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Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition

Ragged But Right – KOWS July 25, 2015

July 25, 2015 Dave

Hot summer days…cool West County nights. Deeper Roots finds the right balance on Saturday mornings in Occidental this week with music about ramblers and gamblers featuring Ralph Stanley, Tom Russell, and Sturgill Simpson. We’ll also find ourselves in the crosshairs of country, blues, and southern gospel with songs of light and life featuring Hank Williams, Gary Davis, and Marty Stuart. Riley Puckett, The Sons of the Pioneers, and the Selah Jubilee Singers also join in on another Saturday morning filled with roots music on KOWS 107.3-LP FM. Tune in on TuneIn!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Imperial Singles Collection
3	Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)	Don't Bring Lulu [1925]	The Charleston Era
4	Roy Acuff	Bang Away My Lulu	DON'T BRING LULU was a 20's hit song
5	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	You'll Rue The Day	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
6	Tommy Duncan	Please Come Back Home	Texas Moon
7	Lucinda Williams	Memphis Pearl	Sweet Old World
8	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
9	Selah Jubilee Singers	I Saw the Light	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
10	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Harlem Street Singer
11	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	This Little Light of Mine	Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1
12	Sam Cooke	Having a Party	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
13	Clyde McPhatter	A Lovers Question	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 2
14	Kay Starr	Night Train	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
15	Ike Turner	Do Right Baby	Classic Early Sides
16	Slim Harpo	I Love the Life I'm Living	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1
17	John Sebastian	Ain't Nowhere to Hobo Anymore	I Want My Roots
18	The Blue Sky Boys	Wild And Reckless Hobo	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
19	Grandpa Jones	Hobo Bill	Makes The Rafters Ring
20	Bob Dylan	Only A Hobo	It Could Even Be A Myth
21	Elana James	Hobo's Lullaby	Black Beauty
22	Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys	Poor Rambler	Classic Bluegrass
23	Sturgill Simpson	Poor Rambler	High Top Mountain
24	Tom Russell	Rambler, Gambler	Song Of The West – The Cowboy Collection
25	Jimmie Skinner	Don't Give My Heart to a Rambler	One Dead Man Ago
26	Grayson & Whitter	I've Always Been a Rambler	Music from the Lost Provinces
27	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Ragged But Right	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
28	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Ridge Mountain Home	Songs of the Prairie – CD1
29	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Blue Ridge Mountain	Small Town Heroes
30	The Carter Family	My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 4)
31	The Country Gentlemen	Blue Ridge Mountains Turning Green	Sugar Hill Collection
32	Nick Lowe	I'll Be There	The Impossible Bird
33	Willie Nelson & Ray Price	I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)	San Antonio Rose [Expanded Edition]
34	Willie Nelson	Sweet Jennie Lee	Willie and the Wheel

African American Gospel, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop

Dirty Dog – KOWS July 11, 2015

July 11, 2015 Dave

West County is the place to be in summer. The inland heat is pulling in the right amount of tempered cool from the coast…and Deeper Roots sounds will ride the wave on a Saturday morning. Join us for music from Arlo Guthrie, Chubby Newsome, Jimmie Revard, Mahalia Jackson, and more. The sounds we’ll hear come from country, country swing, classic gospel, mountain tradition, and just a little bit of the blues so please join us as we fill the airwaves with classic roots music on a Saturday morning, live from the KOWS studios in Occidental.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Burnette	Let's Think About Living	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 3
3	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
4	Hank Snow	Music Makin' Mama From Memphis	The Essential Hank Snow
5	Asleep at the Wheel	What's the Matter With the Mill (with Pokey LaFarge)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
6	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Back Home In Indiana (LP Version)	Tiffany Transcriptions& Vol. 9
7	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Coming Back Home	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
8	Jimmie Revard	Dirty Dog	Western Swing: 40 Bootstompers
9	Jimmie Revard	Holdin' The Sack	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
10	The Louvin Brothers	I'm Ready To Go Home	Satan Is Real
11	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	Little Birdie	Ralph Stanley 1971-1973
12	Doc & Merle Watson	Corrina, Corrina	Then And Now/Two Days In November
13	Jimmie Driftwood	Soldier's Joy	Americana, Vol. 1
14	The Rice Brothers	Soldier's Joy	The Rice Brothers
15	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Django and Jimmie
16	Willie Nelson & the Offenders	A Moment Isn't Very Long	Me and the Drummer
17	Red Simpson	Don't Fall Asleep At The Wheel	Lonesome Highway Songs
18	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	So Long It's Been Good to Know You	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
19	Johnny Cash	Hey Porter	The Mystery Of Life
20	Elvis Presley	Memphis Tennessee	Artist of the Century Disc 2
21	Floyd Dixon	Oooh Little Girl	Marshall Texas Is My Home
22	Bob Dylan	It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry (take 9)	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Ser [UK] Disc 2
23	Chubby Newsome	Toodle Luddle Baby	Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
24	Anthony Butler	Judgement's Coming Soon	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
25	Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
26	Mahalia Jackson	I'm On My Way	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
27	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' For My Baby	Blues From Hell
28	Tampa Red	Crying Won't Help You	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
29	Hadda Brooks	He's Coming Home	Jump Back Honey:Complete OKeh Sessions
30	The Four Lads	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Around the World 1)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
31	Ivie Anderson	I Got It Bad	The Collection
32	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
33	Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band	Chevrolet	Greatest Hits
34	John Hiatt	Memphis in the Meantime	Bring the Family

Songs About Telephones

July 11, 2015 Dave

It’s ‘theme time’ in this episode as we find a muse that songwriters have been looking to since it’s appearance in the 19th century: the telephone. Join us for operators, dial tones, party lines, busy signals, and hang-ups…just a few of the topics in a show featuring gospel from the Selah Jubilee Singers and Sister Wynona Carr, sixties soul from The Marvelettes and The Orlons, tradition from Bill Monroe and Wade Mainer, and more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	The Manhattan Transfer
3	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
4	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
5	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
6	Burl Ives	Royal Telephone	Greatest Hits
7	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
8	Bill Monroe	When The Phone Rang	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
9	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	The Phone Call	More Behind the Picture Than the Wall
10	Wade Mainer	God's Radio Phone	I'm Not Looking Backward
11	Doc Watson	No Telephone In Heaven	My Dear Old Southern Home
12	The Carter Family	No Telephone In Heaven	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]
13	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
14	Orville Reed	The Telephone Girl	Lead Kindly Light
15	Bonnie Guitar	Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone	Only The Moon Man Knows: Rare Recordings 1951-1957
16	George Jones	Wrong Number	Star Creek Promotions 4
17	Aaron Neville	Wrong Number (I Am Sorry, Goodbye)	Treacherous [Disc 1]
18	Irma Thomas	Sorry Wrong Number	If You Want It, Come and Get It
19	Mickey & Sylvia	Can't Get You On The Phone	Rock With A Sock
20	The Orlons	Don't Hang Up	Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
21	Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
22	Tony & Tyrone	Please Operator	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
23	Mary Wells	Operator	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
24	Jorma Kaukonen	Operator	River Of Time
25	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
26	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Pennsylvania 6-5000	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
27	Hank Penny	Hold the Phone	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
28	Stonewall Jackson	Can't Hang Up the Phone	Original Greatest Hits
29	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn	Answer The Phone With Loretta Lynn	A Tribute To A Legend
30	Tom T. Hall	Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
31	Pee Wee Crayton	Phone Call From My Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
32	Pee Wee Crayton	The Telephone Is Ringing	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
33	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)
34	Floyd Dixon	Telephone Blues	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
35	Eddie Gorman And His Group	Telephone Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
36	Elana James	Telephone Man	Black Beauty

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, Urban Blues

Ruler Of My Heart – KOWS July 27, 2015

June 27, 2015 Dave

Saturday morning in West County…our first week of summer with Deeper Roots and we’ve got an early set of New Orleans swamp classics followed by shreds of rockabilly and sounds from The Killer. There’s also gospel with The Staple Singers, high octane early century pop from The Boswell Sisters and Johnny Hamp and the Orchestra. We’ll sum the day up with folk, pop, and R&B…and everything in between.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bobby Marchan	Chicken – Wah – Wah	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
3	Lazy Lester	I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
4	Irma Thomas	Ruler of My Heart	Soul Queen of New Orleans
5	Aaron Neville	Get Out Of My Life	Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron)
6	Fats Domino	What a Price	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
7	Shirley Gunter	Oop Shoop	Shirley Gunter
8	Jerry Lee Lewis	Let's Talk About Us	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
9	Wanda Jackson	Man, We Had A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
10	JD McPherson	Fire Bug	Signs & Signifiers
11	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Two Little Fishes Five Loaves Of Bread	Gospel Train
12	Sam Cooke	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
13	The Staple Singers	Pray On	The Best of the Vee-Jay Years
14	Dorothy Love Coates	You Better Run	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
15	Andy Mosely & Hogman Maxey	Brother Mosely Crossed The Water	Angola Prison Spirituals
16	Blind Willie Johnson	Jesus Is Coming Soon	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Disc 1)
17	Lena Horne	Stormy Weather	Stormy Weather
18	Johnny Hamp And His Kentucky Serenaders	If I Had A Talking Picture Of You	Johnny Hamp at Archive
19	The Boswell Sisters	Shuffle Off To Buffalo	The Object Of My Affection
20	George Olsen & His Music (v: Fran Frey)	The Varsity Drag [1927]	The Charleston Era
21	Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers	Shreveport Stomp	Jelly Roll Morton – Vol. V
22	Louis Armstrong	On Treasure Island	Rhythm Saved The World
23	Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli	It Don't Mean A Thing	Quintesential
24	Dinah Washington	Teach Me Tonight	Gold [Disc 2]
25	Ray Charles	Drown in My Own Tears	The Birth of Soul Disc 2
26	Chuck Jackson	Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)	Chuck Jackson The Great Recordings [Disc 1]
27	Frank Sinatra	Just in Time	Come Dance with Me!
28	Sarah Vaughan	The Nearness Of You	Great American Songbook
29	Charlie Spand & Blind Blake	Hastings Street	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
30	Pine Ridge Boys	Farther Along	Classic Field Recordings
31	David Bromberg	I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning	The Player: A Retrospective
32	Doc Watson	Steel Guitar Rag	Memories
33	The Country Gentlemen	One Morning in May	The Complete Vanguard Recordings
34	The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys	This Weary Heart You Stole Away	Appalachian Stomp
35	The Stripling Brothers	The Lost Boy	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937

Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Ladies of Country Music

June 20, 2015 Dave

The story of women in country music begins in the early century with The Carters and the lesser known names of Roba Stanley, Louisiana Lou, and Patsy Montana. If the music was not about heaven and sinners, then it was about being a single girl or a cowboy’s sweetheart. But there was a sea change in post-war country music with the strength of Kitty Wells’ and the assertive independent sounds of Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton. To quote an online source, “the story of gender in post-war country music is largely the story of how women, in song and on stage, came to represent themselves in full.”

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Patsy Montana And The Prairie Ramblers	I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart	26 All-Time Country Classics
3	Lulu Belle & Scotty	Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Flowers In The Wildwood
4	Patsy Montana	My Poncho Pony	Flowers In The Wildwood
5	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down	1948 (Warped 4872)
6	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	He's Solid Gone	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
7	Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter Bayes	I'm Leaving You	Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
8	Kitty Wells	My Cold, Cold Heart Is Melted Now	Country Music Hall Of Fame
9	Kitty Wells	Password	Greatest Songs
10	Kitty Wells	Makin' Believe	Greatest Songs
11	The Davis Sisters	I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know	The Essential Skeeter Davis
12	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
13	Charline Arthur	Welcome To The Club	Welcome To The Club
14	Wanda Jackson	Makin' Believe	Daydreamin'
15	Wanda Jackson	Don't Ask Me Why	Before The Music Died – Wanda Jackson: The Complete Recordings 1954-1962 [Disc 3]
16	Patsy Cline	Leavin' on Your Mind	12 Greatest Hits
17	Patsy Cline	How Can I Face Tomorrow	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
18	Ferlin Husky & Jean Shephard	A Dear John Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
19	Loretta Lynn	Dont Come Home A-Drinkin (With Lovin on Your Mind)	Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 2]
20	Goldie Hill	It's A Lovely Lovely World	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 2]
21	Connie Smith	Once A Day	The Essential Connie Smith
22	June Carter Cash	Strange Woman	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
23	June Carter Cash	How Did You Get Away from Me	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
24	Tammy Wynette	Stand By Your Man	Super Hits
25	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
26	Brenda Lee	Johnny One Time	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
27	Norma Jean	The Gambler And The Lady	The Best of Country
28	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
29	Dottie West	Paper Mansions	The Essential Dottie West
30	Jessi Colter	I'm Looking for Blue Eyes	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]
31	Sammi Smith	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Sammi Smith early 60's the Best Of (varese sarabande 96)
32	Dolly Parton	Coat of Many Colors	Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris
33	Emmylou Harris	If I Could Only Win Your Love	Portraits (1 of 3)
34	Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette & Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angels
35	Rosanne Cash	She's Got You	The List
36	Alison Krauss	Baby, Now That I've Found You	Now That I've Found You
37	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland
38	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Big Big Love	Absolute Torch and Twang

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

Old Devil Time

June 16, 2015 Dave

We are sitting in for Mark Hogan’s Bluegrass and Old Time Hour this week while Mark is far afield, attending the 40th Anniversary Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley. Our show will explore the multi-generational sounds of not only bluegrass with Dillard and Clark and The Hackberry Ramblers, but we’ll also cross the genres (as we are wont to do) with Cowboy Copas, Clara Ward, Otis Spann, and Doris Day. There’s a couple of different threads that run through our show today, one being that of the ‘devil’ and the other being ‘new mornings’. Tune in at a special time and see what’s in store on a summer afternoon in West County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
3	Bob Dylan	Talkin' Devil	It Could Even Be A Myth
4	Pete Seeger	Old Devil Time	Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (2 of 2)
5	Gillian Welch	The Devil Had a Hold of Me	Hell Among the Yearlings
6	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Devil Has Thrown Him Down	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
7	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
8	Pokey LaFarge	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Pokey LaFarge
9	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
10	Hackberry Ramblers	Old Pipeliner (Rodney Crowell-vocal) {1992-06 (org.1946) Flying Fish FF-70629 CD}	Cajun Boogie (1992-06)
11	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands with the Devil	Settin' Flat On Ready
12	Little Jimmy Dickens	I'm Little But I'm Loud	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
13	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	Hide Your Face	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
14	Dillard & Clark	I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy	The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
15	Rory Block	I Am In the Heavenly Way	Confessions of A Blues Singer
16	Bukka White	I Am the Heavenly Way	The Sonet Blues Story
17	Clara Ward	In That Great Judgement Morning	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 1]
18	The Dixie Hummingbirds	In The Morning	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
19	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	He's So Wonderful	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
20	Slim & Slam	Early In The Morning	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
21	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Carolina In The Morning	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
22	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Where Dreams Come to Die	Django and Jimmie
23	John Lee Hooker	I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive [Album Version]	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
24	Otis Spann	Must Have Been The Devil	The Blues Never Die
25	Cleo Brown	You're A Heavenly Thing	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
26	Benny Goodman	You're a Heavenly Thing	Music Hall Rag
27	Big Joe Turner	Morning Noon And Nite	Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years
28	Tampa Red	Worried Devil Blues	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
29	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer
30	Sherman Tedder	Untitled [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
31	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil In Disguise	Elvis 30 #1 Hits

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition, Gospel

Grapes on the Vine

June 14, 2015 Dave

Raising the roof once more on KOWS in West Sonoma County on a bright Saturday morning. And we make it count with an opening salvo of some country swing from Bob Wills, W. Lee O’Daniel, The Light Crust Doughboys, and Willie Nelson. Not to be outdone, we’ve got bluegrass from The Rice Brothers and our own David Thom, gospel from the Hummingbirds, and a special set celebrating the “Poet of the Blues” Percy Mayfield. We’ll also feature blues from Texas and, if we find the time, early century pop from Frank Crumit and Cliff Edwards. Tune in Saturday morning at 9 on KOWS for a dose of roots sounds from the past century of America’s music with Dave Stroud.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel/Johnny Gimble	Big Balls in Cowtown	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
3	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	I Had Someone Else Before I Had You	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
4	The Light Crust Doughboys	Blue Guitars	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
5	Skeets McDonald	Fuss and Fight	Skeets McDonald – Heart Breakin' Mama (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight)
6	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Congratulate Me	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
7	Willie Nelson	Cherokee Maiden	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
8	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Sun Country Box CD4 So Long, I'm Gone
9	Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury	We're Steppin' Out Tonight	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
10	Ralph Stanley	Are You Washed In The Blood	A Mother's Prayer
11	Ralph Stanley	Dad's Old Rocky Field	Old Songs & Ballads
12	The Rice Brothers	Grapes On the Vine	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
13	The David Thom Band	The Little White Church	That Old Familiar
14	Selah Jubilee Singers	I Saw the Light	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
15	The Selah Singers	I'll Be Satisfied	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
16	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
17	Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
18	Aretha Franklin	River's Invitation	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2]
19	Percy Mayfield	Strange Things Happening	ABC Of The Blues Vol 28
20	Ray Charles	Hit the Road Jack	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
21	Buddy Miller	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Midnight And Lonesome
22	Freddie King	Look On Yonder Wall	Woman Across the River
23	The Mississppi Mud Mashers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
24	Texas Alexander	The Risin' Sun	As Good As It Gets: Country Blues [Disc 2]
25	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Easy Rider Blues	Classic Sides Disc 2
26	Ishman Bracey	Woman Woman Blues (Pm 12970, L-239-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
27	Charlie Spand	Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
28	Jean Brady and Big Bill Broonzy	Knocking Myself Out	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
29	Lightnin' Hopkins	Buddy Brown's Blues (98 Degree Blues)	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 2]
30	Frank Crumit	There's No One With Endurance	grimriper2u@yahoo.com FRANK CRUMIT
31	Cliff Edwards	K-K-K-Katy & When You Wore A Tulip	CLIFF EDWARDS grimriper2u@yahoo.com
32	Herbert Payne	Smoke Clouds	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
33	Al Jolson	Toot, Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
34	Billy Joe Shaver	Hill Country Love Song	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
35	Marty Robbins	The Strawberry Roan	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

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

Fair and Warmer – KOWS May 23, 2015

May 23, 2015 Dave

The show kicks off with some mid-century country fiddlin’ courtesy of Curly Fox but makes a quick left turn with a set about liars, tattlers, and some straight-forward testifying from Sister Rosetta Tharpe. We’ll also be entertained with some classic roots from the Dallas String Band, Lead Belly, E. C. Ball, and a tribute set to Sam Cooke.

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Free Form – May 2015

May 16, 2015 Dave

Every so often we like to spend time wandering about the last century of jazz, blues, gospel and country, sharing music that’s not lost, only tucked away. In this week’s episode we’ll do just that and share our first ‘free form’ show of the year with you all. We’ll have blues about clothes being ripped off by Lightnin’ Hopkins and the Chicago Black Swans, a gumbo of Louisiana sounds from the likes of Doug Kershaw, beer toasting Tex Mex from Doug Sahm, and pining bluegrass from Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, and Ralph Stanley. Tune in for another two hours of the very best of the last century of America’s music with Dave Stroud in a show produced exclusively for KWTF community radio.

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

Deep Elem Blues

May 9, 2015 Dave

Get up sleepy heads! West Sonoma County rolls out of bed on a Saturday morning at 9 with LaVern Baker in another episode of Deeper Roots featuring the music of Don Edwards, Jorma Kaukonen, The Boswell Sisters, and Mahalia Jackson (to name but a few). KOWS radio is also propelling itself in an important campaign to extend its broadcast signal to a larger audience across Sonoma County and is in it’s last month of its Indiegogo campaign where we’re asking our listeners to jump into with both feet. Please visit http://tinyurl.com/pom5kkq to donate. You can tune into KOWS on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month to get your regular dose of roots music. And there’s more to discover by visiting our Deeper Rootsweb site.

A Century of America's Music