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Country Shed Shakers

April 18, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

This week’s show peels back the velvet curtain of the Golden Age of Country music and introduces some lower chart shed shakers from the outskirts of Nashville. While the charts were full of polished crooners and weeping violins, there was a different sound brewing in and around the perimeter—a raw, frantic energy that didn’t belong in a ballroom. These are the tracks that blurred the line between the honky-tonk and the garage. We’ll deliver the distorted side of that golden age with some familiar names (Buck Owens, Jerry Reed, Johnny Bond) and some of those who were lost to those dusty Ernest Tubb Record Shop dollar bins (Eddie Zack, Jimmy Swan, Benny Barnes), all in a package meant to get those fingers poppin’. Hope you can join us for some gritty, low-fi country vibes.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album
2	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	Shut Up And Drink Your Beer	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
3	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	High Voltage Gal	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
4	Sheb Wooley	Mule Boogie	Country & Western Nuggets
5	Smokey Hogg And His Guitar	Crawdad	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
6	Billy Strange	Hell Train	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
7	Hawkshaw Hawkins	Waitin' for My Baby	Country & Western Nuggets
8	Bobby Lord	No More No More No More	Country & Western Nuggets
9	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	Bound for Bakersfield 1953-56
10	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
11	The Hurricanes	Pistol Packin' Mama	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
12	Johnny Bond	Somebody's Pushin'	Put Me To Bed
13	Jerry Reed	When I Found You	Country & Western Nuggets
14	Jerry Reed	Mister Whizz	Country & Western Nuggets
15	Eddie Zack	I?m Gonna Roll and Rock	Country & Western Nuggets
16	Jimmy Murphy	Sixteen Tons Rock `n? Roll	Country & Western Nuggets
17	Jimmy Swan	Country Cattin?	Country & Western Nuggets
18	Johnny Bond	Lonesome Train	Put Me To Bed
19	Skeets McDonald	I Got A New Field To Plow	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
20	Dusty Payne	My Walkin' Shoes	The Other Side of Bakersfield Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
21	The Farmer Boys	Somehow Someway Someday	The Other Side of Bakersfield
22	Billy Walker	I've Got Leavin' On My Mind	Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
23	Jimmie Peters	Rhythm of Love	Country & Western Nuggets
24	Titus Turner	A Knockin' At My Baby's Door	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
25	Dave Rich	Tuggin? At My Heart Strings	Country & Western Nuggets
26	Freddie Hart	Heaven Only Knows	Country & Western Nuggets
27	Faron Young	Honey Stop	Country & Western Nuggets
28	Benny Barnes	King for a Day	Country & Western Nuggets
29	Ferlin Husky	Wang Dang Do	Country & Western Nuggets
30	Little Jimmy Dickens	Hey Ma (Hide the Daughter)	Country & Western Nuggets
31	Dave Rich	Burn On Love Fire	Country & Western Nuggets
32	Lee Bonds	Home Coming	Country & Western Nuggets
33	Johnny David	Race With The Devil	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
34	Steve Bledsoe	Bang Bang You're Dead	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
35	Jimmie Pearson And The Melody Makers	Nobody Cares	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
36	Cowboy Copas	Bury Me Face Down	Hillbillies in Hell Country Music?s Tormented Testament Volume 5
37	Black Jack Wayne	Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume	Country & Western Nuggets
38	Mel Tillis	You Are The Reason	Country & Western Nuggets
39	Rink Hardin	What Did I Do	Country & Western Nuggets
40	Wynn Stewart	Big Big Love	Country & Western Nuggets

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Swingin’ Out West

March 28, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

We’re going to take another journey through those dusty, neon-lit archives of Western swing, a genre that famously thumbed its nose at musical boundaries. While the “King” Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys rightly claim the throne, the true soul of the movement lives in the smaller, rowdier units that blurred the lines between Appalachian fiddling, big band jazz, and low-down blues. For our listeners, we’re looking past the “San Antonio Rose” to the grit of the lower Great Plains. We’ll be digging into the deep-cut recordings that highlight the genre’s technical audacity, exploring a sound that kept the dance halls jumping through the Depression proving that Western swing was always much more than just “hillbilly jazz”—it was a revolution you could dance to.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album
2	Pee Wee King	Birmingham Bounce	Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin'
3	Moon Mullican	Grandpa Stole My Baby	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
4	Hank Penny	Wildcat Mama	The Western Swing: Doughboys Playboys and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie
5	Bill Haley	Rovin' Eyes	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (1): Rocket 88
6	The Hi-Flyers	Hi-Flyer Stomp	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
7	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Right or Wrong	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
8	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	New San Antonio Rose	The King Of Western Swing-25 Hits 1935-1945
9	Hank Penny	You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
10	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Snatchin' and Grabbin'	Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years [Disc 2]
11	Johnny Lee Wills And His Boys	Let Me Be	More Ballroom Kings
12	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank The Beer (While I Was In The Rear)	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
13	Skeets McDonald	Scoot Git And Begone	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
14	Sons Of The West	Sally's Got A Wooden Leg	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
15	Dickie McBride And The Villiage Boys	Tulsa Twist	Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 1: Legends Of Western Swing
16	Roy Hogsed	Cocaine Blues	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
17	Johnny Lee Wills	Rag Mop	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 16
18	Bill Haley with the Saddlemen	Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking)	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
19	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Mama Don't Like No Music	Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1
20	Wade Ray with Noel Boggs	It's All Your Fault	Heroes Of Country Music Vol 1: Legends Of Western Swing
21	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Two Of A Kind	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
22	Hal Lone Pine & His Mountaineers	Honey Honey Mine	More Ballroom Kings
23	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra feat. Tex Williams	Detour	That's What I Like About The West
24	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	One Sweet Letter From You	Shame On You
25	Hank Penny & Jaye P. Morgan	You Played On My Piano	Crossroads In Cowtown
26	Texas Jim Robertson & His Panhandle Punchers	Jaw Jaw Yap Yap Yap	More Ballroom Kings
27	Tex Atchinson	You Don't Do Right By Me Anymore	Kings Of Western Swing Vol. 2
28	Moon Mullican	Bottom Of The Glass	The Very Best Of
29	Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band	Troubles (Those Lonesome Kind)	Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 1: Legends Of Western Swing
30	Les Paul	San Antonio Rose	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
31	Asleep at the Wheel	Ida Red	A Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills (Dance Versions)
32	Asleep at the Wheel	My Baby Thinks She's a Train	Back to the Future Now Live at Arizona Charlie's Las Vegas
33	Buddy Emmons; Ray Pennington; Swing Shift Band	I Built a Wall	Swingin' by Request
34	Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	Music To Her Ears	Swingin' West
35	Kevin Russell	Milk Cow Blues	Country Swing
36	Freddy Fender	Please Mr. Sandman	Voices of America

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High On The Hog!

October 17, 2025 Dave

We’ll be rolling back our Hillbilly Wayback Machine to the year 1950 for romance in high pants at the barn dance. Country music really hadn’t yet caught on as a genre so a lot of the music we’ll share today had the misfortune of being coined “hillbilly music”; a blend of silver screen cowboy nostalgia for the lone prairie alongside swinging arrangements and occasional ballads of the heart. You even had yourself some down-home novelty and syncopated vocals that looked out at that land beyond the sun where the tumbleweeds bounced across the horizon. Without further waxing of the poetic, we’ll let you know that you’ll be treated to some very best from under the blanket of the prairie sky including the likes of Smiley Burnette, Jimmy Wakely, Tin Ear Tanner, Zeb Turner and Leon Chappel. These weren’t necessarily the big hits but they were honky tonk and jukebox favorites. Drop in and find out.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gene Autry	Dear Heart and Gentle People	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
3	Hank Penny	Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
4	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Land Beyond The Sun	My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 4] – Riders In The Sky)
5	Smiley Burnette and The Ewing Sisters	It's My Lazy Day	The Singing Cowboys Collection
6	Ella Mae Morse	The Blacksmith Blues	Time-Life – Your Hit Parade: The Early '50S
7	Tex Williams	I Lost My Gal From Memphis	Vintage Collections
8	Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On (Mono)	Snow Country
9	Jimmy Wakely	Dust	The Melody Kid – 1940-51
10	Audrey Williams	I'm Telling You	1948-1951 (Warped 5021)
11	Hank Williams	Lovesick Blues	24 Greatest
12	Leon Chappel	You Hear Me Talkin'	Automatic Mama
13	Red Foley	Choc'late Ice Cream Cone	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 2]
14	Tennesee Ernie Ford	Anticipation Blues	Southern Belle [Disc 2]
15	Jimmie Dolan	It Had To Come Someday	Juke Box Boogie
16	Bill Haley	Susan Van Dusan	Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1
17	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
18	Red Foley	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Tennessee Saturday Night
19	Ernest Tubb	The Lovebug Itch	Ernest Tubb – The Texas Troubadour – Writers Galore [Disc 4]
20	Zeb Turner	Boogie Woogie Lou	I've Got The Boogie Blues
21	Al Dexter	Hi-De-Ho Boogie On A Saturday Night	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
22	Casey Simmons	Juke Box Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
23	Johnny Bond	Mean Mama Boogie	Hillibilly Boogie!
24	Hank Penny	Bloodshot Eyes	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
25	Hank Penny	What You've Got	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
26	Tin Ear Tanner	I Used To Work In Chicago	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
27	Shot Jackson & Webb Pierce	I Need You Like A Hole In The Head	Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood
28	Oakie Jones	Love Fever	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
29	Jimmie Davis	The Poodle Dog Song	Doggone Country
30	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans with Foy Willing & The Riders Of The Purple Sage	May the Good Lord Take a Likin' to You (Dale Evans Foy Willing Riders of the PS)	The Roy Rogers Collection [Disc 3]
31	Red Kirk	It's Raining In My Heart	Red Kirk "The Voice of The Country"
32	Hank Snow	Breakfast With the Blues (Stereo)	Snow Country
33	Little Jimmy Dickens	Out Of Business	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
34	Lefty Frizzell	My Baby's Just Like Money	Hillibilly Boogie!
35	Spade Cooley (voc. Ginny Jackson & Les Anderson)	Hillbilly Fever	Crossroads In Cowtown
36	Johnny Bond	It Ain't Gonna Happen To Me	Put Me To Bed
37	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	The Essential Recordings
38	Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart	24 Greatest

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Country Swing Pioneers

August 16, 2024 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for two hours of the very best of country swing music on Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. He’ll excavate the archives for a show from over eight years ago, reminding us that the west had been long-settled when a new sound exploded. It blasted its way out of the dance halls and barn-dance venues of the Midwest with an upbeat blend of jazz, hillbilly, and down-home blues. The arrangements blended strings, guitar, fiddle and bass, with the rhythmic sounds of urban jazz to reveal something catchy and danceable…and marketable. Before the beat was modernized into the mass market country blandness that paralleled mainstream pop, there were the pioneers including Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Adolph Hofner, Spade Cooley, Light Crust Doughboys, and a host of others. Drop in and celebrate this classic fusion of America’s best

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Artistry In Western Swing	Country Hits Vol. 8
3	W. Lee & His Light Crust Doughboys	When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
4	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
5	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
6	Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers	I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
7	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In El Rio Grande	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol.1 : Brownies Stomp
8	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Easy Ridin' Papa	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
9	Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers	Barn Dance Rag	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
10	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	I Want to Go Back	The Golden Age Of Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
11	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
12	Hank Penny	Oh Yes? Take Another Guess	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
13	Hank Penny	Sweet Talkin' Mama	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
14	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Twin Guitar Special	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
15	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Stay A Little Longer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy
16	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Take Me Back To Tulsa	Tiffany Transcriptions& Vol. 2
17	Tex Williams	Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon?	Vintage Collections
18	Leon McAuliffe	Mr. Steel Guitar	Tulsa Straight Ahead
19	Leon McAuliffe	Rag Mop	Tulsa Straight Ahead
20	Johnny Lee Wills	Rag Mop	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 16
21	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
22	Tommy Duncan	Take Me Back to Tulsa	Texas Moon
23	Merle Haggard	Roly Poly	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
24	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
25	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
26	Ted Daffan's Texans	Because	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
27	Ted Daffan's Texans	Down Hi Lo Way	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
28	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Hits
29	Moon Mullican	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	The Very Best Of
30	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Shame On You (Tex Williams & Smokey Rogers)	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
31	Spade Cooley	Troubled Over You	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
32	Spade Cooley	You Can't Break My Heart	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
33	Smokey Rogers	I Can't Help The Way You Feel	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
34	Tex Williams	Let's Live A Little (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
35	Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra with Judy Hayden	He's A Real Gone Oakie	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53

Revisiting Cindy Walker

August 14, 2022 Dave

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 20^th 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
30	Cindy Walker	Cindy Walker on being a woman songwriter	Grammy Foundation
31	Willie Nelson	Dusty Skies	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
32	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Bubbles In My Beer	Songs For Rounders
33	Tommy Duncan	I Was Just Walking Out the Door	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk

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Sagebrush Sweethearts

March 5, 2022 Dave

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.

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

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Sugar Moon

November 19, 2021 Dave

We’ll be settling into some classic country sounds from the golden age alongside some contemporary sounds that stay steadfast in a sound that rings true and authentic. We’ll hear some classics from Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings, Webb Pierce and others. There will be plenty of original sounds from BR5-49 and Chuck Mead, k.d. lang, Don Edwards, and The Mavericks to remind us of the clear line between authentic and what’s attempting to pass for country these days. Tune in for a mix of swing, story songs, love songs, and foot-tappin’ treasures on Deeper Roots this week on Sonoma County Community radio where the music will always take you somewhere other than the main stream. We seldom venture there.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willie Nelson	Sugar Moon	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
3	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Big Boned Gal	Absolute Torch and Twang
4	k.d. lang	Western Stars	Recollection CD 1
5	Charley Crockett	Over There That's Frank	10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand
6	Asleep At The Wheel	You're From Texas	Ride With Bob
7	Johnny Cash	I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar	Silver
8	Charley Crockett	Music City USA	Music City USA
9	Ferlin Husky	Detour	Vintage Collections Series
10	Carl Smith	(When You Feel Like Youre in Love) Dont Just Stand There	Golden Age of Country Volume 3: Crazy Arms [Disc 1]
11	Carl Smith	Hey Joe!	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
12	Ray Price	Invitation To The Blues	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
13	Buck Owens	Above And Beyond	Buck Owens
14	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
15	Webb Pierce	I Ain't Never	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
16	The Tractors	The Tractors-Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Trade Union
17	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
18	George Strait	Big Ball's in Cowtown w/Asleep at the Wheel	Strait Out of the Box [Disc 4]
19	Asleep At The Wheel	Across The Alley From The Alamo	Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
20	Don Edwards	Texas Plains	West of Yesterday
21	Willie Nelson	This Old House	Remember Me, Vol. 1
22	BR5-49	Cherokee Boogie	BR5-49
23	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
24	The Mavericks	One Step Away	Music for All Occasions
25	Little Jimmy Dickens	When They Get Too Rough (They're Just Right For Me)	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
26	Wynn Stewart	Big City	California Country
27	Dwight Yoakam	Train in Vain	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
28	Waylon Jennings	Sweet Dream Woman	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
29	Old Crow Medicine Show	Wagon Wheel	Americana
30	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman [Album Version]	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
31	Asleep At The Wheel	Bob Wills Is Still The King	Ride With Bob
32	Bob Wills	Goin' Away Party	For the Last Time
33	Charley Crockett	Skip A Rope	Music City USA

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More Western Swing

September 20, 2019 Dave

The home page of the Western Swing Society describes western swing as “a division of the American phenomenon known as jazz [fusing] elements of musical roots…including blues, Dixieland, ragtime, big band, country, pop, and breakdowns.” That kind of explains why we revisit this genre so often here on Deeper Roots. What it has most in common with jazz is the use of improvisation; what it does try to do is to take things one step further: make it dance-able. The foot-tapping rhythm and the encouragement of participation drew audiences far and wide from the north, south, east and west. This week show meanders through some fun sounds including tracks Hank Penny, Milton Brown, Ocie Stockard, and (of course) Bob Wills. We’ll have some tribute songs and old standards for you on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
3	Milton Brown	Hesitation Blues	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 2]
4	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
5	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Somebody Stole My Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
6	Ocie Stockard	You Turned Me Down	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
7	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Bass Man Jive	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
8	The Sunshine Boys	Gonna Get Tight (1939)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
9	Louise Massey & The Westerners	Billy Boy (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
10	Sons Of The West	Sally's Got a Wooden Leg	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
11	The Hi-Flyers	Watcha Gonna Do	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
12	Johnny Cash	W. Lee O Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
13	The Light Crust Doughboys	Good Gracious Gracie (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
14	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
15	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Old Yazoo	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
16	Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys	Chill Tonic (Instrumental)	Okeh Western Swing
17	Hank Penny	Wildcat Mama	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
18	Hank Penny	Cowboy's Swing	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
19	Don Churchill & The Texas Mavericks	One Year Ago Tonight	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
20	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
21	Bob Wills	Cherokee Maiden	Columbia Historic Edition
22	Bob Wills	Right or Wrong	Columbia Historic Edition
23	Adolph Hofner	Let's Count The Stars	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
24	Ted Daffan's Texans	Too Far Gone	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
25	Zeke Clements	Oklahoma Blues	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
26	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	I Found a New Baby	Shame On You
27	Spade Cooley	You Better Do It Now	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
28	Tommy Duncan	You Put Me On My Feet	Texas Moon
29	Slim Harbert & His Boys	Around The Corner At Smokey Joe's	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
30	Leon Rusk	Air Mail Special On The Fly	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
31	Leon Selph	She's Gone Away	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
32	Ted Daffan's Texans	Worried Mind	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
33	W. Lee O'Daniel	O'Daniel radio show sign off	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
34	Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blue Boys	She Selling What She Used To Give Away	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2

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Moon Baby

September 14, 2019 Dave

A laid back Friday morning in store as we celebrate a century of America’s music with classics from every corner. Dave Stroud hosts with a potpourri of doo wop, gospel, rock, R&B, soul, and country wrapped up just for Deeper Roots listeners out there. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, The Ravens, Mike Farris, (more than one) Bo Diddley, and The Neville Brothers as we watch the trees turn their late summer umber under warm Sonoma County September skies. Tune in for the very best, including The Living Sisters and The Andrews Sisters, side by side, this one time. Only on Community Radio because all other $$$ stations fail to play with heart.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bo Diddley	Moon Baby	Bo Diddley Is A Lover
3	Johnny Cash	I'm Ragged But I'm Right	Life
4	Mike Farris	Tennessee Girl	Silver & Stone
5	Bruce Springsteen	Old Dan Tucker	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
6	Bruce Springsteen	I Ain't Got No Home	Folkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly
7	Eddie Money	Two Tickets to Paradise	Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money
8	Mudcrutch	Shady Grove	Mudcrutch
9	David Lindley and Wally Ingram	Pay Bo Diddley	Twango Bango Deluxe
10	Bo Diddley	Crackin' Up	Go Bo Diddley
11	John Fogerty	Blue Moon Nights	Blue Moon Swamp
12	John Hiatt	Dust Down a Country Road	Walk On
13	Johnny Cash	W. Lee O Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
14	The Light Crust Doughboys	Loud Mouth	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
15	Little Jimmy Dickens	Me And My Big Loud Mouth	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
16	Sister Emily Bram	Each Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
17	Brother Joe May	Working On A Building	The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
18	Ruthie Foster	Death Came A'Knockin'	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
19	The Neville Brothers	A Change Is Gonna Come	Yellow Moon
20	Ry Cooder	Waitin' For Some Girl	I, Flathead
21	Dan Penn	I'm Living Good	The Fame Recordings
22	The Redcaps	Just For You	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
23	The Ravens	Careless Love	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 2- Birdland
24	The Flamingos	Ko Ko Mo	The Best Of The Flamingos
25	The Cadillacs	Betty My Love	For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
26	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five w/ Ella Fitzgerald	Stone Cold Dead In The Market	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1944 – 1946
27	The Andrews Sisters	Rum And Coca-Cola	20th Century Masters: Millenni
28	The Living Sisters	(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am	Love to Live
29	Aretha Franklin	Do Right Woman, Do Right Man [Stereo Version][*][Version]	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
30	Solomon Burke	Take Me (Just As I Am)	King Solomon / I Wish I Knew
31	The Ink Spots	When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
32	Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit	She Don't Love Nobody	The Rose of England
33	Hank Thompson	The King Of Western Swing	The Best Of Hank Thompson 1966-1979

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Stay a Little Longer

December 26, 2018 Dave

Country swing is the thing this morning on Deeper Roots. We won’t be spending time on the ancestral roots as much as we’ll be exploring the small local bands of the Southwest. We’ll use Jean A. Boyd’s excellent reference “Dance All Night : Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands Past and Present” as our rudder and guidebook in the show. The heartbeat of any American genre is usually the local band and during the later years of the Great Depression and throughout the Second World War people were looking for something uplifting to dance to. In Texas (and really all across the Southwest) the sound was country swing: a mix of jazz, blues, polka, latin and hillbilly fiddle. We’ll be featuring the small time big names like The Tune Wranglers, Cliff Bruner, Leon Selph, Floyd Tillman, and Adolph Hofner and so many more in our show this morning, direct from our studios in downtown Sebastopol.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Adolph Hofner	Let's Count The Stars	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
3	The Tune Wranglers	Red's Tight Like That	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
4	The Tune Wranglers	Up Jumped The Devil	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
5	The Tune Wranglers	El Rancho Grande	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
6	Jimmy Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys	Dirty Dog	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
7	Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys	Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
8	Adolph Hofner & His Texans	I'll Keep My Old Guitar (1938)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
9	Bar X Cowboys	Underneath The Sun	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
10	Bar X Cowboys	When Mama Goes Out	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 3]
11	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
12	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	I Was A Gambler In Texas	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
13	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)	Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 1: Legends Of Western Swing
14	Shelly Lee Alley & His Alley Cats	Women Women Women	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
15	Shelly Lee Alley & The Alley Cats	Try It Once Again	King Of Western Swing Volume One
16	Leon Selph	When You Smile	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
17	Leon Selph	In My Dreams	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
18	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys, feat. Floyd Tillman	Why Do I Love You	Country Music Hall Of Fame
19	Floyd Tillman & The Village Boys	Daisy May	Country Music Hall Of Fame
20	Village Boys	Boogie Woogie In the Village	Boogie Man Boogie
21	Village Boys	Old Joe Is At It Again	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
22	Modern Mountaineers	Getting That Lowdown Swing	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
23	Smokey Wood & The Woodchips	Keep On Truckin'	King Of Western Swing Volume One
24	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Bass Man Jive	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
25	Ocie Stockard	Twin Guiter Polka	Country Hits Vol. 6
26	Ocie Stockard	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
27	Bill & Boyd	Drink The Barrel Dry	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
28	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	(When I Had) My Pony On the Range	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
29	Bill & Boyd	Jitterbug Jive	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 4]
30	The Hi-Flyers	Watcha Gonna Do	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
31	The Hi-Flyers	I'm Doing It Too	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
32	Adolph Hofner	South Texas Swing	South Texas Swing

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