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Silver Screen Country

September 25, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Artistry In Western Swing	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
3	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Red River Valley	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
4	Roy Rogers	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
5	Roy Rogers	Roll On Texas Moon	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
6	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
7	Gene Autry	Dust	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
8	Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys	What It Means To Be Blue	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
9	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
10	Johnny Cash	The Rebel Johnny Yuma	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
11	Rex Allen	Ridin' Down the Canyon V-3	Riding All Day
12	Dick Reinhart	Hot Rod Baby	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
13	Dickson Hall	Cowboy	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
14	Johnny Western	Ballad Of Paladin	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
15	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
16	Lorne Greene	Bonanza	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
17	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
18	Gene Autry	Back In The Saddle Again	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
19	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
20	Bob Wills	Dusty Skies	Columbia Historic Edition
21	Pee Wee King	Texas Toni Lee	Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin'
22	Johnny Bond	Ridin' Down To Santa Fe	Southern Belle [Disc 2]
23	Tex Ritter	High Noon	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	James Stewart	The Legend Of Shenandoah	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
25	Rick Nelson	My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin)	Legacy [Disc 1]
26	Marty Robbins	The Hanging Tree	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
27	Gene Autry	Ridin' Down The Canyon	Columbia Historic Edition
28	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 2] – Cool Water)
29	Frankie Laine	Gunfight At O.K. Corral	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
30	Rex Allen	Cowboy's Heaven	Sings Melodies of the Plains
31	Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers	I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
32	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Shadows On the Trail	Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites
33	Marty Robbins	Song Of The Bandit	The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982
34	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Going Back To My Texas Home	Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1
35	Dick Curless	I Ride an Old Paint	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
36	Sara Watkins	Blue Shadows On the Trail (feat. Nickel Creek)	Under the Pepper Tree
37	Colter Wall	I Ride an Old Paint: Leavin' Cheyenne	Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs

Mix Master’s Delight

September 15, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Elvis Presley	Such a Night	Artist of the Century Disc 2
3	Carole King	Like Little Children	The Legendary Demos [+Digital Booklet]
4	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
5	Clyde McPhatter	A Lover's Question	Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
6	Mark Knopfler	Donegan's Gone	Shangri-La
7	Mazzy Star	I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit	Fade Into You [Single]
8	Memphis Minnie	I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits	Queen Of Country Blues
9	Snooks Eaglin	My Head Is Spinning	Complete Imperial Recordings
10	Etta James/Harvey Fuqua	My Heart Cries [Duet with Harvery Fuqua]	At Last!
11	The Miracles	Shop Around	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
12	The Rascals	I've Been Lonely Too Long	All I Really Need: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, 1965-1971
13	The Monkees	A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
14	Steve Miller Band	Living in the U.S.A.	Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits
15	T-Bone Burnett	Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend	Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett Disc 1
16	Daniel Lanois	Sometimes	Hear Music, Vol. 10: Reveal
17	Randy Newman	Birmingham	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
18	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away	Original Recordings
19	David Lindley & El Rayo-X	Never Knew Her	Very Greasy
20	Nick Lowe	I'll Be There	The Impossible Bird
21	BR5-49	Cherokee Boogie	BR5-49
22	Dave Edmunds	Bail You Out	D.E. 7th
23	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	Ossun Two-Step	American Roots Music [Disc 4]
24	The Texas Tornados	Little Bit Is Better Than Nada	4 Aces
25	Little Willie John	My Love Is	Lone Star
26	The Champs	Tequila	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
27	Norah Jones	Creepin' In	Feels Like Home
28	Warren Zevon	Play It All Night Long	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]
29	Marshall Crenshaw	Silver Wings	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
30	The Mamas & the Papas	Dedicated to the One I Love	Greatest Hits
31	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
32	The Sandals	Theme from "Endless Summer"	The Perfect Day: The Music from 40 Years of Surfing Magazine
33	Betty Everett	The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)	Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
34	Tom Petty	Big Weekend	Highway Companion

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Labor Day 2023

September 3, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bing Crosby	Brother Can You Spare A Dime?	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Flokways
4	Pete Seeger	Which Side Are You On?	The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
5	Natalie Merchant	Which Side Are You On?	Coal Country Music
6	The Almanac Singers	Talking Union [Album Version]	The Essential Pete Seeger
7	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
8	Pete Seeger	Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues	An Anthology of Folk Music
9	Woody Guthrie	Union Maid (Excerpt)	Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3)
10	Pete Seeger	Union Maid	The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
11	David, Bill, And Billy Ray Johnson	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad	Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways
12	Bruce Springsteen	We Shall Overcome	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
13	Bobbie McGee	Bread and Roses	Unknown
14	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Hard Times Come Again No More	Songs Of The Civil War
15	Dorsey Dixon	Hard Times In Here	The Best Of The HighTone Years
16	Dorsey Dixon	Hard Times In Here	The Best Of The HighTone Years
17	Nanci Griffith	Hard Times (Come Again No More)	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
18	Mavis Staples	We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
19	Justin Townes Earle	Down In The Valley	Coal Country Music
20	Bob Dylan	Maggie's Farm	The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
21	Tom T. Hall	I'm a Coal Mining Man	Coal Country Music
22	Bruce Springsteen	Pay Me My Money Down	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
23	Bruce Springsteen	Factory	Darkness on the Edge of Town
24	Bruce Springsteen	Youngstown	The Ghost of Tom Joad
25	Pete Seeger	If I Had A Hammer	The Essential Pete Seeger
26	Steve Earle	Steve's Hammer (For Pete)	Washington Square Serenade
27	Valentine Pringle	John Henry	The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 4]
28	Elvis Presley	Big Boss Man	Artist of the Century Disc 2
29	Blind Boy Fuller	Working Man Blues	Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937
30	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	1913 Massacre	Hard Travelin'
31	Woody Guthrie	Farmer-Labor Train	Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3)
32	Randy Newman	Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
33	Randy Newman	Every Man a King	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1

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Two Glasses Joe

August 25, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cal Smith	The Lord Knows I'm Drinking	20 Hits
3	Ernest Tubb	Two Glasses Joe	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
4	[dialogue]	…People Condemn Whiskey…	Heartworn Highways
5	Johnny Bush	Whiskey River	Country USA 1972
6	Dale Watson	Whiskey or God	Blackjack
7	Merle Haggard	The Bottle Let Me Down	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
8	Bill Staines	Rye Whiskey Joe	Just Play One Tune More
9	Misisipi Mike Wolf	Whiskey Warm and Mellow	The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
10	Marty Stuart/Travis Tritt	The Whiskey Ain't Workin'	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
11	Willie Nelson	Whiskey River	Shotgun Willie
12	Chris Stapleton	Tennessee Whiskey	Traveller
13	Tex Ritter	Rye Whiskey	High Noon
14	Merle Haggard	I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink	20 Hits
15	Webb Pierce	There Stands The Glass	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
16	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Whiskey in the Jar	Shady Grove
17	Blue Mountain	Little Stream Of Whiskey	Roots
18	Osborne Brothers	Hey Hey Bartender	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
19	Dale Watson	Hair Of The Dog	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
20	Dale Watson	Wine Don't Lie	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
21	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
22	Hank Thompson	Scotch And Soda	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
23	George Jones	Tennessee Whiskey	Legendary Country Singers
24	Hayes Carll	Knockin' Over Whiskeys	Trouble In Mind
25	The Bootleg Honeys	Little Whiskey	Paint It Red
26	Emmylou Harris	Bottle Let Me Down	Pieces Of The Sky
27	Joe Ely	Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn	New Country January 1995
28	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]
30	David Luning	Whiskey Bottle	Just Drop On By
31	Hank Williams Jr.	Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound	Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
33	Chris Stapleton	Whiskey Sunrise	Starting Over

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Saved!

August 13, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	LaVern Baker	Saved	Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
3	The Mighty Clouds Of Joy	Saved [Album Version]	Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
4	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
5	The Dixie Hummingbirds	You Don't Have Nothing	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
6	The Dixie Hummingbirds	I've Been Born Again	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
7	The Original Gospel Harmonettes	Get Away Jordan	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
8	The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi	Soul You Save	I'll Make It Alright
9	Nina Simone	Save Me	Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
10	Louis Armstrong	I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music	Rhythm Saved The World
11	Rev. Lonnie Farris	I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me	Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
12	The Staple Singers	Somebody Saved Me	Uncloudy Day
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Just Wanna See His Face	Spirit Of The Century
14	Marty Stuart	Somebody Saved Me	Souls' Chapel
15	Carl Story	God Saved My Soul	1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
16	Wilburn Brothers	Don't Go Home Unsaved	1962-1963 (Warped 6302)
17	Hank Williams	Wealth Won't Save Your Soul	I Saw The Light
18	Buck Owens	Jesus Saved Me	Dust On Mother's Bible
19	Brenda Lee	Saved	Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2
20	Bobby Charles	Save Me, Jesus (mono single version)	Bobby Charles
21	Solomon Burke	Wealth Won't Save Your Soul	Make Do With What You Got
22	Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez	Him Who Saved Me	The New Bye & Bye
23	Bob Dylan	Saved	Saved
24	Eugene Smith	Saved	The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
25	Shannon McNally	Save Me Jesus	Small Town Talk
26	The Staple Singers	Good News	Uncloudy Day
27	The Band	Saved	Moondog Matinee
28	Aretha Franklin	Save Me	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Five Blind Boys of Mississippi	Save a Seat for Me	20th Century Masters – The Best Of

Flying Home

August 5, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Lionel Hampton	Flying Home	Flying Home (His 48 Finest)
3	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
4	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass	BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958
5	Dinah Washington	Manhattan	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
6	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
7	Buddy & Ella Johnson	(Gotta Go) Upside Your Head	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
8	Wynonie Harris	I Feel That Old Age Coming On (12-19-48)	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
9	Pearl Bailey	I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
10	The Amazing Rhythm Aces	Third Rate Romance	Stacked Deck
11	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Swinging Doors	Django and Jimmie
12	Whitney Rose	Honky Tonk in Mexico	Rosie
13	Little Feat	Willin'	Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4)
14	Sarah Jarosz	Simple Twist of Fate	Build Me Up From Bones
15	Bob Dylan	John Wesley Harding	John Wesley Harding
16	The Brother Brothers	That's How I Got To Memphis	Cover to Cover
17	The Everly Brothers	A Brand New Heartache	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
18	Levon Helm	Stuff You Gotta Watch	Electric Dirt
19	Charley Crockett	Just Like Honey	The Man from Waco
20	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
21	Eels	Summer In The City (Live At Kexp Seattle/2011)	Wonderful, Glorious (Deluxe Version)
22	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	99 Year Blues	Penny's Farm
23	Rick Nelson	Garden Party	Garden Party
24	Tony Bennett	I Wanna Be Around	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
25	Tony Bennett & B.B. King	Let The Good Times Roll	Playing With My Friends
26	Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett	New York, New York	Duets
27	Julie London	Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)	Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
28	Gene Phillips & The Rhythm Aces	My Mama Told Me	Swinging The Blues
29	The Gaylords	Ma Ma Ma Marie	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
30	Rosemary Clooney	Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)	Tenderly
31	The David Thom Band	Windy City	That Old Familiar

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O Brother Revisited

July 15, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Estil C. Ball	Lonesome Valley	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
3	The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash	Lonesome Valley	Keep On The Sunny Side
4	Harry McClintock	Big Rock Candy Mountain	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5	Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra	You Are My Sunshine	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
6	Alison Krauss	Down To The River To Pray	A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
7	Peasall Sisters	Fair and Tender Ladies	Home to You
8	Roberta Martin Singers	The Old Ship of Zion	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
9	The Stanley Brothers	A Life Of Sorrow	Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
10	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]
14	The Whites	Keep on the Sunny Side	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
15	Chuck Wagon Gang	I'll Fly Away	1941-1948 (Warped 4128)
16	Hannah Peasall/Leah Peasall/Sarah Peasall/The Peasall Sisters	In the Highways	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
17	Ralph Stanley	Oh, Death (Featuring Gillian Welch)	Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
18	Jesse Fuller	Amazing Grace	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
19	The Statler Brothers	Statler Brothers – Amazing Grace	Bless This House [Disc 3]
20	The Stanley Brothers	Angel Band	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
21	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 2]
22	Doc Watson	In the Jailhouse Now	Memories
23	Robert Johnson	They're Red Hot	ABC Of The Blues Vol 18
24	Lefty Frizzell	My Rough And Rowdy Ways	Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers
25	Jimmie Rodgers	Frankie And Johnnie	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2]
26	Peerless Four	Trouble in My Way	Southern Journey Vol 8 (Velvet Voices: Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music)
27	Chuck Wagon Gang/Jack Greene	Family Bible	70th Anniversary
28	J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers	Goin' Down To The River Of Jordan	Take Me To The Water
29	The Carter Family	River Of Jordan	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
30	W. Lee O'Daniel	O'Daniel radio show sign off	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
31	The Carter Family	Can The Circle Be Unbroken	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
32	John Hartford	Indian War Whoop [Instrumental]	O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Soothe Me

July 8, 2023 Dave

We’re digging into the archives. Deep down into the wells…for a collection of rhythm & blues, country, gospel, and tradition with performances from Patsy Cline, Sonny Boy Williamson, Marty Stuart, Dinah Washington and nearly three dozen others. Friday morning inspiration from the courtroom bench, the gospel pew, and from the piano bench…as we bring you another episode of the very best of the past 100 years to the stream. There’s trouble and some double entendre from Julia Lee, some rousing sanctified call and response from Eugene Smith and The Roberta Martin Singers, as well as a bootleg Dylan piece that we’ll share with you. Join Dave Stroud this coming Friday morning for the very best of America’s music from the past century.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)	The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
3	Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers	Satisfied	How Sweet it Was
4	Marie Knight	Satisfied With Jesus	Hallelujah What A Song!
5	Spiritual Five	Satisfied With Him	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
6	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Have A Friend Above All Others	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
7	Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers	Walk With Me	20 Gospel Greats
8	Sam Cooke	Trouble In Mind	The Rhythm And The Blues
9	Steve Forbert	Devil (Here She Comes Now)	Compromised
10	Shorty Long	Devil With a Blue Dress On	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
11	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly	Detroit Breakout! 1
12	Julia Lee	Trouble In Mind	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
13	Julia Lee	Lotus Blossom	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
14	Wynonie Harris	Good Morning Judge	All She Wants To Do Is Rock
15	Chuck Berry	Have Mercy Judge	The Chess Box Disc 3
16	Carl Martin	Good Morning, Judge	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
17	Sonny Boy Williamson	Your Funeral And My Trial	His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
18	Hugh Laurie	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
19	Dinah Washington	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	The Bessie Smith Songbook
20	Johnny Otis	Court Room Blues	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
21	Jorma Kaukonen	Judge, I'm Not Sorry	The Land Of Heroes
22	The Country Gentlemen	The Sentence	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
23	Ernest Tubb	Dear Judge	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
24	Patsy Cline	A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye	Live at the Opry
25	Washboard Sam	Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]	That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
26	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
27	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]
28	Page & Plant	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records
29	Joe Ely	Rock Me My Baby	Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981)
30	Marty Stuart	A Satisfied Mind	Country Music
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Cool, Cool Kisses	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Bea Foote	Weed	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
33	Sam & Dave	Soothe Me	The Best Of Sam & Dave
34	The Persuasions	Soothe Me	Good News

Summer Sun

June 30, 2023 Dave

Summer’s here and you know what that means…we’ll be running through a bit of theme, this time with the focus on all that we celebrate in summer. With the Fourth of July coming up we’ll turn our attention to barbecues, baseball, ice cream treats, the warmth of the sun, swimming holes, and everything summer. Tune in for some terrific tracks from Dean Martin, Johnny Rivers, The Four Preps, Walter Wanderly and a whole lot more. It took us six months for the days to get longer and now it’s another six months of diminished daylight but that’s what make three other seasons something to relish…I guess. So whether you’re shipping kids off to summer camp, planning for this year’s visit to the Fair, or planning a trip to a ballpark or beach, know that it’ll be warmer than colder and we’re here to play the background music here on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all over this big blue marble on kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beach Boys	All Summer Long	All Summer Long
3	The Donkeys	Theme From The Endless Summer	Theme From The Endless Summer [single]
4	Jack Nitzsche	The Lonely Surfer	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2
5	The Beach Boys	Keep An Eye On Summer	Summer Love Songs
6	Nat King Cole	That Sunday, That Summer	30 Greatest Hits Disc 1
7	The Four Preps	26 Miles (Santa Catalina)	Banana Split for My Baby
8	The Grand Southern	The Boys of Summer	Don't Say Anything
9	Terry Cashman	Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke")	61* [Box Set] Disc 1
10	John Fogerty	Centerfield	Sing America
11	Sister Wynona Carr	The Ball Game	Baseball Anthems
12	Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra	Joltin' Joe Dimaggio	Baseball Anthems
13	Ronnie Isle and the Blisters	Bad Sunburn	Banana Split for My Baby
14	Dean Martin w. Dick Stabile Orchestra	In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening	Good Old Summertime
15	The Four Mints	Night Air	Good Old Summertime
16	Jo Ann Campbell	Beach Comber	Banana Split for My Baby
17	Frank Triolo and the Shipmates Orchestra	Ice Cream Baby	Banana Split for My Baby
18	The Pearls	Ice Cream Baby	Another Banana Split, please
19	Leslie Uggams and Hugo Peretti Orchestra	Ice Cream Man	Banana Split for My Baby
20	Fred Waring; Pennsylvanians	I Scream, You Scream (We All Scream for Ice Cream)	The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)
21	Walter Wanderley	Summer Samba	Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms
22	Johnny Rivers	Summer Rain	Anthology: 1964-1977 [Disc 2]
23	Santo & Johnny	Summertime	Sleepwalk – The First Two Albums
24	Les Paul & Mary Ford	In The Good Old Summertime	The Best Of The Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition
25	Loudon Wainwright III	The Swimming Song	Attempted Mustache
26	Bobby Bare	They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Tennessee Ernie Ford and Cliffie Stone's Music	Sunday Barbecue	Banana Split for My Baby
28	Robert Earl Keen	Barbeque	Gringo Honeymoon
29	Buzz Cason	Barbeque	Hats Off To Hank
30	Wendy Waldman	Long Hot Summer Nights	Love Is The Only Goal: The Best Of Wendy Waldman
31	Plains	Summer Sun	I Walked With You A Ways
32	Robin Ward	Wonderful Summer	Vintage Collectors Series Music, Volume 11 & 12
33	Don Henley	The Boys Of Summer	Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits

Songs About The Telephone

June 11, 2023 Dave

A theme show once again, this week with the telephone as our muse. Songs about the most important of communication devices which has fused with social media to the benefit, and equal detriment, of all mankind. From the early call from Bell to Watson to the proverbial football that our fearless leader carries around to make the one call to eradicate or, better yet, save mankind. This week we’ll visit the long lost guide known as the “operator” and the equally antiquated term “dial” with music from country, pop, soul, and rock archives of yesterday. Kick back and be entertained by the sounds of Brenda Lee, Sister Wynona Carr, Stonewall Jackson, Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb, and Bill Fury in a collection of the very best from multiple genres here on Sonoma County Community Radio, broadcasting in West County on 92.5 FM and streaming to all mankind on kowsfm.com/listen. Drop in why don’t you?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Laurel And Hardy	Long Distance	Laurel & Hardy – Songs and Sketches from the Hal Roach Films
3	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	The Manhattan Transfer
4	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
5	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
6	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
7	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
8	Burl Ives	Royal Telephone	Greatest Hits
9	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
10	Doc Watson	No Telephone In Heaven	My Dear Old Southern Home
11	Stuart Hamblen	When My Lord Picks Up The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
12	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn	Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn)	A Tribute To A Legend
13	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone	Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3]
14	Stonewall Jackson	Can't Hang Up the Phone	Singles
15	Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll & his Orchestra	Call Rosie On The Phone	The Best Of Guy Mitchell
16	Dusty Owens	Hello Operator	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
17	Tom T. Hall	Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
18	George Jones	Wrong Number	Star Creek Promotions 4
19	Hank Penny	Hold The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
20	Lattie Moore	The Jukebox And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
22	Billy Fury	Phone Call	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
23	Brenda Lee	Ring-A-My-Phone	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
24	Mickey & Sylvia	Can't Get You On The Phone	Rock With A Sock
25	Lew Williams	Teenager's Talkin' On The Phone	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
26	The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
27	Boozoo Chavis	Telephone Won't Ring	The Lake Charles Atomic Bomb (Original Goldband Recordings)
28	Cecil Gant	Long Distance Call	Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
29	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	Telephone Boogie	ABC Of The Blues Vol 49
30	Jimmy McCracklin	What's Your Phone Number	Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
31	Floyd Dixon	Telephone Blues	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
32	The Treniers	Long Distance Blues	Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
33	Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
34	The Orlons	Don't Hang Up	Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
35	Mary Wells	Operator	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
36	Tommy Sands	Ring My Phone	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
37	Paul Anka	Kissin' On The Phone	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
38	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Pennsylvania 6-5000	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
39	Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys	Maybe She'll Write Me, Maybe She'll Phone Maybe She'll Write Me, Maybe She'll Phone Me	Whoopee Hey Hey!

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