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Americana Covers 2022

April 1, 2022 Dave

We’re taking a bit of a break to pull the covers out. A lot of the covers we’ll be sharing today come from recent years and cut a broad swath through the past, with a special emphasis on ‘modern sounds’ including new wave, country and rock covered by some of the modern Americana performers that you hear on KOWS Community Radio’s Blue Moon Americana each week (and mornings at 5). Tune in for Jason Isbell, Bill Kirchen, Carrie Rodriguez, Sarah Jarosz, Nick Lowe, and a host of others. A fun run of sounds this morning as we kick off spring with fresh Americana covers.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Solid Air	Spirit In The Sky	Sonoma County Covers Project
3	Pete Yorn	They Don't Know	They Don't Know
4	The Teskey Brothers	Never Tear Us Apart	Never Tear Us Apart (Single)
5	Sarah Jarosz	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / my future
6	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	Driver 8 feat. John Paul White	Georgia Blue
7	Mo Kenney	Yer So Bad	Covers
8	Anna Elizabeth Laube	Time To Move On	Annamania
9	The Band of Heathens featuring Robert Ellis	Walls	Remote Transmissions Vol 1
10	Carsie Blanton	Party at the End of the World	Party At The End of the World (Single)
11	The Dead South	People Are Strange	Easy Listening For Jerks Part II
12	The WildRoots	01 634-5789	WildRoots Sessions Vol. 1
13	The Grand Southern	The Boys of Summer	Don't Say Anything
14	Clint Roberts	Just Like Heaven	Rose Songs
15	Puss N Boots	Joey	Sister
16	Tyler Ramsey	Back On The Chain Gang	Found a Picture of You
17	Vandoliers	I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)	I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Single)
18	The Revenue Man	(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding	25 Years Behind
19	Carrie Rodriguez	Big Love	Love and Circumstances
20	Nick Lowe	Here Comes That Feeling	Lay It On Me
21	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (feat. Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)	The Proper Years
22	Dylan LeBlanc	Expecting to Fly	Pastimes
23	Britta Phillips	I Am a Child	Cinnamon Girl – Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
24	Yonder Mountain String Band	Ever Fallen In Love	Black Sheep
25	Dwight Yoakam	Train in Vain	Under the Covers
26	The Dandy Warhols	Hells Bells	EMI Film & TV – Covers (Disc 2)
27	The Shootouts	I Wanna Dance With Somebody	Don't Bring Me Down (Single)

The Year in Music 1955

March 19, 2022 Dave

The year was 1955. Bill Haley’s Rock Around The Clock blasted off and just around the corner on the charts was Elvis who had a minor hit in 1954 that made some waves with That’s Alright, Mama and Good Rockin’ Tonight. RCA bought his contract from Sun Records for $35K. The minimum wage reached new heights of $1.00 per hour. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series. The Honeymooners and Gunsmoke debuted on television. And we’ll be digging through the top ten charts of country, rhythm & blues, and pop in a year where the Cold War was a fact of life leading us to duck and cover. Tune in for some Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold, Four Aces, Mitch Miller, Fats Domino, and Chuck Berry this week on our show that browses those dusty digital bins on a weekly basis on Community Radio here in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Walter	My Babe	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
3	Etta James	The Wallflower	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
4	Ray Charles	I Got a Woman	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
5	Al Hibbler	Unchained Melody	Your Hit Parade – 1955
6	Johnny Ace	Pledging My Love	The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
7	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
8	Fats Domino	Ain't That A Shame	Rock And Rollin
9	The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)	All-Time Greatest Hits
10	Chuck Berry	Maybellene	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
11	The Platters	The Great Pretender	All-Time Greatest Hits
12	Hank Snow	Let Me Go Lover	The Essential Hank Snow
13	Faron Young	Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young	1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
14	Eddy Arnold	That Do Make It Nice	Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955
15	Webb Pierce	I Don't Care	Singles
16	Carl Smith	Loose Talk	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 1]
17	Webb Pierce	In The Jailhouse Now	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
18	Webb Pierce	Your Good For Nothing Heart	All Hits! [Disc 2]
19	Webb Pierce	Love, Love, Love	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
20	Slim Whitman	Rose-Marie	Vintage Collections
21	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Classic Country
22	Georgia Gibbs	Dance With Me Henry The Wallflower	Your Hit Parade – 1955
23	Pat Boone	Ain't That A Shame	Pat Boone/I'll Be Home
24	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
25	The Four Aces	Love Is A Many Splendored Thing	The Envelope Please…Academy Award Winning Songs, Volume 2 (1946-1957)
26	Bill Hayes	Ballad of Davy Crockett	London American Label Year By Year 1956
27	Les Baxter	Unchained Melody	Instrumental Gold [Disc 1]
28	Roger Williams	Autumn Leaves	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
29	Mitch Miller & His Orchestra	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	Your Hit Parade – 1955
30	Bill Haley & The Comets	Rock Around The Clock	Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1
31	Pirez Prado	Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
32	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2]
33	Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra	Melody Of Love	Your Hit Parade – 1955
34	Eddy Arnold	Just Call Me Lonesome	Welcome To My World [Disc 1]

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Sagebrush Sweethearts

March 5, 2022 Dave

When we say roots, we mean roots. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll kick off Women’s History Month by paying tribute to the many female performers from early country, the Golden Age, and well into our latest century. Influential, talented, and more than many of the opposite sex, not afraid to make a political statement now and then. We’ll also be sharing some recent Americana ‘cowboy sweethearts’ with songs that are both winsome and traditional. Tune in to Community Radio for Sonoma County as we go back to the 30s with the Girls of The Golden West, Patsy Montana, and The Tune Wranglers. We’ve also got some favorites from Margo Smith, Dale Evans, Rose Maddox and Dolly Parton to share with you.

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

Higher and Higher

February 26, 2022 Dave

A carefully curated concoction of sounds on a Friday morning will keep you on your toes going into the weekend here in Sonoma County. We’ll pay tribute to Beverly “Ruby” Ross, a songwriter and musician who co-wrote some early rock n’ roll classics who passed away last week. And there’s no stopping the classics from rolling in with some country from the Golden Age including The Browns and Johnny Horton, an eclectic run of blues with Jimmy Reed and BB King, and some of the sweeter sounds from Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Linda Ronstadt. Jackie Wilson will open our show this morning and we’ll be sure to feed your soul with some Geraint Watkins from across the pond. Join us on the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	Something to Believe In
3	Cissy Houston	Deep River/Campground	Testify! The Gospel Box
4	The Fairfield Four	Roll Jordan	Revival
5	Bob Dylan	Someday Baby	Modern Times
6	Geraint Watkins	I'm Just Crazy About You	Dial 'W' for Watkins
7	The Chordettes	Lollipop	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
8	The Earls	Remember Then	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
9	Roy Orbison	Candy Man	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2]
10	Bill Haley & His Comets	Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version)	Rock Around The Clock
11	Lesley Gore	Judy's Turn to Cry (Single)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore
12	Elvis Presley	The Girl Of My Best Friend	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
13	The Browns	Cool Water	1959-1960 (Warped 5995)
14	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Wagon Wheels	Tumbling Tumbleweeds
15	Patti Page	I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	Country Music On the Mercury Label
16	Jo Stafford	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Capitol Collectors Series
17	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
18	Gene Pitney	(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance	The Look Of Love [Disc 1]
19	Dinah Washington	Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
20	Linda Ronstadt	Perfidia	Mambo Kings
21	Carla Thomas	B-a-b-y	Something to Believe In
22	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Grady Martin
23	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	36 All-Time G.H. V2
24	Dave Edmunds	Deep in the Heart of Texas	D.E. 7th
25	Geraint Watkins	Oobee Doobee Eyes	Watkins Bold as Love
26	Jimmy Reed	Take Out Some Insurance	Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed
27	Henry Spaulding	Cairo Blues	American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
28	B.B. King * Eric Clapton	Rollin' & Tumblin'	Riding With The King
29	Chubby Checker	Hey Bobba Needle	The Best Jukeboxhits 3
30	Sir Douglas Quintet	Nuevo Laredo	Mono Singles '68-'72
31	Johnny Restivo	The Shape I'm In	Lost Male Hits Of The 50's
32	Rockin' Sidney	My Toot-Toot	Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics
33	Los Super Seven	My Window Faces The South (ft. Lyle Lovett)	Heard It On The X
34	Nora Jane Struthers	Cowgirl Yodel #3	Nora Jane Struthers
35	Shirley & Lee	Let The Good Times Roll	Shirley & Lee Rock
36	Sam Cooke	Good Times	Ain't That Good News

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Gospel Firebrands

January 30, 2022 Dave

Classic pairings with some rocking gospel from Elvis, country and bluegrass classics, some sacred steel, tradition, and some of the richest black gospel performances from the past century, with the focus being on those performers who put the passion into the ‘word’. The roots of rock, jazz, blues, and country are closer to the surface than you’d imagine and we’re here to share it with you: The Golden Gate Quartet, Willie and Bobbie Nelson, The Jordanaires, Nina Simone, and a couple dozen others here to celebrate and evangelize through great music. Deeper Roots heads back through the church and barn doors from the past century where the power of music tells a story in all it’s glory. Join us!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Mama Thornton	Wade in the Water	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
3	Apostles Of Music	Wade In the Water	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
4	Josh White	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono)	The Elektra Years – disc 1
5	The Jordaniares	Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho	The Jordaniares Gospel
6	Elvis Presley	By and By	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
7	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	In The Sweet By And By	Farther Along
8	Selah Jubilee Singers	I'll Fly Away	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
9	Bonnie Owens	I'll Fly Away	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
10	The Haden Triplets	I'll Fly Away	The Family Songbook
11	Marie Knight	Milky White Way	Hallelujah What A Song!
12	Elvis Presley	Milky White Way	His Hand In Mine
13	Lonnie Johnson	The Old Rugged Cross	Stompin' At The Penny
14	George Jones	The Old Rugged Cross	24 Greatest Gospel Hits
15	Ray Price	Rock of Ages	K-Tel Presents Country Gospel Classics
16	The Jordanaires	Rock Of Ages	Will The Circle Be Unbroken
17	The Byrds	Farther Along	The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 4
18	Connie Smith	08. Farther Along	Connie Smith 1965-1966
19	Aubrey Ghent	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	The Best Of Sacred Steel
20	Willie Nelson And Patsy Cline	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	The Essential Guide To Gospel
21	Bruce Cockburn	Go Tell It On The Mountain	Christmas
22	Mahalia Jackson	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection
23	The Golden Gate Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	CD 1 the Old Days
24	The Staple Singers	This Train	Freedom Highway
25	Peter, Paul & Mary	This Train	Peter, Paul & Mary
26	Nina Simone	Trouble in Mind	Hear Music Volume 8
27	Jorma Kaukonen	Trouble In Mind	River Of Time
28	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Bedside of a Neighbor	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
29	The Cox Family	Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor	Everybody's Reaching out for Someone
30	Johnny Cash	Life's Railway To Heaven	Life Unheard
31	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
32	Reverend Robert Ballinger	How I Got Over	1950s Gospel Classics
33	The Williams Family	How I Got Over	Great Gospel – Maybe the Last Time
34	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson

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Dallas Frazier Tribute

January 23, 2022 Dave

We lost one of the great country songwriters last week. You know his songs, no doubt, but it’s not likely you know his name. Dallas Frazier grew up with songsmithing in his blood. And he got around: the Bakersfield scene, penning a bit hit for The Hollywood Argyles and The Oak Ridge Boys, Portland, Los Angeles, Capitol Records and, of course, Nashville. He penned music for the likes of Elvis, Ferlin Husky, Connie Smith, George Jones, Charley Pride and dozens of others with a blending and re-imagining the kind of music he’d always been fond of: music of the early 20th century. Join us as we share the songs of Dallas Frazier and tell you a little bit about him in our next show here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
3	The Hollywood Argyles	Alley Oop	Oldies but Goodies, Volume 5
4	The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
5	Charlie Rich	Mohair Sam	Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich
6	Bill Kirchen	She's a Yum Yum	Big Hat
7	Percy Sledge	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge
8	Various Artists	O. C. Smith – Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 9
9	Brenda Lee	Johnny One Time	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
10	Willie Nelson	Johnny One Time	One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2]
11	Charley Pride	All I Have To Offer You Is Me	Fifty Years Of Hits
12	Charley Pride	I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
13	Jack Greene	There Goes My Everything	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
14	Charlie Louvin	Will You Visit Me On Sundays?	Greatest Hits
15	Connie Smith	Ain't Had No Lovin'	The Essential Connie Smith
16	George Jones	I'm A People	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
17	Roy Clark	Shoulder to Shoulder (Arm and Arm)	The Roy Clark Anthology
18	Ferlin Husky	Timber I'm Falling	Ferlin Husky Singles
19	Mel Street	Walk Softly On The Bridges	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
20	Jerry Lee Lewis	Touching Home	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2)
21	Elvis Presley	There Goes My Everything	Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2
22	Teddy Thompson	Touching Home	Up Front And Down Low
23	Keith Richards	Say It's Not You	Bradley Barn Sessions
24	Southside Johnny	Beneath Still Waters	Songs From the Barn
25	Connie Smith	If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)	The Essential Connie Smith
26	Connie Smith	Just a Little Bit of You	1971-1972 (Warped 7293F)
27	Loretta Lynn/Marty Stuart	Will You Visit Me on Sunday [#]	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
28	Bonnie Owens	How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
29	Osborne Brothers	Long Lanky Woman	1968-1974 Disc 3
30	Elvis Presley	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	From Elvis in Memphis
31	Slim Harpo	Mohair Sam	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
32	Dallas Frazier	I Can't Go On	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
33	Dallas Frazier	Will You Visit Me On Sunday	Singing My Songs
34	Connie Smith	27. A Touch of Yesterday	Connie Smith 1965-1966

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Time To Kill

January 15, 2022 Dave

Free form sounds with time to kill from the past century. This week’s Deeper Roots show features soul, seventies rock, some gospel, country and rhythm & blues. We’ll be sharing an interesting blend of under-the-radar sounds from some greats: Ben E. King, Wanda Jackson, The Band, Mavis Staples, Neil Young, and beyond. Sonoma County Community radio is community radio at it’s best. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classics from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. We enjoy sharing and we hope you enjoy listening on Friday mornings on KOWS Occidental (and Friday evenings on KRJF Santa Rosa).

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Band	Time To Kill	A Musical History [Disc 3]
3	Amy Winehouse	Back To Black	Back To Black
4	Shirley & Company	Shame, Shame, Shame (Vocal Version)	Shame Shame Shame
5	Arthur Conley	Sweet Soul Music	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
6	LaVern Baker	Saved	Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
7	Mamie Bradley	I Feel Like A Million	The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul [Disc 1]
8	George Jackson	I Got A Feeling	Leavin' Your Homework Undone
9	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Long Lost And Worried	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
10	Ben E. King	Show Me The Way	Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962
11	Roy Orbison	Let's Make a Memory	Crying
12	Leon Russell	Delta Lady	Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
13	Gospel Supremes	Sinner Man	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
14	Grandpa Jones	Turn Your Radio On	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
15	Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship	The Baby Tree	Blows Against The Empire
16	Wanda Jackson	Just A Queen For A Day	Wanda Jackson
17	Neil Young	Union Man (2016 Remaster)	Hawks & Doves
18	Merle Haggard	Roly Poly	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
19	Mavis Staples	Your Good Fortune	Your Good Fortune (EP)
20	Candi Staton	He Called Me Baby	Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
21	Arthur Alexander	Call Me Honey	The Monument Years
22	Dan Hicks	You Gotta Believe [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
23	Lefty Frizzell	She's Gone, Gone, Gone	Look What Thoughts Will Do
24	Simon & Garfunkel	The Boxer	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
25	Peter, Paul & Mary	Blowin' In The Wind	The Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
26	Bob Dylan	Things Have Changed	Lovesick
27	J. J. Jackson	But It's Alright	But It's Alright
28	Bill Kirchen	It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Seeds and Stems
29	Jakob Dylan	Something Good This Way Comes	Seeing Things
30	Lee Dorsey	Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley	Holy Cow The Very Best Of Lee Dorsey
31	The Peanut Butter Conspiracy	Twice Is Life (Single Version)	The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading
32	Fleetwood Mac	This Is the Rock	Kiln House

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Brand New Day

January 8, 2022 Dave

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joe Liggins	Brand New Deal In Mobile	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
3	Fletcher Smith	Brand New Neighborhood	Stompin' 12
4	George Green	Brand New Rockin' Chair	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
5	Al Harrison	Brand New Money	Fool Mule
6	Barrel House Blott & Lee	Brand New Man	Dapper Dan
7	Fats Domino	Brand New Baby	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
8	Wayne Hancock	Brand New Cadillac	That's What Daddy Wants
9	The Payments	Brand New Automobile	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
10	Lightnin' Hopkins	Brand New Lock	Po' Lightnin'
11	Lead Belly	I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford	Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
12	Ruthie Foster	Brand New Day	Promise of a Brand New Day
13	Al Kooper	Brand New Day (Bonus Track)	You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
14	Dion	Brand New Morning	Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
15	Gary Stewart	Brand New Whiskey	An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
16	Mel Tillis	Brand New Mister Me	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	The Everly Brothers	Brand New Heartache	The Everly Brothers
18	Dave Edmunds	Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets	Get It
19	Gram Parsons	Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
20	Emmylou Harris	Brand New Dance	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
21	Tex Ritter	You're Always Brand New	High Noon
22	Don Henley	The Brand New Tennessee Waltz	Cass County (Deluxe)
23	Steve Earle	Brand New Companion	Townes
24	Dave Alvin	Brand New Heart	Blue Blvd
25	Greg Brown	Brand New '64 Dodge	Poet Game
26	Jesse Winchester	Brand New Tennesse Waltz	Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage
27	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters	Brand New Start	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
28	Modern Hicks	Brand New	Tornado Alley
29	Melanie	Brand New Key	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
30	Will Kimbrough	Brand New Song	Americanitis
31	Leftover Salmon	Brand New Good Old Days	Brand New Good Old Days
32	Elvis Presley	There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon	Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
33	Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers	Brand New Day (LP Version)	Set Me Free
34	James Brown	Papa's Got A Brand New Bag	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
35	Slim Harpo	Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1

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Who We Lost 2021

January 1, 2022 Dave

New Year’s Eve will bring a look back at those we’ve lost this past year. 2021 was another year of COVID-19 with a couple of variants slipping into and out of the world. We wait patiently, for the most part, for vaccines and adult behavior to work. Unfortunately, there is a selfishness about our species that cannot be denied. This year’s losses have no boundaries musically: everyone from Biz Markie to Stephen Sondheim, Vicente Fernandez to Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Price to Stonewall Jackson. Performers of our lifetime. We go into 2022 having hope. Join Dave Stroud for a musical look back.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Monkees	Some of Shelly's Blues	Listen to the Band Disc 4
3	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
4	Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
5	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1]
7	Gerry & The Pacemakers	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	The Classic 60's Collection: 1964
8	Lloyd Price	Just Because	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
9	B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling	20 Greatest Hits
10	Nanci Griffith	Late Night Grande Hotel	Late Night Grande Hotel
11	Rusty Young	Down Home	Waitin' For The Sun
12	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins)	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
13	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die	1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
14	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
15	Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman	Old Time Medley	Chambergrass
16	J.D. Crowe & The New South	Old Home Place	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
17	The Osborne Brothers	Rocky Top	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
18	Tom T. Hall	Ballad of Forty Dollars	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
19	Stonewall Jackson	I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964)	Singles
20	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce)	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
21	Taj Mahal	Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
22	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Lost In The Ozone	Lost In The Ozone
23	Gram Parsons	Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT)	G.P. / Grievous Angel
24	The Kingsmen	Louie, Louie	Louie Louie
25	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	Forty Licks [Disc 1]
26	ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin'	Greatest Hits
27	Johnny Ventura	Filete	Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha
28	Vicente Fernandez	Volver Volver	The Rose & The Briar
29	Johnny Pacheco	El Esencia Del Guaguanco	Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats
30	The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An	Pure Disco
31	Dave Frishberg	Van Lingle Mungo	Baseball's Greatest Hits
32	Jill Corey	Love Me to Pieces	Your Hit Parade – The '50s
33	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
34	Claude Bolling	It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1
35	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
36	Jay & The Americans	Cara Mia	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
37	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson)	Gold Disc 1
38	Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter	Trojan Reggae
39	Biz Markie	Just a Friend	Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie
40	Original Cast	Tonight	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
41	Chuck E. Weiss	Anthem for Old Souls	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
42	Pat Martino	Just Friends	Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3]
43	Peter, Paul and Mary	Have You Been to Jail for Justice?	In These Times
44	Patrick Sky	Many A Mile	Best Of The Troubadours
45	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	Captain Marvel	Light as a Feather (Disc 1)
46	New York Dolls	Puss 'n' Boots	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story
47	The Ramones	Baby, I Love You	End of the Century

Americana, Bluegrass, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Oldies

Old Devil Time

December 11, 2021 Dave

In an encore episode from 2015, we listen in as Dave explores the multi-generational sounds of not only bluegrass with Dillard and Clark and The Hackberry Ramblers, but we’ll also cross the genres (as we are wont to do) with Cowboy Copas, Clara Ward, Otis Spann, and Doris Day. There’s a couple of different threads that run through the show today, one being that of the ‘devil’ and the other being of ‘new mornings’. Tune in at a special time and see what’s in store on a late-fall morning in West County. And please, donate to community radio: kwtf.net.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
3	Bob Dylan	Talkin' Devil	It Could Even Be A Myth
4	Pete Seeger	Old Devil Time (Live)	Singalong Demonstration Concert (Live)
5	Gillian Welch	The Devil Had a Hold of Me	Hell Among the Yearlings
6	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Devil Has Thrown Him Down	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
7	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
8	Pokey LaFarge	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Pokey LaFarge
9	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
10	Hackberry Ramblers	Old Pipeliner (Rodney Crowell-vocal) {1992-06 (org.1946) Flying Fish FF-70629 CD}	Cajun Boogie (1992-06)
11	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands with the Devil	Settin' Flat On Ready
12	Little Jimmy Dickens	I'm Little But I'm Loud	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
13	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	Hide Your Face	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
14	Dillard & Clark	I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy	The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
15	Rory Block	I Am In the Heavenly Way	Confessions of A Blues Singer
16	Bukka White	I Am the Heavenly Way	The Sonet Blues Story
17	Clara Ward	In That Great Judgement Morning	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 1]
18	The Dixie Hummingbirds	In The Morning	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
19	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	He's So Wonderful	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
20	Slim & Slam	Early In The Morning	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
21	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Carolina In The Morning	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
22	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Where Dreams Come to Die	Django and Jimmie
23	John Lee Hooker	I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive [Album Version]	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
24	Otis Spann	Must Have Been The Devil	The Blues Never Die
25	Cleo Brown	You're A Heavenly Thing	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
26	Benny Goodman	You're a Heavenly Thing	Music Hall Rag
27	Big Joe Turner	Morning Noon And Nite	Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years
28	Tampa Red	Worried Devil Blues	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
29	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer
30	Sherman Tedder	Untitled [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
31	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil In Disguise	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
32	Ella Fitzgerald	Ol' Devil Moon	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]
33	Ella Fitzgerald	Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]

A Century of America's Music