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The Hangman’s Rope

November 18, 2017 Dave

Songs about one of the most controversial of mankind’s attempt to balance the scales: the death penalty. Studies point to the fact that at least one in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent and yet the death penalty is legal in 32 states. In China, corporate fraud can be punishable by death…if it were the case here, our government would probably be on the straight and narrow. But I digress. The music this week will explore the long walk to eternity through the eyes of the condemned; the knowledge of the eventuality of the executioner’s song is clarity. And we’ve got country from a whole host of obscure characters, some blues and boogie, along with just a little bit of folk and bluegrass. A hundred years of the hangman’s rope in reflection.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	I Hung My Head	American IV: Man Comes Around
3	Gurf Morlix	Theyre Hangin Me Tonight	The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 3
4	Johnny Bond	At Dawn I Die	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
5	Marty Robbins	The Hanging Tree	All-Time Greatest Hits
6	Peter, Paul & Mary	Hangman	See What Tomorrow Brings
7	Marty Stuart	Hangman	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
8	Ralston Bowles and May Erlewine-Bernard	Hangman	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
9	Cowboy Copas	Hangman Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
10	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Puerto Muerto	The Hangman's Song	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1
11	Al Dean	Hangman	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
12	Leadbelly	Gallows Pole	Too Late, Too Late – Vol. 12 – 1917-48
13	Furry Lewis	Judge Harsh Blues	Furry Lewis 1927 – 1929
14	Brownie McGhee	Hangman's Blues	The Folkways Years (1945-1959)
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hangman's Blues	Complete Recordings Vol. 3
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Electric Chair	Blues Images Presents 1920's Blues Classics, Vol. 13
17	Lonesome Johnny	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
18	Jimmy Minor	Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
19	Porter Wagoner	(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
20	Dave Alvin	Sonora's Death Row	West of the West
21	Lee Hazelwood	The Girl On Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
22	Johnny Cash	The Mercy Seat	American III: Solitary Man
23	Bessie Smith	Send Me To The Lectric Chair	Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
24	Booker T. & the MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
25	Hoyle Miller	Twelve Years On Death Row	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
26	Steve Earle	Walking Down Death Row	If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
27	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
28	Bob Dylan	Seven Curses	The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [Disc 2]
29	Joan Baez	Geordie	The First 10 Years
30	The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Dean Schlabowske	Gary Gilmore's Eyes	The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 1

Everly Brothers Tribute

June 3, 2017 Dave

Hits from the 50s and 60s…covers by contemporary artists… original versions … songs from Phil and Don and from the songwriting team that brought them fame: Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. We’ll spend time on all of them…and more…in a special two hour tribute to the brothers who may not have been able to get along but they got along with their fans beginning with 1957’s Bye Bye Love. They lasted as solid pop, country, and rock crossovers well into the mid-1960s and we’re going to celebrate their music featuring performers including Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, The Persuasions, Buddy Miller, and a host of others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Everly Brothers	Should We Tell Him	Classic Everly Brothers CD1
3	The Everly Brothers	Cathy's Clown	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
4	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault, Pt. 3
5	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
6	The Everly Brothers	Crying in the Rain	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
7	Rockpile	Crying in the Rain	Seconds of Pleasure
8	Rockpile	Take a Message to Mary	Seconds of Pleasure
9	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Both Sides Of An Evening
10	Merle Travis	Muskrat	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	All I Have to Do Is Dream	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 2
12	The Persuasions	All I Have To Do Is Dream	Good News
13	Linda Ronstadt	When Will I Be Loved	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
14	Everly Brothers	When Will I Be Loved	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
15	The Everly Brothers	Walk Right Back [Single – 1961]	Singles / EP's /Radio / Live
16	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
17	David Lindley	Bye Bye Love	El Rayo-X
18	Madeleine Peyroux	Bye Bye Love	The Blue Room
19	Linda Ronstadt/Valerie Carter	Devoted to You	Dedicated to the One I Love
20	Teddy Thompson	The Price Of Love	A Piece Of What You Need (iTunes Version)
21	Everly Brothers	Till I Kissed You	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
22	Buddy Miller	The Price Of Love	Midnight And Lonesome
23	The Everly Brothers	The Price of Love	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
24	Emmylou Harris	Sleepless Nights	Pieces Of The Sky
25	Ray Charles	Bye Bye Love	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
26	Roy Orbison	All I Have To Do Is Dream	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2]
27	Roy Orbison	Bye Bye Love	Sings Lonely and Blue [US Bonus Tracks]
28	The Everly Brothers	Bowling Green	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
29	Kirsty MacColl	Walk Right Back	What Do Pretty Girls Do?
30	John Fogerty	When Will I Be Loved? (With Bruce Springsteen)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
31	The Everly Brothers	Memories Are Made Of This	It's Everly Time
32	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
33	Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
34	The Everly Brothers	Down In The Willow Garden	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
35	Kevin Russell	Walk Right Back	Plain Dirt Fashion

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Country Memories

April 8, 2017 Dave

Nostalgia sometimes sounds like a bad cold or some obscure disease. Well…the latter is certainly not so far from the mark. We’re going to bring some country performers into our playlist this evening to share memories of the old home, faded memories and faded loves. We’ll hear from The Dillards, Hazel Dickens, Jack Guthrie, Rodney Crowell, Bobby Bare, and many others in our theme of ‘Country Memories’ this week. Join Dave Stroud for two hours of ‘sweet memories’ on community radio this week.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Stoney Edwards	You'll Remember Me	Down Home in the Country
3	Flatt & Scruggs	'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered [Album Version]	16 Biggest Hits
4	Mac Wiseman	Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Teenage Hangout
5	Johnny Cash	Memories Are Made of This	Unchained
6	Willie Nelson	Your Memory Won't Die	The Hungry Years
7	Doc Watson	My Rose of Old Kentucky	Memories
8	The Country Gentlemen	Green Green Grass Of Home	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3]
9	The Dillards	The Old Home Place	There Is A Time: 1963-70
10	Hazel Dickens	A Few Old Memories	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
11	Red Allen & Frank Wakefield	Faded Memory	Keep On Going: The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings
12	The Acoustic Medicine Show	Faded Memory	Steel String Line
13	Ricky Skaggs	River Of Memory	Family And Friends
14	Floyd Tillman & Leona Williams	Let's Make Memories Tonight	The Influence
15	Henson Cargill	Green, Green Grass of Home	Skip a Rope
16	Bobby Bare	500 Miles Away from Home	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
17	Rodney Crowell	Please Remember Me	The Essential Rodney Crowell
18	Doc Watson	I'm Going Back To The Old Home	Riding the Midnight Train
19	Jimmie Rodgers	My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans	The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
20	Hank Williams	Lost Highway	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
21	Jack Guthrie	Chained To A Memory	Oklahoma Hills
22	Webb Pierce	Memory Number One	Singles
23	The Carter Family	Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
24	The Stanley Brothers; vocal by Carter Stanley & Pee Wee Lambert	The Old Home	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
25	Elvis Presley	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	The Tupelo Mississippi Flash CD 2
26	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	I Forgot to Remember to Forget	Standard Songs for Average People
27	Stuart Hamblen	Remember Me	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
28	Grandpa Jones	I Guess You Don't Remember Now	Makes The Rafters Ring
29	Roland White Band	On My Way Back to the Old Home	I Wasn't Born to Rock'n Roll
30	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
31	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
32	Slim Harbert & His Boys	Honey, This Time I'm Gone	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
33	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Picture On The Wall	Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
34	Jimmie Davis	Pal Of Long Ago	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine: 1928-1937

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Deeper Fifties Fear

January 14, 2017 Dave

There was (is?) a time when the background noise (and it was loud) revolved around the likelihood that humankind would annihilate itself any day. The Cold War brought out the worst of us. Fear of your neighbor…fear of ideology or alternative ideas were the centerpiece of the day. The fear was embodied in the likelihood of the ‘big one’ dropping; yet our schools, media, and government soft-peddled the reality. The entertainment industry had it’s own take, of course; because artistic license allowed exploration from every corner, even though it would often make light of what was then assumed to be an eventuality. We’ll hear country from Charlie Louvin and Elton Britt, left-wing folkies like Pete Seeger and Mark Spoelstra, and gospel from the Golden Gate Quartet and The Spirit of Memphis Quartet. It’s a combination of novelty, contemporary takes on old standards, and vintage sounds (both musical and otherwise) in our Deeper Roots episode that explores the American way called ‘duck and cover’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
3	Ferlin Husky	Let's Keep the Communists Out	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
4	Armed Forces	How to spot a communist	Public Service
5	Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers	When They Drop The Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
6	Karl & Harty	When The Atom Bomb Fell	Atomic Platters
7	Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts	Love That Bomb	Atomic Platters
8	Charlie Louvin	Great Atomic Power (w. Jeff Tweedy)	Charlie Louvin
9	Mark Spoelstra	Civil Defense Sign	Atomic Platters
10	Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals	The Great Atomic Power	Song of America
11	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
12	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
14	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
15	The Five Stars	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
16	WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY	CONELRAD Radio Alert "Real Thing"	Atomic Platters
17	Pete Seeger	Study War No More (Peace): Talking Atom	If I Had a Hammer-Songs of Hope & Struggle
18	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
19	Glenn Barber	Atom Bomb	Atomic Platters
20	Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
21	Various	WW2 Air Raid Siren	Sound Effects Factory
22	Oscar Aleman	Tico Tico No Fuba	Swing Guitar Masterpieces
23	Connie Francis	Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow	Atomic Platters
24	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
25	Linda Hayes	Atomic Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
26	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Atomic Platters
27	Warren Smith	Uranium Rock	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
28	Bill Haley and his Comets	Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	Atomic Platters
29	Groucho Marx	Civil Defense Spot	Atomic Platters
30	Theme	Peter Gunn	Hit TV Themes Of The 50's
31	Billy Chambers	Fallout Shelter	Atomic Platters
32	The Ramones	I Wanna Be Well	Rocket to Russia (Expanded & Remastered)
33	Beastie Boys	Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
34	Johnny Cash	Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves	Atomic Platters
35	Pete Seeger	The Willing Conscript	Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
36	Hank Williams	No No Joe	Like an Atom Bomb
37	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
38	Al Rogers and the Rocky Mountain Boys	The Hydrogen Bomb	Atomic Platters
39	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Old Man Atom	Country Legends
40	Sonny Russell	Fifty Megatons	Atomic Platters

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Buck Owens Time!

November 12, 2016 Dave

Join us in a celebration of the the music of Buck Owens, a producer, songwriter, and musician who introduced many of us to the Bakersfield sound, that very distinctive blend of country, honky-tonk, and hillbilly music from the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear a few from Buck and the Buckaroos but will take the lion’s share of the show highlighting the music of artists covering some of the great (and obscure) songs of Buck Owens. We’ll bring you the music of Ray Charles, Bobby Bare, Dwight Yoakam, John Fogerty, Patsy Cline, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Buck Owens	Made In Japan (Live in Japan)	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
3	Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
4	Buck Owens	Down on the Corner of Love	You're For Me
5	Bobby Bare	Down On the Corner of Love	All American Boy – CD 1
6	George Morgan	There Goes My Love	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
7	Buck Owens and Bettye Swann	Today I Started Loving You Again	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
8	Ray Charles	Together Again	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
9	Raul Malo	Crying Time	After Hours
10	Buck Owens/George Jones	Love's Gonna Live Here	Friends in High Places
11	Patsy Cline	Foolin' Around	Patsy Cline Story
12	The Buckaroos	Foolin' Around (Instrumental)	Open Up Your Heart: The Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Recordings 1965-1968
13	Osborne Brothers	Where Does the Good Times Go	1968-1974 Disc 2
14	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
15	Red Simpson	Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
16	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	Take Me Back Again	Running Wild
17	Buck Owens	Take Me Back Again	Buck Owens
18	The Mavericks	Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)	From Hell to Paradise
19	Rose Maddox	Falling for You	$35 and a Dream
20	Merle Haggard	Falling For You	The Complete '60s Captiol Singles
21	The Secret Sisters	My Heart Skips A Beat	The Secret Sisters
22	Buck Owens and Buddy Alan	Let The World Keep On A Turnin	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
23	Buck Owens & Ringo Star	Act Naturally	Great Original Country Hits Of The 80's 2/3
24	Dwight Yoakam	The Sad Side of Town	Tomorrow's Sounds Today
25	Dwight Yoakam	Alright, I'm Wrong – Buck Owens	Reprise Please Baby (The Warner Bros. Years) [UK] Disc 3
26	Dwight Yoakam	Down on the Corner of Love	Dwight Sings Buck
27	Buck Owens	Waitin' In Your Welfare Line	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
28	Jessi Colter/Waylon Jennings	Under Your Spell Again	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]
29	Buck Owens	The Girl On Sugar Pie Lane	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
30	Buck Owens	Hello Trouble	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
31	Buck Owens	Under the Influence of Love	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
32	Ray Charles	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova)	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
33	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
34	Buck Owens	I Was There	Act Naturally
35	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Today I Started Loving You Again [Album Version]	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
36	Don Rich	Chicken Pickin'	Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

October 15, 2016 Dave

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October. We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Sweet Revenge
3	Steve Goodman	Donald And Lydia	Steve Goodman
4	John Prine	Paradise	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970]
5	John Prine	Hello in There	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
6	John Prine	Souvenirs	Tribute to Steve Goodman
7	John Prine	Sam Stone	Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters
8	John Prine	Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970)	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2]
9	John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer	Sweet Revenge
10	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Sweet Revenge
11	John Prine	The Oldest Baby in the World	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
12	John Prine/Steve Goodman	Souvenirs	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
13	Bonnie Raitt And John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	Coal Country Music
14	John Prine	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	John Prine Live
15	John Prine	It's Happening To You	Storm Windows
16	John Prine	Linda Goes to Mars	German Afternoons
17	Tom Paxton	Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine)	Redemption Road
18	My Morning Jacket	All The Best	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
19	The Boxmasters	Christmas in Prison	Christmas Cheer
20	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
21	John Prine with Fiona Prine	'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose	In Spite Of Ourselves
22	John Prine/Iris Dement	(We're Not) The Jet Set	In Spite of Ourselves
23	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
24	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
25	Alison Krauss/John Prine	Falling in Love Again	For Better, Or Worse
26	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
27	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
28	John Prine	Just Waitin'	For Better, Or Worse
29	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
30	Johnny Cash	Paradise [#]	Personal File Disc 1
31	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
32	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves

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Johnny Cash Tribute

July 16, 2016 Dave

Johnny Cash, like so many others, followed on the heels and inspiration of Elvis at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. But while others (save for possibly Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis) would fight for the scraps from this ‘new sound’, Johnny less-than-obligingly would ignore all the best advice. He began with the simplest of songs delivered in a farm boy’s tone and, with the Tennessee Three in tow, grew the sound into an identity. Our show this week will lean on his own recordings as well as music from performers he was inspired by…we’ll also include music from contemporaries and those who he inspired.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	Ring Of Fire	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
3	The Chuck Wagon Gang	After The Sunrise [Album Version]	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4	Brother Claude Ely	There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down	Favorite Sacred Songs
5	Gene Autry	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
6	Gene Autry	High Steppin' Mama	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]
7	Bob Wills	Faded Love	For the Last Time
8	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	San Antonio Rose	The Country Music Hall Of Fame
9	The Carter Family	Anchored In Love	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
10	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash – Cowboy's Prayer	Johnny Cash Interviews
11	Goebel Reeves	Cowboy's Prayer	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
12	The Chuck Wagon Gang	We Are Climbing	Flowers In The Wildwood
13	Johnny Cash	Big River	His Sun Years: Down South
14	Johnny Cash	Hey Porter	The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 1]
15	Johnny Cash	Five Feet High And Rising	Songs Of Our Soil
16	Johnny Cash	Pickin' Time	The Fabulous Johnny Cash
17	Johnny Cash/The Carter Family	Keep on the Sunny Side	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
18	Johnny Cash	I Walk The Line	Classic Country
19	June Carter Cash	Oh, Susannah	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
20	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Fair and Tender Ladies	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
21	Johnny Cash & June Carter	Jackson	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
22	Rosanne Cash	I Still Miss Someone	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
23	Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan	Girl From The North Country	Nashville Skyline
24	Johnny Cash	Man in Black	16 Biggest Hits
25	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave	American VI: Ain't No Grave
26	Johnny Cash	Tear Stained Letter	American IV: Man Comes Around
27	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	At Folsom Prison
28	George Jones/Johnny Cash	I Got Stripes	My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
29	Rosanne Cash	Tennessee Flat Top Box	King's Record Shop
30	Emmylou Harris; The Milk Carton Kids	Apache Tears	Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
31	Bruce Springsteen	Give My Love To Rose	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
32	Johnny Cash	Wanted Man	The Mystery Of Life
33	Bob Dylan	Train Of Love	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
34	Dwight Yoakam	Understand Your Man	Dwight's Used Records

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Merle Haggard Tribute

June 6, 2016 Dave

Not only was Merle Haggard an accomplished country performer but he was also one of the more prolific songwriters of the past century whose songs were aimed at the heart of ‘everyman’. In losing Merle Haggard, America lost a neighbor, the guy next door who was there when you needed him. We’ll share a number of sets of Merle’s music: some performed by Merle, others performed by contemporaries including George Jones, Emmylou Harris, and Charlie Louvin. We’ll also feature a number of duets including performances by Merle with Jimmie Davis, Marty Stuart, and Willie Nelson.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Haggard And Johnny Cash	I'm Leavin' Now	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
3	Del McCoury	Fireside Chat, Part 1 (feat. Franklin D. Roosevelt)	Moneyland
4	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
5	Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard	Farmer's Blues	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
6	Dwight Yoakam	Holding Things Together	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
7	Charlie Louvin	I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me	The Battles Rage On
8	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
9	Dale Watson	Mama Tried	More Great Moments of Vinyl History
10	Willie Nelson	Ramblin' Fever	Remember Me, Vol. 1
11	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie
12	George Jones	I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink	Jones Sings Haggard, Haggard Sings Jones: Kickin' Out the Footlights…Again
13	Jerry Lee Lewis	Workin' Man Blues	A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set)
14	Ray Charles & Merle Haggard	Little Hotel Room (w/Merle Haggard)	The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4]
15	Merle Haggard	Kern River Blues	Kern River Blues – Single
16	Dave Alvin	Kern River	West of the West
17	Iris DeMent	Big City	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
18	Emmylou Harris	Bottle Let Me Down	Pieces Of The Sky
19	Lorrie Morgan	I Threw Away The Rose	Mama's Hungry Eyes: A TributeTo Merle Haggard
20	Merle Haggard & Carl Jackson	Must You Throw Dirt In My Face?	Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
21	Clint Black	I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am	Mama's Hungry Eyes: A TributeTo Merle Haggard
22	Carrie Rodriguez	I Started Loving You Again	Love and Circumstances
23	Merle Haggard	The Fightin' Side Of Me	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
24	The Seldom Scene	Mama Tried	Scenechronized
25	Kevin Russell	Mama's Hungry Eyes	Plain Dirt Fashion
26	Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
27	Merle Haggard	The Downside	Like Never Before
28	Jimmie Davis/Merle Haggard	Hang on to the Memories	The Peer Sessions
29	Albert E. Brumley, Jr./Merle Haggard	Everybody Knows	Two Old Friends
30	Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright	Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright)	The List
31	Merle Haggard	Silver Wings	The Complete '60s Captiol Singles
32	Peter Case	A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
33	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Alice in Hulaland	Django and Jimmie

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Americana Special – May 2016

May 24, 2016 Dave

In this, our second KOWS Americana Special, we put together a show so that we could fill in for Mark Hogan’s Bluegrass and Old Time Hour…and we’re featuring new music from C. W. Stoneking, Margo Price, Eric Clapton, and Bob Dylan. We’ll also pull out some dusty vintage nuggets from The Traveling Wilburys, Willie Nelson, and Frankie Laine. And there’s more…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
3	The Blasters	American Music	American Music
4	C.W. Stoneking	Goin' Back South	Gon' Boogaloo
5	Seasick Steve	Hope	Hubcap Music
6	Janiva Magness	When You Hold Me	Love Wins Again
7	Left Arm Tan	Blacktop Blues	Lorene
8	Hayes Carll	The Love That We Need	Lovers and Leavers
9	Cyndi Lauper	Misty Blue	Detour
10	Jason Wilber	The Game (Radio Edit)	Echoes
11	Bob Dylan	Melancholy Mood	Fallen Angels
12	Mo Kenney	Pretty Things	In My Dreams
13	The Traveling Wilburys	End of the Line (Extended)	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
14	The Traveling Wilburys	Where Were You Last Night?	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3
15	Bob Dylan	All the Way	Fallen Angels
16	Bob Dylan	Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Fallen Angels
17	Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals	Shine	Call It What It Is
18	The Lumineers	Ophelia	Cleopatra
19	Frankie Laine	Moonlight Gambler	Country Greats #2
20	C.W. Stoneking	Good Luck Charm	Gon' Boogaloo
21	Bonnie Bishop	Looking For You	Ain't Who I Was
22	Bonnie Raitt	Unintended Consequence of Love	Dig in Deep
23	John Doe	Get On Board	The Westerner
24	Margo Price	This Town Gets Around [FCC Warning]	Midwest Farmer's Daughter
25	Eric Clapton	Can't Let You Do It	I Still Do
26	Willie Nelson	Hello Walls	One Hell Of A Ride
27	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
28	Mark Knopfler	Daddy's Gone to Knoxville	The Ragpicker's Dream
29	Harley Allen	In the Jailhouse Now [*]	O Brother, Where Art Thou? [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] Disc 2
30	Del McCoury Band	06 Because You Took Me In Out Of The Rain	Del and Woody

American Novelties

March 25, 2016 Dave

It’s popular in just about every form…well, not so with gospel…but it’s tradition goes back to minstrelsy: the song that has a humorous hook or a running joke to share or maybe a bandleader who takes us into new a ridiculous territories. We’ve got a lot of novelty tunes of this nature to bring you this week on Deeper Roots… a bit of a departure from our normal fare but it’s all for the fun. We’ll hear country sounds from Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, tearjerkers and rock therapy from Mabel Scott, The Chips, and Tiny Hill, and some classic novelty sounds from Danny Kaye, Spike Jones (of course), and Fats Waller.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cab Calloway	The Scat Song	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
3	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
4	Slim & Slam	Sploghm	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
5	The Ink Spots	Mama Don't Allow	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
6	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
7	Ella Mae Morse	Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet	The Morse Code [Disc 1]
8	Danny Kaye	Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
9	Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy	Bed Strings	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
10	Jimmy Durante	Inka Dinka Doo	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
12	Lonnie Johnson	Wipe It Off	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
13	Tiny Hill and His Orchestra (Vocal Tiny Hill)	Hot Rod Race (1951)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
14	Ross & Sargent	Nellie the Nudist Queen	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
15	Spike Jones	Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai (Hawaiian War Chant)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
16	Spike Jones	Der Fuhrer's Face	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
17	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2
18	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds	In Spite Of Ourselves
19	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
20	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
21	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue	At Madison Square Garden
22	Red Ingle and the Natural Seven (Vocal 'Cinderella G. Stump' (Jo Stafford) & Red Ingle)	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) (1947)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
23	Roy Newman	I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
24	Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven	I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)	Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
25	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
26	Leon Redbone	Your Feets Too Big	Any Time
27	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
28	Hank Penny	Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, And Tell 'Em Nothin'	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
29	Hank Penny	The Freckle Song	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
30	The Light Crust Doughboys	Pussy Pussy Pussy	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
31	Eddie Cantor	Hungry Women	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
32	Arthur Godfrey\The Too Fat Trio	Too Fat Polka	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
33	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	When Yuba Plays The Rhumba on The Tuba	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Cliff Edwards	I'm No Fool	The Collection
35	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly	20 Greatest Hits

A Century of America's Music