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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

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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.

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Covering Bill Monroe

February 5, 2021 Dave

The music of Bill Monroe is the theme of our show today. We’ll be featuring some classic tunes from the Monroe catalog including some traditional tunes as well as those written by the master himself. The performers include those from all walks: Ray Charles, Elvis, Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, and a collection of bluegrass favorites including Jim & Jessie McReynods, Ricky Skaggs, The Seldom Scene and a couple dozen others; all of them covering Bill Monroe’s music with some loyal to the arrangements while others putting their own spin on it. Join Dave Stroud once again for a collection of sounds from those dusty digital bins, those deeper wells, here on Sonoma County Community’s own community radio. Free Form. Free Speech. No Bull. Your alternative radio station in the North Bay.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Elvis Presley	Working On The Building	Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
3	Ray Charles	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Swingova)	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
4	John Fogerty	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	Songs of Bill Monroe
5	Leon Russell	Uncle Pen	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
6	The Louvin Brothers	What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul	Close Harmony [Disc 8]
7	The Devil Makes Three	What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)	Redemption & Ruin
8	Jerry & Tammy Sullivan	Wicked Path Of Sin	Legend Lives on-a Tribute to Bill Monroe
9	Jim & Jesse McReynolds	Wicked Path Of Sin	Music Among Friends
10	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Walls Of Time	At The Ryman [Live]
11	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Walls Of Time	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2
12	Hazel And Alice	True Life Blues	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2
13	Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs	Toy Heart (Live)	Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby: Cluck Ol' Hen (Live)
14	Red Allen	Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
15	The Million Dollar Quartet	Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
16	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs	Six White Horses	1957-1959 (Warped 5722)
17	The Bluegrass Band	Six White Horses	2nd Cut
18	Doc Watson	The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band	Good Deal!
19	Mac Wiseman	The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band	Great Folk Ballads
20	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Roll on Buddy	Doc Watson on Stage (Featuring Merle Watson)
21	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Roll On Buddy	The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
22	Doc Watson	My Rose of Old Kentucky	Memories
23	Dwight Yoakam	Rocky Road Blues	Big Mon – The Songs of Bill Monroe
24	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	Rocky Road Blues	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)
25	Doc & Merle Watson	New River Train	Remembering Merle – Live Recordings 1976-1979
26	The Seldom Scene	Little Georgia Rose	Act 3
27	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)	The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
28	Don Reno & Bill Harrel With The Tennessee Cut-Ups	Molly And Tenbrooks	20 Bluegrass Favorites
29	Tony Rice Unit	Midnight on the Stormy Deep	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
30	Doc Watson	Midnight on The Stormy Deep	Riding the Midnight Train
31	John Hartford, Ronnie McCoury	Little Cabin Home On The Hill	True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe
32	Elvis Presley	Little Cabin On the Hill	Elvis Country
33	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Uncle Pen	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]

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Wide Open Places

January 8, 2021 Dave

A bright future is in store….that’s our story and we’re stickin’ to it! Today’s show contains an inordinate amount of upbeat tickers including a trip to Tulsa with Asleep at the Wheel, a Fats Waller song about those wide open places, a journey following the North Star with Rhiannon Giddens, The Boswells, Hank Williams, Les Paul, and a whole lot more. We’re in a free form mood on a Friday morning here in Sonoma County, celebrating the Twelve Days of Inauguration the best way we know how. Join us on Sonoma County Community radio from the Deeper Roots Den with your host Dave Stroud, celebrating our democracy in a big, big way.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	Asleep at the Wheel	Take Me Back to Tulsa	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
4	Robert Gordon	Take Me Back	Are You Gonna Be The One
5	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
6	Jerry Garcia	Sugaree	Garcia
7	Elizabeth Cotten	Freight Train	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
8	Les Paul	The Lonesome Road (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
9	Sam Cooke	Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair	Swing Low
10	John Lee Hooker	I Cover The Waterfront	Mr. Lucky
11	The Ravens	Deep Purple	The Greatest Group of Them All
12	Rhiannon Giddens	Following the North Star	Freedom Highway
13	Rhiannon Giddens	I'm On My Way	There Is No Other
14	Geraint Watkins	Heart of Stone	Rush of Blood
15	Paul Thorn	Soon I Will Be Done	Don't Let The Devil Ride
16	James Carr	Pouring Water On A Drowning Man	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
17	The Pilgrim Travelers	I Never Knew Joy Before	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
18	Reliable True Tones	I Came a Long Way	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
19	Paramount Singers	There's A Leak In This Old Building	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
20	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
21	John Fahey	Texas & Pacific Blues (My Bucket's Got A Hole In It)	Your Past Comes Back – Disc 5
22	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Dark Eyes	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
23	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (1)
24	Boswell Sisters	Everybody Loves My Baby	Boswell Sisters
25	Fats Waller	Dry Bones	Music By Fats Waller
26	Ivie Anderson	Five O'clock Whistle	Cocktail Hour
27	Cleo Brown	Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes	The Legendary Cleo Brown
28	Danny Kaye	Oh By Jingo!	Danny Kaye The Best of
29	Mae West	He's A Bad, Bad Man	The Mae West Collection
30	Rosanne Cash	I Still Miss Someone	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
31	Mark Knopfler	Rear View Mirror	Down The Road Wherever
32	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Sing, Sing, Sing	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
33	Geraint Watkins	It's a Beautiful Day	Watkins Bold as Love

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The Itinerant Life

November 13, 2020 Dave

The Great Depression brought to the forefront the blight of runaway capitalism and a country that was not prepared to put safeguards in place for working people, let alone the working poor, until FDR’s New Deal in the 30s. By then it was too late for the many itinerant homeless and impoverished migrant workers who moved from town to town by any means necessary, looking for hope amongst communities of those equally disenfranchised. The itinerant life brought about its own language, hieroglyphics, and rule of law. Our show today rides the rails with the music; songs of the itinerant life. We’ll hear from the likely suspects like Woody and Cisco, Doc Watson, Jimmie Rodgers, and Harry Choates as well as the Goose State Ramblers’ story of Ole Olson, Norman and Nancy Blake’s tale of Hobo Bill, Montana Slim, and Bob Dylan. Tune in Friday morning for the best in roots sounds on the might KOWS Community Radio. 92.5 FM on your dial.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Norman & Nancy Blake	The Hobo's Last Ride	The Hobo's Last Ride
3	Hank Williams	Ramblin' Man (Single Version)	Beyond The Sunset
4	Johnny Bond	I'm Pounding The Rails Again	Put Me To Bed
5	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Lobo The Hobo	Seven Decades
6	Del McCoury	Lonesome Hobo	Del McCoury – 1967-1971
7	Bob Dylan	Only A Hobo	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 1]
8	The Band	Hobo Jungle	Northern Lights-Southern Cross
9	Jimmie Rodgers	Hobo Bill's Last Ride (1930)	Jimmy Rodgers: The Singing Bra
10	Doc Watson	Rambling Hobo	Memories
11	Woody Guthrie	Hobo's Lullaby	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
12	Cisco Houston	Mysteries Of A Hobo's Life	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
13	Johnny Cash	The Hobo Song	The Mystery Of Life
14	Goose Island Ramblers	Ole Olson, the Hobo From Norway	Polkabilly
15	Rod Stewart	Only A Hobo	Gasoline Alley
16	Molly O'Day	The Tramp On The Street	Country Boy's Dream
17	The Carter Family	Western Hobo	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]
18	Cisco Houston	Hobo Bill	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
19	The Delmore Brothers	Happy Hicky – The Hobo	Charlotte, NC 1936-371 [Disc 2]
20	Jimmie Rodgers	Hobo's Meditation	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 4]
21	Emmylou Harris	Hobo's Lullaby	Folkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly
22	Goebel Reeves	Hobo's Lullaby	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 1]
23	Grandpa Jones	Hobo Bill	Pickin' & A-Grinnin'
24	Roy Acuff	Poor Hobo	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
25	Harry Choates	Poor Hobo	Fiddle King Of Cajun Swing
26	Kelly Joe Phelps	Hobo's Son	Shine Eyed Mister Zen
27	Montana Slim (Wilf Carter)	I Ain't Gonna Be A Hobo No More	Wilf Carter – Selected Sides 1933-41
28	J.D. Wilkes	Hoboes Are My Heroes	Fire Dream
29	Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris	Hobo's Meditation	Trio
30	Doc & Merle Watson	The Hobo	Down South
31	Hank Williams	Men With Broken Hearts	Beyond The Sunset
32	The Stoneman Family	I Want To Wander	28 Big Ones

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License To Vote

October 30, 2020 Dave

We’ve waited four years so there’s no need for any more hopes, prayers, or incantations. Our way of American life is on the line. The choice is ours. As our image says: “Vote as you please, but please vote.” We’re kicking off the five day countdown with a collection of music featuring political songs, songs about voting, democracy, freedom, and civil rights; ; all of which are currently threatened by this administration and its sycophants, traitors, and rats. We’ll hear from Steve Goodman, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bob Dylan, The New Christy Minstrels, and (of course) Roy Zimmerman, all of whom touch on one or more of our topics of the day. We’ve got free speech, no bull radio here in Sonoma County and Deeper Roots will take this Friday out to use a bullhorn to ask that you go out and vote, for heaven’s (and democracy’s) sake. We need to turn this ship around and this is our best opportunity.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roy Zimmerman	My Vote My Voice My Right	The Faucet's On Fire
3	Charles Bukowski	Face of a Political Candidate	Underwater Poetry Festival
4	Ellis Paul	Election Day	The Storyteller's Suitcase
5	Steve Earle	Snake Oil	Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2)
6	Keb' Mo' Featuring Rosanne Cash	Put A Woman In Charge	Put A Woman In Charge
7	Sweet Honey In The Rock	We Want The Vote! Chant	The Women Gather
8	Mayor Richard Daley	Press Conference on the Riots at the Democratic Convention	Great Speeches of the 20th Century
9	Norman & Nancy Blake	The Democratic Donkey (Is In His Stall Again)	The Hobo's Last Ride
10	Utah Phillips	The rich will not permit you to vote away their wealth	Making Speech Free
11	Bruce Cockburn	Call It Democracy	Anything Anytime Anywhere (Singles 1979-2002)
12	Todd Snider	Talking Reality Television Blues	Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3
13	Dan Zanes	Lincoln And Liberty	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
14	Ry Cooder	One Cat, One Vote, One Beer	My Name Is Buddy
15	Leonard Cohen	Democracy	More Best of Leonard Cohen
16	The New Christy Minstrels	My Name is Liberty	Green, Green
17	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Day of Liberty	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
18	Sweet Honey In The Rock	Give The People Their Right To Vote!	The Women Gather
19	Bob Dylan	Chimes Of Freedom	Another Side Of Bob Dylan
20	Bryan Sutton	Battle Cry of Freedom	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
21	Arlo Guthrie	Presidential Rag	Arlo Guthrie
22	Roy Zimmerman	The Don	Rize Up
23	Randy Newman	Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
24	Chad Mitchell Trio	Your Friendly, Liberal, Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan	The Best Of The Chad Mitchell Trio The Mercury Years
25	Willie Nelson	Vote Em Out	Vote 'Em Out
26	Roy Zimmerman	Sweeney Trump	Rize Up
27	Moss Henry	Crazy at the Wheel	Crazy at the Wheel (Single)
28	Jay & The Americans	Only In America	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
29	The Tillers	All You Fascists Bound to Lose	The Tillers

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