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Who We Lost 2024

December 28, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

It’s our annual look back paying respect to some of the greats who we lost this past year. We find ourselves saying goodbye to a number of artists who contributed in their own way to America’s popular culture…in music. I’ll be sharing the names of the many contributors from the halls of country, jazz, pop, rock, and beyond. Time demands a filter which is based on direct lines of roots descent; either by song selection, expression of a genre, or by Americana popular cultural influence. I’m going to try to keep the talk to a minimum so I can catch you up on many of the artists…and I’m also going to be limiting some of the music to 30 second clips because, frankly…this was another year of loss. ….and I’m sure there are more of the obscure that we just couldn’t fit into our roll call. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bill Hayes	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett	Your Hit Parade – 1955
3	Les McCann	Blues 5	Drivin' Blues
4	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66	Mas Que Nada	Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness
5	Quincy Jones	Soul Bossa Nova	Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness
6	Chita Rivera	All That Jazz	Ultimate Broadway
7	Steve Lawrence	Pretty Blue Eyes	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
8	Mitzi Gaynor	Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (South Pacific)	Golden Memories of Stage & Screen – Disk 2
9	Jack Jones	This Could Be the Start of Something	Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
10	James Darren	Goodbye Cruel World	The Best Of James Darren
11	The Collins Kids	Hot Rod	The Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 6
12	The Shangri-Las	Sophisticated Boom Boom	Myrmidons of Melodrama
13	Chan Romero	The Hippy Hippy Shake	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
14	Duane Eddy	Peter Gunn	Especially for You / Girls! Girls ! Girls!
15	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	A Little Too Much	Book of Love – The Argo Records Story [Disc 1]
16	Cissy Houston	Deep River/Campground	Testify! The Gospel Box
17	Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs	Stay	Doo Wop Box Disc 4
18	Marlena Shaw	Go Away Little Boy	Chess Uptown Soul
19	The Four Tops	Reach Out I'll Be There	The Ultimate Collection
20	The Spinners	It's a Shame	One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1
21	Melanie	Brand New Key	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
22	J.D. Souther	You're Only Lonely	You're Only Lonely
23	Martin Mull	Eggs	Martin Mull
24	Moby Grape	8:05	Moby Grape
25	The Grateful Dead	Box of Rain	American Beauty
26	John Mayall	Room to Move	The Turning Point
27	The Allman Brothers Band	Revival	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1
28	Dave Loggins	Please Come To Boston	Classic Soft Rock [Disc 2]
29	It's a Beautiful Day	White Bird	Walk on the Moon
30	Brewer & Shipley	One Toke Over The Line	70s Music Explosion
31	Eric Carmen	Hungry Eyes	The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection: The Flame [Disc 2]
32	Greg Kihn	The Breakup Song (Re-Recorded)	True Kihnfessions (Re-Recorded Versions)
33	Mojo Nixon	Elvis Is Everywhere	Bo-Day-Shus!!!
34	Kinky Friedman	Rapid City, South Dakota	Kinky Friedman
35	The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
36	Kris Kristofferson	Me And Bobby McGee	Kristofferson
37	Toby Keith/Willie Nelson	Beer for My Horses	Lost Highway
38	Jo-El Sonnier	Tear-Stained Letter	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
39	Happy Traum	Church Street Blues (feat. Byron Isaacs, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams)	Just For the Love Of It
40	Rick Nelson	Travelin' Man	The Best of Rick Nelson, Vol. 2
41	Malcolm Holcombe	Bits and Pieces	Bits & Pieces
42	Barbara Dane	I Hate the Capitalist System	I Hate the Capitalist System
43	John "Spider John" Koerner	Duncan and Brady	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3]
44	MC5	The American Ruse	Jon Savage's 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45 [Disc 2]
45	Lou Reed	Walk On The Wild Side	Best Of NRJ
46	Monty Norman	James Bond Theme	Dr. No
47	Rachel Sweet	Everlasting Love	Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet
48	Ella Jenkins & Nannie McNeil	How Do You Do Ev'rybody? (Greeting Shout)	The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 1]

Time

December 21, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future…and it’s tickin’ tickin’ tickin’, too. Steve Miller certainly summed it up and our theme this week is all about the passing of time, events that take place in time, biding our time, and recalling a time. We’ll be making a swing through a number of genres and performers including Little Joe, Booker T., Bobby Bare, Evie Sands, Tom Waits and Harry James. But there’s plenty more including classic country, mid-to-late century rock n’ roll, folkie business, and the sweet torch songs that take us back. We’ve chosen to forego the Christmas celebrations because, for the most part, we can hear it elsewhere and the season is a short one with some desperation on the doorstep. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Steve Miller Band	Fly Like An Eagle (2006 Digital Remaster)	Fly Like An Eagle – 30th Anniversary
3	Little Joe Cook	It's Been a Long Time	Peanuts and Other Delicacies: The Little Joe Cook Story (1951-1962)
4	Steve Forbert	It's Been a Long Time	Young Guitar Days
5	Harry James & His Orchestra	Its Been A Long Long Time	The Women of WW2 [V 4]
6	Ella Mae Morse	A Long Time Ago	Barrelhouse, Boogie, And The Blues [Disc 5]
7	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Long Time Gone	Crosby, Stills & Nash
8	Tom Waits	Time	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
9	Mick Lloyd	A Long Long Time Ago	…Next Stop Is Vietnam – The War On Record, 1961-2008
10	Los Lobos Feat. Dave Alvin	Somewhere In Time	The Ride
11	Charley Crockett	Time of the Cottonwood Trees	The Man from Waco
12	Connie Smith	Plenty of Time	1970-1971 (Warped 7108F)
13	Evie Sands	Untill It's Time For You To Go	Any Way That You Want Me
14	Junior Brown	Baby Let The Bad Times Be	12 Shades of Brown
15	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Wasting My Time	Long Play Collection
16	Don Williams	Tulsa Time	The Definitive Collection
17	Bobby Bare	One Day at a Time (1965)	All American Boy – CD 4
18	Willie Nelson	Healing Hands of Time	Willie and the Boys: Willie's Stash vol. 2
19	Danny Dill	He's Biding His Time	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
20	Bob Dylan	Time Passes Slowly	Biograph Disc 3
21	Dwight Yoakam	Just Passin' Time	Blame The Vain
22	The Sweetback Sisters	King Of Killing Time	King Of Killing Time
23	Harry Nilsson	As Time Goes By	All-Time Greatest Hits
24	Dooley Wilson & Elliot Carpenter	As Time Goes By	Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
25	The Platters	Twilight Time	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
26	Irma Thomas	Time Is On My Side	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
27	The Chambers Brothers	Time Has Come Today	Time Has Come: The Best Of The Chambers Brothers
28	Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's	Time Is Tight	Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
29	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	The Last Time	Spirit Of The Century
30	Marvin Rainwater	The Last Time	Whole Lotta Woman

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The Rise of Soul Music

December 8, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

Soul music’s roots come from the urbanization and commercialization of rhythm and blues in the late fifties and early sixties. Young black musicians, often nurtured in black churches, enjoyed and listened to R&B sounds and began a fusion of R&B, blues and gospel that would later take on the moniker “soul music”. The term “soul” had been used in African American culture, particularly among musicians, to emphasize the feelings of power, spirit and creativity found in its culture. Regional acts and labels took this genre into different directions that included, among other things, vocal interplay, gospel rhythms and themes that were translated from the sacred to the secular, all with mix heavy on standard rock or brass rhythm sections. The blend and variety brought out the contrasting tones of grit and pop-infused sounds. From Sam Cooke to James Brown and Etta James to Brenda Holloway…we’ll take a journey through the rise of soul music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Southern Tones	It Must Be Jesus	Southern Gospel
3	Ray Charles	I Got a Woman	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
4	Etta James	Tears Of Joy	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
5	Clyde McPhatter	Seven Days	London American Label Year By Year 1956
6	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Artist's Choice: Joni Mitchell
7	James Brown	Please, Please, Please	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
8	Sam Cooke	You Send Me	Greatest Hits
9	Sam Cooke	I'll Come Running Back To You	Birth Of Soul: 1
10	Etta James	Come What May	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
11	The Chantels	Maybe	Pure R&B: Vol. 4- What'd I Say
12	Clyde McPhatter	Lover's Question	The Atlantic Story [UK]
13	Ray Charles	(Night Time Is) The Right Time	Ultimate Hits Collection [1 of 2]
14	Eugene Church	Pretty Girls Everywhere	Solid Gold Soul 1959
15	Jackie Wilson	That's Why ( I Love You So )	Lonely Teardrops
16	Jackie Wilson	Lonely Teardrops	Solid Gold Soul 1959
17	The Fiestas	So Fine	Solid Gold Soul 1959
18	James Brown	Try Me	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of James Brown
19	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	All-Time Greatest Hits & More 1959-1965 [Bonus Tracks] [Disc 1]
20	The Impressions	Shorty's Got To Go	Birth Of Soul: 3
21	Jerry Butler	He Will Break Your Heart	Birth Of Soul: 1
22	Marie Knight	Come Tomorrow	Birth Of Soul: 2
23	Gloria Lynne	You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength	Birth Of Soul: 1
24	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Birth Of Soul: 1
25	The Mar-Keys	Last Night	Last Night!/Do the Pop-Eye
26	Brenda Holloway	I'll Give My Life	Birth Of Soul: 2
27	Jan Bradley	Mama Didn't Lie	Birth Of Soul: 1
28	Claudine Clark	The Telephone Game	Birth Of Soul: 1
29	William Bell	Any Other Way	Birth Of Soul: 1
30	Jimmy Hughes	I'm Qualified	Birth Of Soul: 1
31	Barbara Lynn	You'll Lose A Good Thing	Birth Of Soul: 1
32	Joe Henderson	Snap Your Fingers	Birth Of Soul: 1
33	The Falcons	I Found A Love	Birth Of Soul: 2
34	Solomon Burke	Down In The Valley	Birth Of Soul: 2
35	Etta James	Something's Got A Hold On Me	Birth Of Soul: 1
36	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	Cry Baby	Birth Of Soul: 1
37	Barbara Lewis	Snap Your Fingers	Don't Forget About Me: The Atlantic & Reprise Recordings

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Cheatin’ Country Tales

November 1, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

There are a handful of common story threads that run through classic country songs. I’m not talking about trucks, beer the ‘merica that seems to have overwhelmed modern so-called country with autotune and synth pop. The heartbreak of cheating situations that were among the most common storylines in the Golden Age of country at a time when family unity was of paramount importance. It was country music’s frank portrayal of infidelity that offered a counterpoint which was both relatable and controversial. Cheating songs became a central theme, reflecting the complexities and emotional intensity of love, betrayal, and heartbreak. Dave will share as many as will fit in two hours in this week’s episode with early tearjerkers from Kitty Wells, The Louvin Brothers, Billy Walker, Bonnie Owens and George Jones. There will also be the very best of the classics from Charley Pride, Dolly Parton, and Loretta Lynn to take us into the 70s and beyond. . .

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	24 Greatest
3	Patsy Cline	Your Cheatin' Heart	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
4	Charlie Walker	Cheaters Never Win	1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
5	Billy Walker	One Heart's Beatin' One Heart's Cheatin'	1949-1952 (Warped 4960)
6	Hank Thompson	I Find You Cheatin' on Me	1946-1949 (Warped 4660)
7	Lee Elliott	Cheaters Never Win	Country & Western Nuggets
8	Jerry Lee Lewis	She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye	The Definitive Collection
9	Sanford Clark	A Cheat	Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
10	The Rockin' Saints	Cheat On Me Baby	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
11	Bonnie Owens	How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
12	The Louvin Brothers	While You're Cheating On Me	Close Harmony [Disc 4]
13	Kitty Wells	Cheated Out of Love	Lonely Street/Dust On the Bible
14	Kitty Wells	Cheatin's a Sin	The Complete Country Hits
15	George Jones	The Window Up Above	George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
16	Loretta Lynn	You Ain't Woman Enough	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
17	Billie Jo Spears	The Cheating Kind	Country Greats #2
18	Crystal Gayle	Talking In Your Sleep	Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
19	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Dolly [Disc 3]
20	Charley Pride	Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger	Golden Age of Country Volume 4: Honky-Tonk Man [Disc 1]
21	Gary Stewart	She's Acting Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol Songs [Disc 2]
22	Del McCoury	Cheater's in the Soup	1975-1976 (Warped 7553F)
23	Ricky Skaggs	Don't Cheat In Our Hometown [Album Version]	Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs
24	T.G. Sheppard	Last Cheater's Waltz	Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold
25	Moe Brandy	I Cheated Me Right Out Of You	Contemporary Country: The Late 70's – Hot Hits
26	Moe Bandy	It's A Cheating Situation	The Late '70s
27	John Prine With Dolores Keane	It's A Cheating Situation	In Spite Of Ourselves
28	John Anderson	She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs	Anthology
29	Dale Watson	Cheatin' Heart Attack	Cheatin' Heart Attack
30	Mickey Gilley	My Baby's Cheatin' On Me	Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade
31	Dwight Yoakam	King of Fools	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
32	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts of Life	The Essential Porter Wagoner
33	Emmylou Harris	The Last Cheaters Waltz	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 1
34	Kenny Rogers	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town	20 Great Years
35	Kitty Wells	Hey Joe	Cheatin's a Sin

Wake Up!

October 25, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

We’ll be sharing a Wake Up call with everyone out there…no…not election day. Although it’s just around the corner. There’s an alarm clock buzzing or ringing or chiming that is bent on a theme…that of ‘waking up’. That’s our theme in the show todays as we excavate the mines of rich Americana ore from the past century, sharing songs whose thematic tone demands that our eyes open to the brighter days ahead. Dave has a boatload of sounds that include the rockabilly sounds of Mac Curtis and some country bop from Billy Briggs. That’s not all…there’s the brothers Everly, Merle Haggard, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Richard Thompson, Nat King Cole, Bob Dorough and a couple dozen others. Join Dave for a thematic romp on Deeper Roots this Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gene Bianco	Alarm Clock Rock	Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
3	Les Paul & Mary Ford	The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise	Time-Life – Your Hit Parade: The Early '50S
4	Ike & Tina Turner	Wake Up	Don't Play Me Cheap
5	Bobby Rush	Wake Up	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
6	Michelle Willson and the Evil Gal Orchestra	Wake Up Call	Wake Up Call
7	Norah Jones	Wake Me Up	Not Too Late
8	White Owl Red	Wake Up	Afterglow
9	The Neville Brothers	Wake Up	Yellow Moon
10	Richard Thompson	I Can't Wake up to Save My Life	Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years
11	The Ravens	Rooster	Old Man River
12	Cab Calloway	Wake Up And Live	Best Of The Big Bands
13	Bob Dorough	Wake Up Sally, It's Saturday	Too Much Coffee Man
14	Cecil Gant	Wake Up, Cecil, Wake Up	Blues in L.A. (The Blues Collection Vol.88)
15	Wilco	When You Wake up Feeling Old	Summerteeth
16	The Bellfuries	I Don't Wanna Wake Up Tomorrow	Just Plain Lonesome
17	Jimmy Murphy	Wake Me up Sweet Jesus	Electricity
18	Merle Haggard	Wake Up	His Greatest & His Best
19	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Wake Up Irene	Vintage Collections
20	Ralph Stanley	It's Time To Wake Up	A Mother's Prayer
21	Mac Curtis	Wake Up Rock N' Roll	Rockabilly Uprising – The Best Of Mac Curtis
22	Billy Briggs	Alarm Clock Boogie	Boogie Man Boogie
23	Los Lobos	Wake Up Dolores	Kiko
24	The Browns	Wake Up Jonah	Warped 5773 – The Browns – 1956 – 1959
25	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1]
26	Lula Wiles	Wake Up	Shame and Sedition
27	Dustbowl Revival	I Wake Up	Is It You, Is It Me
28	Nat King Cole Trio	I Wake Up Screaming Dreaming Of You	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
29	Snooks Eaglin	Reality [Formerly Titled Wake up]	Complete Imperial Recordings
30	Mahalia Jackson	When I Wake Up In Glory	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 2]
31	The Oak Ridge Boys	I'll Wake Upon The Other Side	Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection [Disc 2]
32	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Wake Up Everybody	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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A Bucket Of Nuggets

October 4, 2024 Dave

The Bear Family label, headquartered in Germany, has long featured deep track dives into American music of the past century. Whether that be rock, country, rhythm and blues, or Americana; much of it is as far off the beaten track as you can imagine. Their selections and the high quality of the liner notes and ephemera have long been the top shelf standard for collectors and aficionados of American music. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be diving into their delightful ‘theme’ universe prefaced with the perfect title of “Destination”. We’ll be digging into the themes of ‘freeway’, ‘outer space’, ‘beach parties’, ‘ocean cruise’, ‘lust’ and ‘sex’. The music you’ll be hearing is an unusual ‘bucket of nuggets’ representing some of the very best of camp pop and rock. Tune in for a raucous blend of ‘never heard’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Stonewall Jackson	Run	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
3	Skeets McDonald	Fort Worth Jail	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
4	Jimmie Skinner	One Dead Man Ago	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
5	Jaycee Hill	Crash Out	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
6	Bill Carter	Shot Four Times And Dying	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
7	Gary Williams	Walla Walla State Prison	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
8	Don French	Lonely Saturday Night	Destination Lonely Street
9	Jackie Wilson	Lonely Life	Destination Lonely Street
10	Gene Vincent	Lonely Street	Destination Lonely Street
11	Lonesome Lee	Lonely Travelin'	Destination Lonely Street
12	Conway Twitty	Lonely Blue Boy	Destination Lonely Street
13	Dale Hawkins	Lonely Nights	Destination Lonely Street
14	Rusty Draper & Lola Dee	Scratch My Back	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
15	Miss X	S-E-X	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
16	Mamie Van Doren	Seperate The Men From The Boys	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
17	Ann-Margret	Let Me Entertain You	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
18	Jayne Mansfield	Too Hot To Handle (Film version 1960)	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
19	Dorothy Collins	Let's Do It	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
20	Jeri Southern	Senor Blues	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
21	Pat Morrissey	Trapped In The Web Of Love	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
22	The Valiants With Sandy Vale	Boppin' On The Beach	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
23	Freddie Mitchell And His Rockers	Seaweed	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
24	Wayne Hollers	Dance In The Sand	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
25	Mitchell Torok	Teenie Weenie Bikini	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
26	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Teach 'Em How To Swim	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
27	Joey Dee & The Starliters	Twistin' On A Liner	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
28	Earl Grant	Beyond The Sea	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
29	Bobby Jackson	Wow Man	Destination Freeway
30	Burt Keyes w/Teddy McRae And His Orchestra	Stop Jivin' Start Drivin'	Destination Freeway
31	Dinah Shore	See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet	Destination Freeway
32	Hagan, Sammy & The Visounts	Tail Light	Destination Freeway
33	Warmer, Faron	Cruisin' Central	Destination Freeway
34	Movie Trailer	Plan 9 From Outer Space (Movie Trailer)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
35	Merv Griffin	The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X'	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
36	Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
37	Teacho & His Students	Rock-Et	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
38	The Jive Fiveins	People From Another World	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
39	Bill Buchanan	The Thing	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
40	Louis Prima	Beep! Beep!	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
41	Movie Trailer	Invaders From Mars (Trailer)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
42	Billy Lee Riley & The Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)

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Rain Theme

September 28, 2024 Dave

Seven years after our community was ravaged by three different wildfires, we’re going to focus on the theme of rain in our show today. Call it a rain dance if you must but we’re hoping that not only will the weather give us one more year of respite from the flaming torrent of climate change-induced wildfires but also make it two years in a row with reservoir replenishment. So why not a theme that promotes rainy weather? We’ll go to every genre corner in the show today: gospel, jazz, country, rock ‘n roll, soul and rhythm & blues. Tune in for a themed collection this morning that includes the likes of Glenn Yarbrough, Percy Sledge, Leon Russell, Lonnie Johnson and Billy “The Kid” Emerson. There’s a whole lot more so join in and find out. A sunny September morning leads us to our rain dance…or whatever you call it.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Remastered)	Anthology: The Definitive Collection (Remastered)
3	Buddy Guy	Feels Like Rain	Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
4	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
5	Sons Of South	Didn't It Rain Children	The Best Of Nashboro Gospel
6	Lew Childre	It Don't Do Nothing but Rain	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Buy for Me the Rain	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
8	Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
9	Eddie Rabbitt	I Love A Rainy Night	Superstars Of Country
10	Albert Lee	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
11	Buddy Holly	Raining in My Heart	The Definitive Collection
12	The Cascades	Rhythm of the Rain	Teen Ballads Disc 2
13	Lonnie Johnson	Pouring Down Rain	Complete Folkways Recordings
14	John Hammond, Jr.	Little Rain Falling	Country Blues
15	Billy "The Kid" Emerson	When It Rains, It Pours	Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1955-1956
16	Big Maybelle	Rain Down Rain	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
17	Leon Russell	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
18	Irma Thomas	It's Raining	Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1
19	Irma Thomas	I Think It's Going to Rain Today	Simply Grand
20	Madeleine Peyroux	California Rain	Half The Perfect World
21	Billie Holiday	Come Rain Or Come Shine	Billie's Best
22	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Have You Ever Seen The Rain	Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary
23	The Mavericks	Here Comes the Rain	Music for All Occasions
24	The Serendipity Singers	Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)	My Music Original Masters Folk Rewind [Disc 2]
25	Glenn Yarbrough	Baby the Rain Must Fall	Pop Memories of the 60s: Vol. 4- Blue Velvet [Disc 1]
26	Roy Orbison	Leaving Makes The Rain Come Down	One of the Lonely Ones
27	The Everly Brothers	Crying in the Rain	Singles / EP's /Radio / Live
28	Merle Travis	Rainy Day Feeling	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
29	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
30	The Birmingham Sunlights	It's Gonna Rain	Folk Masters
31	Simon & Garfunkel	Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
32	Percy Sledge	I Wish It Would Rain	Blue Night
33	Nick Lowe	Raining Raining	Nick's Knack

Summer of Broken Hearts

September 14, 2024 Dave

The debate is over; what’s say we have ourselves another. There’s certainly no debating democracy at work. Today’s Deeper Roots show will find us circulating through the connective tissue of song: themes that connect with one another. A little bit of eclectic free form fused with all the delightful sounds of country, pop, rock and tradition. Our guiding light will be the truth and the American way. Yes, there’s always bubble gum, apple pie, and Sunday church but then we also have the bats**t crazies who will blame all the good, the bad and the ugly on those who don’t resemble themselves or their own views. So take a break with us on this summer of broken hearts and we’ll share country from Don Gibson to Rosanne Cash, rock and roll from The Stray Cats to Fats Domino, and a little bit of sass and blues from Etta James and Charles Brown. Summer’s almost over and election day is fast approaching. So make sure you vote.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sarah Vaughan	Broken Hearted Melody	Ultimate Sarah Vaughan (Selected by Dee Dee Bridgewater)
3	Chris Isaak	Lonely With A Broken Heart	San Francisco Days
4	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Trail of Broken Hearts	Absolute Torch and Twang
5	Rosanne Cash	The Way We Make A Broken Heart [Album Version]	King's Record Shop
6	Al Green	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	The Virgin Suicides
7	Don Williams	Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend	The Definitive Collection
8	Don Gibson	I Can Mend Your Broken Heart	The Complete Recordings 1952-1962
9	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	My Heart Is Mended	Sunny Road
10	Gram Parsons	Hearts On Fire	G.P. / Grievous Angel
11	Kelly Dalton	I'm On Fire	Home – EP
12	Nikki Lane	Love's On Fire	All or Nothin' (Deluxe)
13	Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Back At The Quonset Hut
14	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
15	Leon Redbone	Settin' By The Fire	Whistling In The Wind
16	Etta James	Let's Burn Down The Cornfield	Enduring Soul
17	Etta James	Jump Into My Fire	Seven Year Itch
18	The Brothers Four	Greenfields	Best Of The Folk Era
19	Peter Wolf	The Green Fields Of Summer [with Neko Case]	Midnight Souvenirs
20	Nanci Griffith	Fields Of Summer	Late Night Grande Hotel
21	Stray Cats	Lonely Summer Nights	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
22	The Four Preps	Lazy Summer Night	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
23	Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta	Summer Nights	Grease
24	Steve Forbert	Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast	The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
25	The Beach Boys	Your Summer Dream	Surfer Girl
26	Link Wray & The Wraymen	Summer Dream	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
27	Rodney Crowell	Voila, An American Dream	Collection
28	Hayes Carll	American Dream	What It Is
29	Elvis Presley	An American Trilogy	Fifty Years Of Hits
30	Willie Nelson	By the Rivers of Babylon	Gospel Favorites

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Theme Time

Americana Roundup

July 26, 2024 Dave

Looking back over the past fifty-or-so years, we find a large gathering assembled under a large, all-inclusive tent, called Americana. There’s hardly a definition that’s been assigned and it’s hardly what we’d term ‘a genre’. It is, rather, a mood of the music and a narrative of the storytelling defines it. Like the dozens of genres that line it’s walls, we’ve come to know what we’re listening to: blues, gospel, folk and tradition, jazz, and everything in between. This week we’ll be stepping into that tent to congregate and celebrate that ‘sound we know’ called Americana. The digital bins will take us only so far back, celebrating the music of Bob Dylan, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, Joe Ely, Old Crow Medicine Show and a couple dozen others. Just what’s needed and built on playlists worthy of the very best of the Americana Hours broadcast each morning here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Old Crow Medicine Show	Wagon Wheel	O.C.M.S.
3	Bob Dylan	Hard Times	Good As I Been To You
4	Keb' Mo'	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
5	Sheryl Crow	No Depression In Heaven	The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family
6	Rosanne Cash	Motherless Children	The List
7	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Tell The Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can	Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can
8	Buddy Miller & Julie Miller	Forever Has Come To An End	Buddy & Julie Miller
9	Lyle Lovett	If I Had a Boat	Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
10	Guy Clark	Fort Worth Blues	Cold Dog Soup
11	Lucinda Williams	Lake Charles	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
12	The Texas Tornados	The Gardens	4 Aces
13	Buddy Miller	That's How I Got To Memphis	Your Love And Other Lies
14	The Flatlanders	Dallas	More a Legend Than a Band
15	Joe Ely	If You Were A Bluebird	Joe Ely
16	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Killing The Blues	Raising Sand
17	Alison Krauss & Union Station	The Lucky One	New Favorite
18	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	All The Roadrunning	All The Roadrunning
19	Steve Earle	Copperhead Road	Copperhead Road
20	Blaze Foley	Clay Pigeons	Wanted More Dead Than Alive
21	Justin Townes Earle	Harlem River Blues	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
22	Gillian Welch	Red Clay Halo	Time (The Revelator)
23	Gillian Welch	Caleb Meyer	Hell Among the Yearlings
24	Van Morrison	Till I Gain Control Again	Pay The Devil
25	First Aid Kit	Emmylou	The Lion's Roar (Bonus Track Version)
26	John Hiatt	Drive South	Slow Turning

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Theme Time

Tell Me a Story

July 13, 2024 Dave

Storytelling in song is not new. It’s mankind’s way of conveying, in both accuracy and reflection, the narrative from one perspective. Embellishments and hooks have long been the best way to make the story easy to digest and, if need be, to get a point (likely sociopolitical) across. We’ll be doing just that in this Friday’s episode: stories based in war, natural disasters, national tragedies and personal conflict. We’ll take a hundred year tour of storytelling from Bessie Smith to the Drive-by Truckers, from Memphis Minnie and The Tex-I-An Boys to Calexico, The Staple Singers and Marty Robbins. There are floods, murders, environmental catastrophes, bombings, and some wartime solemnity to be shared today. Tune into KOWS Community Radio every Friday morning for some fresh musical linens, curated by the outdoors and streaming to all of planet Earth on KOWSFM.COM/listen

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mac Wiseman	Wreck Of The Old '97	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
3	Jimmie Driftwood	The Battle of New Orleans	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
4	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
5	Johnny Horton	Sink The Bismark	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
6	Calexico	Victor Jara's Hands	Carried To Dust
7	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Ohio	So Far
8	Joni Mitchell	Woodstock	Hits
9	Grateful Dead	New, New Minglewood Blues	What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1
10	Grateful Dead	New Speedway Boogie	What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1
11	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	Ludlow Massacre	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
12	Tom Petty	Jefferson Jericho Blues	Mojo (Extra Mojo Version)
13	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
14	Charlie Haden	Is This America? (Katrina 2005)	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
15	Johnny Cash	Five Feet High And Rising	Songs Of Our Soil
16	Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie	When the Levee Breaks	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
17	Sin-Killer Griffin	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm	Field Recordings, Vol. 5: Louisiana, Texas, Bahamas (1933-1940)
18	The Tex-I-An Boys	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
19	Bessie Smith	Backwater Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
20	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer
21	Chill Pill Dancers	Zoot Suit Riot	Swing: Next Generation
22	Mimi & Richard Fariqa	Birmingham Sunday	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast
23	Archie Shepp	Blues for Brother George Jackson	Verve Unmixed, Vol. 2
24	Drive-By Truckers	What It Means	American Band
25	Will And Jehnean	Trail of Tears	Song of America
26	Don McLean	American Pie	Songs For The Open Road [Platinum Legends]

A Century of America's Music