There are no more essential metaphors to be had in the American story than that of the river. The river is nature’s alliance with mankind and its muse in prose, poetry and song. It is the stuff of dreams, the movement of the clock in Her terms, the news of the day when the banks are breached, and the symbol of biblical ventures of time and home. So we’ll be taking to the river on a Friday in July to feel the warmth of the surface knowing full well that the undercurrent is treacherous and cold beneath the hull. Music this week includes the stories of the Great Flood of 1927 with Barbecue Bob, the baptismal elements from Alison Krauss and Irma Thomas, Central Valley memories from Dave Alvin by way of Merle Haggard, and the poetry of river sounding chants and Paul Robeson’s muscle. Tune in as we drift our way down the Mississippi and beyond on Friday morning on Deeper Roots.
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Marilyn Monroe
River Of No Return
The Essential Marilyn Monroe
3
Charles Colman & William Eaton
River Sounding Chant
5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
4
Paul Robeson
Ol' Man River
American Songbook Series: Jerome Kern
5
Marian Anderson
Deep River
Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
6
Mavis Staples
In The Mississippi River (Cd)
We'll Never Turn Back
7
Johnny Cash
Big River
Original Greatest Hits
8
The Carter Family
River Of Jordan
The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
9
Alison Krauss
Down to the River to Pray
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
10
Delmore Brothers
Happy on the Mississippi Shores
Brown's Ferry Blues
11
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Billy May
River Of No Return
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
12
Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
Lazy River
The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.
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Robbie Robertson
When The Night Was Young
How To Become Clairvoyant
3
The Band
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track)
A Musical History [Disc 1]
4
The Levon Helm Band
Anna Lee
Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008
5
Rick Danko
When I Get My Just Rewards
Cryin' Heart Blues
6
Bob Dylan & The Band
The Weight
Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
7
Joan Baez
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Hits: Greatest & Others
8
The Band
Acadian Driftwood
Northern Lights-Southern Cross
9
Bob Dylan & The Band
Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)
The Basement Tapes [Disc 2]
10
Bob Dylan & The Band
Million Dollar Bash
The Basement Tapes [Disc 1]
11
Rick Danko
It Makes No Difference
Live Anthology
12
Emmylou Harris & The Band
Evangeline
Duets
13
The Band
Stage Fright
The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
14
Ronnie Hawkins/The Band
Who Do You Love?
The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
15
Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
Havana Moon
Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
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Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
Hey Boba Lou
The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
17
The Band
Stand Up
High On The Hog
18
Levon Helm
False Hearted Lover Blues
Dirt Farmer
19
Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee
The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee)
Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.
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Bob Dylan
Song To Woody
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1]
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Bob Dylan
Mississippi
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
4
Ian & Sylvia
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Four Strong Winds
5
Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline Rag
Dylan Country
6
Bob Dylan
New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]
Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2]
7
Bob Dylan
Talkin' New York
Bob Dylan
8
Joan Baez
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
From The Coffeehouse
9
Peter, Paul & Mary
Blowin' In The Wind
The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
10
The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man
20 Number Ones
11
Johnny Cash
It Ain't Me Babe
Dylan Country
12
Bob Dylan
If Dogs Run Free
New Morning
13
Bob Dylan
Po' Boy
Love and Theft
14
Bob Dylan
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
MTV Unplugged
15
Bob Dylan
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Blood on the Tracks
16
Bob Dylan
Shelter from the Storm [Take 2]
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
17
Bob Dylan
Everything Is Broken
Oh Mercy
18
Bob Dylan
Things Have Changed
Lovesick
19
The Band
When I Paint My Masterpiece
A Musical History [Disc 4]
20
Bob Dylan
Man in the Long Black Coat
Chronicles, Vol. 1
21
Bob Dylan
Duquesne Whistle
Tempest
22
Bob Dylan
Goodbye Jimmy Reed
Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1]
23
Bob Dylan
My Blue Eyed Jane
The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
24
Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison
My Back Pages
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2]
Don’t tell me…it’s theme time but with the negative bent. No, no, no, honey don’t. This week’s show takes on songs of which there is no reduced supply chain: songs that ask us ‘not to’. A somewhat obscure theme, no question, but it’s all about the message after all. We’ll hear a variety of genres this week, all with their warnings prefaced with the contraction “don’t”. We’ll hear from Elvis (a favorite of the idiom), Blue Lu Barker, Julia Lee, Charles Brown, Buddy Emmons, and those representing doo wop, country, early rock, and Americana. All of this coming your way on our first show of May 2021, a rebroadcast of a KOWS show recorded live from the KOWS studios, located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Don’t get defensive, it’s all in fun.
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Carl Perkins
Honey Don't
American Roots of the British Invasion
3
Johnny Cash
Don't Go Near The Water
Ragged Old Flag
4
Elvis Presley
Don't Cry Daddy
2nd To None
5
Elvis Presley
Don't
Elvis Is Back!
6
Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles)
7
Fats Domino
Don't Come Knockin'
They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
8
Billy Tate
Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671)
R&B Humdingers Volume 11
9
Shirelles
Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin')
The Shirelles
10
Lowell Fulson
Don't Be So Evil
Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
11
Muddy Waters
Don't Go No Farther
The Definitive Collection
12
Blue Lu Barker
Don't You Make Me High
Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
13
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Don't Come Too Soon
Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
14
Etta James
Don't Cry Baby
The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
15
Bee Arnold
Don't Do It Daddy
Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
16
Continentals
Don't Do It Baby
Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey
17
The Drifters
Don't Dog Me
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
18
The Penguins
Don't Do It
Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
Willie Nelson turns 88 this month. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, he wrote his first song at the age of seven and had his first band at the age of ten. From high school to the Air Force, then to his return home to Texas as a radio disc jockey, he was always in a band singing. In the 1950s he would write songs that would become country standards and we’ll be sharing some of them with you in today’s Deeper Roots, performed by Willie and his contemporaries. He endures just as his music does and the catalog is a legacy few parallel. We’ll hear from The Little Willies, Waylon Jennings, Faron Young, Asleep at the Wheel, and at least a dozen others performing the songs of Willie Hugh Nelson. Tune in Friday morning on KOWS.
Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis, The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.
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Willy DeVille
Hey Joe
Backstreets Of Desire
3
The Leaves
Hey Joe
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
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The Bobby Fuller Four
I Fought The Law
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
5
Dick & Dee Dee
Thou Shalt Not Steal
The Singles Collection
6
The Cadillacs
Jay Walker
For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
7
Kitty Wells
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered)
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single
8
Ray Batts
Stealin' Sugar
Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock
9
Eilen Jewell
If You Catch Me Stealing
Letters From Sinners & Strangers
10
Hank Snow
The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe
I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1]
11
Porter Wagoner
The Cold Hard Facts of Life
The Essential Porter Wagoner
12
Jimmy Littlejohn
No Parking Here
The World Is A Monster
13
Johnny Cash
Out Among the Stars
Out Among The Stars
14
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
Original Greatest Hits
15
The Byrds
Pretty Boy Floyd
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
16
Joe Ely
Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde
Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
17
Merle Haggard
The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
18
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Jesse James
Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
19
Bruce Springsteen
Jesse James
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
20
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Glendale Train
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
21
Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson
In the Jailhouse Now
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
22
Rod Morris
Alabama Jailhouse
Country Boy's Dream
23
Dean Taylor
Indiana Wants Me
70s Music Explosion Escape
24
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Private Property (No Tresspassing)
One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
We’re gathering under the Americana tent this morning; well, I guess, technically, we do each Friday morning. But this week we’ll spend some time with the classics. I’ll be sharing mid-century highlights from east, west, north and south in a show that pays tribute to some of the classic performers and performances that codified what’s become known as Americana: not a genre, but more of something in the air that makes you comfortable as a well worn blanket but also is the cold breeze that comes in through the cracks. I’ve got the celebratory sounds of The Blasters, Arlo Guthrie, and the NGDB; the painful reminders of days past from The Band, Chris Hillman, and Guy Clark; the harsh reminders of what got us here from Steve Earle, James McMurtry, and Bruce Springsteen. So much more to share in only two hours on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Dark as a Dungeon
Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
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The Byrds
You Ain't Going Nowhere
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
4
Michael Nesmith
Joanne
Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast
5
Bobby Bare
The Streets of Baltimore
Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
6
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
Girl From The North Country
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
7
Arlo Guthrie
The City Of New Orleans
Hobo's Lullaby
8
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen
The Lost Highway
Bakersfield Bound
9
Neil Young
Harvest
Decade Disc 2
10
The Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Best of the Band
11
John Fogerty
Lodi
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection
12
Emmylou Harris
Red Dirt Girl
Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
13
John Prine
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
German Afternoons
14
Joe Ely
Boxcars
Honky Tonk Masquerade
15
The Blasters
Border Radio
Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
Deeper Roots goes deeper this Friday morning. We’ll be sharing the songs of tradition and folk blues from an artist who opened up a world to a generation of followers in the 1940s and 1950s. With the witting arm of Alan Lomax as his promoter and benefactor, Huddie Ledbetter’s music would get wings and find its place in America’s traditional music lexicon. This week’s show, like last week’s Bill Monroe special, revisits the music that he was identified with, much of which he is credited with bringing into this world, or at least opening our eyes to. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm, Red Smiley, Odetta, The Weavers, Bob Dylan, and many others on a show that celebrates a giant of America’s songbook. Tune into KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for a new episode of a show that’s heading into it’s ninth year here on KOWS Community Radio.
The music of Bill Monroe is the theme of our show today. We’ll be featuring some classic tunes from the Monroe catalog including some traditional tunes as well as those written by the master himself. The performers include those from all walks: Ray Charles, Elvis, Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, and a collection of bluegrass favorites including Jim & Jessie McReynods, Ricky Skaggs, The Seldom Scene and a couple dozen others; all of them covering Bill Monroe’s music with some loyal to the arrangements while others putting their own spin on it. Join Dave Stroud once again for a collection of sounds from those dusty digital bins, those deeper wells, here on Sonoma County Community’s own community radio. Free Form. Free Speech. No Bull. Your alternative radio station in the North Bay.
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Elvis Presley
Working On The Building
Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
3
Ray Charles
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Swingova)
Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
4
John Fogerty
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Songs of Bill Monroe
5
Leon Russell
Uncle Pen
Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
6
The Louvin Brothers
What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul
Close Harmony [Disc 8]
7
The Devil Makes Three
What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)
Redemption & Ruin
8
Jerry & Tammy Sullivan
Wicked Path Of Sin
Legend Lives on-a Tribute to Bill Monroe
9
Jim & Jesse McReynolds
Wicked Path Of Sin
Music Among Friends
10
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Walls Of Time
At The Ryman [Live]
11
The Johnson Mountain Boys
Walls Of Time
Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2
12
Hazel And Alice
True Life Blues
Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2
13
Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs
Toy Heart (Live)
Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby: Cluck Ol' Hen (Live)
14
Red Allen
Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong
The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
15
The Million Dollar Quartet
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
16
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Six White Horses
1957-1959 (Warped 5722)
17
The Bluegrass Band
Six White Horses
2nd Cut
18
Doc Watson
The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
Good Deal!
19
Mac Wiseman
The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
Great Folk Ballads
20
Doc Watson/Merle Watson
Roll on Buddy
Doc Watson on Stage (Featuring Merle Watson)
21
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Roll On Buddy
The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
22
Doc Watson
My Rose of Old Kentucky
Memories
23
Dwight Yoakam
Rocky Road Blues
Big Mon – The Songs of Bill Monroe
24
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
Rocky Road Blues
The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)
25
Doc & Merle Watson
New River Train
Remembering Merle – Live Recordings 1976-1979
26
The Seldom Scene
Little Georgia Rose
Act 3
27
Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt
Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)
The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
28
Don Reno & Bill Harrel With The Tennessee Cut-Ups
Molly And Tenbrooks
20 Bluegrass Favorites
29
Tony Rice Unit
Midnight on the Stormy Deep
Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
With a new album just released, Dan Penn reminds everyone that there are few songwriters, and only one living, that have influenced (if not defined) the Memphis soul sound as he has. At 78, Dan Penn’s legacy is already sealed with songs that are enduring: “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “Dark End of the Street”, “Cry Like a Baby”, and so many more. Our show this Friday had to carefully curate tracks from Irma Thomas, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke, Arthur Alexander, and a couple dozen more to pay proper tribute. As a musician and songwriter, this Muscle Shoals legend deserves a spot in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame and, while never considered a performer, his catalog includes three solo studio albums, one from 1973, another from 1994, and this year’s Living On Mercy. You’ll hear tracks from these and so much more in this morning’s episode of Deeper Roots.
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Dan Penn
Living On Mercy
Living On Mercy
3
Otis Redding
You Left The Water Running
The Muscle Shoals Sound
4
Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
A Woman Left Lonely
Pearl
5
Aretha Franklin
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
6
James Carr
The Dark End of the Street
The Essential James Carr
7
Jimmy Hughes
Slippin' Around With You
After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
8
The Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspiration
Something's Got A Hold On Me
9
Solomon Burke
Take Me (Just As I Am)
King Solomon / I Wish I Knew
10
Arthur Alexander
Rainbow Road (Album Version)
Rainbow Road
11
Marshall Crenshaw
I'd Do It All over Again
Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander
12
James & Bobby Purify
I'm Your Puppet
The Best Of
13
Arthur Conley
Take Me (Just As I Am)
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
14
Dan Penn
Strangest Feeling
The Fame Recordings
15
Irma Thomas
I Count the Teardrops
If You Want It, Come and Get It
16
Irma Thomas
Blue in the Heart
My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
17
Irma Thomas
The Joke Is on You
My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
18
Dan Penn
Let Them Talk
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
19
The Box Tops
Cry Like A Baby
The Classic Sixties Collection: 1968 – The Hits That Rocked A Whole Generation
