Category Archives: Country

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Go West!

December 10, 2016 Dave

The westward movement is celebrated once more as Deeper Roots spends two hours digging through those dusty digital bins to find the more popular and, in some cases, more obscure pieces about the one of the great migrations. In addition to the 19th century land-grab where the call was “Westward Ho!”, we’ll hear songs about the not-so-celebratory movement following the 20th century Dust Bowl migration. Tune in for blues from Lowell Fulson, Barbecue Bob, and Albert King; country from Merle Haggard, Asleep at the Wheel, and John Hartford; tradition and folk from Woody Guthrie, Darryl Holter, and Jay Farrar; and jazz/pop from Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Sol Hoopii. All on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Geraint Watkins	Go West	Dial 'W' for Watkins
3	Bing Crosby	Go West, Young Man! [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1]
4	Nat King Cole	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1946
5	Asleep at the Wheel	Route 66	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
6	Sol Hoopii	An Orange Grove in California	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 2
7	Sons of the Pioneers	When It's Autumn in the Hills of California	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
8	Sons of the Pioneers	Let4s Go West Again (1950)	Wagons West (CD3)
9	Darryl Holter	California Stars	Radio Songs
10	Hazel Dickens	California Cottonfields	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
11	Webb Pierce	California Blues	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
12	Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n Skiffle	California Zephyr	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
13	Jimmy Lafave	Dust Bowl Okies	The Night Tribe
14	Peter Rowan	Dust Bowl Children	Dust Bowl Children
15	Woody Guthrie	Talking Dust Bowl	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
16	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
17	Emmylou Harris	Kern River	All I Intended To Be
18	Merle Haggard	Kern River Blues	Kern River Blues – Single
19	John Hiatt	Adios To California	Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
20	Lowell Fulson	Highway 99	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
21	Jesse Thomas	Gonna Move To California	Complete Recorded Works 1948-1958
22	Barbecue Bob	California Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 2
23	Albert King	Travelin' to California	More Big Blues
24	Doc & Merle Watson	California Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
25	Lefty Frizzell	Blue Yodel #4 (California Blues)	Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night)
26	John Hartford	California Earthquake	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
27	Joni Mitchell	California	Blue
28	John Stewart	California Bloodlines	Gold [Disc 1]
29	Steve Forbert	When I Get To California (Americana Version)	Compromised
30	Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard	California Zephyr	One Fast Move or I'm Gone
31	Chuck Berry	Route 66	Cars

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Free Form

Free Form – November 2016

December 3, 2016 Dave

While the show this week is free form (something we like to do every few weeks), we’ll be leaning on a number of ‘connections’ including a couple of sets that feature tracks from the 1950 classic country album “Beyond The Sunset” which was released by Luke The Drifter aka Hank Williams, Sr. We’ll hear interpretations and originals that keep the focus on the country gospel solemnities that made this album one of country’s most interesting albums of the time. We’ll also be rocking with The Prisonaires, Aretha Franklin; riding down the canyon with Gene Autry and Jonathan Edwards; and connecting with boot kicking pieces from Robert Gordon and Elvis. An interesting and fun two hours is in store for you on West County community radio. Join Dave Stroud for selections from the last 100 years.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Randy Newman	Big Hat, No Cattle	Bad Love
3	Hank Williams	Beyond The Sunset (Single Version)	Beyond The Sunset
4	Kevin Russell	Ramblin Man	Trouble In Mind
5	Bill Haley	Too Many Parties, Too Many Pals	Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1
6	Hank Williams	Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals	Beyond The Sunset
7	John Prine	Just Waitin'	For Better, Or Worse
8	Hank Williams	Please Make Up Your Mind	Beyond The Sunset
9	Hank Williams	Just Waitin'	Beyond The Sunset
10	Johnny Cash	I Dreamed About Mama Last Night	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
11	Hank Williams	Everything's Okay	Beyond The Sunset
12	Marty Stuart	Pictures from Life's Other Side (w/ Hank III)	Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
13	The Staple Singers	Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw	Freedom Highway
14	Cliff Edwards	A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody	The Collection
15	Ween	Pretty Girl	12 Golden Country Greats
16	Robert Gordon	These Boots Are Made for Walking	Satisfied Mind
17	Elvis Presley	Big Boots	G.I. Blues
18	Rosie Flores	Rock-A-Bye Boogie	Speed of Sound
19	Aretha Franklin	Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody	The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
20	The Prisonaires	Rockin' Horse	The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain
21	Guy Clark	She Loves To Ride Horses	The Dark
22	Old Crow Medicine Show	Don't Ride That Horse	Big Iron World
23	John Hiatt	Slow Turning	Slow Turning
24	Lew Childre	Riding The Elevated Train	Train 45: Railroad Songs Of The Early 1900s
25	Gene Autry	Ridin' Down The Canyon	Columbia Historic Edition
26	Ian Tyson	Ridin' Down the Canyon	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
27	Ian Tyson	Cottonwood Canyon	Carnero Vaquero
28	Jonathan Edwards	Girl From the Canyon	Tomorrow's Child
29	Gene Autry	The Call Of The Canyon	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
30	Eddy Arnold	Cattle Call	Last Of The Love Song Singers: Then And Now [Disc 1]
31	Buddy Miller	Cattle Call	The Majestic Silver Strings Disc 1
32	Gene Autry	I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 2]
33	Bruce Springsteen	Galveston Bay	…Next Stop Is Vietnam – The War On Record, 1961-2008

Sugar Sugar

November 26, 2016 Dave

We’ve got a theme show for you tonight: the last century of America’s music with a focus on candy, cake, pie, and cola…all with that magic (deadly?) insidious ingredient that lures us to it’s flavor. A sure example of a muse if there ever was one. Tune for the sounds of Bill Haley, Al Hirt, Duke Ellington, Elvis, and the Collins Kids (among others). It’s folk, blues, R&B, country, pop, and rock…all in good sweet fun on KWTF radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Temple	Yum, Yum, Yum	Broke, Black & Blue: Volume Four – Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
3	Chuck Willis	Sugar Sugar	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
4	Vocaltones	Sugar Lump	Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records
5	The Collins Kids	Sugar Plum	Hop, Skip And Jump [Disc 2]
6	Peggy Lee	Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)	The Capitol Collector's Series
7	Sammy Davis Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation	The Candy Man	70s Music Explosion Escape
8	Bobby Bare	Candy Coated Kisses (1964)	All American Boy – CD 2
9	Dodie Stevens	Candy Store Blues	Ultimate Collection
10	Jo Stafford	Little Man With a Candy Cigar	For You
11	Julie London	Yummy, Yummy, Yummy	Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 2
12	Lola Albright	Candy	Bombshells
13	Eddie Kirk	Candy Kisses	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17
14	Little Jimmy Dickens	Who Licked The Red Off Your Candy	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
15	John Fogerty	Rhubarb Pie	Deja Vu All Over Again
16	Jay & The Techniques	Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie	45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969
17	Dinah Shore	Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy	Presenting…The Best of the Blues – Vol. 2
18	Big Bill Lister	RC Cola And Moon Pie	Country Boy's Dream
19	Red Foley & Evelyn Knight	Tater Pie	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
20	Skip & Flip	Cherry Pie (1960 #11)	Greatest Hit Singles Collection
21	Marvin & Johnny	Cherry Pie	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
22	Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod	Candy Man	Come On In
23	Skeets McDonald	Birthday Cake Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
24	Texas Top Hands	You Can't Have Your Cake	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
25	Art Neville	Little Girl From The Candy Store	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
26	Elvis Presley	Cotton Candy Land	Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco
27	The Collins Kids	Soda Poppin' Around	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
28	Johnny Burnette	One Soda, Two Straws (2)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 8
29	Poorhouse Gorgeous	Angel Food Cake	Poorhouse Gorgeous
30	Bonnie Guitar	Candy Apple Red	Singles 1
31	Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra;Ivie Anderson;Sonny Greer;Ray Nance;Harry Carney	Chocolate Shake	Wicked Swing
32	Bill Kirchen	She's A Yum Yum	Raise A Ruckus
33	The Iguanas	Sugar Cane	Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart
34	Harry McClintock	Big Rock Candy Mountain	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
35	Muddy Waters	Sugar Sweet	The Anthology [Disc 2]
36	Peter, Paul & Mary	Talkin' Candy Bar Blues	A Song Will Rise
37	The Harlem Hamfats	The Candy Man	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 4 1938-1939

Americana, Country, Country Gospel, Rock

Leon Russell Tribute

November 19, 2016 Dave

To quote one blogger: “[Leon Russell] was one of the most adept and prolific session men of the 1960s rock scene, playing on more records and [alongside] more artists than many people could name, and his abilities and multi-instrumental proficiency would make him an unstoppable force when he debuted as an artist in his own right in the early seventies.” Summed up perfectly. And Deeper Roots will pay tribute to Leon with a look at his music, his songwriting prowess, the arc of his career, and the performances that made him that ‘unstoppable force’. We’ll hear from Joe Cocker, The Carpenters, George Benson, and (of course) Leon himself in a hastily gathered, but oh so sublime, show that honors an artist who we lost this past weekend. Tune into (and support) Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leon Russell	She Smiles Like A River	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
3	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	Everybody Loves A Clown	The Legendary Masters Series
4	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	She's Just My Style	The Legendary Masters Series
5	Glen Campbell	Gentle On My Mind	Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits
6	Joe Cocker	Delta Lady	Ultimate Collection
7	Richie Havens	Tightrope	Collection
8	Freddie King	Palace Of The King	Ultimate Collection
9	Freddie King	Big Legged Woman	Ultimate Collection
10	Leon Russell	Out in the Woods	Retrospective
11	Leon Russell	Back to the Island	Retrospective
12	Amy Winehouse	A Song for You	Lioness: Hidden Treasures
13	The Carpenters	Superstar	Singles 1969-1981
14	George Benson	This Masquerade (single edit)	Breezin'
15	Leon Russell	Watching The River Flow	Tangled Up In Blues
16	Leon Russell	Dixie Lullaby	Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
17	Leon Russell	Roll Away the Stone	Retrospective
18	Leon Russell	Goodnight Irene	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
19	Leon Russell	Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms	Best Of Hank Wilson
20	George Jones	The Window Up Above With Leon Russell	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
21	Leon Russell	Slow Train	A Mighty Flood
22	Elton John & Leon Russell	If It Wasn't For Bad	The Union [+digital booklet]
23	Leon Russell	Angel In Disguise	Angel In Disguise
24	Leon Russell	Come On In My Kitchen	Life Journey
25	Leon Russell	I See The Light	Snapshot
26	Leon Russell	Im Afraid the Masquerade Is Over	Life Journey
27	Leon Russell	A Song for You	Retrospective

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country

Buck Owens Time!

November 12, 2016 Dave

Join us in a celebration of the the music of Buck Owens, a producer, songwriter, and musician who introduced many of us to the Bakersfield sound, that very distinctive blend of country, honky-tonk, and hillbilly music from the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear a few from Buck and the Buckaroos but will take the lion’s share of the show highlighting the music of artists covering some of the great (and obscure) songs of Buck Owens. We’ll bring you the music of Ray Charles, Bobby Bare, Dwight Yoakam, John Fogerty, Patsy Cline, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Buck Owens	Made In Japan (Live in Japan)	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
3	Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
4	Buck Owens	Down on the Corner of Love	You're For Me
5	Bobby Bare	Down On the Corner of Love	All American Boy – CD 1
6	George Morgan	There Goes My Love	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
7	Buck Owens and Bettye Swann	Today I Started Loving You Again	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
8	Ray Charles	Together Again	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
9	Raul Malo	Crying Time	After Hours
10	Buck Owens/George Jones	Love's Gonna Live Here	Friends in High Places
11	Patsy Cline	Foolin' Around	Patsy Cline Story
12	The Buckaroos	Foolin' Around (Instrumental)	Open Up Your Heart: The Buck Owens & The Buckaroos Recordings 1965-1968
13	Osborne Brothers	Where Does the Good Times Go	1968-1974 Disc 2
14	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
15	Red Simpson	Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
16	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	Take Me Back Again	Running Wild
17	Buck Owens	Take Me Back Again	Buck Owens
18	The Mavericks	Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)	From Hell to Paradise
19	Rose Maddox	Falling for You	$35 and a Dream
20	Merle Haggard	Falling For You	The Complete '60s Captiol Singles
21	The Secret Sisters	My Heart Skips A Beat	The Secret Sisters
22	Buck Owens and Buddy Alan	Let The World Keep On A Turnin	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
23	Buck Owens & Ringo Star	Act Naturally	Great Original Country Hits Of The 80's 2/3
24	Dwight Yoakam	The Sad Side of Town	Tomorrow's Sounds Today
25	Dwight Yoakam	Alright, I'm Wrong – Buck Owens	Reprise Please Baby (The Warner Bros. Years) [UK] Disc 3
26	Dwight Yoakam	Down on the Corner of Love	Dwight Sings Buck
27	Buck Owens	Waitin' In Your Welfare Line	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
28	Jessi Colter/Waylon Jennings	Under Your Spell Again	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]
29	Buck Owens	The Girl On Sugar Pie Lane	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
30	Buck Owens	Hello Trouble	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
31	Buck Owens	Under the Influence of Love	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
32	Ray Charles	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova)	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
33	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
34	Buck Owens	I Was There	Act Naturally
35	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Today I Started Loving You Again [Album Version]	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
36	Don Rich	Chicken Pickin'	Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology

Free Form – October 2016

November 5, 2016 Dave

We reflect on Columbus Day…that day of the year that something and nothing are both celebrated. While it may be another one of those “Flag Days”, it’s a day that we’ll set aside a set for in the most appropriate way. We’ll hear the “Ballad of Ira Hayes”, music from Robbie Robertson, and Maxine Sullivan in the set which is one of free form this week on Deeper Roots. A set about sin, a set about the glorious two-day event known as the weekend, ballads, bop, and and opening sweat bomb by Joyce Harris and the Daylighters. Sonoma County community radio it is…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joyce Harris & The Daylighters	I Got My Mojo Working	Ace Records 40th Anniversary
3	Patrick Sky	The Ballad of Ira Hayes	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3]
4	Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble	Coyote Dance	Music For The Native Americans
5	Joe Ely	Wounded Knee	Silver City
6	The Flatlanders	Homeland Refugee	Hills and Valleys
7	Maxine Sullivan & Her Jazz All-Stars	Christopher Columbus	Memories of You: A Tribute To Andy Razaf
8	Hoagy Carmichael	Sh'h The Old Man's Sleeping	Old Music Master
9	Mike Seeger	Ballad Of Hollis Brown (with Bob)	Third Annual Farewell Reunion
10	Robert Mitchum	Ballad of Thunder Road	That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings
11	Johnny Western	The Ballad Of Paladin	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
12	Joe Barry	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	I'm A Fool To Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977
13	Fats Domino	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	Fats
14	George Morgan	It's a Sin	Morgan, By George
15	Wanda Jackson	Sinful Heart	Four Classic Albums Plus
16	The Delmore Brothers	They Say It Is Sinful To Flirt	Charlotte, NC 1937-38, Rocky Hill, SC 1938-39
17	Del McCoury	Eli Renfro	Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury
18	Hi Neighbor Boys	Zeke Terney's Stomp (Instrumental)	Okeh Western Swing
19	Margo Price	Weekender	Midwest Farmer's Daughter
20	Tom Petty	Big Weekend	Highway Companion
21	Steve Forbert	The Weekend	Young Guitar Days
22	Charlie Rich	Lonely Weekends	Lonely Weekends: Best of the Sun Years [AVI]
23	Bob Delevante	Blitzkrieg Bop	Columbus and the Colossal Mistake: A Collection of Songs and Photographs
24	Buddy Holly	Not Fade Away	From the Original Master Tapes
25	Geraint Watkins	At Last	In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition
26	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
27	The Howlin Brothers	Mama Don't You Tell Me	Howl
28	Polk Miller's Old South Quartette	Jerusalem Mournin'	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
29	David Lindley and Wally Ingram	Oh Death	Twango Bango II
30	Bill Kirchen	Somebody's Going Home	Transatlanticana
31	The Tractors	The Tractors-Up Jumped the Boogie	Trade Union
32	Geraint Watkins	Easy to Say 'Bon Temps Rouler'	In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition

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

Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

October 15, 2016 Dave

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October. We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Sweet Revenge
3	Steve Goodman	Donald And Lydia	Steve Goodman
4	John Prine	Paradise	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970]
5	John Prine	Hello in There	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
6	John Prine	Souvenirs	Tribute to Steve Goodman
7	John Prine	Sam Stone	Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters
8	John Prine	Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970)	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2]
9	John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer	Sweet Revenge
10	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Sweet Revenge
11	John Prine	The Oldest Baby in the World	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
12	John Prine/Steve Goodman	Souvenirs	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
13	Bonnie Raitt And John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	Coal Country Music
14	John Prine	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	John Prine Live
15	John Prine	It's Happening To You	Storm Windows
16	John Prine	Linda Goes to Mars	German Afternoons
17	Tom Paxton	Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine)	Redemption Road
18	My Morning Jacket	All The Best	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
19	The Boxmasters	Christmas in Prison	Christmas Cheer
20	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
21	John Prine with Fiona Prine	'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose	In Spite Of Ourselves
22	John Prine/Iris Dement	(We're Not) The Jet Set	In Spite of Ourselves
23	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
24	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
25	Alison Krauss/John Prine	Falling in Love Again	For Better, Or Worse
26	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
27	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
28	John Prine	Just Waitin'	For Better, Or Worse
29	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
30	Johnny Cash	Paradise [#]	Personal File Disc 1
31	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
32	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves

Americana, Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Celebrating the Circle

October 1, 2016 Dave

This week, Dave Stroud revisits the seminal release of 1972 that brought together multiple generations of musicians, introducing a new generation of listeners to their music and, in some cases, to each other. Will The Circle Be Unbroken was a concept made real by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, then a “bunch of long-haired West Coast boys” (as Roy Acuff would describe them) and the talent that they were able to muster would influence country, bluegrass, and rock for decades to come. In addition to the big names of decades before them like Roy Acuff, Maybelle Carter, and Jimmy Martin, the Dirt Band would bring together lesser known names like Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, and Oswald Kirby to make an album that is as fresh and listenable today as it was then. We’ll feature tracks from the album alongside some of the original performances by these legendary masters.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
3	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
4	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Fair and Tender Ladies	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
5	Maybelle Carter	The Storms are on the Ocean	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
6	Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters	WIldwood Flower	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wreck on the Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
8	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	Wreck On The Highway	The Essential Roy Acuff
9	Roy Acuff	Pins & Needles (In My Heart)	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
10	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Pins and Needles (In My Heart)	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
11	Jimmy Martin	Sunny Side Of The Mountain	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
12	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Sunny Side of the Mountain	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
13	Jimmy Martin	You Don't Know My Mind	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
14	Jimmy Martin	Ocean Of Diamonds	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
15	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Nine Pound Hammer	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
16	Merle Travis	Nine Pound Hammer	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3]
17	Merle Travis	Dark As a Dungeon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Merle Travis	I Am A Pilgrim	The Best of Merle Travis
19	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Black Mountain Rag
20	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Down Yonder	Black Mountain Rag
21	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Down Yonder	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
22	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lonesome Fiddle Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
23	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Nashville Skyline Rag	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
24	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys	Earl's Breakdown [78rpm Version]	16 Biggest Hits
25	Hank Williams	Wait For The Light To Shine	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
26	Leon Payne	Lost Highway	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lost Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
28	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I Saw the Light	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
29	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (3)
30	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Honky Tonk Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
31	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Orange Blossom Special	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2

Blues, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

City Blues

September 11, 2016 Dave

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Hutchison	K.C. Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
3	HowellDevine	KC Blues	Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles
4	Ernest Tubb	Kansas City Blues	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
5	Sidney Bechet	St. Louis Blues	Blues In Thirds
6	Lonnie Johnson	Low Down St. Louis Blues	Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1
7	Blind Willie McTell	East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well)	The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
8	Red Nichols	Wabash Blues	I Got Rhythm
9	Leroy Carr	Naptown Blues	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1]
10	Fats Domino	Detroit City Blues	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
11	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Kokomo Blues	Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell
12	Dan Pickett	Chicago Blues	I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar
13	Don Flemons	Milwaukee Blues	What Got Over
14	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Milwaukee Blues	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
15	Dorothy Everetts	Macon Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
16	Elmore James	Madison Blues	The Sky Is Crying
17	Barbecue Bob	Jacksonville Blues	Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929)
18	John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur	Minglewood Blues	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
19	Sam Chatmon	Vicksburg Blues	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1
20	Black Birds of Paradise	Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Lewis Bronzville Five	Natchez Mississippi Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
22	Howlin' Wolf	Natchez Burning	The Real Folk Blues
23	Bo Chatmon	East Jackson Blues	Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949
24	Mississippi Sheiks	West Jackson Blues [Album Version]	Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks
25	Little Brother Montgomery	Shreveport Blues	Boogie Woogie [Disc 3]
26	Memphis Piano Red	Mobile Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
27	Jorma Kaukonen	Nashville Blues	River Of Time
28	The Louvin Brothers	Nashville Blues	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
29	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Dallas Blues	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
30	Billy Boy Arnold	San Antonio Blues	Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy
31	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2)
32	Jabo Williams	Pratt City Blues	Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers
33	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	New Orleans Blues	Sunny Road

Americana, Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Country Roots

September 3, 2016 Dave

Deeper Roots revisits the deeper roots…focusing on old-timey sounds of some of the great performers playing the classic standards. Country music roots go back into the European melodies and folk tunes and their instruments called to a celebration of the Diasporas. This week: Gid Tanner, Vernon Dalhart, Al Hopkins, Jimmie Rodgers, Bradley Kincaid, Charlie Poole, and many others provide us a glimpse at where it all began. Join us for another roots-infused evening here in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
3	Vernon Dalhart	The Prisoner's Song	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A Drink	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
5	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	I Don't Love Nobody	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
6	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	You Ain't Talkin' to Me	You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 2]
7	The Carter Family	Single Girl, Married Girl	The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [Disc 3]
8	Riley Puckett	Little Brown Jug	Country Music Pioneer vol 1
9	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Roll On the Ground	Lead Kindly Light
10	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Georgie Buck	Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3
11	Frank Blevins	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
12	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues	You Ain't Talkin' To Me, The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 1]
13	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues	You Ain't Talkin' To Me, The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 1]
14	The Allen Brothers	Chattanooga Blues	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
15	The Allen Brothers	Ain't That Skippin' And Flyin'	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
16	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Old Dan Tucker	Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3
17	Harry McClintock	Jesse James	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
18	Bradley Kincaid	Froggie Went A-Courting	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
19	Bradley Kincaid	Sourwood Mountain	The Story That the Crow Told Me Vol 2
20	Bascom Lamar Lundsford	Lost John Dean	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
21	The Lonely Eagles	Been On The Job Too Long	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
22	Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers	The Burial Of Wild Bill	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
23	The Happy Hayseeds	The Tail Of Haley's Comet	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
24	Buell Kazee	The Cowboy Trail	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
25	Paul Hamblin	The Strawberry Roan	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
26	Jimmie Rodgers	Mississippi Delta Blues	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
27	Jimmie Davis	Cowboy's Home Sweet Home	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
28	Red Foley	Single Life Is Good Enough For Me	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
29	Gene Autry	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
30	Gene Autry	Tumblin' Tumbleweeds	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
31	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1

A Century of America's Music