Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

Soothe Me

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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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bob Dylan I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take) The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler) Amazon
3Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers Satisfied How Sweet it Was Amazon
4Marie Knight Satisfied With Jesus Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
5Spiritual Five Satisfied With Him I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3] Amazon
6Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers I Have A Friend Above All Others The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
7Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers Walk With Me 20 Gospel Greats Amazon
8Sam Cooke Trouble In Mind The Rhythm And The Blues Amazon
9Steve Forbert Devil (Here She Comes Now) Compromised Amazon
10Shorty Long Devil With a Blue Dress On Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
11Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly Detroit Breakout! 1 Amazon
12Julia Lee Trouble In Mind Kansas City Star [Disc 1] Amazon
13Julia Lee Lotus Blossom Kansas City Star [Disc 1] Amazon
14Wynonie Harris Good Morning Judge All She Wants To Do Is Rock Amazon
15Chuck Berry Have Mercy Judge The Chess Box Disc 3 Amazon
16Carl Martin Good Morning, Judge Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works Amazon
17Sonny Boy Williamson Your Funeral And My Trial His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Amazon
18Hugh Laurie Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
19Dinah Washington Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair The Bessie Smith Songbook Amazon
20Johnny Otis Court Room Blues Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
21Jorma Kaukonen Judge, I'm Not Sorry The Land Of Heroes Amazon
22The Country Gentlemen The Sentence The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
23Ernest Tubb Dear Judge Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
24Patsy Cline A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye Live at the Opry Amazon
25Washboard Sam Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002] That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
26Hank Williams My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 Amazon
27Louis Armstrong & All His Stars My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
28Page & Plant My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records Amazon
29Joe Ely Rock Me My Baby Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981) Amazon
30Marty Stuart A Satisfied Mind Country Music Amazon
31Tennessee Ernie Ford Cool, Cool Kisses Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
32Bea Foote Weed The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
33Sam & Dave Soothe Me The Best Of Sam & Dave Amazon
34The Persuasions Soothe Me Good News Amazon

Songs About The Telephone

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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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Laurel And Hardy Long Distance Laurel & Hardy – Songs and Sketches from the Hal Roach Films Amazon
3The Manhattan Transfer Operator The Manhattan Transfer Amazon
4Sister Wynona Carr Operator, Operator Dragnet For Jesus Amazon
5The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet Atomic Telephone The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
6The Golden Gate Quartet I Just Telephone Upstairs Vol. 6 (1949-1952) Amazon
7Selah Jubilee Singers Royal Telephone Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941) Amazon
8Burl Ives Royal Telephone Greatest Hits Amazon
9The Carter Family Hello Central! Give Me Heaven The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5] Amazon
10Doc Watson No Telephone In Heaven My Dear Old Southern Home Amazon
11Stuart Hamblen When My Lord Picks Up The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
12Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn) A Tribute To A Legend Amazon
13Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
14Stonewall Jackson Can't Hang Up the Phone Singles Amazon
15Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll & his Orchestra Call Rosie On The Phone The Best Of Guy Mitchell Amazon
16Dusty Owens Hello Operator Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
17Tom T. Hall Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone) The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall Amazon
18George Jones Wrong Number Star Creek Promotions 4 Amazon
19Hank Penny Hold The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
20Lattie Moore The Jukebox And The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
21The Grateful Dead Operator American Beauty Amazon
22Billy Fury Phone Call Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
23Brenda Lee Ring-A-My-Phone Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
24Mickey & Sylvia Can't Get You On The Phone Rock With A Sock Amazon
25Lew Williams Teenager's Talkin' On The Phone Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
26The Big Bopper Chantilly Lace Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3 Amazon
27Boozoo Chavis Telephone Won't Ring The Lake Charles Atomic Bomb (Original Goldband Recordings) Amazon
28Cecil Gant Long Distance Call Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel Amazon
29Johnny "Guitar" Watson Telephone Boogie ABC Of The Blues Vol 49 Amazon
30Jimmy McCracklin What's Your Phone Number Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel Amazon
31Floyd Dixon Telephone Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3] Amazon
32The Treniers Long Distance Blues Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel Amazon
33Marvelettes Beechwood 4-5789 The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1 Amazon
34The Orlons Don't Hang Up Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2) Amazon
35Mary Wells Operator The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2 Amazon
36Tommy Sands Ring My Phone Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
37Paul Anka Kissin' On The Phone Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
38Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Pennsylvania 6-5000 The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
39Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys Maybe She'll Write Me, Maybe She'll Phone Maybe She'll Write Me, Maybe She'll Phone Me Whoopee Hey Hey! Amazon

Payday Saturday Night

The pickins are thin until payday rolls around. Money is short and there’s none to spare. Although we’ve been wanting to save for a rainy day, the cupboards still need fillin’ and we also need enough to have some fun. If that eagle flies on Friday then Saturday night is when the time is right. This week we’ll be banking on that combined theme of payday, money and taxes. Belly up to the barroom country sounds of Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell and The Sons of the Pioneers and then find some rhythm and blues with The Fiestas, The Harlem Hamfats, Bobby Charles and Dom Flemons. It’s all about cashing out every couple of weeks and spreading thin with savings being thinner. We’ve got greenbacks, dollar down payments, songs about payday, the taxman and that almighty dollar to remind us that, as Peter Case points out, that “there’s two kinds of justice everybody knows, one for folks up on the hill and one for the others down below”.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Zeke Clements Payday Saturday Night Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5 Amazon
3The Sons Of The Pioneers When Payday Rolls Around Symphonies Of The Sage Amazon
4Lefty Frizzell When Payday Comes Around 1950-1951 (Warped 5061) Amazon
5Faron Young I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2) Amazon
6Wynn Stewart Another Day, Another Dollar Very Best of: 1958 – 1962 Amazon
7Dan Hicks Payday Blues [Album Version] The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
8Austin McCoy Happy Pay Day Part 1 Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951 Amazon
9The Fiestas Dollar Bill (stereo) Oh So Fine (Ace) Amazon
10Hank Penny Taxes, Taxes Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions Amazon
11Johnny Cash After Taxes I Would Like to See You Again Amazon
12Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely's Trio I Paid My Income Tax Today Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
13The Harlem Hamfats Sales Tax On It Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 Amazon
14Stan Farlow 1040 Blues Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
15Mississippi John Hurt Payday The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
16Lucious Curtis Payday Deep River of Song: Mississippi – Blues Lineage Amazon
17Bobby Charles Nickles, Dimes and Dollars Timeless Amazon
18The Limeliters A Dollar Down American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
19Oscar Brand A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3 Amazon
20Freddie Hart And The Heartbeats That Almighty Dollar Age of WorryFrom Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 19601970 Amazon
21Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Vintage Collections Amazon
22Aloe Blacc I Need A Dollar I Need A Dollar Amazon
23J.J. Cale Money Talks The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
24Roomful Of Blues Money Talks Dressed Up To Get Messed Up Amazon
25Dom Flemons Big Money Blues Traveling Wildfire Amazon
26Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes For The Love Of Money If You Don't Know Me By Now Amazon
27The Lovin' Spoonful Money Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
28Sierra Ferrell Silver Dollar Long Time Coming Amazon
29Van Morrison Greenback Dollar Moving On Skiffle Amazon
30The Kingston Trio Greenback Dollar Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
31Randy Newman It's Money That Matters Land of Dreams Amazon
32Mel Blanc Money Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
33Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis The Money Song Cocktail Hour Disc 1 Amazon

Georgia Peaches

This week’s show takes us across the landscape of the state of Georgia and then reminisces about ladies that share her name. No genre is off limits and no era too far in the past is excluded in this latest Deeper Roots show that takes on a theme. We’re also hoping that the will of the people is not interfered with in a state that’s struggling to awaken; a lumbering giant of democracy still haunted (and celebrated at the highest levels) by plantation politics. Our music this week will feature some tradition from Georgia’s own Jake Xerxes Fussell, country tunes from Lefty Frizzell and Charley Crockett, jazz from Nina Simone and Joe Venuti, and we’ll visit a Georgia Camp Meeting and One More Sunday in Savannah. Tune in for a collection of tunes about a state of mind and some fine women who share the name of a southern state where peaches and a darker past prosper. Tune in on Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Swe-Danes Georgia Camp Meeting New Discgems From Warner Brothers Amazon
3The Mills Brothers That's Georgia The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2 Amazon
4The Boswell Sisters The Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
5The Andrews Sisters Atlanta G.A. Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 3] Amazon
6Kacey Musgraves When It's Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia Wanted: One Good Cowboy Amazon
7Waylon Jennings Cedartown, Georgia The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1 Amazon
8Charley Crockett All the Way from Atlanta The Man from Waco Amazon
9Ryan Bingham Long Way from Georgia Mescalito Amazon
10Tony Joe White Rainy Night in Georgia Collected [CD1] Amazon
11Joan Osborne Midnight Train to Georgia Breakfast In Bed Amazon
12Art Kahn's Orchestra v. Chick Bullock Two Tickets To Georgia Victor Young & Brunswick Studio Orchestra (1932-1934) Amazon
13Nina Simone One More Sunday In Savannah The Tomato Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
14Little Feat Oh, Atlanta Feats Don't Fail Me Now Amazon
15Alison Krauss Oh, Atlanta Now That I've Found You Amazon
16Dirty Cello The Devil Went Down To Georgia By Request Amazon
17Tennessee Ernie Ford I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1] Amazon
18Jake Xerxes Fussell Georgia Buck Jake Xerxes Fussell Amazon
19Johnny Gimble Sweet Georgia Brown (Featuring Merle Haggard) Celebrating With Friends Amazon
20Mac Wiseman The Georgia Mail Sings Old Time Country Favorites Amazon
21Boz Scaggs Georgia Silk Degrees Amazon
22Charley Crockett Help Me Georgia Lonesome As A Shadow Amazon
23Duke Robillard Sweet Georgia Brown After Hours Swing Sessions Amazon
24Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Georgia On My Mind The Best Of Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang Amazon
25Justin Townes Earle South Georgia Sugar Babe The Good Life Amazon
26Robbie Fulks Georgia Hard Georgia Hard Amazon
27Iris DeMent Waycross Georgia Workin' On A World Amazon
28Hank Penny Tell Me All About Georgia King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
29Eartha Kitt Atlanta Blues The RCA Recordings 1953-1958 Amazon
30Five Red Caps Atlanta G.A. Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947) Amazon

Finger Pickin’ Good

Tune in Friday morning for a finger pickin’ helping of Americana and beyond as our show revisits some guitar masters from blues, country blues, folk and tradition. We’ll take a spin across the landscape of steel and gut string tradition with a collection that features tracks from Stefan Grossman, Mississippi John Hurt, Leo Kottke, Merle Travis and over a dozen others. As February wraps up, we’ll be completing our February journey out of winter’s doldrums and into the sweet breezes of Spring. Let this show be a warmup for your good life and times. So put your feet up and drop in. We’d love to have you.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Leo Kottke Buckaroo Essential Amazon
3Chet Atkins Wheels Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker Amazon
4Doc Watson Windy and Warm The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
5Doc Watson Moody River Memories Amazon
6Doc Watson Doc's Guitar [#] The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
7Jefferson Airplane Embryonic Journey Walk on the Moon Amazon
8Jorma Kaukonen Fur Peace Rag Stars In My Crown Amazon
9John Fahey Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home The Legend of Blind Joe Death Amazon
10Davy Graham Angi 3/4 Ad – Single Amazon
11Davy Graham Davy's Train Blues 3/4 Ad – Single Amazon
12Reverend Gary Davis Candy Man Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
13Stefan Grossman Police Dog Blues How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
14Blind Blake Diddie Wa Diddie Roots of Rock Amazon
15Lonnie Johnson Untitled Steppin' On The Blues Amazon
16Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues Roots of Rock Amazon
17Riley Puckett Fuzzy Rag Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar Amazon
18Etta Baker One Dime Blues Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
19Merle Travis Freight Train (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
20Bob Brozman Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version] Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered] Amazon
21Merle Travis Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
22Jorma Kaukonen There's A Table Sitting In Heaven Stars In My Crown Amazon
23Leo Kottke Wonderland By Night Peculiaroso Amazon
24John Fahey Layla Rain Forests, Oceans And Other Amazon
25Leo Kottke Little Martha Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years Amazon
26Dave Van Ronk Green, Green Rocky Road Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
27David Bromberg Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
28Sam McGee Knoxville Blues Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1] Amazon
29Stefan Grossman Pallet On Your Floor How To Play Blues Guitar Amazon
30Bob Hadley Celtic Reverie Imaginational Anthem Amazon
31Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Oh Well Sixty Six Steps Amazon
32Mance Lipscomb Sugar Babe Texas Songster Amazon

Sinner’s Playground

The landscape this morning is smothered in ominous clouds as the music we have for you features the gospel beat with a blend of suggestive celebratory, suspicious, and devil-may-care songs. We’ve got the fire and brimstone bible-thumping sounds of Brother Claude Ely, some classic gospel warnings from The Golden Gate Quartet, a pastiche of British Clerkenwell nuggets from The Real Tuesday Weld, The Weavers, Lonnie Johnson, and a whole lot more. An eclectic blend of songs of Satan, dark nights, and sinner’s bemoaning their dirty little religion on another Friday morning collection of sounds on Deeper Roots. Tune in. The ground is saturated with blues, gospel, country, and even some hillbillies from hell…just for you.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Harry James & His Orchestra/Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest/Dalton Rizzotto & Orchestra The Devil Sat Down And Cried Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
3Golden Gate Quartet Atom and Evil 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
4Warren Zevon Dirty Little Religion Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
5Kane Welch Kaplin Satan's Paradise Lost John Dean Amazon
6Johnny Cash Rusty Cage Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American Amazon
7Lonnie Johnson Devil's Got The Blues Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
8Bob Brozman Devil's Slide Devil's Slide Amazon
9The Real Tuesday Weld It's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It I, Lucifer Amazon
10Sister Rosetta Tharpe Changes The Great Gospel Women Vol. 2 Amazon
11The Real Tuesday Weld The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid I, Lucifer Amazon
12The Gospeleers The Devil's Gonna Get You Black Vocal Groups Vol. 5 (1923-1941) Amazon
13Brother Claude Ely Farther On Satan Get Back Amazon
14Steve Earle Devil's Right Hand Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2) Amazon
15Uncle Tupelo Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down March 16-20, 1992 Amazon
16The Louvin Brothers Satan And The Saint The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks Amazon
17Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws Dance Of The Dodo Bird The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
18Chiwetel Ejiofor I Want To Be Evil (Original Version) Kinky Boots Amazon
19The Robins That Old Black Magic Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2 Amazon
20The Swan Silvertones Sinner Man Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
21The Weavers Sinner Man Traveling on With The Weavers Amazon
22The Harmonizing Four Oh Sinner Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
23Jesse Winchester Evil Angel Gentleman Of Leisure Amazon
24Calexico Sinner in the Sea Algiers Amazon
25Jimmy Minor Satan's Chauffeur Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
26Rusty Dean Sinner Beware Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
27Fern Jones This World Is Not My Home The Glory Road Amazon
28Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette Sinner's Crossroads Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
29The Flamingos The Sinner (El Pecador) Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of Amazon
30Daniel Lanois Sleeping in the Devil's Bed For the Beauty of Wynona Amazon
31C.W. Stoneking We Gon' Boogaloo Gon' Boogaloo Amazon
32The Real Tuesday Weld (Still) Terminally Ambivalent Over You I, Lucifer Amazon
33Howlin' Wolf Evil Chess Blues Disc 2 Amazon
34Freddie & The Hitch Hikers Sinners Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon

Classic Country Covers

It may be Friday the 13th, but we won’t be bothered with the superstitious. Instead, we’ll go with traditional and popular country nuggets as our topics with some couplings of contemporary and vintage. We’ve gathered a collection of modern country covers from the likes of Rosanne Cash, Solitaire Miles, Charley Crockett, Chuck Mead and others and we’ll be coupling them up with originals and favorites from the distant past. Merle Travis, Red Foley, Hank Williams, and The Louvin Brothers take the stage from a dream-filled past. We’re celebrating country classics from fifties, sixties and seventies and having fun doing it while kicking back. You don’t need to be wearing pretentious boots and hats to appreciate the easy sway of classic country … you just need to close your eyes and appreciate the performances … well, unless you’re driving.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Band Long Black Veil Music From Big Pink Amazon
3Rosanne Cash Featuring Jeff Tweedy Long Black Veil (Feat. Jeff Tweedy) The List Amazon
4Lefty Frizzell Long Black Veil Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
5Johnny Bond Goodbye Old Paint Standard Transcriptions Amazon
6Pharis and Jason Romero Goodbye Old Paint A Wanderer I'll Stay Amazon
7McKinley James Who Will The Next Fool Be Who Will The Next Fool Be (Single) Amazon
8Charlie Rich Who Will the Next Fool Be Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
9Johnny Cash We Must Believe In Magic The Adventures Of Johnny Cash Amazon
10Matt Urmy We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement) Out of the Ashes Amazon
11The Malpass Brothers Hello Walls The Malpass Brothers Amazon
12Willie Nelson Hello Walls Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS Amazon
13Henson Cargill Skip a Rope Skip a Rope Amazon
14Charley Crockett Skip A Rope Music City USA Amazon
15Kevin Russell Are You Teasing Me Plain Dirt Fashion Amazon
16The Louvin Brothers Are You Teasing Me Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
17Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys Anytime Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
18Chuck Mead Anytime You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold Amazon
19Dirty Cello Sixteen Tons I May Not Be Perfect Amazon
20Merle Travis Sixteen Tons Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
21Spade Cooley & His Orchestra feat. Tex Williams Crazy 'Cause I Love You That's What I Like About The West Amazon
22Solitaire Miles Crazy Cause I Love You Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas Amazon
23Whitney Rose There's A Tear In My Beer Heartbreaker of the Year Amazon
24Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. There's A Tear In My Beer Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
25Solitaire Miles I Hear You Talkin' Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas Amazon
26Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys I Hear You Talkin' The Tiffany Transcriptions Volume 1 Amazon
27Hank Williams You're Gonna Change Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11 Amazon
28Tom Petty You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
29Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Settin' The Woods On Fire Back At The Quonset Hut Amazon
30Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys Settin' The Woods On Fire Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood Amazon
31Red Foley Tennessee Border Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon
32Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Tennessee Border Back At The Quonset Hut Amazon
33BR5-49 The Price of Love This Is BR549 Amazon
34The Everly Brothers The Price of Love Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2 Amazon

The Year in Americana 2022

This week’s show looks back at the year 2022 with a focus on the umbrella genre known as Americana. We’ll be digging deep into the releases that mattered last year, sharing some of the fresh new releases that made an impression. There are the singer/songwriters, the old hands with fresh perspectives, as well as those who have taken tradition and dressed it up fresh for the party. We’ll hear tracks from some of the very best albums of the year, including a few off the beaten one. Some great sounds coming your way from Aoife O’Donovan, The Black Keys, Tami Neilson, and Hurray for the Riff Raff. Pour yourself a cup of your favorite fresh brew, put on the headphones, and find yourself some new favorites from under that big tent they call ‘Americana’ on KOWS Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Courtney Marie Andrews These Are The Good Old Days Loose Future Amazon
3Jake Xerxes Fussell Frolic Good and Green Again Amazon
4Neko Case Hold On, Hold On Wild Creatures Amazon
5John Craigie Distance Mermaid Salt Amazon
6Hurray for the Riff Raff Nightqueen Life On Earth Amazon
7Eliza Gilkyson Don't Stop Lovin' Me Songs From the River Wind Amazon
8Tami Neilson feat. Willie Nelson Beyond The Stars Kingmaker Amazon
9Mary Gauthier Fall Apart World Dark Enough to See the Stars Amazon
10Calexico El Mirador El Mirador Amazon
11Aoife O'Donovan Prodigal Daughter Age of Apathy Amazon
12Father John Misty Goodbye Mr. Blue Chlok and the Next 20th Century Amazon
13Tommy McLain Somebody (Radio Edit) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
14Leeroy Stagger Does Anybody Live Here? Dystopian Weekends Amazon
15Dr. John End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville Things Happen That Way Amazon
16The Cactus Blossoms Ballad of an Unknown One Day Amazon
17Charley Crockett I Hope It Rains At My Funeral Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley Amazon
18Charley Crockett The Man from Waco The Man from Waco Amazon
19Angel Olsen & Sturgill Simpson Big Time Big Time Amazon
20Melissa Carper Hit or Miss Ramblin' Soul Amazon
21Jake Blount Didn't It Rain The New Faith Amazon
22Tyler Childers Way of the Triune God Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Amazon
23David Quinn Cornbread and Chili Country Fresh Amazon
24Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Can't Let Go Raise The Roof Amazon
25The Black Keys It Ain't Over Dropout Boogie Amazon
26Willi Carlisle Vanlife (Radio Edit) Peculiar, Missouri Amazon
27Miko Marks The Resurrectors Trouble Feel Like Going Home Amazon

Travelin’ Shoes

We’re reaching deep into those roots Americana archives this morning for a free form blend of country, gospel, folk, and blues. Buckets of music planned for your Friday morning: whether you’re here in the warm October folds of Sonoma County or on the other side of the planet, we’re here to soothe the fray of what’s occurring at every corner. The music we have in store includes new tracks from Dr. John and Sweet Megg, Neko Case, the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Haden, Randy Newman and more than a dozen others. Songs about the long road, six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline, and sunrise and sunset couplets. It’s a Friday morning here on the West Coast and our community is always willing to share with you on KOWS-LP Community Radio. Join us, why don’t you.

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200:00 Bruce Springsteen Nightshift Amazon
308:05 Maria Muldaur Sweetheart Amazon
411:00 Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Travelin' Shoes Amazon
512:50 Maria Muldaur Travelin' Shoes Amazon
615:11 Don Elliot Long, Black Automobile Amazon
717:38 Lightnin' Hopkins Automobile Blues Amazon
828:45 Weeping Willows When The Sun Came Down Amazon
930:51 Anita Carter Ring Of Fire Amazon
1032:44 Charlie Haden Is This America? (Katrina 2005) Amazon
1136:20 Tony Rice Pride of Man Amazon
1238:35 Dr. John End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville Amazon
1349:02 Aaron Neville Down Into Muddy Water Amazon
1452:34 Neko Case Buckets Of Rain Amazon
1555:16 Randy Newman & The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra With Members Of The New York Philharmonic Louisiana 1927 Amazon
1658:34 Chris Hillman Like A Hurricane Amazon
171:07:17 Sweet Megg Faded Love Amazon
181:10:57 The Boswell Sisters Was That the Human Thing to Do, #1 Amazon
191:14:10 Louis Armstrong Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Amazon
201:17:07 Fats Domino Goin' Home Amazon
211:19:12 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers I'm Walkin' Amazon
221:25:30 Wanda Jackson Mean Mean Man Amazon
231:27:38 Junior Brown & The Beach Boys 409 Amazon
241:29:53 Bruce Springsteen; Dr. John Right Place Wrong Time Amazon
251:34:19 Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines I Want a Lavender Cadillac Amazon
261:37:08 Louis Prima Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) Amazon
271:39:41 Betty Hutton Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Amazon
281:42:41 Hoagy Carmichael Ole Buttermilk Sky Amazon
291:44:42 Ella Mae Morse with Dick Walters & His Orchestra Shoo-Shoo Baby Amazon
301:51:28 Blue Lu Barker A Little Bird Told Me Amazon
311:53:39 Maria Muldaur It Ain't the Meat It's the Motion Amazon

Not Above The Law

Welcome to a common theme we share on Deeper Roots:  an eclectic blend of stories featuring grifters, the gallows, the law and prison time. Today we’ll be mixing current events with the rule of law and the focus takes on historic anthems of good versus evil. Playlists will feature topics of blind justice, the fate of liars and thieves, and stories of false prophets and demagogues. We’ll welcome them in their own words with pearls of justice that even the January 6th looters, traitors and thieves cannot escape. It’s a cult…and neither democracy nor faith abide much by the cult of personality that’s soiling our Constitution. We’ve got tracks from Dr. John, Three Dog Night, Hugh Laurie, Booker T and Ted Hawkins this week. Join us here on Deeper Roots for an expose about “Fear and Loathing at Mar-a-Lago”.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Booker T. & The MG's Hang 'Em High The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1] Amazon
3The Fabulous Thunderbirds Can't Tear It Up Enuff T-Bird Rhythm Amazon
4Ted Hawkins The Constitution Happy Hour Amazon
5Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
6The Louvin Brothers Cash On The Barrelhead Close Harmony [Disc 3] Amazon
7Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra Call The Police Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands Amazon
8Ray Lum A Trader Is Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris Amazon
9Bill Phillips The Yankee Trader Bill Phillips 1958-1961 Amazon
10Dr. John Trader John The Blues Biography Amazon
11Three Dog Night Liar The Complete Hit Singles Amazon
12Julia Lee Lies Kansas City Star [Disc 2] Amazon
13JD McPherson Mother Of Lies Let The Good Times Roll Amazon
14Julie London Little White Lies 36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
15Jackie Greene About Cell Block #9 Sweet Somewhere Bound Amazon
16Bill Carter with The Cooper Brothers Jailer Man The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
17Buck Owens In the Jailhouse Now Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics Amazon
18Hugh Laurie Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
19Elton Britt Uranium Fever Atomic Platters Amazon
20Sam Hinton Old Man Atom Atomic Platters Amazon
21Dan Reeder 2016 Election Song Every Which Way (Deluxe Edition) Amazon
22Fay Simmons You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb Atomic Platters Amazon
23Fred Kirby When That Hell Bomb Falls Atomic Platters Amazon
24George Kent I Always Did Like Leavenworth The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
25The Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
26George Jones/Johnny Cash I Got Stripes [*] Silver Amazon
27Rico Bell Death Row The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
28Doodle Duncan Death Row Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2 Amazon
29Marty Robbins Hanging Tree A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982) Amazon
30Ralph Stanley O Death O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
31Roy Zimmerman The Don Rize Up Amazon
32Thomas E. Dewey Election Eve Campaign Speech Great Speeches of the 20th Century Amazon
33Paul Stookey Nukes R Nuts Just Causes Amazon
34Roy Zimmerman The Liar Tweets Tonight The Liar Tweets Tonight (Single) Amazon
35Earle Hagen I Spy Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon