Category Archives: Country

The Real Thing

A two hour collection of some of the very best from the past century is what the doctor ordered. Seems like it often is. Today’s Deeper Roots journey features an eclectic blend of genres, topics, and performances, all tuned to the discerning ear. We’ll be bringing you some subtle jazz vibes from Mose Allison, story songs about Caldonia, sweet soul duets from Marvin Gaye and Chuck Jackson, gospel from the Pilgrim Travelers, and plenty of boot heel country from BR5-49 and Little Jimmy Dickens. That’s not all…by far. We’ll hear a new light hearted cover from Luther Dickinson, a song about the Old Kelly Place from “The Real McCoy”, Don Covay, and Bobby “Blue” Bland. What better way to kick off your holiday season, right? There’s turkey in the fridge and the wreath will be going up on the door. Tune in why don’t you?

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Porter Wagoner 'Til the Right One Comes Along The Best I've Ever Been Amazon
3Nino Temple & April Stevens Deep Purple Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
4Buck Owens Love's Gonna Live Here The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1] Amazon
5Lou Rawls (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
6The 5 Royales The Real Thing The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
7Marvin Gaye Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
8Chuck Jackson And Maxine Brown The Real Thing Hold On, We're Coming '67 Amazon
9Mavis Staples At The End Of The Day Have A Little Faith Amazon
10Pilgrim Travelers After While (Take 8) Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
11Don Covay Mercy, Mercy Rites Of Rhythm & Blues – Volume 2 Amazon
12Bobby Bland Two Steps From the Blues Two Steps From the Blues Amazon
13k.d. lang/Roy Orbison Crying King of Hearts Amazon
14Lissie Games People Play Covered Up With Flowers Amazon
15Little Jimmy Dickens When The Ship Hit The Sand The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
16Walter Brennan The Old Kelly Place Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
17Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan Get Along Home, Cindy Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
18BR5-49 Fool of the Century This Is BR549 Amazon
19Chuck Mead I'm Not the Man for the Job Close to Home Amazon
20Doc Watson/Merle Watson Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Black Mountain Rag Amazon
21Dave Van Ronk Your Feet's Too Big Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
22Mose Allison I'm Not Talking Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness Amazon
23Elvis Presley Paralyzed Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2 Amazon
24The Five Stars Where Did Caldonia Go Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
25Louis Jordan Caldonia Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2] Amazon
26The Band The Shape I'm in Stage Fright Amazon
27Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Something Big Hard Promises (Remastered) Amazon
28Roy Orbison Ride Away Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68 Amazon
29Randy Newman Dixie Flyer Land of Dreams Amazon
30John Prine Some Humans Ain't Human Fair & Square Amazon

Goin’ Home

Our theme of ‘returning home’ explores not just the physical place but also a reflection of our identities, memories, and the tension between the past and the present. Returning to one’s roots is often fraught with challenges and our understanding of home is deeply intertwined with our personal growth and the changing world around us. This week we’ll be pouring through memories and nostalgia to try to find the meaning of home. Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again” introduces characters who yearn for their pasts and the comforts of home, but the reality often falls short of their memories and would serve as a guidepost for our theme today. We’ll share gospel from the Gospel Hummingbirds, classic Americana from John Prine, country tradition from Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, and the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Big Maybelle, and Bruce Springsteen. We’re heading down that road to home in today’s show.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine My Darlin' Hometown Fair & Square Amazon
3John Fogerty Goin' Back Home Eye Of The Zombie Amazon
4Gospel Hummingbirds I'm Going Home Taking Flight Amazon
5Bill Kirchen Somebody's Going Home Transatlanticana Amazon
6Big Maybelle Going Home Baby The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
7Howlin' Wolf Going Back Home Blues From Hell Amazon
8Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers I Want To Go Home Sunny Road Amazon
9Charles Brown Homesick Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 2] Amazon
10Mickey & Sylvia I'm Going Home The Best of King Curtis (1952-1961) (Disc 2) Amazon
11Mississippi John Hurt Avalon, My Home Town Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
12Jack Guthrie Oklahoma Hills American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
13Woody Guthrie I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
14Hank Williams I'm Going Home Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
15Hazel Dickens West Virginia, My Home Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1] Amazon
16Bruce Springsteen My Oklahoma Home We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
17Maria Muldaur My Tennessee Mountain Home Maria Muldaur Amazon
18John Prine My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
19Jimmy Martin Homesick Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] Amazon
20The Louvin Brothers I'm Ready To Go Home Satan Is Real Amazon
21Dolly Parton Tennessee Homesick Blues I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
22Charlie Rich I Feel Like Going Home The Silver Fox Amazon
23Merle Haggard And The Strangers Sing Me Back Home (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
24Randy Newman Going Home Bad Love Amazon
25The Charioteers & Frank Sinatra I've Got A Home In That Rock Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
26Leon Redbone I'm Going Home Up A Lazy River Amazon
27Bobby Bare Homesick Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
28Merle Haggard And The Strangers Down The Old Road To Home Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
29Steve Earle Hometown Blues Train a Comin' Amazon
30Ricky Skaggs Little Cabin Home On The Hills Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon

Jubilee Theme

It’s theme time on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on Deeper Roots and we’ll take you pretty deep today, exploring songs of jubilation and celebration. Our theme revolves around the term ‘jubilee’ and it’s meaning, at least over the past century. While its etymology is centuries deep, with roots in the Old Testament and the Hebrew word ‘yobhel’ which refers to the ram’s horn which was sounded on the Day of Atonement, there are also the jubilee references to the freeing of slaves well into the 19th century. it speaks to anniversaries, rejoicing, and freedom. We could go much deeper but what better way to celebrate than with music, and there are plenty of Americana examples that tell of jubilees. We’ll hear from country favorites like The Sons of the Pioneers, Tyler Childers, and Joe Maphis alongside early century rhythm jazz and rhythm greats like Dinah Washington, Ivie Anderson, and Benny Goodman in this week’s show. Join us

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Roy Clark Alabama Jubilee Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers Amazon
3Benny Carter Jubilee Program Intro Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
4Benny Carter Jubilee Jump Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
5Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Jubilee The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
6Big Joe Turner Jumpin' At The Jubilee Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
7The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin Jubilee I'll Find A Way Amazon
8Dinah Washington There'll Be a Jubilee (from "In the Land of Hi-Fi") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
9Helen Humes Jubilee He May Be Your Man Amazon
10The Andrews Sisters There'll Be a Jubilee Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
11Ivie Anderson Let's Have a Jubilee Cocktail Hour Amazon
12Mildred Bailey With Benny Goodman & His V-Disc All Stars There'll Be A Jubilee The Women of WW2 [V 4] Amazon
13Ashley Monroe & The Americans Jubilee American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
14Kathy Mattea and Friends Jubilee Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
15Dave Alvin Jubilee Train Romeo's Escape Amazon
16The Blasters Jubilee Train Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
17The Devil Makes Three There'll Be A Jubilee Redemption & Ruin Amazon
18Riders in the Sky Cowboy Jubilee Best of the West Amazon
19Sons of the Pioneers Cowboy Jubilee The Lost Masters Amazon
20Sons of the Pioneers Barnyard Jubilee Songs of the Prairie – CD4 Amazon
21Joe Maphis Nashville Jubilee Country Guitar Thunder Amazon
22The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Hanna Bayou Jubilee Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 Amazon
23Elizabeth Mitchell Y Daniel Littleton Jubilee Putumayo Presents American Folk Amazon
24The War and Treaty Jubilee Hearts Town Amazon
25Arkansas Dave Jubilee Arkansas Dave Amazon
26Charlie Parr Jubilee Charlie Parr Amazon
27Tyler Childers Jubilee Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Amazon
28JD McPherson Jubilee Undivided Heart & Soul Amazon
29Carolyn Hester Swing And Turn Jubilee [Album Version] Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music) Amazon
30Jake Xerxes Fussell Jubilee Out of Sight Amazon
31R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Alabama Jubilee Chasin' Rainbows Amazon
32Doc Watson Alabama Jubilee Good Deal! Amazon

Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas

From the cold grey light of dawn to some gospel coverage from Luther Dickinson, George Jones and The Golden Gate Quartet, Deeper Roots this week takes another pull at the thread of tapestry of the past century, once again celebrating America’s music. We’re in fine form, no doubt, because the players this week move from the ‘king of boogie’, John Lee Hooker, to one of the great contemporary songwriters, Iris DeMent. We’ll share a track from her latest album, one that ventures into the dark corners of this country’s recent history with her brilliant eight minute soliloquy “Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas”. We’ll share songs about liars, feeling good, 99 year blues, and that last train to Memphis. Join Dave Stroud for two hours from America’s songbooks, from church to steeple to songs about its people. We’ll be coming to you live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Louis Armstrong Go Down Moses Louis And The Good Book Amazon
3Iris DeMent Goin' Down To Sing In Texas Workin' On A World Amazon
4Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Texas Flood Amazon
5George Jones Take The Devil Out Of Me George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
6The Golden Gate Quartet Let That Liar Alone Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
8Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples) Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
9Lucinda Williams Hot Blood Sweet Old World Amazon
10Dave Alvin I Feel So Good Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
11Taj Mahal Good Morning Little School Girl Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
12Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 99 Year Blues Penny's Farm Amazon
13Emily Scott Robinson Delta Line Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
14Eric Clapton So Tired Back Home Amazon
15John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back Ft. Van Morrison King Of The Boogie Amazon
16Van Morrison Streamline Train Moving On Skiffle Amazon
17Blues Image Parchman Farm Open Amazon
18Mose Allison The Seventh Son Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
19Little Feat Two Trains Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
20The Band Last Train To Memphis Jubilation Amazon
21Dr. John The Night Tripper Mama Roux The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
22Shirley & Lee Feel So Good The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
23Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
24Slim Harpo Baby Scratch My Back The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
25Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
26Lee Ann Womack Take The Devil Out Of Me The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone Amazon

Ladies of Rockabilly

Sweatin’ with the oldies…that’s all we can say. This week’s Deeper Roots focuses on both the vintage and the contemporary performances by women who took on the rockabilly mantle. While a male-dominated genre, particularly when the boys (and record companies) were chasing the next Elvis, gave us hundreds (thousands?) of gyrating hips and raw rock in the form of pounding piano, thrashing guitar and duck tails, there was barely enough room for the ladies. But we’ve made some room on this morning’s show where we’ll be featuring the likes of Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin, Laura Lee Perkins and a bevy of brash rocking women from the early days of rock ‘n roll. We’ll do our best to balance the show with late breakers of the rockabilly kind:  Kim Lenz, Linda Gail Lewis, Imelda May and Rosie Flores are some of the contemporary sounds we’ll be hearing from on this September morning. Tune in for a wild two hours…guaranteed.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Patsy Cline Stop, Look And Listen Grady Martin Amazon
3Brenda Lee Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar) Grady Martin Amazon
4Joyce Green Black Cadillac Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
5Mimi Roman Little Lovin' 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
6Laura Lee Perkins I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Lovin' Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
7Laura Lee Perkins Oh La Baby Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
8Maddox Brothers & Rose The Death of Rock 'n' Roll Classic Rockabilly Amazon
9Janis Martin Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll Classic Rockabilly Amazon
10Janis Martin Will You Willyum Grady Martin Amazon
11Wanda Jackson There's A Party Goin' On Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
12Wanda Jackson Let's Have A Party Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
13The Collins Kids Party 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
14The Collins Kids I'm In My Teens 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
15Ann Jones Hi-ballin' Daddy Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 Amazon
16Barbara Pittman Sentimental Fool The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
17Sparkle Moore Rock-a-Bop Classic Rockabilly Amazon
18Jean Chapel I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight Classic Rockabilly Amazon
19Charline Arthur Hello Baby Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The Amazon
20Charline Arthur Burn That Candle Welcome To The Club Amazon
21Robert Gordon Hot Dog! That Made Her Mad (feat. Rosie Flores) Rockabilly for Life Amazon
22Rosie Flores & The Talismen I've Got A Right To Cry So Sad Amazon
23Kim Lenz & the Jaguars Howl at the Moon The One and Only Amazon
24Kim Lenz Bury Me Deep Slowly Speeding Amazon
25Kim Lenz & the Jaguars Rock & Roll Guitar The One and Only Amazon
26Ronnie Wood with his Wild Five Rock 'n' Roll Music (featuring Imelda May) Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry Amazon
27Imelda May Big Bad Handsome Man Love Tattoo Amazon
28Samantha Fish It's Your Voodoo Working Chills & Fever Amazon
29Linda Gail Lewis, Slim Jim Phantom & Danny B. Harvey Diggin' My Way out of Hell Diggin' My Way Out Of Hell – Single Amazon
30Linda Gail Lewis Rocking My Life Away Hard Rocking Woman Amazon
31Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis Boogie Woogie Country Gal Wild! Wild! Wild! Amazon
32Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis Let's Talk About Us You Win Again Amazon
33Tammy Lynn & Myles High Good Rockin' Tonight Turn My Music On Amazon
34Tammy Lynn & Myles High Sweet As My Baby Turn My Music On Amazon
35Wanda Jackson Mean Mean Man Rocket In My Pocket Amazon
36Wanda Jackson Long Tall Sally Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
37Wanda Jackson Two Shots (feat. Elle King and Joan Jett) Encore Amazon
38Janis Martin My Boy Elvis Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon

Silver Screen Country

From those blue shadows on the trail that were only imagined in black and white to the notion of good guys with tall white hats chasing down the bad guys across the expanse of the Alabama Hills where Hollywood carved out a little piece of the West…we’re going to go riding down some musical canyons with some of the great musical cowboys of the silver screen. Fewer of us are around that once followed the serial antics of Gene and Smiley or Roy and Dale on Saturday morning reruns of flickering cowboy ‘mysteries’ where music played a big part of the story. After all, a clean shaven singing cowboy with a scarf, white hat and a twinkle in his eye was much more appealing than what the reality was…I think that’s a safe assumption. Tune in for music from Gene Autry, The Sons of the Pioneers, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter and over a dozen others as Dave Stroud spins the shellacs from the 30s, 40s and 50s…and we might even track down later covers that tip the cap here on KOWS Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Artistry In Western Swing Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
3The Sons Of The Pioneers Red River Valley Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
4Roy Rogers The Yellow Rose Of Texas My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
5Roy Rogers Roll On Texas Moon My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
6Frankie Laine Rawhide My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
7Gene Autry Dust Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1] Amazon
8Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys What It Means To Be Blue Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2 Amazon
9Marty Robbins Ballad Of The Alamo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
10Johnny Cash The Rebel Johnny Yuma My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
11Rex Allen Ridin' Down the Canyon V-3 Riding All Day Amazon
12Dick Reinhart Hot Rod Baby Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
13Dickson Hall Cowboy My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
14Johnny Western Ballad Of Paladin My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
15Dean Martin Rio Bravo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
16Lorne Greene Bonanza My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
17Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
18Gene Autry Back In The Saddle Again Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon
19Cliff Edwards Ragtime Cowboy Joe grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
20Bob Wills Dusty Skies Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
21Pee Wee King Texas Toni Lee Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin' Amazon
22Johnny Bond Ridin' Down To Santa Fe Southern Belle [Disc 2] Amazon
23Tex Ritter High Noon My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
24James Stewart The Legend Of Shenandoah My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
25Rick Nelson My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin) Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
26Marty Robbins The Hanging Tree My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
27Gene Autry Ridin' Down The Canyon Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
28The Sons Of The Pioneers Tumbling Tumbleweeds My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 2] – Cool Water) Amazon
29Frankie Laine Gunfight At O.K. Corral My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
30Rex Allen Cowboy's Heaven Sings Melodies of the Plains Amazon
31Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
32Sons of the Pioneers Blue Shadows On the Trail Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites Amazon
33Marty Robbins Song Of The Bandit The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982 Amazon
34Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers Going Back To My Texas Home Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1 Amazon
35Dick Curless I Ride an Old Paint A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969) Amazon
36Sara Watkins Blue Shadows On the Trail (feat. Nickel Creek) Under the Pepper Tree Amazon
37Colter Wall I Ride an Old Paint: Leavin' Cheyenne Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs Amazon

Mix Master’s Delight

An eclectic free form blend of sounds featuring a variety highlighted by Memphis Minnie, T-Bone Burnett, The Rascals, The Miracles and Carole King…plus over a dozen others in our last show of summer 2023. As the walls of justice close in on traitors and seditionists, we lean on the hope that the constitutional provision  that prevents their ilk from ever holding office is the key to saving democracy. Politics aside, the music this week features songs about baking biscuits, diamonds, shopping around, head spinning and what it’s like living here in the U.S.A. Friday morning’s Deeper Roots is a blend of classic and deep tracks designed to set the table for the weekend, right here on Community Radio for West Sonoma County and the world. Tune in, turn on but don’t, just don’t, drop out.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Elvis Presley Such a Night Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
3Carole King Like Little Children The Legendary Demos [+Digital Booklet] Amazon
4Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
5Clyde McPhatter A Lover's Question Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
6Mark Knopfler Donegan's Gone Shangri-La Amazon
7Mazzy Star I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit Fade Into You [Single] Amazon
8Memphis Minnie I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
9Snooks Eaglin My Head Is Spinning Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
10Etta James/Harvey Fuqua My Heart Cries [Duet with Harvery Fuqua] At Last! Amazon
11The Miracles Shop Around Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
12The Rascals I've Been Lonely Too Long All I Really Need: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, 1965-1971 Amazon
13The Monkees A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967 Amazon
14Steve Miller Band Living in the U.S.A. Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits Amazon
15T-Bone Burnett Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett Disc 1 Amazon
16Daniel Lanois Sometimes Hear Music, Vol. 10: Reveal Amazon
17Randy Newman Birmingham Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
18Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away Original Recordings Amazon
19David Lindley & El Rayo-X Never Knew Her Very Greasy Amazon
20Nick Lowe I'll Be There The Impossible Bird Amazon
21BR5-49 Cherokee Boogie BR5-49 Amazon
22Dave Edmunds Bail You Out D.E. 7th Amazon
23Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Ossun Two-Step American Roots Music [Disc 4] Amazon
24The Texas Tornados Little Bit Is Better Than Nada 4 Aces Amazon
25Little Willie John My Love Is Lone Star Amazon
26The Champs Tequila Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
27Norah Jones Creepin' In Feels Like Home Amazon
28Warren Zevon Play It All Night Long I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1] Amazon
29Marshall Crenshaw Silver Wings Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
30The Mamas & the Papas Dedicated to the One I Love Greatest Hits Amazon
31Stray Cats I Won't Stand in Your Way Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 4 Amazon
32The Sandals Theme from "Endless Summer" The Perfect Day: The Music from 40 Years of Surfing Magazine Amazon
33Betty Everett The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
34Tom Petty Big Weekend Highway Companion Amazon

Labor Day 2023

We’ve got a Labor Day collection of songs…songs celebrating working men and women and these are songs of both honor and protest, taking us back to the Great Depression when work was hard to find. We’ll also be celebrating the core fight for organizing…whether you’re fighting for the day-to-day pressure of producing faster and better in front of a computer or you’re steaming lattes for the hurried throngs, you have a right to organize and much of the music we’ll share today reinforces the concept. While unions are demonized with threats of offshoring…you know it will be done either way. Music today will include Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Paul Robeson, Bruce Springsteen and a whole host of others. Tune in on kowsfm.com/listen or download our app.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bing Crosby Brother Can You Spare A Dime? Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
3Paul Robeson Joe Hill Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Flokways Amazon
4Pete Seeger Which Side Are You On? The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
5Natalie Merchant Which Side Are You On? Coal Country Music Amazon
6The Almanac Singers Talking Union [Album Version] The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon
7Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Vintage Collections Amazon
8Pete Seeger Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues An Anthology of Folk Music Amazon
9Woody Guthrie Union Maid (Excerpt) Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
10Pete Seeger Union Maid The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
11David, Bill, And Billy Ray Johnson Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
12Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
13Bobbie McGee Bread and Roses Unknown Amazon
14Kate & Anna McGarrigle Hard Times Come Again No More Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
15Dorsey Dixon Hard Times In Here The Best Of The HighTone Years Amazon
16Dorsey Dixon Hard Times In Here The Best Of The HighTone Years Amazon
17Nanci Griffith Hard Times (Come Again No More) Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Amazon
18Mavis Staples We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd) We'll Never Turn Back Amazon
19Justin Townes Earle Down In The Valley Coal Country Music Amazon
20Bob Dylan Maggie's Farm The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
21Tom T. Hall I'm a Coal Mining Man Coal Country Music Amazon
22Bruce Springsteen Pay Me My Money Down We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
23Bruce Springsteen Factory Darkness on the Edge of Town Amazon
24Bruce Springsteen Youngstown The Ghost of Tom Joad Amazon
25Pete Seeger If I Had A Hammer The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon
26Steve Earle Steve's Hammer (For Pete) Washington Square Serenade Amazon
27Valentine Pringle John Henry The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 4] Amazon
28Elvis Presley Big Boss Man Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
29Blind Boy Fuller Working Man Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937 Amazon
30Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1913 Massacre Hard Travelin' Amazon
31Woody Guthrie Farmer-Labor Train Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
32Randy Newman Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
33Randy Newman Every Man a King Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon

Two Glasses Joe

We’re heading on over to the Alibi Room, or Red’s Recovery Room, or whatever your local watering hole might be named and we’ll be doing so with the idea that the hair of the dog is what’s in order this Friday morning, recalling if we can the previous night’s bar hop celebrating country music’s favorite songs of cigareets, whiskey and wild wild women. Songs about whiskey and the glasses on the bar where stories and faces go from long to bright as the jukebox fires up. We’ll hear some classic songs from Webb Pierce, George Jones, Roger Miller and Merle Haggard alongside some contemporary sounds from the late Bill Staines, Chris Stapleton, and Dale Watson, all celebrating Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam, and Maker’s Mark…alongside a little bit of scotch and rye…neat or on the rocks. The honky tonk joints we’ll visit will likely have sawdust on the floor and a well-worn bar. Tune for the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Cal Smith The Lord Knows I'm Drinking 20 Hits Amazon
3Ernest Tubb Two Glasses Joe Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection Amazon
4[dialogue] …People Condemn Whiskey… Heartworn Highways Amazon
5Johnny Bush Whiskey River Country USA 1972 Amazon
6Dale Watson Whiskey or God Blackjack Amazon
7Merle Haggard The Bottle Let Me Down The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
8Bill Staines Rye Whiskey Joe Just Play One Tune More Amazon
9Misisipi Mike Wolf Whiskey Warm and Mellow The Cold Hard Facts of Mike Amazon
10Marty Stuart/Travis Tritt The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Compadres: An Anthology of Duets Amazon
11Willie Nelson Whiskey River Shotgun Willie Amazon
12Chris Stapleton Tennessee Whiskey Traveller Amazon
13Tex Ritter Rye Whiskey High Noon Amazon
14Merle Haggard I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink 20 Hits Amazon
15Webb Pierce There Stands The Glass 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce Amazon
16Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Whiskey in the Jar Shady Grove Amazon
17Blue Mountain Little Stream Of Whiskey Roots Amazon
18Osborne Brothers Hey Hey Bartender 1963-1965 (Warped 6361) Amazon
19Dale Watson Hair Of The Dog A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
20Dale Watson Wine Don't Lie A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
21Roger Miller Chug A Lug 20 Hits Amazon
22Hank Thompson Scotch And Soda A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
23George Jones Tennessee Whiskey Legendary Country Singers Amazon
24Hayes Carll Knockin' Over Whiskeys Trouble In Mind Amazon
25The Bootleg Honeys Little Whiskey Paint It Red Amazon
26Emmylou Harris Bottle Let Me Down Pieces Of The Sky Amazon
27Joe Ely Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn New Country January 1995 Amazon
28Red Ingle & His Natural Seven Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
29Jerry Lee Lewis It Was The Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me) A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3] Amazon
30David Luning Whiskey Bottle Just Drop On By Amazon
31Hank Williams Jr. Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold Amazon
32Asleep at the Wheel Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis) King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Amazon
33Chris Stapleton Whiskey Sunrise Starting Over Amazon

Saved!

We go back to the church for a rousing celebration for the converted and soon-to-be-faithful. That’s right, we’re in the pews and joining in the hymnal, at least for this two hours, as Sunday morning forgiveness will always follow Saturday night’s sinner’s baptismal. We’re going to hear the echoes of the past century’s gospel songs with a general theme of being saved and born again…and there is certainly plenty to go around whether that’s southern Baptist, Appalachian harmonies or classic African American celebratory gospel. We’ve got it this morning including The Dixie Hummingbirds, Hank Williams, Carl Story, Lonnie Farris, and some contemporary selections from Shannon McNally, Bob Dylan and Solomon Burke. Let’s join in, you the faithful congregation of Deeper Roots from the past century of America’s music, for two hours celebrating that incredible wellspring of gospel sounds.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2LaVern Baker Saved Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker Amazon
3The Mighty Clouds Of Joy Saved [Album Version] Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan Amazon
4The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
5The Dixie Hummingbirds You Don't Have Nothing Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
6The Dixie Hummingbirds I've Been Born Again Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
7The Original Gospel Harmonettes Get Away Jordan Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
8The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi Soul You Save I'll Make It Alright Amazon
9Nina Simone Save Me Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition) Amazon
10Louis Armstrong I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
11Rev. Lonnie Farris I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel Amazon
12The Staple Singers Somebody Saved Me Uncloudy Day Amazon
13The Blind Boys Of Alabama Just Wanna See His Face Spirit Of The Century Amazon
14Marty Stuart Somebody Saved Me Souls' Chapel Amazon
15Carl Story God Saved My Soul 1951-1952 (Warped 5158) Amazon
16Wilburn Brothers Don't Go Home Unsaved 1962-1963 (Warped 6302) Amazon
17Hank Williams Wealth Won't Save Your Soul I Saw The Light Amazon
18Buck Owens Jesus Saved Me Dust On Mother's Bible Amazon
19Brenda Lee Saved Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2 Amazon
20Bobby Charles Save Me, Jesus (mono single version) Bobby Charles Amazon
21Solomon Burke Wealth Won't Save Your Soul Make Do With What You Got Amazon
22Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez Him Who Saved Me The New Bye & Bye Amazon
23Bob Dylan Saved Saved Amazon
24Eugene Smith Saved The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men Amazon
25Shannon McNally Save Me Jesus Small Town Talk Amazon
26The Staple Singers Good News Uncloudy Day Amazon
27The Band Saved Moondog Matinee Amazon
28Aretha Franklin Save Me 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
29Five Blind Boys of Mississippi Save a Seat for Me 20th Century Masters – The Best Of Amazon