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The Year in Music 1948

October 25, 2021 Dave

The year 1948 saw the price of a first class stamp at three cents and unemployment in post-war America was at a low 3.9%. The Hollywood Ten were jailed for contempt of Congress when they refused to disclose Communist affiliations. And Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The LP is still the standard by which physical listening is measured with album sales booming, with LPs sold rising 108% in the first six months of 2020. But we’re going to be sharing the music of 1948 this week: Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes, Louis Jordan, Blue Lu Barker and Mahalia Jackson are just but a few we’ll be hearing from in this week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
3	Lonnie Johnson	Tomorrow Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
4	Blue Lu Barker	A Little Bird Told Me	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
5	Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends	King Size Papa	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
6	Amos Milburn	Chicken-Shack Boogie	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
7	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Run, Joe	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949
8	Bull Moose Jackson	I Love You Yes I Do	Bad Man Jackson
9	Bull Moose Jackson	I Can't Go On Without You	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
10	Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
11	Hal Singer	Cornbread	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
12	Eddy Arnold	Bouquet Of Roses	Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him
13	Eddy Arnold	Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away	Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
14	Eddy Arnold	Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way)	Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
15	Eddy Arnold	What A Fool I Was	Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
16	Floyd Tillman	I Love You So Much It Hurts	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
17	Jimmy Wakely	One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
18	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman	That's What I Like About The West
19	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Bubbles in My Beer	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
20	Hank Thompson	Humpty Dumpty Heart	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
21	Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers	Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")	Country Legends
22	Dinah Shore	Buttons and Bows	Your Hit Parade – 1948
23	Nat King Cole	Nature Boy	Nat King Cole [Disc 1]
24	Doris Day	Love Somebody (With Buddy Clark)	The Vintage Years (Part One)
25	Peggy Lee	Manana	Your Hit Parade – 1948
26	Art Mooney	I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover	Your Hit Parade – 1948
27	Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters	Powder Your Face With Sunshine	Good Old Summertime
28	Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks	Just Because	Greatest Hits
29	Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins	Little White Lies	Your Hit Parade – 1948
30	Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers	My Happiness	Capitol Collectors Series
31	Doris Day	It's Magic	Your Hit Parade: 1948
32	The Andrews Sisters	Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)	Your Hit Parade – 1948
33	Bing Crosby	Now is the Hour	Your Hit Parade – 1948

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Modern Americana

Remembering John Prine

October 17, 2021 Dave

This week, we pay a long overdue tribute to John Prine while celebrating the 75th year of his birth which came up on the calendar this week. One of the losses that reverberates among us all is the loss of John Prine to COVID in April, 2020, at the beginning of this long and painful pandemic. We’re paying our tributes at the same time that a his label Oh Boy Records releases Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows, Volume 2, a collection of Prine covers that hits the marks and follows the first volume, released over ten years ago. Our show will feature a chronological look back at the legacy of this national treasure, a songwriter whose bite followed along on the arc of his storytelling that looked into matters of the human heart. We’ll hear covers from Nanci Griffith, Yarn, and a few others but we’ll follow the path along John’s career in performances especially selected for a two hour journey of John’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joan Baez	Hello In There	Diamonds & Rust
3	Justin Townes Earle	Far From Me	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
4	Sturgill Simpson	Paradise	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2
5	John Prine	Donald And Lydia	John Prine Live
6	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
7	John Prine	The Great Compromise	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
8	John Prine	He Was in Heaven Before He Died	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
9	John Prine	If You Don't Want My Love	Bruised Orange
10	Yarn	Christmas in Prison	Stray Dog Christmas Compilation
11	John Prine	The Sins of Memphisto	The Missing Years
12	Nanci Griffith	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	Winter Marquee [Live]
13	John Prine	Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian	German Afternoons
14	John Prine	Lulu Walls	German Afternoons
15	John Prine	Lake Marie	Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
16	John Prine	In Spite Of Ourselves	In Person & On Stage
17	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
18	John Prine	Glory of True Love	Fair & Square
19	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
20	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
21	John Prine	The Lonesome Friends Of Science	The Tree Of Forgiveness
22	John Prine	Caravan Of Fools	The Tree Of Forgiveness
23	John Prine	When I Get To Heaven	The Tree Of Forgiveness
24	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
25	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything
26	Bonnie Raitt	Angel from Montgomery	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2

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Guitar Routes

October 4, 2021 Dave

It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic. That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock. We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Truett & George	Ghost Dance	Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
3	Lonnie Johnson	Swing Out Rhythm	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
4	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
5	Blind Blake	Southern Rag	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
6	Robert Johnson	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
7	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Little Queen Of Spades	Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters
8	Les Paul Trio	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
9	Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders	Indiana March	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
10	Slim Gaillard	Minuet In Vout	Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts
11	Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band	Blue Guitar Stomp	Hillibilly Boogie!
12	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51)
13	Les Paul	Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
14	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Railroadin'	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
15	Chet Atkins	Carolina Shout	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
16	Richard Thompson	New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel	Strict Tempo!
17	Richard Thompson	Rockin' in Rhythm	Strict Tempo!
18	John Fahey	I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
19	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey
20	Bert Jansch	On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix]	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
21	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years
22	Roy Clark	Riders in the Sky	The Roy Clark Anthology
23	Doc Watson	Dill Pickle Rag	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
24	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	American Roots Music (Disc One-Country)
25	Jorma Kaukonen	There's A Table Sitting In Heaven	Stars In My Crown
26	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
27	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits
28	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Coal Miner's Daughter
29	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman	All-Time Greatest Hits
30	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil in Disguise	Artist of the Century Disc 2
31	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Honey Hush	Tear It Up
32	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Texas Flood	Texas Flood
33	Gary Moore	Parisienne Walkways	While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2]

Watching The River Flow

September 24, 2021 Dave

September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Robbins	Running Gun	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
3	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Here You Come Running	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
4	The Four Tops	You Keep Running Away	The Ultimate Collection
5	Sam Cooke	I'll Come Running Back To You	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
6	Roy Orbison	Running Scared	Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
7	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
8	Aretha Franklin	Spanish Harlem	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
9	Jesse Colin Young	Morning Sun	Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
10	Marshall Crenshaw	Starless Summer Sky	Miracle of Science
11	Marie Knight	His Eye Is On The Sparrow	Hallelujah What A Song!
12	Taj Mahal	Let the Four Winds Blow	Phantom Blues
13	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
14	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
15	Chris Kenner	I Like It Like That Part 1	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957-
16	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
17	Leon Russell	Watching The River Flow	Tangled Up In Blues
18	Bob Dylan	Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Greatest Hits Volume 3
19	Warren Zevon	Keep Me in Your Heart	The Wind
20	Steve Miller Band	Living In The U.S.A.	Sailor
21	Steve Miller Band	Quicksilver Girl	Sailor
22	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
23	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Souvenirs
24	Willie Nelson	Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version)	Naked Willie
25	Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio	No Quiero	The Border/Alamo Bay
26	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
27	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
28	Alive 'N Kickin'	Tighter, Tighter	Alive 'N Kickin'
29	Bo Diddley	Say Man	Go Bo Diddley
30	Joe Ely	Fingernails	Live Shots
31	Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	Rebel Rouser
32	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues (Intro)	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
33	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]

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Country Boogie Woogie

September 12, 2021 Dave

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20^th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
3	Al Dexter & His Troopers	Saturday Night Boogie	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Hardrock Gunter	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys	Crazy About The Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
6	Hank Snow	Rhumba Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
7	Johnny Tyler	Oakie Boogie	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
8	Sheb Wooley	Mule Boogie	Country & Western Nuggets
9	Johnny Bond	Alabama Boogie Boy	Put Me To Bed
10	Bob Newman	Hangover Boogie	Crossroads In Cowtown
11	Skeets McDonald	The Southland Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
12	Dale Watson	Texas Boogie	Cheatin' Heart Attack
13	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Stratosphere Boogie	Stratosphere Boogie
14	Merle Travis	Merle's Boogie Woogie	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
16	Kate Mackenzie	Pan American Boogie	Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1
17	Doc Watson	Freight Train Boogie	Songs From Home
18	Red Foley	Hobo Boogie	The Essential Recordings
19	The Delmore Brothers	Peach Street Boogie	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15
20	Sonny Burgess	We Wanna Boogie	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
21	Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five	Wooly Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
23	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
24	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Rock Billy Boogie	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
25	Asleep at the Wheel	08 Boogie Back to Texas	10
26	Tiny Hill	Milk Bucket Boogie	Country Music On the Mercury Label
27	Little Jimmy Dickens	You Better Not Do That	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
28	Little Jimmy Dickens	Buddy's Boogie	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
29	Porky Freeman	Boogie Woogie Boy	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blackberry Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	False Hearted Girl	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
33	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Shot-Gun Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Free Form, Oldies

9 Volt Heart

September 5, 2021 Dave

Deeper Roots goes free form this week with some classic country and blues right alongside tradition. From Pee Wee King to Memphis Minnie and Robert “Barbecue Bob” Hicks to Chuck Wills…we’ve got the goods. We’ll fill our Friday two hours with a delightful collection of music from the past one hundred years, live from the KOWS Cherry Street Historic District in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Got some sugar, radio memories, gospel rafter-raisers, and a track from Luke the Drifter…and remember….ninety-nine and a half just won’t do when you’re listening to the radio. Which is why we give you a hundred percent here on community radio. An eclectic blend of sounds that takes you back to the little Zenith or Silvertone that you put up to your ear, driven by that two-pronged nine-volt heart. Join us for some memories.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Charlie Musselwhite	Christo Redemptor	Stand Back!
3	The Iguanas	9 Volt Heart	Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart
4	Dave Alvin	Border Radio	Romeo's Escape
5	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Silver Wings (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 06)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
6	Rosanne Cash	Black Cadillac	Black Cadillac
7	Pee Wee King (Vocal: Dick Lory)	Catty Town	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
8	Little Jimmy Dickens	Country Boy	Honky Tonk 1945-1953 [Disc 1]
9	Hank Williams	No, No Joe	Beyond The Sunset
10	The Spare Change Boys	Policeman	Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways
11	Peetie Wheatstraw	Doin' The Best I Can (Take A)	Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
12	Barbecue Bob	It Just Won't Hay	Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929)
13	Reverend Pearly Brown	Ninety Nine And A Half Won't Do	The Essential Guide To Gospel
14	Bo Diddley	Diddy Wah Diddy	Bo Knows Bo
15	Lead Belly	Black Betty	Lead Belly's Last Sessions
16	Memphis Minnie	New Dirty Dozen	Queen Of Country Blues
17	Charles Brown	Don't Get Salty Sugar	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
18	Chuck Willis	Sugar Sugar	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
19	Ray Batts	Stealin' Sugar	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
20	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
21	Mark Spoelstra	Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
22	Howlin' Wolf	My Country Sugar Mama	The Real Folk Blues
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Shout Sister Shout	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
25	Blind Willie McTell	Lord, Send Me An Angel (Take 2)	Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
26	Big Bill Broonzy	Hey Hey	An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy
27	Eric Clapton	Hey Hey	Unplugged
28	Pee Wee King	Slow Poke	1974-Country Music Hall Of Fam
29	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tico, Tico	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
30	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Flippin' the Lid	Stratosphere Boogie
31	Alden Howard/Dick Hyman	I'll See You in My Dreams	Sweet and Lowdown
32	Bob Dylan	Duquesne Whistle	Tempest
33	Peggy Lee	Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba	Amore d'Italia
34	Hadda Brooks	Bully Wully Boogie	That's My Desire

Lefty Merle Willie Hank & Hank

August 13, 2021 Dave

It’s a songwriter’s showcase this morning on Deeper Roots. Country music songwriters Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, and Hank Williams are highlighted in a show that features covers by their contemporaries (and a few from the recent past) including Iris DeMent, Ernest Tubb, Billy Walker, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and at least two dozen others. Our show pays tribute to some amazing stalwarts who literally defined the country ‘voice’ and story. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all of planet earth on all your favorite services including OpenRadio.app, TuneIn.com, RadioGarden.io and, our web site, kowsfm.com. Good morning!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	I Want to Be With You Always	The Missing Years
3	Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters	I Want To Be With You Always	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
4	Brennen Leigh	I Love You A Thousand Ways	Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell
5	George Jones	If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)	Sings Country and Western Hits
6	Keith Whitley	I Never Go Around Mirrors	The Rounder Records Story
7	Merle Haggard	My Baby's Just Like Money	Roots, Vol. 1
8	Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright	Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright)	The List
9	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (Album)	Word To The Wise
10	Iris DeMent	Big City	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
11	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You	The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2
12	Dale Watson	Mama Tried	More Great Moments of Vinyl History
13	Ray Price	Night Life	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
14	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Country
15	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Three Days	Absolute Torch and Twang
16	The Little Willies	I Gotta Get Drunk	The Little Willies
17	The Secret Sisters	Why Don't You Love Me	The Secret Sisters
18	Bob Dylan	I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
19	Buckwheat Zydeco	Hey, Good Lookin'	Menagerie
20	Sleepy LaBeef	I Saw the Light	Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook
21	Jerry Lee Lewis	You Win Again	The Definitive Collection
22	Taj Mahal	Mind Your Own Business	Senor Blues
23	Elvis Costello	He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version)	Almost Blue
24	Rhiannon Giddens	She's Got You	Tomorrow Is My Turn
25	Patsy Cline	Why Can't He Be You	The Patsy Cline Collection
26	Dottie West	Me Today And Her Tomorrow	The Essential Dottie West
27	Bobby Bare	I'd Fight The World	The Best Of Bobby Bare
28	Jamey Johnson	Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)	Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
29	Al Green & Lyle Lovett	Funny How Time Slips Away	Rhythm Country & Blues

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The River In Music

July 10, 2021 Dave

There are no more essential metaphors to be had in the American story than that of the river. The river is nature’s alliance with mankind and its muse in prose, poetry and song. It is the stuff of dreams, the movement of the clock in Her terms, the news of the day when the banks are breached, and the symbol of biblical ventures of time and home. So we’ll be taking to the river on a Friday in July to feel the warmth of the surface knowing full well that the undercurrent is treacherous and cold beneath the hull. Music this week includes the stories of the Great Flood of 1927 with Barbecue Bob, the baptismal elements from Alison Krauss and Irma Thomas, Central Valley memories from Dave Alvin by way of Merle Haggard, and the poetry of river sounding chants and Paul Robeson’s muscle. Tune in as we drift our way down the Mississippi and beyond on Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
3	Charles Colman & William Eaton	River Sounding Chant	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
4	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	American Songbook Series: Jerome Kern
5	Marian Anderson	Deep River	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
6	Mavis Staples	In The Mississippi River (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
7	Johnny Cash	Big River	Original Greatest Hits
8	The Carter Family	River Of Jordan	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
9	Alison Krauss	Down to the River to Pray	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
10	Delmore Brothers	Happy on the Mississippi Shores	Brown's Ferry Blues
11	Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Billy May	River Of No Return	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
12	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	Lazy River	The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
13	Snooks Eaglin	Going to the River	Complete Imperial Recordings
14	Fats Domino	Going to the River	This Is Gold Disc 1
15	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
16	Robert Hicks	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
17	Slocan Ramblers	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	Queen City Jubilee
18	Joe Shores	Mississippi Sounding Calls [A-1]	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
19	Jimmie Rodgers	Miss The Mississippi And You	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
20	Leon Redbone	Mississippi River Blues	Double Time
21	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Swanee River	Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford
22	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	One More River	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
23	Irma Thomas With Henry Butler	River Is Waiting	Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues
24	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival
25	Dave Alvin	Kern River	West of the West
26	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
27	Doc & Merle Watson	Deep River Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
28	Jorma Kaukonen	Red River Blues	Blue Country Heart
29	Johnny Rivers	Big River	The Memphis Sun Recordings
30	The New Christy Minstrels	Mighty Mississippi	Ramblin'
31	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Modern Americana, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Music From The Band

June 25, 2021 Dave

Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robbie Robertson	When The Night Was Young	How To Become Clairvoyant
3	The Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track)	A Musical History [Disc 1]
4	The Levon Helm Band	Anna Lee	Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008
5	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
6	Bob Dylan & The Band	The Weight	Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
7	Joan Baez	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Hits: Greatest & Others
8	The Band	Acadian Driftwood	Northern Lights-Southern Cross
9	Bob Dylan & The Band	Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)	The Basement Tapes [Disc 2]
10	Bob Dylan & The Band	Million Dollar Bash	The Basement Tapes [Disc 1]
11	Rick Danko	It Makes No Difference	Live Anthology
12	Emmylou Harris & The Band	Evangeline	Duets
13	The Band	Stage Fright	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
14	Ronnie Hawkins/The Band	Who Do You Love?	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
15	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Havana Moon	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
16	Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Hey Boba Lou	The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
17	The Band	Stand Up	High On The Hog
18	Levon Helm	False Hearted Lover Blues	Dirt Farmer
19	Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee	The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee)	(2013) Love For Levon
20	The Band,Bob Clearmountain	Time to Kill – Remix / 2020	Stage Fright (Deluxe Remix 2020)
21	The Band	Life Is a Carnival	Cahoots
22	Levon Helm	Tennessee Jed	Electric Dirt
23	The Band	Twilight (Single Version)	Islands [Remastered]
24	Bob Dylan	I Shall Be Released	Before The Flood [Disc 1]
25	Levon Helm	Money	Levon Helm

Bob at 80

May 28, 2021 Dave

Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	Song To Woody	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1]
3	Bob Dylan	Mississippi	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
4	Ian & Sylvia	Tomorrow Is A Long Time	Four Strong Winds
5	Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan	Nashville Skyline Rag	Dylan Country
6	Bob Dylan	New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2]
7	Bob Dylan	Talkin' New York	Bob Dylan
8	Joan Baez	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	From The Coffeehouse
9	Peter, Paul & Mary	Blowin' In The Wind	The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
10	The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	20 Number Ones
11	Johnny Cash	It Ain't Me Babe	Dylan Country
12	Bob Dylan	If Dogs Run Free	New Morning
13	Bob Dylan	Po' Boy	Love and Theft
14	Bob Dylan	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	MTV Unplugged
15	Bob Dylan	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Blood on the Tracks
16	Bob Dylan	Shelter from the Storm [Take 2]	More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
17	Bob Dylan	Everything Is Broken	Oh Mercy
18	Bob Dylan	Things Have Changed	Lovesick
19	The Band	When I Paint My Masterpiece	A Musical History [Disc 4]
20	Bob Dylan	Man in the Long Black Coat	Chronicles, Vol. 1
21	Bob Dylan	Duquesne Whistle	Tempest
22	Bob Dylan	Goodbye Jimmy Reed	Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1]
23	Bob Dylan	My Blue Eyed Jane	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
24	Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison	My Back Pages	Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2]
25	Bob Dylan	Man Gave Names To All The Animals	Slow Train Coming

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