Another year passes and with each year we take stock of the legacies that are not ‘left behind’ but live on in their contributions. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including contemporaries like Daniel Johnston and Ric Ocasek, studio production legends Hal Blaine and Dave Bartholomew, songwriting greats Robert Hunter and Donnie Fritts, and prolific performers like Fats Domino, Doris Day, and Art Neville. Two hours means we draw the line and that’s never easy. Tune in for a look back at who we lost in 2019. www.kowsfm.com/listen is the stream.
Cool November sounds from the catalog of cool itself. This week’s Deeper Roots looks for some relaxed sounds; reminders of what it’s like to sit in a smokey lounge below street level in the Village and listen to solos, breakouts, and instrumental wizardry. Join us as we dig the swinging backbeat and improvisations that exemplify an urban sound from some of the greats. We’ve got Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Illinois Jacquet, and a host of others taking us into the Friday morning club here on Sonoma County Community radio.
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Charlie Haden
Blue Pearl
Now Is The Hour
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Roland Kirk
Three for The Festival
Mercury 1962
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Buddy Rich
Love For Sale
The Best Of Buddy Rich: The Pacific Jazz Years
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Ben Webster
The Jeep's Jumping
The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 3]
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Illinois Jacquet
Harlem Nocturne
Swing's the Thing + Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Bonus Track Version)
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Illinois Jacquet
Las Vegas Blues
Swing's the Thing + Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Bonus Track Version)
November kicks off with a party at our house. Some rare R&B nuggets, some classic old time country and honky-tonk, and a little bit of the New Orleans and house party themes to kick off the morning here on Deeper Roots. House parties, rent parties, and dance hall jamborees are celebrated by Bob Wills, Babs Gonzales, Little Esther, Jackie Brenston, and Dale Watson. We’ll also hear from Willie, T-Bone, and Merle on a Friday morning show that brings a little bit of light into the Sonoma County after weeks of trepidation from the fires. Please join Dave Stroud broadcasting live from downtown Santa Rosa.
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Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound
Jebidiah Moonshine's Friday Night Shack Party
Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound
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Amos Milburn
House Party (Tonight)
Amos Milburn Rocks
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Babs Gonzales
House Rent Party
Cool WhalinDon Gibson
Give Myself A Party
Fifty Years Of Hits (Vol. 3)
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Jesse Allen
Let's Party
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock 'n' Roll Vol 2 [Disc 2]
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The Hamptones
Turkey Hop
Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
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The Treniers
Go, Go, Go
Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
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The Four Jacks
The Last of the Good Rocking Men
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3
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Rollee McGill
Rhythm Rockin' Boogie
Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
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The Wild Magnolias
Party
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
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Marcia Ball
The Party's Still Going On
Roadside Attractions
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Jackie Brentson
Starvation
Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13
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Yvonne Baker & The Sensations
Party Across The Hall
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
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Little Esther
Ring-A-Ding-Doo
Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
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Sam Cooke
Having a Party
Greatest Hits
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Tammi Terrell
Two Can Have A Party
Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection
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The Enchanters
I Paid For The Party
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
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Quinn Golden
Party On the Weekend
On the Chitlin Circuit
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T-Bone Walker
Party Girl
The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 2]
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Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
The Party's At Our House
Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
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Bob Wills
Goin' Away Party
For the Last Time
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Merle Haggard/Ray Price/Willie Nelson
Goin' Away Party
Last of the Breed Disc 2
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Willie Nelson
The Party's Over ["Naked" version]
Naked Willie
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Dale Watson
The Party's Over
Live Deluxe…Plus CD1
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Dale Watson
Pity Party
I Hate These Songs
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The Cadillacs
Party for Two
For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
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Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater
Party at My House
Mean Case of the Blues
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Babs Gonzales
Babs' Celebrity Party
Cool WhalinKing Biscuit And The Ronnie Hawkins Band
A last minute playlist…some gentle sounds for listeners who’ve had a tough week here in Sonoma County. Songs of reflection take center stage on Deeper Roots where the scheduled playlist was a bit too frivolous to put on the air. With everyone focused on rebuilding, rehoming, and getting their power back as well as building a support network for those impacted through lost homes and property. And here’s to the first responders, the city and county officials who get it right this time…join Dave Stroud on a Saturday morning in October in a county still reeling from the firestorm of two years back. Easy listening is the order of the day.
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Dave Alvin
California's Burning
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
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The Staple Singers
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
Be What You Are
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Kate Wolf
Here In California
Weaver Of Visions – Anthology (2)
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Simon & Garfunkel
Homeward Bound
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
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Simon & Garfunkel
America
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
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The Youngbloods
Get Together
Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
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Maria McKee
Let Your Light Shine On Me
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
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Paul Simon Feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Amazing Grace
The Warner Brothers Collection
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Midnight Special
Chronicle: Volume Two
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The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir
This morning’s show will be a collection of Elvis covers; songs that hit the charts for Elvis from 1956 into the break of the 1970s. Mostly number ones, but some repeated favorites, all covered by a cross-section of his contemporaries and those from another generation. We’ll have everyone from Santo & Johnny and Bobby Gentry to Rosie Flores and John Prine putting forward covers of Elvis Presley treats. We’ve also got a version of Heartbreak Hotel by Hanni El Khabib, a rare piece by rocker and session man (not bluesman) Robert Johnson, Billy Burnette’s bluegrass, and some C. J. Chenier to keep the eclectic blend alive. We’re on Friday mornings at 9 Pacific on KOWS and Friday evenings at 9 Pacific on KWTF.
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Bobby Bare
That's All Right
1971
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Ricky Nelson
There's Good Rockin' Tonight
Ricky Nelson
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Chris Isaak
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version)
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John Prine & Mac Wiseman
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
Standard Songs for Average People
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Hanni El Khatib
Heartbreak Hotel
Will the Guns Come Out
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Marty Stuart/The Staple Singers
Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True)
The Marty Party Hit Pack
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Jon Spencer
All Shook Up
Brace Yourself!: A Tribute to Otis Blackwell
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Debbie Harry
Don't Be Cruel
Brace Yourself!: A Tribute to Otis Blackwell
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Eric Clapton
Hound Dog
Journeyman
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Linda Ronstadt
Love Me Tender
Living In The U.S.A.
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Rosie Flores
Too Much
Working Girl's Guitar
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Billy Joel
All Shook Up
Honeymoon in Vegas
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C.J. Chenier
Teddy Bear
Step It Up!
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Dion
Jailhouse Rock (Album)
Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock
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Ricky Van Shelton
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
Honeymoon in Vegas
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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Hard Headed Woman
Sleazy Roadside Stories
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Ken Lovelace
One Night
Twenty Years Overnight
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Raul Malo
(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I
After Hours
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Billy Burnette; Shawn Camp
A Big Hunk O' Love
The Bluegrass Elvises, Vol. 1
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Billy Burnette/Shawn Camp
Are You Lonesome Tonight
The Bluegrass Elvises, Vol. 1
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Chris Isaak
It's Now or Never
Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version)
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Del Shannon
His Latest Flame
Home and Away: The Complete Recording 1960-1970 – CD1
Songs that were personal. Vignettes about the real world. A study in memories but on a deeper level where one wrestles the blood out of the words; and his were usually the simplest of words. Economy of words means a broader vision. That’s what I think of when I think of Guy Clark’s songs. From his sprawling narratives to the trapdoors he leaves you when he’s finished, his music was a little slice of melodic nuance laced with words that mattered. Every one. This week’s show won’t beat around the bush; we’ll just put them out there to reflect on and give a little bit of thanks that we have them. We’ll hear from Emmylou Harris, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle, Vince Gill, and a few nuggets from Guy himself.
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Rosanne Cash
Better Days
This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark
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Jerry Jeff Walker
Boats to Build
Cowboy Boots & Bathin Suits
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Steve Earle & The Dukes
L.A. Freeway
Guy
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Ricky Skaggs
Heartbroke
Highways & Heartaches
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Guy Clark
Desperadoes Waiting For A Train
Heartworn Highways
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Joe Ely
Magdalene
Panhandle Rambler
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Jerry Jeff Walker
My Favorite Picture Of You
This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
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Willie Nelson
My Favorite Picture of You
Ride Me Back Home
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Nanci Griffith
She Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Blue Roses From The Moons
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Guy Clark
Intro: The Randall Knife
Songs and Stories
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Guy Clark
The Randall Knife
Songs and Stories
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Vince Gill
Randall Knife
This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
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Asleep at the Wheel
The Cape
Reinventing the Wheel
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Asleep At The Wheel
Blowin' Like A Bandit [Album Version]
The Swingin' Best Of Asleep At The Wheel
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Verlon Thompson
All Through Throwin' Good Love After Bad
This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark Disc 2
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Johnny Cash
Let Him Roll
Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
There have been some great Americana sounds released this year and there is no sense in ignoring them, certainly. In fact, you can tune into Sonoma County Community Radio each week for Blue Moon Americana, broadcasting Thursday mornings at 5am on KOWS and 9am on KWTF. We’ll be spending some time covering the covers of tradition and some from the contemporary well this week on Deeper Roots. Tune in for some great sounds…truly. Fun covers of blues, gospel, folk, country, and jazz from the likes of Whitehorse, Jesse Dayton, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson and Kristi Jean & Her Ne’er-Do-Wells. We’ll hear everything from Amazing Grace to Redneck Friend this week on Deeper Roots. Check it out this Saturday evening, a rebroadcast of a live show from the KOWS Cherry Street Historic District in Santa Rosa.
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Ben Winship
What's The Matter With the Well
Toolshed
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Whitehorse
Baby, What You Want Me To Do
The Northern South, Vol. 2 [EP]
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Whitehorse
Baby, Scratch My Back
The Northern South, Vol. 2 [EP]
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Mercury Rev
Big Boss Man (feat. Hope Sandoval)
Bobbie Gentry's the Delta Sweete Revisited
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Beth Wood
Slip Slidin Away
The Long Road
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Bobtown
American Girl
Chasing the Sun
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Jesse Dayton
Redneck Friend
Mixtape Volume
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Chatham County Line
The Last Time
Sharing The Covers
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Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson With The Tennessee Valentines Feat. Billy Swan And Rachael Davis
Lover Please (feat. Rachael Davis)
Amour
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Steve Earle & The Dukes
Dublin Blues
Guy
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Steve Earle & The Dukes
The Randall Knife
Guy
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Willie Nelson
My Favorite Picture of You
Ride Me Back Home
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Just Whiskey
O Death
Second Hand Songs
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Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey
Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun
Conspirators
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Jason Ringenberg
Farewell Angelina
Stand Tall
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Davina & The Vagabonds
I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Gamblers, ramblers, casinos. Barstools, loaded dice, tumbling dice, poker hands, and the demon rum, and chance. Honky-tonks, Vegas, and craps…all for you on the country side. Join Dave Stroud for a high-falootin’ time on Deeper Roots as the demon chance teams up with casino country in music. We’ll walk the fine carpets of the Vegas casino as well as the sawdust floors of the country bar with performances by Buck Owens, Tex Williams, The Country Gentleman, and Jimmie Dolan. We’re heading out west to pay a little bit of an homage to the gaming side of the stories this week on Community Radio for Sonoma County. Hope you can join in.
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Jimmie Dolan
Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice
Juke Box Boogie
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Roving Gambler
Best Of The Vanguard Years
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Norma Jean
The Gambler And The Lady
The Best of Country
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Joe Ely
Gambler's Bible
Time For Travelin' – The Best Of Joe Ely
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Roll Of The Dice
Roll Of The Dice
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Jim Lauderdale
Rollin' the Dice
The Hummingbirds
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Jimmy & The Mustangs
Roll The Dice
Another Round
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Dick Curless
The Game of Love and Poker
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD5 (1950-1969)
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Buck Owens
Big In Vegas (Live in Las Vegas)
Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
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Buck Owens
Las Vegas Lament (Live in Las Vegas)
Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
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Si Cranstoun
Vegas Baby
Old School
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Southern Culture On The Skids
40 Miles To Vegas
Bootleggers Choice
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Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
Viva Las Vegas
Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
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Hank Snow
The Queen Of Draw Poker Town
I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1]
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Patsy Cline
Turn The Cards Slowly
The Patsy Cline Collection: Honky Tonk Merry Go Round
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Kenny Rogers
The Gambler
Superstars Of Country – Party Time [Disc 2]
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Merle Haggard
Kentucky Gambler
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 2]
Summer is here and so we’ll be celebrating those lazy, hazy, crazy days that come with it. We’re approaching the dog days, as they say, and that also means festivals, music, cool drinks, swimming gear, and lighter beers. This week’s show has us getting serious about summer songs: Elvis, Sam Cooke, The Chantels, Dolly Parton, Dave Brubeck, and just a touch of surf sounds from The Sandals. Summer winds, summer wages, summer rain, and summer love this week on Deeper Roots, recorded at the KOWS studios planted square in the Cherry Street District of Santa Rosa.
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Nat King Cole
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer
Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S
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The Sandals
Theme from "Endless Summer"
The Perfect Day: The Music from 40 Years of Surfing Magazine
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The Beach Boys
Your Summer Dream
Surfer Girl
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The Percy Faith Orchestra
Them From A Summer Place
Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1]
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The Fleetwoods
They Tell Me It's Summer
Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
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The Chantels
Summers's Love (Richard Barrett with the Chantels)
The Best of the Chantels
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Robin Ward
Wonderful Summer
Early Girls: 1
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Johnny Rivers
Summer Rain
Best Of Johnny Rivers
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Frank Sinatra
Something Wonderful Happens In Summer
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 3]
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Sam Cooke
Summertime
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
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Ian & Sylvia
Summer Wages
So Much For Dreaming
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It's a Beautiful Day
Hot Summer Day
It's a Beautiful Day
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Frank Sinatra
Summer Wind
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Summertime
Sing America
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Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin
Summertime
Cheap Thrills
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Dave Brubeck
Summer Song [Album Version]
Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
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Seals & Crofts
Summer Breeze
AM Gold 1972
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Dolly Parton
Sweet Summer Lovin'
I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1
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Elvis Presley
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Elvis for Everyone!
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Nelson Riddle
The Green Leaves of Summer
The Best of Nelson Riddle
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Willie Nelson
Summer Of Roses [Album Version]
One Hell Of A Ride
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Desert Rose Band
Summer Wind
Running
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Robbie Fulks
Rose of the Summer
Gone Away Backward
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Don Henley
The Boys of Summer
Building the Perfect Beast
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Eddie Cochran
Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
We’ll be serenading you with some island melodies, country tunes, and rock, all featuring the steel guitar, an instrument whose origins take us back to the late 19th and early 20th century invention by native Joseph Kekuku. The music this Friday features some early Hawaiian popular influences including Sol Ho’opi, Hoot Gibson, and King Nawah’s Hawaiians. The focus moves to mid-to late century greats featuring Pete Drake, Buddy Emmons, Buster Martin and Speedy West. The popularity of the ‘island sound’ in the early century brought us the sound of steel across many genres, including gospel, folk, blues, and country. Spend a couple of hours on an August morning in Sonoma County taking a journey from Hawaii to Forth Worth.
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King Nawahi's Hawaiians
Hawaiian Capers
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Trio De Hawaii
Melodias Populares Mexicana
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
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Sol Ho'opi'i
Singing The Blues
Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
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Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
An Orange Grove in California
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Hoot Gibson
Mai Givee (Don't Give It Away)
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
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Kalama's Quartet
Sassy
Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
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Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians
Heat Wave
Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
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Sol Ho'opi'i
I Like You
With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
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King Nawahi's Hawaiians
Under a Texas Moon
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
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Madame Riviere's Hawaiians
Ellis March
With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
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Buster Martin
Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka
Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 10]
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Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians
Bob & Jim by The Waters of Minetonka
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Jim & Bob
The Song of the Range
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
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Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys
I Won't Stand in Your Way
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons
Singing Strings Of Steel
The Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds
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Lone Star Playboys
Steel Guitar Bounce
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
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Albert Lee
Rainbows All Over Your Blues
The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
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Howard White
Steel Guitar Swallow
Western Swing And Steel Instrumental
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Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar
For Pete's Sake [Instrumental]
For Pete's Sake [Gusto]
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Pete Drake
Pedal Jumpin'
Stars Of The Steel Guitar
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Speedy West
Stainless Steel
Steel Guitar
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Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys
Hot Steel
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Jerry Byrd
Hilo Steel Guitar
Stars Of The Steel Guitar
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Bob Wills
Texas Playboy Rag
Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
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Doc Watson
Steel Guitar Rag
Memories
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Bobby Lee
Steel Guitar Rag
Quasar Steel Guitar
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Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Journey To The Beginning – A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds
