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A Bowl Of Soul

February 22, 2022 Dave

This Friday’s Deeper Roots takes another dip into the brass and sass of soul and funk sounds from Duke, Kent, Motown, and beyond. We’re taking a bright and soulful circuitous route from Detroit to Memphis, Chicago, Philly, and the Chitlin’ Circuit. A little bit of rare soul beach music thrown in with some northern soul. We’ll hear from Mitty Collier, Donnie Elbert, Eddie Floyd, Willie Tee and an incredible roster of the known and not-so known from the past century. We’ll also pay tribute to Betty Davis, a soul and funk pioneer songstress who we lost this past week. Dial us up every Friday morning at 9 Pacific.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Hughes	You Can't Believe Everything	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
3	Johnny & Jackey	Someday We'll Be Together	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
4	Quinn Golden	Party On the Weekend	On the Chitlin Circuit
5	Pat & the Blenders	Hard Workin' Man	Conquer the World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records
6	Rufus Thomas	All Night Worker	All Night Worker: Rare Soul Sides
7	Jerry Butler	I'm A Telling You	Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1)
8	Eddie Floyd	I Need You Woman	Rare Stamps
9	Donnie Elbert	Everything To Me	Chess Uptown Soul
10	Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	Love Land	Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3
11	James Carr	These Ain't Raindrops	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 5
12	Carla Thomas	Stop! Look What You're Doing	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
13	Matilda Jones	Wrong Too Long	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
14	Jean Wells	After Loving You	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
15	Eula Cooper	Shake Daddy Shake	Let Our Love Grow Higher
16	Mitty Collier	Don't Let Her Take My Baby	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
17	Madeline Bell	One Step At A Time	Bell's A Poppin'
18	James Ray	I've Got My Mind Set On You (Part 1 & 2)	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
19	The Fantastic Epics	We Do It All Up Here	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
20	Reggie Smith	Soul Walkin'	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
21	Carl Hall	Mean It Baby	You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972
22	Betty Davis	Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him	Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23
23	L. C. Cooke	Let's Do It Over	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
24	The Artistics	You Left Me	Brunswick Lost Soul – Volume 1
25	Bobby Womack	What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)	On The Soul Side
26	Willie Tee	Walking Up A One Way Street	Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3
27	James Brown	Lost Someone	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
28	Etta James	Only Time Will Tell	Enduring Soul
29	Sugar Pie DeSanto	A Little Taste of Soul	A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
30	Roscoe & Barbara	It Ain't Right	Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides
31	Howard Tate	Sweet Love Child	Get It While You Can: The Comp
32	Roddie Joy	Come Back Baby	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
33	Ollie & The Nightingales	You're Leaving Me	Stax Southern Soul
34	Chuck Jackson	I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
35	Ralph Soul Jackson	You Left the Water Running	Hall of Fame – Volume 3
36	William Bell	I Forgot To Be Your Lover	The Very Best Of William Bell

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Flotsam & Jetsam

February 14, 2022 Dave

Music comes in all shapes and sizes. There are always the also-rans, the one hit wonders, the bright little shiny piece that gets lost among the thousands of others of the same mint, the ones that couldn’t afford to compete, as well as all the B-sides and album leftovers. We’re picking a few of those and a couple dozen others that we found as we ‘walked the beach’ in search of the perfect playlist to share this morning. Tune in for a sweet mix of just about everything featuring David Seville, Scatman Crothers, Lou Monte, Neil Young, Esquivel, and Johnny Cash as we lay out a brimming sea of sound like so much flotsam and jetsam on the Sonoma County airwaves this morning. Tune in for an earful and more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Trini Lopez	The Search Goes On	Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug
3	Raphael Saadiq	Stone Rollin'	Stone Rollin' – Single
4	Esquivel!	Mucha Muchacha	Watchamacallit
5	David Seville	Almost Good	Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug
6	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	The Best of Betty Wright
7	Cliff Edwards	A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody	Ukulele Ike
8	Dolly Parton	Joshua	Ultimate Dolly Parton
9	Skeeter Davis	I Can't Stay Mad At You	The Essential Skeeter Davis
10	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
11	Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks	Wonderin'	Everybody's Rockin'
12	The Du Droppers	I Wanna Know	We Loved You Madly, Chapter 78: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
13	Mavis Staples	Down In Mississippi (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
14	Johnny Cash	Personal Jesus	American IV: Man Comes Around
15	Greg Brown	Boomtown	Poet Game
16	Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over	Lungs
17	Leon Redbone	All I Do Is Dream of You	Any Time
18	Steve Forbert	Any Old Time	Any Old Time
19	Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers	Romeo's Tune	An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert
20	Scatman Crothers	Hot Rod Harry	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4
21	Lou Monte	The Italian Cowboy Song	Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings
22	Danny Kaye	Beatin', Bangin' 'N' Scratchin'	Danny Kaye The Best of
23	Bobby Troup	Seventh Son	Make Mine Mondo
24	Natalie Cole	Route 66	Unforgettable: With Love
25	Nat King Cole	Sweet Lorraine	Nat King Cole [Disc 1]
26	Hem	Radiation Vibe	No Word From Tom
27	Frank Black	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	Honeycomb
28	Fats Domino	Make Me Belong To You	Fats Is Back
29	Roy Brown	I'm Convicted of Love	The Complete Imperial Recordings
30	June Christy	This Year's Crop Of Kisses	Jazz Greats
31	Eels	Love Of The Loveless	Shootenanny!
32	Bruce Springsteen	I'm Goin' Down	Born in the U.S.A.
33	Cab Calloway	Minnie The Moocher	Best Of The Big Bands

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The House That Ruth Built

February 5, 2022 Dave

The decade of the fifties found the sounds of rhythm and blues being best represented on the Atlantic Records label. Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, the catalog of artists and the quality of production were unparalleled for their time. And while Ertegun’s biography is subtitled “The House That Ertegun Built”, the performers were also undisputed heavyweights: Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, and Lavern Baker to name a few. Things, however, exploded when a lady dubbed “Miss Rhythm” arrived with “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” leading to another moniker: “The House That Ruth Built”. This week’s show will feature some of the great tracks from Ruth Brown and the many contemporaries who made the label synonymous with R&B well into the seventies and beyond. Tune in for a special treat. Rock, rhythm, and dynamite doo wop from the Atlantic vaults on a Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Clovers	One Mint Julep	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
3	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
4	Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters	Money Honey	Atlantic Rock & Roll
5	Carmen Taylor & The Boleros	Ooh I	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
6	Sheiks	Walk That Walk	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
7	The Chords	Sh-Boom	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
8	The Playboys	Good Golly Miss Molly	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
9	The Regals	Got The Water Boiling	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
10	The Clovers	Devil Or Angel	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy
11	Ruth Brown	Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
12	Ruth Brown	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
13	Ruth Brown	Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
14	The Cookies	In Paradise	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958
15	Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters	Treasure of Love	Atlantic Rock & Roll
16	The Drifters	Long Lonely Nights	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
17	The Drifters	Long Lonely Nights	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
18	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Atlantic Rock & Roll
19	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Atlantic Rock & Roll
20	Ray Charles	Hallelujah I Love Her So	Atlantic Rock & Roll
21	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rock & Roll
22	Ray Charles	This Little Girl of Mine	Atlantic Rock & Roll
23	LaVern Baker	Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) [Japan 2012 Remaster]	Atlantic Rock & Roll
24	LaVern Baker	Tweedle Dee (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
25	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
26	Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby (Single/LP Version)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
27	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's a Doggone Crying Shame	Atlantic Rock & Roll
28	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
29	The Ospreys	It's Good To Me (You Don't Know And I DOn't Know)	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
30	The Drifters	Drip Drop	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
31	The Coasters	Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
32	The Coasters	Dance!	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
33	Del-Larks	Remember The Night	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
34	The Sh-Booms (The Chords)	Blue Moon	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
35	Top Note	Hearts Of Stone	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
36	Billy Storm	When You Dance	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
37	Stick McGhee & His Buddies	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
38	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Atlantic Rock & Roll

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Brand New Day

January 8, 2022 Dave

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joe Liggins	Brand New Deal In Mobile	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
3	Fletcher Smith	Brand New Neighborhood	Stompin' 12
4	George Green	Brand New Rockin' Chair	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
5	Al Harrison	Brand New Money	Fool Mule
6	Barrel House Blott & Lee	Brand New Man	Dapper Dan
7	Fats Domino	Brand New Baby	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
8	Wayne Hancock	Brand New Cadillac	That's What Daddy Wants
9	The Payments	Brand New Automobile	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
10	Lightnin' Hopkins	Brand New Lock	Po' Lightnin'
11	Lead Belly	I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford	Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
12	Ruthie Foster	Brand New Day	Promise of a Brand New Day
13	Al Kooper	Brand New Day (Bonus Track)	You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
14	Dion	Brand New Morning	Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
15	Gary Stewart	Brand New Whiskey	An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
16	Mel Tillis	Brand New Mister Me	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	The Everly Brothers	Brand New Heartache	The Everly Brothers
18	Dave Edmunds	Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets	Get It
19	Gram Parsons	Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
20	Emmylou Harris	Brand New Dance	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
21	Tex Ritter	You're Always Brand New	High Noon
22	Don Henley	The Brand New Tennessee Waltz	Cass County (Deluxe)
23	Steve Earle	Brand New Companion	Townes
24	Dave Alvin	Brand New Heart	Blue Blvd
25	Greg Brown	Brand New '64 Dodge	Poet Game
26	Jesse Winchester	Brand New Tennesse Waltz	Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage
27	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters	Brand New Start	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
28	Modern Hicks	Brand New	Tornado Alley
29	Melanie	Brand New Key	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
30	Will Kimbrough	Brand New Song	Americanitis
31	Leftover Salmon	Brand New Good Old Days	Brand New Good Old Days
32	Elvis Presley	There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon	Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
33	Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers	Brand New Day (LP Version)	Set Me Free
34	James Brown	Papa's Got A Brand New Bag	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
35	Slim Harpo	Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1

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Who We Lost 2021

January 1, 2022 Dave

New Year’s Eve will bring a look back at those we’ve lost this past year. 2021 was another year of COVID-19 with a couple of variants slipping into and out of the world. We wait patiently, for the most part, for vaccines and adult behavior to work. Unfortunately, there is a selfishness about our species that cannot be denied. This year’s losses have no boundaries musically: everyone from Biz Markie to Stephen Sondheim, Vicente Fernandez to Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Price to Stonewall Jackson. Performers of our lifetime. We go into 2022 having hope. Join Dave Stroud for a musical look back.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Monkees	Some of Shelly's Blues	Listen to the Band Disc 4
3	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
4	Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
5	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1]
7	Gerry & The Pacemakers	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	The Classic 60's Collection: 1964
8	Lloyd Price	Just Because	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
9	B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling	20 Greatest Hits
10	Nanci Griffith	Late Night Grande Hotel	Late Night Grande Hotel
11	Rusty Young	Down Home	Waitin' For The Sun
12	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins)	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
13	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die	1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
14	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
15	Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman	Old Time Medley	Chambergrass
16	J.D. Crowe & The New South	Old Home Place	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
17	The Osborne Brothers	Rocky Top	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
18	Tom T. Hall	Ballad of Forty Dollars	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
19	Stonewall Jackson	I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964)	Singles
20	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce)	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
21	Taj Mahal	Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
22	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Lost In The Ozone	Lost In The Ozone
23	Gram Parsons	Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT)	G.P. / Grievous Angel
24	The Kingsmen	Louie, Louie	Louie Louie
25	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	Forty Licks [Disc 1]
26	ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin'	Greatest Hits
27	Johnny Ventura	Filete	Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha
28	Vicente Fernandez	Volver Volver	The Rose & The Briar
29	Johnny Pacheco	El Esencia Del Guaguanco	Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats
30	The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An	Pure Disco
31	Dave Frishberg	Van Lingle Mungo	Baseball's Greatest Hits
32	Jill Corey	Love Me to Pieces	Your Hit Parade – The '50s
33	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
34	Claude Bolling	It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1
35	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
36	Jay & The Americans	Cara Mia	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
37	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson)	Gold Disc 1
38	Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter	Trojan Reggae
39	Biz Markie	Just a Friend	Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie
40	Original Cast	Tonight	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
41	Chuck E. Weiss	Anthem for Old Souls	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
42	Pat Martino	Just Friends	Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3]
43	Peter, Paul and Mary	Have You Been to Jail for Justice?	In These Times
44	Patrick Sky	Many A Mile	Best Of The Troubadours
45	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	Captain Marvel	Light as a Feather (Disc 1)
46	New York Dolls	Puss 'n' Boots	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story
47	The Ramones	Baby, I Love You	End of the Century

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When You Dance

November 29, 2021 Dave

It’s Black Friday here in Sonoma County and we don’t really know what to expect. Worn out from the ongoing pandemic, we’re still moderating here but we very much need music to help us light the way. We like to make that possible on Friday mornings on KOWS when we find another free form collection full of small themes and nuggets. With a sprinkling of classic Carole King, Sonny Bono and Brill Building sounds, we’ll move forward into the holidays with hand clapping gospel, soul stew from Booker T., some Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Gene Pitney, and The Cookies. The playlist this morning will circle back to celebrating all the things that matter in musical themes including true love, change, and (most of all) dance. Join us this week once again for some great sounds .

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Cuff Links	Guided Missiles	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
3	The Highway Q.C.'s	Pray	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
4	The Staple Singers	Hammer and Nails	Hammer and Nails
5	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
6	Paul Simon	Slip Slidin' Away	Sounds of the Seventies: 1977
7	Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos	Go Where You Wanna Go	Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
8	The Mamas & the Papas	Do You Wanna Dance	Greatest Hits
9	Bobby Freeman	Do You Wanna Dance	MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
10	The Drifters	Dance With Me	The 50's – A Decade to Remember: Do You Wanna Dance
11	Billy Bland	Let the Little Girl Dance	One Hit Wonders
12	Dash And Dot	Dance With Me Henry	Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1
13	The Diatones	Oh Baby, Come Dance With Me	Bandera Doo Wop
14	Billy Storm	When You Dance	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
15	Marvin Gaye	Stubborn Kind of Fellow	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
16	The O'Jays	Back Stabbers	The O'Jays Greatest Hits
17	Ann Cole	Have Fun	Birth Of Soul: 1
18	James Brown	Lost Someone	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
19	Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's	Time Is Tight	Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
20	Redbone	Come And Get Your Love	Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s
21	Phoebe Snow	Shakey Ground	The Best Of Phoebe Snow
22	Percy Sledge	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
23	The Cookies	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
24	Leon Russell	I Believe To My Soul	Best Of Hank Wilson
25	Ray Charles	Greenbacks	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
26	Gene Pitney	Every Breath I Take	Anthology: 1961-1968
27	The Raindrops	The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
28	Jackie DeShannon	Needles And Pins	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
29	Nancy Sinatra	Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)	Kill Bill, Vol. 1
30	Amy Winehouse	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?	Lioness: Hidden Treasures
31	Laura Nyro	165-Stoned Soul Picnic	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
32	The Mavericks	Dance the Night Away	Collection [2003]

Rainy Nights

November 5, 2021 Dave

November arrives which means winter is fast approaching with (we hope) a need to break out the umbrellas, clean the gutters, and let the cycle of renewal begin. Our show this week is a free form collection of sounds from the past century highlighted by a couple of topical sets, some somber, some hopeful, but all with a blending of Americana. We’ll visit with Tom Waits’ on the low side of the road, hear from Nina Simone and her brilliant delivery of Langston Hughes’ Backlash Blues, some songs about bluebirds, rainy nights, bright lights and big cities. This week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio gives room to breathe and reflect on what is important with country, gospel, blues, jazz and everything that falls in between, fresh from the digital ether…all coming your way, for today, on KOWS 92.5 FM Occidental.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Irma Thomas	It's Raining	Soul Queen of New Orleans
3	Tom Waits	Jersey Girl	Used Songs 1973-1980
4	Skeeter Davis	The End of the World	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
5	Dinah Washington	This Bitter Earth	The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs
6	Johnny Cash	Family Bible	Boom Chicka Boom
7	Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	Testify: The Gospel Box [Disc 2]
8	Paul Simon	Gone at Last	1964-1993 Disc 2
9	Nina Simone	Backlash Blues	Defiance Blues
10	Jimmy Hughes	A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
11	Art Freeman	Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
12	Brook Benton	Rainy Night In Georgia	Today
13	Roy Orbison	Blue Rain (Coming Down)	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 3]
14	Rosanne Cash	I Count The Tears	Retrospective
15	Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
16	Ritchie Valens	Bluebirds Over The Mountain	Ritchie Valens – Ritchie
17	Joe Ely	If You Were A Bluebird	Joe Ely
18	Billy Walker	Gonna Find Me A Bluebird	Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
19	Mac Wiseman	The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me	Warped 6643 – Mac Wiseman – 1966
20	Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys	Hello Bluebird	Oh!
21	Ry Cooder	Johnny Cash	I, Flathead
22	Johnny Cash	28 I Walk the Line [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968]	Live At The Carousel Ballroom
23	Charley Crockett	Skip A Rope	Music City USA
24	Wanda Jackson	You Drive Me Wild	Encore
25	Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks	Bright Lights, Big City	Everybody's Rockin'
26	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
27	John Fogerty	Down On The Corner	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
28	Tom Waits	Lowside Of The Road	Mule Variations
29	John Oates	My Creole Belle	Arkansas
30	Chris Hillman	Wildflowers	Bidin' My Time
31	Charlie Musselwhite	Siboney	Continental Drifter
32	Dave Alvin	Downey Girl	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women

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Dustbin Dynamite

October 8, 2021 Dave

A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ronnie Dee	Action Packed	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Bobby Troup	Seventh Son	Make Mine Mondo
4	Rock-A-Tones	One More Chance	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
5	Annette Funicello	Bikini Beach Party	Good Old Summertime
6	Red Prysock	Hand Clappin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
7	Jim Backus & Friend	Delicious	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8	The Interiors	Voodoo Doll	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
9	The Bikinis	Crazy Vibrations	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
10	Gary Warren	Midnight Rain	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
11	The Three Suns	Tequila	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
12	The Invaders	Shock Treatment	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
13	Freddie & The Hitch Hikers	Sinners	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
14	The Duals	Lover's Satellite	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
15	Sparkle Moore	Skull & Crossbones	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
16	Mamie Van Doren	Seperate The Men From The Boys	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
17	Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies)	Camel Walk	Make Mine Mondo
18	Rusty Draper & Lola Dee	Scratch My Back	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
19	Tarheel Slim	Number Nine Train	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
20	Robin Hood Brians	Dis A Itty Bit	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
21	Tony Casanova	Boogie Woogie Feeling	Make Mine Mondo
22	Don & The Galaxiex	Avalanche	Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
23	Jan & Dean	Surf Route 101	Popsicle
24	Bobby Fry	Grandchus	Make Mine Mondo
25	Si Zentner	Walk on the Wild Side	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
26	Johnny Durain & The Cytones	Shang-Dang-Doo	Make Mine Mondo
27	The Surfaris	Surfer Joe [Long Version]	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1
28	Voice Farm	Come On-A My House	Bigger Cooler Weirder
29	Mouse	A Public Execution	Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
30	The Bobbettes	I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1)	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
31	13th Floor Elevators	You're Gonna Miss Me	Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
32	Bob Callaway	Tick Tock	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
33	The Tornadoes	Maleguena	Bustin' Surfboards
34	Little Carolyn Sue	I Hate Men	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1
35	Martin Denny	Cool	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
36	Ann-Margret	Let Me Entertain You	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence

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

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]

Watching The River Flow

September 24, 2021 Dave

September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Robbins	Running Gun	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
3	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Here You Come Running	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
4	The Four Tops	You Keep Running Away	The Ultimate Collection
5	Sam Cooke	I'll Come Running Back To You	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
6	Roy Orbison	Running Scared	Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
7	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
8	Aretha Franklin	Spanish Harlem	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
9	Jesse Colin Young	Morning Sun	Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
10	Marshall Crenshaw	Starless Summer Sky	Miracle of Science
11	Marie Knight	His Eye Is On The Sparrow	Hallelujah What A Song!
12	Taj Mahal	Let the Four Winds Blow	Phantom Blues
13	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
14	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
15	Chris Kenner	I Like It Like That Part 1	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957-
16	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
17	Leon Russell	Watching The River Flow	Tangled Up In Blues
18	Bob Dylan	Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Greatest Hits Volume 3
19	Warren Zevon	Keep Me in Your Heart	The Wind
20	Steve Miller Band	Living In The U.S.A.	Sailor
21	Steve Miller Band	Quicksilver Girl	Sailor
22	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
23	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Souvenirs
24	Willie Nelson	Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version)	Naked Willie
25	Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio	No Quiero	The Border/Alamo Bay
26	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
27	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
28	Alive 'N Kickin'	Tighter, Tighter	Alive 'N Kickin'
29	Bo Diddley	Say Man	Go Bo Diddley
30	Joe Ely	Fingernails	Live Shots
31	Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	Rebel Rouser
32	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues (Intro)	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
33	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]

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