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Remembering John Prine

October 17, 2021 Dave

This week, we pay a long overdue tribute to John Prine while celebrating the 75th year of his birth which came up on the calendar this week. One of the losses that reverberates among us all is the loss of John Prine to COVID in April, 2020, at the beginning of this long and painful pandemic. We’re paying our tributes at the same time that a his label Oh Boy Records releases Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows, Volume 2, a collection of Prine covers that hits the marks and follows the first volume, released over ten years ago. Our show will feature a chronological look back at the legacy of this national treasure, a songwriter whose bite followed along on the arc of his storytelling that looked into matters of the human heart. We’ll hear covers from Nanci Griffith, Yarn, and a few others but we’ll follow the path along John’s career in performances especially selected for a two hour journey of John’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joan Baez	Hello In There	Diamonds & Rust
3	Justin Townes Earle	Far From Me	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
4	Sturgill Simpson	Paradise	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2
5	John Prine	Donald And Lydia	John Prine Live
6	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
7	John Prine	The Great Compromise	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
8	John Prine	He Was in Heaven Before He Died	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
9	John Prine	If You Don't Want My Love	Bruised Orange
10	Yarn	Christmas in Prison	Stray Dog Christmas Compilation
11	John Prine	The Sins of Memphisto	The Missing Years
12	Nanci Griffith	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	Winter Marquee [Live]
13	John Prine	Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian	German Afternoons
14	John Prine	Lulu Walls	German Afternoons
15	John Prine	Lake Marie	Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
16	John Prine	In Spite Of Ourselves	In Person & On Stage
17	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
18	John Prine	Glory of True Love	Fair & Square
19	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
20	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
21	John Prine	The Lonesome Friends Of Science	The Tree Of Forgiveness
22	John Prine	Caravan Of Fools	The Tree Of Forgiveness
23	John Prine	When I Get To Heaven	The Tree Of Forgiveness
24	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
25	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything
26	Bonnie Raitt	Angel from Montgomery	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2

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Guitar Routes

October 4, 2021 Dave

It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic. That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock. We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Truett & George	Ghost Dance	Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
3	Lonnie Johnson	Swing Out Rhythm	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
4	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
5	Blind Blake	Southern Rag	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
6	Robert Johnson	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
7	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Little Queen Of Spades	Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters
8	Les Paul Trio	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
9	Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders	Indiana March	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
10	Slim Gaillard	Minuet In Vout	Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts
11	Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band	Blue Guitar Stomp	Hillibilly Boogie!
12	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51)
13	Les Paul	Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
14	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Railroadin'	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
15	Chet Atkins	Carolina Shout	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
16	Richard Thompson	New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel	Strict Tempo!
17	Richard Thompson	Rockin' in Rhythm	Strict Tempo!
18	John Fahey	I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
19	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey
20	Bert Jansch	On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix]	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
21	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years
22	Roy Clark	Riders in the Sky	The Roy Clark Anthology
23	Doc Watson	Dill Pickle Rag	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
24	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	American Roots Music (Disc One-Country)
25	Jorma Kaukonen	There's A Table Sitting In Heaven	Stars In My Crown
26	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
27	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits
28	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Coal Miner's Daughter
29	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman	All-Time Greatest Hits
30	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil in Disguise	Artist of the Century Disc 2
31	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Honey Hush	Tear It Up
32	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Texas Flood	Texas Flood
33	Gary Moore	Parisienne Walkways	While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2]

Mean Old World

July 16, 2021 Dave

This week’s show is a free form collection of songs from early, middle and late, all blending tradition, pop, rock ‘n roll, soul, and so much more. Little themes and big ones that bring out the best in us and some old favorites as well. Tune in on Friday at 9 for Deeper Roots and we’ll give you some Mills Brothers, John Prine, Ivory Joe Hunter and John Sebastian…oh yes, a little Bo Diddley and some Bette Davis thrown in. Community Radio in Sonoma County is all about eclectic, non-commercial entertainment with voices of your community there to bring you home. It’s a mean old world but it’s also a big, old goofy one and we’ve got the sounds this week on Deeper Roots to prove it.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
3	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	I Am The Light Of This World	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
4	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
5	Johnny Burnette	Big Big World	25 Greatest Hits
6	John Prine	It's a Big Old Goofy World	The Missing Years
7	Los Lobos	We Belong Together	La Bamba
8	The Mills Brothers	Sixty Seconds Got Together	Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
9	Campus Kids	Managua, Nicaragua	The Groups Sing [Disc 2]
10	Carmen Miranda	Chica Chica Boom Chic	The Very Best of Carmen Miranda
11	Sue Foley	Cuban Getaway	Antone's Women: Bringing You the Best in Blues
12	Dean Martin	Memories Are Made Of This	Crush On You
13	Nick Lowe	Sensitive Man	The Old Magic
14	Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan	Tennessee Bird Walk	Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics
15	John Sebastian	Red-Eye Express	The Best Of John Sebastian
16	Dan Penn	Don't Lose Your Good Thing	The Fame Recordings
17	Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby	Since I Met You Baby
18	Ollie & The Nightingales	I Got A Sure Thing	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
19	The Spinners	It's A Shame	The Very Best Of
20	Ann Cole	Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work On You)	Jump, Jive & Swing
21	Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa	30 Greatest Hits Disc 2
22	Dinning Sisters	Oh Monah	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
23	Bo Diddley	Mona	Living The Blues – Chicago Blues Giants
24	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
25	The Prisonaires	All Alone And Lonely	The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain
26	John Prine With Dolores Keane	It's A Cheating Situation	In Spite Of Ourselves
27	Elvis Presley	Viva Las Vegas	2nd To None
28	Jo Stafford	I Love You	You Belong To Me
29	Boswell Sisters	I Thank You Mr. Moon	Boswell Sisters
30	Boswell Sisters	Stop the Sun Stop the Moon	Boswell Sisters
31	Bill Kirchen	Valley of the Moon (Album)	Word To The Wise

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The River In Music

July 10, 2021 Dave

There are no more essential metaphors to be had in the American story than that of the river. The river is nature’s alliance with mankind and its muse in prose, poetry and song. It is the stuff of dreams, the movement of the clock in Her terms, the news of the day when the banks are breached, and the symbol of biblical ventures of time and home. So we’ll be taking to the river on a Friday in July to feel the warmth of the surface knowing full well that the undercurrent is treacherous and cold beneath the hull. Music this week includes the stories of the Great Flood of 1927 with Barbecue Bob, the baptismal elements from Alison Krauss and Irma Thomas, Central Valley memories from Dave Alvin by way of Merle Haggard, and the poetry of river sounding chants and Paul Robeson’s muscle. Tune in as we drift our way down the Mississippi and beyond on Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
3	Charles Colman & William Eaton	River Sounding Chant	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
4	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	American Songbook Series: Jerome Kern
5	Marian Anderson	Deep River	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
6	Mavis Staples	In The Mississippi River (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
7	Johnny Cash	Big River	Original Greatest Hits
8	The Carter Family	River Of Jordan	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
9	Alison Krauss	Down to the River to Pray	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
10	Delmore Brothers	Happy on the Mississippi Shores	Brown's Ferry Blues
11	Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Billy May	River Of No Return	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
12	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	Lazy River	The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
13	Snooks Eaglin	Going to the River	Complete Imperial Recordings
14	Fats Domino	Going to the River	This Is Gold Disc 1
15	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
16	Robert Hicks	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
17	Slocan Ramblers	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	Queen City Jubilee
18	Joe Shores	Mississippi Sounding Calls [A-1]	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
19	Jimmie Rodgers	Miss The Mississippi And You	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
20	Leon Redbone	Mississippi River Blues	Double Time
21	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Swanee River	Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford
22	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	One More River	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
23	Irma Thomas With Henry Butler	River Is Waiting	Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues
24	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival
25	Dave Alvin	Kern River	West of the West
26	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
27	Doc & Merle Watson	Deep River Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
28	Jorma Kaukonen	Red River Blues	Blue Country Heart
29	Johnny Rivers	Big River	The Memphis Sun Recordings
30	The New Christy Minstrels	Mighty Mississippi	Ramblin'
31	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West

Blues, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Blues Across Texas

June 26, 2021 Dave

A collection of blues performers almost unparalleled. They grow ’em big down there and the sound of the blues is no different. From Lead Belly to Blind Lemon Jefferson to the Vaughan Brothers, you can’t really capture the breadth and depth of the blues from the state of Texas in one sitting, so we’re only going to do our very best in the show this morning on KOWS. Early blues from Ramblin’ Thomas, Texas Alexander and Bessie Tucker will take us into the seminal country folk blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. While we’re name-dropping, how about Bobby “Blue” Bland, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Big Mama Thornton, and it doesn’t stop there. There’s a heaping helping of Texas blues coming your way from the KOWS studios located in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Matchbox Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
3	Pee Wee Crayton	Do Unto Others	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
4	Johnny Winter	Mean Town Blues	Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
5	Fenton Robinson	Somebody Loan Me A Dime	Living The Blues: The 70's Blues Classics
6	Albert Collins	Frosty	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
7	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
8	Ramblin' Thomas	Poor Boy Blues	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3B: Songs
9	Texas Alexander	Don't You Wish Your Baby was Built Up Like Mine	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 – 1928)
10	J.T. Smith	Fools Blues	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
11	Bessie Tucker	Better Boot That Thing [Take 2] [#]	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1928-1929)
12	Lightnin' Hopkins	Katie Mae Blues	The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
13	Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson	Blues Come To Texas	Blues Come To Texas
14	Mance Lipscomb	Introduction	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
15	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
16	T-Bone Walker	Cold, Cold Feeling	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
17	James "Thunderbird" Davis	If I Had My Life To Live Over	Blues Pajama Party
18	Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown	Okie Dokie Stomp	ABC Of The Blues Vol 4
19	Frankie Lee Sims	Lucy Mae Blues	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
20	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
21	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
22	Big Mama Thornton	Let Your Tears Fall Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
23	Freddie King	Hide Away	Ultimate Collection
24	Jimmie Vaughan	Don't Cha Know	Strange Pleasure
25	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Pride And Joy	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
26	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	She's Tuff	Blues Masters, Vol. 9: Postmodern Blues
27	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	One Room Country Shack	ABC Of The Blues Vol 49
28	Blind Willie Johnson	John The Revelator	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
29	Johnny Copeland	Down On Bending Knees	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
30	Andrew "Smokey" Hogg	I Gotta Ride	Texas Guitar Killers Disc 2
31	Johnny Winter	Highway 61 Revisited	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
32	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	A Propoer Introduction to Lowell Fulson Juke Box Shuffle

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Windy and Warm

May 28, 2021 Dave

This morning’s show takes a free form journey across that long grey ribbon of America’s roots highways. We’ll be sharing a coast-to-coast collection of sounds including surf sounds, a tincture of Mose Allison, swamp gold from Cookie and the Cupcakes, folk sounds of Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds, forties pop sounds of Johnny Mercer, and highlights from a songwriter you may never have heard of but who made a profound impact across the board: John D. Loudermilk. dusty digital bins. Join Dave Stroud for an eclectic blend of classic soul, folk, rock, jazz, blues, and country on a Friday morning brought to you live from the KOWS studios in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
3	Barbara Lynn	Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
4	Etta James	One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)	The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
5	Dinah Washington	This Bitter Earth	The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs
6	Mose Allison	You Call It Joggin'	Allison Wonderland: Anthology [Disc 2]
7	Robert Johnson	Come on in My Kitchen	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1
8	Crosby, Stills & Nash	49 Bye-Byes	Crosby, Stills & Nash
9	Louis Armstrong	Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
10	John D. Loudermilk	Everybody Knows	Blue Train
11	Pete Seeger	Coyote, My Little Brother	God Bless The Grass
12	Malvina Reynolds	Little Boxes	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
13	Aaron Neville	Tell It Like It Is	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
14	Cookie & The Cupcakes	I Cried	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
15	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Mathilda	Essential Fabulous Thunderbirds
16	The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	The Ultimate Collection
17	John Prine	If I Could	Live on Tour
18	Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford	Personality	Capitol Collectors Series
19	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
20	Sir Douglas Quintet	She's About A Mover	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
21	Terry Stafford	Suspicion	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
22	Bruce Springsteen	Johnny Bye-Bye	Tracks [Disc 2]
23	Chuck Berry	You Never Can Tell	The Chess Box Disc 2
24	The Beach Boys	Surfin' U.S.A.	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
25	Jerry Lee Lewis/Ringo Starr	Sweet Little Sixteen	Last Man Standing
26	Dave Edmunds	Here Comes the Weekend	The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1
27	Elvis Presley	Paralyzed	50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2
28	Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers	All That Oil in Texas	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
29	The Four Clefs	I Like Pie, I Like Cake	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
30	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	A String of Pearls	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
31	The Lovin' Spoonful	Daydream	Daydream [Original LP]
32	The Youngbloods	Get Together	Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
33	Nina Simone	Feeling Good	Compact Jazz
34	Johnny Cash	Ring Of Fire	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]

Bob at 80

May 28, 2021 Dave

Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	Song To Woody	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1]
3	Bob Dylan	Mississippi	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
4	Ian & Sylvia	Tomorrow Is A Long Time	Four Strong Winds
5	Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan	Nashville Skyline Rag	Dylan Country
6	Bob Dylan	New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2]
7	Bob Dylan	Talkin' New York	Bob Dylan
8	Joan Baez	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	From The Coffeehouse
9	Peter, Paul & Mary	Blowin' In The Wind	The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
10	The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	20 Number Ones
11	Johnny Cash	It Ain't Me Babe	Dylan Country
12	Bob Dylan	If Dogs Run Free	New Morning
13	Bob Dylan	Po' Boy	Love and Theft
14	Bob Dylan	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	MTV Unplugged
15	Bob Dylan	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Blood on the Tracks
16	Bob Dylan	Shelter from the Storm [Take 2]	More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
17	Bob Dylan	Everything Is Broken	Oh Mercy
18	Bob Dylan	Things Have Changed	Lovesick
19	The Band	When I Paint My Masterpiece	A Musical History [Disc 4]
20	Bob Dylan	Man in the Long Black Coat	Chronicles, Vol. 1
21	Bob Dylan	Duquesne Whistle	Tempest
22	Bob Dylan	Goodbye Jimmy Reed	Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1]
23	Bob Dylan	My Blue Eyed Jane	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
24	Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison	My Back Pages	Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2]
25	Bob Dylan	Man Gave Names To All The Animals	Slow Train Coming

Rolling Along

April 9, 2021 Dave

We’re going to blend all the favorites into a delicious free form stew this morning, looking to the north, south, east and west for our inspiration. Not only do we have some Otis Redding soul, but we’ve also got some traditional blendings from David Johansen, The Devil Makes Three, and some southern fried sounds from James Lee Stanley and John Hammond. A lot of our playlist makes connections: moonlight drives, Memphis tributes, and a lot about our title track ‘rolling along’. I’ve also got a little splash of Frankie Laine for inspiration along those lines. Tune in on a Sonoma County Friday morning for more from the Cherry Street Historic District and the mighty KOWS, streaming to planet earth on kowsfm.com.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Mavericks	Rolling Along	Brand New Day
3	John Hammond	Riding In The Moonlight	Southern Fried
4	James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt	Moonlight Drive	All Wood And Doors
5	The Doors	Moonlight Drive	Strange Days
6	Raul Malo	Moonlight Kiss	Lucky One
7	B.B. King & Eric Clapton	Riding With The King	Riding With The King
8	John Hiatt	Book Lovers	Riding With the King
9	David Johansen & the Harry Smiths	Well, I've Been to Memphis	BMW Audiophile
10	J.J. Cale	Midnight in Memphis	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
11	Charley Crockett	That's How I Got to Memphis	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
12	Randy Newman	Rollin'	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
13	Raphael Saadiq	Stone Rollin'	Stone Rollin' – Single
14	Tiny Bradshaw	The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered) – Single
15	Various	Blazing Saddles Pledge To Hedley Lamarr Audio	Sound Clips
16	Frankie Laine	Signature / Main Title	Blazing Saddles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [40th Anniversary Edition]
17	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
18	Otis Redding	I'm Sick Y'All	Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
19	Arthur Alexander	In The Middle Of It All	The Greatest Hits
20	Elvis Presley	It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'	From Elvis in Memphis
21	The Devil Makes Three	Come On Up to the House	Redemption & Ruin
22	The Box Tops	The Letter	The Classic Sixties: 1967
23	Eartha Kitt	The Memphis Blues	The RCA Recordings 1953-1958
24	Jerry Lee Lewis	Night Train To Memphis	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
25	Mink Deville	You Just Keep Holding On	The Mink De Ville Collection
26	Ben E. King	Spanish Harlem	Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962
27	Cassius Clay	Stand by Me	Golden Throats, Vol. 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities
28	Creedence Clearwater Revival	It Ain't You Or Me	36 All – Time Greatest Hits 3 CD Set (Disk 3)
29	Kevin Russell	Nadine	You Don't Know Me
30	John Prine	Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian	German Afternoons
31	The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	The Soul Story, Vol. 2 [Disc 1]
32	Irma Thomas	Hurtin' for Certain	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn

The Great American Songbook

February 27, 2021 Dave

Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Songs of Free Men
3	George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Summertime	Porgy & Bess
5	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
6	Loudon Wainwright III	You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)	I'd Rather Lead a Band
7	Dinah Washington	They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
8	Billie Holiday	Autumn in New York	Ken Burns Jazz
9	Omara Portuondo	El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away)	Black Magic (Magia Negra)
10	Desi Arnaz	Holiday In Havana	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
11	Perez Prado	Cuban Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
12	Xavier Cugat	Papa Loves Mambo	Lounge Music Goes Latin
13	Stephen Foster	Beautiful Dreamer	The Songs of Stephen Foster
14	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
15	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Oh! Susanna	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
16	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
17	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	78s
18	Dirk Powell	I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly	When I Wait For You
19	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
20	Nelstone's Hawaiians	Village School	The Harry Smith B-Sides
21	Dock Boggs	Oh Death	Dock Boggs Is Legendary
22	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Night And Day	Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
24	Bettye LaVette	Blues For The Weepers	Blackbirds
25	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
26	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
27	The Stoneman Family	Too Late	The Harry Smith B-Sides
28	Mississippi John Hurt	Nobody's Dirty Business	The Harry Smith B-Sides
29	M. Ward	Along the Santa Fe Trail	Migration Stories
30	Ella Fitzgerald	In The Still Of The Night	Music & Moonlight

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

Lead Belly’s Legacy

February 12, 2021 Dave

Deeper Roots goes deeper this Friday morning. We’ll be sharing the songs of tradition and folk blues from an artist who opened up a world to a generation of followers in the 1940s and 1950s. With the witting arm of Alan Lomax as his promoter and benefactor, Huddie Ledbetter’s music would get wings and find its place in America’s traditional music lexicon. This week’s show, like last week’s Bill Monroe special, revisits the music that he was identified with, much of which he is credited with bringing into this world, or at least opening our eyes to. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm, Red Smiley, Odetta, The Weavers, Bob Dylan, and many others on a show that celebrates a giant of America’s songbook. Tune into KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for a new episode of a show that’s heading into it’s ninth year here on KOWS Community Radio.

A Century of America's Music