyd Price, The Fleetwoods, and Bobby Darin…all in one two hour show on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Marty Robbins El Paso Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
3Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
4Johnny Horton When It's Springtime In Alaska Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1] Amazon
5Bobby Darin Mack The Knife As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
6Bobby Darin Dream Lover As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
7Paul Anka Lonely Boy His All Time Greatest Hits – 30th Anniversary Collection Amazon
8Frankie Avalon Venus Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959 Amazon
9The Spacemen The Clouds Teen Beat 1 Amazon
10Lloyd Price Stagger Lee Greatest Hits: The Original ABC-Paramount Recordings Amazon
11Lloyd Price Personality Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story Amazon
12Elvis Presley (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
13Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
14Ray Charles What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
15James Brown Try Me 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
16Wilbert Harrison Kansas City Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
17The Drifters There Goes My Baby Definitive Collection: The Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
18Brook Benton Its Just A Matter Of Time The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2) Amazon
19Lenny Martin & the Orchestra/The Skyliners Since I Don't Have You Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
20Chuck Berry Back in the U.S.A. The Chess Box Disc 2 Amazon
21Chuck Berry Almost Grown The Chess Box Disc 2 Amazon
22Neil Sedaka Oh! Carol The Brill Building Sound Disc 1 Amazon
23Dion & The Belmonts A Teenager In Love Greatest Hits Amazon
24The Browns The Three Bells Classic Country Amazon
25The Platters Smoke Gets In Your Eyes All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
26The Fleetwoods Come Softly To Me Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods Amazon
27Johnny Mathis Misty Your Hit Parade -1959 Amazon
28Della Reese Don't You Know Solid Gold Soul 1959 Amazon
29The Drifters Dance With Me The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
30Phil Phillips Sea Of Love Heatin' Up Amazon
31Jackie Wilson That's Why ( I Love You So ) Lonely Teardrops Amazon
32Johnny Cash I Got Stripes Songs Of Our Soil Amazon
33Stonewall Jackson Waterloo Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
34Brenda Lee Sweet Nothin4s Miss Dynamite Amazon
35Ronnie Hawkins Mary Lou The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks Amazon
36Jim Reeves Billy Bayou Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times Amazon