It’s theme time on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on Deeper Roots and we’ll take you pretty deep today, exploring songs of jubilation and celebration. Our theme revolves around the term ‘jubilee’ and it’s meaning, at least over the past century. While its etymology is centuries deep, with roots in the Old Testament and the Hebrew word ‘yobhel’ which refers to the ram’s horn which was sounded on the Day of Atonement, there are also the jubilee references to the freeing of slaves well into the 19th century. it speaks to anniversaries, rejoicing, and freedom. We could go much deeper but what better way to celebrate than with music, and there are plenty of Americana examples that tell of jubilees. We’ll hear from country favorites like The Sons of the Pioneers, Tyler Childers, and Joe Maphis alongside early century rhythm jazz and rhythm greats like Dinah Washington, Ivie Anderson, and Benny Goodman in this week’s show. Join us
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Roy Clark
Alabama Jubilee
Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
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Benny Carter
Jubilee Program Intro
Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946
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Benny Carter
Jubilee Jump
Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946
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Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Jubilee
The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
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Big Joe Turner
Jumpin' At The Jubilee
Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2]
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The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin
Jubilee
I'll Find A Way
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Dinah Washington
There'll Be a Jubilee (from "In the Land of Hi-Fi")
Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
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Helen Humes
Jubilee
He May Be Your Man
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The Andrews Sisters
There'll Be a Jubilee
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
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Ivie Anderson
Let's Have a Jubilee
Cocktail Hour
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Mildred Bailey With Benny Goodman & His V-Disc All Stars
There'll Be A Jubilee
The Women of WW2 [V 4]
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Ashley Monroe & The Americans
Jubilee
American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
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Kathy Mattea and Friends
Jubilee
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
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Dave Alvin
Jubilee Train
Romeo's Escape
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The Blasters
Jubilee Train
Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
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The Devil Makes Three
There'll Be A Jubilee
Redemption & Ruin
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Riders in the Sky
Cowboy Jubilee
Best of the West
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Sons of the Pioneers
Cowboy Jubilee
The Lost Masters
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Sons of the Pioneers
Barnyard Jubilee
Songs of the Prairie – CD4
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Joe Maphis
Nashville Jubilee
Country Guitar Thunder
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Hanna
From the cold grey light of dawn to some gospel coverage from Luther Dickinson, George Jones and The Golden Gate Quartet, Deeper Roots this week takes another pull at the thread of tapestry of the past century, once again celebrating America’s music. We’re in fine form, no doubt, because the players this week move from the ‘king of boogie’, John Lee Hooker, to one of the great contemporary songwriters, Iris DeMent. We’ll share a track from her latest album, one that ventures into the dark corners of this country’s recent history with her brilliant eight minute soliloquy “Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas”. We’ll share songs about liars, feeling good, 99 year blues, and that last train to Memphis. Join Dave Stroud for two hours from America’s songbooks, from church to steeple to songs about its people. We’ll be coming to you live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California.
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Louis Armstrong
Go Down Moses
Louis And The Good Book
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Iris DeMent
Goin' Down To Sing In Texas
Workin' On A World
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Texas Flood
Texas Flood
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George Jones
Take The Devil Out Of Me
George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
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The Golden Gate Quartet
Let That Liar Alone
Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1
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Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
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Luther Dickinson
Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples)
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II
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Lucinda Williams
Hot Blood
Sweet Old World
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Dave Alvin
I Feel So Good
Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
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Taj Mahal
Good Morning Little School Girl
Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
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Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur
99 Year Blues
Penny's Farm
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Emily Scott Robinson
Delta Line
Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23
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Eric Clapton
So Tired
Back Home
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John Lee Hooker
Don't Look Back Ft. Van Morrison
King Of The Boogie
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Van Morrison
Streamline Train
Moving On Skiffle
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Blues Image
Parchman Farm
Open
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Mose Allison
The Seventh Son
Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
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Little Feat
Two Trains
Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4)
Sweatin’ with the oldies…that’s all we can say. This week’s Deeper Roots focuses on both the vintage and the contemporary performances by women who took on the rockabilly mantle. While a male-dominated genre, particularly when the boys (and record companies) were chasing the next Elvis, gave us hundreds (thousands?) of gyrating hips and raw rock in the form of pounding piano, thrashing guitar and duck tails, there was barely enough room for the ladies. But we’ve made some room on this morning’s show where we’ll be featuring the likes of Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin, Laura Lee Perkins and a bevy of brash rocking women from the early days of rock ‘n roll. We’ll do our best to balance the show with late breakers of the rockabilly kind: Kim Lenz, Linda Gail Lewis, Imelda May and Rosie Flores are some of the contemporary sounds we’ll be hearing from on this September morning. Tune in for a wild two hours…guaranteed.
From those blue shadows on the trail that were only imagined in black and white to the notion of good guys with tall white hats chasing down the bad guys across the expanse of the Alabama Hills where Hollywood carved out a little piece of the West…we’re going to go riding down some musical canyons with some of the great musical cowboys of the silver screen. Fewer of us are around that once followed the serial antics of Gene and Smiley or Roy and Dale on Saturday morning reruns of flickering cowboy ‘mysteries’ where music played a big part of the story. After all, a clean shaven singing cowboy with a scarf, white hat and a twinkle in his eye was much more appealing than what the reality was…I think that’s a safe assumption. Tune in for music from Gene Autry, The Sons of the Pioneers, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter and over a dozen others as Dave Stroud spins the shellacs from the 30s, 40s and 50s…and we might even track down later covers that tip the cap here on KOWS Community Radio.
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Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Artistry In Western Swing
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
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The Sons Of The Pioneers
Red River Valley
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
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Roy Rogers
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Roy Rogers
Roll On Texas Moon
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Frankie Laine
Rawhide
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Gene Autry
Dust
Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
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Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys
What It Means To Be Blue
Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
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Marty Robbins
Ballad Of The Alamo
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Johnny Cash
The Rebel Johnny Yuma
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Rex Allen
Ridin' Down the Canyon V-3
Riding All Day
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Dick Reinhart
Hot Rod Baby
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
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Dickson Hall
Cowboy
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Johnny Western
Ballad Of Paladin
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Dean Martin
Rio Bravo
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Lorne Greene
Bonanza
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Johnny Horton
North To Alaska
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Gene Autry
Back In The Saddle Again
Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
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Cliff Edwards
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
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Bob Wills
Dusty Skies
Columbia Historic Edition
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Pee Wee King
Texas Toni Lee
Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin'
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Johnny Bond
Ridin' Down To Santa Fe
Southern Belle [Disc 2]
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Tex Ritter
High Noon
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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James Stewart
The Legend Of Shenandoah
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Rick Nelson
My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin)
Legacy [Disc 1]
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Marty Robbins
The Hanging Tree
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Gene Autry
Ridin' Down The Canyon
Columbia Historic Edition
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The Sons Of The Pioneers
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 2] – Cool Water)
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Frankie Laine
Gunfight At O.K. Corral
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Rex Allen
Cowboy's Heaven
Sings Melodies of the Plains
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Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers
I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
An eclectic free form blend of sounds featuring a variety highlighted by Memphis Minnie, T-Bone Burnett, The Rascals, The Miracles and Carole King…plus over a dozen others in our last show of summer 2023. As the walls of justice close in on traitors and seditionists, we lean on the hope that the constitutional provision that prevents their ilk from ever holding office is the key to saving democracy. Politics aside, the music this week features songs about baking biscuits, diamonds, shopping around, head spinning and what it’s like living here in the U.S.A. Friday morning’s Deeper Roots is a blend of classic and deep tracks designed to set the table for the weekend, right here on Community Radio for West Sonoma County and the world. Tune in, turn on but don’t, just don’t, drop out.
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Elvis Presley
Such a Night
Artist of the Century Disc 2
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Carole King
Like Little Children
The Legendary Demos [+Digital Booklet]
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Wilson Pickett
In the Midnight Hour
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
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Clyde McPhatter
A Lover's Question
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
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Mark Knopfler
Donegan's Gone
Shangri-La
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Mazzy Star
I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit
Fade Into You [Single]
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Memphis Minnie
I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits
Queen Of Country Blues
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Snooks Eaglin
My Head Is Spinning
Complete Imperial Recordings
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Etta James/Harvey Fuqua
My Heart Cries [Duet with Harvery Fuqua]
At Last!
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The Miracles
Shop Around
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
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The Rascals
I've Been Lonely Too Long
All I Really Need: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, 1965-1971
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The Monkees
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
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Steve Miller Band
Living in the U.S.A.
Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits
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T-Bone Burnett
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett Disc 1
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Daniel Lanois
Sometimes
Hear Music, Vol. 10: Reveal
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Randy Newman
Birmingham
Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
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Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away
Original Recordings
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David Lindley & El Rayo-X
Never Knew Her
Very Greasy
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Nick Lowe
I'll Be There
The Impossible Bird
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BR5-49
Cherokee Boogie
BR5-49
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Dave Edmunds
Bail You Out
D.E. 7th
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Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
Ossun Two-Step
American Roots Music [Disc 4]
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The Texas Tornados
Little Bit Is Better Than Nada
4 Aces
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Little Willie John
My Love Is
Lone Star
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The Champs
Tequila
Red, White & Rock Disc 1
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Norah Jones
Creepin' In
Feels Like Home
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Warren Zevon
Play It All Night Long
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]
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Marshall Crenshaw
Silver Wings
Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
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The Mamas & the Papas
Dedicated to the One I Love
Greatest Hits
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Stray Cats
I Won't Stand in Your Way
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 4
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The Sandals
Theme from "Endless Summer"
The Perfect Day: The Music from 40 Years of Surfing Magazine
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Betty Everett
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
We’ve got a Labor Day collection of songs…songs celebrating working men and women and these are songs of both honor and protest, taking us back to the Great Depression when work was hard to find. We’ll also be celebrating the core fight for organizing…whether you’re fighting for the day-to-day pressure of producing faster and better in front of a computer or you’re steaming lattes for the hurried throngs, you have a right to organize and much of the music we’ll share today reinforces the concept. While unions are demonized with threats of offshoring…you know it will be done either way. Music today will include Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Paul Robeson, Bruce Springsteen and a whole host of others. Tune in on kowsfm.com/listen or download our app.
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Bing Crosby
Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
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Paul Robeson
Joe Hill
Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Flokways
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Pete Seeger
Which Side Are You On?
The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
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Natalie Merchant
Which Side Are You On?
Coal Country Music
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The Almanac Singers
Talking Union [Album Version]
The Essential Pete Seeger
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
Sixteen Tons
Vintage Collections
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Pete Seeger
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
An Anthology of Folk Music
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Woody Guthrie
Union Maid (Excerpt)
Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3)
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Pete Seeger
Union Maid
The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
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David, Bill, And Billy Ray Johnson
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways
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Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
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Bobbie McGee
Bread and Roses
Unknown
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Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Hard Times Come Again No More
Songs Of The Civil War
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Dorsey Dixon
Hard Times In Here
The Best Of The HighTone Years
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Dorsey Dixon
Hard Times In Here
The Best Of The HighTone Years
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Nanci Griffith
Hard Times (Come Again No More)
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
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Mavis Staples
We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd)
We'll Never Turn Back
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Justin Townes Earle
Down In The Valley
Coal Country Music
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Bob Dylan
Maggie's Farm
The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
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Tom T. Hall
I'm a Coal Mining Man
Coal Country Music
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Bruce Springsteen
Pay Me My Money Down
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
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Bruce Springsteen
Factory
Darkness on the Edge of Town
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Bruce Springsteen
Youngstown
The Ghost of Tom Joad
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Pete Seeger
If I Had A Hammer
The Essential Pete Seeger
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Steve Earle
Steve's Hammer (For Pete)
Washington Square Serenade
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Valentine Pringle
John Henry
The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 4]
We’re heading on over to the Alibi Room, or Red’s Recovery Room, or whatever your local watering hole might be named and we’ll be doing so with the idea that the hair of the dog is what’s in order this Friday morning, recalling if we can the previous night’s bar hop celebrating country music’s favorite songs of cigareets, whiskey and wild wild women. Songs about whiskey and the glasses on the bar where stories and faces go from long to bright as the jukebox fires up. We’ll hear some classic songs from Webb Pierce, George Jones, Roger Miller and Merle Haggard alongside some contemporary sounds from the late Bill Staines, Chris Stapleton, and Dale Watson, all celebrating Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam, and Maker’s Mark…alongside a little bit of scotch and rye…neat or on the rocks. The honky tonk joints we’ll visit will likely have sawdust on the floor and a well-worn bar. Tune for the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.
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Cal Smith
The Lord Knows I'm Drinking
20 Hits
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Ernest Tubb
Two Glasses Joe
Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
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[dialogue]
…People Condemn Whiskey…
Heartworn Highways
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Johnny Bush
Whiskey River
Country USA 1972
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Dale Watson
Whiskey or God
Blackjack
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Merle Haggard
The Bottle Let Me Down
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
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Bill Staines
Rye Whiskey Joe
Just Play One Tune More
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Misisipi Mike Wolf
Whiskey Warm and Mellow
The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
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Marty Stuart/Travis Tritt
The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
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Willie Nelson
Whiskey River
Shotgun Willie
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Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
Traveller
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Tex Ritter
Rye Whiskey
High Noon
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Merle Haggard
I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
20 Hits
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Webb Pierce
There Stands The Glass
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
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Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Whiskey in the Jar
Shady Grove
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Blue Mountain
Little Stream Of Whiskey
Roots
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Osborne Brothers
Hey Hey Bartender
1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
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Dale Watson
Hair Of The Dog
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
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Dale Watson
Wine Don't Lie
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
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Roger Miller
Chug A Lug
20 Hits
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Hank Thompson
Scotch And Soda
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
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George Jones
Tennessee Whiskey
Legendary Country Singers
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Hayes Carll
Knockin' Over Whiskeys
Trouble In Mind
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The Bootleg Honeys
Little Whiskey
Paint It Red
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Emmylou Harris
Bottle Let Me Down
Pieces Of The Sky
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Joe Ely
Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn
New Country January 1995
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Red Ingle & His Natural Seven
Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
29
Jerry Lee Lewis
It Was The Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)
A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
We go back to the church for a rousing celebration for the converted and soon-to-be-faithful. That’s right, we’re in the pews and joining in the hymnal, at least for this two hours, as Sunday morning forgiveness will always follow Saturday night’s sinner’s baptismal. We’re going to hear the echoes of the past century’s gospel songs with a general theme of being saved and born again…and there is certainly plenty to go around whether that’s southern Baptist, Appalachian harmonies or classic African American celebratory gospel. We’ve got it this morning including The Dixie Hummingbirds, Hank Williams, Carl Story, Lonnie Farris, and some contemporary selections from Shannon McNally, Bob Dylan and Solomon Burke. Let’s join in, you the faithful congregation of Deeper Roots from the past century of America’s music, for two hours celebrating that incredible wellspring of gospel sounds.
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LaVern Baker
Saved
Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
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The Mighty Clouds Of Joy
Saved [Album Version]
Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
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The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
I Want To Ride That Glory Train
Shakin' The Rafters
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The Dixie Hummingbirds
You Don't Have Nothing
Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
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The Dixie Hummingbirds
I've Been Born Again
Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
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The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Get Away Jordan
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
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The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi
Soul You Save
I'll Make It Alright
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Nina Simone
Save Me
Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
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Louis Armstrong
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
Rhythm Saved The World
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Rev. Lonnie Farris
I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me
Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
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The Staple Singers
Somebody Saved Me
Uncloudy Day
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Just Wanna See His Face
Spirit Of The Century
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Marty Stuart
Somebody Saved Me
Souls' Chapel
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Carl Story
God Saved My Soul
1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
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Wilburn Brothers
Don't Go Home Unsaved
1962-1963 (Warped 6302)
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Hank Williams
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
I Saw The Light
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Buck Owens
Jesus Saved Me
Dust On Mother's Bible
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Brenda Lee
Saved
Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2
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Bobby Charles
Save Me, Jesus (mono single version)
Bobby Charles
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Solomon Burke
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
Make Do With What You Got
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Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez
Him Who Saved Me
The New Bye & Bye
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Bob Dylan
Saved
Saved
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Eugene Smith
Saved
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
A fine blend of vintage sounds on the show today, all driving down a free form track. The blend mixes gospel from Mavis Staples, some classic mid-century rock from Little Feat and Rick Nelson, all dressed up alongside to lounge and cool jazz sounds of Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Pearl Bailey, and a some classic and contemporary tunes featuring the late, great Tony Bennett. We’ve got Zydeco, classic and contemporary country, some alternative sounds from E and the Eels to share as well. We enjoy sharing a mix of the very best in a free form show every month or so and today will not disappoint. There will also be some recent tracks from Sarah Jarosz, Charley Crockett and The Brother Brothers to measure up against the throwback sounds. We’d be glad to have you once again; just dial-up your internet browser to kowsfm.com/listen or, if you’re on the run, take us with you on your mobile device by installing the KOWS app from the Google Play store or Apple App Store.
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Lionel Hampton
Flying Home
Flying Home (His 48 Finest)
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Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
I'm Making Believe
R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
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The Ink Spots
Whispering Grass
BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958
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Dinah Washington
Manhattan
Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
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Herb Jeffries and Shades Of Rhythm
At Least You Could Save Me A Dream
Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
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Buddy & Ella Johnson
(Gotta Go) Upside Your Head
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
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Wynonie Harris
I Feel That Old Age Coming On (12-19-48)
Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
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Pearl Bailey
I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
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The Amazing Rhythm Aces
Third Rate Romance
Stacked Deck
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Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson
Swinging Doors
Django and Jimmie
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Whitney Rose
Honky Tonk in Mexico
Rosie
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Little Feat
Willin'
Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4)
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Sarah Jarosz
Simple Twist of Fate
Build Me Up From Bones
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Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding
John Wesley Harding
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The Brother Brothers
That's How I Got To Memphis
Cover to Cover
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The Everly Brothers
A Brand New Heartache
Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
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Levon Helm
Stuff You Gotta Watch
Electric Dirt
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Charley Crockett
Just Like Honey
The Man from Waco
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John Prine
Summers End
The Tree of Forgiveness
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Eels
Summer In The City (Live At Kexp Seattle/2011)
Wonderful, Glorious (Deluxe Version)
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Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur
99 Year Blues
Penny's Farm
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Rick Nelson
Garden Party
Garden Party
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Tony Bennett
I Wanna Be Around
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
Roots music found commercial success in 2000 with the release of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, a finely crafted but outrageous tale of Depression-era America with fantastical imagery of hair wax, baptisms, and chain gangs woven into a tapestry built from Homer’s Odyssey. The music, assembled by T-Bone Burnett, was a major component of the film and recorded before the film even began with Burnett working with the Coen brothers while the script was in its working phases. It would become an effort that elevated a genre at the turn of the century called Americana. This week’s show will share some of the period-specific music that helped to propel the notion that blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and gospel could be used to put that time and a ghostly familiar culture into focus. We’ll use O Brother’s musical sensibilities to take us somewhere quite familiar (and at the same time quite terrifying) as we pay homage with Americana roots, featuring sounds from The Carters, Jesse Fuller, Dan Tyminski, Jimmie Rodgers, W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys, among others.
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Estil C. Ball
Lonesome Valley
Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
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The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash
Lonesome Valley
Keep On The Sunny Side
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Harry McClintock
Big Rock Candy Mountain
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra
You Are My Sunshine
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
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Alison Krauss
Down To The River To Pray
A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
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Peasall Sisters
Fair and Tender Ladies
Home to You
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Roberta Martin Singers
The Old Ship of Zion
Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
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The Stanley Brothers
A Life Of Sorrow
Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
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Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom Boys
Man of Constant Sorrow
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
11
W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys
Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy
Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
12
Country Gentlemen
I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)
1963 (Warped 6305)
13
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
