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Free Form – April 2017

April 15, 2017 Dave

Springtime sounds from our community radio studios with your host Dave Stroud. It’s another exhilarating free form journey into the depths of American roots music. This week, join Dave for a potpourri of soul, country, tradition, Americana, pop, and the deeper wells of the American songbook. We’ll also hear a celebratory set of Creole including the likes of Beau Jocque, Cyndi Lauper (?!!), and Feufollet. Tune in for good times and positive spins…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Bob & The Lollipops	Nobody But You	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
3	Johnnie Taylor	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water	Lifetime A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956-1999
4	Johnnie Taylor	Rome (Wasn't Built In A Day)	Lifetime [Disc 1]
5	Maxine Brown	Take It Out In Trade	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
6	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Workin	Roll Your Moneymaker
7	Adam Hebert & Country Playboys	Open The Door (Ouvre La Porte)	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
8	Beau Jocque	Don't Tell Your Moma, Don't Tell Your Papa	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
9	Feufollet	Femme L'a Dit	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
10	Cyndi Lauper	Allons A Grand Coteau	Creole Bred – A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco
11	Crowder Brothers	I Don't Let The Girls Worry My Mind	Baby, How Can It Be? [Disc 3: Contempt]
12	Tim O'Brien, Scott Nygaard	Highway of Sorrow	True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe
13	Tony Rice	Big Mon	Tony Rice
14	Modern Hicks	Gone, Gone, Gone	Out Among the Stars
15	June Carter Cash	The L & N Don't Stop Here Any More	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
16	Ollabelle	Before This Time	Ollabelle
17	Brennen Leigh	North To Alaska	Too Thin To Plow
18	Pee Wee King	I Wanna Say Hello	Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown
19	Willie Nelson	Touch Me	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
20	Jeannie C. Riley	The Back Side Of Dallas	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008]
21	Boddy Sheen	How Many Nights (How Many Days)	The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
22	Roy Hamilton	Crazy Feelin'	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
23	James Brown	Three Hearts In A Tangle	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
24	Brenda Lee	Fool #1	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
25	Goldie Hill	It's A Lovely Lovely World	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 2]
26	Clint Miller	Bertha Lou	Hit The Road Jack- The ABC-Paramount Story
27	Cliff Edwards	Paper Doll	Cliff Edwards Grimriper2u@Yahoo.Com
28	John Lithgow	Swinging on a Star	Singin' in the Bathtub
29	Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
30	Harry Belafonte	Jamaica Farewell	A Portrait of Dylan
31	Dorothy Love Coates	Ninety-Nine and a Half	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
32	Rhiannon Giddens	At the Purchaser's Option	Freedom Highway
33	Arlo Guthrie	Valley to Pray	Washington County (Remastered 2004)
34	Doc Watson	Down In The Valley To Pray	Home Again
35	Arlo Guthrie	City Of New Orleans	Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters

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

Country Memories

April 8, 2017 Dave

Nostalgia sometimes sounds like a bad cold or some obscure disease. Well…the latter is certainly not so far from the mark. We’re going to bring some country performers into our playlist this evening to share memories of the old home, faded memories and faded loves. We’ll hear from The Dillards, Hazel Dickens, Jack Guthrie, Rodney Crowell, Bobby Bare, and many others in our theme of ‘Country Memories’ this week. Join Dave Stroud for two hours of ‘sweet memories’ on community radio this week.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Stoney Edwards	You'll Remember Me	Down Home in the Country
3	Flatt & Scruggs	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered [Album Version]	16 Biggest Hits
4	Mac Wiseman	Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Teenage Hangout
5	Johnny Cash	Memories Are Made of This	Unchained
6	Willie Nelson	Your Memory Won't Die	The Hungry Years
7	Doc Watson	My Rose of Old Kentucky	Memories
8	The Country Gentlemen	Green Green Grass Of Home	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3]
9	The Dillards	The Old Home Place	There Is A Time: 1963-70
10	Hazel Dickens	A Few Old Memories	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
11	Red Allen & Frank Wakefield	Faded Memory	Keep On Going: The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings
12	The Acoustic Medicine Show	Faded Memory	Steel String Line
13	Ricky Skaggs	River Of Memory	Family And Friends
14	Floyd Tillman & Leona Williams	Let's Make Memories Tonight	The Influence
15	Henson Cargill	Green, Green Grass of Home	Skip a Rope
16	Bobby Bare	500 Miles Away from Home	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
17	Rodney Crowell	Please Remember Me	The Essential Rodney Crowell
18	Doc Watson	I'm Going Back To The Old Home	Riding the Midnight Train
19	Jimmie Rodgers	My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans	The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
20	Hank Williams	Lost Highway	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
21	Jack Guthrie	Chained To A Memory	Oklahoma Hills
22	Webb Pierce	Memory Number One	Singles
23	The Carter Family	Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
24	The Stanley Brothers; vocal by Carter Stanley & Pee Wee Lambert	The Old Home	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
25	Elvis Presley	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	The Tupelo Mississippi Flash CD 2
26	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	Standard Songs for Average People
27	Stuart Hamblen	Remember Me	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
28	Grandpa Jones	I Guess You Don't Remember Now	Makes The Rafters Ring
29	Roland White Band	On My Way Back to the Old Home	I Wasn't Born to Rock'n Roll
30	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
31	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
32	Slim Harbert & His Boys	Honey, This Time I'm Gone	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
33	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Picture On The Wall	Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
34	Jimmie Davis	Pal Of Long Ago	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine: 1928-1937

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rhythm and Blues, Theme Time, Urban Blues

Beer Thirty

March 11, 2017 Dave

One of the more popular topics that follows the Americana and roots landscape (aside from love, death, and the gospel) is the topic of ice cold beer. Beer in the morning, beer in the evening, beer at suppertime. And our show this week is a sampler of 30 plus tracks of (mostly) country, rockabilly, rock, some blues, and we’ll be including some vintage television commercials that celebrate the suds. So kick back with a cold one and tune that dial to Deeper Roots on KWTF with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific as he steps up to the bar and shares a wild assortment of songs about a cold brew or two…and we’re not talkin’ boojie coffee.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Amos Milburn Rocks
3	Smiley Maxedon	Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer [Album Version]	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Bubbles In My Beer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line
5	Willie Nelson	Bubbles In My Beer	One Hell Of A Ride
6	Andy Reynolds	Beer Bottle Mama	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
7	Garth Brooks/George Jones	Beer Run	God's Country: George Jones and Friends Disc 1
8	George Jones	Beer, Bait And Ammo	All Gone Fishin'
9	Derailers	Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music	Soldiers of Love
10	Dale Watson	Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint	The Best of the HighTone Years
11	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Drink the Beer Barrel Dry	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
12	Various	If You've Got The Time Miller Beer	BigKevNastyCD
13	Tom T. Hall	I Like Beer	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
14	Bob Woodruff	Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer	Dreams & Saturday Nights
15	Asylum Street Spankers	Beer	Spanker Madness
16	Johnny Russell	Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer	20 Hits
17	Whitney Rose	There's A Tear In My Beer	Heartbreaker of the Year
18	Stray Cats	Lookin' Better Every Beer	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
19	John Lee Hooker	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer	His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
20	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Hey Bartender, There's A Big Bug In My Beer	Blues Highway
21	Various	Bob Uecker Lite Beer Commercial	BigKevNastyCD
22	Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim	Beer Drinking Woman	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
23	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
24	Bessie Smith	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer [Album Version]	The Essential Bessie Smith
25	Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon	Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer	Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
26	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	Shut Up And Drink Your Beer	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
27	Various Artists	Falstaff Beer	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
28	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
29	Johnny Bond	Bartender's Blues	Put Me To Bed
30	Merrill Moore	Bartender's Blues	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
31	The Texas Tornados	In Heaven There Is No Beer	!Esta Bueno!
32	Washboard Hank	Beer Cans Down The Trans Can	Human Beans
33	Reverend Horton Heat	Beer Holder	Laughin & Cryin
34	Eddie Noack	Beer Drinkin' Blues	Psycho
35	James Mask	Beer Drinking Blues	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4

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

Clouds & Silver Linings

February 18, 2017 Dave

The past few months have been brutal for democracy. There is no silver lining in sight but this week’s music will nonetheless feature some songs of hope: our theme is one of clouds and silver linings. It’s meant to give a two hour break (if that’s at all possible) to the malevolent stewing cauldron that is brewing in the most sacred halls of our democracy. We’ll discard with the political music this week and simply ride a topical wave featuring a blend of jazz, country, gospel, rock, and pop. Tune in for music from Van Morrison, The Sons of the Pioneers, George Gershwin, Dave Van Ronk, and Pops Staples…to name but a few…this week on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Martin	Pray The Clouds Away	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
3	Bill Cox	The Clouds Gwine Roll Away	78s
4	Doc & Merle Watson	The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away	On Stage
5	Hylo Brown	Clouds Gonna Roll Away	Legends & Tall Tales
6	Delmore Brothers	God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds	Hillbilly Boogie Best
7	Dave Van Ronk	Clouds (From Both Sides Now)	A Chrestomathy [Disc 1]
8	George Gershwin	Kickin' The Clouds Away	The Platinum Collection
9	Annette Hanshaw	There Must Be a Silver Lining	The Personality Girl, Vol. 3, 1926-1928
10	Jim Hall	Look for the Silver Lining	Complete Jazz Guitar
11	Dave Brubeck	Look For The Silver Lining	Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
12	Marion Harris	Look For The Silver Lining	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
13	Django Reinhardt	Clouds	The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]
14	Django Reinhardt	Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)	1944-1946
15	Maurice Chevalier	Sweeping the Clouds Away	Maurice Chevalier: The Greatest Hits
16	Johnny Hamp And His Kentucky Serenaders	Up In The Clouds	Johnny Hamp at Archive
17	The Louvin Brothers	You'll Meet Him In The Clouds	Close Harmony [Disc 6]
18	Alison Krauss	Cloudy Days	Every Time You Say Goodbye
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Cottage in the Clouds	1941 vol 1 (Warped 4108)
20	Johnny Ray	The Little White Cloud That Cried	Magic Moments
21	Red Norvo Trio, George Shearing Quintet	Midnight on Cloud 69	Midnight on Cloud 69
22	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	God Put A Rainbow In The Cloud	I'll Find A Way
23	Pops Staples	Hope in a Hopeless World	Father Father
24	Moonalice	Silver Lining	Dave's Way Vol 4
25	First Aid Kit	My Silver Lining	Stay Gold
26	Simon & Garfunkel	Cloudy	Old Friends Disc 2
27	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Flying Cloud	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
28	Hank Snow	The Boogie Woogie Flying Cloud	Southern Cannonball
29	Bonnie Raitt	Silver Lining [Radio Edit Version]	The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US]
30	Rilo Kiley	Silver Lining	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
31	Bunch Of Kids/Eddie Hodges/Frank Sinatra	High Hopes	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rock, Rockabilly

Rockabilly Road

February 11, 2017 Dave

It’s time once again to visit the wild side of rock n’ roll…unrestrained and unforgiving…and often out of tune. But that didn’t matter since it was the emotion and the sweat that filled the production gaps. A progenitor of punk, rockabilly music got its roots from hillbilly, country swing, and R&B. And it certainly owes a lot to Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. Our show this week will cover the known and the unknown. We’ll hear tracks from the Sun stable but we’ll also dig into the digital dust bins of the Imperial, Capitol, and Decca labels for vintage examples and a few rockabilly modernists will be on hand. So get your cat clothes on and get ready for a raucous evening in West County on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Burnette	Eager Beaver Baby	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
3	Doc Watson	Shake, Rattle And Roll	Docabilly
4	Mac Wiseman	The Fool	Teenage Hangout
5	RockATeens	Doggone It Baby (Alt)	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
6	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
7	Wanda Jackson	There's A Party Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
8	Wanda Jackson	The Graveyard Shift	Unfinished Business
9	Merle Kilgore	Everybody Needs A Little Lovin	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
10	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
11	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
12	Warren Smith	Rock and Roll Ruby	Rockabilly Legend
13	Billy Lee Riley	Baby Please Don't Go	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
14	Carl Perkins	Glad All Over	Original Sun Greatest Hits
15	Malcom Yelvington	Rockin' with my Baby	SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]]
16	Johnny Burnette	Oh Baby Babe	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
17	Jerry Lee Lewis	Real Wild Child (Wild One)	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
18	Eddie Bond	Rockin' Daddy	Classic Rockabilly
19	Ronnie Dawson	Rockin' Bones	Rockin' Bones: The Legendary Masters [Disc 2]
20	Charlie Feathers	One Hand Loose	CD2
21	Charlie Feathers	Bottle to the Baby	Rockabilly Kings
22	The Collins Kids	Rock Boppin' Baby	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
23	Larry Collins/Lorrie Collins	Mercy	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
24	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Kill Devil Hillbilly	Cupid And The Devil
25	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Cupid And The Devil	Cupid And The Devil
26	Bill Kirchen	Rockabilly Funeral	Tombstone Every Mile
27	Carl Perkins	All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty)	Go Cat Go
28	Carl Perkins	Rockabilly Music (with Paul Simon)	Go Cat Go
29	Carl Perkins	Go Cat Go	Go Cat Go
30	Wanda Jackson	Mean Mean Man	Queen Of Rockabilly
31	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
32	Dean Beard	Rock Around the Town	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
33	Jimmy Wages	Mad Man	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
34	Memphis Rockabilly Band	Pleated Pants	Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection CD1
35	Charlie Feathers	Corrina	Good Rockin' Tonight
36	Freddie Hart	Snatch It And Grab It	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
37	Hal Willis	Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Modern Americana, Rockabilly

Deeper Fifties Fear

January 14, 2017 Dave

There was (is?) a time when the background noise (and it was loud) revolved around the likelihood that humankind would annihilate itself any day. The Cold War brought out the worst of us. Fear of your neighbor…fear of ideology or alternative ideas were the centerpiece of the day. The fear was embodied in the likelihood of the ‘big one’ dropping; yet our schools, media, and government soft-peddled the reality. The entertainment industry had it’s own take, of course; because artistic license allowed exploration from every corner, even though it would often make light of what was then assumed to be an eventuality. We’ll hear country from Charlie Louvin and Elton Britt, left-wing folkies like Pete Seeger and Mark Spoelstra, and gospel from the Golden Gate Quartet and The Spirit of Memphis Quartet. It’s a combination of novelty, contemporary takes on old standards, and vintage sounds (both musical and otherwise) in our Deeper Roots episode that explores the American way called ‘duck and cover’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
3	Ferlin Husky	Let's Keep the Communists Out	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
4	Armed Forces	How to spot a communist	Public Service
5	Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers	When They Drop The Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
6	Karl & Harty	When The Atom Bomb Fell	Atomic Platters
7	Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts	Love That Bomb	Atomic Platters
8	Charlie Louvin	Great Atomic Power (w. Jeff Tweedy)	Charlie Louvin
9	Mark Spoelstra	Civil Defense Sign	Atomic Platters
10	Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals	The Great Atomic Power	Song of America
11	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
12	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
14	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
15	The Five Stars	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
16	WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY	CONELRAD Radio Alert "Real Thing"	Atomic Platters
17	Pete Seeger	Study War No More (Peace): Talking Atom	If I Had a Hammer-Songs of Hope & Struggle
18	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
19	Glenn Barber	Atom Bomb	Atomic Platters
20	Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
21	Various	WW2 Air Raid Siren	Sound Effects Factory
22	Oscar Aleman	Tico Tico No Fuba	Swing Guitar Masterpieces
23	Connie Francis	Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow	Atomic Platters
24	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
25	Linda Hayes	Atomic Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
26	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Atomic Platters
27	Warren Smith	Uranium Rock	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
28	Bill Haley and his Comets	Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	Atomic Platters
29	Groucho Marx	Civil Defense Spot	Atomic Platters
30	Theme	Peter Gunn	Hit TV Themes Of The 50's
31	Billy Chambers	Fallout Shelter	Atomic Platters
32	The Ramones	I Wanna Be Well	Rocket to Russia (Expanded & Remastered)
33	Beastie Boys	Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
34	Johnny Cash	Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves	Atomic Platters
35	Pete Seeger	The Willing Conscript	Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
36	Hank Williams	No No Joe	Like an Atom Bomb
37	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
38	Al Rogers and the Rocky Mountain Boys	The Hydrogen Bomb	Atomic Platters
39	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Old Man Atom	Country Legends
40	Sonny Russell	Fifty Megatons	Atomic Platters

Americana, Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Rock

Deeper Roots Yuletide 2016

December 24, 2016 Dave

Deeper Roots celebrates the Holidays! Dave Stroud digs deeper yet into those dusty digital bins to find contemporary and vintage music of the holidays. In addition to some selections from the Document Records “Blues Blues Christmas” releases, we’ll surface some newer sounds including Americana nuggets from David Myles, Kacey Musgraves, and Raul Malo. To fill out the vintage, you’ll be entertained by Kay Starr, Elvis, Asleep At The Wheel, and the Prairie Ramblers.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Santa Gotta Choo Choo	Crazy for Christmas
3	Kay Starr	(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With the Bag	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best – holiday 2002
4	Kacey Musgraves	Ribbons And Bows	A Very Kacey Christmas
5	Leon Redbone	That Old Christmas Moon	Christmas Island
6	Ella Fitzgerald	Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney	1950
7	Kacey Musgraves	Feliz Navidad	A Very Kacey Christmas
8	Cajun Gold	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
9	Louis Armstrong	'Zat You, Santa Claus?	Verve Remixed Christmas
10	Prarie Ramblers	Cowboy Santa Claus	Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2
11	David Myles	Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo	It's Christmas
12	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Christmas Dinner	The Christmas Album
13	Asleep at the Wheel	Here Comes Santa Claus	Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All
14	Elvis Presley	Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)	Christmas Album
15	Elvis Presley	Santa Bring My Baby (Back to Me)	Christmas Album
16	Raul Malo	Marshmallow World	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
17	Nat King Cole	All I Want For Christmas	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
18	Nick Lowe	Christmas Can't Be Far Away	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
19	The Living Sisters	Christmas in California	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
20	Frank Sinatra	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	Christmas Songs By Sinatra
21	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
22	Duke Robillard	Santa Claus Blues	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard
23	Si Cranstoun	A Christmas Twist	Old School
24	Darlene Love	White Christmas	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
25	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
26	Charles Brown	Merry Christmas, Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 3
27	Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz, It's Christmas	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (3 of 9)
28	Otis Redding	Merry Christmas, Baby	Blue, Blues Christmas
29	James Brown	Sweet Little Baby Boy (Part 1)	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
30	John Prine	Christmas in Prison	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
31	Cyndi Lauper	Hard Candy Christmas (Featuring Alison Krauss)	Detour
32	The Marquees	Santa Done Got Hip	Blues, Blues Christmas: Volume 4 – 1925-1962 (Disc 1)
33	Tammy Lynn & Myles High	Run Rudolf Run	Myles High Christmas
34	Count Basie	Good Morning Blues (I Want To See Santa Claus)	Blue, Blues Christmas
35	Nick Lowe	Christmas At The Airport	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
36	Jimmy Martin	Old Fashioned Christmas	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
37	NRBQ	Christmas Wish	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]

Americana, Country, Country Gospel, Rock

Leon Russell Tribute

November 19, 2016 Dave

To quote one blogger: “[Leon Russell] was one of the most adept and prolific session men of the 1960s rock scene, playing on more records and [alongside] more artists than many people could name, and his abilities and multi-instrumental proficiency would make him an unstoppable force when he debuted as an artist in his own right in the early seventies.” Summed up perfectly. And Deeper Roots will pay tribute to Leon with a look at his music, his songwriting prowess, the arc of his career, and the performances that made him that ‘unstoppable force’. We’ll hear from Joe Cocker, The Carpenters, George Benson, and (of course) Leon himself in a hastily gathered, but oh so sublime, show that honors an artist who we lost this past weekend. Tune into (and support) Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Russell	She Smiles Like A River	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
3	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	Everybody Loves A Clown	The Legendary Masters Series
4	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	She's Just My Style	The Legendary Masters Series
5	Glen Campbell	Gentle On My Mind	Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits
6	Joe Cocker	Delta Lady	Ultimate Collection
7	Richie Havens	Tightrope	Collection
8	Freddie King	Palace Of The King	Ultimate Collection
9	Freddie King	Big Legged Woman	Ultimate Collection
10	Leon Russell	Out in the Woods	Retrospective
11	Leon Russell	Back to the Island	Retrospective
12	Amy Winehouse	A Song for You	Lioness: Hidden Treasures
13	The Carpenters	Superstar	Singles 1969-1981
14	George Benson	This Masquerade (single edit)	Breezin'
15	Leon Russell	Watching The River Flow	Tangled Up In Blues
16	Leon Russell	Dixie Lullaby	Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
17	Leon Russell	Roll Away the Stone	Retrospective
18	Leon Russell	Goodnight Irene	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
19	Leon Russell	Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms	Best Of Hank Wilson
20	George Jones	The Window Up Above With Leon Russell	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
21	Leon Russell	Slow Train	A Mighty Flood
22	Elton John & Leon Russell	If It Wasn't For Bad	The Union [+digital booklet]
23	Leon Russell	Angel In Disguise	Angel In Disguise
24	Leon Russell	Come On In My Kitchen	Life Journey
25	Leon Russell	I See The Light	Snapshot
26	Leon Russell	Im Afraid the Masquerade Is Over	Life Journey
27	Leon Russell	A Song for You	Retrospective

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Modern Americana

Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

October 15, 2016 Dave

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October. We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Sweet Revenge
3	Steve Goodman	Donald And Lydia	Steve Goodman
4	John Prine	Paradise	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970]
5	John Prine	Hello in There	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
6	John Prine	Souvenirs	Tribute to Steve Goodman
7	John Prine	Sam Stone	Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters
8	John Prine	Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970)	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2]
9	John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer	Sweet Revenge
10	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Sweet Revenge
11	John Prine	The Oldest Baby in the World	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
12	John Prine/Steve Goodman	Souvenirs	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
13	Bonnie Raitt And John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	Coal Country Music
14	John Prine	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	John Prine Live
15	John Prine	It's Happening To You	Storm Windows
16	John Prine	Linda Goes to Mars	German Afternoons
17	Tom Paxton	Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine)	Redemption Road
18	My Morning Jacket	All The Best	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
19	The Boxmasters	Christmas in Prison	Christmas Cheer
20	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
21	John Prine with Fiona Prine	'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose	In Spite Of Ourselves
22	John Prine/Iris Dement	(We're Not) The Jet Set	In Spite of Ourselves
23	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
24	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
25	Alison Krauss/John Prine	Falling in Love Again	For Better, Or Worse
26	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
27	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
28	John Prine	Just Waitin'	For Better, Or Worse
29	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
30	Johnny Cash	Paradise [#]	Personal File Disc 1
31	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
32	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves

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

Celebrating the Circle

October 1, 2016 Dave

This week, Dave Stroud revisits the seminal release of 1972 that brought together multiple generations of musicians, introducing a new generation of listeners to their music and, in some cases, to each other. Will The Circle Be Unbroken was a concept made real by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, then a “bunch of long-haired West Coast boys” (as Roy Acuff would describe them) and the talent that they were able to muster would influence country, bluegrass, and rock for decades to come. In addition to the big names of decades before them like Roy Acuff, Maybelle Carter, and Jimmy Martin, the Dirt Band would bring together lesser known names like Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, and Oswald Kirby to make an album that is as fresh and listenable today as it was then. We’ll feature tracks from the album alongside some of the original performances by these legendary masters.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
3	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
4	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Fair and Tender Ladies	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
5	Maybelle Carter	The Storms are on the Ocean	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
6	Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters	WIldwood Flower	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wreck on the Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
8	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	Wreck On The Highway	The Essential Roy Acuff
9	Roy Acuff	Pins & Needles (In My Heart)	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
10	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Pins and Needles (In My Heart)	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
11	Jimmy Martin	Sunny Side Of The Mountain	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
12	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Sunny Side of the Mountain	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
13	Jimmy Martin	You Don't Know My Mind	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
14	Jimmy Martin	Ocean Of Diamonds	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
15	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Nine Pound Hammer	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
16	Merle Travis	Nine Pound Hammer	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3]
17	Merle Travis	Dark As a Dungeon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Merle Travis	I Am A Pilgrim	The Best of Merle Travis
19	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Black Mountain Rag
20	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Down Yonder	Black Mountain Rag
21	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Down Yonder	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
22	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lonesome Fiddle Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
23	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Nashville Skyline Rag	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
24	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys	Earl's Breakdown [78rpm Version]	16 Biggest Hits
25	Hank Williams	Wait For The Light To Shine	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
26	Leon Payne	Lost Highway	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lost Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
28	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I Saw the Light	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
29	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (3)
30	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Honky Tonk Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
31	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Orange Blossom Special	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2

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