Harlan Howard is said to have coined the term “three chords and the truth”. He’s also the guy that gave Willie Nelson his first job as a songwriter after the two met up at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville in 1960. Harlan was a well-established songwriter in Nashville by then and would go on to become one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation, having penned over 4,000 songs. To lead off next month’s release of Willie Nelson’s 73rd solo album, a tribute to Howard called “I Don’t Know A Thing About Love”, Deeper Roots will share a small sampling of Harlan Howard’s music. Songs that played a big part in defining the Golden Age of Country Music featuring the likes of Waylon Jennings, Skeeter Davis, Jan Howard, Buck Owens, and Patsy Cline. We’ll also hear a couple of Harlan’s own performances as well. Friday morning country on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Porter Wagoner
Harlan Howard Medley
1964-1965 (Warped 6508)
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The Collins Kids
Soda Poppin' Around
Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
4
Al Brumley
Someone's Gonna Get Hurt
The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
5
Herb Henson
Up the Path and in My Door
The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
6
Wanda Jackson
Just A Queen For A Day
Wanda Jackson
7
Buck Owens
Above and Beyond
Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
8
Ray Price
Heartaches By The Number
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
9
Harlan Howard
Be Just a Little Meaner
1959-1963
10
Harlan Howard
She Called Me Baby
1959-1963
11
Patsy Cline
He Called Me Baby
The Patsy Cline Collection
12
Patsy Cline
I Fall to Pieces
12 Greatest Hits
13
Patsy Cline
When I Get Thru With You (You'll Love Me Too)
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
14
Charlie Walker
Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
15
Kay Starr
Foolin' Around
Capitol Collectors Series
16
The Kingston Trio
Everglades
Capitol Collector's Series
17
Skeeter Davis
Where I Ought To Be
The Essential Skeeter Davis
18
George Jones
You Comb Her Hair
The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
19
Patsy Cline
That's How A Heartache Begins
The Patsy Cline Collection
20
Waylon Jennings
The Chokin' Kind
The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
21
Nanci Griffith
The Streets of Baltimore (feat. John Prine)
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
22
Emmylou Harris/George Jones
All Fall Down
Friends in High Places
23
Willie Nelson
Busted
I Don't Know A Thing About Love
24
Ray Charles
Busted
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
25
Lefty Frizzell
She's Gone, Gone, Gone
Look What Thoughts Will Do
26
Jan Howard
Evil on Your Mind
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
27
Waylon Jennings
What Makes a Man Wander
Folk Country
28
The Time Jumpers
Someone Had To Teach You
The Time Jumpers
29
Candi Staton
He Called Me Baby
Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
The landscape this morning is smothered in ominous clouds as the music we have for you features the gospel beat with a blend of suggestive celebratory, suspicious, and devil-may-care songs. We’ve got the fire and brimstone bible-thumping sounds of Brother Claude Ely, some classic gospel warnings from The Golden Gate Quartet, a pastiche of British Clerkenwell nuggets from The Real Tuesday Weld, The Weavers, Lonnie Johnson, and a whole lot more. An eclectic blend of songs of Satan, dark nights, and sinner’s bemoaning their dirty little religion on another Friday morning collection of sounds on Deeper Roots. Tune in. The ground is saturated with blues, gospel, country, and even some hillbillies from hell…just for you.
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Harry James & His Orchestra/Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest/Dalton Rizzotto & Orchestra
The Devil Sat Down And Cried
Best Of The Big Bands
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Golden Gate Quartet
Atom and Evil
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
4
Warren Zevon
Dirty Little Religion
Life'll Kill Ya
5
Kane Welch Kaplin
Satan's Paradise
Lost John Dean
6
Johnny Cash
Rusty Cage
Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American
7
Lonnie Johnson
Devil's Got The Blues
Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
8
Bob Brozman
Devil's Slide
Devil's Slide
9
The Real Tuesday Weld
It's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It
I, Lucifer
10
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Changes
The Great Gospel Women Vol. 2
11
The Real Tuesday Weld
The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid
I, Lucifer
12
The Gospeleers
The Devil's Gonna Get You
Black Vocal Groups Vol. 5 (1923-1941)
13
Brother Claude Ely
Farther On
Satan Get Back
14
Steve Earle
Devil's Right Hand
Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2)
15
Uncle Tupelo
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
March 16-20, 1992
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The Louvin Brothers
Satan And The Saint
The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks
17
Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
Dance Of The Dodo Bird
The Best Of Western Swing
18
Chiwetel Ejiofor
I Want To Be Evil (Original Version)
Kinky Boots
19
The Robins
That Old Black Magic
Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
20
The Swan Silvertones
Sinner Man
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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The Weavers
Sinner Man
Traveling on With The Weavers
22
The Harmonizing Four
Oh Sinner
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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Jesse Winchester
Evil Angel
Gentleman Of Leisure
24
Calexico
Sinner in the Sea
Algiers
25
Jimmy Minor
Satan's Chauffeur
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26
Rusty Dean
Sinner Beware
Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
27
Fern Jones
This World Is Not My Home
The Glory Road
28
Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette
It may be Friday the 13th, but we won’t be bothered with the superstitious. Instead, we’ll go with traditional and popular country nuggets as our topics with some couplings of contemporary and vintage. We’ve gathered a collection of modern country covers from the likes of Rosanne Cash, Solitaire Miles, Charley Crockett, Chuck Mead and others and we’ll be coupling them up with originals and favorites from the distant past. Merle Travis, Red Foley, Hank Williams, and The Louvin Brothers take the stage from a dream-filled past. We’re celebrating country classics from fifties, sixties and seventies and having fun doing it while kicking back. You don’t need to be wearing pretentious boots and hats to appreciate the easy sway of classic country … you just need to close your eyes and appreciate the performances … well, unless you’re driving.
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The Band
Long Black Veil
Music From Big Pink
3
Rosanne Cash Featuring Jeff Tweedy
Long Black Veil (Feat. Jeff Tweedy)
The List
4
Lefty Frizzell
Long Black Veil
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
5
Johnny Bond
Goodbye Old Paint
Standard Transcriptions
6
Pharis and Jason Romero
Goodbye Old Paint
A Wanderer I'll Stay
7
McKinley James
Who Will The Next Fool Be
Who Will The Next Fool Be (Single)
8
Charlie Rich
Who Will the Next Fool Be
Sun Ballads 1953-62
9
Johnny Cash
We Must Believe In Magic
The Adventures Of Johnny Cash
10
Matt Urmy
We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement)
Out of the Ashes
11
The Malpass Brothers
Hello Walls
The Malpass Brothers
12
Willie Nelson
Hello Walls
Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS
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Henson Cargill
Skip a Rope
Skip a Rope
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Charley Crockett
Skip A Rope
Music City USA
15
Kevin Russell
Are You Teasing Me
Plain Dirt Fashion
16
The Louvin Brothers
Are You Teasing Me
Capitol Country Music Classics
17
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys
Anytime
Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
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Chuck Mead
Anytime
You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
19
Dirty Cello
Sixteen Tons
I May Not Be Perfect
20
Merle Travis
Sixteen Tons
Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
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Spade Cooley & His Orchestra feat. Tex Williams
Crazy 'Cause I Love You
That's What I Like About The West
22
Solitaire Miles
Crazy Cause I Love You
Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
23
Whitney Rose
There's A Tear In My Beer
Heartbreaker of the Year
24
Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.
There's A Tear In My Beer
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
25
Solitaire Miles
I Hear You Talkin'
Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
26
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
I Hear You Talkin'
The Tiffany Transcriptions Volume 1
27
Hank Williams
You're Gonna Change
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11
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Tom Petty
You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
29
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys
Settin' The Woods On Fire
Back At The Quonset Hut
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Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys
Settin' The Woods On Fire
Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood
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Red Foley
Tennessee Border
Tennessee Saturday Night
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Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys
Tennessee Border
Back At The Quonset Hut
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BR5-49
The Price of Love
This Is BR549
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The Everly Brothers
The Price of Love
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
December’s arrived and we’re going to get ourselves warmed up for the Hot Stove League, New Year’s Eve, football playoffs, reindeer on the roof and all the rest of it. But our show today will take on a common thread: songs about ‘the street’ or streets or boulevards, avenues … only the surface streets, not the highways. Dave’s picked out a collection of songs that are sure to stir emotion bringing home music that take on the ‘street’ topics from the genres of country, early pop, rock, folk, blues and all the rest. We’ll hear from Dylan, The Ink Spots, Tony Rice, Charlie Spand, the Orlons and a couple dozen others taking on an eclectic blend of songs where the streets as the muse. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio’s KOWS 92.5 FM, streaming to all of planet earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Deeper Roots brings you a morning of sounds from the locales of Easy Street, Lonely Street and 4th Street…directly from Orchard and 7th.
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Various Artists
Wild In the Streets Trailer
1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
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Garland Jeffreys
Wild in the Streets
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
4
Orlons
South Street
Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
5
The Royals
Fifth Street Blues
The Very Best of the Royals & the Midnighters
6
Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles
Decatur Street
Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles
7
Eddie Floyd
Soul Street
Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd
8
Glories
Dark End Of The Street
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
9
Bobby Womack
Across 110th Street
Jackie Brown OST
10
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Lonely Street
Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
11
Little Ann
One Way Street
Funk Soul Sisters
12
Charlie Spand
Hastings Street
Black Swan Sampler
13
Jack Teagarden
Basin Street Blues
An Introduction To Jack Teagarden
14
Cab Calloway
Beale Street Mama
Best Of The Big Bands
15
The Ink Spots
Street Of Dreams
Greatest Hits
16
The Boswell Sisters
Forty-Second Street
The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
17
Julie London
Easy Street
Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl
18
Dean Martin
On the Street Where You Live
Swingin' with Dino
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Keely Smith w. Billy May Orchestra
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls
20
George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson
On Green Dolphin Street
The Swingin's Mutual!
21
T-Bone Walker
Street Walking Woman
Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
22
Bob Dylan
Positively 4th Street
Biograph Disc 2
23
Bruce Springsteen
Streets of Philadelphia
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24
The Doobie Brothers
Takin' It To The Streets
Takin' It To The Streets
25
Utah Phillips
Larimer Street
The Telling Takes Me Home
26
Gram Parsons
Streets Of Baltimore
Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 1] – GP
27
Buck Owens
Streets of Laredo
I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
28
Buck Owens
Streets Of Bakersfield
Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
When trying to put together a Deeper Roots episode that covered the great session masters from the past one hundred years it became exceedingly clear that the show would need to be broken up into multiple parts. Percussion, keyboards, brass, bass and all the rest will follow but this week we’re going to focus on the string masters; those guitar stars who account for the bulk of Top 30 hits that graced our lives over the second half of the 20th century. They include Hank Garland, Grady Martin, James Burton, Joe Messina, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Johnson and, of course, Tommy Tedesco. There are many others who deserve the recognition but our show is only a two hour show and, even at that, picking only three or four examples per performer doesn’t do it justice. We’re going to give credit where it’s due…those who stood in the shadows.
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Brenda Lee
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
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Jimmy Lloyd
I Got A Rocket In My Pocket
100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
4
Elvis Presley
A Big Hunk O' Love
Elvis 30 #1 Hits
5
Little Jimmy Dickens
(I Got) A Hole In My Pocket
Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
6
Simon Crum
Stand Up, Sit Down, Shut Your Mouth
Country & Western Nuggets
7
Bobby Helms
Jingle Bell Rock
Making Merry
8
Dale Hawkins
Susie-Q
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
9
Ricky Nelson
Stood Up
Legacy [Disc 1]
10
Jim & Joe
Fireball Mail
James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
11
Gram Parsons
Return Of The Grievous Angel
G.P. / Grievous Angel
12
Buffalo Springfield
A Child's Claim To Fame
Buffalo Springfield Again
13
Elvis Presley
Please Don't Drag That String Around
Grady Martin
14
Johnny Horton
The Battle Of New Orleans
Classic Country
15
Brenda Lee
Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)
Grady Martin
16
Merle Haggard
Mama Tried
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
It’s list time! For better or worse, we’re going with the top tier of the Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Country Albums of all Time as our guidepost. There’s some great ones here, in fact the majority are agreeable in our estimation but there are also some “huh?” moments. We’ll just assume that that is par for the course with any opinion-based list by a disparate group of critics. For the most part, it captures the core of country pretty well. We’ll share music from Tom T. Hall, The Carters, George Strait and a few nineties and aught pop stars that made the list because they swim the pop country charts. Join Dave as he walks down the list, one that has its cringe-worthy moments, right alongside moments of pure Americana country gold.
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Kacey Musgraves
Space Cowboy
Golden Hour
3
Hank Williams
The Blues Come Around
Southern Belle [Disc 2]
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Waylon Jennings
Black Rose
Honky Tonk Heroes/Ramblin' Man/Dreaming My Dreams (1 of 3)
5
Sammi Smith
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Sammi Smith early 60's the Best Of (varese sarabande 96)
6
John Anderson
Wild and Blue
Anthology
7
Sturgill Simpson
Life Of Sin
Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
8
Guy Clark
Rita Ballou
Old No. 1
9
The Carter Family
Kissing Is Crime
Can The Circle Be Unbroken
10
John Prine
Paradise
John Prine
11
Kris Kristofferson
The Law Is For Protection Of The People
Kristofferson
12
Rosanne Cash
My Baby Thinks He's A Train
Hits: 1979-1989
13
George Strait
I Can't See Texas from Here
Strait Out of the Box [Disc 1]
14
Gary Stewart
She's Acting Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)
Superstars Of Country: Good Ol Songs [Disc 2]
15
Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
16
Tom T. Hall
The Year That Clayton Delaney Died (Single Version)
The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
17
Patsy Cline
I Fall To Pieces
Classic Country
18
George Jones
He Stopped Loving Her Today
I Am What I Am
19
Miranda Lambert
Vice
The Weight of These Wings
20
The Judds
Why Not Me
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
21
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
At Folsom Prison
22
Taylor Swift
You Belong With Me
Fearless
23
Randy Travis
On The Other Hand
Country Gold 1984-1986
24
Shania Twain
That Don't Impress Me Much
Come On Over
25
Merle Haggard
Red Bandana
His Greatest & His Best
26
Lucinda Williams
Jackson
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
27
Dixie Chicks
Wide Open Spaces
Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
28
Ray Charles
Born to Lose (Remastered)
Complete Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Remastered)
29
Waylon Jennings
Dreaming My Dreams With You
Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris
30
Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors
Coat of Many Colors [RM 2007]
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Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger
The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Cowboy"] (1992)
This past October, we lost a couple of very important ties to two whose stars shone bright in both the Golden Age of Country and the Golden Age of Rock ‘n Roll. We’ll take on a dual tribute to the passing of Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis. The torch has surely passed but their fire burned white hot as their stars rose, both sharing controversy and almost overnight fame. They also continued to perform into their later years, teaming up with songwriters and performers who were relevant to new generations, but true to their core calling. Our first hour take time to visit Loretta Lynn’s humble but no-nonsense storytelling and the second hour will take us into the whirlwind of unapologetic badassness that was Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Loretta Lynn
You Ain't Woman Enough
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1]
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Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter (Recitation)
Still Woman Enough
4
Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
5
Loretta Lynn,Margo Price
One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price)
One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price)
6
Loretta Lynn & Jack White
Portland Oregon
Van Lear Rose
7
Loretta Lynn
The Pill
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
8
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
After the Fire Is Gone
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
9
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn
Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn)
A Tribute To A Legend
10
Ernest Tubb/Loretta Lynn
Thanks a Lot
Legendary: It's Been So Long, Darling
11
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3]
12
Loretta Lynn
She's Got You
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
13
Loretta Lynn
Success
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
14
Loretta Lynn
This Old House
Van Lear Rose
15
Loretta Lynn
First City
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
16
Loretta Lynn
Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1]
17
Loretta Lynn
In the Sweet Bye and Bye
All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 1]
18
Jerry Lee Lewis/Jimmy Page
Rock and Roll
Last Man Standing
19
Jerry Lee Lewis
Crazy Arms
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
End Of The Road
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
21
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
22
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire
Red, White & Rock Disc 1
23
Jerry Lee Lewis
High School Confidential
Sun Recordings Greatest Hits
24
Jerry Lee Lewis
Breathless
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
25
Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
I Saw The Light (With Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins)
The Survivors
26
Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On (With Jerry Lee Lewis)
The Survivors
27
The Million Dollar Quartet
You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
28
Jerry Lee Lewis
What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)
We’re reaching deep into those roots Americana archives this morning for a free form blend of country, gospel, folk, and blues. Buckets of music planned for your Friday morning: whether you’re here in the warm October folds of Sonoma County or on the other side of the planet, we’re here to soothe the fray of what’s occurring at every corner. The music we have in store includes new tracks from Dr. John and Sweet Megg, Neko Case, the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Haden, Randy Newman and more than a dozen others. Songs about the long road, six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline, and sunrise and sunset couplets. It’s a Friday morning here on the West Coast and our community is always willing to share with you on KOWS-LP Community Radio. Join us, why don’t you.
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00:00
Bruce Springsteen
Nightshift
3
08:05
Maria Muldaur
Sweetheart
4
11:00
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
Travelin' Shoes
5
12:50
Maria Muldaur
Travelin' Shoes
6
15:11
Don Elliot
Long, Black Automobile
7
17:38
Lightnin' Hopkins
Automobile Blues
8
28:45
Weeping Willows
When The Sun Came Down
9
30:51
Anita Carter
Ring Of Fire
10
32:44
Charlie Haden
Is This America? (Katrina 2005)
11
36:20
Tony Rice
Pride of Man
12
38:35
Dr. John
End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville
13
49:02
Aaron Neville
Down Into Muddy Water
14
52:34
Neko Case
Buckets Of Rain
15
55:16
Randy Newman & The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra With Members Of The New York Philharmonic
We’ll be spending two hours on a century of hard work, little pay, striking it rich as well as failing to do so. Songs about working the mines, panning in the mother lode, welfare and pittance wages, as well as the country sounds of Merle’s Working Man Blues. Plenty to keep us reflecting on a lifetime of keeping afloat knowing full well that you can’t take it with you. Not necessarily money for nothing and kicks for free but we’ve also got songs about blowing it all on a Saturday night. Join us for music from Johnny Horton, Wynn Stewart, Tex Ritter, Merle, Hazel Dickens, Roy Orbison and a cast of the very best of performances from the past century here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Tex Williams
Money
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Howard Vokes
The Miner
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Tex Ritter
A Working Man's Prayer
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
5
Doc Watson
Dream of the Miner's Child
1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
6
Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter
7
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster)
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
8
Lyle Lovett
Working Too Hard
My Baby Don't Tolerate
9
Slaid Cleaves
Working Stiff
Unsung
10
Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn
Living On The Welfare Check
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
11
Buck Owens
Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
12
Johnny Paycheck
Take This Job And Shove It
Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
13
Roy Orbison
Working for the Man
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
14
Brennen Leigh
North To Alaska
Too Thin To Plow
15
Mudcrutch
Six Days On the Road
Mudcrutch
16
Wynn Stewart
Another Day, Another Dollar
California Country
17
The Westport Kids
You Kaint Take It With You
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
18
Billy Parker
It Takes A Lot Of Money
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
19
Bobby Barnett
Workin' Man
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
20
Arlie Duff
Money Hungry
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
21
Faron Young
I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night
1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
22
Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired
The Best Of Western Swing
23
Jim Nesbitt
Working All My Life
Cash-A-Likes
24
Marty Stuart
Hard Working Man
Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
25
Dick Curless
I've Been Working On the Railroad
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
26
John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Saginaw Michigan
Standard Songs for Average People
27
Dolly Parton
9 To 5
Dolly [Disc 4]
28
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
29
Tom Waits
Heigh Ho
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3]
30
Lee Dorsey
Working In A Coal Mine
Soul Mine
31
Johnny Horton
North To Alaska
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
32
The Dwarf Chorus
Heigh-Ho
Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical
33
Adriana Caselotti
Whistle While You Work
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
We’ll take a step back and revisit the songwriting of Cindy Walker in today’s show…told in her own words and lyrics. The music of Bob Wills wouldn’t have been the same without her and neither would the 20th Century American songbook. Her ability to turn a phrase, tailoring songs for diverse styles would lead to country, rock and pop standards alike. Her music was as comfortable in the hands of Gene Autry and it was on a crooning binge with Dean Martin or as a passionate performance of Roy Orbison. We’ll hear from these performers and more, including Asleep at the Wheel, Les Paul, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and The Byrds in the show today as our antenna work at the KOWS is about to move forward. Exciting times. Tune into KOWS radio on kowsfm.com/listen or download the free app from the App Store or Google Play.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch
Sugar Moon
It's A Good Day
3
Willie Nelson
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
4
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Dusty Skies
Take Me Back to Tulsa [Disc 2] (Cherokee Maiden)
5
Bob Wills
Cherokee Maiden
Columbia Historic Edition
6
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Blue Bonnet Lane
Legends of Country Music Disc 4
7
Eddy Arnold
Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me
The Essential Eddy Arnold
8
George Morgan
In the Misty Moonlight
Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
9
Dean Martin
In The Misty Moonlight
The Great Dean Martin
10
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Blue Canadian Rockies
Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
11
Jim Reeves
Distant Drums
Essential Jim Reeves
12
Ray Charles
You Don't Know Me
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
13
Charlie Rich
You Don't Know Me
Pictures and Paintings
14
Gene Autry
Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)
Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
15
Gene Autry
I Was Just Walking Out the Door
Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
16
Ernest Tubb
Two Glasses Joe
Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
17
The Del McCoury Band
The Bluegrass Country
Del And The Boys
18
The Byrds
Blue Canadian Rockies
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
19
Merle Haggard
Goin' Away Party
Unforgettable
20
Ricky Skaggs
I Don't Care
The Essential Ricky Skaggs
21
Webb Pierce
I Don't Care
Singles
22
Roy Orbison
Shahdaroba
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
23
Roy Orbison
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
24
Willie Nelson
Not That I Care
You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
25
k.d. lang
Sugar Moon
Shadowland
26
Henson Cargill
Distant Drums
Skip a Rope
27
Les Paul
Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me (Remastered)
100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
28
Bob Wills
Miss Molly
For the Last Time
29
Asleep at the Wheel
It's All Your Fault (with Katie Shore)
Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
