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420 Fun

April 21, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century. We will join in the celebration (in spirit anyway) of the date and time that three Marin County teenagers are said to have inaugurated over a half century ago. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll brighten up the playlist with music that will help us kick back. We’ll pour over a selected list of great sounds from the last 100 years that either directly or indirectly find us thinking about (or maybe imbibing in) the herb so many care about. There will be music from John Prine, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles and some early century jazz nuggets you will find hard to resist. Friday morning sounds from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, streaming to West County and the world on KOWS-LP, Occidental 92.5 FM and kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
3	Cordovas	Stone Cold Stoned	The Rose of Aces
4	Yonder Mountain String Band	Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown	Mountain Tracks, Vol. 2
5	Sam Bush	Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana	Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
6	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Seeds And Stems (Again)	Lost In The Ozone
7	Jesse Dayton	Dope Smokin' Song	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
8	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie
9	Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson	Roll Me Up (Album version)	Heroes
10	k.d. lang	Smoke Rings	Drag
11	Kacey Musgraves	High Time	Pageant Material
12	Moonalice	It's 420 Somewhere	Dave's Way Vol 1
13	Chris Stapleton	Might As Well Get Stoned	Traveller
14	Asleep At The Wheel	Jack I'm Mellow	New Routes
15	Ashley Monroe	Weed Instead Of Roses	Like A Rose
16	Brothers Osborne	Weed Whiskey And Willie	Port Saint Joe
17	John Prine	Illegal Smile	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
18	Kacey Musgraves	Burn One With John Prine	Demos
19	Tom Petty	You Don't Know How It Feels	Wildflowers
20	Ben Harper	Burn One Down	Fight for Your Mind
21	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
22	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
23	Trixie Smith	Jack I'm Mellow	Trixie Smith Vol. 2 1925-1929
24	Buck Washington	Save the Roach for Me [FCC Warning n word]	When Hemp Was Hip
25	Dave Van Ronk	You's A Viper	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
26	Wayne Hancock	Viper	A-Town Blues
27	Harlan Pepper	Reefer	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
28	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
29	The Devil Makes Three	Champagne And Reefer	Redemption & Ruin
30	Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin'	Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie	Putomayo Presents Zydeco

Cuppa Joe

April 13, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Warren Barker	Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip')	Jazz Noir
3	The Manhattan Transfer	Java Jive	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
4	King Cole Trio	You're The Cream In My Coffee	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
5	Ella Mae Morse	Coffee Date	Singles 3
6	Patricia Kaas	Black Coffee	Jazz a Saint Germain
7	Jack Barlow	Hot Cup Of Coffee	I Live The Country Songs I Sing
8	Merle Travis	I Can't Afford The Coffee	The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)
9	Tex Ritter	01 – Coffee Pot	(2000) High Noon (CD 4)
10	Claude Gray	I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee	Country & Western Nuggets
11	Lefty Frizzell	Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee	1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
12	Curtis Gordon	Caffeine And Nicotine	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
13	Jon Rauhouse	Corn & Coffee	Steel Guitar Rodeo
14	Frank Sinatra	The Coffee Song	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
15	Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra	Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee	American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin
16	Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas	Moliendo Cafe	Cuba. Por La Musica
17	Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer	Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
18	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Forty Cups of Coffee	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
19	The Modernaires	Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five	The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
20	The Ink Spots	Java Jive	The Great Entertainers
21	Atilla	Coffee, Coffee	Mo 33004
22	Greg Brown	Good Morning Coffee	If I Had Known
23	Kim Lenz	Percolate	Slowly Speeding
24	Julie London	Black Coffee	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
25	Ruth Etting	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
26	Brook Benton	Another Cup Of Coffee	Best Of Brook Benton
27	The Boswell Sisters	Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version]	That's How Rhythm Was Born
28	Emmett Miller	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Minstrel Man From Georgia
29	The Larks	Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
30	Bellevue Cadillac	Cuppa Joe	Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3
31	Lefty Frizzell	Cigarettes and Coffee Blues	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5)
32	Otis Redding	Cigarettes And Coffee	Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25
33	Neil Young + Promise of the Real	A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop	The Monsanto Years

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Don’t Wanna

March 30, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

Theme time and I’m going to break it to you slow…it’s all about the negative and those that refuse. If there’s something that’s more prevalent in our lives than saying that we ‘want to’…it’s when we don’t want to. The ‘desire not to’ seems to be winning over the ‘desire to’ in our show today. We’ve got a collection of songs that all begin with the phrase “I Don’t Want” in some form or another. We’ll bring you the early sounds of The Blue Sky Boys and some country sounds of Jimmy Wakely from the hayloft, blues and soul from Magic Sam and that firecracker Sugar Pie DeSanto, and plenty of Americana from The Blasters, Wanda Jackson and Doug Sahm in our show today. It’s going to be a romp because there’s a lot of fodder to choose from when stubbornness is the theme. Tune into community radio for Sonoma County to find out. I don’t want to spoil the theme…but not ‘wanting to’ isn’t always a bad thing…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
3	The Ravens	Honey, I Don't Want You	Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
4	The Blasters	I Don't Want To	American Music
5	Wanda Jackson	I Don't Wanta Go	Wonderful Wanda
6	Doc Williams	Don't Want To Work	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
7	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
8	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
9	Tex Williams	I Don't Want To Be Free	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
10	Jimmy Wakely w/Margaret Whiting	I Don't Want to Be Free	The Collection 1940-53 CD3
11	Sir Douglas Quintet	I Don't Want To Go Home	Mono Singles '68-'72
12	The Blue Sky Boys	I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
13	Iris DeMent	I Don't Want To Get Adjusted	Lifeline
14	Carrie Rodriguez	I Don't Want To Play House Anymore	Seven Angels on a Bicycle
15	Tammy Wynette	I Don't Wanna Play House	Super Hits
16	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
17	Fernest Arceneaux & His Louisiana French Band	I Don't Want Nobody	Putumayo Presents: Blues Party
18	Leonard Carbo	I Don't Want To Lose Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
19	Slim Harpo	I Don't Want No One	The Scratch
20	Barbara Lynn	I Don't Want A Playboy	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
21	Magic Sam	I Don't Want No Woman	West Side Soul
22	Susan Tedeschi	I Don't Want Nobody	Better Days
23	Buddy & Ella Johnson	I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You)	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
24	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Don't Wanna Fuss	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
25	Johnnie Taylor	I Don't Wanna Lose You	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 7]
26	Barbara & The Browns	I Don't Want To Have To Wait	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
27	The Drifters	I Don't Want To Go On Without You	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
28	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Don't Want To Cry	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
29	Pearlean Gray And The Passengers	I Don't Want To Cry	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 2]
30	The Ink Spots	I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire	Your Hit Parade – 1941
31	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
32	Billie Holiday	I Don't Want To Cry Anymore	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
33	Big Maybelle	I Don't Want To Cry	Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
34	Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra	I Don't Want to Love You	Spotlighting the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra

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Space Race Rock

March 29, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

What a time it was. The surprise of Sputnik in the early fifties led to a space race, a technological competition that had a profound impact on popular music (not to mention popular culture), providing musicians (and would-be musicians) a rich source of inspiration and contributed to some of the most iconic, as well as comic and out of this world, songs of the era. Themes of space travel, the moon and Mars, and even flying saucers were rampant on the airwaves. And one can only ascribe the fear of aliens to the number attempted novelty bits that reflected that trepidation. Laughter is, after all, a natural way for fear to be released in humankind. This week we’ll be sharing some of the classics, as well as the unknowns, including Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders, The Drivers, Merv Griffin, The Big Bopper, Dave & The Detomics and quite a few more that even if we were to share their names, you’d probably scratch your head anyway.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Mello-Tones	Flying Saucer	Vocal Groups
3	Jerry Engler	Sputnik (Satellite Girl)	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
4	Harmonica George	Sputnik Music	This Is The Blues Harmonica
5	Roosevelt Sykes	Sputnik Baby	Voodoo Lou
6	Astronaut Neil Armstrong	The Moon Landing	Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 3 – the Dreams, Inspirations & Accomplishments
7	Gil Scott-Heron	Whitey On The Moon	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
8	Hightower, Dean (George Barnes)	Moon Rocket	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
9	Chris Kenner	Rocket To The Moon	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
10	The Drivers	My Astronaut	The King Records Story – Part 1
11	Johnny Greco	Rocket Ride	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
12	Vernon Green & The Medallions	Rocket Ship	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
13	Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders	My Satellite	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
14	The Larks	Rockin' In The Rocket Room	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
15	Educational	Duck and Cover	Educational
16	The Tornados	Telstar	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
17	Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
18	Don Lang & His Frantic Five	Red Planet Rock	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
19	Speedy West	Space Man In Orbit	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
20	Joe Montgomery	Planetary Run	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
21	Galen Denny	Gonna Build A Rocket	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
22	Merv Griffin	The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X'	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
23	The Royal Guardsmen	Smallest Astronaut	The Best of the Royal Guardsmen
24	Sheb Wooley	The Purple People Eater	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1]
25	The Big Bopper	The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2
26	John Mauceri: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	Herrmann: Outer Space [From "The Day the Earth Stood Still"]	Journey To The Stars: A Sci-fi Fantasy Adventure [John Mauceri The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 10]
27	Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra	Men Into Space	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
28	Billy Riley, The Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
29	The Marketts	Out of Limits	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
30	Nervous Norvus	Kibble Kibble (The Flying Saucer Song)	Stone Age Woo
31	Freddy Sunder	Flying Saucers	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
32	Dave & The Detomics	Detomic Orbit	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
33	The Equadors	Sputnik Dance	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
34	Leonard Nimoy	A Visit To A Sad Planet	Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner
35	Lightnin' Hopkins	Happy Blues For John Glenn	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 3]
36	David Rose & His Orchestra	Forbidden Planet	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
37	David Bowie	Space Oddity	Singles: 1969-1993 Disc 1

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Scenes Of Devastation

March 16, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Pine Hill Project	Battlefield	Tomorrow You're Going (Featuring Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Schindell)
3	Son House	John the Revelator	Death Letter
4	Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers	John The Revelator	Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4
5	Blu Lu Barker	Don't You Feel My Leg	Don't You Feel My Leg
6	Wea Bea Booze	These Young Men Blues	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
7	Champion Jack Dupree	Dirty Woman	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
8	T-Bone Walker	It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
9	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
10	David Johansen	The Last Kind Words	Shaker
11	Woody Guthrie	When That Great Ship Went Down	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
12	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer
13	The Million Dollar Quartet	Great Speckled Bird	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
14	Willie Watson	James Alley Blues	Folk Singer Vol. 1
15	Doc Watson	Little Omie Wise	1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
17	B.B. King	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	One Kind Favor
18	Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian	Sail Away Lady	The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2
19	Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers	Sail Away Ladies	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
20	Bob Brozman	Rocky Road	Snapping the Strings
21	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Rocky Road Blues	The Essential Bill Monroe [Disc 1]
22	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Mule Skinner Blues	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
23	Dolly Parton	Mule Skinner Blues	Country USA 1970
24	Rev. J. M. Gates	Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting	The Harry Smith B-Sides
25	The Persuasions	Dry Bones	Gospel Brunch Classics
26	Maria Muldaur	A Little Bird Told Me	Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker)
27	Jim Kweskin	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me	Vanguard Visionaries
28	Ethel Waters	Honey In The Honeycomb	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
29	Baby Dee	Look What Baby's Got For You	Don't You Feel My Leg
30	Ames Brothers The	The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane	Your Hit Parade – 1955
31	Bill & The Belles	Finger Pointin' Mama	Dreamsongs, Etc.
32	Paul Thorn	Come On Let's Go	Don't Let The Devil Ride

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Your Lucky Day

March 16, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

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.

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

Family Affair

March 2, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole	Straighten Up And Fly Right	Re: Generations
3	Art Neville	That Old Time Rock And Roll	His Specialty Recordings
4	Aaron Neville	Let's Live	Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron)
5	The Neville Brothers	Run Joe	Fiyo on the Bayou
6	Hank Williams Sr.	I Saw the Light	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
7	Hank Williams Jr.	Mind Your Own Business	Country Gold 1984-1986
8	Hank Williams III	I'm A Long Gone Daddy	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
9	Wynton Marsalis Septet	My Baby Don't Tolerate	United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas
10	Branford Marsalis	Fool For You	A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield
11	Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra	About A Quarter To Nine	Paper Moon
12	Rick Nelson	Poor Little Fool	Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
13	Dionne Warwick	Anyone Who Had A Heart	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
14	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
15	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	The Bodyguard
16	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	One Hell Of A Ride
17	Willie Nelson;Lukas Nelson;Micah Nelson	Come On Back Jesus	Heroes
18	Bobbie Nelson	The House of Blue Lights	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
19	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	If I Didn't Love You	Sticks and Stones
20	Bob Dylan	High Water (For Charley Patton)	Love and Theft
21	Jakob Dylan	Oh, Mama, Come Home	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
22	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012
23	Lilly Hiatt	Walking Proof	Walking Proof
24	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Album III
25	Rufus Wainwright	Greek Song	Poses [US Bonus Track]
26	Martha Wainwright	Prairie Lullaby	Martha Wainwright Lullaby Record
27	Johnny Cash with The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers	Belshazzar (w/ The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers)	The Johnny Cash TV Show (1969-1971)
28	Johnny Cash	I Can't Go On That Way	Life
29	Rosanne Cash	Black Cadillac	Black Cadillac
30	June Carter Cash	Keep On The Sunny Side	Wildwood Flower
31	The Carter Family	Anchored In Love	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]

Heart of Saturday Night

February 3, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tom Waits	(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night	Used Songs 1973-1980
3	The Ink Spots	The Gypsy	Your Hit Parade 1946
4	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
5	Joe Ely	The Gypsy Lady	Flatland Lullaby
6	Jo-el Sonnier	Say You Love Me	The Complete Mercury Sessions
7	Cookie & the Cupcakes	Mathilda	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
8	Bill Hayes	Poor White Trash	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
9	George Jones	Just One More	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
10	Patsy Cline	A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
11	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Big Maybelle	Don't Leave Poor Me	Roll Your Moneymaker
13	Eilen Jewell	Don't Leave Poor Me	Down Hearted Blues
14	Jessie Mae Hamphill	Lord Help The Poor And Needy	Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2
15	Shemekia Copeland	Lord Help the Poor and Needy	Outskirts of Love
16	Robert Belfour	Old Black Mattie	Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2
17	Samantha Fish	Poor Black Mattie	Belle of the West
18	Leon Russell	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
19	Bob Dylan	Down Along The Cove	John Wesley Harding
20	Bob Dylan	Alberta #1	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 Deluxe-Edition 4 (Self Portrait. Original Edition; Rem. 2013)
21	The Cactus Blossoms	If Not For You	If Not For You (Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1)
22	Sarah Jarosz	Ring Them Bells	Follow Me Down
23	Jubilaires	Casey Jones	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
24	Mickey Baker	Gloomy Sunday	The Wildest Guitar
25	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	Gloomy Sunday	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 10]
26	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
27	The Browns	Shenandoah	Classics 1960 (Warped 6062)
28	Elvis Presley	I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine	Date with Elvis
29	Elvis Presley	Poor Boy	For LP Fans Only
30	Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	Jenny Take a Ride!	Let There Be Drums Vol 2: The 60's
31	Little Richard	Jenny Jenny	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
32	Muddy Waters	Young Fashioned Ways	The Anthology [Disc 1]
33	Shakey Jake	Roll Your Moneymaker	Roll Your Moneymaker

Back To Schooldays

January 29, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beach Boys	School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)	Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1
3	Chuck Berry	School Days	The Chess Box Disc 1
4	Mickey & Sylvia	Love Will Make You Fail in School	Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School
5	The 5 Royales	School Girl	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
6	Smiley Lewis	School Days Are Back Again	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	High School Confidential	36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
8	Johnny & The Jammers	School Day Blues	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
9	Johnny Burnette	Skippin' School	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
10	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997)	Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe)
11	Rick Nelson	Back to Schooldays	The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1]
12	Dave Edmunds	Back to School Days	Single Trax 1970-1981
13	Dave Edmunds	High School Nights	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
14	Billy Harlan	School House Rock	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
15	Wynn Stewart	School Bus Love Affair	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
16	Toni Rossini	(Meet Me) After School	Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
17	Nicky & The Nobles	School Bells	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
18	Bobby Rydell	Swingin' School	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
19	The Beach Boys	Be True to Your School	20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
20	Jan & Dean	The New Girl In School	Greatest Hits
21	Gary (U.S.) Bonds	School Is Out	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
22	Herbie Alpert & His Sextet	Summer School	Another Banana Split, please
23	Betty Grable	Don't Carry Tales Out Of School	The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2)
24	Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin	High School Baby	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
25	Nat King Cole Trio	You Don't Learn That In School	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
26	Paul Simon	Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard	Paul Simon
27	Taj Mahal	Good Morning Little School Girl	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
28	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Good Morning Schoolgirl	Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival
29	NRBQ	Still In School	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
30	James Intveld	High School Hellcats	Cry-Baby
31	The Ramones	Rock 'N' Roll High School	End of the Century
32	Wee Willie Harris	Back To School Again	Their Greatest Misses
33	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
34	Alex Chilton	The New Girl in School	A Man Called Destruction
35	Louis Jordan	School Days	Jivin' With Jordan
36	Tom Paxton	What Did You Learn In School Today?	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Let’s Duet

January 23, 2024 Dave

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.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
3	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	Milwaukee Here I Come	In Spite Of Ourselves
4	Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash	Jackson	Classic Country Great Duets [Disc 1]
5	Johnny Cash & June Carter	It Ain't Me, Babe	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
6	Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash	Girl From The North Country	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
7	Buck Owens & Rose Maddox	Loose Talk	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
8	Buck Owens	Under Your Spell Again (Duet With Dwight Yoakam)	Hot Dog
9	Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam	Streets of Bakersfield	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1
10	Dwight Yoakam/Sheryl Crow	Baby Don't Go	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
11	Emmylou Harris & The Band	Evangeline	Duets
12	Linda Ronstadt	I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (w/Emmylou Harris)	Duets
13	Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons	Love Hurts	Duets
14	k.d. lang (with Roy Orbison)	Crying	Recollection CD 2
15	Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.	There's A Tear In My Beer	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
16	Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves	I Fall To Pieces [Album Version (Manufactured Duet)]	Remembering
17	Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch	I'll Fly Away	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
18	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Please Read The Letter	Raising Sand
19	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
20	Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter	Suspicious Minds	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
21	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	We're Gonna Hold On	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
22	Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton	The Last Thing On My Mind	Dolly [Disc 1]
23	Ashley Monroe	You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter) [Duet with Blake Shelton]	Like A Rose
24	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
25	Marty Stuart	This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Marty Stuart
26	George Jones/Merle Haggard	Yesterday's Wine [Duet]	The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
27	John C. Reilly & Angela Correa	Let's Duet	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]
28	Dottie West Duet with Don Gibson	There's A Story (Goin' Round)	The Essential Dottie West
29	Randy Travis	Happy Trails (Duet With Roy Rogers)	Heroes & Friends

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