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Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music, Theme Time

California’s Burning

October 20, 2018 Dave

We are remembering what happened here in Sonoma County last October when the firestorm hit, devastating communities and lives. Over 5000 homes and dozens of lives were lost. Disaster struck overnight and our music today reflects back with songs of disaster, songs of burning hell, and music that reminds us that Mother Nature will have its way. Blues from John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, traditional country gospel from Bill Neely and Kitty Wells, and more in a Friday evening remembrance.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The David Thom Band	California's Burning	That Old Familiar
3	Under The Radar	Ride These Flames	Beyond The Niche
4	Kitty Wells	He Will Set Your Fields on Fire	Dust on the Bible (1959)
5	Kilby Snow, Mike Seeger	He Will Set Your Fields On Fire	Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
6	Clyde Moody	06 – Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire)	The Hillbilly Waltz King
7	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	Texas Law & Justice
8	Howlin' Wolf	The Natchez Burning	Blues From Hell
9	John Lee Hooker	Burning Hell	The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2]
10	John Lee Hooker	The Motor City Is Burning	The Definitive Collection
11	Otis Spann	Burning Fire	The Great Blues Men
12	Bob Brozman	American House Fire Blues	Fire in the Mind
13	Dave Alvin	Barn Burning	King Of California
14	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
15	John Mellencamp	Eden Is Burning	John Mellencamp
16	Dixon Brothers	The School House Fire	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
17	J. H. Howell	Burning Of Cleveland School	Classic Field Recordings
18	Max Steiner And The MGM Studio Orhestra	Atlanta in Flames	Gone With the Wind
19	Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet	What's You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?	Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931)
20	Selah Jubilee Singers	I'm Tormented In The Flames	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
21	Sisters Of Song	In God's House	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
22	Mandolin Orange	Wildfire	Blindfaller
23	Lightnin' Hopkins	Burnin' in L.A.	Po' Lightnin'
24	D.L. Menard/Eddie LeJeune/Ken Smith	Les Flammes D'Enfer (The Flames of Hell)	The Best of Louisiana Music [Rounder]
25	Jude Taylor and His Burning Flames	Burnin Flames Special	Putomayo Presents Zydeco
26	Buckwheat Zydeco	Where There's Smoke There's Fire	Menagerie
27	Buddy Miller	Fire and Water	Universal United House Of Prayer
28	Janiva Magness	Your House Is Burnin'	Love Wins Again

Roger Miller Tribute

October 13, 2018 Dave

There’s a new tribute album out, celebrating the music of country renaissance troubadour Roger Miller. Produced by his son Dean it’s a fully formed varietal that, as Rolling Stone magazine critic Stephen Betts notes, features a dazzling lineup after being beset by repeated delays since 2015. Miller was an extraordinary songwriter with offbeat humor, part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, and a poet of the uncommon whose song King of the Road “was positively average compared to his other oddball compositions, including Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug, and You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd” as Betts goes on to point out. Our show features tracks from the album, some other notable covers of Roger Miller’s music, and, of course, some wacky, some tame originals from Roger himself.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
3	Roger Miller	Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD2)
4	Doug Kershaw	You Don't Want My Love	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
5	Ernest Tubb	Half a Mind	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
6	Faron Young	A World So Full of Love	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
7	Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell	Invitation to the Blues	Old Yellow Moon
8	George Jones	Tall Tall Trees	George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
9	Roger Miller	Tall, Tall Trees	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
10	Roger Miller	My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died	The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
11	Charley Pride	Billy Bayou	20 Classics
12	Jim Reeves	Home	Essential Jim Reeves
13	Roger Miller	Little Green Apples	All Time Greatest Hits
14	Bill Kirchen	Husbands and Wives (Album)	Word To The Wise
15	Roger Miller/Willie Nelson	Husbands and Wives	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
16	Willie Nelson	Old Friends	One Hell Of A Ride
17	Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard	Old Friends	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
18	Patsy Cline	When Your House Is Not A Home [Radio Transcription]	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
19	Little Jimmy Dickens	When Your House Is Not A Home	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
20	Merle Haggard	Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go	Chicago Wind
21	Ray Price	Invitation To The Blues	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
22	Jon Rauhouse	Pardon This Coffin	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3
23	Roger Miller	King Of The Road	The Best Of : Vol 2
24	Dick Curless	King of the Road	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
25	Roger Miller	Kansas City Star	The Best Of : Vol 2
26	Kacey Musgraves	Kansas City Star	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
27	Roger Miller	Dang Me	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
28	Willie Nelson	When Two Worlds Collide	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
29	Alison Krauss	You Oughta Be Here With Me / I've Been a Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
30	Alison Krauss	River In The Rain	Windy City
31	Roger Miller	Where Have All The Average People Gone	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
32	Roger Miller	Hoppy's Gone	The Best Of : Vol 2
33	The Dead South	One Dying And A Burying	King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
34	Nick Lowe	Old Toy Trains	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
35	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2

Yip Harburg Tribute

October 6, 2018 Dave

Yip Harburg was a songmaker. He was part of a select few in the early to mid-century who found their calling as lyricists, writing words that transformed music to story and story to film and Broadway spectacles. We could gloss over his contributions by simply saying “he’s the guy who wrote Over The Rainbow or April in Paris or Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”. But his career was more than that. It’s no secret that Yip’s politics were carefully crafted in song. The phrases “honky-tonk parade” and “Barnum and Bailey world” were veiled criticisms of the “phony as it can be” corporate and political leadership in America, written by a freethinking, socially conscious lyricist. Our show today will honor some of his best songs and include interview excerpts featuring both Yip and his son, Ernie.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra	What Is There To Say	White Satin Black Satin
3	Anita O'Day	Old Devil Moon	Anita Sings The Most
4	Frank Sinatra	It's Only A Paper Moon	Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra
5	Peggy Lee	Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
6	Martha Tilton	How Are Things In Glocca Morra?	The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 2]
7	Nellie Lutcher	April In Paris	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 2]
8	Lena Horne	Ain't It The Truth	Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
9	Lena Horne	Then I'll Be Tired of You	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
10	Nat King Cole Trio	Then I'll Be Tired Of You	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
11	Ella Logan	How Are Things in Glocca Morra?	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
12	Ray Bolger	If I Only Had A Brain	The Wizard Of Oz
13	Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
14	Ella Logan	When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
15	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
16	Judy Garland	We're Off To See The Wizard	The Wizard Of Oz
17	David Wayne	When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
18	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
19	Dinah Washington	Look To The Rainbow	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [Disc 2]
20	Carmen McRae	The Eagle and Me	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
21	Blossom Dearie	Down With Love	Once Upon A Summertime
22	Jeri Southern	Down with Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
23	Dean Martin	I'm Yours	Late at Night with Dean Martin
24	Judy Garland	Paris Is A Lonely Town – Gay Purr-Ee	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
25	Judy Garland	The Jitterbug	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
26	Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
27	Rudy Vallee	Brother Can You Spare A Dime	Vagabond Lover
28	Barbara Cook and Jerome Courtland	Here's to Your Illusions	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
29	Count Basie	April In Paris	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie

Jukebox Saturday Night

September 22, 2018 Dave

A few years back we celebrated the record, the radio, and disc jockeys on a couple of themed shows. We’re going to rev that theme up once again, but with a bit of a twist. This morning’s show pays tribute to that nickel, dime, and quarter evaporator known as the jukebox. We’ll also extend the music selections to include sounds of record hops, soda fountains, and the healthiest way to partake in any or all of the festivities. Tune in for new and old, including country sounds from Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, and Bill Walker; R&B from Shirley & Lee, Charles Bronw, and The Marigolds; and pop straightaways from Gale Storm, Dodie Stevens, and Brook Benton. All this on a Friday evening on KWTF community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Edmunds	A. 1 on the Juke Box	Tracks on Wax 4
3	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
4	Dodie Stevens	I Wore Out My Record	Ultimate Collection
5	Gale Storm	Love By The Jukebox Light	Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
6	Teresa Brewer	Music! Music! Music!	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
7	Kenny Loran	One More Record Please	One More Record Please
8	Shirley & Lee	Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall	Shirley & Lee Rock
9	Buck Owens	Put A Quarter In The Jukebox	Hot Dog
10	Bill Haley with the Saddlemen	Jukebox Cannonball	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
11	Joshua Hedley	Mr. Jukebox	Mr. Jukebox
12	Ernest Tubb	Mr. Jukebox	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
13	Mel Tillis	Jukebox Man (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
14	Kitty Wells	I Heard the Jukebox Playing	Singles
15	Vernon Oxford	Turn The Record Over	One More Record Please
16	Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper	Don't Play That Song (On The Juke Box Tonight)	One More Record Please
17	Katy Moffatt	Stoned At The Jukebox	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
18	Billy Walker	The Record	The World Is A Monster
19	Charles Senns	Dig Me A Crazy Record	One More Record Please
20	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)
21	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
22	Dinah Washington	Record Ban Blues	Gold
23	Slim Gaillard Quartet	Jumpin' At The Record Shop	Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
24	Jon And Sondra Steele	They All Recorded To Beat The Ban	One More Record Please
25	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Ten-Inch Record	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
26	Brook Benton	Hit Record	Mercury 1962
27	The Marigolds	Juke Box Rock & Roll	The Johnny Bragg Story
28	Tex Beneke, The Modernaires	Jukebox Saturday Night	Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
29	Snookum Russell	Juke Box Boogie Woogie Chick	Swing-O-Rama : Beautiful Babies
30	Hadda Brooks	Jukebox Boogie	That's My Desire
31	Hardrock Gunter	Jukebox Help Me Find My Baby	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
32	The Hi-Flyers	Juke Box Jump	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
33	Lattie Moore	The Jukebox And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
34	BR5-49	A1 On The Jukebox	Dog Days
35	Si Cranstoun	Jukebox Jump	Old School
36	Luke Wills Rhythm Busters	A Nickel In The Jukebox	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Theme Time

Great Gospel

September 8, 2018 Dave

Deeper Roots goes to the deeper wells of black American gospel which is one of the more powerful examples of bedrock sounds that we play here on our show. This show includes hand-picked classics such as “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Joshua Fit the Battle”, “Trouble in My Way”, and a medley of freedom classics from the SNCC Freedom Singers. It’s a mix of jubilee quartets, female gospel greats, sensational musical sermons, as well as Aretha, Sister Tharpe, Mahalia, and The Staples. Tune in for more….a whole lot more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Freedom Road	Higher Ground
3	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
4	Marie Knight	The Old Rugged Cross	Hallelujah What A Song!
5	Marie Knight	Walk With Me	The Great Gospel Women
6	SNCC Freedom Singers	Woke Up This Morning	Crossroads: Southern Roots
7	The Freedom Singers	Freedom Medley:Freedom Chant, Oh Freedom, This Little Light Of Mine	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
8	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	Free At Las'	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
9	Southern Sons	I'm Free At Last (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
10	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
11	Aretha Franklin	Precious Lord (Part One)	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
12	Marion Williams	Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares	The Great Gospel Women
13	Clara Ward Singers	Somebody Bigger Than You & I	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
14	Morris Brown Quartet	Climbing Up The Mountain	I Hear Music In The Air
15	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing	I Hear Music In The Air
16	The Swan Silvertones	Trouble In My Way	Love Lifted Me
17	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
18	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
19	Leonard de Paur conducting choir	We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
20	Gospel Tones	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
21	The Sensational Nightingales	Freedom After a While	Great Gospel – People Get Ready
22	Reverend Robert Ballinger	So Glad	1950s Gospel Classics
23	Mahalia Jackson	I'm on My Way To Canaan	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
24	The Trumpeteers	I'll Fly Away	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
25	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Stand By Me	Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
26	The Belleville A Cappella Choir of the Church of God and Saints of Christ	Great Camp Meeting… – Swing Low… – Steal Away – What Kind… – Oh Them… – I'm a Soldier… (Medley of Spirituals)	Southern Journey Vol 11: Honor the Lamb
27	The Staple Singers	Swing Down, Chariot	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28	The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
29	Golden Gate Quartet	God's Gonna Cut 'em Down	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
30	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
31	Southern Sons	Above My Head, I Hear The Music In The Air	I Hear Music In The Air
32	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes

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

Lies and Liars

August 26, 2018 Dave

A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
3	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
6	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
7	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
8	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
9	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
10	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
11	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
12	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
13	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
14	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
15	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
16	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
17	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
18	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
19	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
20	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
21	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
22	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
23	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
24	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
25	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
26	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
27	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
28	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
29	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
30	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

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

Answer Songs

August 4, 2018 Dave

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ernest Tubb	Rainbow At Midnight	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
3	Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
4	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side Of Life	Vintage Collections
5	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Complete Country Hits
6	Hank Locklin	Please Help Me, I'm Falling	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
7	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
9	Patsy Montana	16 Pounds	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
10	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
11	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
12	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
13	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
14	Elvis Presley	Little Sister	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
15	Lavern Baker	Hey Memphis	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
16	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
17	Dodie Stevens	Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight	Ultimate Collection
18	Claude King	Wolverton Mountain	Classic Country
19	Jo Ann Campbell	(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
20	Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell	Yes Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann	Hurry Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
22	Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
23	Bo Diddley	I'm A Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
24	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	The Definitive Collection
25	The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
26	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
27	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
28	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
29	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	All Time Greatest Hits
30	Carole King	Oh Neil	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
31	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
32	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	Gee Whiz & Other Hits
33	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Heatin' Up
34	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
35	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-In-Law	Absolutely the Best
36	Paul Peek	Brother-In-Law	Best of Answer Songs vol 2

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

Political Science

July 28, 2018 Dave

The winds of social change become the storm from every direction when authoritarianism, tyranny, and facism begin to take shape. And music has always played a part when speaking truth to power. The most important role of an American citizen is to vote. There is no greater enemy than apathy. The songs we share on Deeper Roots today focus on Civil Rights, war for the cause of oil, voting as voice, and the fight for power in the New World Order. Tune in for performances from Phil Ochs, Ben Harper, Drive-By Truckers, Roy Zimmerman, and Iris DeMent on a show that explores some political science in harmony, vocals, and melodies to make a stand.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roy Zimmerman	Real America	Real American
3	Jackson Browne	The Dreamer	The Dreamer
4	Steve Earle with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark	16 Immigrant Eyes	Together at The Bluebird Cafe
5	Steve Earle	City Of Immigrants (With Forro In The Dark)	Washington Square Serenade
6	Roy Zimmerman	My Vote My Voice My Right	The Faucet's On Fire
7	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	There But for Fortune
8	The Byrds	Draft Morning	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
9	Barry McGuire	Eve of Destruction	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965
10	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
11	Randy Newman	Political Science	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
12	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind
13	Drive-By Truckers	What It Means	American Band
14	Drive-By Truckers	Guns Of Umpqua	American Band
15	Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals	Call It What It Is	Call It What It Is
16	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
17	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
18	C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers	Get Your Rights, Jack	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
19	Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted And Black	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
20	The Staple Singers	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway
21	The Almanac Singers	Dear Mr. President	Woody Guthrie And American Folk Giants
22	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
23	Joan Baez	I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 4]
24	Marvin Gaye	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2
25	Randy Newman	Every Man a King	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
26	Randy Newman	Rednecks	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
27	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Pray for Peace	Almost Home
28	Public Enemy	Fight The Power	Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music, Theme Time

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag

July 7, 2018 Dave

Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Zora Layman & The Hometowners	When The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The Stars	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
3	Johnny Cash	The Streets of Laredo	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2]
4	Sons of the Pioneers	Lone Star Trail	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
5	Tex Ritter	Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Dogies)	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
6	The Weavers	Get Along Little Dogies	The Weavers Almanac
7	Woody Guthrie	Buffalo Skinners (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
8	Oscar Brand	The Tenderfoot	Pie In The Sky
9	The Blue Sky Boys	Trail To Mexico	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
10	Marc Williams	The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
11	Mac Wiseman	Turkey In The Straw	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
12	The Blue Sky Boys	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
13	Dan Zanes	I Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years Ago	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
14	Dan Zanes	California	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
15	Hylo Brown	Sweet Betsy From Pike	Legends & Tall Tales
16	BR5-49	Sweet Betsy from Pike	Song of America
17	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot	This Lusty Land
18	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	The Old Gray Mare	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 2
19	David Rawlings	Money Is the Meat in the Coconut	Poor David's Almanack
20	Kilby Snow	Chicken Reel (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
21	The Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
22	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Sourwood Mountain	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
23	Molly Mason & Jay Ungar	The Lover's Lament	The Lovers' Waltz
24	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
25	Dick Curless	Red River Valley	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
26	The Doc Watson Family	One Morning In May	Tradition
27	Dave Van Ronk	Kentucky Moonshiner	Inside Dave Van Ronk
28	Otis Redding	Down In The Valley	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
29	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
30	Bob Dylan	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Good As I Been To You
31	Tex Ritter	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Singing In The Saddle
32	Dan Zanes	The Monkey's Wedding	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
33	Doc Watson	The Ship That Never Returned	My Dear Old Southern Home
34	Hank Penny	It Ain't Gonna Rain No More	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Theme Time, Urban Blues

Lonely Avenue

June 30, 2018 Dave

Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Booker T. & The MG's	Lonely Avenue	Green Onions
3	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2]
4	Mel Walker	Feelin' Mighty Lonesome	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
5	Johnny Ace	So Lonely	Memorial Album
6	Smiley Turner	Lonely Boy Blues	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
7	Julia Lee	Have You Ever Been Lonely	Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
8	Irma Thomas	Woman Left Lonely	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
9	Maxine Sullivan	Kind'a Lonesome	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
10	T-Bone Walker	Blue Mood	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
11	Shakey Jake	Gimme A Smile	The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
12	The Holmes Brothers	I'm So Lonely	Simple Truths
13	Joe Liggins	Blues For Tanya	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
14	Sam Cooke	Lonely Island	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)
15	Eddie Burns	Lonely Man Plea	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
16	James Winfield	Lonely, Lonely, Nights	Lonely Lonely Nights
17	Champion Jack Dupree	Lonely Road Blues	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
18	Chris Kenner	I'm Lonely, Take Me	Land of 1000 Dances
19	Earl King	Those Lonely Lonely Nights	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
20	Eddie Boyd	Got Lonesome Here	Third Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58)
21	Johnny Bragg	Hurt & Lonely	The Johnny Bragg Story
22	Violet Hall	(All Alone) I Sit And Cry	The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
23	Fats Domino	I'm Alone Because I Love You	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 8
24	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Lonely Street	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
25	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection
26	Lowell Fulson	Everyday I Have The Blues	Trying to Find My Baby
27	Smiley Lewis	Lonesome Highway	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
28	Nappy Brown	I'm Getting Lonesome	Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
29	Little Richard	Lonesome And Blue	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
30	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	Alone Together	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
31	Ella Fitzgerald	I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
32	Lillie Mae Kirkman	Lonesome	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
33	Julia Lee	Back Street (06-13-47)	1947

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