Category Archives: Americana

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

Sass & Gas

June 8, 2023 Dave

An eclectic episode full of sass, gas and plenty of brass. We’re going the free form route today and there’ll be plenty of embellishments to the morning as we take a blindfolded trip through a hall of mirrors with some classy vocals from Frankie, Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest; some honky tonk whiskey-in-the-bottle twangin’ from George Jones, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee; rocking rhythm passion from Tina Turner, The Marquees, and Elmore James; and much more including some little known nuggets from Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and Daddy Cleanhead. We’re going to set the morning on fire with plenty of fuel from the deeper wells of the past century of America’s music. You don’t want to miss out. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning selection of wild tune-age on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hank Penny	Hold The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
3	Ike & Tina Turner	It's Gonna Work Out Fine	Birth Of Soul: 3
4	Marshall Crenshaw	Blues Is King	Downtown
5	Daddy Cleanhead	Something's Goin' On In My Room	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
6	The Marquees	Hey Little Schoolgirl	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
7	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Dry Bones	The Best Of 1940-50
8	James Taylor	Coming Back To You	Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
9	Bob Dylan	Braggin'	Triplicate
10	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
11	Peggy Lee	I'm Beginning To See The Light	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
12	Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra	Blue Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
13	The Artie Shaw Orchestra Feat. Helen Forrest	Deep In A Dream	The Essential Artie Shaw [Disc 2]
14	Buddy Emmons	Deep In The Heart Of Texas	Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
15	Geraint Watkins	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Aide Memoire
16	Carl Perkins	Matchbox	Original Sun Greatest Hits
17	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Train of Love	Come on Back
18	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Wagon Wheels [Disc 2]
19	The Handsome Family	Down In the Valley of Hollow Logs	Through the Trees
20	The Louvin Brothers	The Wreck On The Highway	Sing the Great Roy Acuff Songs
21	George Jones	Just One More	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
22	Geraint Watkins	Heart of Stone	Rush of Blood
23	Merle Travis	I Used To Work In Chicago	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
24	Webb Pierce	California Blues	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
25	The Carlisles	Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
26	Hank Williams	No, No Joe	Beyond The Sunset
27	Charlie Louvin	Katy Dear	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
28	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Cadillac in Model "A"	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
29	Jerry Lee Lewis	End of the Road	25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
30	Everly Brothers	I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
31	Johnny Cash	Train Of Love	His Sun Years: Down South
32	T-Bone Burnett	I'm Coming Home	Truth Decay
33	Bob Dylan	Ring Them Bells	Oh Mercy
34	Steve Allen	This Could Be The Start Of Something Big	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rockabilly

Imperial Rhythm & Rockabilly

May 19, 2023 Dave

The Imperial label will be the subject of this week’s Deeper Roots show. Founded in 1947 by Lew Chudd, it’s early years featured some of the very best rhythm and blues and early rock you could find. Their lineup included some of the big names of early rock, not least of which was Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Ricky Nelson. They would dabble in country and jazz but also looked to strike while the iron was hot when Elvis hit with a blend of country and rhythm and blues in the mid-50s. They did so by looking for new names with ducktails and driving combos in the rockabilly era. This episode focuses primarily on the 1950s with a future episode taking us further into the label’s sale to Liberty Records in 1963 but not before Lew Chudd purchased Aladdin and Minit Records, bringing over even more of the R&B talent that they would be known for. It’s another Deeper Roots Friday morning on KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
3	Smiley Lewis	Tee-Nah-Nah	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1
4	Guitar Slim and His Band	Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles]	Louisiana Swamp Blues
5	Big Jay McNeely	All That Wine Is Gone	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
6	T-Bone Walker	Cold Cold Feeling	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
7	Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens	Later Baby	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3
8	Fats Domino	Goin' Home	Rock And Rollin
9	Lil' Son Jackson	Get High Everybody	Vol. 2 1950-1952
10	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
11	Hawks	I-Yi	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
12	Pee Wee Crayton	Win-O	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
13	Joe Houston Orchestra	All Night Long	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
14	The Pelicans	Ain't Gonna Do It	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
15	The Spiders	I Didn't Want To Do It	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
16	Dave Bartholomew	Another Mule	1952-1955
17	James "Sugar Boy" Crawford	She Gotta Wobble (When She Walks) (Imperial 5424)	R&B Humdingers Volume 12
18	Bobby Mitchell with Dave Bartholomew's Orch.'	Try Rock And Roll	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
19	Lew Williams	Cat Talk	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
20	Lew Williams	Gone Ape Man	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
21	Merle Kilgore	Ernie	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
22	The Strikes	Baby I'm Sorry	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
23	Bob Luman	Red Hot	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
24	Ricky Nelson	Stood Up	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
25	Ricky Nelson	Boppin' The Blues	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
26	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
27	Dennis Herrold	Hip Hip Baby	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
28	Weldon Rogers	So Long, Good Luck & Goodbye	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
29	Dorsey & Johnny Burnette	My Honey	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
30	Dorsey & Johnny Burnette	Warm Love	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
31	Slick Slavin	Speed Crazy	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
32	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
33	Jackie Walker	Only Teenagers Allowed	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
34	Billy Eldridge	Let's Go	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
35	Faye Adams	Keeper Of My Heart	Crescent City Soul
36	Roy Brown	Let the Four Winds Blow	The Complete Imperial Recordings
37	Ricky Nelson	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Legacy [Disc 1]

Covers Time

May 7, 2023 Dave

Another morning of covers, from country to soul and a little bit of rhythm and roll in store. This week’s show celebrates the songwriters and performers who found themselves honored with tributes and covers that honor the sense of a piece. We’ll hear covers of Tom T. Hall, Arthur Alexander, Robert Hunter, Derek Martin, Hank Snow and JJ Cale in the show today. The idea is to find a cover worth noting and put it up alongside the original. Just over a dozen songs to pick from in our two hours this morning featuring covers by Shannon McNally, Charley Crockett, Amy Black and Teddy Thompson. Join Dave Stroud for another episode from those dusty digital bins and turn up the volume for straight interpretations and a few wild takes in another covers show on a Friday morning from the KOWS studio in downtown Santa Rosa, California.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Everly Brothers	Bowling Green	Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 3]
3	Neko Case	Bowling Green	The Virginian
4	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly	Red, White & Rock Disc 3
5	Bill Kirchen	Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version)	Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
6	Willie Nelson	Busted	I Don't Know A Thing About Love
7	Ray Charles	Busted	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
8	Red Foley	Midnight	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
9	Kevin Russell	Midnight	Plain Dirt Fashion
10	Elvis Presley	It's Now Or Never	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
11	Chris Isaak	It's Now or Never	Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version)
12	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
13	The Mavericks	Don't Be Cruel	Play the Hits
14	Derek Martin	Daddy Rollin' Stone	Birth Of Soul: 1
15	The Blasters	Daddy Rollin' Stone	4-11-44
16	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
17	James Taylor	In The Midnight Hour	Other Covers
18	Bob Luman	Let's Think About Living	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
19	Teddy Thompson	Let's Think About Living	Up Front And Down Low
20	Tom T. Hall	I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	Tom T. Hall – Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher
21	Charley Crockett	I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
22	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Birth Of Soul: 1
23	Aaron Neville	Gypsy Woman	My True Story
24	Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	The Greatest Hits
25	Amy Black	You Better Move On	The Muscle Shoals Sessions
26	Hank Snow	I'm Moving On	The Essential Hank Snow
27	Willie Nelson	I'm Movin' On	Remember Me, Vol. 1
28	John Martyn	Don't Want to Know	Solid Air
29	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	Anutha Zone
30	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Sugar Moon	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
31	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland

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Payday Saturday Night

April 29, 2023 Dave

The pickins are thin until payday rolls around. Money is short and there’s none to spare. Although we’ve been wanting to save for a rainy day, the cupboards still need fillin’ and we also need enough to have some fun. If that eagle flies on Friday then Saturday night is when the time is right. This week we’ll be banking on that combined theme of payday, money and taxes. Belly up to the barroom country sounds of Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell and The Sons of the Pioneers and then find some rhythm and blues with The Fiestas, The Harlem Hamfats, Bobby Charles and Dom Flemons. It’s all about cashing out every couple of weeks and spreading thin with savings being thinner. We’ve got greenbacks, dollar down payments, songs about payday, the taxman and that almighty dollar to remind us that, as Peter Case points out, that “there’s two kinds of justice everybody knows, one for folks up on the hill and one for the others down below”.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Zeke Clements	Payday Saturday Night	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
3	The Sons Of The Pioneers	When Payday Rolls Around	Symphonies Of The Sage
4	Lefty Frizzell	When Payday Comes Around	1950-1951 (Warped 5061)
5	Faron Young	I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2)
6	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	Very Best of: 1958 – 1962
7	Dan Hicks	Payday Blues [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
8	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
9	The Fiestas	Dollar Bill (stereo)	Oh So Fine (Ace)
10	Hank Penny	Taxes, Taxes	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
11	Johnny Cash	After Taxes	I Would Like to See You Again
12	Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely's Trio	I Paid My Income Tax Today	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
13	The Harlem Hamfats	Sales Tax On It	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
14	Stan Farlow	1040 Blues	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
15	Mississippi John Hurt	Payday	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
16	Lucious Curtis	Payday	Deep River of Song: Mississippi – Blues Lineage
17	Bobby Charles	Nickles, Dimes and Dollars	Timeless
18	The Limeliters	A Dollar Down	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
19	Oscar Brand	A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore	A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3
20	Freddie Hart And The Heartbeats	That Almighty Dollar	Age of WorryFrom Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 19601970
21	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
22	Aloe Blacc	I Need A Dollar	I Need A Dollar
23	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
24	Roomful Of Blues	Money Talks	Dressed Up To Get Messed Up
25	Dom Flemons	Big Money Blues	Traveling Wildfire
26	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	For The Love Of Money	If You Don't Know Me By Now
27	The Lovin' Spoonful	Money	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
28	Sierra Ferrell	Silver Dollar	Long Time Coming
29	Van Morrison	Greenback Dollar	Moving On Skiffle
30	The Kingston Trio	Greenback Dollar	Capitol Collector's Series
31	Randy Newman	It's Money That Matters	Land of Dreams
32	Mel Blanc	Money	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
33	Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis	The Money Song	Cocktail Hour Disc 1

Lonesome Train

April 21, 2023 Dave

Free form! That’s right. No theme, no genre exploration, no tribute or topical show today. Only topical playlists embellishing the show today including New Orleans memories from Bobby Mitchell, Fats Domino and Dr. John, country nuggets from Merle, Buck and Elvis as well as some fancy shmancy crooning from a Perry, Blue Eyes and Dino. We’ll also be digging into some classic rockabilly tunes and some canciones de Flaco and Los Lobos. Here in Sonoma County we’re going from three years of drought, wildfires and the Santa Ana winds to preparing for levee breaches and floods with the snow melts. We also get to behave like adults in the face of biased and inhumane Supreme Court decisions and moronic Texas politicians. Because we know who they are and what they represent: book burners and religious zealots with white hoods. While nobody is without sin, we’ll go with Newsom’s ability to employ the right critical thinking at the right time. I told you it would be a free form morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Geraint Watkins	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Aide Memoire
3	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Big Mamou	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
4	Wanda Jackson	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
5	Matchbox	Rockabilly Rebel	Rockabilly Rebel
6	Johnny Burnette	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
7	Sonny Burgess	Tomorrow Never Comes	We Wanna Boogie
8	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
9	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
10	Fats Domino	I Want To Walk You Home	Heatin' Up
11	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
12	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	The Essential Collection
13	Buck Owens	Made In Japan	Country USA 1972
14	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
15	Merle Haggard	I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me	Country USA 1972
16	Elvis Presley	After Loving You	Artist of the Century Disc 3
17	The Devil and Bunny Show	Crossing Muddy Waters	The I-10 Chronicles 2 – One More For The Road
18	Los Lobos	Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
19	Flaco Jiminez	Margarita	Los Super Seven
20	The Band	Ophelia	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
21	Linda Ronstadt	Hurt So Bad	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
22	April Stevens	I Want A Lip	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
23	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	Deep Purple	Teach Me Tiger
24	April Stevens	Teach Me Tiger	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
25	April Stevens	Do It Again	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
26	Wayne Newton	Danke Schoen	Jackpot! The Las Vegas Story
27	Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra/Perry Como/Ray Charles Singers	Round and Round	The Very Best of Perry Como
28	Tony Bennett	In the Middle of an Island	Your Hit Parade – 1957
29	Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford	It's A Highway To Heaven	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
30	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Gospel of Blues
31	Michelle Lanchester/Sweet Honey in the Rock	I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor ( If You See My Saviour)	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
32	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	Spirit in the Dark
33	Aretha Franklin	Try Matty's	Spirit in the Dark
34	The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	The Best of the Band

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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)

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rockabilly, Theme Time

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

A Century of America's Music