We are remembering what happened here in Sonoma County last October when the firestorm hit, devastating communities and lives. Over 5000 homes and dozens of lives were lost. Disaster struck overnight and our music today reflects back with songs of disaster, songs of burning hell, and music that reminds us that Mother Nature will have its way. Blues from John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, traditional country gospel from Bill Neely and Kitty Wells, and more in a Friday evening remembrance.
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The David Thom Band
California's Burning
That Old Familiar
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Under The Radar
Ride These Flames
Beyond The Niche
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Kitty Wells
He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
Dust on the Bible (1959)
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Kilby Snow, Mike Seeger
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
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Clyde Moody
06 – Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire)
The Hillbilly Waltz King
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Bill Neely
Satan's Burning Hell
Texas Law & Justice
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Howlin' Wolf
The Natchez Burning
Blues From Hell
9
John Lee Hooker
Burning Hell
The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2]
10
John Lee Hooker
The Motor City Is Burning
The Definitive Collection
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Otis Spann
Burning Fire
The Great Blues Men
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Bob Brozman
American House Fire Blues
Fire in the Mind
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Dave Alvin
Barn Burning
King Of California
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Dave Alvin
California's Burning
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
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John Mellencamp
Eden Is Burning
John Mellencamp
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Dixon Brothers
The School House Fire
Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
There’s a new tribute album out, celebrating the music of country renaissance troubadour Roger Miller. Produced by his son Dean it’s a fully formed varietal that, as Rolling Stone magazine critic Stephen Betts notes, features a dazzling lineup after being beset by repeated delays since 2015. Miller was an extraordinary songwriter with offbeat humor, part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, and a poet of the uncommon whose song King of the Road “was positively average compared to his other oddball compositions, including Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug, and You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd” as Betts goes on to point out. Our show features tracks from the album, some other notable covers of Roger Miller’s music, and, of course, some wacky, some tame originals from Roger himself.
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Asleep at the Wheel
Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
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Roger Miller
Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD2)
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Doug Kershaw
You Don't Want My Love
The Best Of Doug Kershaw
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Ernest Tubb
Half a Mind
Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
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Faron Young
A World So Full of Love
The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
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Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell
Invitation to the Blues
Old Yellow Moon
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George Jones
Tall Tall Trees
George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
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Roger Miller
Tall, Tall Trees
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
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Roger Miller
My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died
The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
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Charley Pride
Billy Bayou
20 Classics
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Jim Reeves
Home
Essential Jim Reeves
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Roger Miller
Little Green Apples
All Time Greatest Hits
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Bill Kirchen
Husbands and Wives (Album)
Word To The Wise
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Roger Miller/Willie Nelson
Husbands and Wives
Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
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Willie Nelson
Old Friends
One Hell Of A Ride
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Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard
Old Friends
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
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Patsy Cline
When Your House Is Not A Home [Radio Transcription]
The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
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Little Jimmy Dickens
When Your House Is Not A Home
Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
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Merle Haggard
Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go
Chicago Wind
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Ray Price
Invitation To The Blues
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
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Jon Rauhouse
Pardon This Coffin
The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3
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Roger Miller
King Of The Road
The Best Of : Vol 2
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Dick Curless
King of the Road
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
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Roger Miller
Kansas City Star
The Best Of : Vol 2
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Kacey Musgraves
Kansas City Star
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
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Roger Miller
Dang Me
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
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Willie Nelson
When Two Worlds Collide
Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
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Alison Krauss
You Oughta Be Here With Me / I've Been a Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family)
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
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Alison Krauss
River In The Rain
Windy City
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Roger Miller
Where Have All The Average People Gone
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
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Roger Miller
Hoppy's Gone
The Best Of : Vol 2
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The Dead South
One Dying And A Burying
King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
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Nick Lowe
Old Toy Trains
Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
A few years back we celebrated the record, the radio, and disc jockeys on a couple of themed shows. We’re going to rev that theme up once again, but with a bit of a twist. This morning’s show pays tribute to that nickel, dime, and quarter evaporator known as the jukebox. We’ll also extend the music selections to include sounds of record hops, soda fountains, and the healthiest way to partake in any or all of the festivities. Tune in for new and old, including country sounds from Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, and Bill Walker; R&B from Shirley & Lee, Charles Bronw, and The Marigolds; and pop straightaways from Gale Storm, Dodie Stevens, and Brook Benton. All this on a Friday evening on KWTF community radio.
This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.
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Taj Mahal
Diddy Wah Diddy
Maestro
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Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket)
Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
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Hank Williams
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
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Hank Williams
I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living
The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
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Johnny Cash
The Night Hank Williams Came To Town
Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines. We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties. It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.
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Merle Travis
I'll See You In My Dreams
The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53)
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Joe Maphis & Merle Travis
Alabama Jubilee
Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981)
Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.
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Bobbie Gentry
Ode To Billie Joe
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
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Elvis Presley
Don't Cry Daddy
Always on My Mind
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Tammy Wynette
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Country Legends
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Hank Williams
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
24 Greatest
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Bobby Bare
Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963)
All American Boy – CD 2
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Doc & Merle Watson
The Tragic Romance
Ballads From Deep Gap
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David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant
Tragic Romance
Life Of Sorrow
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Grandpa Jones
Tragic Romance
Makes The Rafters Ring
10
The Stanley Brothers
Tragic Love
An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
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Lefty Frizzell
The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965
Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3)
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Red Fox Chasers
Wreck On The Mountain Road
People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine
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Esco Hankins
Wreck on the Highway
1947-1951 (Warped 4732)
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Vernon Dalhart
The Wreck Of The Old '97
American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
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Lefty Frizzell
Long Black Veil
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
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Mel Tillis
Life Turned Her That Way
36 All Time Greatest Hits
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Mary Gauthier
Mercy Now
Mercy Now
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Townes Van Zandt
Waiting Around to Die
Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
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Vern Gosdin
Chiseled in Stone
Chiseled in Stone
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Ray Charles & Willie Nelson
Seven Spanish Angels
The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
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James King
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Three Chords & The Truth
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Lucinda Williams
Sweet Old World
Sweet Old World
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Dwight Yoakam
I Sang Dixie
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
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Willie Nelson
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
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Merle Haggard
Sing Me Back Home
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
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Red Foley
Old Shep
Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
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Walter Brennan
Old Rivers
Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
28
Charlie Louvin
Wreck on the Highway
Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
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Doc & Merle Watson
The Wreck of The Old #9
Ballads From Deep Gap
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Faron Young
Hello Walls
Hello Walls / The Young Approach
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Merle Haggard
If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster)
A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.
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Mavis Staples
We Go High
If All I Was Was Black
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Fats Domino
Telling Lies
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
No Room In the Church for Liars
Precious Memories
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Let That Liar Alone
ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
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Reverend A. Johnson
Let That Liar Pass On By
1950s Gospel Classics
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Radio Yesterday
Lights Out
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
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Martha Fields
Southern White Lies
Southern White Lies
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Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
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The Carter Family
You Better Let That Liar Alone
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
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David Olney
No Lies
One Tough Town
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Rosalie Allen
Hitler Lives
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
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Carl Smith
Wicked Lies
Kisses Don't Lie
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The Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Biggest Liars in Town
Home of the Blues
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Flatt & Scruggs
Poison Lies
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
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Les Paul & Mary Ford
Lies
Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
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Cyndi Lauper
Lies
A Hat Full Of Stars
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The Roosevelts
Tell Only Lies
The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
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Ian Gomm
Dirty Lies
Summer Holiday
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The Castaways
Liar, Liar
Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
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The Knickerbockers
Lies
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
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Tex Grande & His Range Riders
Hitler's Reply to Mussolini
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
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Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
Tellin' Lies
The Eyes of Texas
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John Hartford
Politic
Hamilton Ironworks
25
Mimi & Richard Farina
House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
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Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk
All Men Are Liars
Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
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J.J. Cale
Lies
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
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Frankie Boots And The County Line
Pack Of Lies
Frankie Boots And The County Line
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Neko Case
Lonely Old Lies
The Virginian
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Johnnie Taylor
Running Out Of Lies
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]
It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.
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Mavis Staples
We Go High
If All I Was Was Black
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Fats Domino
Telling Lies
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
No Room In the Church for Liars
Precious Memories
5
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Let That Liar Alone
ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
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Reverend A. Johnson
Let That Liar Pass On By
1950s Gospel Classics
7
Radio Yesterday
Lights Out
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
8
Martha Fields
Southern White Lies
Southern White Lies
9
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
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The Carter Family
You Better Let That Liar Alone
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
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David Olney
No Lies
One Tough Town
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Rosalie Allen
Hitler Lives
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
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Carl Smith
Wicked Lies
Kisses Don't Lie
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The Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Biggest Liars in Town
Home of the Blues
15
Flatt & Scruggs
Poison Lies
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
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Les Paul & Mary Ford
Lies
Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
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Cyndi Lauper
Lies
A Hat Full Of Stars
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The Roosevelts
Tell Only Lies
The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
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Ian Gomm
Dirty Lies
Summer Holiday
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The Castaways
Liar, Liar
Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
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The Knickerbockers
Lies
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
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Tex Grande & His Range Riders
Hitler's Reply to Mussolini
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
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Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
Tellin' Lies
The Eyes of Texas
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John Hartford
Politic
Hamilton Ironworks
25
Mimi & Richard Farina
House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
26
Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk
All Men Are Liars
Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
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J.J. Cale
Lies
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
28
Frankie Boots And The County Line
Pack Of Lies
Frankie Boots And The County Line
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Neko Case
Lonely Old Lies
The Virginian
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Johnnie Taylor
Running Out Of Lies
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]
Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.
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Ernest Tubb
Rainbow At Midnight
The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
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Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller
Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
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Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
The Wild Side Of Life
Vintage Collections
5
Kitty Wells
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
The Complete Country Hits
6
Hank Locklin
Please Help Me, I'm Falling
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
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Skeeter Davis
(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too
The Essential Skeeter Davis
8
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Sixteen Tons
Vintage Collections
9
Patsy Montana
16 Pounds
Best of Answer Songs vol 2
10
Merle Haggard
Okie From Muskogee
Capitol Collector's Series
11
Lowell Levinger
Hippie From Olema
Get Together- Youngblood Classics
12
Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
13
Rufus Thomas
Bear Cat
Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
14
Elvis Presley
Little Sister
Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
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Lavern Baker
Hey Memphis
Best of Answer Songs vol 2
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Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
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Dodie Stevens
Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight
Ultimate Collection
18
Claude King
Wolverton Mountain
Classic Country
19
Jo Ann Campbell
(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain
Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
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Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell
Yes Mr. Peters
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
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Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann
Hurry Mr. Peters
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
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Muddy Waters
(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
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Bo Diddley
I'm A Man
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
24
Muddy Waters
Mannish Boy
The Definitive Collection
25
The Dominoes
Sixty Minute Man
The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
26
Billy Ward & the Dominoes
Can't Do Sixty No More
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
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The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
The winds of social change become the storm from every direction when authoritarianism, tyranny, and facism begin to take shape. And music has always played a part when speaking truth to power. The most important role of an American citizen is to vote. There is no greater enemy than apathy. The songs we share on Deeper Roots today focus on Civil Rights, war for the cause of oil, voting as voice, and the fight for power in the New World Order. Tune in for performances from Phil Ochs, Ben Harper, Drive-By Truckers, Roy Zimmerman, and Iris DeMent on a show that explores some political science in harmony, vocals, and melodies to make a stand.
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Roy Zimmerman
Real America
Real American
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Jackson Browne
The Dreamer
The Dreamer
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Steve Earle with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark
16 Immigrant Eyes
Together at The Bluebird Cafe
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Steve Earle
City Of Immigrants (With Forro In The Dark)
Washington Square Serenade
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Roy Zimmerman
My Vote My Voice My Right
The Faucet's On Fire
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Phil Ochs
I Ain't Marching Anymore
There But for Fortune
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The Byrds
Draft Morning
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
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Barry McGuire
Eve of Destruction
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965
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Bruce Cockburn
If I Had A Rocket Launcher
Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
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Randy Newman
Political Science
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
12
Joan Baez
The President Sang Amazing Grace
Whistle Down the Wind
13
Drive-By Truckers
What It Means
American Band
14
Drive-By Truckers
Guns Of Umpqua
American Band
15
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Call It What It Is
Call It What It Is
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Mavis Staples
We Go High
If All I Was Was Black
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Sam Cooke
A Change Is Gonna Come
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
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C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers
Get Your Rights, Jack
Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
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Nina Simone
To Be Young, Gifted And Black
Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
20
The Staple Singers
Freedom Highway
Freedom Highway
21
The Almanac Singers
Dear Mr. President
Woody Guthrie And American Folk Giants
22
Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land
American Roots Music [Disc 3]
23
Joan Baez
I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill
Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 4]
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Marvin Gaye
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2
