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Old Records

February 17, 2025 Dave Leave a comment

Country, gospel, and rhythm and blues are the major arteries that flow to the heart of Americana musical traditions, each influencing the other through shared themes of storytelling, emotion, and spirituality. Gospel’s uplifting harmonies and spiritual fervor inspired both the heartfelt narratives of country music and the soulful expressions of rhythm and blues. Similarly, rhythm and blues infused gospel energy into secular music, while country music borrowed melodic and vocal elements from both genres. The “golden age” of these genres is often considered to be the mid-20th century, roughly the 1940s through the 1960s, when their innovation and cross-pollination laid the groundwork for modern popular music, including rock and roll. This week on Deeper Roots we’re going to flip through some classic old records (as we love to do) and highlight the morning with performances from the likes of Otis Spann, Merle Travis, Sue Foley, Sturgill Simpson, and a few dozen others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
3	Seasick Steve	Dark	Man from Another Time (Bonus Version)
4	Sturgill Simpson	Breakers Roar	A Sailor's Guide To Earth
5	The Everly Brothers	Bowling Green	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
6	The Kossoy Sisters	Bowling Green	Bluegrass Jamboree
7	Merle Travis	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
8	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	We've Got a Live One Here!
9	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Grave In The Wave Of The Ocean	Close Harmony [Disc 7]
10	Hart Valley Drifters	Nine Pound Hammer	Folk Time
11	Van Morrison	Dark Night Of The Soul	Three Chords And The Truth
12	The Riders Of The Purple Sage	Cool Water (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
13	The Harmonizing Four	Wade In The Water	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
14	The Soul Stirrers	Jesus I'll Never Forget [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
15	Mahalia Jackson	Dark Was The Night	Moving On Up A Little Higher
16	Bing Crosby	Down to the Old Ox Road	Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
17	Sue Foley	Freight Train	One Guitar Woman
18	Porter Wagoner	Banks of the Ohio	1968 (Warped 6846)
19	Roy Rogers with Country Washburne	My Chickashay Girl	26 All-Time Country Classics
20	Merle Haggard	Time Changes Everything	The Peer Sessions
21	Jimmie Dolan	The Wheel That Does The Squeakin'	Juke Box Boogie
22	Raul Malo	Weary Blues from Waitin'	The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
23	Ted Daffan's Texans	Born To Lose	26 All-Time Country Classics
24	Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips	I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy	Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
25	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
26	Jewel Paige & Her Brown Brownies	Give It Up	If You Take Me Back
27	Julia Lee	Snatch It And Grab It (06-11-47)	1947
28	Slim Gaillard	Thunderbird	ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
29	John Hiatt	Thunderbird	Master of Disaster
30	Chuck Berry	Jaguar and Thunderbird	The Chess Box Disc 2
31	Otis Spann	Mule Kicking In My Stall	Cryin' Time
32	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	Chess Blues Disc 4

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Legend: Grady Martin

February 9, 2025 Dave Leave a comment

He was a member of Nashville’s A-Team. He invented the electric guitar ‘fuzz’ effect by accident in a Marty Robbins recording session. He played on some of the most recognizable hit songs and landmark albums; not just country but rock, soul, folk, country rock and released some jazz guitar albums of his own. You can hear his work day in and day out: the Spanish-style acoustic work on Marty’s El Paso, the opening and unforgettable lick on Roy Orbison’s Oh Pretty Woman, plus dozens upon dozens more. He was one of the most sought after session men in the industry. Oh, and his jazz work with Mancini, Hirt and Fountain were followed by a gig as session leader for Vanguard Records’ album releases of Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Country Joe. If there’s a word that goes a step beyond prolific, it describes Grady Martin. Join us for a show that celebrates the legend.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman	Shades of Roy Orbison
3	Grady Martin & Don Cherry	Long John Boogie	Grady Martin
4	Mimi Roman	Little Lovin'	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
5	Patsy Cline	Stop, Look and Listen	Rockin' Patsy
6	Janis Martin	Will You Willyum	Grady Martin
7	Roy Hall	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Grady Martin
8	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
9	Red Foley, Grady Martin	Pinball Boogie	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
10	Red Foley	My Window Faces South	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
11	Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
12	Marvin Rainwater	Whole Lotta Woman	Whole Lotta Woman
13	Jimmy Lloyd	Where The Rio De Rosa Flows	Grady Martin
14	Red Sovine	How Do You Think I Feel	Grady Martin
15	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Brenda Lee Rocks
16	Johnny Horton	I'm Coming Home	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
17	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A Rollin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
18	Warner Mack	Roc-A-Chicka	Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
19	Autry Inman	Mary Nell	Grady Martin
20	Marty Robbins	Don't Worry	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
21	Lefty Frizzell	Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin)	Classic Country
22	Marty Robbins	El Paso	A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)
23	Elvis Presley	Please Don't Drag That String Around	From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters [Disc 2]
24	Joe Henderson	Snap Your FIngers	Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi
25	Ray Price	For The Good Times	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
26	Brenda Lee	I'm Sorry	Miss Dynamite
27	Jeanne Pruett	Satin Sheets	Classic Country: 1970-1974 [Disc 2]
28	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Classic Country: 1970-1974
29	Willie Nelson	On The Road Again	One Hell Of A Ride
30	Sammi Smith	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Country Ladies
31	Conway Twitty	Don't Cry No More	Grady Martin
32	Johnny Horton	Honky Tonk Man	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
33	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country
34	Mervin Shiner & Grady Martin	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Grady Martin
35	Johnny Burnette	Rock Billy Boogie	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956

Spinnin’ The Fifties

December 1, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

The 1950s were an incredibly vibrant decade for music, clearly a reflection of a post-war energy and relief. Urban jazz, the bright lights of broadway, and the crooning magic moments that lept off the silver screen were a paradox to the golden age of country music, the passionate rhythm of swing and R&B and, of course, the new audiences celebrating youth at sock hops, malt shops and sleepovers. It was an age of celebration and discovery if you were young; an age of culture shock if you weren’t. This week on Deeper Roots, we’ll tiptoe through the sounds of Dave Brubeck, Dion, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and a host of others who planted their flag in the decade of the fifties. An unusual playlist for sure. Drop on by and try to get past the fact that Black Friday will soon be over and holiday madness gets into full swing.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Rosemary Clooney	Hey There	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
3	Peggy Lee	Bali Ha'i	American Beauty
4	Doris Day	Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
5	Sarah Vaughan	Lover Man	Great American Songbook
6	Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine	Blue Note Blend: On The Count Of 3
7	The Dave Brubeck Quartet	Take Five	Pop Memories of the '60s
8	The Champs	Tequila	Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S
9	Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1]
10	Santo & Johnny	Sleepwalk	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
11	Hank Williams	Hey, Good Lookin'	24 Greatest
12	Johnny Cash	I Walk The Line	Original Greatest Hits
13	Porter Wagoner	A Satisfied Mind	A Slice Of Life & Satisfied Mind
14	Dion	I Wonder Why	Doo Wop Box Disc 3
15	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall In Love	Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
16	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
17	The Fleetwoods	Come Softly To Me	Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
18	The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)	All-Time Greatest Hits
19	The Platters	The Great Pretender	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
20	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	This Is Fats Domino
21	Frankie Avalon	Venus	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
22	Ricky Nelson	Lonesome Town	Destination Lonely Street
23	Ricky Nelson	Poor Little Fool	Ricky Nelson
24	Paul Anka	Diana	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
25	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
26	Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
27	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1]
28	Eddie Cochran	Summertime Blues	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
29	Bill Haley & The Comets	Rock Around The Clock	Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1
30	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered)
31	Danny & the Juniors	At the Hop	The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
32	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
33	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Atlantic Rock & Roll
34	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
35	Shirley & Lee	Let The Good Times Roll	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
36	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	The Soul Story, Vol. 1 [Disc 2]

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Cheatin’ Country Tales

November 1, 2024 Dave

There are a handful of common story threads that run through classic country songs. I’m not talking about trucks, beer the ‘merica that seems to have overwhelmed modern so-called country with autotune and synth pop. The heartbreak of cheating situations that were among the most common storylines in the Golden Age of country at a time when family unity was of paramount importance. It was country music’s frank portrayal of infidelity that offered a counterpoint which was both relatable and controversial. Cheating songs became a central theme, reflecting the complexities and emotional intensity of love, betrayal, and heartbreak. Dave will share as many as will fit in two hours in this week’s episode with early tearjerkers from Kitty Wells, The Louvin Brothers, Billy Walker, Bonnie Owens and George Jones. There will also be the very best of the classics from Charley Pride, Dolly Parton, and Loretta Lynn to take us into the 70s and beyond. . .

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	24 Greatest
3	Patsy Cline	Your Cheatin' Heart	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
4	Charlie Walker	Cheaters Never Win	1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
5	Billy Walker	One Heart's Beatin' One Heart's Cheatin'	1949-1952 (Warped 4960)
6	Hank Thompson	I Find You Cheatin' on Me	1946-1949 (Warped 4660)
7	Lee Elliott	Cheaters Never Win	Country & Western Nuggets
8	Jerry Lee Lewis	She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye	The Definitive Collection
9	Sanford Clark	A Cheat	Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
10	The Rockin' Saints	Cheat On Me Baby	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
11	Bonnie Owens	How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
12	The Louvin Brothers	While You're Cheating On Me	Close Harmony [Disc 4]
13	Kitty Wells	Cheated Out of Love	Lonely Street/Dust On the Bible
14	Kitty Wells	Cheatin's a Sin	The Complete Country Hits
15	George Jones	The Window Up Above	George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
16	Loretta Lynn	You Ain't Woman Enough	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
17	Billie Jo Spears	The Cheating Kind	Country Greats #2
18	Crystal Gayle	Talking In Your Sleep	Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
19	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Dolly [Disc 3]
20	Charley Pride	Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger	Golden Age of Country Volume 4: Honky-Tonk Man [Disc 1]
21	Gary Stewart	She's Acting Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol Songs [Disc 2]
22	Del McCoury	Cheater's in the Soup	1975-1976 (Warped 7553F)
23	Ricky Skaggs	Don't Cheat In Our Hometown [Album Version]	Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs
24	T.G. Sheppard	Last Cheater's Waltz	Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold
25	Moe Brandy	I Cheated Me Right Out Of You	Contemporary Country: The Late 70's – Hot Hits
26	Moe Bandy	It's A Cheating Situation	The Late '70s
27	John Prine With Dolores Keane	It's A Cheating Situation	In Spite Of Ourselves
28	John Anderson	She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs	Anthology
29	Dale Watson	Cheatin' Heart Attack	Cheatin' Heart Attack
30	Mickey Gilley	My Baby's Cheatin' On Me	Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade
31	Dwight Yoakam	King of Fools	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
32	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts of Life	The Essential Porter Wagoner
33	Emmylou Harris	The Last Cheaters Waltz	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 1
34	Kenny Rogers	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town	20 Great Years
35	Kitty Wells	Hey Joe	Cheatin's a Sin

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Also Rans 1956

September 21, 2024 Dave

The charts for the year 1956 were overtaken by Elvis. No question. There were a few others that illuminated the jukebox namely Fats Domino, Webb Pierce, Little Richard, and The Platters. Rock ‘n roll’s impact swept the floor with most burying some fairly incredible performances in it’s wake. Call it an avalanche. Call it a mudslide. Call it what you like. As I began to assemble a show looking at the top of the charts for the year, I found that starting at the bottom and working my way up was a revelation. Whether it was country, rhythm & blues, rock ‘n roll or pop…there were some delicious also-rans that I could not ignore so chose to ignore the Top 30 and focused today’s show on the so-called losers below the waterline of the Top 40. And what a joy it was! We’ll hear from some of them including Big Joe Turner, The Dells, LaVern Baker, Clyde McPhatter, Carl Smith and Kitty Wells in today’s show. I hope you’ll find some time, morning, noon or night, to listen in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Ernie Freeman Combo	Jivin' Around, Part 1	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
3	Bo Diddley	Pretty Thing	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
4	Chuck Berry	Too Much Monkey Business	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
5	Big Joe Turner	The Chicken and the Hawk	Big Joe Rocks
6	LaVern Baker	I Can't Love You Enough	Rock & Roll
7	Clyde McPhatter	Seven Days	Rock & Roll
8	Chuck Willis	Juanita	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
9	Chuck Willis	It's Too Late	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
10	The Clovers	Devil or Angel	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
11	The Dells	Oh What A Nite	The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1]
12	The Moonglows	See Saw	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
13	Little Willie John	Home At Last	Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John
14	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
15	Otis Williams & His Charms	Ivory Tower	Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2
16	The Five Keys	Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind	Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats
17	The G-Clefs	Ka-Ding Dong	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
18	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
19	Sil Austin	Slow Walk	Great Instrumental Hits Of The 50s-80s (10 Songs)
20	Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood	Canadian Sunset	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
21	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
22	Eddy Arnold	You Don't Know Me	Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955
23	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
24	Johnny Horton	093-Honky Tonk Man	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
25	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
26	Kitty Wells	The Lonely Side of Town	The Complete Country Hits
27	Sonny James	The Cat Came Back	Singles
28	Marty Robbins	I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far)	The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982
29	Porter Wagoner	Tryin' to Forget the Blues	The Essential Porter Wagoner
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
31	Hank Thompson	I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt	Most Of All
32	Sanford Clark	The Fool	Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
33	Choir / Faron Young / Hubert Long	Turn Her Down	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2)
34	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
35	Wanda Jackson	I Gotta Know	Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks]
36	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers/Jimmy Wright	The ABC's of Love	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
37	The Chordettes	Born To Be With You	Four By Four – Girl Groups

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Let’s Duet

January 23, 2024 Dave

Country duets have been a hallmark of the genre and this week we’ll spend a couple of hours sampling some old, some new, some sappy and some without peer. From Rose and Buck to George and Tammy, we’ll be spending time with some real down home pairings singing songs of loose talk, booze, suspicion, holding on to what you’ve got and a whole lot more. There’s a range of topics beyond that and most involve cheatin’, lovin’ and fightin’…just what you’d expect from the base. The pairings are not necessarily all husband and wife as we’ve got a few that go beyond that rail like Dwight and Buck, the Hanks, and Waylon and Willie. Tune in Friday morning for a countrified, if not rarified, journey with some classic country duets.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
3	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	Milwaukee Here I Come	In Spite Of Ourselves
4	Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash	Jackson	Classic Country Great Duets [Disc 1]
5	Johnny Cash & June Carter	It Ain't Me, Babe	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
6	Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash	Girl From The North Country	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
7	Buck Owens & Rose Maddox	Loose Talk	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
8	Buck Owens	Under Your Spell Again (Duet With Dwight Yoakam)	Hot Dog
9	Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam	Streets of Bakersfield	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1
10	Dwight Yoakam/Sheryl Crow	Baby Don't Go	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
11	Emmylou Harris & The Band	Evangeline	Duets
12	Linda Ronstadt	I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (w/Emmylou Harris)	Duets
13	Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons	Love Hurts	Duets
14	k.d. lang (with Roy Orbison)	Crying	Recollection CD 2
15	Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.	There's A Tear In My Beer	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
16	Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves	I Fall To Pieces [Album Version (Manufactured Duet)]	Remembering
17	Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch	I'll Fly Away	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
18	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Please Read The Letter	Raising Sand
19	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
20	Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter	Suspicious Minds	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
21	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	We're Gonna Hold On	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
22	Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton	The Last Thing On My Mind	Dolly [Disc 1]
23	Ashley Monroe	You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter) [Duet with Blake Shelton]	Like A Rose
24	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
25	Marty Stuart	This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Marty Stuart
26	George Jones/Merle Haggard	Yesterday's Wine [Duet]	The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
27	John C. Reilly & Angela Correa	Let's Duet	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]
28	Dottie West Duet with Don Gibson	There's A Story (Goin' Round)	The Essential Dottie West
29	Randy Travis	Happy Trails (Duet With Roy Rogers)	Heroes & Friends

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Ladies of Rockabilly

October 1, 2023 Dave

Sweatin’ with the oldies…that’s all we can say. This week’s Deeper Roots focuses on both the vintage and the contemporary performances by women who took on the rockabilly mantle. While a male-dominated genre, particularly when the boys (and record companies) were chasing the next Elvis, gave us hundreds (thousands?) of gyrating hips and raw rock in the form of pounding piano, thrashing guitar and duck tails, there was barely enough room for the ladies. But we’ve made some room on this morning’s show where we’ll be featuring the likes of Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin, Laura Lee Perkins and a bevy of brash rocking women from the early days of rock ‘n roll. We’ll do our best to balance the show with late breakers of the rockabilly kind: Kim Lenz, Linda Gail Lewis, Imelda May and Rosie Flores are some of the contemporary sounds we’ll be hearing from on this September morning. Tune in for a wild two hours…guaranteed.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Patsy Cline	Stop, Look And Listen	Grady Martin
3	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Grady Martin
4	Joyce Green	Black Cadillac	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
5	Mimi Roman	Little Lovin'	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
6	Laura Lee Perkins	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Lovin'	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
7	Laura Lee Perkins	Oh La Baby	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
8	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly
9	Janis Martin	Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly
10	Janis Martin	Will You Willyum	Grady Martin
11	Wanda Jackson	There's A Party Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
12	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
13	The Collins Kids	Party	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
14	The Collins Kids	I'm In My Teens	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
15	Ann Jones	Hi-ballin' Daddy	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
16	Barbara Pittman	Sentimental Fool	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
17	Sparkle Moore	Rock-a-Bop	Classic Rockabilly
18	Jean Chapel	I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight	Classic Rockabilly
19	Charline Arthur	Hello Baby	Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The
20	Charline Arthur	Burn That Candle	Welcome To The Club
21	Robert Gordon	Hot Dog! That Made Her Mad (feat. Rosie Flores)	Rockabilly for Life
22	Rosie Flores & The Talismen	I've Got A Right To Cry	So Sad
23	Kim Lenz & the Jaguars	Howl at the Moon	The One and Only
24	Kim Lenz	Bury Me Deep	Slowly Speeding
25	Kim Lenz & the Jaguars	Rock & Roll Guitar	The One and Only
26	Ronnie Wood with his Wild Five	Rock 'n' Roll Music (featuring Imelda May)	Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry
27	Imelda May	Big Bad Handsome Man	Love Tattoo
28	Samantha Fish	It's Your Voodoo Working	Chills & Fever
29	Linda Gail Lewis, Slim Jim Phantom & Danny B. Harvey	Diggin' My Way out of Hell	Diggin' My Way Out Of Hell – Single
30	Linda Gail Lewis	Rocking My Life Away	Hard Rocking Woman
31	Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis	Boogie Woogie Country Gal	Wild! Wild! Wild!
32	Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis	Let's Talk About Us	You Win Again
33	Tammy Lynn & Myles High	Good Rockin' Tonight	Turn My Music On
34	Tammy Lynn & Myles High	Sweet As My Baby	Turn My Music On
35	Wanda Jackson	Mean Mean Man	Rocket In My Pocket
36	Wanda Jackson	Long Tall Sally	Queen Of Rockabilly
37	Wanda Jackson	Two Shots (feat. Elle King and Joan Jett)	Encore
38	Janis Martin	My Boy Elvis	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1

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Two Glasses Joe

August 25, 2023 Dave

We’re heading on over to the Alibi Room, or Red’s Recovery Room, or whatever your local watering hole might be named and we’ll be doing so with the idea that the hair of the dog is what’s in order this Friday morning, recalling if we can the previous night’s bar hop celebrating country music’s favorite songs of cigareets, whiskey and wild wild women. Songs about whiskey and the glasses on the bar where stories and faces go from long to bright as the jukebox fires up. We’ll hear some classic songs from Webb Pierce, George Jones, Roger Miller and Merle Haggard alongside some contemporary sounds from the late Bill Staines, Chris Stapleton, and Dale Watson, all celebrating Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam, and Maker’s Mark…alongside a little bit of scotch and rye…neat or on the rocks. The honky tonk joints we’ll visit will likely have sawdust on the floor and a well-worn bar. Tune for the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cal Smith	The Lord Knows I'm Drinking	20 Hits
3	Ernest Tubb	Two Glasses Joe	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
4	[dialogue]	…People Condemn Whiskey…	Heartworn Highways
5	Johnny Bush	Whiskey River	Country USA 1972
6	Dale Watson	Whiskey or God	Blackjack
7	Merle Haggard	The Bottle Let Me Down	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
8	Bill Staines	Rye Whiskey Joe	Just Play One Tune More
9	Misisipi Mike Wolf	Whiskey Warm and Mellow	The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
10	Marty Stuart/Travis Tritt	The Whiskey Ain't Workin'	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
11	Willie Nelson	Whiskey River	Shotgun Willie
12	Chris Stapleton	Tennessee Whiskey	Traveller
13	Tex Ritter	Rye Whiskey	High Noon
14	Merle Haggard	I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink	20 Hits
15	Webb Pierce	There Stands The Glass	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
16	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Whiskey in the Jar	Shady Grove
17	Blue Mountain	Little Stream Of Whiskey	Roots
18	Osborne Brothers	Hey Hey Bartender	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
19	Dale Watson	Hair Of The Dog	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
20	Dale Watson	Wine Don't Lie	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
21	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
22	Hank Thompson	Scotch And Soda	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
23	George Jones	Tennessee Whiskey	Legendary Country Singers
24	Hayes Carll	Knockin' Over Whiskeys	Trouble In Mind
25	The Bootleg Honeys	Little Whiskey	Paint It Red
26	Emmylou Harris	Bottle Let Me Down	Pieces Of The Sky
27	Joe Ely	Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn	New Country January 1995
28	Red Ingle & His Natural Seven	Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
29	Jerry Lee Lewis	It Was The Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)	A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
30	David Luning	Whiskey Bottle	Just Drop On By
31	Hank Williams Jr.	Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound	Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
33	Chris Stapleton	Whiskey Sunrise	Starting Over

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Streets of Bakersfield

March 6, 2023 Dave

It was Nashville West but with a decidedly more amount of midwestern flavoring. Bakersfield was the terminus of most of the migrant traffic from the dust bowl where the hope for a better life was not always fulfilled. So many landed square on the Central Valley and for those who grew up it became a whirlwind post-war prosperity that was familiar: oil drilling, agriculture, almond orchards, cattle raising, and a transportation industry to support it. Those who were raised on country swing and the classic country sounds coming out of Nashville were lucky given Bakersfield’s proximity to the studios of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We’ll hear from many of them, digging into the early years of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart and a host of other performers who made that blend of rough country, trucking songs, and honky-tonk swing what it would become.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
3	Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys	Have I Got A Chance With You	Swingbillies
4	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
5	Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky	A Dear John Letter	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
6	Bud Hobbs	Louisiana Swing	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
7	Billy Mize	Who Will Buy the Wine	Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me	Maddox Brothers & Rose
9	Alvadean Coker	We're Gonna Bop	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
10	Tommy Collins	What'cha Gonna Do Now?	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
11	Ferlin Husky	I Feel Better All Over	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Bill Carter	I Wanna Feel Good	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
15	Johnny Bond	Three Or Four Nights	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Herb Henson	Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
17	Wynn Stewart	Playboy	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
18	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
19	Buck Owens	The Key's In The Mailbox	Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
20	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
21	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
22	Ferlin Husky	Six Days on the Road	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
23	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
24	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
25	Bonnie Owens	Just for the Children's Sake	Warped 6534 – Bonnie Owens – 1964 – 1966
26	Bobby Austin	Apartment #9	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
27	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
28	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
29	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
30	Abe Mulkey	Packed Up And Shoved Off	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
31	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
32	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
33	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
34	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
35	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield [With Dwight Yoakam]	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
36	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly

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Classic Country Covers

January 14, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	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
13	Henson Cargill	Skip a Rope	Skip a Rope
14	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
18	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]
21	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
28	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
30	Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood
31	Red Foley	Tennessee Border	Tennessee Saturday Night
32	Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys	Tennessee Border	Back At The Quonset Hut
33	BR5-49	The Price of Love	This Is BR549
34	The Everly Brothers	The Price of Love	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2

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