This weekend we observe Mother’s Day, a day that got buried among the many lost celebrations last year due to the pandemic. So it is only fitting that we elevate the gratitude we have this coming Sunday. At Deeper Roots, we’re taking time this Friday to celebrate with only the finest in the many American genres including country, bluegrass, rock, pop vocals, soul, and everything in between…with a little bit of spark thrown in. We’ve got Aretha, The Louvins, Zydeco sounds with Fernest Arceneaux, JJ Cale and Dr. Hook, all in tow to pay tribute to all of those moms out there who play such a big part in our formation as adults. Tune in Friday mornings live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.
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Bill & The Belles
Finger Pointin' Mama
Dreamsongs, Etc.
3
Nat King Cole
My Mother Told Me
Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
4
J.J. Cale
Blues For Mama
To Tulsa And Back
5
Paul Simon
Mother And Child Reunion
Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar
6
Fernest Arceneaux, The Zydeco All Stars, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr.
Don't Tell Your Mother
Zydeco Blues Party
7
Miracles
If Your Mother Only Knew
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
8
Dee Dee Sharp
(That's What) My Mama Said
The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
9
The Shirelles
Mama Said
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
10
Jackie Deshannon
Did He Call Today, Mama
Breakin' It Up On the Beatles
11
Hello, Dolly! 1994 Broadway Revival Cast
Motherhood
Hello, Dolly!: The New 1994 Cast Recording
12
Charles Colman & William Eaton
Doncha Hear Yo'Po Mother Callin'?
5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
13
Lou Monte
Mama (Mamma)
Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings
14
The Mills Brothers
Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother
Mills Brothers – Golden Greats
15
The Taylor Brothers
Mother's Advice
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
16
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Hear My Mother Call My Name
The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
17
Buck Owens
Dust On Mother's Bible
Dust On Mother's Bible
18
Bonnie Owens
Medals for Mothers
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
19
The Haden Triplets
Gray Mother Dreaming
The Family Songbook
20
Faron Young
Let Old Mother Have Her Way
Hello Walls / The Young Approach
21
Mac Wiseman
Mother Knows Best
1962-1965 (Warped 6339)
22
The Louvin Brothers
God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother)
Long Play Collection
23
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Let My Mother Live
Almost Home
24
Ike & Tina Turner
Mamma Tell Him
Don't Play Me Cheap
25
Aretha Franklin
A Mother's Love
Soul Sister
26
B.B. King
Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
Indianola Mississippi Seeds
27
Earl King
Mother Told Me Not To Go
Let The Good Times Roll
28
Buddy Guy
My Mother
The Treasure Untold
29
Leo Welch
Mother Loves Her Children
Sabougla Voices
30
Chris Smither
Every Mother's Son
I'm a Stranger Too!/Don't It Drag On
31
Troy Hess
Please Don't Go Topless, Mother
Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
32
Louis Armstrong
Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
Blues In The Night: The Johnny Mercer Songbook
33
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Mother, the Queen of My Heart
Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers
Don’t tell me…it’s theme time but with the negative bent. No, no, no, honey don’t. This week’s show takes on songs of which there is no reduced supply chain: songs that ask us ‘not to’. A somewhat obscure theme, no question, but it’s all about the message after all. We’ll hear a variety of genres this week, all with their warnings prefaced with the contraction “don’t”. We’ll hear from Elvis (a favorite of the idiom), Blue Lu Barker, Julia Lee, Charles Brown, Buddy Emmons, and those representing doo wop, country, early rock, and Americana. All of this coming your way on our first show of May 2021, a rebroadcast of a KOWS show recorded live from the KOWS studios, located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Don’t get defensive, it’s all in fun.
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Carl Perkins
Honey Don't
American Roots of the British Invasion
3
Johnny Cash
Don't Go Near The Water
Ragged Old Flag
4
Elvis Presley
Don't Cry Daddy
2nd To None
5
Elvis Presley
Don't
Elvis Is Back!
6
Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles)
7
Fats Domino
Don't Come Knockin'
They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
8
Billy Tate
Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671)
R&B Humdingers Volume 11
9
Shirelles
Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin')
The Shirelles
10
Lowell Fulson
Don't Be So Evil
Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
11
Muddy Waters
Don't Go No Farther
The Definitive Collection
12
Blue Lu Barker
Don't You Make Me High
Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
13
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Don't Come Too Soon
Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
14
Etta James
Don't Cry Baby
The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
15
Bee Arnold
Don't Do It Daddy
Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
16
Continentals
Don't Do It Baby
Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey
17
The Drifters
Don't Dog Me
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
18
The Penguins
Don't Do It
Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
Willie Nelson turns 88 this month. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, he wrote his first song at the age of seven and had his first band at the age of ten. From high school to the Air Force, then to his return home to Texas as a radio disc jockey, he was always in a band singing. In the 1950s he would write songs that would become country standards and we’ll be sharing some of them with you in today’s Deeper Roots, performed by Willie and his contemporaries. He endures just as his music does and the catalog is a legacy few parallel. We’ll hear from The Little Willies, Waylon Jennings, Faron Young, Asleep at the Wheel, and at least a dozen others performing the songs of Willie Hugh Nelson. Tune in Friday morning on KOWS.
We’re going to blend all the favorites into a delicious free form stew this morning, looking to the north, south, east and west for our inspiration. Not only do we have some Otis Redding soul, but we’ve also got some traditional blendings from David Johansen, The Devil Makes Three, and some southern fried sounds from James Lee Stanley and John Hammond. A lot of our playlist makes connections: moonlight drives, Memphis tributes, and a lot about our title track ‘rolling along’. I’ve also got a little splash of Frankie Laine for inspiration along those lines. Tune in on a Sonoma County Friday morning for more from the Cherry Street Historic District and the mighty KOWS, streaming to planet earth on kowsfm.com.
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The Mavericks
Rolling Along
Brand New Day
3
John Hammond
Riding In The Moonlight
Southern Fried
4
James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt
Moonlight Drive
All Wood And Doors
5
The Doors
Moonlight Drive
Strange Days
6
Raul Malo
Moonlight Kiss
Lucky One
7
B.B. King & Eric Clapton
Riding With The King
Riding With The King
8
John Hiatt
Book Lovers
Riding With the King
9
David Johansen & the Harry Smiths
Well, I've Been to Memphis
BMW Audiophile
10
J.J. Cale
Midnight in Memphis
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
11
Charley Crockett
That's How I Got to Memphis
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
12
Randy Newman
Rollin'
Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
13
Raphael Saadiq
Stone Rollin'
Stone Rollin' – Single
14
Tiny Bradshaw
The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered)
The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered) – Single
Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis, The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.
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Willy DeVille
Hey Joe
Backstreets Of Desire
3
The Leaves
Hey Joe
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
4
The Bobby Fuller Four
I Fought The Law
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
5
Dick & Dee Dee
Thou Shalt Not Steal
The Singles Collection
6
The Cadillacs
Jay Walker
For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
7
Kitty Wells
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered)
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single
8
Ray Batts
Stealin' Sugar
Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock
9
Eilen Jewell
If You Catch Me Stealing
Letters From Sinners & Strangers
10
Hank Snow
The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe
I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1]
11
Porter Wagoner
The Cold Hard Facts of Life
The Essential Porter Wagoner
12
Jimmy Littlejohn
No Parking Here
The World Is A Monster
13
Johnny Cash
Out Among the Stars
Out Among The Stars
14
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
Original Greatest Hits
15
The Byrds
Pretty Boy Floyd
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
16
Joe Ely
Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde
Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
17
Merle Haggard
The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
18
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Jesse James
Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
19
Bruce Springsteen
Jesse James
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
20
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Glendale Train
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
21
Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson
In the Jailhouse Now
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
22
Rod Morris
Alabama Jailhouse
Country Boy's Dream
23
Dean Taylor
Indiana Wants Me
70s Music Explosion Escape
24
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Private Property (No Tresspassing)
One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
A hunka hunka free form sounds this morning on Deeper Roots: some thoughtful pairings and some that just need to be pushed to the surface. We’re coming up on Daylight Savings Time already as we prepare for the days to get longer shedding more light in the attic from the window up above. Songs today explore mojo, some gospel musings, concerns about a fellow named Lou whose got the flu, and some reflections on the 420 favorite. Performers include Julia Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ivie Anderson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and we’ve even got an ‘unknown’ from the mid-century wondering “Who’s Boogeying My Woogie Now”. Imagine that. Well, imagine this: Friday mornings on KOWS Community Radio are made just for the beginning of Spring. Tune in.
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John Prine
Clay Pigeons
Fair & Square
3
Elvis Presley
Burning Love
Elvis 30 #1 Hits
4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
99 1/2 Won't Do
Gospel Train
5
Mary Deloatch
The Lord's Gospel Train
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
6
Nina Simone
Lilac Wine
Verve/Unmixed 3
7
Ivie Anderson
Chocolate Shake
An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
8
Bette Midler
Marahuana
Songs For The New Depression
9
Julia Lee
Marijuana
Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
10
Buddy Holly
Fool's Paradise
Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 2]
11
Eddie Cochran
C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
12
Fats Domino
Be My Guest
Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
13
Dorsey Burnette
Don't Let Go
The Precious Years
14
Charley Crockett
The Man That Time Forgot
Welcome To Hard Times
15
Kevin Russell
Country Boy
Country Swing
16
Little Jimmy Dickens
May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
17
Buddy Emmons
New Road Under My Wheels
Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
18
John Prine
Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)
For Better, Or Worse
19
Roger Miller
Lou's Got The Flu
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
20
Roger Miller
The Moon Is High (And So Am I)
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
21
Muddy Waters
Got My Mojo Working
His Best, 1956 To 1964
22
Ann Cole
I Got My Mojo Working
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4]
23
Unknown Artist
I Wonder Who's Boogeying My Woogie Now ?
Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
24
Lightnin' Hopkins
Mojo Hand
The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
25
Mose Allison
Mojo Woman
Down Home Piano
26
Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams
Overtime
It Always Will Be
27
John Fogerty
Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
28
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Still the Same
Greatest Hits
29
Raul Malo
It Only Hurts Me When I Cry
After Hours
30
Red Simpson
Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
We’re gathering under the Americana tent this morning; well, I guess, technically, we do each Friday morning. But this week we’ll spend some time with the classics. I’ll be sharing mid-century highlights from east, west, north and south in a show that pays tribute to some of the classic performers and performances that codified what’s become known as Americana: not a genre, but more of something in the air that makes you comfortable as a well worn blanket but also is the cold breeze that comes in through the cracks. I’ve got the celebratory sounds of The Blasters, Arlo Guthrie, and the NGDB; the painful reminders of days past from The Band, Chris Hillman, and Guy Clark; the harsh reminders of what got us here from Steve Earle, James McMurtry, and Bruce Springsteen. So much more to share in only two hours on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Dark as a Dungeon
Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
3
The Byrds
You Ain't Going Nowhere
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
4
Michael Nesmith
Joanne
Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast
5
Bobby Bare
The Streets of Baltimore
Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
6
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
Girl From The North Country
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
7
Arlo Guthrie
The City Of New Orleans
Hobo's Lullaby
8
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen
The Lost Highway
Bakersfield Bound
9
Neil Young
Harvest
Decade Disc 2
10
The Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Best of the Band
11
John Fogerty
Lodi
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection
12
Emmylou Harris
Red Dirt Girl
Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
13
John Prine
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
German Afternoons
14
Joe Ely
Boxcars
Honky Tonk Masquerade
15
The Blasters
Border Radio
Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
Deeper Roots goes deeper this Friday morning. We’ll be sharing the songs of tradition and folk blues from an artist who opened up a world to a generation of followers in the 1940s and 1950s. With the witting arm of Alan Lomax as his promoter and benefactor, Huddie Ledbetter’s music would get wings and find its place in America’s traditional music lexicon. This week’s show, like last week’s Bill Monroe special, revisits the music that he was identified with, much of which he is credited with bringing into this world, or at least opening our eyes to. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm, Red Smiley, Odetta, The Weavers, Bob Dylan, and many others on a show that celebrates a giant of America’s songbook. Tune into KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for a new episode of a show that’s heading into it’s ninth year here on KOWS Community Radio.
The music of Bill Monroe is the theme of our show today. We’ll be featuring some classic tunes from the Monroe catalog including some traditional tunes as well as those written by the master himself. The performers include those from all walks: Ray Charles, Elvis, Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, and a collection of bluegrass favorites including Jim & Jessie McReynods, Ricky Skaggs, The Seldom Scene and a couple dozen others; all of them covering Bill Monroe’s music with some loyal to the arrangements while others putting their own spin on it. Join Dave Stroud once again for a collection of sounds from those dusty digital bins, those deeper wells, here on Sonoma County Community’s own community radio. Free Form. Free Speech. No Bull. Your alternative radio station in the North Bay.
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Elvis Presley
Working On The Building
Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
3
Ray Charles
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Swingova)
Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
4
John Fogerty
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Songs of Bill Monroe
5
Leon Russell
Uncle Pen
Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
6
The Louvin Brothers
What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul
Close Harmony [Disc 8]
7
The Devil Makes Three
What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)
Redemption & Ruin
8
Jerry & Tammy Sullivan
Wicked Path Of Sin
Legend Lives on-a Tribute to Bill Monroe
9
Jim & Jesse McReynolds
Wicked Path Of Sin
Music Among Friends
10
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Walls Of Time
At The Ryman [Live]
11
The Johnson Mountain Boys
Walls Of Time
Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2
12
Hazel And Alice
True Life Blues
Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2
13
Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs
Toy Heart (Live)
Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby: Cluck Ol' Hen (Live)
14
Red Allen
Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong
The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
15
The Million Dollar Quartet
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
16
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Six White Horses
1957-1959 (Warped 5722)
17
The Bluegrass Band
Six White Horses
2nd Cut
18
Doc Watson
The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
Good Deal!
19
Mac Wiseman
The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
Great Folk Ballads
20
Doc Watson/Merle Watson
Roll on Buddy
Doc Watson on Stage (Featuring Merle Watson)
21
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Roll On Buddy
The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
22
Doc Watson
My Rose of Old Kentucky
Memories
23
Dwight Yoakam
Rocky Road Blues
Big Mon – The Songs of Bill Monroe
24
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
Rocky Road Blues
The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)
25
Doc & Merle Watson
New River Train
Remembering Merle – Live Recordings 1976-1979
26
The Seldom Scene
Little Georgia Rose
Act 3
27
Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt
Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)
The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
28
Don Reno & Bill Harrel With The Tennessee Cut-Ups
Molly And Tenbrooks
20 Bluegrass Favorites
29
Tony Rice Unit
Midnight on the Stormy Deep
Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
This past January was as much a month to remember as it was to forget. We’ll keep the serenity we need by softening the blow with music while also celebrating the good with swing, country, rhythm and gospel in another eclectic free form show on Sonoma County community radio. Cold weather and rain arrives so we’ll share the soul sounds of William Bell and Johnnie Taylor, some folk rock from Linda Ronstadt, swing vocals from The Mills Brothers and The Four Vagabonds, and gospel with Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers. We’ll visit Shenandoah, The Red River Valley, and Forty Miles of Bad Road in our Friday morning show, recorded this week in the Deeper Roots Den. I hope you’ll join us.
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Michael Nesmith
Begin The Beguine
Tropical Campfires
3
Mikki Wilcox
Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
Sun Ballads 1953-62
4
Maria Muldaur
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
Love Wants to Dance
5
The Four Vagabonds
Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer
The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
6
Jimmie Rodgers
Shenandoah
40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 2]
7
Duane Eddy
Forty Miles Of Bad Road
Dance With The Guitar Man
8
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
The Image of Me
Playback Disc 5
9
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Patricia
Hear Music, Vol. 9: Souvenirs
10
The Texas Tornados
Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
The Best Of Texas Tornados
11
Glories
Dark End Of The Street
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
12
Bessie Banks
Go Now
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
13
William Bell
Everybody Loves a Winner
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
14
Wilson Pickett
I'm In Love
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
15
Johnnie Taylor
Who's Making Love
Stax Number Ones
16
Booker T. & The MG's
Time Is Tight
I'll Take You There
17
Elvis Presley
I Gotta Know
Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
18
Marshall Crenshaw
I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)
Downtown
19
Brenda Lee
That's All You Gotta Do
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
20
The Jack Fords
That's All You Gotta Do
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
21
Big Boy Groves
I Gotta New Car
Fool Mule
22
Corey Glover
Three Time Loser
Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
