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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

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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

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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]

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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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Women of 60s Southern Soul

June 23, 2018 Dave

Their songs are iconic and their voices, unforgettable. From the deep south and southeast, from the church choirs to the small urban clubs, there were only a handful of female soul vocalists who hit it big with crossover chart sounds. But there were so many more whose voices did not find the venue or the right producer or label to take them to the next level. They were mostly unknown but in our show this week, we’ll try to share examples of what might have been. We’ll hear from Veda Brown, Carla Thomas, Ruby Johnson, and the great Judy Clay on a show full of upbeat and backbeat soul, brass, Stax, and Volt. Discover those female soul sounds that continue to inspire and influence…here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning in West County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Veda Brown	Short Stopping	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
3	Barbara & the Browns	In My Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
4	Barbara & the Browns	My Lover	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
5	Carla Thomas	B-A-B-Y	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
6	Carla Thomas	I Want to Be Your Baby	The Queen Alone
7	Carla Thomas	Give Me Enough (To Keep Me Going)	The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue]
8	Jean Wells	Have A Little Mercy	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
9	Jean Wells	Ordinary Woman	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
10	Barbara Stephens	I Don't Worry	60's Southern Soul, Vol. 2
11	Veda Brown	Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me)	Private Numbers
12	Barbara Lynn	You'll Lose A Good Thing	Art Laboe's Dedicated To You, Vol. 2
13	Barbara Lynn	You're Losing Me	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
14	Ruby Johnson	Come to Me My Darling	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9)
15	Ruby Johnson	I'll Run Your Hurt Away	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
16	Irma Thomas	Gone	Soul Queen of New Orleans
17	Irma Thomas	Look Up (AKA Whenever)	Soul Queen of New Orleans
18	Irma Thomas	Ruler of My Heart	Soul Queen of New Orleans
19	Mitty Collier	I Had A Talk With My Man	Chess Uptown Soul
20	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Here You Come Running	Chess Uptown Soul
21	Fontella Bass	The Soul Of A Man	Chess Uptown Soul
22	Judy Clay	You Can't Run Away from Your Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9)
23	Judy Clay & William Bell	Private Number	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
24	Judy Clay & William Bell	Love-Eye-Tis	Private Numbers
25	Betty Harris	Cry to Me	Soul from the South
26	Betty Harris	Mean Man	Soul from the South
27	Betty Harris	I'm Evil Tonight	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957-
28	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
29	Etta James	Pushover	Chess Uptown Soul
30	Wendy Rene	Give You What I Got	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
31	Wendy Rene	After Laughter (Comes Tears)	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
32	Jan Bradley	Mama Didn't Lie	Chess Uptown Soul
33	Shirley Brown	Woman To Woman	Stax Number Ones

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Dylan & The Gospel

June 16, 2018 Dave

The argument has been made that Bob Dylan’s earliest music contained more prophetic prose than his deep dive into the Christian faith in Slow Train Coming. His pen had always leaned on the big story lines of Old and New Testaments but he went all out, much as he did in his ‘rock’ conversion, when he made the direct connection to matters of the soul that he would find in the Bible. This week’s show features the gospel songs of Bob Dylan, performed by gospel greats The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Fairfield Four, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and so many others. Tune into Sonoma County Community radio for a Dylan gospel fest including Maria Muldaur and Willie Nile.

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Naughty Blues

May 26, 2018 Dave

For goodness sake! We’re going to toss aside our puritan ethics (what ethics, you ask) and look towards the sideways glances and double entendres for our inspiration this week on Deeper Roots. Songs about Sam The Hot Dog Man, keyholes, sugar bowls, poodles, jockeys, and lemons…all subjects that find their way in and around the blues in an auspiciously direct route to the heart of the matter. We’ve got the naughty blues today…songs that will encourage a blush or two…or three. We’ve got The Swallows, Lil’ Johnson, Emma Barrett, Tampa Red, and a host of other blues greats on a Sonoma County spring morning. Be sure to tune in and find your own blush point…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
3	Crown Prince Waterford	Move Your Hand Baby	Vintage Sex Songs
4	Barrelhouse Annie	If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It	Vintage Sex Songs
5	Memphis Minnie	Dirty Mother For You	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
6	Tampa Red	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
7	Lightnin' Hopkins	Let Me Play With Poodle	Vintage Sex Songs
8	Hattie Hart	I Let My Daddy Do That	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
9	Emma Barrett	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll	Sweet Emma
10	Butterbeans & Susie	I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll [Explicit]	Those Dirty Blues Volume 1 [Explicit]
11	Lil Johnson	Sam The Hot Dog Man	Vintage Sex Songs
12	Mabel Scott	Just Give Me A Man	Vintage Sex Songs
13	Connie Allen	Rocket 69	Vintage Sex Songs
14	The Swallows	It Ain't The Meat It's The Motion	Vintage Sex Songs
15	Julia Lee	My Man Stands Out	The Essential Julia Lee Vol 1
16	Julia Lee	King Size Papa	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
17	Al Miller	I Found Your Keyhole	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
18	Charlie Pickett	Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon	Vintage Sex Songs
19	Bessie Smith	Kitchen Man	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
20	Bessie Smith	Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	The Essential Bessie Smith
21	Hunter & Jenkins	Lollypop	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
22	Frankie Half Pint Jaxon and The Harlem Hamfats	Wet It [Explicit]	Those Dirty Blues Volume 1 [Explicit]
23	Victoria Spivey	How Do You Do It That Way?	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
24	Madelyn James	Stinging Snake Blues	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
25	Lucille Bogan	Skin Game Blues [Album Version]	Shave 'Em Dry: The Best Of Lucille Bogan
26	Lil Johnson	Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) [Album Version]	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
27	Lonnie Johnson	I Got The Best Jelly Rollin In Town	Dirty Blues [Disc 2]
28	Wynonie Harris	Hard Ridin Mama	Playful Baby
29	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Ten Inch Record	Badman Jackson Thats Me
30	Blu Lu Barker	Don't You Feel My Leg	Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949)
31	Blu Lu Barker	Buy Me Some Juice	Don't You Feel My Leg
32	Lillie Mae Kirkman	He's Just My Size	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
33	Lil Johnson & Black Bob	Press My Button, Ring My Bell	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940

Early Female Pop Vocals

May 19, 2018 Dave

Here’s to the pioneering pop mavens. Don’t think we won’t draw a little bit outside the lines as well in this show, bringing in flappers, jazz, and novelty sounds. The groups and solo acts are thoroughly represented with the likes of Marion Harris, Ruth Etting, Billie Holiday, Kate Smith, and The Andrews Sisters. We’ll go a little bit further and bring you songs to uplift in hard times, ring with a bit of jingoism in war time, and celebrate the good times in every way possible. West County radio will get a good dose of the best of the early and mid-century popular music…all from the ladies.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Boswell Sisters	Heebie Jeebies, #1	The Boswell Sisters Collection
3	Marion Harris	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
4	Helen Kane, Leonard Joy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
5	Lee Morse	If You Want the Rainbow	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
6	Lee Morse	If I Can't Have You	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
7	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
8	Annette Hanshaw	I Get The Blues When It Rains	The Girl Next Door
9	Ethel Shutta With George Olsen & His Music	I'm On A Diet Of Love	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
10	Ruth Etting	My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
11	Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls
12	Vaughn De Leath	Ukulele Lady	With My Little Ukulele In My Hand (Disc 4 Of 4)
13	Vaughn De Leath	Banana Oil	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
14	Marion Harris	Spring Is Here Again	The Big Broadcast vol. 6
15	Boswell Sisters	Put That Sun Back In the Sky	Boswell Sisters
16	The Boswell Sisters	Shuffle Off To Buffalo	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
17	Kate Smith	Twenty Million People	Emergence Of A Legend
18	Kate Smith	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Emergence Of A Legend
19	Josephine Baker	Confessing	1926-1932
20	Billie Holiday	My Last Affair	Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2
21	Billie Holiday	I Wished On The Moon	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
22	Billie Holiday	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Hallelujah!	Cryin' Mood
24	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
25	Helen Forrest	Two Blind Loves	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
26	The Andrews Sisters	Rhumboogie	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
27	The Andrews Sisters	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
28	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
29	Dinning Sisters	Beg Your Pardon	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
30	Dinning Sisters	Oh Monah	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
31	The McGuire Sisters	Sugartime	The McGuire Sisters Greatest Hits
32	Helen Kane	Button Up Your Overcoat	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls

Songs About Morning

May 12, 2018 Dave 2 Comments

Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Joe Turner	Morning, Noon And Night	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
3	Billie Holiday	Good Morning Heartache	Ken Burns Jazz
4	Blossom Dearie	A Fine Spring Morning	Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered)
5	Louis Jordan	Early In The Morning	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell	How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning?	Make Love With
7	Doris Day	I Got The Sun In The Morning	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
8	Gillian Welch	One Morning	Hell Among the Yearlings
9	Gram Parsons	We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning	G.P. / Grievous Angel
10	Bob Dylan	Meet Me in the Morning	Blood on the Tracks
11	Jesse Colin Young	Morning Sun	Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
12	Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Greatest Hits
13	Irma Thomas	Early In The Morning	Simply Grand
14	Joan Baez	One Too Many Mornings	Baez Sings Dylan
15	Joni Mitchell	Chelsea Morning	Hits
16	David Bromberg	I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning	The Player: A Retrospective
17	The South Street Trio	Cold Morning Shout	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
18	Lead Belly	Good Morning Blues	Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2
19	K.C. Douglas	Woke Up This Morning	Mercury Blues
20	Julius Daniels	Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
21	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus	The First Recordings
22	Rev. Anderson Johnson	Death in the Morning	Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3]
23	Frank Sinatra	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2
24	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Some Velvet Morning	Nancy & Lee
25	Margaret Whiting	Good Morning Mister Echo	Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting
26	John Hartford	Morning Bugle	Morning Bugle
27	Hank Snow	Colorado Country Morning	I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2]
28	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
29	Shorty Long	Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
30	Billy Fair	Boogie In The Morning	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
31	Muddy Waters	Good Morning School Girl	Folk Singer

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Devils and Angels

April 21, 2018 Dave

The devil is, indeed, an angel…albeit a fallen one. And the music we’ll be sharing this morning with our West County audience will take note of that fact with sounds that feature modern Americana as well as early to mid-century country sounds. Tune in to KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for the very best in roots sounds…and this week is no different: modern Americana from Rob Ickes and The Devil Makes Three, mid-century country from Cowboy Copas and Lefty Frizzell, as well as some wild-eyed worship pieces from The Sunshine Boys, Benny Joy, and Margie Singleton (who performs the infamous “Jesus is My Pusher”). Just for you. Just in time for a springtime April morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Sunshine Boys	We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll)	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
3	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Lucifer And The Fallen Angels	Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can
4	Bobby McMillon	The Devil Song (Child 275)	Art of Field Recording: Volume II – Disc 1: Survey
5	Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley	Friend Of The Devil	The Country Blues
6	Julie Miller	The Devil Is an Angel	Blue Pony
7	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
8	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands With The Devil	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
9	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
10	James King	The Devil's Train	Three Chords & The Truth
11	Carrie Rodriguez	Devil In Mind	Give Me All You Got
12	Shemekia Copeland	Devil's Hand	Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection
13	Rory Block	Devil Got My Woman	Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James
14	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Devils Look Like Angels	Between the Ditches
15	Merle Haggard	Dealing With The Devil	Rainbow Stew – Live
16	Benny Joy	Dark Angel	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
17	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Cupid And The Devil	Cupid And The Devil
18	Lee Ann Womack	Take The Devil Out Of Me	The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
19	Lefty Frizzell	From an Angel to a Devil	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4)
20	The Devil Makes Three	What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)	Redemption & Ruin
21	Willie Nelson	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Country Music
22	Robert Plant	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Band Of Joy
23	Margie Singleton	Jesus Is My Pusher	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
24	Eddie Noack	Psycho	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
25	The Treniers	Devil's Mambo	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
26	Billy Barton	The Devil, My Conscience And I	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
27	Peter Rowan	Pulling The Devil By the Tail	Reggaebilly
28	Coleman Brothers	Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
29	Rev W. M. Clark and Sisters	Satan At Church (Pm 12559, 4792-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)

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