Category Archives: Americana

Peace and Happiness

We’ve got ourselves a blend of free form sounds from the Deeper Roots archives with themes of midnight runs, trains, and happiness spiced with instrumental punch. Tune in on a Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio for some oddball tunes from John D. Loudermilk, Bob Gibson, and Chip Taylor and The New Ukrainians. We’re already halfway through the month and we’ll find ourselves with a brighter eclectic blend of sounds from the past century. The antenna is installed and now the volunteers who pedal the wheels to churn those dynamos will soon have our signal spreading it’s joy throughout the county. Go volunteers!!
Tune in why don’t you…

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Chip Taylor & The new Ukrainians Be Kind (Clean) Radio Safe Fuck All The Perfect People Amazon
3Ted Hawkins Peace and Happiness 25 Years of Rounder Records (Disc1) Amazon
4Big Joe Turner Feeling Happy Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
5Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Feeling Happy Lost Time Amazon
6The Jive Five I'm A Happy Man Rock Is Dead, But It Won't Lie Down: 24 Greatest Hits Of All Time, Vol. 2 Amazon
7Bob Gibson Joy Joy Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson Amazon
8John D. Loudermilk He's Just a Scientist Blue Train Amazon
9The Friends Of Distinction Grazing In The Grass Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Sandy Nelson Chop Chop Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection Amazon
11The String-A-Longs Wheels Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Ray Bryant Combo The Madison Time, Pt. 1 Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
13Hank Penny Jersey Bounce (Instrumental) King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
14The Bobby Fuller Four A New Shade Of Blue The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
15Bob Dylan Soon After Midnight Tempest Amazon
16Marc Cohn After Midnight Listening Booth: 1970 Amazon
17Arthur Alexander In The Middle Of It All The Greatest Hits Amazon
18Roger McGuinn Anna Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander Amazon
19Carlene Carter/Paul Carrack Oh How Happy Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection Amazon
20Johnny Cash Casey Jones (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 1] Amazon
21Mabel Scott Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train Blues Women Amazon
22Chuck Berry Down Bound Train Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
23Dick Flood Hellbound Train Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
24Precious Bryant Morning Train Black Snake Moan Soundtrack Amazon
25John Prine Morning Train Fair & Square Amazon
26Harry Nilsson Turn on Your Radio Son of Schmilsson Amazon
27John Hartford Turn Your Radio On Aereo-Plain Amazon
28Rambling Rod Foley Yodeling Radio Joe American Yodeling Amazon
29The Shootouts Radio Jesus Quick Draw Amazon
30The Bootleg Honeys Radio Paint It Red Amazon
31Carlene Carter Radio Sweetheart Two Sides to Every Woman/Musical Shapes Amazon
32B. Bumble & the Stingers Bumble Boogie Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
33The Stampeders Sweet City Woman Les stars du country, vol. 2 Amazon
34The Ink Spots Address Unknown Greatest Hits Amazon
35Fiona Prine/John Prine My Happiness For Better, Or Worse Amazon

Doug Sahm Retrospective

This week we’re taking a look back at a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, musician, and performer who helped to enlighten a younger set to Tex Mex music, even making inroads into the sixties San Francisco ‘summer of love’ with a top 20 hit in 1965. Considered a child prodigy, he would appear on the Louisiana Hayride by the age of eight and would find his influences in blues, country, r&b, and conjunto sounds from across the border. Our retrospective will feature contemporaries and music from his close-knit cadre of compadres that would go on to form a sort-of supergroup called The Texas Tornados. Tune in on a Spring morning in April for a collection of pure Americana treats from Texas as we overlook (for a brief two hours) its abhorrent decline into a state of hate and anti-democratic principles.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Doug Sahm (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
3Doug Sahm & The Knights Crazy Daisy Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
4Sir Douglas Quintet She's About A Mover Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
5Sir Douglas Quintet The Rains Came Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
6Sir Douglas Quintet Mendocino Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
7Freddie Fender Before the Next Teardrop Falls Classic Country 1975 – 1979 Amazon
8Doug Sahm It's Gonna Be Easy Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
9Doug Sahm Faded Love Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
10Frank Black Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day Honeycomb Amazon
11The Texas Tornados Little Bit Is Better Than Nada 4 Aces Amazon
12The Texas Tornados Who Were You Thinkin' Of The Best Of Texas Tornados Amazon
13The Texas Tornados Wasted Days And Wasted Nights The Best Of Texas Tornados Amazon
14Jerry Lee Lewis The Revolutionary Man Southern Roots Amazon
15Townes Van Zandt Pancho & Lefty (with Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer) Texas Rain Amazon
16Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor Big Mamou The Return of the Formerly Brothers Amazon
17Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor Smack Dab in the Middle The Return of the Formerly Brothers Amazon
18The Mavericks Nitty Gritty (Bonus Track) Mono Amazon
19Uncle Tupelo Give Back The Key To My Heart (feat. Doug Sahm) Anodyne Amazon
20Dwight Yoakam/Flaco Jimenez Carmelita Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 Amazon
21Flaco Jiminez The Girls From Texas featuring Ry Cooder (Album Version) Partners Amazon
22Flaco Jiminez Las Golondrinas (Album Version) Partners Amazon
23Augie Meyers Matilda Trippin Out On Triplets Amazon
24Dave Alvin Dynamite Woman Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
25Los Lobos It Didn't Even Bring Me Down Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
26Delbert McClinton Texas Me Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
27The Gourds Nuevo Laredo Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
28Freda and the Firedogs Be Real Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
29Doug Sahm Crazy Crazy Baby The San Antonio Hipster Amazon
30Doug Sahm Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
31The Texas Tornados Soy De San Luis Texas Tornados Amazon

Americana Covers 2022

We’re taking a bit of a break to pull the covers out. A lot of the covers we’ll be sharing today come from recent years and cut a broad swath through the past, with a special emphasis on ‘modern sounds’ including new wave, country and rock covered by some of the modern Americana performers that you hear on KOWS Community Radio’s Blue Moon Americana each week (and mornings at 5). Tune in for Jason Isbell, Bill Kirchen, Carrie Rodriguez, Sarah Jarosz, Nick Lowe, and a host of others. A fun run of sounds this morning as we kick off spring with fresh Americana covers.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Solid Air Spirit In The Sky Sonoma County Covers Project Amazon
3Pete Yorn They Don't Know They Don't Know Amazon
4The Teskey Brothers Never Tear Us Apart Never Tear Us Apart (Single) Amazon
5Sarah Jarosz I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / my future Amazon
6Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Driver 8 feat. John Paul White Georgia Blue Amazon
7Mo Kenney Yer So Bad Covers Amazon
8Anna Elizabeth Laube Time To Move On Annamania Amazon
9The Band of Heathens featuring Robert Ellis Walls Remote Transmissions Vol 1 Amazon
10Carsie Blanton Party at the End of the World Party At The End of the World (Single) Amazon
11The Dead South People Are Strange Easy Listening For Jerks Part II Amazon
12The WildRoots 01 634-5789 WildRoots Sessions Vol. 1 Amazon
13The Grand Southern The Boys of Summer Don't Say Anything Amazon
14Clint Roberts Just Like Heaven Rose Songs Amazon
15Puss N Boots Joey Sister Amazon
16Tyler Ramsey Back On The Chain Gang Found a Picture of You Amazon
17Vandoliers I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Single) Amazon
18The Revenue Man (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding 25 Years Behind Amazon
19Carrie Rodriguez Big Love Love and Circumstances Amazon
20Nick Lowe Here Comes That Feeling Lay It On Me Amazon
21Bill Kirchen Shelly's Winter Love (feat. Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack) The Proper Years Amazon
22Dylan LeBlanc Expecting to Fly Pastimes Amazon
23Britta Phillips I Am a Child Cinnamon Girl – Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity Amazon
24Yonder Mountain String Band Ever Fallen In Love Black Sheep Amazon
25Dwight Yoakam Train in Vain Under the Covers Amazon
26The Dandy Warhols Hells Bells EMI Film & TV – Covers (Disc 2) Amazon
27The Shootouts I Wanna Dance With Somebody Don't Bring Me Down (Single) Amazon

Sagebrush Sweethearts

When we say roots, we mean roots. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll kick off Women’s History Month by paying tribute to the many female performers from early country, the Golden Age, and well into our latest century. Influential, talented, and more than many of the opposite sex, not afraid to make a political statement now and then. We’ll also be sharing some recent Americana ‘cowboy sweethearts’ with songs that are both winsome and traditional. Tune in to Community Radio for Sonoma County as we go back to the 30s with the Girls of The Golden West, Patsy Montana, and The Tune Wranglers. We’ve also got some favorites from Margo Smith, Dale Evans, Rose Maddox and Dolly Parton to share with you.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Margo Smith Hand Clappin' Foot Stompin' Country Music The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler Amazon
3Patsy Montana My Poncho Pony Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
4Patsy Montana Old Nevada Moon The Best Of Patsy Montana Amazon
5Patsy Montana Out on the Lone Prairie Yodeling Mad! The Best of Country Yodel Vol. 1 Amazon
6Rickie Jones 'Neath The Blue Western Skies I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two Amazon
7Dale Evans When the White Roses Bloom The Rage of the Sage Amazon
8Dale Evans Don't Ever Fall in Love with a Cowboy The Rage of the Sage Amazon
9Margo Smith I Want To Be Your Cowboy Sweetheart The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler Amazon
10Margo Smith Cowboy Yodel Song The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler Amazon
11Teresa Tudury Ride 'Em Cowboy Such Fine Things Amazon
12Kacey Musgraves Whatever Happened To The Yodelin' Cowgirls Movin On Amazon
13Kacey Musgraves Cherokee Maiden Wanted: One Good Cowboy Amazon
14Girls Of The Golden West My Love Is A Rider (Bucking Bronco) Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
15Girls Of The Golden West Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven? American Yodeling Amazon
16Judy Canova Along The Navajo Trail (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
17Judy Canova No Letter Today Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2 Amazon
18Maddox Brothers and Rose Cowboy Bugle Boy 1950-1951 (Warped 5076F) Amazon
19Rose Maddox & Her Brothers I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
20Wanda, Ruth Neal Round Town Girls Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
21Polly Jenkins W. Texas Rose I'm Gonna Straddle My Saddle Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1 Amazon
22Rosalie Allen I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1 Amazon
23June Holms Song Of Queensland I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two Amazon
24Dolly Parton Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel – No. 8) 1970 Amazon
25Nora Jane Struthers Cowgirl Yodel #3 Nora Jane Struthers Amazon
26Shannon McNally Mamas Don?t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys The Waylon Sessions Amazon
27Kacey Musgraves Texas Yodeler Wanted: One Good Cowboy Amazon
28Sweetback Sisters Cowboy Ham And Eggs Looking For A Fight Amazon
29Ramona Reed If I Could Only Learn To Yodel (Live) Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The Amazon
30The DeZurik Sisters The Arizona Yodeler American Yodeling Amazon
31Ann Jones Baby Sitter's Blues Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
32Hank Penny & Jaye P Morgan Fan It Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
33Sweethearts of the Rodeo Get Rhythm Rodeo Waltz Amazon
34Judy Canova Walkin' The Floor Over You Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2 Amazon
35Carolina Cotton I Love To Yodel I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two Amazon
36Patti Page I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon

Higher and Higher

A carefully curated concoction of sounds on a Friday morning will keep you on your toes going into the weekend here in Sonoma County. We’ll pay tribute to Beverly “Ruby” Ross, a songwriter and musician who co-wrote some early rock n’ roll classics who passed away last week. And there’s no stopping the classics from rolling in with some country from the Golden Age including The Browns and Johnny Horton, an eclectic run of blues with Jimmy Reed and BB King, and some of the sweeter sounds from Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Linda Ronstadt. Jackie Wilson will open our show this morning and we’ll be sure to feed your soul with some Geraint Watkins from across the pond. Join us on the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Something to Believe In Amazon
3Cissy Houston Deep River/Campground Testify! The Gospel Box Amazon
4The Fairfield Four Roll Jordan Revival Amazon
5Bob Dylan Someday Baby Modern Times Amazon
6Geraint Watkins I'm Just Crazy About You Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
7The Chordettes Lollipop Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
8The Earls Remember Then The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
9Roy Orbison Candy Man The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2] Amazon
10Bill Haley & His Comets Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version) Rock Around The Clock Amazon
11Lesley Gore Judy's Turn to Cry (Single) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore Amazon
12Elvis Presley The Girl Of My Best Friend The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1] Amazon
13The Browns Cool Water 1959-1960 (Warped 5995) Amazon
14The Sons Of The Pioneers Wagon Wheels Tumbling Tumbleweeds Amazon
15Patti Page I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon
16Jo Stafford Ragtime Cowboy Joe Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
17Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
18Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance The Look Of Love [Disc 1] Amazon
19Dinah Washington Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
20Linda Ronstadt Perfidia Mambo Kings Amazon
21Carla Thomas B-a-b-y Something to Believe In Amazon
22Brenda Lee Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar) Grady Martin Amazon
23Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do 36 All-Time G.H. V2 Amazon
24Dave Edmunds Deep in the Heart of Texas D.E. 7th Amazon
25Geraint Watkins Oobee Doobee Eyes Watkins Bold as Love Amazon
26Jimmy Reed Take Out Some Insurance Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed Amazon
27Henry Spaulding Cairo Blues American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
28B.B. King * Eric Clapton Rollin' & Tumblin' Riding With The King Amazon
29Chubby Checker Hey Bobba Needle The Best Jukeboxhits 3 Amazon
30Sir Douglas Quintet Nuevo Laredo Mono Singles '68-'72 Amazon
31Johnny Restivo The Shape I'm In Lost Male Hits Of The 50's Amazon
32Rockin' Sidney My Toot-Toot Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics Amazon
33Los Super Seven My Window Faces The South (ft. Lyle Lovett) Heard It On The X Amazon
34Nora Jane Struthers Cowgirl Yodel #3 Nora Jane Struthers Amazon
35Shirley & Lee Let The Good Times Roll Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
36Sam Cooke Good Times Ain't That Good News Amazon

Gospel Firebrands

Classic pairings with some rocking gospel from Elvis, country and bluegrass classics, some sacred steel, tradition, and some of the richest black gospel performances from the past century, with the focus being on those performers who put the passion into the ‘word’. The roots of rock, jazz, blues, and country are closer to the surface than you’d imagine and we’re here to share it with you: The Golden Gate Quartet, Willie and Bobbie Nelson, The Jordanaires, Nina Simone, and a couple dozen others here to celebrate and evangelize through great music. Deeper Roots heads back through the church and barn doors from the past century where the power of music tells a story in all it’s glory. Join us!

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Big Mama Thornton Wade in the Water This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1] Amazon
3Apostles Of Music Wade In the Water Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
4Josh White Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono) The Elektra Years – disc 1 Amazon
5The Jordaniares Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
6Elvis Presley By and By Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1 Amazon
7Willie and Bobbie Nelson In The Sweet By And By Farther Along Amazon
8Selah Jubilee Singers I'll Fly Away Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941) Amazon
9Bonnie Owens I'll Fly Away 1968-1971 (Warped 6947) Amazon
10The Haden Triplets I'll Fly Away The Family Songbook Amazon
11Marie Knight Milky White Way Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
12Elvis Presley Milky White Way His Hand In Mine Amazon
13Lonnie Johnson The Old Rugged Cross Stompin' At The Penny Amazon
14George Jones The Old Rugged Cross 24 Greatest Gospel Hits Amazon
15Ray Price Rock of Ages K-Tel Presents Country Gospel Classics Amazon
16The Jordanaires Rock Of Ages Will The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
17The Byrds Farther Along The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 4 Amazon
18Connie Smith 08. Farther Along Connie Smith 1965-1966 Amazon
19Aubrey Ghent Just A Closer Walk With Thee The Best Of Sacred Steel Amazon
20Willie Nelson And Patsy Cline Just A Closer Walk With Thee The Essential Guide To Gospel Amazon
21Bruce Cockburn Go Tell It On The Mountain Christmas Amazon
22Mahalia Jackson Go Tell It on the Mountain Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection Amazon
23The Golden Gate Quartet Golden Gate Gospel Train CD 1 the Old Days Amazon
24The Staple Singers This Train Freedom Highway Amazon
25Peter, Paul & Mary This Train Peter, Paul & Mary Amazon
26Nina Simone Trouble in Mind Hear Music Volume 8 Amazon
27Jorma Kaukonen Trouble In Mind River Of Time Amazon
28The Dixie Hummingbirds Bedside of a Neighbor 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
29The Cox Family Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor Everybody's Reaching out for Someone Amazon
30Johnny Cash Life's Railway To Heaven Life Unheard Amazon
31Patsy Cline Life's Railway To Heaven Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
32Reverend Robert Ballinger How I Got Over 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon
33The Williams Family How I Got Over Great Gospel – Maybe the Last Time Amazon
34Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon

Dallas Frazier Tribute

We lost one of the great country songwriters last week. You know his songs, no doubt, but it’s not likely you know his name. Dallas Frazier grew up with songsmithing in his blood. And he got around: the Bakersfield scene, penning a bit hit for The Hollywood Argyles and The Oak Ridge Boys, Portland, Los Angeles, Capitol Records and, of course, Nashville. He penned music for the likes of Elvis, Ferlin Husky, Connie Smith, George Jones, Charley Pride and dozens of others with a blending and re-imagining the kind of music he’d always been fond of: music of the early 20th century. Join us as we share the songs of Dallas Frazier and tell you a little bit about him in our next show here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dallas Frazier California Cotton Fields Singing My Songs Amazon
3The Hollywood Argyles Alley Oop Oldies but Goodies, Volume 5 Amazon
4The Oak Ridge Boys Elvira The Best Of Classic Country 80's Amazon
5Charlie Rich Mohair Sam Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich Amazon
6Bill Kirchen She's a Yum Yum Big Hat Amazon
7Percy Sledge True Love Travels On A Gravel Road It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge Amazon
8Various Artists O. C. Smith – Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 9 Amazon
9Brenda Lee Johnny One Time The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits Amazon
10Willie Nelson Johnny One Time One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2] Amazon
11Charley Pride All I Have To Offer You Is Me Fifty Years Of Hits Amazon
12Charley Pride I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4 Amazon
13Jack Greene There Goes My Everything Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 Amazon
14Charlie Louvin Will You Visit Me On Sundays? Greatest Hits Amazon
15Connie Smith Ain't Had No Lovin' The Essential Connie Smith Amazon
16George Jones I'm A People The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 Amazon
17Roy Clark Shoulder to Shoulder (Arm and Arm) The Roy Clark Anthology Amazon
18Ferlin Husky Timber I'm Falling Ferlin Husky Singles Amazon
19Mel Street Walk Softly On The Bridges Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
20Jerry Lee Lewis Touching Home All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2) Amazon
21Elvis Presley There Goes My Everything Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2 Amazon
22Teddy Thompson Touching Home Up Front And Down Low Amazon
23Keith Richards Say It's Not You Bradley Barn Sessions Amazon
24Southside Johnny Beneath Still Waters Songs From the Barn Amazon
25Connie Smith If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) The Essential Connie Smith Amazon
26Connie Smith Just a Little Bit of You 1971-1972 (Warped 7293F) Amazon
27Loretta Lynn/Marty Stuart Will You Visit Me on Sunday [#] Compadres: An Anthology of Duets Amazon
28Bonnie Owens How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong 1968-1971 (Warped 6947) Amazon
29Osborne Brothers Long Lanky Woman 1968-1974 Disc 3 Amazon
30Elvis Presley True Love Travels On A Gravel Road From Elvis in Memphis Amazon
31Slim Harpo Mohair Sam The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
32Dallas Frazier I Can't Go On The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
33Dallas Frazier Will You Visit Me On Sunday Singing My Songs Amazon
34Connie Smith 27. A Touch of Yesterday Connie Smith 1965-1966 Amazon

Time To Kill

Free form sounds with time to kill from the past century. This week’s Deeper Roots show features soul, seventies rock, some gospel, country and rhythm & blues. We’ll be sharing an interesting blend of under-the-radar sounds from some greats: Ben E. King, Wanda Jackson, The Band, Mavis Staples, Neil Young, and beyond. Sonoma County Community radio is community radio at it’s best. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classics from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa.  We enjoy sharing and we hope you enjoy listening on Friday mornings on KOWS Occidental (and Friday evenings on KRJF Santa Rosa).

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Band Time To Kill A Musical History [Disc 3] Amazon
3Amy Winehouse Back To Black Back To Black Amazon
4Shirley & Company Shame, Shame, Shame (Vocal Version) Shame Shame Shame Amazon
5Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967 Amazon
6LaVern Baker Saved Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker Amazon
7Mamie Bradley I Feel Like A Million The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul [Disc 1] Amazon
8George Jackson I Got A Feeling Leavin' Your Homework Undone Amazon
9Clarence "Frogman" Henry Long Lost And Worried Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
10Ben E. King Show Me The Way Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962 Amazon
11Roy Orbison Let's Make a Memory Crying Amazon
12Leon Russell Delta Lady Leon Russell [Bonus Track] Amazon
13Gospel Supremes Sinner Man Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
14Grandpa Jones Turn Your Radio On Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
15Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship The Baby Tree Blows Against The Empire Amazon
16Wanda Jackson Just A Queen For A Day Wanda Jackson Amazon
17Neil Young Union Man (2016 Remaster) Hawks & Doves Amazon
18Merle Haggard Roly Poly Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player Amazon
19Mavis Staples Your Good Fortune Your Good Fortune (EP) Amazon
20Candi Staton He Called Me Baby Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1] Amazon
21Arthur Alexander Call Me Honey The Monument Years Amazon
22Dan Hicks You Gotta Believe [Album Version] The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
23Lefty Frizzell She's Gone, Gone, Gone Look What Thoughts Will Do Amazon
24Simon & Garfunkel The Boxer The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
25Peter, Paul & Mary Blowin' In The Wind The Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary Amazon
26Bob Dylan Things Have Changed Lovesick Amazon
27J. J. Jackson But It's Alright But It's Alright Amazon
28Bill Kirchen It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Seeds and Stems Amazon
29Jakob Dylan Something Good This Way Comes Seeing Things Amazon
30Lee Dorsey Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley Holy Cow The Very Best Of Lee Dorsey Amazon
31The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Twice Is Life (Single Version) The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading Amazon
32Fleetwood Mac This Is the Rock Kiln House Amazon

Brand New Day

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Joe Liggins Brand New Deal In Mobile Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
3Fletcher Smith Brand New Neighborhood Stompin' 12 Amazon
4George Green Brand New Rockin' Chair The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5 Amazon
5Al Harrison Brand New Money Fool Mule Amazon
6Barrel House Blott & Lee Brand New Man Dapper Dan Amazon
7Fats Domino Brand New Baby Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
8Wayne Hancock Brand New Cadillac That's What Daddy Wants Amazon
9The Payments Brand New Automobile So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1 Amazon
10Lightnin' Hopkins Brand New Lock Po' Lightnin' Amazon
11Lead Belly I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Amazon
12Ruthie Foster Brand New Day Promise of a Brand New Day Amazon
13Al Kooper Brand New Day (Bonus Track) You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus Amazon
14Dion Brand New Morning Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971 Amazon
15Gary Stewart Brand New Whiskey An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs Amazon
16Mel Tillis Brand New Mister Me 36 All Time Greatest Hits Amazon
17The Everly Brothers Brand New Heartache The Everly Brothers Amazon
18Dave Edmunds Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets Get It Amazon
19Gram Parsons Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track] Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel Amazon
20Emmylou Harris Brand New Dance Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2 Amazon
21Tex Ritter You're Always Brand New High Noon Amazon
22Don Henley The Brand New Tennessee Waltz Cass County (Deluxe) Amazon
23Steve Earle Brand New Companion Townes Amazon
24Dave Alvin Brand New Heart Blue Blvd Amazon
25Greg Brown Brand New '64 Dodge Poet Game Amazon
26Jesse Winchester Brand New Tennesse Waltz Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage Amazon
27Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Brand New Start Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP) Amazon
28Modern Hicks Brand New Tornado Alley Amazon
29Melanie Brand New Key 70s Music Explosion – Miracles Amazon
30Will Kimbrough Brand New Song Americanitis Amazon
31Leftover Salmon Brand New Good Old Days Brand New Good Old Days Amazon
32Elvis Presley There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout Amazon
33Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers Brand New Day (LP Version) Set Me Free Amazon
34James Brown Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
35Slim Harpo Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King) The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1 Amazon

Who We Lost 2021

New Year’s Eve will bring a look back at those we’ve lost this past year. 2021 was another year of COVID-19 with a couple of variants slipping into and out of the world. We wait patiently, for the most part, for vaccines and adult behavior to work. Unfortunately, there is a selfishness about our species that cannot be denied. This year’s losses have no boundaries musically: everyone from Biz Markie to Stephen Sondheim, Vicente Fernandez to Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Price to Stonewall Jackson. Performers of our lifetime. We go into 2022 having hope. Join Dave Stroud for a musical look back.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Monkees Some of Shelly's Blues Listen to the Band Disc 4 Amazon
3The Marvelettes Don't Mess With Bill Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
4Teddy Bears To Know Him Is to Love Him Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
5The Everly Brothers So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1 Amazon
6Jimmie Rodgers Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again 40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1] Amazon
7Gerry & The Pacemakers Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying The Classic 60's Collection: 1964 Amazon
8Lloyd Price Just Because Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
9B.J. Thomas Hooked On A Feeling 20 Greatest Hits Amazon
10Nanci Griffith Late Night Grande Hotel Late Night Grande Hotel Amazon
11Rusty Young Down Home Waitin' For The Sun Amazon
12Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins) Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
13Maddox Brothers and Rose Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die 1950-1951 (Warped 5076F) Amazon
14Joe Maphis & Rose Lee Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) Swing West 1: Bakersfield Amazon
15Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman Old Time Medley Chambergrass Amazon
16J.D. Crowe & The New South Old Home Place Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon
17The Osborne Brothers Rocky Top Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] Amazon
18Tom T. Hall Ballad of Forty Dollars The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall Amazon
19Stonewall Jackson I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964) Singles Amazon
20Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce) RCA Country Legends [Disc 2] Amazon
21Taj Mahal Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba) Putumayo Presents: American Blues Amazon
22Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Lost In The Ozone Lost In The Ozone Amazon
23Gram Parsons Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT) G.P. / Grievous Angel Amazon
24The Kingsmen Louie, Louie Louie Louie Amazon
25The Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women Forty Licks [Disc 1] Amazon
26ZZ Top Gimme All Your Lovin' Greatest Hits Amazon
27Johnny Ventura Filete Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha Amazon
28Vicente Fernandez Volver Volver The Rose & The Briar Amazon
29Johnny Pacheco El Esencia Del Guaguanco Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats Amazon
30The Gap Band Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An Pure Disco Amazon
31Dave Frishberg Van Lingle Mungo Baseball's Greatest Hits Amazon
32Jill Corey Love Me to Pieces Your Hit Parade – The '50s Amazon
33The McGuire Sisters Sincerely The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
34Claude Bolling It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1 Amazon
35The Tokens The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens Amazon
36Jay & The Americans Cara Mia Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans Amazon
37The Supremes When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson) Gold Disc 1 Amazon
38Lee "Scratch" Perry I Am the Upsetter Trojan Reggae Amazon
39Biz Markie Just a Friend Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie Amazon
40Original Cast Tonight Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
41Chuck E. Weiss Anthem for Old Souls Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys Amazon
42Pat Martino Just Friends Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3] Amazon
43Peter, Paul and Mary Have You Been to Jail for Justice? In These Times Amazon
44Patrick Sky Many A Mile Best Of The Troubadours Amazon
45Chick Corea and Return to Forever Captain Marvel Light as a Feather (Disc 1) Amazon
46New York Dolls Puss 'n' Boots Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story Amazon
47The Ramones Baby, I Love You End of the Century Amazon