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Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Modern Americana, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Music From The Band

June 25, 2021 Dave

Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robbie Robertson	When The Night Was Young	How To Become Clairvoyant
3	The Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track)	A Musical History [Disc 1]
4	The Levon Helm Band	Anna Lee	Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008
5	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
6	Bob Dylan & The Band	The Weight	Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
7	Joan Baez	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Hits: Greatest & Others
8	The Band	Acadian Driftwood	Northern Lights-Southern Cross
9	Bob Dylan & The Band	Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)	The Basement Tapes [Disc 2]
10	Bob Dylan & The Band	Million Dollar Bash	The Basement Tapes [Disc 1]
11	Rick Danko	It Makes No Difference	Live Anthology
12	Emmylou Harris & The Band	Evangeline	Duets
13	The Band	Stage Fright	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
14	Ronnie Hawkins/The Band	Who Do You Love?	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
15	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Havana Moon	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
16	Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Hey Boba Lou	The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
17	The Band	Stand Up	High On The Hog
18	Levon Helm	False Hearted Lover Blues	Dirt Farmer
19	Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee	The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee)	(2013) Love For Levon
20	The Band,Bob Clearmountain	Time to Kill – Remix / 2020	Stage Fright (Deluxe Remix 2020)
21	The Band	Life Is a Carnival	Cahoots
22	Levon Helm	Tennessee Jed	Electric Dirt
23	The Band	Twilight (Single Version)	Islands [Remastered]
24	Bob Dylan	I Shall Be Released	Before The Flood [Disc 1]
25	Levon Helm	Money	Levon Helm

Bob at 80

May 28, 2021 Dave

Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	Song To Woody	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1]
3	Bob Dylan	Mississippi	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
4	Ian & Sylvia	Tomorrow Is A Long Time	Four Strong Winds
5	Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan	Nashville Skyline Rag	Dylan Country
6	Bob Dylan	New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2]
7	Bob Dylan	Talkin' New York	Bob Dylan
8	Joan Baez	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	From The Coffeehouse
9	Peter, Paul & Mary	Blowin' In The Wind	The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
10	The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	20 Number Ones
11	Johnny Cash	It Ain't Me Babe	Dylan Country
12	Bob Dylan	If Dogs Run Free	New Morning
13	Bob Dylan	Po' Boy	Love and Theft
14	Bob Dylan	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	MTV Unplugged
15	Bob Dylan	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Blood on the Tracks
16	Bob Dylan	Shelter from the Storm [Take 2]	More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
17	Bob Dylan	Everything Is Broken	Oh Mercy
18	Bob Dylan	Things Have Changed	Lovesick
19	The Band	When I Paint My Masterpiece	A Musical History [Disc 4]
20	Bob Dylan	Man in the Long Black Coat	Chronicles, Vol. 1
21	Bob Dylan	Duquesne Whistle	Tempest
22	Bob Dylan	Goodbye Jimmy Reed	Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1]
23	Bob Dylan	My Blue Eyed Jane	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
24	Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison	My Back Pages	Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2]
25	Bob Dylan	Man Gave Names To All The Animals	Slow Train Coming

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Post-War Rhythm & Jive

May 15, 2021 Dave

Somewhere sandwiched between pre-war big band and swing and the rock n’ roll era that erupted in the early fifties, there was foretelling in the sounds of post-war rhythm and blues, honkers and shouters, and jump bands. This week’s show will explore the sounds of post-war with Louis Jordan’s Tympany Five, Bull Moose Jackson, Babs Gonzales, Wynonie Harris, Amos Milburn and a couple dozen others. To say the burner was hot is misunderstanding the situation: it was red hot. Our morning show will have your toes tappin’, your fingers snappin’, and your hips shakin’ as the sounds of post-war rhythm in blues takes you into another Spring day here in Sonoma County. Join in the fun!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)	Rock 'N' Roll	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
3	Louis Jordan	Ain't That Just Like a Woman	Number Ones
4	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Hungary Man	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
5	Buster Bennett	Rockin' My Blues Away	Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947)
6	Bull Moose Jackson	Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me	Badman Jackson Thats Me
7	The Charioteers	Viddle de Vop	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 2: Viddle de Vop
8	T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
9	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
10	Jake Porter	Safronia	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
11	Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends	Mama Don't Allow	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
12	Babs' Three Bips & A Bop (Babs Gonzales)	Oo-Pa-Pa-Da	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
13	Pearl Bailey	The Hucklebuck	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
14	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
15	Bull Moose Jackson	Keep You're Big Mouth Shut	Bad Man Jackson
16	The King Porter Orchestra	Chittlin' Ball	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
17	Nellie Lutcher	He's a Real Gone Guy	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
18	Cleo Brown	Cleo's Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
19	Ella Mae Morse	A Little Further Down The Road A Piece	Singles 2
20	Julia Lee	Oh Chuck It	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
21	Cab Calloway	The Calloway Boogie	Jukebox Hits 1930-1950
22	Wynonie Harris	All She Wants To Do Is Rock	All She Wants To Do Is Rock
23	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Chicky-Mo, Craney Crow	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949
24	Butch Stone & His Orchestra	I Got News For You	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
25	Amos Milburn	Amos' Boogie	Amos Milburn Rocks
26	Blue Lu Barker	A Little Bird Told Me	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
27	Nellie Lutcher	He Sends Me	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008]
28	Betty Hall Jones	Learn To Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
29	Mabel Scott	Googie Woogie	Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
30	Tiny Davis & Her Orchestra	How About That Jive	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)
31	Bull Moose Jackson	Watch My Signals	The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
32	Doc Pomus	My Good Pott	Singer & Songwriter
33	Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
34	Little Willie Littlefield	Hello Kats	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Theme Time

Honey Don’t

May 6, 2021 Dave

Don’t tell me…it’s theme time but with the negative bent. No, no, no, honey don’t. This week’s show takes on songs of which there is no reduced supply chain: songs that ask us ‘not to’. A somewhat obscure theme, no question, but it’s all about the message after all. We’ll hear a variety of genres this week, all with their warnings prefaced with the contraction “don’t”. We’ll hear from Elvis (a favorite of the idiom), Blue Lu Barker, Julia Lee, Charles Brown, Buddy Emmons, and those representing doo wop, country, early rock, and Americana. All of this coming your way on our first show of May 2021, a rebroadcast of a KOWS show recorded live from the KOWS studios, located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Don’t get defensive, it’s all in fun.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Carl Perkins	Honey Don't	American Roots of the British Invasion
3	Johnny Cash	Don't Go Near The Water	Ragged Old Flag
4	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	2nd To None
5	Elvis Presley	Don't	Elvis Is Back!
6	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles)
7	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
8	Billy Tate	Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671)	R&B Humdingers Volume 11
9	Shirelles	Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin')	The Shirelles
10	Lowell Fulson	Don't Be So Evil	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
11	Muddy Waters	Don't Go No Farther	The Definitive Collection
12	Blue Lu Barker	Don't You Make Me High	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
13	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Don't Come Too Soon	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
14	Etta James	Don't Cry Baby	The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
15	Bee Arnold	Don't Do It Daddy	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
16	Continentals	Don't Do It Baby	Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey
17	The Drifters	Don't Dog Me	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
18	The Penguins	Don't Do It	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
19	The Band	Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It)	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
20	Charles Brown	Don't Get Salty Sugar	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
21	Ella Fitzgerald	Don't Be That Way	First Lady of Song
22	June Christy	Don't Explain	Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2]
23	Asleep At The Wheel	Don't Forget The Trains	Collision Course & The Wheel (1977, 78)
24	Grandpa Jones	Don't Bring Your Banjo Home	Grandpa Jones The Country Music Hall Of Fame
25	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Don't Fence Me In	Sons Of The Pioneers
26	Bobby Bare	Don't Do Like I Done Son	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Bobby Bare Jr.	Don't Go to Chattanooga	A Storm – A Tree – My Mother's Head
28	Solomon Burke	Don't Give Up on Me	Don't Give Up on Me
29	Nina Simone	Don't You Pay Them No Mind	Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul
30	The Handsome Family	Don't Be Scared	In the Air
31	J.J. Cale	Don't Go To Strangers	Naturally
32	Ramones	Don't Come Close (Remastered Version )	Road To Ruin: Expanded and Remastered
33	Johnny Burnette	Don't Do It	The Ballads Of
34	Conway Twitty	Don't Cry No More	The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD7
35	Buddy Holly	Don't Come Back Knockin' [Album Version]	Rave On: The Very Best Of &

Deeper Soul Tracks

April 23, 2021 Dave

We’re going rare and under-the-radar for the most part this Friday morning, taking time to peek our heads above the surface only a few times. This week we’ve got a collection of mostly unknown soul sounds from some of the classic labels as well as some rare gems from the vaults of labels like Prix and Cash. There will be some vocal powerhouse sounds from Dee Dee Warwick, Jean Wells, Madeline Bell and Darrel Banks. We’ll also share some fun sixties sounds from The Olympics, a special pair of Barbara Lynn and Dee Dee Sharp gems from the Deeper Roots dusty digital bins. Join Dave Stroud on a Friday morning recorded live from the KOWS studios in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	J. J. Jackson	But It's Alright	But It's Alright
3	Mary Wells	When I'm Gone	Looking Back 1961-1964
4	Barbara Lewis	How Can I Say Goodbye	Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis
5	Thelma Jones	I Won't Give Up My Man	Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides
6	Barbara Lynn	You Better Quit It	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
7	Barbara Lynn	New Kind Of Love	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
8	Madeline Bell	Mercy Mercy Mercy	Bell's A Poppin'
9	Wilson Pickett	I'm In Love	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
10	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
11	Bobby Womack	Check It Out	The Best Of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years
12	Skip Drake	Wrapped Around Your Finger	Eccentric Soul: The Cash Label
13	Royal Esquires	Our Love Used To Be	Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
14	Michael Bell	Can't Make It Without You	Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label
15	Bobby Womack	Baby I Can't Stand It	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
16	Andy Mack & The Carltons	Do You Wanta Go	Chess Uptown Soul
17	Little Stevie Wonder	Contract On Love	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
18	Jimmy Hughes	You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy (You Really Know How To Make Him Cry)	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
19	Barrett Strong	Misery	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
20	Darrel Banks	Our Love (Is In The Pocket)	Detroit Sounds
21	The Olympics	Baby Do The Philly Dog	Northern Soul Originals
22	Joe Tex	You Better Get It	25 All Time Greatest Hits
23	William Bell	Every Man Oughta Have A Woman	The Very Best Of William Bell
24	Chuck Edwards	I Need You	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
25	Jean Wells	After Loving You	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
26	Jean Wells	Keep On Doin'It	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
27	Dee Dee Sharp	(It's Wonderful) The Love I Fe	The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
28	Dee Dee Sharp	It's A Funny Situation	The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
29	Eddie Holman	I'm Not Gonna Give Up	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
30	Ralph Soul Jackson	You Left the Water Running	Hall of Fame – Volume 3
31	Elijah & The Ebonites	Pure Soul	Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label
32	Marjorie Ingram	I'm Gonna Start Checking Up On My Man	Hall of Fame – Volume 2
33	Eula Cooper	Shake Daddy Shake	Let Our Love Grow Higher
34	Etta James	Let's Burn Down The Cornfield	Enduring Soul
35	Timmy Willis	Easy as Saying 1-2-3	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1

Torch Songs

April 4, 2021 Dave

Smoky lounges, familiar places, and torch songs to patronize those forlorn lovers alone at the bar. You get the drift. Sentimentality abounds this morning on Deeper Roots as we dig into a subset of virtually any genre out there. It’s as old as time itself, of course: songs and stories of unrequited or lost love, either where one is oblivious to the feelings of another or has moved on from a relationship, all told in teary notes by the performer. Let me just say that there was no shortage of fodder for this show whether it was country, jazz, soul, or pop. We’ll hear from Julie London, Ray Charles, Dusty Springfield, Aretha, Roy Orbison, and on and on. No rest for the pain of unrequited love. Tune in for a crazy moon, crying time, and the end of the world on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Julie London	Cry Me A River	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po
3	Eva Taylor	Moanin' Low	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
4	Gertrude Niesen	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	My Best Wishes
5	Bing Crosby	I'll Be Seeing You	44 Your Hit Parade
6	Judy Garland	That Man That Got Away	Your Hit Parade – 1954
7	Julie London	In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Torch Songs
8	Peggy Lee	Oh You Crazy Moon	Torch Songs
9	Lena Horne	Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
10	Dusty Springfield	Anyone Who Had A Heart	A Girl Called Dusty
11	Dusty Springfield	Someone To Watch Over Me	Simply & Dusty [Disc 4]
12	Sarah Vaughan	Someone To Watch Over Me	The Best Of Sarah Vaughan 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection)
13	Lenny Welch	Since I Fell For You	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
14	Skeeter Davis	The End Of The World	The Essential Skeeter Davis
15	Little Anthony & The Imperials	Hurt So Bad	The Best Of Little Anthony And The I Mperials
16	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Ooo Baby Baby	Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1]
17	Ray Charles	Crying Time	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
18	Bettye LaVette	Let Me Down Easy	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
19	Brenda Lee	I'm Sorry	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
20	The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
21	Kay Starr	I've Grown Accustomed to His Face	Torch Songs
22	Nat King Cole	The Very Thought Of You	Nat King Cole [Disc 3]
23	Roy Orbison	Love Hurts	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
24	The Beach Boys	Caroline No	Pet Sounds
25	Aretha Franklin	Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
26	Crystal Gayle	Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue	Classic Country 1975 – 1979
27	Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds	The Classic Sixties: '60s Flashback
28	Willie Nelson	Someone to Watch over Me	Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
29	Dakota Staton	Misty	Torch Songs
30	Dionne Warwick	Always Something There To Remind Me	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
31	The Platters	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
32	The Cascades	Rhythm of the Rain	Teen Ballads Disc 2
33	Jo Stafford	The Things We Did Last Summer	Candy
34	The Traveling Wilburys	Not Alone Anymore	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1

Americana, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Theme Time

Breakin’ The Law

March 29, 2021 Dave

Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis, The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willy DeVille	Hey Joe	Backstreets Of Desire
3	The Leaves	Hey Joe	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
4	The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought The Law	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
5	Dick & Dee Dee	Thou Shalt Not Steal	The Singles Collection
6	The Cadillacs	Jay Walker	For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
7	Kitty Wells	Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered)	Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single
8	Ray Batts	Stealin' Sugar	Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock
9	Eilen Jewell	If You Catch Me Stealing	Letters From Sinners & Strangers
10	Hank Snow	The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe	I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1]
11	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts of Life	The Essential Porter Wagoner
12	Jimmy Littlejohn	No Parking Here	The World Is A Monster
13	Johnny Cash	Out Among the Stars	Out Among The Stars
14	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	Original Greatest Hits
15	The Byrds	Pretty Boy Floyd	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
16	Joe Ely	Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde	Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
17	Merle Haggard	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
18	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Jesse James	Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
19	Bruce Springsteen	Jesse James	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
20	New Riders Of The Purple Sage	Glendale Train	New Riders Of The Purple Sage
21	Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson	In the Jailhouse Now	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
22	Rod Morris	Alabama Jailhouse	Country Boy's Dream
23	Dean Taylor	Indiana Wants Me	70s Music Explosion Escape
24	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Private Property (No Tresspassing)	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
25	Howling Wolf	My Friends aka Stealing My Clothes	Sings The Blues
26	David Lindley	Talk to the Lawyer	Win This Record
27	Warren Zevon	Lawyers, Guns and Money	A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
28	Mac Wiseman	Bad Ole Philadelphia Lawyer	Old Likker In A New Jug
29	Kitty Wells	Will Your Lawyer Talk To God	Country Music Hall Of Fame
30	Ricky Skaggs	Drunken Driver	Bluegrass Rules!
31	Goodnight, Texas	A Bank Robber's Nursery Rhyme	Uncle John Farquhar
32	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered)
33	Dinah Washington	Jailhouse Blues	The Bessie Smith Songbook

East Side West Side

March 20, 2021 Dave

From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	The Sidewalks of New York	Internet Archives
3	George Cohan Jr.	Give My Regards To Broadway	The Golden Entertainers
4	Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.	42nd Street – from 42nd Street	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
5	McGlinn/London Sinfonietta	Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street)	The Busby Berkeley Album
6	Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell	Lullaby Of Broadway	Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren
7	Jo Stafford	Manhattan Serenade	For You
8	Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson	Going To New York	Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
9	Ella Fitzgerald	Manhattan	Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
10	Babs Gonzales	Dem New York People	Cool Whalin'	Babs
11	Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris	America	West Side Story
12	Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra	She's a Latin from Manhattan	Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4
13	Desi Arnaz	I Come From New York	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
14	Bobby Darin	Sunday in New York	Wild Cool & Swingin
15	Frank Sinatra	Theme from New York, New York	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
16	Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis	Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
17	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York	Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
18	The Ad Libs	The Boy From New York City	Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
19	The Drifters	On Broadway	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
20	John Barry	Midnight Cowboy	Moviola
21	Harry Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin'	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
22	Harry Nilsson	I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City	All-Time Greatest Hits
23	Simon & Garfunkel	The Only Living Boy In New York	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
24	Henry Mancini	Rhapsody in Blue	Instrumental Favorites
25	Garland Jeffreys	New York Skyline	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
26	Ray Charles	New York's My Home	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
27	Judy Garland	I Happen To Like New York	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
28	Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues	Fairytale of New York	Galore
29	Mel Tormi	Sunday In New York	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
30	Stevie Wonder	Living for the City	Innervisions
31	Jay-Z	Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)	The Blueprint 3

The Great American Songbook

February 27, 2021 Dave

Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Songs of Free Men
3	George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Summertime	Porgy & Bess
5	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
6	Loudon Wainwright III	You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)	I'd Rather Lead a Band
7	Dinah Washington	They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
8	Billie Holiday	Autumn in New York	Ken Burns Jazz
9	Omara Portuondo	El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away)	Black Magic (Magia Negra)
10	Desi Arnaz	Holiday In Havana	The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
11	Perez Prado	Cuban Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
12	Xavier Cugat	Papa Loves Mambo	Lounge Music Goes Latin
13	Stephen Foster	Beautiful Dreamer	The Songs of Stephen Foster
14	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
15	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Oh! Susanna	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
16	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
17	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	78s
18	Dirk Powell	I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly	When I Wait For You
19	The Blue Sky Boys	Story Of The Knoxville Girl	Absolutely Bluegrass
20	Nelstone's Hawaiians	Village School	The Harry Smith B-Sides
21	Dock Boggs	Oh Death	Dock Boggs Is Legendary
22	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Night And Day	Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
24	Bettye LaVette	Blues For The Weepers	Blackbirds
25	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
26	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
27	The Stoneman Family	Too Late	The Harry Smith B-Sides
28	Mississippi John Hurt	Nobody's Dirty Business	The Harry Smith B-Sides
29	M. Ward	Along the Santa Fe Trail	Migration Stories
30	Ella Fitzgerald	In The Still Of The Night	Music & Moonlight

The Year 1939

February 19, 2021 Dave

While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell, A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Louis Armstrong	Jeepers Creepers	Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
3	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Tain't What You Do	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
5	Count Basie's Kansas City 7	Lester Leaps In	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
6	Woody Herman	Woodchopper's Ball	Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
7	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
8	Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
9	Billie Holiday	Them There Eyes	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06]
10	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra	Old Man Harlem	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
11	Marlene Dietrich	Falling In Love Again	The Blue Angel
12	Bob Hope & Shirley Ross	Thanks for the Memory	Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2
13	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
14	Bing Crosby	You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	The Harry Warren Songbook
15	Xavier Cugat	Perfidia	Say "Si Si"
16	Vaughn Monroe	In The Still Of The Night	First Crooners : Vol. 3-1935-40
17	Frankie Masters and His Orchestra	Scatter-Brain (Theme Song)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
18	Cab Calloway	The Jumpin' Jive	Best Of The Big Bands
19	Kay Kyser	Three Little Fishes	Sentimental Favorites
20	Coleman Hawkins	Body And Soul	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
21	The Ink Spots	Address Unknown	Greatest Hits
22	The Ink Spots	If I Didn't Care	Greatest Hits
23	Glenn Miller Orchestra	In The Mood	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
24	Slim Gaillard And His Flat Foot Floogie Boys	Matzah Balls	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
25	Charlie Barnet	Cherokee	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 3
26	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Diga, Diga Doo	Wicked Swing
27	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra W. Martha Tilton	And the Angels Sing	Too Marvelous For Words
28	Guy Lombardo	Penny Serenade	Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo
29	Bea Wain With Larry Clinton And His Orchestra	Deep Purple	White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1]
30	Lionel Hampton	I've Found a New Baby	Wicked Swing
31	Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson	Roll 'Em Pete	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
32	Chick Webb and his Orchestra v/Ella Fitzgerald	Undecided	from CD; orig. Decca 2323

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