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Americana, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rhythm and Blues, Soul

Country Rhythm & Blues

April 15, 2023 Dave

We’ll be covering the covers once more this week but this time we’ll be burrowing into a cross section of genres to get to the heart of the matter. It’s country songs with rhythm & blues interpretations, all from the decades of the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear from a few familiars rhythm rockers including The Coasters, Fats Domino, King Curtis and Ruth Brown as they take on the very best of country and tradition with a style all their own. But there’s also the surprises and unknowns like Thin Man Watts, Piney Brown, and The Ray-o-Vacs to fill out the show this morning. From Jambalaya to Tumbling Tumbleweeds, we’ve got some fine soul and R&B interpretations for you. Tune in and find out.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Ray-O-Vacs	Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
3	Piney Brown	Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf In Me	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
4	Joe Liggins	Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
5	Billy Ward & The Dominoes	Lonesome Road	Vol. 4-21 Hits
6	The Hurricanes	Pistol Packin' Mama	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
7	Scatman Crothers	Ghost Riders In The Sky	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
8	Andre Williams	You Are My Sunshine	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
9	Jimmy Ricks	Do You Promise	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
10	Thin Man Watts	Walking The Floor Over You	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
11	Mickey & Sylvia	To The Valley	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
12	The Coasters	Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
13	Clyde McPhatter	I'm Movin' On	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
14	Little Junior Parker	Walking The Floor	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
15	Guitar Jr	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
16	Ruth Brown	I Burned Your Letter	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
17	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	A Lot Of Dominos
18	Varetta Dillard	A Little Bitty Tear	The Lovin' Bird
19	Bobby Hebb	Night Train To Memphis	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
20	Esther Phillips	Release Me	Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S
21	King Curtis	Your Cheatin' Heart	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
22	King Curtis	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
23	The Marvellettes	Love Letters	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
24	Damita Jo	Jambalaya (On The Bayou)	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
25	Travis Ricks	No Need To Cry	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
26	Little Mack	Let Hootenanny Blues	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
27	Joe Hinton	Lovesick Blues	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
28	Big Maybelle	Cold Cold Heart	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
29	Fats Domino	Your Cheatin' Heart	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
30	Ray Charles	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova)	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
31	Esther Phillips	Am I That Easy To Forget (LP Version)	Country Side Of Esther
32	Esther Phillips	I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (LP Version)	Country Side Of Esther
33	O. C. Smith	The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
34	Ray Charles	When I Stop Dreamin'	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
35	Little Richard	Settin' the Woods on Fire	King of Rock and Roll [Collectors' Choice Music]
36	Little Richard	Joy, Joy, Joy (Down In My Heart)	Rhythm & Western Volume 6 – I'm Moving On
37	Koko Taylor	Honky Tonky	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide

Cool Daddy

April 12, 2023 Dave

Welcome to the club. We’ve got some cool sounds from the jazz lounges and clubs blended with some beat generation salutations for you this morning. Beatniks, boppers, lounge chanteuse performances, saxophones, and some cool fifties sounds. Tune in for Patsy Raye and The Beatniks, Earl Bostic, Mose Allison, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and a BeBop blend of out-of-this-world swing and percussion. From the Gaslight Café to Slim Gallaird’s Yep Roc sounds…we’ll have your foot tappin’ and your fingers snappin’ on a magical blend of cool ultra-lounge and café sounds from mid-century. Tune in on the web or grab our free app out on the Apple Store or Google Play. You can find them by searching for KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra	Salt Peanuts	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
3	Gerry Mulligan Quartet	Swinghouse	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
4	Charles Kuralt	The Greenwich Village Poets	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
5	King Pleasure	Don't Get Scared	The BeBop Singers
6	Mose Allison	Your Mind Is On Vacation	Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
7	Earl Bostic	Up There In The Orbit	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
8	J. J. Johnson Beboppers	Coppin' The Bop	J. J. Johnson: Bone-O-Logy (Proper Introduction)
9	Peggy Lee	The Boy from Ipanema	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too
10	Richard Marino & His Orchestra	Fever	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
11	Martin Denny	Cool	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
12	Patsy Raye And The Beatniks	Beatnik's Wish	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
13	Carl Sandburg	On Beatniks	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
14	Three Bips, A Bop	Professor Bop	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
15	Charlie Parker Quartet	Cosmic Rays	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
16	Charlie Parker Quintet	Scrapple From The Apple	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
17	Charlie Ventura & His Orchestra	Ha	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
18	Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys	Oop-Bop Sh-Bam	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
19	Elmer Bernstein	Like Having Fun	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
20	Del Close & John Brent	Cool	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
21	Slim Gaillard, The Middle Europeans	Yip Roc Heresy	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
22	Oscar Brown Jr.	But I Was Cool	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
23	The Playboys	Charge It	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
24	Joe Carroll	Got A Penny Benny	The BeBop Singers
25	Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	Twisted	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
26	Ken Nordine	Hunger Is From	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
27	Eddie Jefferson	Old Shoes	The BeBop Singers
28	Serge Chaloff	Gabardine And Serge	Birth of Bebop
29	Julie London	Daddy	Wild Cool and Swingin'
30	Edd Kookie Byrnes	Kookie's Mad Pad	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
31	Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes And Connie Stevens	Kookie Kookie [Lend Me Your Comb]	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2
32	Mabel Scott	Yes	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
33	Julie London	Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast	Wild Cool and Swingin'
34	Cooltrane Quartet	Some Like It Hot	Vintage Cafi Vol.3

Georgia Peaches

April 2, 2023 Dave

This week’s show takes us across the landscape of the state of Georgia and then reminisces about ladies that share her name. No genre is off limits and no era too far in the past is excluded in this latest Deeper Roots show that takes on a theme. We’re also hoping that the will of the people is not interfered with in a state that’s struggling to awaken; a lumbering giant of democracy still haunted (and celebrated at the highest levels) by plantation politics. Our music this week will feature some tradition from Georgia’s own Jake Xerxes Fussell, country tunes from Lefty Frizzell and Charley Crockett, jazz from Nina Simone and Joe Venuti, and we’ll visit a Georgia Camp Meeting and One More Sunday in Savannah. Tune in for a collection of tunes about a state of mind and some fine women who share the name of a southern state where peaches and a darker past prosper. Tune in on Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
3	The Mills Brothers	That's Georgia	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
4	The Boswell Sisters	The Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
5	The Andrews Sisters	Atlanta G.A.	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 3]
6	Kacey Musgraves	When It's Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia	Wanted: One Good Cowboy
7	Waylon Jennings	Cedartown, Georgia	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
8	Charley Crockett	All the Way from Atlanta	The Man from Waco
9	Ryan Bingham	Long Way from Georgia	Mescalito
10	Tony Joe White	Rainy Night in Georgia	Collected [CD1]
11	Joan Osborne	Midnight Train to Georgia	Breakfast In Bed
12	Art Kahn's Orchestra v. Chick Bullock	Two Tickets To Georgia	Victor Young & Brunswick Studio Orchestra (1932-1934)
13	Nina Simone	One More Sunday In Savannah	The Tomato Collection [Disc 1]
14	Little Feat	Oh, Atlanta	Feats Don't Fail Me Now
15	Alison Krauss	Oh, Atlanta	Now That I've Found You
16	Dirty Cello	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	By Request
17	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
18	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Georgia Buck	Jake Xerxes Fussell
19	Johnny Gimble	Sweet Georgia Brown (Featuring Merle Haggard)	Celebrating With Friends
20	Mac Wiseman	The Georgia Mail	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
21	Boz Scaggs	Georgia	Silk Degrees
22	Charley Crockett	Help Me Georgia	Lonesome As A Shadow
23	Duke Robillard	Sweet Georgia Brown	After Hours Swing Sessions
24	Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang	Georgia On My Mind	The Best Of Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang
25	Justin Townes Earle	South Georgia Sugar Babe	The Good Life
26	Robbie Fulks	Georgia Hard	Georgia Hard
27	Iris DeMent	Waycross Georgia	Workin' On A World
28	Hank Penny	Tell Me All About Georgia	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
29	Eartha Kitt	Atlanta Blues	The RCA Recordings 1953-1958
30	Five Red Caps	Atlanta G.A.	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)

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Streets of Bakersfield

March 6, 2023 Dave

It was Nashville West but with a decidedly more amount of midwestern flavoring. Bakersfield was the terminus of most of the migrant traffic from the dust bowl where the hope for a better life was not always fulfilled. So many landed square on the Central Valley and for those who grew up it became a whirlwind post-war prosperity that was familiar: oil drilling, agriculture, almond orchards, cattle raising, and a transportation industry to support it. Those who were raised on country swing and the classic country sounds coming out of Nashville were lucky given Bakersfield’s proximity to the studios of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We’ll hear from many of them, digging into the early years of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart and a host of other performers who made that blend of rough country, trucking songs, and honky-tonk swing what it would become.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
3	Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys	Have I Got A Chance With You	Swingbillies
4	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
5	Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky	A Dear John Letter	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
6	Bud Hobbs	Louisiana Swing	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
7	Billy Mize	Who Will Buy the Wine	Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me	Maddox Brothers & Rose
9	Alvadean Coker	We're Gonna Bop	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
10	Tommy Collins	What'cha Gonna Do Now?	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
11	Ferlin Husky	I Feel Better All Over	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Bill Carter	I Wanna Feel Good	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
15	Johnny Bond	Three Or Four Nights	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Herb Henson	Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
17	Wynn Stewart	Playboy	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
18	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
19	Buck Owens	The Key's In The Mailbox	Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
20	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
21	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
22	Ferlin Husky	Six Days on the Road	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
23	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
24	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
25	Bonnie Owens	Just for the Children's Sake	Warped 6534 – Bonnie Owens – 1964 – 1966
26	Bobby Austin	Apartment #9	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
27	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
28	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
29	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
30	Abe Mulkey	Packed Up And Shoved Off	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
31	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
32	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
33	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
34	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
35	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield [With Dwight Yoakam]	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
36	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly

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

Finger Pickin’ Good

February 24, 2023 Dave

Tune in Friday morning for a finger pickin’ helping of Americana and beyond as our show revisits some guitar masters from blues, country blues, folk and tradition. We’ll take a spin across the landscape of steel and gut string tradition with a collection that features tracks from Stefan Grossman, Mississippi John Hurt, Leo Kottke, Merle Travis and over a dozen others. As February wraps up, we’ll be completing our February journey out of winter’s doldrums and into the sweet breezes of Spring. Let this show be a warmup for your good life and times. So put your feet up and drop in. We’d love to have you.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leo Kottke	Buckaroo	Essential
3	Chet Atkins	Wheels	Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker
4	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
5	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
6	Doc Watson	Doc's Guitar [#]	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
7	Jefferson Airplane	Embryonic Journey	Walk on the Moon
8	Jorma Kaukonen	Fur Peace Rag	Stars In My Crown
9	John Fahey	Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
10	Davy Graham	Angi	3/4 Ad – Single
11	Davy Graham	Davy's Train Blues	3/4 Ad – Single
12	Reverend Gary Davis	Candy Man	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
13	Stefan Grossman	Police Dog Blues	How To Play Blues Guitar
14	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Roots of Rock
15	Lonnie Johnson	Untitled	Steppin' On The Blues
16	Blind Willie McTell	Statesboro Blues	Roots of Rock
17	Riley Puckett	Fuzzy Rag	Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
18	Etta Baker	One Dime Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
19	Merle Travis	Freight Train (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
20	Bob Brozman	Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version]	Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered]
21	Merle Travis	Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
22	Jorma Kaukonen	There's A Table Sitting In Heaven	Stars In My Crown
23	Leo Kottke	Wonderland By Night	Peculiaroso
24	John Fahey	Layla	Rain Forests, Oceans And Other
25	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years
26	Dave Van Ronk	Green, Green Rocky Road	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
27	David Bromberg	Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
28	Sam McGee	Knoxville Blues	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
29	Stefan Grossman	Pallet On Your Floor	How To Play Blues Guitar
30	Bob Hadley	Celtic Reverie	Imaginational Anthem
31	Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon	Oh Well	Sixty Six Steps
32	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster

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Songs of Harlan Howard

February 5, 2023 Dave

Harlan Howard is said to have coined the term “three chords and the truth”. He’s also the guy that gave Willie Nelson his first job as a songwriter after the two met up at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville in 1960. Harlan was a well-established songwriter in Nashville by then and would go on to become one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation, having penned over 4,000 songs. To lead off next month’s release of Willie Nelson’s 73rd solo album, a tribute to Howard called “I Don’t Know A Thing About Love”, Deeper Roots will share a small sampling of Harlan Howard’s music. Songs that played a big part in defining the Golden Age of Country Music featuring the likes of Waylon Jennings, Skeeter Davis, Jan Howard, Buck Owens, and Patsy Cline. We’ll also hear a couple of Harlan’s own performances as well. Friday morning country on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Porter Wagoner	Harlan Howard Medley	1964-1965 (Warped 6508)
3	The Collins Kids	Soda Poppin' Around	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
4	Al Brumley	Someone's Gonna Get Hurt	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
5	Herb Henson	Up the Path and in My Door	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
6	Wanda Jackson	Just A Queen For A Day	Wanda Jackson
7	Buck Owens	Above and Beyond	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
8	Ray Price	Heartaches By The Number	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
9	Harlan Howard	Be Just a Little Meaner	1959-1963
10	Harlan Howard	She Called Me Baby	1959-1963
11	Patsy Cline	He Called Me Baby	The Patsy Cline Collection
12	Patsy Cline	I Fall to Pieces	12 Greatest Hits
13	Patsy Cline	When I Get Thru With You (You'll Love Me Too)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
14	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up on Your Way Down	1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
15	Kay Starr	Foolin' Around	Capitol Collectors Series
16	The Kingston Trio	Everglades	Capitol Collector's Series
17	Skeeter Davis	Where I Ought To Be	The Essential Skeeter Davis
18	George Jones	You Comb Her Hair	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
19	Patsy Cline	That's How A Heartache Begins	The Patsy Cline Collection
20	Waylon Jennings	The Chokin' Kind	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
21	Nanci Griffith	The Streets of Baltimore (feat. John Prine)	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
22	Emmylou Harris/George Jones	All Fall Down	Friends in High Places
23	Willie Nelson	Busted	I Don't Know A Thing About Love
24	Ray Charles	Busted	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
25	Lefty Frizzell	She's Gone, Gone, Gone	Look What Thoughts Will Do
26	Jan Howard	Evil on Your Mind	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
27	Waylon Jennings	What Makes a Man Wander	Folk Country
28	The Time Jumpers	Someone Had To Teach You	The Time Jumpers
29	Candi Staton	He Called Me Baby	Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
30	Rosanne Cash Featuring Elvis Costello	Heartaches By The Number (Feat. Elvis Costello)	The List
31	The Mavericks	Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)	From Hell to Paradise
32	Rodney Crowell	Above And Beyond (The Call Of Love)	Playlist: The Very Best Of Rodney Crowell
33	Connie Smith	I Don't Believe That's How You Feel	Long Line of Heartaches
34	The Mavericks	Ain't Found Nobody	What a Crying Shame

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Jazz, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Sinner’s Playground

January 21, 2023 Dave

The landscape this morning is smothered in ominous clouds as the music we have for you features the gospel beat with a blend of suggestive celebratory, suspicious, and devil-may-care songs. We’ve got the fire and brimstone bible-thumping sounds of Brother Claude Ely, some classic gospel warnings from The Golden Gate Quartet, a pastiche of British Clerkenwell nuggets from The Real Tuesday Weld, The Weavers, Lonnie Johnson, and a whole lot more. An eclectic blend of songs of Satan, dark nights, and sinner’s bemoaning their dirty little religion on another Friday morning collection of sounds on Deeper Roots. Tune in. The ground is saturated with blues, gospel, country, and even some hillbillies from hell…just for you.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Harry James & His Orchestra/Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest/Dalton Rizzotto & Orchestra	The Devil Sat Down And Cried	Best Of The Big Bands
3	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
4	Warren Zevon	Dirty Little Religion	Life'll Kill Ya
5	Kane Welch Kaplin	Satan's Paradise	Lost John Dean
6	Johnny Cash	Rusty Cage	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American
7	Lonnie Johnson	Devil's Got The Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
8	Bob Brozman	Devil's Slide	Devil's Slide
9	The Real Tuesday Weld	It's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It	I, Lucifer
10	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Changes	The Great Gospel Women Vol. 2
11	The Real Tuesday Weld	The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid	I, Lucifer
12	The Gospeleers	The Devil's Gonna Get You	Black Vocal Groups Vol. 5 (1923-1941)
13	Brother Claude Ely	Farther On	Satan Get Back
14	Steve Earle	Devil's Right Hand	Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2)
15	Uncle Tupelo	Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down	March 16-20, 1992
16	The Louvin Brothers	Satan And The Saint	The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks
17	Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws	Dance Of The Dodo Bird	The Best Of Western Swing
18	Chiwetel Ejiofor	I Want To Be Evil (Original Version)	Kinky Boots
19	The Robins	That Old Black Magic	Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
20	The Swan Silvertones	Sinner Man	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
21	The Weavers	Sinner Man	Traveling on With The Weavers
22	The Harmonizing Four	Oh Sinner	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
23	Jesse Winchester	Evil Angel	Gentleman Of Leisure
24	Calexico	Sinner in the Sea	Algiers
25	Jimmy Minor	Satan's Chauffeur	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26	Rusty Dean	Sinner Beware	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
27	Fern Jones	This World Is Not My Home	The Glory Road
28	Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette	Sinner's Crossroads	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
29	The Flamingos	The Sinner (El Pecador)	Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of
30	Daniel Lanois	Sleeping in the Devil's Bed	For the Beauty of Wynona
31	C.W. Stoneking	We Gon' Boogaloo	Gon' Boogaloo
32	The Real Tuesday Weld	(Still) Terminally Ambivalent Over You	I, Lucifer
33	Howlin' Wolf	Evil	Chess Blues Disc 2
34	Freddie & The Hitch Hikers	Sinners	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01

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Classic Country Covers

January 14, 2023 Dave

It may be Friday the 13th, but we won’t be bothered with the superstitious. Instead, we’ll go with traditional and popular country nuggets as our topics with some couplings of contemporary and vintage. We’ve gathered a collection of modern country covers from the likes of Rosanne Cash, Solitaire Miles, Charley Crockett, Chuck Mead and others and we’ll be coupling them up with originals and favorites from the distant past. Merle Travis, Red Foley, Hank Williams, and The Louvin Brothers take the stage from a dream-filled past. We’re celebrating country classics from fifties, sixties and seventies and having fun doing it while kicking back. You don’t need to be wearing pretentious boots and hats to appreciate the easy sway of classic country … you just need to close your eyes and appreciate the performances … well, unless you’re driving.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Band	Long Black Veil	Music From Big Pink
3	Rosanne Cash Featuring Jeff Tweedy	Long Black Veil (Feat. Jeff Tweedy)	The List
4	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
5	Johnny Bond	Goodbye Old Paint	Standard Transcriptions
6	Pharis and Jason Romero	Goodbye Old Paint	A Wanderer I'll Stay
7	McKinley James	Who Will The Next Fool Be	Who Will The Next Fool Be (Single)
8	Charlie Rich	Who Will the Next Fool Be	Sun Ballads 1953-62
9	Johnny Cash	We Must Believe In Magic	The Adventures Of Johnny Cash
10	Matt Urmy	We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement)	Out of the Ashes
11	The Malpass Brothers	Hello Walls	The Malpass Brothers
12	Willie Nelson	Hello Walls	Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS
13	Henson Cargill	Skip a Rope	Skip a Rope
14	Charley Crockett	Skip A Rope	Music City USA
15	Kevin Russell	Are You Teasing Me	Plain Dirt Fashion
16	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Capitol Country Music Classics
17	Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys	Anytime	Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
18	Chuck Mead	Anytime	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
19	Dirty Cello	Sixteen Tons	I May Not Be Perfect
20	Merle Travis	Sixteen Tons	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
21	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra feat. Tex Williams	Crazy 'Cause I Love You	That's What I Like About The West
22	Solitaire Miles	Crazy Cause I Love You	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
23	Whitney Rose	There's A Tear In My Beer	Heartbreaker of the Year
24	Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.	There's A Tear In My Beer	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
25	Solitaire Miles	I Hear You Talkin'	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
26	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	I Hear You Talkin'	The Tiffany Transcriptions Volume 1
27	Hank Williams	You're Gonna Change	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11
28	Tom Petty	You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
29	Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Back At The Quonset Hut
30	Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood
31	Red Foley	Tennessee Border	Tennessee Saturday Night
32	Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys	Tennessee Border	Back At The Quonset Hut
33	BR5-49	The Price of Love	This Is BR549
34	The Everly Brothers	The Price of Love	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Oldies, Rock, Soul, Theme Time

Wild in the Streets

December 4, 2022 Dave

December’s arrived and we’re going to get ourselves warmed up for the Hot Stove League, New Year’s Eve, football playoffs, reindeer on the roof and all the rest of it. But our show today will take on a common thread: songs about ‘the street’ or streets or boulevards, avenues … only the surface streets, not the highways. Dave’s picked out a collection of songs that are sure to stir emotion bringing home music that take on the ‘street’ topics from the genres of country, early pop, rock, folk, blues and all the rest. We’ll hear from Dylan, The Ink Spots, Tony Rice, Charlie Spand, the Orlons and a couple dozen others taking on an eclectic blend of songs where the streets as the muse. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio’s KOWS 92.5 FM, streaming to all of planet earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Deeper Roots brings you a morning of sounds from the locales of Easy Street, Lonely Street and 4th Street…directly from Orchard and 7th.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Various Artists	Wild In the Streets Trailer	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
3	Garland Jeffreys	Wild in the Streets	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
4	Orlons	South Street	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
5	The Royals	Fifth Street Blues	The Very Best of the Royals & the Midnighters
6	Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles	Decatur Street	Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles
7	Eddie Floyd	Soul Street	Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd
8	Glories	Dark End Of The Street	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
9	Bobby Womack	Across 110th Street	Jackie Brown OST
10	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Lonely Street	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
11	Little Ann	One Way Street	Funk Soul Sisters
12	Charlie Spand	Hastings Street	Black Swan Sampler
13	Jack Teagarden	Basin Street Blues	An Introduction To Jack Teagarden
14	Cab Calloway	Beale Street Mama	Best Of The Big Bands
15	The Ink Spots	Street Of Dreams	Greatest Hits
16	The Boswell Sisters	Forty-Second Street	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
17	Julie London	Easy Street	Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl
18	Dean Martin	On the Street Where You Live	Swingin' with Dino
19	Keely Smith w. Billy May Orchestra	On The Sunny Side Of The Street	Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls
20	George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson	On Green Dolphin Street	The Swingin's Mutual!
21	T-Bone Walker	Street Walking Woman	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
22	Bob Dylan	Positively 4th Street	Biograph Disc 2
23	Bruce Springsteen	Streets of Philadelphia	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24	The Doobie Brothers	Takin' It To The Streets	Takin' It To The Streets
25	Utah Phillips	Larimer Street	The Telling Takes Me Home
26	Gram Parsons	Streets Of Baltimore	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 1] – GP
27	Buck Owens	Streets of Laredo	I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
28	Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
29	Tony Rice	Church Street Blues	Church Street Blues
30	Simon & Garfunkel	The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
31	Matys Brothers	Crazy Street	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
32	Leonard Cohen	Boogie Street	The Future/Ten New Songs

Session Masters: Guitar

November 28, 2022 Dave

When trying to put together a Deeper Roots episode that covered the great session masters from the past one hundred years it became exceedingly clear that the show would need to be broken up into multiple parts. Percussion, keyboards, brass, bass and all the rest will follow but this week we’re going to focus on the string masters; those guitar stars who account for the bulk of Top 30 hits that graced our lives over the second half of the 20th century. They include Hank Garland, Grady Martin, James Burton, Joe Messina, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Johnson and, of course, Tommy Tedesco. There are many others who deserve the recognition but our show is only a two hour show and, even at that, picking only three or four examples per performer doesn’t do it justice. We’re going to give credit where it’s due…those who stood in the shadows.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
3	Jimmy Lloyd	I Got A Rocket In My Pocket	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
4	Elvis Presley	A Big Hunk O' Love	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
5	Little Jimmy Dickens	(I Got) A Hole In My Pocket	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
6	Simon Crum	Stand Up, Sit Down, Shut Your Mouth	Country & Western Nuggets
7	Bobby Helms	Jingle Bell Rock	Making Merry
8	Dale Hawkins	Susie-Q	The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
9	Ricky Nelson	Stood Up	Legacy [Disc 1]
10	Jim & Joe	Fireball Mail	James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
11	Gram Parsons	Return Of The Grievous Angel	G.P. / Grievous Angel
12	Buffalo Springfield	A Child's Claim To Fame	Buffalo Springfield Again
13	Elvis Presley	Please Don't Drag That String Around	Grady Martin
14	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country
15	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Grady Martin
16	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
17	Willie Nelson	On The Road Again	Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2]
18	The Champs	Tequila	Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S
19	Rick Nelson	Hello Mary Lou	Greatest Love Songs
20	The Beach Boys	I Get Around	All Summer Long
21	Wayne Newton	Danke Schoen	Wild, Cool & Swingin'
22	Elvis Presley	What'd I Say	Elvis' Gold Records (Volume 4)
23	J. Livingston & R. Evans	Bonanza	Television's Greatest Hits Volume I
24	Jerry Goldsmith	Twilight Zone Overture – Twilight Zone: The Movie	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
25	Sam Cooke	Bring It On Home to Me	Best of Answer Songs vol 4
26	Jack Nitzsche	The Lonely Surfer	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2
27	The 5th Dimension	Wedding Bell Blues	Greatest Hits on Earth
28	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	Searching For My Love	Chess Uptown Soul
29	Aretha Franklin	Do Right Woman, Do Right Man	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
30	Leon Russell	Tight Rope	Retrospective
31	The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
32	The Temptations	Ain't Too Proud to Beg	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
33	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	Your Precious Love	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
34	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through	Gold Disc 1

A Century of America's Music