Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

Hello Operator

March 3, 2019 Dave

Long before we were graced with the voices of SAM, Siri, or Alexa, and before we could carry our smart devices around like a wallet or clutch…there were the women and men who served us from behind the receiver: the telephone operator. Maybe they didn’t have the answer to everything but they could connect us to about anyone anywhere in the world. But it usually cost more than we were willing to admit. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes on the theme of the telephone operator, the long distance connector, and the person with a soul…and usually a quick hangup if there were not enough coins to drop in the pay phone. It was the penalty for human interaction I guess. We’ll let Jorma, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, and Eddie Floyd take us on a trip back to rotary dials and party lines in this week’s episode, live from the Santa Rosa studios at KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mary Wells	Operator	Looking Back 1961-1964
3	Dusty Owens	Hello Operator	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
4	Rusty McDonald	Call Operator 210	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
5	Hank Snow	I Just Telephoned Upstairs	The Chronogical Classics 1951-1952 (Warped 5244)
6	Bonnie Guitar	Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
7	Wanda Jackson	Between The Window And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
8	The Blue Sky Boys	The Royal Telephone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
9	Johnny Burnette	Operator	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 9
10	Howard Crockett	Please Answer The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
11	Jorma Kaukonen	Operator	River Of Time
12	The Band	Long Distance Operator	A Musical History [Disc 2]
13	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
14	The Jordaniares	I Telephoned Upstairs	The Jordaniares Gospel
15	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
16	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
17	Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	The Atomic Telephone	The Best Of King Gospel
18	Sister Wynona Carr	Don't Miss That Train	Dragnet For Jesus
19	Johnny Otis	Call Operator 210	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
20	Tony & Tyrone	Please Operator	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
21	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Operator	Soul Grooves
22	The Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
23	Eddie Floyd	634-5789	Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd
24	Ry Cooder	634-5789	Borderline
25	Tommy Tutone	867-5309/Jenny	Radio Hits of the '80s
26	Rosanne Cash	Radio Operator	Black Cadillac
27	Jim Croce	Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)	Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
28	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
29	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
30	Bob Gaddy	Operator	The Classic Old Town Records
31	Effie Smith	Dial That Telephone (07-27-51)	1945-1953
32	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Theme Time

Western Sunsets

February 19, 2019 Dave

This week’s show has us revisiting the Old Chisholm Trail and prairie passages that resemble all things that follow those romantic icons whose life on the range was less than what their songs usually embellish. In the western sunsets where John Lomax first went out in search of the ‘cowboy song’, we’ll explore more enlightened performances from the silver screen to the deep folk traditions that have become so laminated with romance that it’s hard to see the images beneath. This week’s show will take us from Carl T. Sprague, the original cowboy crooner, to Johnny Horton, Fess Parker, Rex Allen, and Roy Rogers. The music is sometimes sappy (Rick Nelson’s My Rifle, My Pony, and Me), sometimes light (Roy Rogers’ My Chickashay Girl), and other times full of storytelling and history. So many performances to light up the evening sky…just before dusk…just before that ceiling of stars appears in the night sky. Join us for our first live show from our new KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Rex Allen	The Covered Wagon	Riding All Day
3	Jimmie Rodgers	Prairie Lullaby	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
4	Carl T. Sprague	O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
5	The Carter Family	Cowboy Jack	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 2
6	Rhubarb Red	Little Green Valley (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
7	The Riders Of The Purple Sage	Cool Water (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
8	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	The Strawberry Roan	Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1
9	Hank Snow	I Traded My Saddle for a Rifle	1942-1943 (Warped 4206)
10	Rex Allen	Dreaming of the Western Plains	Riding All Day
11	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Girl	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
12	Roy Rogers	Don't Fence Me In	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
13	Sons of the Pioneers	Moonlight On the Prairie	Songs of the Prairie – CD1
14	Sons of the Pioneers	Cool Water	Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites
15	Charlie Haden	Oh Shenandoah	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
16	Al Caiola & His Orchestra	Bonanza	TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
17	Various	The Virginian	Television's Greatest Hits Vol.II – 65 More TV Themes 50s and 60s
18	Johnny Western	The Ballad Of Paladin	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
19	Johnny Cash	The Rebel Johnny Yuma	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
20	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
21	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
22	Rick Nelson	My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin)	Legacy [Disc 1]
23	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	The Cowboy Album
25	Johnny Horton	Sleepy-Eyed John	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
26	Patsy Montana	My Dear Old Arizona Home	The Best Of Patsy Montana
27	Roy Rogers	Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
28	Fess Parker	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett	The Cowboy Album
29	Vaughn Monroe	(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)	The Cowboy Album
30	Johnny Cash	The Sons Of Katie Elder	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
31	Gene Autry	Red River Valley	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
32	Johnny Bond	Twilight On The Trail	Country Hits Vol. 6
33	The Sons Of The Pioneers	O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie	Sons Of The Pioneers
34	The Cinema Sound Orchestra	High Noon	Western Film Themes
35	Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [Album Version]	Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)

African American Gospel, Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag Pt 2

December 1, 2018 Dave

We had so much fun with our first installment a few months back that we thought it was worth a second installment…well, that and the depth and breadth of the American Songbag certainly lends itself to doing so. It doesn’t hurt either that it fits our deeper roots sensibilities so well. This installment finds us meandering about those classic songs whose topics include mellow blues ballads, hobo songs, Mexican border songs (how appropriate), tarnished love tales, and the ‘road to heaven’. Helping us through our sets we’ll be featuring an interesting collection of performers: Dave Van Ronk, Dock Boggs, Rosanne Cash, and Peter Case. A host of others will join in the fun on Community Radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Van Ronk	Willie The Weeper	Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
3	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Willie the Weeper	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
4	Dan Zanes	Roll The Chariot	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
5	Josh White	Barbara Allen	Best Of Josh White
6	Delmore Brothers	Frozen Girl	Brown's Ferry Blues
7	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	Country Blues
8	The Carter Family	My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Instrumental)	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
9	Tony Rice	House Carpenter	Church Street Blues
10	Hylo Brown	Pretty Fair Maiden	Legends & Tall Tales
11	Ola Belle Reed, John Miller, Burl Kilby	The Orphan Girl	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
12	David Rawlings	Midnight Train	Poor David's Almanack
13	Arlo Guthrie	Gypsy Davy	Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
14	Peter Case	Roving Gambler	Sings Like Hell
15	Rosanne Cash	Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow	The List
16	Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield	Old American Songs (Set One): Zion's Walls	Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
17	Louis Armstrong	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Louis And The Good Book
18	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Things That I used to do (and I Don't Do No More)	The Gospel Truth
19	The Robinson Children	I Ain't Gwine Study About War No More	Swinging Gospel Sounds (1935-1942)
20	The Bronzemen	Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again	The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)
21	Septeto Habanero	Cielito Lindo	Cuba. Por La Musica
22	Los Panchos	La Cucaracha – La Adelita	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
23	Dan Zanes	Lo Que Digo	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
24	Kathy Reid-Naiman	Pretty Betty Martin	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
25	Laurie Lewis	Weevily Wheat	Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
26	Dan Zanes	Cuckoo Waltz	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
27	Tom Paxton	Times A-Getting Hard, Boys	Seeds – The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Disc 2 Of 2 – Friends Of Pete)
28	Bobby Bare	Times Are Gettin' Hard	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
29	Ronnie Gilbert	Lincoln And Liberty	Songs Of The Civil War
30	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	The Boll Weevil	Penny's Farm
31	Dave Van Ronk	Gamblers Blues	Dust Bowl Blues Essential American Folk

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

The Arhoolie Label

October 27, 2018 Dave

There are a handful of record labels that subscribe to the ‘deeper roots’ dogma. And our show tries to cover all of them. But East Bay’s own Arhoolie, whose catalog was recently acquired by Smithsonian Folkways is a very special example, maybe the premiere example, of what it means to dig deeper. Founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz, a German transplant who moved to the States in 1947, Arhoolie was founded on the principle that the best music could be found by traveling the backroads. And that is precisely how it got started, with a recording device in his trunk and an ear for the sublime. Join us this Friday evening as we explore just a hint of the music you’ll find on a landmark roots label.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Mama Thornton	Wade in the Water	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
3	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
4	Mance Lipscomb	Jack O' Diamonds	Texas Songster
5	Snooks Eaglin	Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
6	K.C. Douglas	High Water Rising	Mercury Blues
7	Lightnin' Hopkins	Lightning Boogie	Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1
8	Big Joe Williams	Shake Your Boogie	Shake Your Boogie
9	R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods	Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
10	Paramount Singers	There's A Leak In This Old Building	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
11	The Campbell Brothers Feat. Katie Jackson	I Feel Good	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
12	Sonny Treadway	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Sacred Steel Guitar
13	Annie Mae & Fred McDowell	I'm Going Over The Hill	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
14	Sonny Treadway	Amazing Grace	Sacred Steel Guitar
15	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	Texas Law & Justice
16	Bill Neely	I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy	Texas Law & Justice
17	Del McCoury	Hey, Hey Bartender	16 Down Home Country Classics
18	Kirk Sutphin	Yellow Rose Of Texas	Masters of the Banjo
19	Laurie Lewis & Dudley Connell	The Johnson Boys	Masters of the Banjo
20	The Hodges Brothers	Bogue Chito Fling Ding	16 Down Home Country Classics
21	Rose Maddox	Single Girl	16 Down Home Country Classics
22	Maddox Bros. and Rose	I Want to Live and Love	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
23	Adolph Hofner	Dirty Dog	South Texas Swing
24	Lydia Mendoza	Amor En Duda	First Queen Of Tejano Music
25	Lydia Mendoza	A Ti Madre	First Queen Of Tejano Music
26	Lydia Mendoza	Amor Bonito	First Queen Of Tejano Music
27	Don Santiago Jiminez, Sr.	La Duena de la Llave	Tex Mex Fiesta
28	Flaco Jiminez	Un Mojado Sin Licencia	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
29	Clifton Chenier	Bogalusa Boogie	Bogalusa Boogie
30	Savoy Family Band	Two-Step de Amede	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
31	Pine Leaf Boys	Pine Grove Blues	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
32	HowellDevine	Can't Be Satisfied	Modern Sounds of Ancient Juju

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

California’s Burning

October 20, 2018 Dave

We are remembering what happened here in Sonoma County last October when the firestorm hit, devastating communities and lives. Over 5000 homes and dozens of lives were lost. Disaster struck overnight and our music today reflects back with songs of disaster, songs of burning hell, and music that reminds us that Mother Nature will have its way. Blues from John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, traditional country gospel from Bill Neely and Kitty Wells, and more in a Friday evening remembrance.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The David Thom Band	California's Burning	That Old Familiar
3	Under The Radar	Ride These Flames	Beyond The Niche
4	Kitty Wells	He Will Set Your Fields on Fire	Dust on the Bible (1959)
5	Kilby Snow, Mike Seeger	He Will Set Your Fields On Fire	Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
6	Clyde Moody	06 – Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire)	The Hillbilly Waltz King
7	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	Texas Law & Justice
8	Howlin' Wolf	The Natchez Burning	Blues From Hell
9	John Lee Hooker	Burning Hell	The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2]
10	John Lee Hooker	The Motor City Is Burning	The Definitive Collection
11	Otis Spann	Burning Fire	The Great Blues Men
12	Bob Brozman	American House Fire Blues	Fire in the Mind
13	Dave Alvin	Barn Burning	King Of California
14	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
15	John Mellencamp	Eden Is Burning	John Mellencamp
16	Dixon Brothers	The School House Fire	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
17	J. H. Howell	Burning Of Cleveland School	Classic Field Recordings
18	Max Steiner And The MGM Studio Orhestra	Atlanta in Flames	Gone With the Wind
19	Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet	What's You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?	Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931)
20	Selah Jubilee Singers	I'm Tormented In The Flames	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
21	Sisters Of Song	In God's House	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
22	Mandolin Orange	Wildfire	Blindfaller
23	Lightnin' Hopkins	Burnin' in L.A.	Po' Lightnin'
24	D.L. Menard/Eddie LeJeune/Ken Smith	Les Flammes D'Enfer (The Flames of Hell)	The Best of Louisiana Music [Rounder]
25	Jude Taylor and His Burning Flames	Burnin Flames Special	Putomayo Presents Zydeco
26	Buckwheat Zydeco	Where There's Smoke There's Fire	Menagerie
27	Buddy Miller	Fire and Water	Universal United House Of Prayer
28	Janiva Magness	Your House Is Burnin'	Love Wins Again

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

Deeper Merle Travis

August 26, 2018 Dave

Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines. We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties. It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Travis	I'll See You In My Dreams	The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53)
3	Joe Maphis & Merle Travis	Alabama Jubilee	Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981)
4	John McEuen	Merle Travis Story	Live in L.A.
5	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Cannonball Rag	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Dark as a Dungeon	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
8	Willie Nelson	Dark As A Dungeon	Country Music
9	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Dark As A Dungeon	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
10	Willie Nelson	Sixteen Tons	Remember Me, Vol. 1
11	The Platters	Sixteen Tons	The Magic Touch: An Anthology
12	James & Bobby Purify	16 Tons	The Best Of
13	Hank Penny	Merle's Buck Dance	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
14	Merle Travis	Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
15	The Kentucky Colonels	Nine Pound Hammer	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
16	The Country Gentlemen	I Am a Pilgrim	On the Road (And More)
17	Johnny Cash	Loading Coal [Album Version]	Ride This Train
18	Merle Travis	Start Even	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
19	Merle Travis	No Vacancy	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
20	Ernest Tubb	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
21	Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris	Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1	Lead Kindly Light
22	Bill Frisell	Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis)	Guitar In The Space Age
23	Johnny Bond	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
24	Tex Ritter	Everybody Likes A Little Lovin'	High Noon
25	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
26	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Steel Guitar Rag	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
27	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis	Wildwood Flower	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
28	Merle Travis	Philosophy	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
29	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
30	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
31	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
32	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
33	Ricky Skaggs	Sweet Temptation	Favorite Country Songs
34	Merle Travis	When My Baby Double Talks To Me	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
35	Merle Travis	When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.

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

Tragic Country Tales

August 26, 2018 Dave

Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
3	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	Always on My Mind
4	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
5	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	24 Greatest
6	Bobby Bare	Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963)	All American Boy – CD 2
7	Doc & Merle Watson	The Tragic Romance	Ballads From Deep Gap
8	David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant	Tragic Romance	Life Of Sorrow
9	Grandpa Jones	Tragic Romance	Makes The Rafters Ring
10	The Stanley Brothers	Tragic Love	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
11	Lefty Frizzell	The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3)
12	Red Fox Chasers	Wreck On The Mountain Road	People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine
13	Esco Hankins	Wreck on the Highway	1947-1951 (Warped 4732)
14	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
15	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	Mel Tillis	Life Turned Her That Way	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	Mary Gauthier	Mercy Now	Mercy Now
18	Townes Van Zandt	Waiting Around to Die	Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
19	Vern Gosdin	Chiseled in Stone	Chiseled in Stone
20	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
21	James King	He Stopped Loving Her Today	Three Chords & The Truth
22	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
23	Dwight Yoakam	I Sang Dixie	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
24	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
25	Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
26	Red Foley	Old Shep	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
27	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
28	Charlie Louvin	Wreck on the Highway	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
29	Doc & Merle Watson	The Wreck of The Old #9	Ballads From Deep Gap
30	Faron Young	Hello Walls	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
31	Merle Haggard	If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
32	Johnny Cash	Hurt	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American

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

Lies and Liars

August 26, 2018 Dave

A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
3	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
6	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
7	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
8	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
9	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
10	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
11	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
12	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
13	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
14	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
15	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
16	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
17	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
18	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
19	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
20	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
21	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
22	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
23	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
24	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
25	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
26	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
27	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
28	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
29	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
30	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Political Science

July 28, 2018 Dave

The winds of social change become the storm from every direction when authoritarianism, tyranny, and facism begin to take shape. And music has always played a part when speaking truth to power. The most important role of an American citizen is to vote. There is no greater enemy than apathy. The songs we share on Deeper Roots today focus on Civil Rights, war for the cause of oil, voting as voice, and the fight for power in the New World Order. Tune in for performances from Phil Ochs, Ben Harper, Drive-By Truckers, Roy Zimmerman, and Iris DeMent on a show that explores some political science in harmony, vocals, and melodies to make a stand.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roy Zimmerman	Real America	Real American
3	Jackson Browne	The Dreamer	The Dreamer
4	Steve Earle with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark	16 Immigrant Eyes	Together at The Bluebird Cafe
5	Steve Earle	City Of Immigrants (With Forro In The Dark)	Washington Square Serenade
6	Roy Zimmerman	My Vote My Voice My Right	The Faucet's On Fire
7	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	There But for Fortune
8	The Byrds	Draft Morning	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
9	Barry McGuire	Eve of Destruction	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965
10	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
11	Randy Newman	Political Science	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
12	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind
13	Drive-By Truckers	What It Means	American Band
14	Drive-By Truckers	Guns Of Umpqua	American Band
15	Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals	Call It What It Is	Call It What It Is
16	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
17	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
18	C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers	Get Your Rights, Jack	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
19	Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted And Black	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
20	The Staple Singers	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway
21	The Almanac Singers	Dear Mr. President	Woody Guthrie And American Folk Giants
22	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
23	Joan Baez	I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 4]
24	Marvin Gaye	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2
25	Randy Newman	Every Man a King	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
26	Randy Newman	Rednecks	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
27	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Pray for Peace	Almost Home
28	Public Enemy	Fight The Power	Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music

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

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag

July 7, 2018 Dave

Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Zora Layman & The Hometowners	When The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The Stars	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
3	Johnny Cash	The Streets of Laredo	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2]
4	Sons of the Pioneers	Lone Star Trail	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
5	Tex Ritter	Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Dogies)	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
6	The Weavers	Get Along Little Dogies	The Weavers Almanac
7	Woody Guthrie	Buffalo Skinners (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
8	Oscar Brand	The Tenderfoot	Pie In The Sky
9	The Blue Sky Boys	Trail To Mexico	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
10	Marc Williams	The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
11	Mac Wiseman	Turkey In The Straw	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
12	The Blue Sky Boys	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
13	Dan Zanes	I Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years Ago	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
14	Dan Zanes	California	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
15	Hylo Brown	Sweet Betsy From Pike	Legends & Tall Tales
16	BR5-49	Sweet Betsy from Pike	Song of America
17	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot	This Lusty Land
18	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	The Old Gray Mare	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 2
19	David Rawlings	Money Is the Meat in the Coconut	Poor David's Almanack
20	Kilby Snow	Chicken Reel (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
21	The Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
22	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Sourwood Mountain	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
23	Molly Mason & Jay Ungar	The Lover's Lament	The Lovers' Waltz
24	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
25	Dick Curless	Red River Valley	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
26	The Doc Watson Family	One Morning In May	Tradition
27	Dave Van Ronk	Kentucky Moonshiner	Inside Dave Van Ronk
28	Otis Redding	Down In The Valley	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
29	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
30	Bob Dylan	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Good As I Been To You
31	Tex Ritter	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Singing In The Saddle
32	Dan Zanes	The Monkey's Wedding	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
33	Doc Watson	The Ship That Never Returned	My Dear Old Southern Home
34	Hank Penny	It Ain't Gonna Rain No More	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]

A Century of America's Music