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.
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Marilyn Monroe
River Of No Return
The Essential Marilyn Monroe
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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]
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.
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Robbie Robertson
When The Night Was Young
How To Become Clairvoyant
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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
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Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
Hey Boba Lou
The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
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The Band
Stand Up
High On The Hog
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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)
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.
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Bob Dylan
Song To Woody
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1]
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Bob Dylan
Mississippi
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
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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
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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]
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.
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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
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Lou Monte
Mama (Mamma)
Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings
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The Mills Brothers
Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother
Mills Brothers – Golden Greats
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The Taylor Brothers
Mother's Advice
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Hear My Mother Call My Name
The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
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Buck Owens
Dust On Mother's Bible
Dust On Mother's Bible
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Bonnie Owens
Medals for Mothers
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
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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
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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
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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
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Johnny Cash
Don't Go Near The Water
Ragged Old Flag
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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
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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]
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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
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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
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John Hammond
Riding In The Moonlight
Southern Fried
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James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt
Moonlight Drive
All Wood And Doors
5
The Doors
Moonlight Drive
Strange Days
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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
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The Leaves
Hey Joe
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
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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
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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)
