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Deeper Charley Patton

March 21, 2019 Dave

This week we’ll explore the music of the legendary Charley Patton. We’ll be dipping our toes into the birth of the Delta blues featuring some classic tracks from the gravel-voiced masked wonder as well as some rich covers from contemporary performers. Listen in for music from Otis Taylor, David Johansen, Corey Harris, and Taj Mahal…just to drop a few names. We’ll also scratch the surface of Charley’s career including some reflections from a master’s thesis written by none other than the American musicologist and musician, John Fahey. Tune in Friday morning as we board ourselves a raft to roll down the waters in search of the rich and elusive legend of the Mississippi Delta blues that was Charley Patton.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	High Water (For Charley Patton)	Love and Theft
3	Charley Patton	I Shall Not Be Moved	The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
4	Paul Rishell & Anne Raines	I Shall Not Be Moved	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
5	Son House	The Pony Blues	Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The
6	Charley Patton	Pony Blues (Pm 12792, 15216–)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
7	Guy Davis, T-Bone Wolk, Mark Murphy & Levon Helm	Some of These Days	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
8	Charley Patton	Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone	The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
9	Charley Patton	Poor Me	The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3]
10	Rising Sons	By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version]	Rising Sons
11	Charlie Musselwhite	Pea Vine Blues	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
12	Otis Taylor	Stone Pony	Americana Roots Songbook: Modern Blues
13	Charley Patton	Stone Pony Blues	The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3]
14	McHouston Baker	High Sheriff Blues	Mississippi Delta Dues
15	David Johansen	High Sheriff	Shaker
16	Charley Patton	High Sheriff Blues	Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
17	Steve James & Mark Rubin	Elder Greene Blues	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
18	Charley Patton	Elder Greene Blues	The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 1]
19	Taj Mahal	High Water Everywhere, Part 2	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
20	Graham Parker	Poor Me	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
21	Corey Harris	Moon Going Down	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
22	Charley Patton	Moon Going Down	Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
23	Dave Van Ronk	Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
24	Robert Nighthawk	Mean Black Cat	Greatest Blues Licks
25	Charley Patton	Charley Patton – Mean Black Cat Blues	24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ]
26	Joe Louis Walker	Sugar Mama	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
27	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Some of These Days I'll Be Gone (Charley Version)	Peyton On Patton
28	Charley Patton	High Water Everywhere – Part 1	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

8 Songwriters 3 Hours

February 25, 2019 Dave

A special three hour show has Dave filling in for KC and I Hear You Rockin’ on KOWS Community Radio, live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Dave will walk through some of performances of songwriters who were influential in the rise of Americana sounds including blues, rock, rhythm & blues, pop, folk, and country in the late half of the 20th century. Who you might ask? In addition to the pairings of Carole King and Gerry Goffin as well as Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, we’ll also be sharing songs written by Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and Tom Waits.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Peter Green Splinter Group	If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day	Me & the Devil Disc 2
3	Eric Clapton	32-20 Blues	Me & Mr. Johnson
4	Keb' Mo'	Love in Vain	Slow Down
5	Leon Russell	Come On In My Kitchen	Life Journey
6	Otis Spann	Dust My Broom	The Blues Never Die
7	Huey Lewis & The News	Blue Monday	Four Chords & Several Years Ago
8	Mitch Woods	I Hear You Knockin	Gumbo Blues
9	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
10	Robert Gordon	All by Myself [*]	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
11	Brenda Lee	Let the Four Winds Blow	Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
12	Doug Kershaw	I'm Walkin'	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
13	John Lennon	Ain't That A Shame	Rock 'n' Roll
14	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Hello Josephine	The Hard Stuff
15	Bonnie Raitt & Jon Cleary	I'm In Love Again/All By Myself	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1]
16	Ray Charles	Move It On Over	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
17	Sleepy LaBeef	The Blues Come Around	Tomorrow Never Comes
18	Raul Malo	Weary Blues from Waitin'	The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
19	The Secret Sisters	Why Don't You Love Me	The Secret Sisters
20	Tompall And The Glasier Brothers	A Mansion On The Hill	American Legends – Hank Williams
21	Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler	Lost On The River	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
22	Taj Mahal	Mind Your Own Business	Sekno Blues
23	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	A Horse Called Music
24	The Little Willies	Night Life	The Little Willies
25	Johnny Burnette	Hello Walls	The Ballads Of
26	Jamey Johnson	Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)	Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
27	Bryan Ferry	If Not For You	Dylanesque
28	Madeleine Peyroux	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Careless Love
29	Mason Jennings	The Times They Are A-Changin'	I'm Not There [Disc 2]
30	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Way Down In The Hole	Spirit Of The Century
31	Los Lobos	Jockey Full Of Bourbon	Ride This: The Covers [EP]
32	The Devil Makes Three	Come On Up to the House	Redemption & Ruin
33	John Hammond, Jr.	Clap Hands	Wicked Grin
34	The Eagles	Ol' 55	On The Border
35	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Jolene
36	Linda Ronstadt	I Will Always Love You	Prisoner In Disguise
37	Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station	Coat of Many Colors	Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton
38	Bill Philips	Put It Off Until Tomorrow	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
39	The Drifters	Some Kind of Wonderful	Drifters' Golden Hits
40	The Cookies	Chains	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
41	The Drifters	Up On The Roof	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
42	Maxine Brown	Oh No Not My Baby	Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On
43	Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 2: Mid-'60s
44	Taj Mahal	Take A Giant Step	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
45	The Byrds	Goin' Back	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
46	Skeeter Davis	I Can't Stay Mad At You	Early Girls: 1
47	The Band	I Shall Be Released	Music From Big Pink
48	The Brothers and Sisters	All Along the Watchtower	When Gospel Sings Bob Dylan
49	Rick Nelson	She Belongs To Me	The Best Of 1964-1975

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Western Sunsets

February 19, 2019 Dave

This week’s show has us revisiting the Old Chisholm Trail and prairie passages that resemble all things that follow those romantic icons whose life on the range was less than what their songs usually embellish. In the western sunsets where John Lomax first went out in search of the ‘cowboy song’, we’ll explore more enlightened performances from the silver screen to the deep folk traditions that have become so laminated with romance that it’s hard to see the images beneath. This week’s show will take us from Carl T. Sprague, the original cowboy crooner, to Johnny Horton, Fess Parker, Rex Allen, and Roy Rogers. The music is sometimes sappy (Rick Nelson’s My Rifle, My Pony, and Me), sometimes light (Roy Rogers’ My Chickashay Girl), and other times full of storytelling and history. So many performances to light up the evening sky…just before dusk…just before that ceiling of stars appears in the night sky. Join us for our first live show from our new KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Rex Allen	The Covered Wagon	Riding All Day
3	Jimmie Rodgers	Prairie Lullaby	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
4	Carl T. Sprague	O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
5	The Carter Family	Cowboy Jack	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 2
6	Rhubarb Red	Little Green Valley (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
7	The Riders Of The Purple Sage	Cool Water (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
8	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	The Strawberry Roan	Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1
9	Hank Snow	I Traded My Saddle for a Rifle	1942-1943 (Warped 4206)
10	Rex Allen	Dreaming of the Western Plains	Riding All Day
11	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Girl	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
12	Roy Rogers	Don't Fence Me In	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
13	Sons of the Pioneers	Moonlight On the Prairie	Songs of the Prairie – CD1
14	Sons of the Pioneers	Cool Water	Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites
15	Charlie Haden	Oh Shenandoah	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
16	Al Caiola & His Orchestra	Bonanza	TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
17	Various	The Virginian	Television's Greatest Hits Vol.II – 65 More TV Themes 50s and 60s
18	Johnny Western	The Ballad Of Paladin	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
19	Johnny Cash	The Rebel Johnny Yuma	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
20	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
21	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
22	Rick Nelson	My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin)	Legacy [Disc 1]
23	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	The Cowboy Album
25	Johnny Horton	Sleepy-Eyed John	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
26	Patsy Montana	My Dear Old Arizona Home	The Best Of Patsy Montana
27	Roy Rogers	Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
28	Fess Parker	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett	The Cowboy Album
29	Vaughn Monroe	(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)	The Cowboy Album
30	Johnny Cash	The Sons Of Katie Elder	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
31	Gene Autry	Red River Valley	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
32	Johnny Bond	Twilight On The Trail	Country Hits Vol. 6
33	The Sons Of The Pioneers	O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie	Sons Of The Pioneers
34	The Cinema Sound Orchestra	High Noon	Western Film Themes
35	Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [Album Version]	Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)

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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

African American Gospel, Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

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

Americana, Bluegrass, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Mountain Music, Oldies, Theme Time

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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