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Bayou R&B

January 26, 2019 Dave

Back to the bayou once more. This time we keep our focus with laser precision on the rhythm and the blues swirling around in the stew that is Louisiana and the southern climes. You can look forward to some straight ahead blues from Katie Webster, B. B. King, and Lonesome Sundown as well as rhythm vocals from the likes of Art Neville, The Del-Chords, and Joe Richards. I’m telling you…you won’t be hearing anything like it anywhere on Sonoma County radio. It’s a down and dirty bayou collection including selections from the Ace UK archives, the Chess label, and includes some special treats from Little Richard, The Spiders, and King Karl.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	James Booker	Junco Partner	Junco Partner
3	Little Richard	Directly from My Heart	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
4	Joe Richards	You'd Better Change	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
5	Tabby Thomas	I'd Love To Tell	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
6	Johnnie Allan	Lonely Days & Lonely Nights	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
7	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
8	The Velvetiers	Feelin' Right On Saturday Night	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
9	The Del-Chords	Help Me	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
10	The Hi-Fi's	I'm So Lonely	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
11	The Spiders	I Didn't Want to Do It	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
12	Art Neville	House On The Hill	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
13	Art Neville	What's Going On	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
14	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
15	Earl King	Feeling My Way Around	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
16	Sugar Boy Crawford	What's Wrong	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
17	Chris Kenner	Something You Got	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
18	Katie Webster	Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
19	Jimmy Dotson	I Need Your Love	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
20	Lionel Torrance	Rooty Tooty	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
21	King Karl	Walking Through The Park	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
22	B.B. King	Bad Case of Love	Blues on the Bayou
23	Lonesome Sundown	California Blues	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
24	Huey "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
25	Fats Domino	Whole Lotta Loving	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
26	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
27	Clifton Chenier	The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
28	Smiley Lewis	Shame, Shame, Shame	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
29	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
30	Ernie K-Doe	Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta	Absolutely the Best
31	Big Boy Myles	New Orleans	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
32	Frankie Ford	Roberta	Very Best Of Frankie Ford
33	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn	Educated Fool	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
34	Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow	Jumping At The Zadacoe	Louisiana Swamp Blues
35	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Don't You Know Yockomo	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
36	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	It Won't Be Long	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
37	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1

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Country Songwriters

January 19, 2019 Dave

This week’s Deeper Roots pays tribute to a collection of country songwriters who made an impact on the American musical art form, defining the tone and story that was told. We’ll walk through nearly a hundred years of performances by the familiars: Emmylou Harris, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, and Ray Charles, all taking on the songs of A.P. Carter, Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, and Cindy Walker. We’ll also hear from Dolly, Willie, and Elvis on a cold and wet January Friday in West Sonoma County. Join Dave Stroud as he enters his seventh year hosting our two hour show live from the Sebastopol studios of KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Emmylou Harris	Gold Watch and Chain	Roses in the Snow
3	Rosanne Cash	Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow	The List
4	Jorma Kaukonen	You & My Old Guitar	Blue Country Heart
5	Ricky Skaggs	I Don't Care	The Essential Ricky Skaggs
6	The Louvin Brothers	The Precious Jewel	Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs
7	Leon Russell	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
8	Jerry Lee Lewis	You Win Again	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
9	Dwight Yoakam	Always Late (With Your Kisses)	Hillbilly Deluxe
10	Ray Charles	Busted	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
11	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
12	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	Take Me Back Again	Running Wild
13	Cyndi Lauper	Night Life (Featuring Willie Nelson)	Detour
14	Willie Nelson	Crazy	One Hell Of A Ride
15	Hank Snow/Willie Nelson	Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On	In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart
16	Patsy Cline	I Fall To Pieces	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
17	Burl Ives	A Little Bitty Tear (Single Version)	20th Century Masters :The Millennium Collection: Best of Burl Ives
18	Les Paul	I'm Movin' On	Legend and Legacy [Disc 3]
19	Elvis Presley	Guitar Man	Artist of the Century Disc 2
20	John Cowan	Devil Woman (feat. John McFee)	Sixty
21	Jim Reeves	Home	Essential Jim Reeves
22	Roger Miller	Husbands And Wives	Country Legends
23	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Branded Man (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
24	Dave Alvin	Kern River	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
25	Tom T. Hall	A Week In A Country Jail	Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1]
26	Johnny Cash	I'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again	The Mystery Of Life
27	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Jolene
28	Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station	Coat of Many Colors	Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton
29	Willie Nelson	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down ["Naked" version]	Naked Willie
30	Bobby Bare	Miller's Cave	The Best Of Bobby Bare
31	Steve Earle	Tecumseh Valley	Train a Comin'

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Goodnight Irene

January 12, 2019 Dave

Free form this week. We’re pulling out the stops with a mix of gospel from the King’s Sacred Quartette, Band memories from Steve Forbert and Rick Danko, some sixties garage band, classic R&B from Shirley & Lee and Lloyd Price, and the Motown sounds of Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, and Stevie Wonder. The mix includes country, blues classics, and an After Hours mash-up…all for you…all for community radio on a Friday morning in West County. Join in the revelry.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dr. John	Good Night, Irene	Goin' Back To New Orleans
3	Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos	After Hours	The Hotel Child
4	Willie Dixon And Friends	After Hours	Willie Dixon And Friends, Vol. 9
5	Ivory Joe Hunter	I Almost Lost My Mind	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
6	Fats Domino	The Girl I Love [Version 2]	This Is Gold Disc 1
7	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
8	The Soul Stirrers	Slow Train	Tribute to Sam Cooke
9	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
10	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
11	Steve Forbert	Wild as the Wind	Just Like There's Nothin' to It
12	Bob Dylan & The Band	The Shape I'm In	Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
13	The Byrds	You Ain't Going Nowhere	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
14	Maria Muldaur	Sweetheart	Waitress In a Donut Shop
15	Sam Cooke	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (2 of 4)
16	Kermit Ruffins	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	We Partyin' Traditional Style
17	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Stagger Lee	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
18	Cannibal & the Headhunters	Land of 1000 Dances	Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
19	Lloyd Price	Rock 'n' Roll Dance	Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 3]
20	Shirley & Lee	I Want To Dance	Shirley & Lee Rock
21	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Mitch Ryder Radio Promo	Detroit Breakout! 1
22	Booker T. & the MG's	Time Is Tight	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
23	The Four Tops	It's the Same Old Song	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
24	Marvin Gaye	Stubborn Kind of Fellow	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
25	Little Stevie Wonder	Contract On Love	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
26	Richard Lanham	On Your Radio	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
27	Johnnie & Joe	Over the Mountain, Across the Sea, Pt. 2	The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea
28	Blu Lu Barker	That Made Him Mad	Don't You Feel My Leg
29	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
30	Levon Helm	False Hearted Lover Blues	Dirt Farmer
31	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	Diamond Joe	Penny's Farm
32	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Long Play Collection
33	Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy	A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
34	Dale Evans	My Heart Is Down Texas Way (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1

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Stay a Little Longer

December 26, 2018 Dave

Country swing is the thing this morning on Deeper Roots. We won’t be spending time on the ancestral roots as much as we’ll be exploring the small local bands of the Southwest. We’ll use Jean A. Boyd’s excellent reference “Dance All Night : Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands Past and Present” as our rudder and guidebook in the show. The heartbeat of any American genre is usually the local band and during the later years of the Great Depression and throughout the Second World War people were looking for something uplifting to dance to. In Texas (and really all across the Southwest) the sound was country swing: a mix of jazz, blues, polka, latin and hillbilly fiddle. We’ll be featuring the small time big names like The Tune Wranglers, Cliff Bruner, Leon Selph, Floyd Tillman, and Adolph Hofner and so many more in our show this morning, direct from our studios in downtown Sebastopol.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Adolph Hofner	Let's Count The Stars	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
3	The Tune Wranglers	Red's Tight Like That	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
4	The Tune Wranglers	Up Jumped The Devil	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
5	The Tune Wranglers	El Rancho Grande	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
6	Jimmy Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys	Dirty Dog	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
7	Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys	Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
8	Adolph Hofner & His Texans	I'll Keep My Old Guitar (1938)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
9	Bar X Cowboys	Underneath The Sun	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
10	Bar X Cowboys	When Mama Goes Out	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 3]
11	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
12	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	I Was A Gambler In Texas	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
13	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)	Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 1: Legends Of Western Swing
14	Shelly Lee Alley & His Alley Cats	Women Women Women	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
15	Shelly Lee Alley & The Alley Cats	Try It Once Again	King Of Western Swing Volume One
16	Leon Selph	When You Smile	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
17	Leon Selph	In My Dreams	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
18	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys, feat. Floyd Tillman	Why Do I Love You	Country Music Hall Of Fame
19	Floyd Tillman & The Village Boys	Daisy May	Country Music Hall Of Fame
20	Village Boys	Boogie Woogie In the Village	Boogie Man Boogie
21	Village Boys	Old Joe Is At It Again	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
22	Modern Mountaineers	Getting That Lowdown Swing	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
23	Smokey Wood & The Woodchips	Keep On Truckin'	King Of Western Swing Volume One
24	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Bass Man Jive	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
25	Ocie Stockard	Twin Guiter Polka	Country Hits Vol. 6
26	Ocie Stockard	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
27	Bill & Boyd	Drink The Barrel Dry	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
28	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	(When I Had) My Pony On the Range	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
29	Bill & Boyd	Jitterbug Jive	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 4]
30	The Hi-Flyers	Watcha Gonna Do	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
31	The Hi-Flyers	I'm Doing It Too	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
32	Adolph Hofner	South Texas Swing	South Texas Swing

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Country Christmas 2018

December 21, 2018 Dave

It’s a holly, jolly, country Christmas on a Friday morning in West County. We’ll put our political blinders on this morning in search of the merriment that ’tis the season on Deeper Roots. This year’s Christmas special is a collection of country sounds, both new and old, that takes us down a path that mixes contemporary Americana, bluegrass, rockabilly, and classic country into a finely tuned blend of holiday cheer. We’ll be cooking from the Texas panhandle with Dale Watson, taking the high lonesome yule train with Jimmy Martin, spinning yarns with Johnny and Tommy Cash, and dropping by the Waffle House with Bill Anderson. Tune in knowing full well that the dinner’s in the oven and the stockings are all hung by the chimney with care. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gretchen Wilson	I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas	I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas
3	Ernest Tubb	I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas	Christmas On the Country Side
4	Pee Wee King	Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
5	Buck Owens	Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Original Mono Single Version)	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
6	Jimmy Martin	Daddy Will Santa Claus Ever Have to Die	To Mother At Christmas
7	Jimmy Martin	Old Fashioned Christmas	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
8	The Country Gentlemen	Christmas Time Back Home	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 1]
9	Ralph Stanley	I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time	Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley
10	The Louvin Brothers	Santa's Big Parade	Christmas On the Country Side
11	Bill Anderson	Waffle House Christmas	Anderson
12	Mary Gauthier	Christmas In Paradise	Filth & Fire
13	Lyle Lovett	Christmas Morning	The Road To Ensenada
14	John Prine	Christmas In Prison	Souvenirs
15	Dale Watson	You Can Call Me Nick	Christmas Time in Texas
16	Eddy Arnold	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Christmas On the Country Side
17	Sonny James	I Forgot to Remember Santa Claus	Singles
18	Tennessee Ernie Ford	A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
19	Loretta Lynn	To Heck With Ole Santa Claus	White Christmas Blue
20	Johnny Cash/Tommy Cash	That Christmasy Feeling	The Classic Christmas Album
21	George Jones	Lonely Christmas Call	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
22	Chip Taylor	Merry F'n Christmas	The Little Prayers Trilogy (disc 1)
23	Billy Joe Shaver	Merry Christmas To You	Freedom's Child
24	Antsy McClain	Mary Lou's Christmas List	Merry Christmas from the Trailer Park
25	Ernest Tubb	Blue Christmas	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
26	John Prine	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	A John Prine Christmas
27	Dale Watson	Santa Bring Her Back	Christmas Time in Texas
28	Little Jimmy Dickens	No Place Like Home On Christmas	Country Boy [Disc 5]
29	Eddy Arnold	I'm Your Private Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
30	Asleep at the Wheel	Here Comes Santa Claus	Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All
31	Kacey Musgraves	Let It Snow	A Very Kacey Christmas
32	Leon Redbone Feat. Dr. John	Frosty The Snowman (With Dr. John)	Christmas Island
33	John Anderson	Here Comes Santa Claus	Boots To Big to Fill

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Carl Sandburg’s Songbag Pt 2

December 1, 2018 Dave

We had so much fun with our first installment a few months back that we thought it was worth a second installment…well, that and the depth and breadth of the American Songbag certainly lends itself to doing so. It doesn’t hurt either that it fits our deeper roots sensibilities so well. This installment finds us meandering about those classic songs whose topics include mellow blues ballads, hobo songs, Mexican border songs (how appropriate), tarnished love tales, and the ‘road to heaven’. Helping us through our sets we’ll be featuring an interesting collection of performers: Dave Van Ronk, Dock Boggs, Rosanne Cash, and Peter Case. A host of others will join in the fun on Community Radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Van Ronk	Willie The Weeper	Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
3	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Willie the Weeper	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
4	Dan Zanes	Roll The Chariot	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
5	Josh White	Barbara Allen	Best Of Josh White
6	Delmore Brothers	Frozen Girl	Brown's Ferry Blues
7	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	Country Blues
8	The Carter Family	My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Instrumental)	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
9	Tony Rice	House Carpenter	Church Street Blues
10	Hylo Brown	Pretty Fair Maiden	Legends & Tall Tales
11	Ola Belle Reed, John Miller, Burl Kilby	The Orphan Girl	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
12	David Rawlings	Midnight Train	Poor David's Almanack
13	Arlo Guthrie	Gypsy Davy	Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
14	Peter Case	Roving Gambler	Sings Like Hell
15	Rosanne Cash	Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow	The List
16	Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield	Old American Songs (Set One): Zion's Walls	Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
17	Louis Armstrong	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Louis And The Good Book
18	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Things That I used to do (and I Don't Do No More)	The Gospel Truth
19	The Robinson Children	I Ain't Gwine Study About War No More	Swinging Gospel Sounds (1935-1942)
20	The Bronzemen	Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again	The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)
21	Septeto Habanero	Cielito Lindo	Cuba. Por La Musica
22	Los Panchos	La Cucaracha – La Adelita	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
23	Dan Zanes	Lo Que Digo	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
24	Kathy Reid-Naiman	Pretty Betty Martin	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
25	Laurie Lewis	Weevily Wheat	Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
26	Dan Zanes	Cuckoo Waltz	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
27	Tom Paxton	Times A-Getting Hard, Boys	Seeds – The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Disc 2 Of 2 – Friends Of Pete)
28	Bobby Bare	Times Are Gettin' Hard	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
29	Ronnie Gilbert	Lincoln And Liberty	Songs Of The Civil War
30	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	The Boll Weevil	Penny's Farm
31	Dave Van Ronk	Gamblers Blues	Dust Bowl Blues Essential American Folk

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Music of Albert E. Brumley Sr.

November 17, 2018 Dave

The music of Albert E. Brumley resides in a shadowy corner of country gospel, but when it’s given the light of day, the glow is blinding. He was a shape note music composer and publisher whose southern gospel pieces are familiar to many. There’s not a lot of information about Albert but the musical legacy of his “I’ll Fly Away”, “Rank Strangers”, and “Turn Your Radio On” are masterpieces of the genre made popular by everyone from The Carters to Bill Monroe and Aretha Franklin to Alan Jackson and Kanye West. We’ll spend time with his music today, sharing numerous interpretations for you on a Friday morning in Sebastopol, live from KOWS studio at the UMC in the heart of town.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones	Turn Your Radio On	70th Anniversary
3	The Dillards	Introduction	There Is A Time: 1963-70
4	The Dillards	I'll Fly Away	There Is A Time: 1963-70
5	The Humbard Family	I'll Fly Away [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
6	Stamps-Baxter Quartet	When We Sing Around The Throne Eternal	Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music
7	The Del McCoury Band	The Lord Is Writing Down Names	The Promised Land
8	The Del McCoury Band	It's Surprising What The Lord Can Do	The Promised Land
9	Clinch Mountain Boys/Jim Lauderdale/Ralph Stanley	This World Is Not My Home	I Feel Like Singing Today
10	Fern Jones	This World Is Not My Home	The Glory Road
11	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming	Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc One
12	The Louvin Brothers	He Set Me Free	Close Harmony [Disc 6]
13	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	Standing By the River	Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc 4
14	The Country Gentlemen	Rank Strangers To Me	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3]
15	Ricky Skaggs	Rank Stranger	Bluegrass Rules!
16	Leon Redbone	If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven	Double Time
17	Elvis Presley	If We Never Meet Again	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
18	Doc Watson	I'll Meet You In The Morning	Milestones [Disc 2]
19	Albert E. Brumley, Jr./Merle Haggard	I'll Meet You in the Morning	Two Old Friends
20	Johnnie and Jack	I Heard My Name on the Radio	1947-1950 (Warped 4720)
21	Coon Creek Girls	Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood	Flowers In The Wildwood
22	Rangers Quartet	I've Found A Hiding Place	Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music
23	Marty Stuart	Lord, Give Me Just a Little More Time	Souls' Chapel
24	Mac Wiseman	By the Side of the Road	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
25	Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver	By The Side Of The Road	Beyond The Shadows
26	The Del McCoury Band	I'll Put On A Crown And Walk Around	The Promised Land
27	The Del McCoury Band	It's An Unfriendly World	The Promised Land
28	Merle Travis	If We Never Meet Again	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
29	The Kingsmen	I'd Rather Be An Old-Time Christian	Crossroads: Southern Roots
30	Jimmie Davis	'Twill Be Sweet When We Meet	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
31	Carl Story	I've Found a Hiding Place	Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
32	Wade Bowen	I'll Fly Away	Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother
33	Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch	I'll Fly Away	Down From The Mountain: Live Concert Performances By The Artists & Musicians Of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
34	NRBQ	Down In My Heart	Stay With We
35	Lyle Lovett	I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord	Smile: Songs From The Movies

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Golden Age of Country

November 10, 2018 Dave

It’s a time that followed the second World War and baked into its foundation were the sounds of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Spade Cooley, Bob Wills among others. The music was inspired by bluegrass, folk, blues, and jazz with Country Swing and barn dances sparking a popularity that blanketed the American musical landscape from the Pacific to the southern Atlantic. It was a sound that solidified the title of “Country and Western” and he’ll be sharing some of the great performances in this week’s episode: Patsy Cline, Little Jimmy Dickens, George Jones, Ferlin Husky, and Webb Pierce…just to name a few. While the sound would fade away sometime around the turn of the seventies, when rock n’ roll would elbow it (more like steamroll it) out in popularity on the airwaves, it is revered and restated to this day as a cornerstone of what we recognize as Americana music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Robbins	Singing The Blues	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
3	Webb Pierce	Why Baby Why Featuring Red Sovine	All Hits! [Disc 2]
4	Ray Price	Crazy Arms	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
5	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Collections
6	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 1
7	Little Jimmy Dickens	Hey Worm (You Wanna Wiggle)	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
8	Ferlin Husky	Gone	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
9	Marty Robbins	The White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)	Magic Moments
10	Bobby Helms	Fraulein	Classic Country
11	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	12 Greatest Hits
12	Ray Price	My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You	The Essential Ray Price 1951-1962
13	Little Jimmy Dickens	A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed	The Old Country Church/Raisin' The Dickens
14	Marvin Rainwater	Gonna Find Me A Bluebird	Three Classic Albums Plus Singles 1955-1962
15	Johnny Cash	Ballad Of A Teenage Queen	His Sun Years
16	Johnny Cash	I Still Miss Someone	16 Biggest Hits
17	Lefty Frizzell	If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time	Selected Sides – 1957-59
18	Little Jimmy Dickens	Me And My Big Loud Mouth	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
19	Don Gibson	Oh, Lonesome Me	RCA Country Legends
20	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
21	Jim Reeves	Billy Bayou	Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times
22	Patsy Cline	I Can See An Angel	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
23	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Drivin' Nails In My Coffin	Songs For Rounders
24	George Jones	White Lightning	The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 1
25	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country
26	Stonewall Jackson	Waterloo	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
27	The Browns	The Three Bells	Classic Country
28	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
29	Buck Owens	Under Your Spell Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
30	Kitty Wells	Amigos Guitar	Queen of Country
31	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	A Six Pack To Go	Vintage Collections
32	Wynn Stewart	Wishful Thinking	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
33	Loretta Lynn	I'm A Honkey Tonk Girl	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
34	Willie Nelson	Nite Life	One Hell Of A Ride
35	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts of Life	The Essential Porter Wagoner
36	Jimmie Skinner	Don4t Let Love Get You Down	Country & Western Nuggets

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Eight to the Bar

November 3, 2018 Dave

It’s a free form collection that knows no boundaries. Dynamic sounds from the past century of America’s music including tracks from Kinky Friedman, Hank Snow, Clara Ward, The Charioteers, and a host of others from every corner. We’ll be sharing The Old Spinning Wheel, a parlor song; songs about a baseball and silver screen legend; and gospel from the deeper wells. Join Dave Stroud for another Deeper Roots evening on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar	Get Happy
3	El Pauling & Royal Abbit	Send Me Somebody	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
4	Freddie King	Please Send Me Someone To Love	King Of The Blues
5	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
6	Nina Simone	Children Go Where I Send You	The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
7	The Charioteers	Walk Together Children	Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water
8	The Original Gospel Harmonettes	Just To Behold His Face	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
9	Clara Ward And The Ward Sisters	You Must Have Good Religion	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
10	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Plastic Jesus	Set Two
11	Wanda Jackson	No Wedding Bells For Joe (2002 Digital Remaster)	Wanda Jackson
12	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
13	Laura Nyro	Wedding Bell Blues	Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2)
14	The Del-Vikings	I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)	Hit The Road Jack- The ABC-Paramount Story
15	Kinky Friedman	Marilyn and Joe	Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman
16	Simon & Garfunkel	Mrs. Robinson	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
17	Blackjack Wayne	Holding Hands For Joe	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
18	Hank Williams	No, No Joe	Beyond The Sunset
19	Ernie K-Doe	Popeye Joe	Absolutely the Best
20	The Howlin' Brothers	World Spinning Round	Trouble
21	Hank Snow	The Old Spinning Wheel (Chet Atkins)	The Singing Ranger Disc 1 of 4
22	The Beau Hunks	The Old Spinning Wheel	The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music [Disc 2]
23	C.W. Stoneking	I'm The Jungle Man	Gon' Boogaloo
24	Duke Ellington	Jungle Jamboree	The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31)
25	Eddie Cantor	Hungry Women	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
26	Dwight Yoakam	Send Me the Pillow	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
27	Fatso Bentley	June-teenth Jamboree	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
28	Duke Ellington	Mood Indigo	The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31)
29	Blue Lu Barker	Where's Joe	Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949)
30	Gloria Lynne	Cool Daddy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
31	Little Richard	Send Me Some Lovin'	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
32	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Black Slacks	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
33	Steve Earle & the Dukes	Ain't Nobody's Daddy Now	Terraplane
34	Sam Cooke	You Send Me	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964

Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music, Theme Time

California’s Burning

October 20, 2018 Dave

We are remembering what happened here in Sonoma County last October when the firestorm hit, devastating communities and lives. Over 5000 homes and dozens of lives were lost. Disaster struck overnight and our music today reflects back with songs of disaster, songs of burning hell, and music that reminds us that Mother Nature will have its way. Blues from John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, traditional country gospel from Bill Neely and Kitty Wells, and more in a Friday evening remembrance.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The David Thom Band	California's Burning	That Old Familiar
3	Under The Radar	Ride These Flames	Beyond The Niche
4	Kitty Wells	He Will Set Your Fields on Fire	Dust on the Bible (1959)
5	Kilby Snow, Mike Seeger	He Will Set Your Fields On Fire	Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
6	Clyde Moody	06 – Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire)	The Hillbilly Waltz King
7	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	Texas Law & Justice
8	Howlin' Wolf	The Natchez Burning	Blues From Hell
9	John Lee Hooker	Burning Hell	The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2]
10	John Lee Hooker	The Motor City Is Burning	The Definitive Collection
11	Otis Spann	Burning Fire	The Great Blues Men
12	Bob Brozman	American House Fire Blues	Fire in the Mind
13	Dave Alvin	Barn Burning	King Of California
14	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
15	John Mellencamp	Eden Is Burning	John Mellencamp
16	Dixon Brothers	The School House Fire	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
17	J. H. Howell	Burning Of Cleveland School	Classic Field Recordings
18	Max Steiner And The MGM Studio Orhestra	Atlanta in Flames	Gone With the Wind
19	Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet	What's You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?	Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931)
20	Selah Jubilee Singers	I'm Tormented In The Flames	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
21	Sisters Of Song	In God's House	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
22	Mandolin Orange	Wildfire	Blindfaller
23	Lightnin' Hopkins	Burnin' in L.A.	Po' Lightnin'
24	D.L. Menard/Eddie LeJeune/Ken Smith	Les Flammes D'Enfer (The Flames of Hell)	The Best of Louisiana Music [Rounder]
25	Jude Taylor and His Burning Flames	Burnin Flames Special	Putomayo Presents Zydeco
26	Buckwheat Zydeco	Where There's Smoke There's Fire	Menagerie
27	Buddy Miller	Fire and Water	Universal United House Of Prayer
28	Janiva Magness	Your House Is Burnin'	Love Wins Again

A Century of America's Music