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Beer Thirty

March 11, 2017 Dave

One of the more popular topics that follows the Americana and roots landscape (aside from love, death, and the gospel) is the topic of ice cold beer. Beer in the morning, beer in the evening, beer at suppertime. And our show this week is a sampler of 30 plus tracks of (mostly) country, rockabilly, rock, some blues, and we’ll be including some vintage television commercials that celebrate the suds. So kick back with a cold one and tune that dial to Deeper Roots on KWTF with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific as he steps up to the bar and shares a wild assortment of songs about a cold brew or two…and we’re not talkin’ boojie coffee.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Amos Milburn Rocks
3	Smiley Maxedon	Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer [Album Version]	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Bubbles In My Beer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line
5	Willie Nelson	Bubbles In My Beer	One Hell Of A Ride
6	Andy Reynolds	Beer Bottle Mama	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
7	Garth Brooks/George Jones	Beer Run	God's Country: George Jones and Friends Disc 1
8	George Jones	Beer, Bait And Ammo	All Gone Fishin'
9	Derailers	Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music	Soldiers of Love
10	Dale Watson	Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint	The Best of the HighTone Years
11	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Drink the Beer Barrel Dry	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
12	Various	If You've Got The Time Miller Beer	BigKevNastyCD
13	Tom T. Hall	I Like Beer	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
14	Bob Woodruff	Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer	Dreams & Saturday Nights
15	Asylum Street Spankers	Beer	Spanker Madness
16	Johnny Russell	Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer	20 Hits
17	Whitney Rose	There's A Tear In My Beer	Heartbreaker of the Year
18	Stray Cats	Lookin' Better Every Beer	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
19	John Lee Hooker	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer	His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
20	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Hey Bartender, There's A Big Bug In My Beer	Blues Highway
21	Various	Bob Uecker Lite Beer Commercial	BigKevNastyCD
22	Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim	Beer Drinking Woman	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
23	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
24	Bessie Smith	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer [Album Version]	The Essential Bessie Smith
25	Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon	Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer	Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
26	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	Shut Up And Drink Your Beer	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
27	Various Artists	Falstaff Beer	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
28	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
29	Johnny Bond	Bartender's Blues	Put Me To Bed
30	Merrill Moore	Bartender's Blues	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
31	The Texas Tornados	In Heaven There Is No Beer	!Esta Bueno!
32	Washboard Hank	Beer Cans Down The Trans Can	Human Beans
33	Reverend Horton Heat	Beer Holder	Laughin & Cryin
34	Eddie Noack	Beer Drinkin' Blues	Psycho
35	James Mask	Beer Drinking Blues	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4

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Go West!

December 10, 2016 Dave

The westward movement is celebrated once more as Deeper Roots spends two hours digging through those dusty digital bins to find the more popular and, in some cases, more obscure pieces about the one of the great migrations. In addition to the 19th century land-grab where the call was “Westward Ho!”, we’ll hear songs about the not-so-celebratory movement following the 20th century Dust Bowl migration. Tune in for blues from Lowell Fulson, Barbecue Bob, and Albert King; country from Merle Haggard, Asleep at the Wheel, and John Hartford; tradition and folk from Woody Guthrie, Darryl Holter, and Jay Farrar; and jazz/pop from Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Sol Hoopii. All on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Geraint Watkins	Go West	Dial 'W' for Watkins
3	Bing Crosby	Go West, Young Man! [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1]
4	Nat King Cole	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1946
5	Asleep at the Wheel	Route 66	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
6	Sol Hoopii	An Orange Grove in California	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 2
7	Sons of the Pioneers	When It's Autumn in the Hills of California	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
8	Sons of the Pioneers	Let4s Go West Again (1950)	Wagons West (CD3)
9	Darryl Holter	California Stars	Radio Songs
10	Hazel Dickens	California Cottonfields	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
11	Webb Pierce	California Blues	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
12	Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n Skiffle	California Zephyr	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
13	Jimmy Lafave	Dust Bowl Okies	The Night Tribe
14	Peter Rowan	Dust Bowl Children	Dust Bowl Children
15	Woody Guthrie	Talking Dust Bowl	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
16	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
17	Emmylou Harris	Kern River	All I Intended To Be
18	Merle Haggard	Kern River Blues	Kern River Blues – Single
19	John Hiatt	Adios To California	Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
20	Lowell Fulson	Highway 99	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
21	Jesse Thomas	Gonna Move To California	Complete Recorded Works 1948-1958
22	Barbecue Bob	California Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 2
23	Albert King	Travelin' to California	More Big Blues
24	Doc & Merle Watson	California Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
25	Lefty Frizzell	Blue Yodel #4 (California Blues)	Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night)
26	John Hartford	California Earthquake	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
27	Joni Mitchell	California	Blue
28	John Stewart	California Bloodlines	Gold [Disc 1]
29	Steve Forbert	When I Get To California (Americana Version)	Compromised
30	Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard	California Zephyr	One Fast Move or I'm Gone
31	Chuck Berry	Route 66	Cars

Sugar Sugar

November 26, 2016 Dave

We’ve got a theme show for you tonight: the last century of America’s music with a focus on candy, cake, pie, and cola…all with that magic (deadly?) insidious ingredient that lures us to it’s flavor. A sure example of a muse if there ever was one. Tune for the sounds of Bill Haley, Al Hirt, Duke Ellington, Elvis, and the Collins Kids (among others). It’s folk, blues, R&B, country, pop, and rock…all in good sweet fun on KWTF radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Temple	Yum, Yum, Yum	Broke, Black & Blue: Volume Four – Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
3	Chuck Willis	Sugar Sugar	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
4	Vocaltones	Sugar Lump	Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records
5	The Collins Kids	Sugar Plum	Hop, Skip And Jump [Disc 2]
6	Peggy Lee	Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)	The Capitol Collector's Series
7	Sammy Davis Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation	The Candy Man	70s Music Explosion Escape
8	Bobby Bare	Candy Coated Kisses (1964)	All American Boy – CD 2
9	Dodie Stevens	Candy Store Blues	Ultimate Collection
10	Jo Stafford	Little Man With a Candy Cigar	For You
11	Julie London	Yummy, Yummy, Yummy	Ultra-Lounge: On the Rocks, Pt. 2
12	Lola Albright	Candy	Bombshells
13	Eddie Kirk	Candy Kisses	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17
14	Little Jimmy Dickens	Who Licked The Red Off Your Candy	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
15	John Fogerty	Rhubarb Pie	Deja Vu All Over Again
16	Jay & The Techniques	Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie	45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969
17	Dinah Shore	Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy	Presenting…The Best of the Blues – Vol. 2
18	Big Bill Lister	RC Cola And Moon Pie	Country Boy's Dream
19	Red Foley & Evelyn Knight	Tater Pie	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
20	Skip & Flip	Cherry Pie (1960 #11)	Greatest Hit Singles Collection
21	Marvin & Johnny	Cherry Pie	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
22	Jim Kweskin & Meredith Axelrod	Candy Man	Come On In
23	Skeets McDonald	Birthday Cake Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
24	Texas Top Hands	You Can't Have Your Cake	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
25	Art Neville	Little Girl From The Candy Store	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
26	Elvis Presley	Cotton Candy Land	Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco
27	The Collins Kids	Soda Poppin' Around	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
28	Johnny Burnette	One Soda, Two Straws (2)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 8
29	Poorhouse Gorgeous	Angel Food Cake	Poorhouse Gorgeous
30	Bonnie Guitar	Candy Apple Red	Singles 1
31	Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra;Ivie Anderson;Sonny Greer;Ray Nance;Harry Carney	Chocolate Shake	Wicked Swing
32	Bill Kirchen	She's A Yum Yum	Raise A Ruckus
33	The Iguanas	Sugar Cane	Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart
34	Harry McClintock	Big Rock Candy Mountain	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
35	Muddy Waters	Sugar Sweet	The Anthology [Disc 2]
36	Peter, Paul & Mary	Talkin' Candy Bar Blues	A Song Will Rise
37	The Harlem Hamfats	The Candy Man	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 4 1938-1939

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City Blues

September 11, 2016 Dave

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Hutchison	K.C. Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
3	HowellDevine	KC Blues	Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles
4	Ernest Tubb	Kansas City Blues	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
5	Sidney Bechet	St. Louis Blues	Blues In Thirds
6	Lonnie Johnson	Low Down St. Louis Blues	Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1
7	Blind Willie McTell	East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well)	The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
8	Red Nichols	Wabash Blues	I Got Rhythm
9	Leroy Carr	Naptown Blues	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1]
10	Fats Domino	Detroit City Blues	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
11	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Kokomo Blues	Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell
12	Dan Pickett	Chicago Blues	I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar
13	Don Flemons	Milwaukee Blues	What Got Over
14	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Milwaukee Blues	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
15	Dorothy Everetts	Macon Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
16	Elmore James	Madison Blues	The Sky Is Crying
17	Barbecue Bob	Jacksonville Blues	Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929)
18	John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur	Minglewood Blues	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
19	Sam Chatmon	Vicksburg Blues	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1
20	Black Birds of Paradise	Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Lewis Bronzville Five	Natchez Mississippi Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
22	Howlin' Wolf	Natchez Burning	The Real Folk Blues
23	Bo Chatmon	East Jackson Blues	Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949
24	Mississippi Sheiks	West Jackson Blues [Album Version]	Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks
25	Little Brother Montgomery	Shreveport Blues	Boogie Woogie [Disc 3]
26	Memphis Piano Red	Mobile Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
27	Jorma Kaukonen	Nashville Blues	River Of Time
28	The Louvin Brothers	Nashville Blues	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
29	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Dallas Blues	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
30	Billy Boy Arnold	San Antonio Blues	Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy
31	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2)
32	Jabo Williams	Pratt City Blues	Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers
33	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	New Orleans Blues	Sunny Road

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Hot Summer Days

August 20, 2016 Dave

As we make it over the summer hump, we’ll take time to celebrate all the things we love about the summer heat. Those stunning summer skies, sea breezes, backyard barbecues, and the lift of a summer rain. We’ve got the beach sounds of the sixties, Hawaiian medleys from the islands, sophisticated sass from Buster Poindexter, hot kissin’ from H-Bomb Ferguson, the summer rain, the summer sky, and the Summer Wind from Frank Sinatra. Rock, zydeco, country, pop, bluegrass, rock, and so much of what comes from the in-between this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The David Thom Band	California's Burning	That Old Familiar
3	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
4	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Heat Wave	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
5	Bob Brozman	Hawaiian Heat Waves Medley	Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz!
6	Mr. Sad Head	Hot Weather Blues	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
7	Teddy Bunn	Summertime	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
8	Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band	In the Summertime	100% Fortified Zydeco
9	Sly & the Family Stone	Hot Fun in the Summertime	Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1
10	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
11	The Lovin' Spoonful	Summer in the City	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
12	The Beach Boys	The Warmth of the Sun	Endless Summer
13	It's a Beautiful Day	Hot Summer Day	It's a Beautiful Day
14	Buster Poindexter	Hot Hot Hot	Buster Poindexter
15	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
16	Ella Fitzgerald	Too Darn Hot	Music & Moonlight
17	Eilen Jewell	Too Hot To Sleep	Letters From Sinners & Strangers
18	Kid Bangham, Dan McKinney, Bill Melcher & Dave Ferrara	Some Summer Day	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
19	Willie Nelson	Summer Of Roses [Album Version]	One Hell Of A Ride
20	H-Bomb Ferguson	Hot Kisses	Big City Blues
21	Judy Collins	In The Heat Of The Summer	Forever: [Disc 2]
22	Sam Cooke	Summertime	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
23	The Donkeys	Theme From The Endless Summer	Theme From The Endless Summer [single]
24	Marshall Crenshaw	Starless Summer Sky	Miracle of Science
25	Johnny Burnette	What a Summer Day	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
26	Johnny Rivers	Summer Rain	Best Of Johnny Rivers
27	Frank Sinatra	Summer Wind	The Reprise Collection [Disc 3]
28	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
29	Charlie Parker	Summertime	Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes
30	Nanci Griffith	Summer Wages	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
31	Bob Dylan	Summer Days	Love and Theft

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Time is Passing

August 13, 2016 Dave

Theme time this week! We are going to dip into a sometimes raucous, other times wistful, blend of country, blues, jazz, and what-not…to celebrate (or is it bemoan) the passing of time in our show this week. The clock is ticking, the calendar flipping, and the little blue orb keeps spinning around that big bright one. And all the while we live our lives celebrating the luminous sounds on Deeper Roots; this week featuring Johnny Otis, Fenton Robinson, Bob Dylan, Texas Jim Lewis, Roy Acuff, and so many others. Time may be passing and we may like to reminisce and wax nostalgic, but we press on…driven by music from the past century (among other things).

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hank Thompson	The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music	The Best Of Hank Thompson 1966-1979
3	Alfred G. Karnes	Where We'll Never Grow Old (1927)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
4	The Church Sisters	Where We'll Never Grow Old	Orthophonic Joy
5	The Carter Family	Darling, We Are Growing Older/The Old Texas Trail – Anita Carter	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
6	Dick Curless	Rock of Ages	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	Middle Age Crazy	The Definitive Collection
8	Doc Watson	Grandfather's Clock	My Dear Old Southern Home
9	Texas Jim Lewis	Way Back in Grandpa's Day	Free at Archive.org
10	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	Old Age Pension Cheque	King of Country Music [[Disc 2]: "Beautiful Brown Eyes: 1939-'41" Proper Records, 2004]
11	Tom Russell	Wayfarin' Stranger (Passage of Time)	The Man From God Knows Where
12	Dar Williams	You're Aging Well	The Honesty Room
13	Stonewall Jackson	Gettin' Older	Waterloo Box Set
14	Bob Dylan	Time Passes Slowly	New Morning
15	Bob Dylan	My Back Pages	All I Really Want To Do
16	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Time Is A Passin'	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
17	Johnny Otis / Jimmy Rushing	Round The Clock	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4]
18	Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra	Take the Hands off the Clock	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
19	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Five O'Clock Whistle	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
20	The Original Memphis Five	Four O'clock Blues	The Original Memphis Five Collection Vol. 1 – 1922-1923
21	Fenton Robinson	As The Years Go Passing By	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
22	Big Bill Broonzy	Getting Older Every Day	Great Blues Guitarsists: String Dazzlers
23	Howlin' Wolf	Getting Old & Gray	Howlin' Wolf – 52 Essential Tracks
24	Victoria Spivey	Grow Old Together	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
25	JL Stiles	Never To Grow Old	Solo Sessions
26	David Johansen	My Grandpa Is Old Too	Shaker
27	Ricky Skaggs	In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old	Rising Star
28	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone	All The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2]
29	Harry Reser & His Orchestra	The Clock and the Banjo	Trainin' The Fingers
30	Ivory Joe Hunter	Time Has Passed	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
31	Tom Lehrer	When You Are Old And Gray	Song & More Songs
32	Ray Wylie Hubbard	After All These Years	Eternal & Lowdown
33	The Carter Family	Where We'll Never Grow Old	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4]

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!

July 23, 2016 Dave

Songs from the past century will fill the air with second hand music smoke…all songs that reflect either the hawkish or ‘dove-ish’ opinions in words and music. We have two hours of country, jazz, blues, pop, and all those adventurous styles in between that use nicotine for their muse. Country from k.d. lang to The Sons of The Pioneers, R&B from the likes of Lucky Millender to Benny Spellman, some doo-wop, some Sam Cooke soul, and a little bit of sweet big band sounds from Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians. Maybe we won’t celebrate the habit…just the music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Martin	I Can't Quit Cigarettes	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 4]
3	Otis Redding	Cigarettes And Coffee	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
4	Sam Cooke	Smoke Rings	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
5	The Mills Brothers	Smoke Rings	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
6	The Larks	Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
7	The Platters	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	All-Time Greatest Hits
8	The Corsairs	Smokey Places (1962 #12)	Greatest Hit Singles Collection
9	Lillian Leach/The Mellows	Smoke from Your Cigarette	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 1
10	The Drake Sisters	Smoke From Your Cigarette	Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
11	k.d. lang & The Reclines	Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray	Angel With A Lariat
12	Patsy Cline	Three Cigarettes In A Ashtray	Country Greats #2
13	k.d. lang	I'm Down to My Last Cigarette	Shadowland
14	Merle Travis	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
15	Willie Nelson	Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette	Just One Love
16	Benny Spellman	Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
17	Reverend Horton Heat	Drinkin' and Smokin' Cigarettes	Best Of Yep Roc Singles
18	Manassas	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Pieces
19	Lefty Frizzell	Cigarettes and Coffee Blues	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5)
20	Jimmie Dolan	Nicotine Fits	Juke Box Boogie
21	Curtis Gordon	Caffeine And Nicotine	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
22	Red Ingle & The Natural Seven	Cigarettes, Whuskey And Wild, Wild Women	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
23	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Cigareefes, Whusky	Country Hits Vol. 6
24	Kris Kristofferson	I May Smoke Too Much	Spooky Lady's Sideshow/Shake Hands with the Devil
25	Dale Watson	Smokey Old Bar	El Rancho Azul
26	Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians	A Cigarette, Sweet Music & You	Cigar Classics 1: The Standards
27	Nina Simone	Don't Smoke in Bed	The Ultimate Nina Simone
28	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Chew Tobacco Rag	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
29	The Bottle Rockets	Smokin' 100's Alone	24 Hours a Day
30	Ry Cooder	Fool For A Cigarette/Feelin' Good	Paradise And Lunch
31	Bo Carter	Cigarette Blues	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
32	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
33	Georgia White	The Stuff Is Here	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs

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The Midnight Hour

June 25, 2016 Dave

The witching hour. The darkest moment in our day where the bell tolls another in the heart of the ancient wood. A muse for poets, writers, and songsmiths over the ages….midnight. Deeper Roots highlights the midnight muse with a delightful blend of the celebratory and the soulful sounds of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Waits, Merle Travis, Big Joe Turner, and Lowell Fulson.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Creedence Clearwater Revival	The Midnight Special	Chronicle: Volume Two
3	Big Bill Broonzy	Midnight Special	An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy
4	The Louvin Brothers	Midnight Special	Long Play Collection
5	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
6	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Cannonball	Big Joe Rocks
7	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Big Midnight Special	Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis
8	The Delmore Brothers	Midnight Train	Sand Mountain Blues
9	Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder	Ridin' That Midnight Train	The Three Pickers
10	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Midnight Train to Georgia	The Buddah Box Disc 3
11	Maria Muldaur	Midnight at the Oasis	Maria Muldaur
12	Patsy Cline	Intro Walkin' After Midnight	The Arthur Godfrey Show
13	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	12 Greatest Hits
14	Ray Charles	The Midnight Hour	The Birth of Soul Disc 1
15	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
16	J.J. Cale	After Midnight	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
17	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Midnight Shift	Lost In The Ozone
18	The Mills Brothers	Long About Midnight	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
19	Larry Campbell	Midnight Highway	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
20	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	Midnight In Milpitas	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
21	Lucinda Williams	Howlin' at Midnight	Happy Woman Blues
22	Tom Waits	Midnight Lullabye	The Early Years
23	Lowell Fulson	Midnight Showers Of Rain	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
24	Cowboy Copas	Midnight In Heaven	Songs That Made Him Famous
25	Tony Rice Unit	Midnight on the Stormy Deep	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
26	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Midnight On the Stormy Deep	Bill Monroe: Anthology
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Midnight at Woody Creek	Welcome to Woody Creek
28	B.B. King	Blues at Midnight	King of the Blues [Box] Disc 1
29	Peetie Wheatstraw	Midnight Blues	The Devil's Son-In-Law
30	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' at Midnight	Chess Blues Disc 1
31	Bob Dylan	Soon After Midnight	Tempest
32	Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen	Midnight In Moscow	Easy Listening Gold 1962-1963
33	Kenny Burrell	Midnight Blue	Midnight Blue

Trains & Boats & Planes & Automobiles

April 21, 2016 Dave

Trains Planes Automobiles — Trains Boats Planes & Automobiles

Deeper Roots takes on a theme this week… one that has us on the road, the rails, the ocean deep, and soaring in the clouds. We speak, of course, of our modes and muse of transport in music. There’s a variety of styling to be had including blues from Snooks Eaglin and Lightnin’ Hopkins, 50s country from Cowboy Copas and Bonnie Guitar, pop sounds from Jo Stafford and the Modernaires, and a host of others that all support the theme of the day. Tune in for another roots-infused Wednesday evening on KOWS, the heart and voice of West Sonoma County, California.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Modernaires	The Stanley Steamer	The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947)
3	Kevin Russell	Cadillacin' Model A	You Don't Know Me
4	Snooks Eaglin	Model T And The Train	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
5	Rosco Gordon	T Model Boogie	Let's Get High (B)
6	Lightnin' Hopkins	Automobile Blues	Lightnin'
7	Ry Cooder	Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)	Borderline (Remaster 2013)
8	John Sebastian	Got No Automobiles	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
9	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
10	Mink Deville	Lilly's Daddy's Cadillac	Coup De Grace Plus Where Angels Fear To Tread
11	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2
12	Peter, Paul & Mary	Leaving On A Jet Plane	Album 1700
13	Mother McCollum	Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
14	Peter Case	Waiting On A Plane	HWY 62
15	Cowboy Copas	Night Plane to Memphis	Settin' Flat On Ready
16	Dwight Yoakam	07 Trains and Boats and Planes	Population: Me
17	Doc Watson	Blue Railroad Train	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
18	J. H. Howell	Howell's Railroad	Classic Field Recordings
19	Hank Williams	California Zephyr	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
20	Chuck Berry	Down Bound Train	Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
21	Jimmie Driftwood	Sailing Away On The Ocean	Americana, Vol. 3
22	Earl Scruggs	My Ship Will Sail	The Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & Two
23	The Boxmasters	Goin' Home	Modbilly Disc 1
24	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Boat's up the River	Jake Xerxes Fussell
25	Jo Stafford	Shrimp Boats	You Belong To Me
26	Al Hendrickson	On A Slow Boat To China	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
27	Nick Lowe	Christmas At The Airport	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
28	Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson	Gulf Coast Highway	Duets
29	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
30	Tony Rice Unit	Old Train	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
31	Jimmie Driftwood	I'm Leavin' On The Wagon Train	Americana, Vol. 2

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

Waltzes, Polkas, and Two-Steps

February 25, 2016 Dave

It’s all about the traditional and popular dance music celebrated in the song of the past century. The show opens with the recognition of folk dance’s lineage, those ancestral elements that inhabit a very large part of our need to communicate and celebrate as a society. Most of the early rhythms we’ll hear to start the show are a blend of ancestral folk but we’ll also share the sound of popular dance. Tune in for country, pop, and folk sounds including cajun sounds from Michael Doucet, old-timey guitar and fiddle sounds of Darby and Tarlton, Tejano polka from Flaco Jimenez, and plenty more waltzes, polkas, and two steps.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band	Ozark Waltz	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Alto Waltz	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Pee Wee King	Tennessee Waltz	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
5	BeauSoleil	Cajun Midnight Waltz	The Mad Reel
6	Texas Troubadours	Gardenia Waltz	Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals
7	Ernest Tubb	Waltz Across Texas	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
8	Junior Brown	My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb	12 Shades of Brown
9	Louise Massey & The Westerners	Squeeze Box Polka	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 5]
10	Flaco Jiminez	Tico Taco Polka	Buena Suerte, Seqorita
11	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Beer Barrel Polka	Country Guitar Giants
12	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Polka on the Banjo	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
13	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Cowbell Polka	Shame On You
14	Arthur Smith	Rock And Rye Polka	Here Comes the Boogie Man
15	The Collins Kids	Rock And Roll Polka	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
16	Buck Owens	Buck's Polka	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
17	The Hot Frittatas	Il Pensiero Polka	What's Next ?
18	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	La Gima Polka	Singing In The Bathtub
19	Chet Atkins	New Spanish Two Step	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
20	Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers	Beau's Cajun Two Step	Beau Jocque Boogie
21	Doug Kershaw	Mamou Two-Step	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
22	Byrd Moore	Favourite Two Step	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
23	Zydeco Force	Shaggy Dog Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
24	Clifton Chenier	Louisiana Two Step	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
25	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Charleston [1925]	The Charleston Era
26	Aiken County String Band	Charleston Rag (1927)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
27	Sons of the Pioneers	Square Dance	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
28	Red Foley	Sugarfoot Rag Square Dance	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
29	Chet Atkins	Cosmic Square Dance	Chet Picks On The Grammys
30	Johnnie Lee Wills	Square Dance Boogie	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
31	Freeny's Barn Dance Band	Mississippi Square Dance – Part 2	The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American Countryside
32	Wanda, Ruth Neal	Round Town Girls	Flowers In The Wildwood
33	Blue Ridge Highballers	Round Town Girls	Lead Kindly Light
34	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Guitar Polka	Black Mountain Rag

A Century of America's Music