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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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Golden Age of Country

November 10, 2018 Dave

It’s a time that followed the second World War and baked into its foundation were the sounds of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Spade Cooley, Bob Wills among others. The music was inspired by bluegrass, folk, blues, and jazz with Country Swing and barn dances sparking a popularity that blanketed the American musical landscape from the Pacific to the southern Atlantic. It was a sound that solidified the title of “Country and Western” and he’ll be sharing some of the great performances in this week’s episode: Patsy Cline, Little Jimmy Dickens, George Jones, Ferlin Husky, and Webb Pierce…just to name a few. While the sound would fade away sometime around the turn of the seventies, when rock n’ roll would elbow it (more like steamroll it) out in popularity on the airwaves, it is revered and restated to this day as a cornerstone of what we recognize as Americana music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Robbins	Singing The Blues	Hillbilly Fever – Vol. 3: Legends Of Nashville
3	Webb Pierce	Why Baby Why Featuring Red Sovine	All Hits! [Disc 2]
4	Ray Price	Crazy Arms	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
5	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Collections
6	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 1
7	Little Jimmy Dickens	Hey Worm (You Wanna Wiggle)	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
8	Ferlin Husky	Gone	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
9	Marty Robbins	The White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)	Magic Moments
10	Bobby Helms	Fraulein	Classic Country
11	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	12 Greatest Hits
12	Ray Price	My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You	The Essential Ray Price 1951-1962
13	Little Jimmy Dickens	A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed	The Old Country Church/Raisin' The Dickens
14	Marvin Rainwater	Gonna Find Me A Bluebird	Three Classic Albums Plus Singles 1955-1962
15	Johnny Cash	Ballad Of A Teenage Queen	His Sun Years
16	Johnny Cash	I Still Miss Someone	16 Biggest Hits
17	Lefty Frizzell	If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time	Selected Sides – 1957-59
18	Little Jimmy Dickens	Me And My Big Loud Mouth	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
19	Don Gibson	Oh, Lonesome Me	RCA Country Legends
20	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
21	Jim Reeves	Billy Bayou	Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times
22	Patsy Cline	I Can See An Angel	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
23	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Drivin' Nails In My Coffin	Songs For Rounders
24	George Jones	White Lightning	The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 1
25	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country
26	Stonewall Jackson	Waterloo	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
27	The Browns	The Three Bells	Classic Country
28	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
29	Buck Owens	Under Your Spell Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
30	Kitty Wells	Amigos Guitar	Queen of Country
31	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	A Six Pack To Go	Vintage Collections
32	Wynn Stewart	Wishful Thinking	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
33	Loretta Lynn	I'm A Honkey Tonk Girl	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
34	Willie Nelson	Nite Life	One Hell Of A Ride
35	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts of Life	The Essential Porter Wagoner
36	Jimmie Skinner	Don4t Let Love Get You Down	Country & Western Nuggets

Roger Miller Tribute

October 13, 2018 Dave

There’s a new tribute album out, celebrating the music of country renaissance troubadour Roger Miller. Produced by his son Dean it’s a fully formed varietal that, as Rolling Stone magazine critic Stephen Betts notes, features a dazzling lineup after being beset by repeated delays since 2015. Miller was an extraordinary songwriter with offbeat humor, part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, and a poet of the uncommon whose song King of the Road “was positively average compared to his other oddball compositions, including Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug, and You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd” as Betts goes on to point out. Our show features tracks from the album, some other notable covers of Roger Miller’s music, and, of course, some wacky, some tame originals from Roger himself.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
3	Roger Miller	Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD2)
4	Doug Kershaw	You Don't Want My Love	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
5	Ernest Tubb	Half a Mind	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
6	Faron Young	A World So Full of Love	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
7	Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell	Invitation to the Blues	Old Yellow Moon
8	George Jones	Tall Tall Trees	George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
9	Roger Miller	Tall, Tall Trees	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
10	Roger Miller	My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died	The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
11	Charley Pride	Billy Bayou	20 Classics
12	Jim Reeves	Home	Essential Jim Reeves
13	Roger Miller	Little Green Apples	All Time Greatest Hits
14	Bill Kirchen	Husbands and Wives (Album)	Word To The Wise
15	Roger Miller/Willie Nelson	Husbands and Wives	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
16	Willie Nelson	Old Friends	One Hell Of A Ride
17	Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard	Old Friends	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
18	Patsy Cline	When Your House Is Not A Home [Radio Transcription]	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
19	Little Jimmy Dickens	When Your House Is Not A Home	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
20	Merle Haggard	Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go	Chicago Wind
21	Ray Price	Invitation To The Blues	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
22	Jon Rauhouse	Pardon This Coffin	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3
23	Roger Miller	King Of The Road	The Best Of : Vol 2
24	Dick Curless	King of the Road	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
25	Roger Miller	Kansas City Star	The Best Of : Vol 2
26	Kacey Musgraves	Kansas City Star	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
27	Roger Miller	Dang Me	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
28	Willie Nelson	When Two Worlds Collide	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
29	Alison Krauss	You Oughta Be Here With Me / I've Been a Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
30	Alison Krauss	River In The Rain	Windy City
31	Roger Miller	Where Have All The Average People Gone	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
32	Roger Miller	Hoppy's Gone	The Best Of : Vol 2
33	The Dead South	One Dying And A Burying	King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
34	Nick Lowe	Old Toy Trains	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
35	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2

Jukebox Saturday Night

September 22, 2018 Dave

A few years back we celebrated the record, the radio, and disc jockeys on a couple of themed shows. We’re going to rev that theme up once again, but with a bit of a twist. This morning’s show pays tribute to that nickel, dime, and quarter evaporator known as the jukebox. We’ll also extend the music selections to include sounds of record hops, soda fountains, and the healthiest way to partake in any or all of the festivities. Tune in for new and old, including country sounds from Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, and Bill Walker; R&B from Shirley & Lee, Charles Bronw, and The Marigolds; and pop straightaways from Gale Storm, Dodie Stevens, and Brook Benton. All this on a Friday evening on KWTF community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Edmunds	A. 1 on the Juke Box	Tracks on Wax 4
3	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
4	Dodie Stevens	I Wore Out My Record	Ultimate Collection
5	Gale Storm	Love By The Jukebox Light	Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
6	Teresa Brewer	Music! Music! Music!	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
7	Kenny Loran	One More Record Please	One More Record Please
8	Shirley & Lee	Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall	Shirley & Lee Rock
9	Buck Owens	Put A Quarter In The Jukebox	Hot Dog
10	Bill Haley with the Saddlemen	Jukebox Cannonball	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
11	Joshua Hedley	Mr. Jukebox	Mr. Jukebox
12	Ernest Tubb	Mr. Jukebox	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
13	Mel Tillis	Jukebox Man (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
14	Kitty Wells	I Heard the Jukebox Playing	Singles
15	Vernon Oxford	Turn The Record Over	One More Record Please
16	Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper	Don't Play That Song (On The Juke Box Tonight)	One More Record Please
17	Katy Moffatt	Stoned At The Jukebox	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
18	Billy Walker	The Record	The World Is A Monster
19	Charles Senns	Dig Me A Crazy Record	One More Record Please
20	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)
21	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
22	Dinah Washington	Record Ban Blues	Gold
23	Slim Gaillard Quartet	Jumpin' At The Record Shop	Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
24	Jon And Sondra Steele	They All Recorded To Beat The Ban	One More Record Please
25	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Ten-Inch Record	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
26	Brook Benton	Hit Record	Mercury 1962
27	The Marigolds	Juke Box Rock & Roll	The Johnny Bragg Story
28	Tex Beneke, The Modernaires	Jukebox Saturday Night	Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
29	Snookum Russell	Juke Box Boogie Woogie Chick	Swing-O-Rama : Beautiful Babies
30	Hadda Brooks	Jukebox Boogie	That's My Desire
31	Hardrock Gunter	Jukebox Help Me Find My Baby	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
32	The Hi-Flyers	Juke Box Jump	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
33	Lattie Moore	The Jukebox And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
34	BR5-49	A1 On The Jukebox	Dog Days
35	Si Cranstoun	Jukebox Jump	Old School
36	Luke Wills Rhythm Busters	A Nickel In The Jukebox	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys

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Diddy Wah Diddy

September 15, 2018 Dave

This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Diddy Wah Diddy	Maestro
3	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket)	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
4	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
5	Hank Williams	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
6	Johnny Cash	The Night Hank Williams Came To Town	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
7	Leon Russell	Love's Gonna Live Here	Legend in My Time – Hank Wilson Vol. III
8	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Jones On the Jukebox	Set Two
9	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You With Mark Knopfler	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
10	Porter Wagoner	Highway Headin' South	The Essential Porter Wagoner
11	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Hambone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
12	Lillian Briggs	Can't Stop	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
13	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
14	Clyde McPhatter	Just to Hold My Hand	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1
15	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
16	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
17	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
18	The Dubs	Could This Be Magic	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
19	The Cadillacs	Gloria	The Cadillacs Meet The Orioles
20	Pee Wee King	Slow Poke	Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 3
21	Rusty Draper	The Shifting Whispering Sands	Your Hit Parade – 1955
22	Floyd Tillman	This Cold War With You	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17
23	Foy Willing	Texas Blues	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	X's From Down In Texas – 1958	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	The Light Crust Doughboys	Stay Out Of The South	1936-1941
26	Bobby Bare	They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Eilen Jewell	Whispering Sea	Butcher Holler
28	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
29	Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays	Deacon's Hop	Jump, Jive & Swing
30	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
31	Bull Moose Jackson	Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well	Badman Jackson Thats Me
32	Jimmy Durante	Little Bit This, Little Bit That	The Great Schnozzle
33	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
34	Ozzie & Harriet Nelson	I Want the Waiter with the Water	The Nelson Touch
35	Taj Mahal	Take a Giant Step	In Progress and In Motion (1965-1998) (3 of 3)

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Deeper Merle Travis

August 26, 2018 Dave

Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines. We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties. It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Travis	I'll See You In My Dreams	The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53)
3	Joe Maphis & Merle Travis	Alabama Jubilee	Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981)
4	John McEuen	Merle Travis Story	Live in L.A.
5	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Cannonball Rag	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Dark as a Dungeon	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
8	Willie Nelson	Dark As A Dungeon	Country Music
9	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Dark As A Dungeon	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
10	Willie Nelson	Sixteen Tons	Remember Me, Vol. 1
11	The Platters	Sixteen Tons	The Magic Touch: An Anthology
12	James & Bobby Purify	16 Tons	The Best Of
13	Hank Penny	Merle's Buck Dance	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
14	Merle Travis	Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
15	The Kentucky Colonels	Nine Pound Hammer	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
16	The Country Gentlemen	I Am a Pilgrim	On the Road (And More)
17	Johnny Cash	Loading Coal [Album Version]	Ride This Train
18	Merle Travis	Start Even	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
19	Merle Travis	No Vacancy	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
20	Ernest Tubb	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
21	Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris	Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1	Lead Kindly Light
22	Bill Frisell	Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis)	Guitar In The Space Age
23	Johnny Bond	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
24	Tex Ritter	Everybody Likes A Little Lovin'	High Noon
25	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
26	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Steel Guitar Rag	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
27	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis	Wildwood Flower	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
28	Merle Travis	Philosophy	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
29	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
30	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
31	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
32	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
33	Ricky Skaggs	Sweet Temptation	Favorite Country Songs
34	Merle Travis	When My Baby Double Talks To Me	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
35	Merle Travis	When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.

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Tragic Country Tales

August 26, 2018 Dave

Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
3	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	Always on My Mind
4	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
5	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	24 Greatest
6	Bobby Bare	Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963)	All American Boy – CD 2
7	Doc & Merle Watson	The Tragic Romance	Ballads From Deep Gap
8	David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant	Tragic Romance	Life Of Sorrow
9	Grandpa Jones	Tragic Romance	Makes The Rafters Ring
10	The Stanley Brothers	Tragic Love	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
11	Lefty Frizzell	The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3)
12	Red Fox Chasers	Wreck On The Mountain Road	People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine
13	Esco Hankins	Wreck on the Highway	1947-1951 (Warped 4732)
14	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
15	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	Mel Tillis	Life Turned Her That Way	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	Mary Gauthier	Mercy Now	Mercy Now
18	Townes Van Zandt	Waiting Around to Die	Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
19	Vern Gosdin	Chiseled in Stone	Chiseled in Stone
20	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
21	James King	He Stopped Loving Her Today	Three Chords & The Truth
22	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
23	Dwight Yoakam	I Sang Dixie	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
24	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
25	Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
26	Red Foley	Old Shep	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
27	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
28	Charlie Louvin	Wreck on the Highway	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
29	Doc & Merle Watson	The Wreck of The Old #9	Ballads From Deep Gap
30	Faron Young	Hello Walls	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
31	Merle Haggard	If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
32	Johnny Cash	Hurt	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American

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Answer Songs

August 4, 2018 Dave

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ernest Tubb	Rainbow At Midnight	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
3	Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
4	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side Of Life	Vintage Collections
5	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Complete Country Hits
6	Hank Locklin	Please Help Me, I'm Falling	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
7	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
9	Patsy Montana	16 Pounds	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
10	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
11	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
12	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
13	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
14	Elvis Presley	Little Sister	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
15	Lavern Baker	Hey Memphis	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
16	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
17	Dodie Stevens	Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight	Ultimate Collection
18	Claude King	Wolverton Mountain	Classic Country
19	Jo Ann Campbell	(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
20	Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell	Yes Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann	Hurry Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
22	Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
23	Bo Diddley	I'm A Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
24	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	The Definitive Collection
25	The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
26	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
27	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
28	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
29	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	All Time Greatest Hits
30	Carole King	Oh Neil	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
31	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
32	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	Gee Whiz & Other Hits
33	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Heatin' Up
34	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
35	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-In-Law	Absolutely the Best
36	Paul Peek	Brother-In-Law	Best of Answer Songs vol 2

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Modern Americana, Theme Time

Devils and Angels

April 21, 2018 Dave

The devil is, indeed, an angel…albeit a fallen one. And the music we’ll be sharing this morning with our West County audience will take note of that fact with sounds that feature modern Americana as well as early to mid-century country sounds. Tune in to KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for the very best in roots sounds…and this week is no different: modern Americana from Rob Ickes and The Devil Makes Three, mid-century country from Cowboy Copas and Lefty Frizzell, as well as some wild-eyed worship pieces from The Sunshine Boys, Benny Joy, and Margie Singleton (who performs the infamous “Jesus is My Pusher”). Just for you. Just in time for a springtime April morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Sunshine Boys	We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll)	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
3	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Lucifer And The Fallen Angels	Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can
4	Bobby McMillon	The Devil Song (Child 275)	Art of Field Recording: Volume II – Disc 1: Survey
5	Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley	Friend Of The Devil	The Country Blues
6	Julie Miller	The Devil Is an Angel	Blue Pony
7	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
8	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands With The Devil	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
9	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
10	James King	The Devil's Train	Three Chords & The Truth
11	Carrie Rodriguez	Devil In Mind	Give Me All You Got
12	Shemekia Copeland	Devil's Hand	Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection
13	Rory Block	Devil Got My Woman	Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James
14	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Devils Look Like Angels	Between the Ditches
15	Merle Haggard	Dealing With The Devil	Rainbow Stew – Live
16	Benny Joy	Dark Angel	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
17	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Cupid And The Devil	Cupid And The Devil
18	Lee Ann Womack	Take The Devil Out Of Me	The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
19	Lefty Frizzell	From an Angel to a Devil	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4)
20	The Devil Makes Three	What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)	Redemption & Ruin
21	Willie Nelson	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Country Music
22	Robert Plant	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Band Of Joy
23	Margie Singleton	Jesus Is My Pusher	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
24	Eddie Noack	Psycho	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
25	The Treniers	Devil's Mambo	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
26	Billy Barton	The Devil, My Conscience And I	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
27	Peter Rowan	Pulling The Devil By the Tail	Reggaebilly
28	Coleman Brothers	Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
29	Rev W. M. Clark and Sisters	Satan At Church (Pm 12559, 4792-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)

Americana, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Theme Time

Truck Drivin’ Songs

March 3, 2018 Dave

White line fever…that endless gray ribbon…asphalt mixed with bennies…and a whole lot of attitude around semis, mile markers, county mounties, and bobtail returns. Terminology you won’t hear too much on our show…except for this show which shares the songs of the long-haulers. Bill Kirchen, Red Simpson, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard are just a sample of the performers joining in the fun where Cliff Bruner & His Boys introduce us to the first truck driving song “Truck Driver Blues” right up to that bad boy honky tonkin’ guitar trucker Dale Watson. You can’t escape the 18 wheel energy on Sonoma County Community Radio…straight from the Bakersfield asphalt to yours.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dick Curless	A Tombstone Every Mile (1)	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
3	Red Simpson	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
4	Lyle Lovett	The Truck Song	Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
5	Joe Ely	White Line Fever	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
6	Marty Stuart	Truck Drivers' Blues	Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
7	Bill Kirchen	Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man	Tied to the Wheel
8	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Diesel Smoke	Country Legends
9	Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
10	Bill Neely	I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy	Texas Law & Justice
11	Bob Ensign	Midnight Trucker	Front Porch Pickin': Bluegrass Instrumentals ('60s)
12	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	Semi-Truck	Rig Rock Deluxe
13	Red Simpson	Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
14	Jimmy Martin	Truck Driving Man	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
15	Buck Owens	Truck Drivin' Man	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
16	Norton Buffalo	Eighteen Wheels	Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon
17	Dale Watson	Been A Long Truckin Day	The Trucking Sessions Vol 3
18	Merle Haggard	Truck Driver's Blues	Working In Tennessee
19	Buck Owens	Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven	Rig Rock Deluxe
20	Dave Dudley	Six Days On The Road	Classic Country
21	Bill Kirchen	Mama Hated Diesels	Seeds and Stems
22	Cliff Bruner & His Boys	Truck Driver's Blues (1939)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
23	Jess Willard	Truck Driver's Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
24	Jimmy Martin	Truck Driver's Queen	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
25	Parker Millsap	Truck Stop Gospel	Parker Millsap
26	Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch	Truck Driver's Blues	It's A Good Day
27	Jim Lauderdale	Diesel, Diesel, Diesel	The Other Sessions
28	Leon Russell	Truck Drivin' Man	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
29	BR5-49	18 Wheels And A Crowbar	Big Backyard Beat Show
30	Bill Kirchen	Roll Truck Roll	Tied to the Wheel
31	Dale Watson	Jack's Truck Stop & Cafe	I Hate These Songs
32	Little Willies	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	For the Good Times

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