Category Archives: Americana

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

The Old Chisholm Trail

February 17, 2018 Dave

Songs about moonlight on the trail this week. We revisit songs about Old Paint, cowpokes, outlaws, and the wide expanse of the range in this week’s show. Tradition, temperance, and memories of the Red River Valley with Michael Martin Murphey, Jimmie Driftwood, Rex Allen, Powder River Jack (featuring Kitty Lee), and many more cowboys from Hollywood and the old Navajo Trail. Storytelling and nostalgic novelties, most elevating the hardscrabble life of the West to a Disney featurette. Right here on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Norman Luboff Choir	Shenandoah	Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea
3	Gene Autry	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
4	Gene Autry	Back In the Saddle Again	Don't Fence Me In:Western Music Early Golden Era
5	The Western Flyers	Along The Navajo Trail	Wild Blue Yonder
6	Marty Robbins	The Strawberry Roan	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
7	Duane Eddy	Streets of Laredo	Rebel Rouser
8	Ernest Tubb	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
9	Gene Autry & Jimmy Long	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]
10	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
11	Johnny Bond	Red River Valley	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
12	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	The Old Chisholm Trail	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
13	Ken Curtis & The Sons of the Pioneers	Home On The Range	The Cowboy Album
14	Ken Maynard	Home On The Range	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
15	Judy Canova	Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
16	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Along The Santa Fe Trail	Sons Of The Pioneers
17	Rex Allen	Riding Down To Mexico	The Last of The Great Singing Cowboys
18	Johnny Bond	Goodbye Old Paint	Standard Transcriptions
19	Cisco Houston	I Ride An Old Paint	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
20	Michael Martin Murphey	I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo/Git Along Little Doggies	Cowboy Songs
21	Eddy Arnold	Cattle Call	Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
22	Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers	Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")	Country Legends
23	Ken Maynard	Lone Star Trail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	Strawberry Roan	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles	Sleepy Desert	Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
26	Carson Robison's Buckaroos	Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
27	Crowder Brothers	Wild West Rambler	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
28	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
29	Jimmie Driftwood	Billy The Kid	Americana, Vol. 2
30	Don Edwards	Sam Bass	Saddle Songs (1 of 2)
31	The Light Crust Doughboys	Oh Susannah	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
32	Tex Ritter	My Darling Clementine	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
33	Tex Ritter	Chisholm Trail	High Noon
34	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	The Streets Of Laredo	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
35	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans With Frank Worth & His Orchestra	Happy Trails	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]

Songs of John Hiatt

December 10, 2017 Dave

From the ‘pink bedroom’ and edgy alternative to blues and country, R&B and everything in between…John Hiatt’s catalog of recordings is only surpassed by the library of his songs penned over the past fifty years. We’ll take a look back, primarily focusing on covers from his contemporaries; names like Rosanne Cash, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Carrie Rodriguez, and Buddy Guy are but just a small sampling of the performers we’ll hear from on another Friday evening on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Crossing Muddy Waters
3	Buddy Guy	Feels Like Rain	Feels Like Rain
4	Emmylou Harris	Icy Blue Heart	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
5	Rosanne Cash	The Way We Make a Broken Heart	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
6	Jo-El Sonnier	I'll Never Get Over You	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
7	Flaco Jiminez	Across The Borderline featuring John Hiatt (Album Version)	Partners
8	Terrance Simien	It Hasn't Happened Yet	Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
9	Carrie Rodriguez	Big Love	Love and Circumstances
10	Rosanne Cash	It Hasn't Happened Yet	Retrospective
11	John Hiatt	Cry Love	Walk On
12	Kelly Willis	Drive South	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
13	Bonnie Raitt	Lover's Will [Radio Edit Version]	The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US]
14	Commander Cody	Commander Cody-Tennessee Plates	Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers
15	Gregg Allman	Memphis in the Meantime	Searching for Simplicity
16	Marshall Crenshaw	Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me	Good Evening
17	Nick Lowe	She Don't Love Nobody	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
18	Dave Edmunds	I Got Your Number	Closer to the Flame
19	Iggy Pop	Something Wild	Brick by Brick
20	Mitch Ryder	Where Is the Next One Coming From?	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
21	Asleep at the Wheel	This Is the Way We Make a Broken Heart	Pasture Prime
22	Rodney Crowell	She Loves the Jerk	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
23	Rosanne Cash	Pink Bedroom	Retrospective
24	John Hiatt	Your Love Is My Rest	Walk On
25	Joe Cocker	Have a Little Faith in Me	Ultimate Collection
26	John Hiatt	Real Fine Love	Stolen Moments
27	The Band	Bound By Love	Jubilation
28	John Hiatt	Master of Disaster [2005]	Master of Disaster

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Back on the Farm

December 2, 2017 Dave

The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard	Farmer's Blues	Country Music
3	Freeman Stowers	Sunrise On The Farm	Sinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931
4	Bill Frisell	Farmer	Disfarmer
5	Levon Helm	Poor Old Dirt Farmer	Dirt Farmer
6	Bill Neely	Black Land Farmer	16 Down Home Country Classics
7	James King	Thirty Years of Farming	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
8	Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs Yeary	The Wheat Crop	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
9	Lemuel Jones	Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers)	Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941)
10	Peter Rowan	Let the Harvest Go To Seed	Bluegrass Boy
11	Carolina Tar Heels	Got The Farm Land Blues	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
12	Cisco Houston	Farmer's Lament	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
13	J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert)	17 Living On The Farm	The Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4
14	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Old Rivers
15	The Bently Boys	Down On Penny's Farm	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
16	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	Down on Penny's Farm	Penny's Farm
17	The Four Wanderers	Farmer's Life For Me	Black Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942)
18	Ben & Ellen Harper	Farmer's Daughter	Childhood Home
19	Bobby Bare	The Farmer Feeds Us All	Hard Time Hungrys
20	Porter Wagoner	The Farmer and the Lord	20 All-Time Greatest Hits
21	Paula Brown	Farm Hollers	Hollerin'
22	Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers	McDonald's Farm (1928)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
23	Bubby Bishop	I Want To Go Back To The Farm	The Great Vintage Country
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	On A Little Two Acre Farm	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	Goose Island Ramblers	I Worked For a Farmer	Polkabilly
26	Buster Carter & Preston Young	A Lazy Farmer Boy	Before The Blues Vol. 3
27	Rosetta Howard	Plow Hand Blues [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
28	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
29	Fiddlin' John Carson	Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003]	Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
30	Ray Wylie Hubbard	After the Harvest	Crusades of the Restless Nights
31	Dry Branch Fire Squad	Devil, Take The Farmer	481 Bluegrass Class of 1990
32	Glen Campbell	Arkansas Farmboy	Adios
33	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
34	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Mother Maybelle Carter	The Homestead On The Farm [Album Version]	Songs Of The Famous Carter Family

Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Below the Mason-Dixon Line

November 25, 2017 Dave

Songs that highlight the states below the ‘line’ of intransigence. Portions are better known as Dixie, others (like Florida and Texas) appear as appendages or after-market expanses. The music this evening will explore songs of Louisiana from Doug Kershaw, Texas from Asleep at the Wheel, Alabama from Mance Lipscomb, and West Virginia featuring Louis Jordan. There’s a whole lot more including Taj Mahal, Bill Kirchen, The Louvin Brothers and Pokey LaFarge; all on a journey through a collection of states that two surveyors by the name of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, in an attempt to resolve a dispute, attached their names to in the late 18th century.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmie Rodgers	Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Down In Florida On A Hog	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Muddy Waters	Deep Down In Florida #2	King Bee
5	Claire Lynch	My Florida Sunshine	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1
6	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
7	Dave Van Ronk	Georgia Camp Meeting	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
8	Alex Campbell, Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby	Bringing in the Georgia Mail	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
9	Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers	Georgia Boogie	Travellin' Boogie
10	Guy Clark	Virginia's Real	Texas Cookin'
11	The Carter Family	Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3]
12	Al Bowlly	My Sweet Virginia	Just A Bowl Of Cherries
13	Ethel Waters	I'm Coming Virginia	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
14	Hazel Dickens	West Virginia, My Home	Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1]
15	Louis Jordan	Salt Pork, West Virginia	The Chronological Louis Jordan 1945-1946
16	Dr. Horse	South Poke West Virginia	Harlem Rock N' Blues
17	Mance Lipscomb	Alabama Bound	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
18	Evan Marshall	The Alabama Jubilee	Mandolin Magic
19	The Louvin Brothers	Alabama	Hand-Picked
20	Neil Young/Stray Gators	Alabama	Harvest
21	Jimmie Driftwood	Arkansas Traveler	Americana, Vol. 1
22	Carolina Cotton	Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas)	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
23	Bill Kirchen	Arkansas Diamond (Album)	Word To The Wise
24	Taj Mahal	Texas Woman Blues	The Essential [Disc 1]
25	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
26	Tommy Duncan	Texas Moon	Texas Moon
27	Tony Rice	He Rode All the Way to Texas	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
28	Waylon Jennings	Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
29	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Going Back To Louisiana	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
30	Doug Kershaw	Louisiana Man	Diggy Diggy Lo
31	Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three	Mississippi Girl	Middle of Everywhere
32	Nina Simone	Mississippi Goddam	Anthology Disc 1
33	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Mississippi Mud	Paper Moon
34	The Andrew Sisters	When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabama	Double Goldies [CD1]

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The Hangman’s Rope

November 18, 2017 Dave

Songs about one of the most controversial of mankind’s attempt to balance the scales: the death penalty. Studies point to the fact that at least one in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent and yet the death penalty is legal in 32 states. In China, corporate fraud can be punishable by death…if it were the case here, our government would probably be on the straight and narrow. But I digress. The music this week will explore the long walk to eternity through the eyes of the condemned; the knowledge of the eventuality of the executioner’s song is clarity. And we’ve got country from a whole host of obscure characters, some blues and boogie, along with just a little bit of folk and bluegrass. A hundred years of the hangman’s rope in reflection.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	I Hung My Head	American IV: Man Comes Around
3	Gurf Morlix	Theyre Hangin Me Tonight	The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 3
4	Johnny Bond	At Dawn I Die	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
5	Marty Robbins	The Hanging Tree	All-Time Greatest Hits
6	Peter, Paul & Mary	Hangman	See What Tomorrow Brings
7	Marty Stuart	Hangman	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
8	Ralston Bowles and May Erlewine-Bernard	Hangman	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
9	Cowboy Copas	Hangman Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
10	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Puerto Muerto	The Hangman's Song	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1
11	Al Dean	Hangman	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
12	Leadbelly	Gallows Pole	Too Late, Too Late – Vol. 12 – 1917-48
13	Furry Lewis	Judge Harsh Blues	Furry Lewis 1927 – 1929
14	Brownie McGhee	Hangman's Blues	The Folkways Years (1945-1959)
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hangman's Blues	Complete Recordings Vol. 3
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Electric Chair	Blues Images Presents 1920's Blues Classics, Vol. 13
17	Lonesome Johnny	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
18	Jimmy Minor	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
19	Porter Wagoner	(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
20	Dave Alvin	Sonora's Death Row	West of the West
21	Lee Hazelwood	The Girl On Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
22	Johnny Cash	The Mercy Seat	American III: Solitary Man
23	Bessie Smith	Send Me To The Lectric Chair	Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
24	Booker T. & the MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
25	Hoyle Miller	Twelve Years On Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
26	Steve Earle	Walking Down Death Row	If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
27	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
28	Bob Dylan	Seven Curses	The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [Disc 2]
29	Joan Baez	Geordie	The First 10 Years
30	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Dean Schlabowske	Gary Gilmore's Eyes	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1

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High Water Everywhere

August 19, 2017 Dave

And the topic of this episode will be natural disasters. Namely…floods. Timeless events and timeless music. Dave Stroud will share in-depth blues about rising waters, country music about the terror brought to us by Mother Nature, featuring Dave Alvin, James McMurtry, Whispering Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, and Lonnie Johnson…to mention but a few. Our show will focus on music that tells a story, because that’s what we find best in the tradition of Americana roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	Five Feet High And Rising	Songs Of Our Soil
3	Charley Patton	High Water Everywhere Part 1	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
4	Bob Dylan	High Water (For Charley Patton)	Love and Theft
5	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Rising High Water Blues	A Stranger Here
6	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Rising High Water Blues (Pm 12487, 4491-5)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
7	Tom Rush	Galveston Flood	The Very Best Of Tom Rush: No Regrets
8	Whispering Smith	Storm in Texas aka Texas Flood	Swamp Blues
9	Lonnie Johnson	Broken Levee Blues	Hot Fingers
10	Lonnie Johnson	Flood Water Blues	Tomorrow Night
11	Sippie Wallace	The Flood Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 48
12	Bessie Smith	Back Water Blues	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1]
13	Ruby Gowdy	Florida Flood Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
14	Carl Martin	High Water Flood Blues	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
15	Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe	When The Levee Breaks	24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's 2015
16	Robert Hicks	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
17	Fiddlin' John Carson	Storm That Struck Miami	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
18	Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys	Flood Of '57	Classic Bluegrass
19	Happy Traum	Crash on the Levee Down in the Flood (feat. Justin Guip, Adam Traum & Byron Isaacs)	Just For the Love Of It
20	James McMurtry	Hurricane Party	Just Us Kids
21	Charlie Haden	Is This America? (Katrina 2005)	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
22	Dave Alvin	Southern Flood Blues	Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
23	Roomful Of Blues	Texas Flood	The First Album
24	Larry Davis	Texas Flood	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
25	Randy Newman & The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra With Members Of The New York Philharmonic	Louisiana 1927	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
26	Davell Crawford	Gather By The River	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
27	The Tex-I-An Boys	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
28	Johnny Cash	Big River	Get Rhythm [Sun]
29	Leon Russell	A Mighty Flood	A Mighty Flood

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Free Form – June 2017

June 17, 2017 Dave

We’re going to mix it up this week on Deeper Roots in a regular free form show featuring music that runs the gamut. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm and Arthur Alexander, John Fogerty and Betty Wright, Memphis Minnie and Guy Lombardo, as well as a track from the late Gregg Allman. The topics will range anywhere from bad blood and bad boys to good news and bad news on a fresh collection of the vintage, on KOWS radio: Free Speech. No Bull. Community Radio for West Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gregg Allman	I Believe I'll Go Back Home	Low Country Blues
3	Betty Wright	He's Bad Bad Bad	The Best of Betty Wright
4	Derailers	Bad, Bad Girl	Guaranteed to Satisfy
5	Doug Sahm	Bad Boy	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm
6	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Bad Blood	Cripple Creek
7	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Bad Luck Blues	Classic Sides Disc 1
8	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
9	Johnny Cash	Bad News	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 2
10	Amy Helm	Good News	Didn't It Rain
11	Cris Cuddy	Good Bad News	Sally's Waltz
12	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Good News	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
13	George Olsen	Good News	Beyond The Blue Horizon
14	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
15	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	What's That News	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
16	Marvin Gaye	What's The Matter With You Baby	Anthology [Disc 1]
17	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill?	21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10
18	Frank Stokes	What's The Matter Blues	Broke, Black & Blue [Disc 1] : Up Country Blues
19	The Sunshine Boys	What's the Matter With Deep Elem	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
20	Joe Liggins	What's The Reason (1949)	The Chronological Joe Liggins 1948 – 1950
21	Guy Lombardo	What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)	Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo
22	The Mills Brothers	What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?)	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3
23	Johnny Burnette With The Johnny Mann Singers	You're The Reason	25 Greatest Hits
24	Arthur Alexander	You're The Reason	The Greatest Hits
25	Willie Nelson	Reasons To Quit	One Hell Of A Ride
26	Tim Hardin	Reason To Believe	Best Of The Troubadours
27	Django Reinhardt	Believe It, Beloved	The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]
28	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road
29	Dan Hicks	You Gotta Believe [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
30	John Stewart	She Believes In Me	California Bloodlines
31	The Louvin Brothers	Making Believe	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
32	The Haden Triplets	Making Believe	The Haden Triplets
33	Matt Urmy	We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement)	Out of the Ashes
34	Neil Young	I Believe in You	After the Gold Rush
35	Rick Nelson	Believe What You Say	Legacy [Disc 1]

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That High Lonesome Sound

May 13, 2017 Dave

There can be no room for more rain here in Sonoma County. Spring is here and summer’s only a festival away….so we’ll celebrate the warmer side of Spring with an exploration of the bluegrass sounds of Bill Monroe and others, all tunes being selected for their ability to express what became to be known as that ‘high lonesome sound’. Included in the mix will be Del McCoury, Jimmy Martin, Peter Rowan, Ralph Stanley, and a many others on a night that celebrates that ‘voice from on high’ and discourages the direction down that ‘wicked path of sin’. All for you on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ricky Skaggs & Joan Osborne	On The Old Kentucky Shore	Big Mon – The Songs of Bill Monroe
3	Bill Monroe	A Voice From On High	Cover to Cover: The Originals, Vol. 2 [Disc 1]
4	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Wicked Path Of Sin	All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4]
5	The Stanley Brothers	Hills of Roan County	16 Greatest Hits
6	Vern And Ray	Cabin On a Mountain	Cabin On A Mountain
7	Ralph Stanley	The Old Crossroad	Poor Rambler [Disc 2]
8	The David Thom Band	Memories Of Mother And Dad	The Thief
9	Peter Rowan, Greg Garing	Letter From My Darling	True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe
10	Bill Monroe/Ralph Stanley	Letter from My Darling	Saturday Night & Sunday Morning Disc 1
11	The Stanley Brothers	Meet Me By the Moonlight	High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
12	Del McCoury	Bluest Man in Town	Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 2)
13	Blue Highway	Wicked Path Of Sin	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1
14	Martin, "King" Jimmy/Marty Stuart	The Mississippi Mudcat and Sister Sheryl Crow	Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best
15	Jimmy Martin	On and On	Don't Cry To Me
16	Jimmy Martin & Ralph Stanley	Old Cross Road	First Time Together
17	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	My Little Georgia Rose	Bill Monroe: Anthology
18	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Get Down On Your Knees and Pray	Bill Monroe: Anthology
19	Tim O'Brien	Highway Of Sorrow	Legend Lives on-a Tribute to Bill Monroe
20	Bill Monroe	Highway of Sorrow	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 3]
21	Del McCoury	High On the Mountain	Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 2)
22	Del McCoury	On the Lonesome Wind	The Family
23	Alan O'Bryant, Del McCoury	Get Down On Your Knees And Pray	True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe
24	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	True Life Blues	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys live recordings 1956-1969
25	Bill Monroe And Doc Watson	Memories of You	Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2
26	Ricky Skaggs	Remember the Cross	Soldier of the Cross
27	The Seldom Scene	Little Georgia Rose	High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
28	Bill Monroe	With Body and Soul	High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
29	Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys	I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1
30	Mac Wiseman	It's Mighty Dark To Travel	Grassroots To Bluegrass
31	Don Reno & Red Smiley	I Know You're Married But I Love You Still	God Old Country Ballds
32	Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy	My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
33	Old and in the Way	High Lonesome Sound	That High Lonesome Sound
34	Charlie Haden	A Voice From On High	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy

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Resist!

May 7, 2017 Dave

We’re going to share some political sounds from the past and present on Deeper Roots in a show that expresses the sentiments of resistance and free speech. Tune in for some new music from The Drive-By Truckers and Bruce Springsteen as well as some powerful voices from the past: Gil Scott-Heron, Phil Ochs, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Public Enemy, Merle Haggard, and…well…the list just doesn’t seem to lack for talent and passion.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Black Eyed Peas	Power To The People	Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur [Disc 2]
3	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
4	Leonard Cohen	The Old Revolution	Songs From A Room
5	Phil Ochs	I'm Going To Say It Now	Farewells & Fantasies [Disc 1]
6	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
7	Woody Guthrie	Vigilante Man	The First Rays Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
8	Norman & Nancy Blake	Starving To Death On The Government Claim	The Hobo's Last Ride
9	Pete Seeger	Round And Around Hitler's Grave	The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
10	Joan Baez	I Pity The Poor Immigrant	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
11	Pete Seeger	We Shall Not Be Moved	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
12	Merle Haggard	Politically Uncorrect	Singles
13	Pete Seeger	Which Side Are You On?	The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
14	Tom Morello	Ease My Revolutionary Mind	Note Of Hope
15	Joe Grushecky	That's What Makes Us Great MP3 Mastered	New Band Project
16	Steve Earle	Rich Man's War	The Revolution Starts Now
17	Bob Dylan	Political World	Chronicles, Vol. 1
18	C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers	Get Your Rights, Jack	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
19	Gil Scott-Heron	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters
20	Tracy Chapman	Talkin' Bout a Revolution	Tracy Chapman
21	Country Joe & The Fish	Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer	The Collected Country Joe & The Fish: 1965-1970
22	Bruce Springsteen	We Shall Overcome	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
23	Tom Paxton	If The Poor Don't Matter	Redemption Road
24	Drive-By Truckers	Guns Of Umpqua	American Band
25	SNCC Freedom Singers; Neblett, Charles	Governor Wallace	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
26	Roy Zimmerman	Someday (We Shall Overcome)	The Faucet's On Fire
27	SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell	Dog, Dog	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
28	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	Power To The People	Gimme Some Truth [Disc 1]

Americana, Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Arlo Guthrie Special

April 22, 2017 Dave

Arlo’s music has been a mix of the traditional and sixties counterculture in it’s mood and dimension. His recent tour looks back at his albums that also struck an Americana chord including “Running Down The Road” and “Washington County” albums. We’ll be covering Arlo’s music, original versions, songs from Ramblin’ Jack and Woody, Holly Near, and those Americana inspirations. Join us!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Arlo Guthrie	Alice's Restaurant Pt 1	The Best of Arlo Guthrie
3	Arlo Guthrie	Highway In the Wind	Alice's Restaurant
4	Arlo Guthrie	Coming Into Los Angeles	Running Down the Road (remastered 2004)
5	Arlo Guthrie	Miss The Mississippi and You	Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Miss The Mississippi And You	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
7	Arlo Guthrie, Lunenberg Travelers, Pete Seeger & Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee	You Must Have That True Religion	A Tribute to Leadbelly
8	Georgia Yellow Hammers	Mary Don't You Weep	Lead Kindly Light
9	Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger	Oh Mary Don't You Weep	H.A.R.P. A Time To Sing Disc 1
10	Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger	This Old Car	If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
11	Arlo Guthrie	Alice's Restaurant Pt 2	The Best of Arlo Guthrie
12	Arlo Guthrie	1913 Massacre	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
13	Woody Guthrie	1913 Massacre	Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
14	Woody Guthrie	The Grand Coulee Dam	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
15	Arlo Guthrie	Alice's Restaurant Pt 3	The Best of Arlo Guthrie
16	Arlo Guthrie	City Of New Orleans	All Over the World
17	Steve Goodman	City Of New Orleans	Steve Goodman
18	Arlo Guthrie	Oklahoma Hills	Running Down the Road (remastered 2004)
19	Jack Guthrie	Oklahoma Hills	Oklahoma Hills
20	Arlo Guthrie	Alice's Restaurant Pt 4	The Best of Arlo Guthrie
21	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Riding Down The Canyon (w/Arlo Guthrie)	Friends of Mine
22	Rex Allen	Ridin' Down the Canyon V-3	Riding All Day
23	Arlo Guthrie, Lunenberg Travelers, Pete Seeger & Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee	Redbird	A Tribute to Leadbelly
24	Arlo Guthrie	Lovesick Blues	Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
25	Hank Williams	Lovesick Blues	24 Greatest
26	Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger	Wimoweh (Mbube)	H.A.R.P. A Time To Sing Disc 1
27	Arlo Guthrie	Alice's Restaurant Pt 5	The Best of Arlo Guthrie

A Century of America's Music