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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Cal Smith
The Lord Knows I'm Drinking
20 Hits
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Ernest Tubb
Two Glasses Joe
Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
4
[dialogue]
…People Condemn Whiskey…
Heartworn Highways
5
Johnny Bush
Whiskey River
Country USA 1972
6
Dale Watson
Whiskey or God
Blackjack
7
Merle Haggard
The Bottle Let Me Down
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
8
Bill Staines
Rye Whiskey Joe
Just Play One Tune More
9
Misisipi Mike Wolf
Whiskey Warm and Mellow
The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
10
Marty Stuart/Travis Tritt
The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
11
Willie Nelson
Whiskey River
Shotgun Willie
12
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
Traveller
13
Tex Ritter
Rye Whiskey
High Noon
14
Merle Haggard
I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
20 Hits
15
Webb Pierce
There Stands The Glass
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
16
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Whiskey in the Jar
Shady Grove
17
Blue Mountain
Little Stream Of Whiskey
Roots
18
Osborne Brothers
Hey Hey Bartender
1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
19
Dale Watson
Hair Of The Dog
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
20
Dale Watson
Wine Don't Lie
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
21
Roger Miller
Chug A Lug
20 Hits
22
Hank Thompson
Scotch And Soda
A Collection Of Drinking Songs
23
George Jones
Tennessee Whiskey
Legendary Country Singers
24
Hayes Carll
Knockin' Over Whiskeys
Trouble In Mind
25
The Bootleg Honeys
Little Whiskey
Paint It Red
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Emmylou Harris
Bottle Let Me Down
Pieces Of The Sky
27
Joe Ely
Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn
New Country January 1995
28
Red Ingle & His Natural Seven
Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
29
Jerry Lee Lewis
It Was The Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)
A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
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.
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LaVern Baker
Saved
Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
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The Mighty Clouds Of Joy
Saved [Album Version]
Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
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The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
I Want To Ride That Glory Train
Shakin' The Rafters
5
The Dixie Hummingbirds
You Don't Have Nothing
Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
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The Dixie Hummingbirds
I've Been Born Again
Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
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The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Get Away Jordan
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
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The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi
Soul You Save
I'll Make It Alright
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Nina Simone
Save Me
Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
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Louis Armstrong
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
Rhythm Saved The World
11
Rev. Lonnie Farris
I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me
Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
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The Staple Singers
Somebody Saved Me
Uncloudy Day
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Just Wanna See His Face
Spirit Of The Century
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Marty Stuart
Somebody Saved Me
Souls' Chapel
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Carl Story
God Saved My Soul
1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
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Wilburn Brothers
Don't Go Home Unsaved
1962-1963 (Warped 6302)
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Hank Williams
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
I Saw The Light
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Buck Owens
Jesus Saved Me
Dust On Mother's Bible
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Brenda Lee
Saved
Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2
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Bobby Charles
Save Me, Jesus (mono single version)
Bobby Charles
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Solomon Burke
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
Make Do With What You Got
22
Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez
Him Who Saved Me
The New Bye & Bye
23
Bob Dylan
Saved
Saved
24
Eugene Smith
Saved
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
A fine blend of vintage sounds on the show today, all driving down a free form track. The blend mixes gospel from Mavis Staples, some classic mid-century rock from Little Feat and Rick Nelson, all dressed up alongside to lounge and cool jazz sounds of Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Pearl Bailey, and a some classic and contemporary tunes featuring the late, great Tony Bennett. We’ve got Zydeco, classic and contemporary country, some alternative sounds from E and the Eels to share as well. We enjoy sharing a mix of the very best in a free form show every month or so and today will not disappoint. There will also be some recent tracks from Sarah Jarosz, Charley Crockett and The Brother Brothers to measure up against the throwback sounds. We’d be glad to have you once again; just dial-up your internet browser to kowsfm.com/listen or, if you’re on the run, take us with you on your mobile device by installing the KOWS app from the Google Play store or Apple App Store.
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Lionel Hampton
Flying Home
Flying Home (His 48 Finest)
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Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
I'm Making Believe
R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
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The Ink Spots
Whispering Grass
BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958
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Dinah Washington
Manhattan
Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
6
Herb Jeffries and Shades Of Rhythm
At Least You Could Save Me A Dream
Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
7
Buddy & Ella Johnson
(Gotta Go) Upside Your Head
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
8
Wynonie Harris
I Feel That Old Age Coming On (12-19-48)
Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
9
Pearl Bailey
I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
10
The Amazing Rhythm Aces
Third Rate Romance
Stacked Deck
11
Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson
Swinging Doors
Django and Jimmie
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Whitney Rose
Honky Tonk in Mexico
Rosie
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Little Feat
Willin'
Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4)
14
Sarah Jarosz
Simple Twist of Fate
Build Me Up From Bones
15
Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding
John Wesley Harding
16
The Brother Brothers
That's How I Got To Memphis
Cover to Cover
17
The Everly Brothers
A Brand New Heartache
Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
18
Levon Helm
Stuff You Gotta Watch
Electric Dirt
19
Charley Crockett
Just Like Honey
The Man from Waco
20
John Prine
Summers End
The Tree of Forgiveness
21
Eels
Summer In The City (Live At Kexp Seattle/2011)
Wonderful, Glorious (Deluxe Version)
22
Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur
99 Year Blues
Penny's Farm
23
Rick Nelson
Garden Party
Garden Party
24
Tony Bennett
I Wanna Be Around
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
Roots music found commercial success in 2000 with the release of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, a finely crafted but outrageous tale of Depression-era America with fantastical imagery of hair wax, baptisms, and chain gangs woven into a tapestry built from Homer’s Odyssey. The music, assembled by T-Bone Burnett, was a major component of the film and recorded before the film even began with Burnett working with the Coen brothers while the script was in its working phases. It would become an effort that elevated a genre at the turn of the century called Americana. This week’s show will share some of the period-specific music that helped to propel the notion that blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and gospel could be used to put that time and a ghostly familiar culture into focus. We’ll use O Brother’s musical sensibilities to take us somewhere quite familiar (and at the same time quite terrifying) as we pay homage with Americana roots, featuring sounds from The Carters, Jesse Fuller, Dan Tyminski, Jimmie Rodgers, W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys, among others.
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Estil C. Ball
Lonesome Valley
Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
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The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash
Lonesome Valley
Keep On The Sunny Side
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Harry McClintock
Big Rock Candy Mountain
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5
Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra
You Are My Sunshine
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
6
Alison Krauss
Down To The River To Pray
A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
7
Peasall Sisters
Fair and Tender Ladies
Home to You
8
Roberta Martin Singers
The Old Ship of Zion
Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
9
The Stanley Brothers
A Life Of Sorrow
Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
10
Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom Boys
Man of Constant Sorrow
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
11
W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys
Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy
Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
12
Country Gentlemen
I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)
1963 (Warped 6305)
13
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
We’re digging into the archives. Deep down into the wells…for a collection of rhythm & blues, country, gospel, and tradition with performances from Patsy Cline, Sonny Boy Williamson, Marty Stuart, Dinah Washington and nearly three dozen others. Friday morning inspiration from the courtroom bench, the gospel pew, and from the piano bench…as we bring you another episode of the very best of the past 100 years to the stream. There’s trouble and some double entendre from Julia Lee, some rousing sanctified call and response from Eugene Smith and The Roberta Martin Singers, as well as a bootleg Dylan piece that we’ll share with you. Join Dave Stroud this coming Friday morning for the very best of America’s music from the past century.
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Bob Dylan
I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
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Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers
Satisfied
How Sweet it Was
4
Marie Knight
Satisfied With Jesus
Hallelujah What A Song!
5
Spiritual Five
Satisfied With Him
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
6
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
I Have A Friend Above All Others
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
7
Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers
Walk With Me
20 Gospel Greats
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
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly
Detroit Breakout! 1
12
Julia Lee
Trouble In Mind
Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
13
Julia Lee
Lotus Blossom
Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
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Wynonie Harris
Good Morning Judge
All She Wants To Do Is Rock
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Chuck Berry
Have Mercy Judge
The Chess Box Disc 3
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Carl Martin
Good Morning, Judge
Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
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Sonny Boy Williamson
Your Funeral And My Trial
His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
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Hugh Laurie
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
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Dinah Washington
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
The Bessie Smith Songbook
20
Johnny Otis
Court Room Blues
Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
21
Jorma Kaukonen
Judge, I'm Not Sorry
The Land Of Heroes
22
The Country Gentlemen
The Sentence
The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
23
Ernest Tubb
Dear Judge
Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
24
Patsy Cline
A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye
Live at the Opry
25
Washboard Sam
Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]
That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
Summer’s here and you know what that means…we’ll be running through a bit of theme, this time with the focus on all that we celebrate in summer. With the Fourth of July coming up we’ll turn our attention to barbecues, baseball, ice cream treats, the warmth of the sun, swimming holes, and everything summer. Tune in for some terrific tracks from Dean Martin, Johnny Rivers, The Four Preps, Walter Wanderly and a whole lot more. It took us six months for the days to get longer and now it’s another six months of diminished daylight but that’s what make three other seasons something to relish…I guess. So whether you’re shipping kids off to summer camp, planning for this year’s visit to the Fair, or planning a trip to a ballpark or beach, know that it’ll be warmer than colder and we’re here to play the background music here on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all over this big blue marble on kowsfm.com/listen.
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The Beach Boys
All Summer Long
All Summer Long
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The Donkeys
Theme From The Endless Summer
Theme From The Endless Summer [single]
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Jack Nitzsche
The Lonely Surfer
Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2
5
The Beach Boys
Keep An Eye On Summer
Summer Love Songs
6
Nat King Cole
That Sunday, That Summer
30 Greatest Hits Disc 1
7
The Four Preps
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
Banana Split for My Baby
8
The Grand Southern
The Boys of Summer
Don't Say Anything
9
Terry Cashman
Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke")
61* [Box Set] Disc 1
10
John Fogerty
Centerfield
Sing America
11
Sister Wynona Carr
The Ball Game
Baseball Anthems
12
Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio
Baseball Anthems
13
Ronnie Isle and the Blisters
Bad Sunburn
Banana Split for My Baby
14
Dean Martin w. Dick Stabile Orchestra
In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
Good Old Summertime
15
The Four Mints
Night Air
Good Old Summertime
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Jo Ann Campbell
Beach Comber
Banana Split for My Baby
17
Frank Triolo and the Shipmates Orchestra
Ice Cream Baby
Banana Split for My Baby
18
The Pearls
Ice Cream Baby
Another Banana Split, please
19
Leslie Uggams and Hugo Peretti Orchestra
Ice Cream Man
Banana Split for My Baby
20
Fred Waring; Pennsylvanians
I Scream, You Scream (We All Scream for Ice Cream)
The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)
21
Walter Wanderley
Summer Samba
Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms
22
Johnny Rivers
Summer Rain
Anthology: 1964-1977 [Disc 2]
23
Santo & Johnny
Summertime
Sleepwalk – The First Two Albums
24
Les Paul & Mary Ford
In The Good Old Summertime
The Best Of The Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition
A theme show once again, this week with the telephone as our muse. Songs about the most important of communication devices which has fused with social media to the benefit, and equal detriment, of all mankind. From the early call from Bell to Watson to the proverbial football that our fearless leader carries around to make the one call to eradicate or, better yet, save mankind. This week we’ll visit the long lost guide known as the “operator” and the equally antiquated term “dial” with music from country, pop, soul, and rock archives of yesterday. Kick back and be entertained by the sounds of Brenda Lee, Sister Wynona Carr, Stonewall Jackson, Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb, and Bill Fury in a collection of the very best from multiple genres here on Sonoma County Community Radio, broadcasting in West County on 92.5 FM and streaming to all mankind on kowsfm.com/listen. Drop in why don’t you?
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Laurel And Hardy
Long Distance
Laurel & Hardy – Songs and Sketches from the Hal Roach Films
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The Manhattan Transfer
Operator
The Manhattan Transfer
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Sister Wynona Carr
Operator, Operator
Dragnet For Jesus
5
The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet
Atomic Telephone
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
6
The Golden Gate Quartet
I Just Telephone Upstairs
Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
7
Selah Jubilee Singers
Royal Telephone
Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
8
Burl Ives
Royal Telephone
Greatest Hits
9
The Carter Family
Hello Central! Give Me Heaven
The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
10
Doc Watson
No Telephone In Heaven
My Dear Old Southern Home
11
Stuart Hamblen
When My Lord Picks Up The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
12
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn
Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn)
A Tribute To A Legend
13
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3]
14
Stonewall Jackson
Can't Hang Up the Phone
Singles
15
Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll & his Orchestra
Call Rosie On The Phone
The Best Of Guy Mitchell
16
Dusty Owens
Hello Operator
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
17
Tom T. Hall
Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)
The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
18
George Jones
Wrong Number
Star Creek Promotions 4
19
Hank Penny
Hold The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
20
Lattie Moore
The Jukebox And The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21
The Grateful Dead
Operator
American Beauty
22
Billy Fury
Phone Call
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
23
Brenda Lee
Ring-A-My-Phone
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
24
Mickey & Sylvia
Can't Get You On The Phone
Rock With A Sock
25
Lew Williams
Teenager's Talkin' On The Phone
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
26
The Big Bopper
Chantilly Lace
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
27
Boozoo Chavis
Telephone Won't Ring
The Lake Charles Atomic Bomb (Original Goldband Recordings)
28
Cecil Gant
Long Distance Call
Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
29
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Telephone Boogie
ABC Of The Blues Vol 49
30
Jimmy McCracklin
What's Your Phone Number
Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
31
Floyd Dixon
Telephone Blues
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
32
The Treniers
Long Distance Blues
Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
33
Marvelettes
Beechwood 4-5789
The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
34
The Orlons
Don't Hang Up
Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
35
Mary Wells
Operator
The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
36
Tommy Sands
Ring My Phone
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
37
Paul Anka
Kissin' On The Phone
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
An eclectic episode full of sass, gas and plenty of brass. We’re going the free form route today and there’ll be plenty of embellishments to the morning as we take a blindfolded trip through a hall of mirrors with some classy vocals from Frankie, Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest; some honky tonk whiskey-in-the-bottle twangin’ from George Jones, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee; rocking rhythm passion from Tina Turner, The Marquees, and Elmore James; and much more including some little known nuggets from Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and Daddy Cleanhead. We’re going to set the morning on fire with plenty of fuel from the deeper wells of the past century of America’s music. You don’t want to miss out. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning selection of wild tune-age on KOWS Community Radio.
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Hank Penny
Hold The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
3
Ike & Tina Turner
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Birth Of Soul: 3
4
Marshall Crenshaw
Blues Is King
Downtown
5
Daddy Cleanhead
Something's Goin' On In My Room
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
6
The Marquees
Hey Little Schoolgirl
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
7
The Delta Rhythm Boys
Dry Bones
The Best Of 1940-50
8
James Taylor
Coming Back To You
Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
9
Bob Dylan
Braggin'
Triplicate
10
Frank Sinatra
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
11
Peggy Lee
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
12
Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra
Blue Moon
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
13
The Artie Shaw Orchestra Feat. Helen Forrest
Deep In A Dream
The Essential Artie Shaw [Disc 2]
14
Buddy Emmons
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
15
Geraint Watkins
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Aide Memoire
16
Carl Perkins
Matchbox
Original Sun Greatest Hits
17
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Train of Love
Come on Back
18
Slim Whitman
Down In The Valley
Wagon Wheels [Disc 2]
19
The Handsome Family
Down In the Valley of Hollow Logs
Through the Trees
20
The Louvin Brothers
The Wreck On The Highway
Sing the Great Roy Acuff Songs
21
George Jones
Just One More
The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
22
Geraint Watkins
Heart of Stone
Rush of Blood
23
Merle Travis
I Used To Work In Chicago
The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
24
Webb Pierce
California Blues
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
25
The Carlisles
Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
26
Hank Williams
No, No Joe
Beyond The Sunset
27
Charlie Louvin
Katy Dear
Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
28
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Cadillac in Model "A"
Legends of Country Music Disc 4
29
Jerry Lee Lewis
End of the Road
25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
30
Everly Brothers
I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
31
Johnny Cash
Train Of Love
His Sun Years: Down South
32
T-Bone Burnett
I'm Coming Home
Truth Decay
33
Bob Dylan
Ring Them Bells
Oh Mercy
34
Steve Allen
This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
The Imperial label will be the subject of this week’s Deeper Roots show. Founded in 1947 by Lew Chudd, it’s early years featured some of the very best rhythm and blues and early rock you could find. Their lineup included some of the big names of early rock, not least of which was Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Ricky Nelson. They would dabble in country and jazz but also looked to strike while the iron was hot when Elvis hit with a blend of country and rhythm and blues in the mid-50s. They did so by looking for new names with ducktails and driving combos in the rockabilly era. This episode focuses primarily on the 1950s with a future episode taking us further into the label’s sale to Liberty Records in 1963 but not before Lew Chudd purchased Aladdin and Minit Records, bringing over even more of the R&B talent that they would be known for. It’s another Deeper Roots Friday morning on KOWS.
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Fats Domino
The Fat Man
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
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Smiley Lewis
Tee-Nah-Nah
I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1
4
Guitar Slim and His Band
Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles]
Louisiana Swamp Blues
5
Big Jay McNeely
All That Wine Is Gone
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
6
T-Bone Walker
Cold Cold Feeling
Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
7
Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens
Later Baby
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3
8
Fats Domino
Goin' Home
Rock And Rollin
9
Lil' Son Jackson
Get High Everybody
Vol. 2 1950-1952
10
Smiley Lewis
Big Mamou
I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
11
Hawks
I-Yi
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
12
Pee Wee Crayton
Win-O
Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
13
Joe Houston Orchestra
All Night Long
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
Another morning of covers, from country to soul and a little bit of rhythm and roll in store. This week’s show celebrates the songwriters and performers who found themselves honored with tributes and covers that honor the sense of a piece. We’ll hear covers of Tom T. Hall, Arthur Alexander, Robert Hunter, Derek Martin, Hank Snow and JJ Cale in the show today. The idea is to find a cover worth noting and put it up alongside the original. Just over a dozen songs to pick from in our two hours this morning featuring covers by Shannon McNally, Charley Crockett, Amy Black and Teddy Thompson. Join Dave Stroud for another episode from those dusty digital bins and turn up the volume for straight interpretations and a few wild takes in another covers show on a Friday morning from the KOWS studio in downtown Santa Rosa, California.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
The Everly Brothers
Bowling Green
Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 3]
3
Neko Case
Bowling Green
The Virginian
4
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly
Red, White & Rock Disc 3
5
Bill Kirchen
Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version)
Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
6
Willie Nelson
Busted
I Don't Know A Thing About Love
7
Ray Charles
Busted
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
