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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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Who We Lost 2021

January 1, 2022 Dave

New Year’s Eve will bring a look back at those we’ve lost this past year. 2021 was another year of COVID-19 with a couple of variants slipping into and out of the world. We wait patiently, for the most part, for vaccines and adult behavior to work. Unfortunately, there is a selfishness about our species that cannot be denied. This year’s losses have no boundaries musically: everyone from Biz Markie to Stephen Sondheim, Vicente Fernandez to Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Price to Stonewall Jackson. Performers of our lifetime. We go into 2022 having hope. Join Dave Stroud for a musical look back.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Monkees	Some of Shelly's Blues	Listen to the Band Disc 4
3	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
4	Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
5	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1]
7	Gerry & The Pacemakers	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	The Classic 60's Collection: 1964
8	Lloyd Price	Just Because	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
9	B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling	20 Greatest Hits
10	Nanci Griffith	Late Night Grande Hotel	Late Night Grande Hotel
11	Rusty Young	Down Home	Waitin' For The Sun
12	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins)	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
13	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die	1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
14	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
15	Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman	Old Time Medley	Chambergrass
16	J.D. Crowe & The New South	Old Home Place	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
17	The Osborne Brothers	Rocky Top	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
18	Tom T. Hall	Ballad of Forty Dollars	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
19	Stonewall Jackson	I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964)	Singles
20	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce)	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
21	Taj Mahal	Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
22	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Lost In The Ozone	Lost In The Ozone
23	Gram Parsons	Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT)	G.P. / Grievous Angel
24	The Kingsmen	Louie, Louie	Louie Louie
25	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	Forty Licks [Disc 1]
26	ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin'	Greatest Hits
27	Johnny Ventura	Filete	Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha
28	Vicente Fernandez	Volver Volver	The Rose & The Briar
29	Johnny Pacheco	El Esencia Del Guaguanco	Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats
30	The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An	Pure Disco
31	Dave Frishberg	Van Lingle Mungo	Baseball's Greatest Hits
32	Jill Corey	Love Me to Pieces	Your Hit Parade – The '50s
33	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
34	Claude Bolling	It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1
35	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
36	Jay & The Americans	Cara Mia	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
37	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson)	Gold Disc 1
38	Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter	Trojan Reggae
39	Biz Markie	Just a Friend	Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie
40	Original Cast	Tonight	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
41	Chuck E. Weiss	Anthem for Old Souls	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
42	Pat Martino	Just Friends	Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3]
43	Peter, Paul and Mary	Have You Been to Jail for Justice?	In These Times
44	Patrick Sky	Many A Mile	Best Of The Troubadours
45	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	Captain Marvel	Light as a Feather (Disc 1)
46	New York Dolls	Puss 'n' Boots	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story
47	The Ramones	Baby, I Love You	End of the Century

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Old Devil Time

December 11, 2021 Dave

In an encore episode from 2015, we listen in as Dave explores the multi-generational sounds of not only bluegrass with Dillard and Clark and The Hackberry Ramblers, but we’ll also cross the genres (as we are wont to do) with Cowboy Copas, Clara Ward, Otis Spann, and Doris Day. There’s a couple of different threads that run through the show today, one being that of the ‘devil’ and the other being of ‘new mornings’. Tune in at a special time and see what’s in store on a late-fall morning in West County. And please, donate to community radio: kwtf.net.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
3	Bob Dylan	Talkin' Devil	It Could Even Be A Myth
4	Pete Seeger	Old Devil Time (Live)	Singalong Demonstration Concert (Live)
5	Gillian Welch	The Devil Had a Hold of Me	Hell Among the Yearlings
6	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Devil Has Thrown Him Down	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
7	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
8	Pokey LaFarge	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Pokey LaFarge
9	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
10	Hackberry Ramblers	Old Pipeliner (Rodney Crowell-vocal) {1992-06 (org.1946) Flying Fish FF-70629 CD}	Cajun Boogie (1992-06)
11	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands with the Devil	Settin' Flat On Ready
12	Little Jimmy Dickens	I'm Little But I'm Loud	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
13	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	Hide Your Face	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
14	Dillard & Clark	I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy	The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
15	Rory Block	I Am In the Heavenly Way	Confessions of A Blues Singer
16	Bukka White	I Am the Heavenly Way	The Sonet Blues Story
17	Clara Ward	In That Great Judgement Morning	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 1]
18	The Dixie Hummingbirds	In The Morning	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
19	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	He's So Wonderful	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
20	Slim & Slam	Early In The Morning	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
21	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Carolina In The Morning	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
22	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Where Dreams Come to Die	Django and Jimmie
23	John Lee Hooker	I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive [Album Version]	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
24	Otis Spann	Must Have Been The Devil	The Blues Never Die
25	Cleo Brown	You're A Heavenly Thing	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
26	Benny Goodman	You're a Heavenly Thing	Music Hall Rag
27	Big Joe Turner	Morning Noon And Nite	Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years
28	Tampa Red	Worried Devil Blues	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
29	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer
30	Sherman Tedder	Untitled [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
31	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil In Disguise	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
32	Ella Fitzgerald	Ol' Devil Moon	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]
33	Ella Fitzgerald	Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]

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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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Sugar Moon

November 19, 2021 Dave

We’ll be settling into some classic country sounds from the golden age alongside some contemporary sounds that stay steadfast in a sound that rings true and authentic. We’ll hear some classics from Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings, Webb Pierce and others. There will be plenty of original sounds from BR5-49 and Chuck Mead, k.d. lang, Don Edwards, and The Mavericks to remind us of the clear line between authentic and what’s attempting to pass for country these days. Tune in for a mix of swing, story songs, love songs, and foot-tappin’ treasures on Deeper Roots this week on Sonoma County Community radio where the music will always take you somewhere other than the main stream. We seldom venture there.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willie Nelson	Sugar Moon	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
3	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Big Boned Gal	Absolute Torch and Twang
4	k.d. lang	Western Stars	Recollection CD 1
5	Charley Crockett	Over There That's Frank	10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand
6	Asleep At The Wheel	You're From Texas	Ride With Bob
7	Johnny Cash	I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar	Silver
8	Charley Crockett	Music City USA	Music City USA
9	Ferlin Husky	Detour	Vintage Collections Series
10	Carl Smith	(When You Feel Like Youre in Love) Dont Just Stand There	Golden Age of Country Volume 3: Crazy Arms [Disc 1]
11	Carl Smith	Hey Joe!	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
12	Ray Price	Invitation To The Blues	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
13	Buck Owens	Above And Beyond	Buck Owens
14	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
15	Webb Pierce	I Ain't Never	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
16	The Tractors	The Tractors-Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Trade Union
17	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
18	George Strait	Big Ball's in Cowtown w/Asleep at the Wheel	Strait Out of the Box [Disc 4]
19	Asleep At The Wheel	Across The Alley From The Alamo	Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
20	Don Edwards	Texas Plains	West of Yesterday
21	Willie Nelson	This Old House	Remember Me, Vol. 1
22	BR5-49	Cherokee Boogie	BR5-49
23	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
24	The Mavericks	One Step Away	Music for All Occasions
25	Little Jimmy Dickens	When They Get Too Rough (They're Just Right For Me)	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
26	Wynn Stewart	Big City	California Country
27	Dwight Yoakam	Train in Vain	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
28	Waylon Jennings	Sweet Dream Woman	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
29	Old Crow Medicine Show	Wagon Wheel	Americana
30	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman [Album Version]	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
31	Asleep At The Wheel	Bob Wills Is Still The King	Ride With Bob
32	Bob Wills	Goin' Away Party	For the Last Time
33	Charley Crockett	Skip A Rope	Music City USA

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Guitar Routes

October 4, 2021 Dave

It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic. That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock. We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Truett & George	Ghost Dance	Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
3	Lonnie Johnson	Swing Out Rhythm	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
4	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
5	Blind Blake	Southern Rag	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
6	Robert Johnson	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
7	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Little Queen Of Spades	Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters
8	Les Paul Trio	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
9	Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders	Indiana March	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
10	Slim Gaillard	Minuet In Vout	Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts
11	Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band	Blue Guitar Stomp	Hillibilly Boogie!
12	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51)
13	Les Paul	Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
14	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Railroadin'	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
15	Chet Atkins	Carolina Shout	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
16	Richard Thompson	New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel	Strict Tempo!
17	Richard Thompson	Rockin' in Rhythm	Strict Tempo!
18	John Fahey	I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
19	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey
20	Bert Jansch	On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix]	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
21	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years
22	Roy Clark	Riders in the Sky	The Roy Clark Anthology
23	Doc Watson	Dill Pickle Rag	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
24	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	American Roots Music (Disc One-Country)
25	Jorma Kaukonen	There's A Table Sitting In Heaven	Stars In My Crown
26	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
27	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits
28	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Coal Miner's Daughter
29	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman	All-Time Greatest Hits
30	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil in Disguise	Artist of the Century Disc 2
31	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Honey Hush	Tear It Up
32	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Texas Flood	Texas Flood
33	Gary Moore	Parisienne Walkways	While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2]

Watching The River Flow

September 24, 2021 Dave

September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Robbins	Running Gun	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
3	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Here You Come Running	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
4	The Four Tops	You Keep Running Away	The Ultimate Collection
5	Sam Cooke	I'll Come Running Back To You	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
6	Roy Orbison	Running Scared	Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
7	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
8	Aretha Franklin	Spanish Harlem	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
9	Jesse Colin Young	Morning Sun	Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
10	Marshall Crenshaw	Starless Summer Sky	Miracle of Science
11	Marie Knight	His Eye Is On The Sparrow	Hallelujah What A Song!
12	Taj Mahal	Let the Four Winds Blow	Phantom Blues
13	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
14	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
15	Chris Kenner	I Like It Like That Part 1	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957-
16	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
17	Leon Russell	Watching The River Flow	Tangled Up In Blues
18	Bob Dylan	Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Greatest Hits Volume 3
19	Warren Zevon	Keep Me in Your Heart	The Wind
20	Steve Miller Band	Living In The U.S.A.	Sailor
21	Steve Miller Band	Quicksilver Girl	Sailor
22	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
23	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Souvenirs
24	Willie Nelson	Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version)	Naked Willie
25	Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio	No Quiero	The Border/Alamo Bay
26	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
27	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
28	Alive 'N Kickin'	Tighter, Tighter	Alive 'N Kickin'
29	Bo Diddley	Say Man	Go Bo Diddley
30	Joe Ely	Fingernails	Live Shots
31	Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	Rebel Rouser
32	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues (Intro)	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
33	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]

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Country Boogie Woogie

September 12, 2021 Dave

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20^th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
3	Al Dexter & His Troopers	Saturday Night Boogie	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Hardrock Gunter	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys	Crazy About The Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
6	Hank Snow	Rhumba Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
7	Johnny Tyler	Oakie Boogie	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
8	Sheb Wooley	Mule Boogie	Country & Western Nuggets
9	Johnny Bond	Alabama Boogie Boy	Put Me To Bed
10	Bob Newman	Hangover Boogie	Crossroads In Cowtown
11	Skeets McDonald	The Southland Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
12	Dale Watson	Texas Boogie	Cheatin' Heart Attack
13	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Stratosphere Boogie	Stratosphere Boogie
14	Merle Travis	Merle's Boogie Woogie	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
16	Kate Mackenzie	Pan American Boogie	Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1
17	Doc Watson	Freight Train Boogie	Songs From Home
18	Red Foley	Hobo Boogie	The Essential Recordings
19	The Delmore Brothers	Peach Street Boogie	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15
20	Sonny Burgess	We Wanna Boogie	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
21	Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five	Wooly Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
23	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
24	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Rock Billy Boogie	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
25	Asleep at the Wheel	08 Boogie Back to Texas	10
26	Tiny Hill	Milk Bucket Boogie	Country Music On the Mercury Label
27	Little Jimmy Dickens	You Better Not Do That	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
28	Little Jimmy Dickens	Buddy's Boogie	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
29	Porky Freeman	Boogie Woogie Boy	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blackberry Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	False Hearted Girl	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
33	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Shot-Gun Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]

Lefty Merle Willie Hank & Hank

August 13, 2021 Dave

It’s a songwriter’s showcase this morning on Deeper Roots. Country music songwriters Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, and Hank Williams are highlighted in a show that features covers by their contemporaries (and a few from the recent past) including Iris DeMent, Ernest Tubb, Billy Walker, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and at least two dozen others. Our show pays tribute to some amazing stalwarts who literally defined the country ‘voice’ and story. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all of planet earth on all your favorite services including OpenRadio.app, TuneIn.com, RadioGarden.io and, our web site, kowsfm.com. Good morning!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	I Want to Be With You Always	The Missing Years
3	Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters	I Want To Be With You Always	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
4	Brennen Leigh	I Love You A Thousand Ways	Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell
5	George Jones	If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)	Sings Country and Western Hits
6	Keith Whitley	I Never Go Around Mirrors	The Rounder Records Story
7	Merle Haggard	My Baby's Just Like Money	Roots, Vol. 1
8	Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright	Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright)	The List
9	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (Album)	Word To The Wise
10	Iris DeMent	Big City	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
11	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You	The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2
12	Dale Watson	Mama Tried	More Great Moments of Vinyl History
13	Ray Price	Night Life	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
14	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Country
15	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Three Days	Absolute Torch and Twang
16	The Little Willies	I Gotta Get Drunk	The Little Willies
17	The Secret Sisters	Why Don't You Love Me	The Secret Sisters
18	Bob Dylan	I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
19	Buckwheat Zydeco	Hey, Good Lookin'	Menagerie
20	Sleepy LaBeef	I Saw the Light	Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook
21	Jerry Lee Lewis	You Win Again	The Definitive Collection
22	Taj Mahal	Mind Your Own Business	Senor Blues
23	Elvis Costello	He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version)	Almost Blue
24	Rhiannon Giddens	She's Got You	Tomorrow Is My Turn
25	Patsy Cline	Why Can't He Be You	The Patsy Cline Collection
26	Dottie West	Me Today And Her Tomorrow	The Essential Dottie West
27	Bobby Bare	I'd Fight The World	The Best Of Bobby Bare
28	Jamey Johnson	Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)	Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
29	Al Green & Lyle Lovett	Funny How Time Slips Away	Rhythm Country & Blues

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

The River In Music

July 10, 2021 Dave

There are no more essential metaphors to be had in the American story than that of the river. The river is nature’s alliance with mankind and its muse in prose, poetry and song. It is the stuff of dreams, the movement of the clock in Her terms, the news of the day when the banks are breached, and the symbol of biblical ventures of time and home. So we’ll be taking to the river on a Friday in July to feel the warmth of the surface knowing full well that the undercurrent is treacherous and cold beneath the hull. Music this week includes the stories of the Great Flood of 1927 with Barbecue Bob, the baptismal elements from Alison Krauss and Irma Thomas, Central Valley memories from Dave Alvin by way of Merle Haggard, and the poetry of river sounding chants and Paul Robeson’s muscle. Tune in as we drift our way down the Mississippi and beyond on Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
3	Charles Colman & William Eaton	River Sounding Chant	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
4	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	American Songbook Series: Jerome Kern
5	Marian Anderson	Deep River	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
6	Mavis Staples	In The Mississippi River (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
7	Johnny Cash	Big River	Original Greatest Hits
8	The Carter Family	River Of Jordan	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
9	Alison Krauss	Down to the River to Pray	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
10	Delmore Brothers	Happy on the Mississippi Shores	Brown's Ferry Blues
11	Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Billy May	River Of No Return	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
12	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	Lazy River	The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
13	Snooks Eaglin	Going to the River	Complete Imperial Recordings
14	Fats Domino	Going to the River	This Is Gold Disc 1
15	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
16	Robert Hicks	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
17	Slocan Ramblers	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	Queen City Jubilee
18	Joe Shores	Mississippi Sounding Calls [A-1]	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
19	Jimmie Rodgers	Miss The Mississippi And You	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
20	Leon Redbone	Mississippi River Blues	Double Time
21	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Swanee River	Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford
22	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	One More River	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
23	Irma Thomas With Henry Butler	River Is Waiting	Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues
24	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival
25	Dave Alvin	Kern River	West of the West
26	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
27	Doc & Merle Watson	Deep River Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
28	Jorma Kaukonen	Red River Blues	Blue Country Heart
29	Johnny Rivers	Big River	The Memphis Sun Recordings
30	The New Christy Minstrels	Mighty Mississippi	Ramblin'
31	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West

A Century of America's Music