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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

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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]

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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Country Boogie Woogie

September 12, 2021 Dave

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20^th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
3	Al Dexter & His Troopers	Saturday Night Boogie	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Hardrock Gunter	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys	Crazy About The Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
6	Hank Snow	Rhumba Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
7	Johnny Tyler	Oakie Boogie	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
8	Sheb Wooley	Mule Boogie	Country & Western Nuggets
9	Johnny Bond	Alabama Boogie Boy	Put Me To Bed
10	Bob Newman	Hangover Boogie	Crossroads In Cowtown
11	Skeets McDonald	The Southland Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
12	Dale Watson	Texas Boogie	Cheatin' Heart Attack
13	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Stratosphere Boogie	Stratosphere Boogie
14	Merle Travis	Merle's Boogie Woogie	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
16	Kate Mackenzie	Pan American Boogie	Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1
17	Doc Watson	Freight Train Boogie	Songs From Home
18	Red Foley	Hobo Boogie	The Essential Recordings
19	The Delmore Brothers	Peach Street Boogie	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15
20	Sonny Burgess	We Wanna Boogie	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
21	Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five	Wooly Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
23	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
24	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Rock Billy Boogie	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
25	Asleep at the Wheel	08 Boogie Back to Texas	10
26	Tiny Hill	Milk Bucket Boogie	Country Music On the Mercury Label
27	Little Jimmy Dickens	You Better Not Do That	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
28	Little Jimmy Dickens	Buddy's Boogie	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
29	Porky Freeman	Boogie Woogie Boy	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blackberry Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	False Hearted Girl	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
33	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Shot-Gun Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]

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9 Volt Heart

September 5, 2021 Dave

Deeper Roots goes free form this week with some classic country and blues right alongside tradition. From Pee Wee King to Memphis Minnie and Robert “Barbecue Bob” Hicks to Chuck Wills…we’ve got the goods. We’ll fill our Friday two hours with a delightful collection of music from the past one hundred years, live from the KOWS Cherry Street Historic District in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Got some sugar, radio memories, gospel rafter-raisers, and a track from Luke the Drifter…and remember….ninety-nine and a half just won’t do when you’re listening to the radio. Which is why we give you a hundred percent here on community radio. An eclectic blend of sounds that takes you back to the little Zenith or Silvertone that you put up to your ear, driven by that two-pronged nine-volt heart. Join us for some memories.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Charlie Musselwhite	Christo Redemptor	Stand Back!
3	The Iguanas	9 Volt Heart	Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart
4	Dave Alvin	Border Radio	Romeo's Escape
5	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Silver Wings (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 06)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
6	Rosanne Cash	Black Cadillac	Black Cadillac
7	Pee Wee King (Vocal: Dick Lory)	Catty Town	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
8	Little Jimmy Dickens	Country Boy	Honky Tonk 1945-1953 [Disc 1]
9	Hank Williams	No, No Joe	Beyond The Sunset
10	The Spare Change Boys	Policeman	Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways
11	Peetie Wheatstraw	Doin' The Best I Can (Take A)	Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
12	Barbecue Bob	It Just Won't Hay	Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929)
13	Reverend Pearly Brown	Ninety Nine And A Half Won't Do	The Essential Guide To Gospel
14	Bo Diddley	Diddy Wah Diddy	Bo Knows Bo
15	Lead Belly	Black Betty	Lead Belly's Last Sessions
16	Memphis Minnie	New Dirty Dozen	Queen Of Country Blues
17	Charles Brown	Don't Get Salty Sugar	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
18	Chuck Willis	Sugar Sugar	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
19	Ray Batts	Stealin' Sugar	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
20	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
21	Mark Spoelstra	Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
22	Howlin' Wolf	My Country Sugar Mama	The Real Folk Blues
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Shout Sister Shout	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
25	Blind Willie McTell	Lord, Send Me An Angel (Take 2)	Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
26	Big Bill Broonzy	Hey Hey	An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy
27	Eric Clapton	Hey Hey	Unplugged
28	Pee Wee King	Slow Poke	1974-Country Music Hall Of Fam
29	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tico, Tico	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
30	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Flippin' the Lid	Stratosphere Boogie
31	Alden Howard/Dick Hyman	I'll See You in My Dreams	Sweet and Lowdown
32	Bob Dylan	Duquesne Whistle	Tempest
33	Peggy Lee	Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba	Amore d'Italia
34	Hadda Brooks	Bully Wully Boogie	That's My Desire

Groove Juice Special

August 20, 2021 Dave

Not exactly sure what ‘groove juice’ is, but for the purposes of our show full of sass and novelty, we’ll just suggest you make it what you want it. It’s a whimsical, sometimes bawdy, morning collection of the past 100 years of jazz, folk, country, and pop (with a little who-knows-what-that-is thrown in). We’ve got poodles, big feet, Ovaltine, four leaf clovers, rabbits, and tattoos included with the subject matter today. Songs that are as delectable as they are incredible. We’ve got Skeets McDonald, Robert Crumb, Mae West, Groucho Marx, Dorothy Shay (the Park Avenue Hillbilly), and a couple dozen others for your Friday morning. Oh yeah, and some Johnny Cash and Slim Gaillard as well. So tune into KRJF Community Radio this week for all you can handle.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue [Live]	16 Biggest Hits
3	Geraint Watkins	Bouffant	In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition
4	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
5	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
6	Harry "The Hipster" Gibson	Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
7	Tampa Red & Big Maceo	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
8	Johnny Buckett	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
9	Jimmie Davis	The Poodle Dog Song	Doggone Country
10	Sam Butera & the Witnesses	French Poodle	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin
11	Hank Penny	Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
12	Skeets McDonald	The Tattooed Lady	Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story
13	Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
14	The Hoosier Hot Shots	I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)	Rural Rhythm 1935-42
15	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
16	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
17	Dave Van Ronk	Your Feet's Too Big	Sweet & Lowdown
18	Dave Van Ronk	Would You Like to Swing on a Star?	Sunday Street
19	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	Hula Melody (Radio Broadcast)	R. Crumb's Music Sampler
20	Fiddlin' Ian McCamy Quartette	Schottische	R. Crumb's Music Sampler
21	Al Miller	I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
22	Bo Carter	She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes	The Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues & Hokum
23	Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon	I'm Gonna Steal You (BP 8040, 12920-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
24	Ben Selvin Orchestra	Who's Your Little Who Zis	Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s
25	Dorothy Shay	Feudin & Fightin	47 Your Hit Parade
26	Eileen Barton	If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd 've Baked A Cake)	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
27	Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters	Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)	47 Your Hit Parade
28	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
29	John Fogerty	Honey Do	Deja Vu All Over Again
30	Louis Prima	I Wanna Be Like You	The Jungle Book (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered]
31	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	I Want to Be Evil	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
32	Hank Penny	The Mink on her Back	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]

Lefty Merle Willie Hank & Hank

August 13, 2021 Dave

It’s a songwriter’s showcase this morning on Deeper Roots. Country music songwriters Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, and Hank Williams are highlighted in a show that features covers by their contemporaries (and a few from the recent past) including Iris DeMent, Ernest Tubb, Billy Walker, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and at least two dozen others. Our show pays tribute to some amazing stalwarts who literally defined the country ‘voice’ and story. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all of planet earth on all your favorite services including OpenRadio.app, TuneIn.com, RadioGarden.io and, our web site, kowsfm.com. Good morning!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	I Want to Be With You Always	The Missing Years
3	Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters	I Want To Be With You Always	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
4	Brennen Leigh	I Love You A Thousand Ways	Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell
5	George Jones	If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)	Sings Country and Western Hits
6	Keith Whitley	I Never Go Around Mirrors	The Rounder Records Story
7	Merle Haggard	My Baby's Just Like Money	Roots, Vol. 1
8	Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright	Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright)	The List
9	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (Album)	Word To The Wise
10	Iris DeMent	Big City	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
11	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You	The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2
12	Dale Watson	Mama Tried	More Great Moments of Vinyl History
13	Ray Price	Night Life	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
14	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Country
15	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Three Days	Absolute Torch and Twang
16	The Little Willies	I Gotta Get Drunk	The Little Willies
17	The Secret Sisters	Why Don't You Love Me	The Secret Sisters
18	Bob Dylan	I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
19	Buckwheat Zydeco	Hey, Good Lookin'	Menagerie
20	Sleepy LaBeef	I Saw the Light	Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook
21	Jerry Lee Lewis	You Win Again	The Definitive Collection
22	Taj Mahal	Mind Your Own Business	Senor Blues
23	Elvis Costello	He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version)	Almost Blue
24	Rhiannon Giddens	She's Got You	Tomorrow Is My Turn
25	Patsy Cline	Why Can't He Be You	The Patsy Cline Collection
26	Dottie West	Me Today And Her Tomorrow	The Essential Dottie West
27	Bobby Bare	I'd Fight The World	The Best Of Bobby Bare
28	Jamey Johnson	Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)	Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
29	Al Green & Lyle Lovett	Funny How Time Slips Away	Rhythm Country & Blues

A Century of America's Music