Category Archives: Country

Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
3	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
5	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
6	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
7	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
11	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
15	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
16	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
17	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
18	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
19	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
20	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
22	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
23	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
24	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
25	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
26	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
27	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
29	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
30	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
31	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
32	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
33	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

Americana, Bluegrass, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Guitar Theme

January 23, 2016 Dave

Once considered in its earliest forms a noble instrument, the history of the guitar can be traced back over forty centuries (yes, that’s 4000 years). While we won’t got back quite so far in our exploration, we will explore the popular form of this instrument in song this week. We’re not going after the genius as much as we go after the topic with songs whose theme is that of the guitar. It seems that there has always been a personal connection between the instrument and the player, sometimes as a confidant and others as a foil. Our show will feature yodeling guitars, lonely guitars, Bo’s guitar, long-legged pickers, amigos, and a number of performances about ‘one’s first guitar’. Join Dave Stroud for plenty in a guitar themed journey.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Steve Earle	Guitar Town	Just an American Boy Disc 1
3	Walter Hurdt	Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild	Classic Field Recordings
4	Jimmie Rodgers	You And My Old Guitar	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1]
5	Jorma Kaukonen	More Than My Old Guitar	River Of Time
6	Jimmy Murphy	That First Guitar of Mine	1951-1956 (Warped 5101)
7	The Seldom Scene	Grandpa Getcha Guitar	Like We Used To Be
8	The Louvin Brothers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Long Play Collection
9	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
10	Hardrock Gunter	Guitar on the Mountain	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
11	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Steel Guitar Rag	Legends of Country Music Disc 1
12	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
13	Frank Crumit	Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar	Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
14	The Brown Bombers of Swing	Guitar Swing	If You Take Me Back
15	George Morgan	Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
16	Jerry Byrd	Hilo Steel Guitar	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
17	Les Paul	Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
18	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Yodeling Guitar	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
19	Duane Eddy	Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar	Dance With The Guitar Man
20	Bo Diddley	Bo's Guitar	Go Bo Diddley
21	Johnny Powers	Me and My Rhythm Guitar	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
22	Johnny Cash	I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3
23	Johnny Cash & June Carter	Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
24	Kitty Wells	Amigo's Guitar	Greatest Songs
25	Waylon Jennings	Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune	Clean Shirt
26	Willie Nelson	Guitar In the Corner	Band of Brothers
27	George Jones	Best Guitar Picker	The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
28	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
29	Merle Haggard	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Capitol Collector's Series
30	Freddie King	Me And My Guitar	Texas Cannonball
31	Tony Rice	Me and My Guitar	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
32	Lucinda Williams	Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings	World Without Tears
33	Guy Clark	The Guitar	Somedays the Song Writes You
34	Neil Young	This Old Guitar	Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

2015 Tributes and Covers

January 7, 2016 Dave

We’re going to take a step away from vintage releases in our first episode of 2016 and look back at last year’s Americana releases, focusing on tributes and covers from some of the very best performers of the time. We’ll hear from Happy Traum, Jorma Kaukonen, Robert Earl Keen Jr., the Alvin Brothers, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Edwards and many others as the cover music from the past century. While most are those of tradition, we’ll also hear covers of Stephen Foster, Carter Family, and Woody Guthrie for good measure. Tribute albums include Bob Dylan’s Shadows in the Night and Asleep at the Wheel’s “Still The King” Bob Wills tribute. Lots of territory to cover so I hope you’ll join in!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mavis Staples	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Your Good Fortune (EP)
3	Jorma Kaukonen	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	Ain't In No Hurry
4	Jorma Kaukonen	Sweet Fern	Ain't In No Hurry
5	Darryl Holter	California Stars	Radio Songs
6	Darryl Holter	Do Re Mi	Radio Songs
7	Jonathan Edwards	Mole	Tomorrow's Child
8	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
9	Emmylou Harris	Bury Me Beneath The Willow	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
10	Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers	Train On The Island	Orthophonic Joy
11	The Cox Family	Cash On The Barrelhead	Gone Like The Cotton
12	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Footprints in the Snow	Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
13	Lyle Lovett; Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	T For Texas	Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
14	Asleep at the Wheel	Time Changes Everything (with Buddy Miller)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
15	Asleep at the Wheel	Faded Love (with The Time Jumpers)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
16	Robbie O'Connell	Pretty Saro	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
17	Happy Traum	Careless Love Blues (feat. Jerry Marotta, Byron Isaacs & John Sebastian)	Just For the Love Of It
18	Happy Traum	I Aint Got No Home (feat. John Sebastian, Byron Isaacs & Jerry Marotta)	Just For the Love Of It
19	Spuyten Duyvil	Keep your Skillet Good and Greasy	Social Hour Music
20	Spuyten Duyvil	Make Me A Pallet	Social Hour Music
21	Charlie Gracie	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Angel on My Shoulder
22	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Cherry Red Blues	Lost Time
23	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	World's In A Bad Condition	Lost Time
24	The Mavericks	Nitty Gritty	Mono
25	Bob Dylan	That Lucky Old Sun	Shadows in the Night
26	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Django and Jimmie
27	Billy Gibbons And The BFG's	Treat Her Right	Perfectamundo
28	Larry Campbell	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams

Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Folk Songs of North America

January 2, 2016 Dave

Folk Songs of North America was first published in 1960. Compiled by Alan Lomax (with melodies transcribed by Peggy Seeger), it featured traditional music organized by locale and topic. The anecdotes provided by Lomax and others were culled from both the oral and transcribed traditions of those who listened and performed. Deeper Roots goes deeper and features sets organized by topical pieces outlined in the book. Performers of the early century are featured including Dock Boggs, David McCarn, Gid Tanner, the Carolina Tar Heels, and The Bently Boys. We’ll also feature a handful of mid-to-late century performers to cap things off. Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of the last century of America’s music on Sonoma County’s newest member-supported radio voice, KWTF 88.1 FM, streaming to the world on kwtf.net.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Alan Lomax	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair	Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co
3	Dock Boggs	Cumberland Gap	Bound For Glory
4	Kelly Harrell	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Archive.org
5	Pat Carrolls	Single Girl	Songcatcher
6	The Haden Triplets	Single Girl	The Haden Triplets
7	Jimmie Driftwood	Rattlesnake Song	Americana, Vol. 1
8	Joan Baez	John Riley [*]	Joan Baez [Bonus Tracks]
9	The Stonemans	Shady Grove	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
10	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Sally Goodin	Bill Monroe: Anthology
11	Andy Griffith	Cindy	Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs
12	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Cripple Creek	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
13	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	Cripple Creek	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
14	Coot Grant and Socks Wilson	Uncle Joe (Pm 12833, 349-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
15	The Bently Boys	Down On Penny's Farm	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
16	David McCarn	Cotton Mill Colic	Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
17	Jimmy Martin	Roll on Buddy, Roll On	First Time Together
18	Lonzo and Oscar	Last Ole Dollar	1947-1950 (Warped 4741)
19	Darby & Tarlton	Birmingham Jail	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
20	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
21	Darby & Tarlton	Rising Sun Blues	Darby & Tarlton [Disc 3]
22	Don Reno/Red Smiley	Mule Skinner Blues	Together Again
23	Merle Travis	Dark As A Dungeon	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
24	Bill Morrissey	Pay Day	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
25	Carolina Tar Heels	Peg And Awl	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 2
26	Etta Baker & Taj Mahal	Johnson Boys	Etta Baker With Taj Mahal
27	Kossoy Sisters Featuring Erik Darling	The Wagoner's Lad	Bluegrass Roots
28	Richard Hawley	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?	Coles Corner
29	The Whitstein Brothers	I'm Troubled	Old Time Duets
30	Rosanne Cash	Fair And Tender Ladies	Songcatcher
31	Flatt & Scruggs	On Top of Old Smokey	Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane
32	Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band	Charles Giteau	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
33	Bobby Bare	Tom Dooley	Darker Than Light
34	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Tom Dula	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
35	Doc Watson	Omie Wise	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
36	Ernest V. Stoneman & Sweet Brothers	John Hardy	My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Early American Rural Music. Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs, Vol. 1

Christmas Special 2015

December 26, 2015 Dave

We’ve got some holiday roots music featuring new and old. Join Dave Stroud for Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music for music from the outskirts of R&B, rock, blues, country, and pop. We’ll hear holiday cheer in the form of blues with Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and Lloyd Glenn; contemporary pieces from Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and The Boxmasters; confectionary pop from The Andrews Sisters, Eileen Barton, and The Beach Boys; and some of the very best R&B from Ray Charles, Betty Carter, and Amos Milburn. There’s a large helping of country pop and blues including Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big ‘D’ Boys, The Living Sisters, and (of course) Elvis. Two hours of Christmas cheer on a hump day Wednesday evening on the voice of West Sonoma County! You can follow it here: http://www.kows.fm/listen

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
3	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
4	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
5	The Living Sisters	Merry Happy Christmas	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
6	She & Him	Blue Christmas	A Very She & Him Christmas
7	The Ronettes	Frosty the Snowman	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
8	The Beach Boys	Toy Drive Public Service Announcement	Ultimate Christmas
9	Darlene Love	Winter Wonderland	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
10	The Beach Boys	Dennis Wilson Christmas Message	Ultimate Christmas
11	Darlene Love	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
12	The Beach Boys	Man With All the Toys, The	Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
13	Leroy Carr	Christmas In Jail – Ain't That A Pain	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
14	Lloyd Glenn	Sleigh Ride	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
15	Amos Milburn	Christmas Comes But Once A Year	King single 45-5405
16	B.B. King	Christmas Celebration	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
17	Walter Davis	Santa Claus	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
18	Blind Blake	Lonesome Christmas Blues	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
19	Leon Redbone	Christmas Island	Christmas Island
20	The Andrews Sisters	Christmas Island	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
21	Eileen Barton	The Night Before Christmas Song	Coral single 9-60880
22	Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
23	Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys	Santa's Helper	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
24	Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren	Christmas Choo Choo Train	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
25	Elvis Presley	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
26	Elvis Presley	If Every Day Was Like Christmas	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
27	The Living Sisters	Silver Bells	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
28	Dean Martin	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
29	Betty Carter	Baby It's Cold Outside	The Spirit Of Christmas
30	Ray Charles	Winter Wonderland	The Spirit Of Christmas
31	Cajun Gold	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
32	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
33	Lou Rawls	Christmas Is	Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails
34	The Louvin Brothers	It's Christmas Time	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
35	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
36	James Brown	Please Come Home for Christmas	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
37	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, New Orleans, Rockabilly

Free Form – December 2015

December 19, 2015 Dave

Every couple of months, Deeper Roots shares a free form playlist with host Dave Stroud. This week we’ll share ‘contemporary roots’ infused music including the sounds of Howell Devine, Jason Isbell, and Ian Tyson as well as a broad selection of R&B (from The Blenders), early blues (from Blind Lemon Jefferson), and ‘ding dong daddy’ country swing (featuring Bob Wills). We’ll also wrap it up with a festive foodie theme.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Ink Spots	Street Of Dreams	Greatest Hits
3	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Scandalize My Name	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
4	The Cats & The Fiddle	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
5	The Penguins	Ookey Ook	Great Googa Mooga [Ace]
6	The Roosevelts	Jitterbug Special	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
7	The Ravens	Gotta Find My Baby	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
8	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9	Robins	My Baby Done Told Me	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53)
10	Esther Phillips	Your Love Is So Doggone Good [Album Version]	Jazz Moods – Hot
11	Hawkins, Coleman: The Bebop Years [Disc 2]: Cattin' at Keynote	Blue Moon	The Bebop Years [Disc 2] ~ Cattin' at Keynote
12	Justin Townes Earle	Workin' for the MTA	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
13	Robert Plant	Central Two-O-Nine	Band Of Joy
14	Jason Isbell	Johnny Reb, That's Me	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
15	Howell Devine	Boat's Up the River	Delta Grooves
16	Billy Walker	Cross The Brazos At Waco	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
17	Chris Smither	No More Cane On The Brazos	Still On The Levee CD 1
18	Odetta	No More Cane On The Brazos	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
19	Red Foley & The Sunshine Boys	(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)	Johnny Cash: Artist's Choice – Music That Matters To Him
20	Ian Tyson	Ridin' Down the Canyon	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
21	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
22	Asleep at the Wheel	Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee	A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set)
24	Jo-El Sonnier	Tear-Stained Letter	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
25	Clifton Chenier	Accordion Boogie	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
26	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hot Dogs	The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
27	Lil Johnson	Sam The Hot Dog Man	Vintage Sex Songs
28	Rosie Flores	Hot Dog	Speed of Sound
29	Dale Hawkins	Hot Dog	Rock'n'roll Tornado
30	Bill Haley	Hot Dog Buddy Buddy	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
31	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
32	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 1]
33	The Four Shells	Hot Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
34	Shakin' Stevens	Hot Dog	Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles #1
35	John Hiatt	Adios To California	Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns

Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, New Orleans, Rockabilly

There She Goes – KOWS 12/16/15

December 17, 2015 Dave

West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
3	Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros)	Invitation to the Blues	Hillbilly Rhythm
4	T. Texas Tyler	Red Light	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
6	Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
7	Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake	Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga.	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
8	Precious Bryant	Georgia Buck	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
9	The Band & Emmylou Harris	Evangeline	A Musical History [Disc 5]
10	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
11	Jerry Jeff Walker	Viva Luckenbach	Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song
12	Carl Smith	Are You Teasing Me	The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
13	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
14	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Hello Stranger	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
15	Maria Muldaur	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Richland Woman Blues
16	Black Bottom McPhail	John	Jack Newman & Others
17	Jimmy Strange	Yas Yas Yas	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
18	Lightnin' Hopkins	Speedin' Boogie	Po' Lightnin'
19	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Hard Times Come Again No More	Songs Of The Civil War
21	Robert Shaw Chorale	Nelly Bly	Stephen Foster Songbook
22	Grandpa Jones	Nelly Bly	An American Original
23	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	I Scare Myself	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
24	Larry Jon Wilson	Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways]	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
25	Carl Perkins	Don't Stop The Music	Go Cat Go
26	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Raggy Levy	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
27	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Jelly Roll's Misgiving	Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton
28	Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers	The Pearls	The Pearls
29	Ry Cooder	The Pearls/Tia Juana	Jazz
30	Dr. John	Wild Honey	City Lights
31	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
32	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
33	Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio	Down The Road A Piece	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel

Soothe Me – KOWS 12/9/15

December 10, 2015 Dave

In this episode, Deeper Roots will feature a wide range of sounds from a host of performers. There will be the topical sounds of courtroom drama featuring R&B from Johnny Otis, classic country Ernest Tubb, and country blues from Carl Martin. We’ll also feature a set that looks at “My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It” from a cross-section of talents and genres…and we’ll be soothed with some deep gospel, folk, and soul. Dave will also share a new track from singer/songwriter Steve Forbert’s latest album “Compromised” as well as some contemporary tracks from Marty Stuart, Jorma Kaukonen, and Joe Ely.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)	The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
3	Marie Knight	Satisfied With Jesus	Hallelujah What A Song!
4	Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers	Satisfied	How Sweet it Was
5	Spiritual Five	Satisfied With Him	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
6	Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers	Walk With Me	20 Gospel Greats
7	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Have A Friend Above All Others	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
8	Sam Cooke	Trouble In Mind	The Rhythm And The Blues
9	Steve Forbert	Devil (Here She Comes Now)	Compromised
10	Shorty Long	Devil With a Blue Dress On	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
11	Julia Lee	Trouble In Mind	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
12	Julia Lee	Lotus Blossom	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
13	Wynonie Harris	Good Morning Judge	All She Wants To Do Is Rock
14	Chuck Berry	Have Mercy Judge	The Chess Box Disc 3
15	Carl Martin	Good Morning, Judge	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
16	Sonny Boy Williamson	Your Funeral And My Trial	His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
17	Hugh Laurie	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
18	Dinah Washington	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	The Bessie Smith Songbook
19	Johnny Otis	Court Room Blues	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
20	Jorma Kaukonen	Judge, I'm Not Sorry	The Land Of Heroes
21	The Country Gentlemen	The Sentence	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
22	Ernest Tubb	Dear Judge	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
23	Patsy Cline	A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye	Live at the Opry
24	Washboard Sam	Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]	That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
25	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
26	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]
27	Page & Plant	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records
28	Joe Ely	Rock Me My Baby	Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981)
29	Marty Stuart	A Satisfied Mind	Country Music
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Cool, Cool Kisses	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
31	Charles Brown	Soothe Me	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
32	Stan Kenton & His Orchestra With June Christy	Soothe Me	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 4 – Love Letters – 1944-53
33	James & Bobby Purify	Soothe Me	The Best Of

Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel

Main Street – KOWS December 2, 2015

December 3, 2015 Dave

A bit of a celebration is in order. We will be broadcasting live from the new KOWS studios located in downtown Sebastopol with a playlist that scours the last century of America’s music for relevant sounds and themes that relate: songs of settling into home, saying goodbye, moving on, going west (or east, that is), and ‘getting gone’. We’ll feature The Cats & The Fiddle, local favorites Markus James and Doug Blumer & The Bohemian Highway, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, and a host of others who welcome us into our new home on Gravenstein Highway…or, as it is formally known hereabouts, Main Street.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Muddy Waters	Gone To Main Street	Mad Love
3	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Main Street Breakdown	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
4	David Bromberg	The Main Street Moan	The Player: A Retrospective
5	Los Lobos	On Main Street	Tin Can Trust
6	Loudon Wainwright III	Moving Day	High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
7	Leon Redbone	There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays	Christmas Island
8	Little Jimmy Dickens	No Place Like Home On Christmas	Country Boy [Disc 5]
9	Leon Selph	Now That You Have Gone	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
10	The Leake County Revelers	Been to the East, Been to the West	Lead Kindly Light
11	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway	Moving Day	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
12	JL Stiles	Movin	Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs
13	Howlin' Wolf	Moving	The Back Door Wolf
14	Markus James	Goin' Down South	Head For The Hills
15	Les Paul	I'm Movin' On	Legend and Legacy [Disc 3]
16	Peter, Paul & Mary	Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)	Moving
17	Florence Lowery	Moving Day Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11
18	Bertha Idaho	Move It On Out Of Here	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10
19	Monroe Moe Jackson	Move It On Over	Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956
20	Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys	Move It On Over	26 All-Time Country Classics
21	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
22	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Moving On	Looking Back
23	Mahalia Jackson	I Will Move On Up A Little Higher	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
24	The Staple Singers	Move Along Train	Freedom Highway
25	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)	Raising Sand
26	Jerry Lee Lewis	Move on Down the Line	The London Sessions 1973
27	Charline Arthur	Welcome To The Club	Welcome To The Club
28	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
29	John Hiatt	Gone	Crossing Muddy Waters
30	Irma Thomas	Gone	Soul Queen of New Orleans
31	The Cats & The Fiddle	Gone	The Very Best Of
32	Mr. Scruff	Get a Move On	Electro Swing Vol. 1
33	Paul Simon	Gone at Last	1964-1993 Disc 2
34	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Gotta Move On	West Side Strut

Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition

Country Strings

November 28, 2015 Dave

Our show this week revisits the great country guitar innovators and talents who contributed both session time to classic hits as well as original performances of their own. Whether they were pedal steel, Fender or Gibson electric magicians, or country pickers, we won’t discriminate. Tune in for Leon McAuliffe, Joe Maphis, James Burton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson and others on another Friday night on KWTF 88.1, Bodega Bay, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Lovin' Spoonful	Nashville Cats	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
3	Leon McAuliffe	Take It Away, Leon	Country Boy's Dream
4	Bob Wills	Twin Guitar Boogie	For the Last Time
5	Joe Maphis	Randy Lynn Rag [Album Version]	Fire On The Strings
6	Joe Maphis – duet with Larry Collins	Flying Fingers [Album Version]	Fire On The Strings
7	James Burton And Ralph Mooney	Sneaky Strings	Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin'
8	James Burton & Ralph Mooney	Moonshine	James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
9	Little Jimmy Dickens	Buddy's Boogie (Instrumental)	Country Boy [Disc 5]
10	Buddy Emmons w. Nashville session men	Four Wheel Drive	Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals
11	Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers	Sugarfoot Rag (feat. Red Foley)	Guitar Magic 1949-1957
12	Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers	Hillbilly Express	Guitar Magic 1949-1957
13	Red Foley, Grady Martin	Pinball Boogie	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
14	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
15	Lefty Frizzell	Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin)	Classic Country
16	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
17	Johnny Horton	I'm Coming Home	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
18	Chet Atkins	Tennesse Ray/Beaumont Rag	The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]
19	Chet Atkins	I Know That You Know	Mister Guitar – Workshop
20	Chet Atkins & Les Paul	Lover Come Back To Me	Chester & Lester
21	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Bryant's Bounce	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
22	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Frettin' Fingers	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
23	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Old Joe Clark	Stratosphere Boogie
24	Jerry Reed	Guitar Man	The Essential Jerry Reed
25	Roy Clark	Riders in the Sky	The Roy Clark Anthology
26	Albert Lee	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
27	Marty Stuart	Hollywood Boogie	Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
28	The Hellecasters	Orange Blossom Special	The Return Of The Hellecasters
29	Junior Brown	Where Has All the Money Gone?	Down Home Chrome
30	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
31	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Down Yonder	Black Mountain Rag
32	Peter Rowan, Don Edwards, Tony Rice & Norman Blake	Trail to Mexico	Strings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1
33	Norman Blake	Eastbound Freight Train	America Roots Songbook – Americana
34	Tony Rice	Stoney Point	The Bluegrass Guitar Collection
35	Tony Rice	He Rode All the Way to Texas	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
36	Merle Travis	Nine Pound Hammer	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
37	Merle Travis	Done Rovin'	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]

A Century of America's Music