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White Powder Muse

May 19, 2024 Dave

Cocaine is one of a few substances that have served as a muse, both in word and effect, in various forms of art throughout history, particularly in the 20th century. Its influence can be found repeatedly in the music industry, peaking in use during the 1980s when it was used by performer and listener as the disco and party-going atmosphere exploded, Contributing to this bacchanal were films depicting its use (and abuse) with plot themes embracing the white powder in storytelling. Cocaine’s impact is predominant in the genres of rock, jazz, and hip-hop and many performers have openly discussed their cocaine use, and its influence can be heard in lyrics, musical styles, and even album artwork. This week’s show looks at this muse with sounds from Margo Price, The Reverend Horton Heat, Lucille Bogan, Fred Neil and a host of others from 1929 to the present.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roy Hogsed	Cocaine Blues	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
3	Hank Williams III	Cocaine Blues	Risin' Outlaw
4	Dick Justice	Cocaine	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
5	Carl Martin	That New Kind Of Stuff	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
6	Lucille Bogan	Baking Powder Blues	Cocaine Blues
7	Johnny Cash	Cocaine Blues	Silver
8	Billy Hughes	Cocaine Blues	Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
9	Son Volt	Cocaine and Ashes	American Central Dust
10	The Reverend Horton Heat	Bales of Cocaine	Holy Roller
11	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Cocaine Blues	Dance Ranch
12	Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's	Whiskey And Cocaine	Deep Ellum
13	Grateful Dead	Casey Jones	Workingman's Dead
14	The Byrds	Take A Whiff On Me	Untitled / Unissued [Disc 1]
15	Fred Neil	Sweet Cocaine	The Many Sides Of Fred Neil [Disc 1]
16	Woody Guthrie	Take A Whiff On Me	Muleskinner Blues (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2)
17	Woody Guthrie	Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues) (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
18	Jackson Browne	Cocaine	Running On Empty
19	Dave Van Ronk	Cocaine	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
20	Eric Clapton	Cocaine	Slowhand
21	Margo Price	Cocaine Cowboys	All American Made
22	Doc & Merle Watson	Let the Cocaine Be	Live & Pickin'
23	The Manhattan Transfer	That Cat Is High	Anthology – Down In Birdland (Disc 2)
24	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	Wacky Dust	Cocaine Blues
25	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	Kickin' The Gong Around	Cocaine Blues
26	Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra	Kickin' The Gong Around	Chronological Cab Calloway (1932-1934)
27	Mills Blue Rhythm Band	Kokey Joe	Cocaine Blues
28	The Spirits of Rhythm	Junk Man	Cocaine Blues
29	Curtis Mayfield	Pusherman	The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield
30	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
31	Memphis Jug Band	Cocaine Habit Blues	Cocaine Blues

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Celebrating Smokey

April 27, 2024 Dave

The songs of Smokey Robinson have stood the test of time, remaining popular and relevant across generations. His compositions have been covered by artists from various genres, further cementing a legend as one of the greatest songwriters of his era. This week, we take a walk through a handful of the many classics he gave us, spanning three decades, focusing primarily on the Motown song machine classics from The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Mary Wells, and, of course, his own group The Miracles. There is no question that his songwriting style and lyrical finesse have influenced generations of musicians and, coupled with his ability to blend heartfelt lyrics with catchy melodies, standards were set for songwriters in the R&B and soul genres; not to mention the groundswell of the sixties sound of Berry Gordy’s Motown Records. A morning of pure soul and pop that will include some sweet contemporary covers (if we can squeeze them in).

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bonnie Bramlett	You've Really Got A Hold On Me	Lady's Choice
3	Barrett Strong	Misery	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
4	The Miracles	Bad Girl	The 35th Anniversary Collection
5	The Contours	Whole Lotta Woman	The Very Best of The Contours
6	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Shop Around	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
7	Mary Wells/The Love-Tones	You Beat Me to the Punch	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
8	Gene Chandler	You Threw A Lucky Punch	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
9	Mary Wells	The One Who Really Loves You	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
10	Mary Wells	Two Lovers	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
11	The Miracles	Going to a Go-Go	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
12	Brenda Holloway	When I'm Gone	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
13	Carolyn Crawford	My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down)	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
14	The Miracles	Baby Don't You Go [Single Version]	The 35th Anniversary Collection [Disc 2]
15	The Temptations	The Way You Do The Things You Do	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
16	Marvelettes	Way Over There	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
17	Marvin Gaye	Ain't That Peculiar	Marvin Gaye Icon
18	The Contours	First I Look at the Purse	The Very Best of The Contours
19	The Temptations	Get Ready	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
20	Marvin Gaye	One More Heartache	Anthology [Disc 1]
21	Marvin Gaye	I'll Be Doggone	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
22	Marvin Gaye	Take This Heart Of Mine	Anthology [Disc 1]
23	The Contours	Determination	The Very Best of The Contours
24	Chris Clark	From Head To Toe	Soul Sounds – Remaster
25	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
26	The Marvelettes	The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
27	Johnny Rivers	The Tracks of My Tears	Greatest Hits [Capitol]
28	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	More Love	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 3
29	Tammi Terrell	He's The One I Love	Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection
30	Diana Ross & The Supremes	The Composer	The Best Of Diana Ross & The Supremes [Disc 2]
31	The Four Tops	Still Water (Love)	The Ultimate Collection
32	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Tears of a Clown	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
33	The Supremes	Floy Joy	Gold Disc 2
34	Rare Earth	Get Ready	Soundsavers – Old School No. 6
35	Rita Coolidge	The Way You Do The Things You Do	Delta Lady: The Rita Coolidge Anthology [Disc 2]
36	Sylvester	Ooo Baby Baby	The Original Hits [1989 Fantasy]

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420 Fun

April 21, 2024 Dave

It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century. We will join in the celebration (in spirit anyway) of the date and time that three Marin County teenagers are said to have inaugurated over a half century ago. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll brighten up the playlist with music that will help us kick back. We’ll pour over a selected list of great sounds from the last 100 years that either directly or indirectly find us thinking about (or maybe imbibing in) the herb so many care about. There will be music from John Prine, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles and some early century jazz nuggets you will find hard to resist. Friday morning sounds from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, streaming to West County and the world on KOWS-LP, Occidental 92.5 FM and kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
3	Cordovas	Stone Cold Stoned	The Rose of Aces
4	Yonder Mountain String Band	Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown	Mountain Tracks, Vol. 2
5	Sam Bush	Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana	Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
6	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Seeds And Stems (Again)	Lost In The Ozone
7	Jesse Dayton	Dope Smokin' Song	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
8	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie
9	Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson	Roll Me Up (Album version)	Heroes
10	k.d. lang	Smoke Rings	Drag
11	Kacey Musgraves	High Time	Pageant Material
12	Moonalice	It's 420 Somewhere	Dave's Way Vol 1
13	Chris Stapleton	Might As Well Get Stoned	Traveller
14	Asleep At The Wheel	Jack I'm Mellow	New Routes
15	Ashley Monroe	Weed Instead Of Roses	Like A Rose
16	Brothers Osborne	Weed Whiskey And Willie	Port Saint Joe
17	John Prine	Illegal Smile	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
18	Kacey Musgraves	Burn One With John Prine	Demos
19	Tom Petty	You Don't Know How It Feels	Wildflowers
20	Ben Harper	Burn One Down	Fight for Your Mind
21	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
22	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
23	Trixie Smith	Jack I'm Mellow	Trixie Smith Vol. 2 1925-1929
24	Buck Washington	Save the Roach for Me [FCC Warning n word]	When Hemp Was Hip
25	Dave Van Ronk	You's A Viper	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
26	Wayne Hancock	Viper	A-Town Blues
27	Harlan Pepper	Reefer	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
28	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
29	The Devil Makes Three	Champagne And Reefer	Redemption & Ruin
30	Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin'	Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie	Putomayo Presents Zydeco

Cuppa Joe

April 13, 2024 Dave

The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Warren Barker	Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip')	Jazz Noir
3	The Manhattan Transfer	Java Jive	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
4	King Cole Trio	You're The Cream In My Coffee	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
5	Ella Mae Morse	Coffee Date	Singles 3
6	Patricia Kaas	Black Coffee	Jazz a Saint Germain
7	Jack Barlow	Hot Cup Of Coffee	I Live The Country Songs I Sing
8	Merle Travis	I Can't Afford The Coffee	The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)
9	Tex Ritter	01 – Coffee Pot	(2000) High Noon (CD 4)
10	Claude Gray	I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee	Country & Western Nuggets
11	Lefty Frizzell	Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee	1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
12	Curtis Gordon	Caffeine And Nicotine	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
13	Jon Rauhouse	Corn & Coffee	Steel Guitar Rodeo
14	Frank Sinatra	The Coffee Song	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
15	Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra	Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee	American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin
16	Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas	Moliendo Cafe	Cuba. Por La Musica
17	Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer	Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
18	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Forty Cups of Coffee	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
19	The Modernaires	Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five	The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
20	The Ink Spots	Java Jive	The Great Entertainers
21	Atilla	Coffee, Coffee	Mo 33004
22	Greg Brown	Good Morning Coffee	If I Had Known
23	Kim Lenz	Percolate	Slowly Speeding
24	Julie London	Black Coffee	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
25	Ruth Etting	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
26	Brook Benton	Another Cup Of Coffee	Best Of Brook Benton
27	The Boswell Sisters	Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version]	That's How Rhythm Was Born
28	Emmett Miller	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Minstrel Man From Georgia
29	The Larks	Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
30	Bellevue Cadillac	Cuppa Joe	Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3
31	Lefty Frizzell	Cigarettes and Coffee Blues	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5)
32	Otis Redding	Cigarettes And Coffee	Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25
33	Neil Young + Promise of the Real	A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop	The Monsanto Years

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Don’t Wanna

March 30, 2024 Dave

Theme time and I’m going to break it to you slow…it’s all about the negative and those that refuse. If there’s something that’s more prevalent in our lives than saying that we ‘want to’…it’s when we don’t want to. The ‘desire not to’ seems to be winning over the ‘desire to’ in our show today. We’ve got a collection of songs that all begin with the phrase “I Don’t Want” in some form or another. We’ll bring you the early sounds of The Blue Sky Boys and some country sounds of Jimmy Wakely from the hayloft, blues and soul from Magic Sam and that firecracker Sugar Pie DeSanto, and plenty of Americana from The Blasters, Wanda Jackson and Doug Sahm in our show today. It’s going to be a romp because there’s a lot of fodder to choose from when stubbornness is the theme. Tune into community radio for Sonoma County to find out. I don’t want to spoil the theme…but not ‘wanting to’ isn’t always a bad thing…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
3	The Ravens	Honey, I Don't Want You	Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
4	The Blasters	I Don't Want To	American Music
5	Wanda Jackson	I Don't Wanta Go	Wonderful Wanda
6	Doc Williams	Don't Want To Work	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
7	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
8	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
9	Tex Williams	I Don't Want To Be Free	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
10	Jimmy Wakely w/Margaret Whiting	I Don't Want to Be Free	The Collection 1940-53 CD3
11	Sir Douglas Quintet	I Don't Want To Go Home	Mono Singles '68-'72
12	The Blue Sky Boys	I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
13	Iris DeMent	I Don't Want To Get Adjusted	Lifeline
14	Carrie Rodriguez	I Don't Want To Play House Anymore	Seven Angels on a Bicycle
15	Tammy Wynette	I Don't Wanna Play House	Super Hits
16	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
17	Fernest Arceneaux & His Louisiana French Band	I Don't Want Nobody	Putumayo Presents: Blues Party
18	Leonard Carbo	I Don't Want To Lose Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
19	Slim Harpo	I Don't Want No One	The Scratch
20	Barbara Lynn	I Don't Want A Playboy	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
21	Magic Sam	I Don't Want No Woman	West Side Soul
22	Susan Tedeschi	I Don't Want Nobody	Better Days
23	Buddy & Ella Johnson	I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You)	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
24	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Don't Wanna Fuss	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
25	Johnnie Taylor	I Don't Wanna Lose You	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 7]
26	Barbara & The Browns	I Don't Want To Have To Wait	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
27	The Drifters	I Don't Want To Go On Without You	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
28	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Don't Want To Cry	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
29	Pearlean Gray And The Passengers	I Don't Want To Cry	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 2]
30	The Ink Spots	I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire	Your Hit Parade – 1941
31	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
32	Billie Holiday	I Don't Want To Cry Anymore	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
33	Big Maybelle	I Don't Want To Cry	Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
34	Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra	I Don't Want to Love You	Spotlighting the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra

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Space Race Rock

March 29, 2024 Dave

What a time it was. The surprise of Sputnik in the early fifties led to a space race, a technological competition that had a profound impact on popular music (not to mention popular culture), providing musicians (and would-be musicians) a rich source of inspiration and contributed to some of the most iconic, as well as comic and out of this world, songs of the era. Themes of space travel, the moon and Mars, and even flying saucers were rampant on the airwaves. And one can only ascribe the fear of aliens to the number attempted novelty bits that reflected that trepidation. Laughter is, after all, a natural way for fear to be released in humankind. This week we’ll be sharing some of the classics, as well as the unknowns, including Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders, The Drivers, Merv Griffin, The Big Bopper, Dave & The Detomics and quite a few more that even if we were to share their names, you’d probably scratch your head anyway.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Mello-Tones	Flying Saucer	Vocal Groups
3	Jerry Engler	Sputnik (Satellite Girl)	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
4	Harmonica George	Sputnik Music	This Is The Blues Harmonica
5	Roosevelt Sykes	Sputnik Baby	Voodoo Lou
6	Astronaut Neil Armstrong	The Moon Landing	Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 3 – the Dreams, Inspirations & Accomplishments
7	Gil Scott-Heron	Whitey On The Moon	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
8	Hightower, Dean (George Barnes)	Moon Rocket	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
9	Chris Kenner	Rocket To The Moon	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
10	The Drivers	My Astronaut	The King Records Story – Part 1
11	Johnny Greco	Rocket Ride	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
12	Vernon Green & The Medallions	Rocket Ship	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
13	Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders	My Satellite	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
14	The Larks	Rockin' In The Rocket Room	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
15	Educational	Duck and Cover	Educational
16	The Tornados	Telstar	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
17	Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
18	Don Lang & His Frantic Five	Red Planet Rock	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
19	Speedy West	Space Man In Orbit	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
20	Joe Montgomery	Planetary Run	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
21	Galen Denny	Gonna Build A Rocket	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
22	Merv Griffin	The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X'	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
23	The Royal Guardsmen	Smallest Astronaut	The Best of the Royal Guardsmen
24	Sheb Wooley	The Purple People Eater	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1]
25	The Big Bopper	The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2
26	John Mauceri: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	Herrmann: Outer Space [From "The Day the Earth Stood Still"]	Journey To The Stars: A Sci-fi Fantasy Adventure [John Mauceri The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 10]
27	Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra	Men Into Space	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
28	Billy Riley, The Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
29	The Marketts	Out of Limits	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
30	Nervous Norvus	Kibble Kibble (The Flying Saucer Song)	Stone Age Woo
31	Freddy Sunder	Flying Saucers	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
32	Dave & The Detomics	Detomic Orbit	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
33	The Equadors	Sputnik Dance	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
34	Leonard Nimoy	A Visit To A Sad Planet	Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner
35	Lightnin' Hopkins	Happy Blues For John Glenn	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 3]
36	David Rose & His Orchestra	Forbidden Planet	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
37	David Bowie	Space Oddity	Singles: 1969-1993 Disc 1

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Your Lucky Day

March 16, 2024 Dave

Mining the archives we find that bad luck and trouble are not a concern as Spring peeks around the corner. Luck is our watchword on this March morning and we’ll try to keep our superstitions in check. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends some vocals from past and present and with this being an election year…we need all the luck we can get. Tune in for some Raul Malo, Charley Crockett, Howlin’ Wolf, Judy Garland and a couple dozen others following the theme of ‘Your Lucky Day’. Let us keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. You can change your luck by adopting a cat, you know. And black cats have, despite longstanding superstitions, the best of personalities.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jim Lauderdale	Lucky 13	Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
3	Chris Isaak	Waiting for My Lucky Day	Baja Sessions
4	The Bobby Fuller Four	I'm A Lucky Guy	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
5	Frank Sinatra	Luck Be a Lady	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
6	Judy Garland	Lucky Day	Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
7	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	My Lucky Day	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
8	Jimmy Smith	I'm Just A Lucky So And So	Standards
9	Ray Charles	Lucky Old Sun	Hear Music Volume 1
10	Tommy Flanagan	Friday The 13th	For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
11	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Bad Luck, Pt. 1	Greatest Hits
12	Howlin' Wolf	Hard Luck	The Chess Box [Disc 3]
13	Chris Thomas King	Superstitious Blues	Me, My Guitar and the Blues
14	Chance Halladay	Lucky Me	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
15	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
16	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
17	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	The Chess Box
18	J.J. Cale	Lady Luck	Travel Log
19	Raul Malo	Lucky One	Lucky One
20	Charley Crockett	Lots of Luck	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
21	Johnny Cash	Thirteen	American Recordings
22	Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit	Lucky Dog	The Rose of England
23	Tommy Collins	Black Cat	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
24	The Band Of Heathens	Black Cat	Black Cat (Single)
25	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
26	Dr. John	Witchy Red	Television
27	Eels	Your Lucky Day In Hell	Beautiful Freak
28	Joe "Papoose" Fritz	I'm Not Suspicious, But	Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults

Family Affair

March 2, 2024 Dave

We’ve got the family trees for you on Deeper Roots this week; proof positive that music can very well run in the family. Our show will share music from just a few of the families that have made their own way in a host of different genres. We’ll hear from the Nelsons (both of them), the family Marsalis, the Hiatts, the Wainwrights, the brothers Neville and a few others this week, spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries. Tune in to this week’s two hour mixed bag with some of the very best performances from some different lineages, here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole	Straighten Up And Fly Right	Re: Generations
3	Art Neville	That Old Time Rock And Roll	His Specialty Recordings
4	Aaron Neville	Let's Live	Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron)
5	The Neville Brothers	Run Joe	Fiyo on the Bayou
6	Hank Williams Sr.	I Saw the Light	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
7	Hank Williams Jr.	Mind Your Own Business	Country Gold 1984-1986
8	Hank Williams III	I'm A Long Gone Daddy	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
9	Wynton Marsalis Septet	My Baby Don't Tolerate	United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas
10	Branford Marsalis	Fool For You	A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield
11	Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra	About A Quarter To Nine	Paper Moon
12	Rick Nelson	Poor Little Fool	Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
13	Dionne Warwick	Anyone Who Had A Heart	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
14	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
15	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	The Bodyguard
16	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	One Hell Of A Ride
17	Willie Nelson;Lukas Nelson;Micah Nelson	Come On Back Jesus	Heroes
18	Bobbie Nelson	The House of Blue Lights	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
19	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	If I Didn't Love You	Sticks and Stones
20	Bob Dylan	High Water (For Charley Patton)	Love and Theft
21	Jakob Dylan	Oh, Mama, Come Home	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
22	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012
23	Lilly Hiatt	Walking Proof	Walking Proof
24	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Album III
25	Rufus Wainwright	Greek Song	Poses [US Bonus Track]
26	Martha Wainwright	Prairie Lullaby	Martha Wainwright Lullaby Record
27	Johnny Cash with The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers	Belshazzar (w/ The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers)	The Johnny Cash TV Show (1969-1971)
28	Johnny Cash	I Can't Go On That Way	Life
29	Rosanne Cash	Black Cadillac	Black Cadillac
30	June Carter Cash	Keep On The Sunny Side	Wildwood Flower
31	The Carter Family	Anchored In Love	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]

Hive Harmony

February 17, 2024 Dave

The bouffant and the beehive…hairstyles with a tease and some backcombing, were all the rage in the sixties. Like pop music, it had a short life before the British wave. Unlike pop music, whose sound endured, the fashion was washed away at the salon in favor of the next big thing. Girl groups set the tone for the harmonious sounds of the time, and our nostalgia cruise will be tooling the AM radio sounds of the very best of the beehive and flip hairstyles of groups like The Shangri-Las, The Paris Sisters, The Angels, Lesley Gore and a couple dozen others in this week’s show. Join Dave for the hits, the misses, and the near misses along with some of the unheard in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. He’ll also share a number of tracks from an excellent 2018 release from Chicago’s Numero Group featuring some of ‘the others’. Girl groups emerged as a dominant force in the music industry, characterized by harmonious vocals, catchy melodies, and often choreographed performances.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Shangri-Las	Sophisticated Boom Boom	Myrmidons of Melodrama
3	Reparata And The Delrons	Whenever A Teenager Cries	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
4	The Angels	Cry Baby Cry	Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 5]
5	The Angels	The Guy With The Black Eye	Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
6	Shirley Ellis	I See It, I Like It, I Want It	The Clapping Song… And More
7	Shirley Ellis	The Clapping Song	We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
8	Dee Dee Sharp	I Sold My Heart to the Junkman	It's Mashed Potato Time
9	The Blossoms	Hard To Get	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
10	The Ribbons	Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
11	The Dreamers	Do Not Forget	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
12	Nancy Sinatra	Like I Do	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
13	Lesley Gore	Look Of Love	The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
14	Lesley Gore	Maybe I Know	The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
15	The Shangri-Las	He Cried	Myrmidons of Melodrama
16	The Ronettes	Do I Love You?	The Best of the Ronettes
17	The Ronettes	Everything Under the Sun	The Best of the Ronettes
18	The Jelly Beans	I Wanna Love Him So Bad	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
19	The Cookies	I Never Dreamed	Birth Of Soul: 2
20	The Murmaids	Popsicles And Icicles	Early Girls: 1
21	The Petites	Lonely Girl	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
22	The Monzas	Ain't It the Truth	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
23	The Vandelettes	He's All Mine	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
24	The Contessas	Gimme Gimme	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
25	Paris Sisters	Be My Boy	Early Girls – vol 5
26	The Chantels	Look In My Eyes	Four By Four – Girl Groups
27	The Chiffons	Stop, Look And Listen	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
28	The Chiffons	A Love So Fine	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
29	The Dixie Cups	Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright (Mono Single)	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
30	The Dixie Cups	Another Boy Like Mine	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
31	The Shirelles	Baby, It's You	Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
32	The Shangri-Las	Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)	Myrmidons of Melodrama
33	Peggy March	Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
34	Vickie & The Van Dykes	Baby I'm Crying	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Back To Schooldays

January 29, 2024 Dave

Good times, bad times…let’s take a theme trip to schooldays past in music this week. Whether you were a product of the fifties, sixties or beyond, you remember your favorite music. We’ll be zooming in on sounds from that era in the show today as we explore the high school theme with topics like ‘lettered sweaters’…what ever happened to those? Or maybe the reminder of the bell or buzzer in the hallways. Or maybe that favorite after school rendezvous spot. We’ll be sharing music that celebrated school and affairs of the young at heart with tracks from The 5 Royals, Johnny Burnette, Gary US Bonds and some other favorites as well as some unknowns from some dusty 45s buried deep in the archives. Namely Nicky & The Nobles, Johnny & The Jammers, and Herbie Alpert & His Sextet. Quite the fun today so drop by.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beach Boys	School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)	Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1
3	Chuck Berry	School Days	The Chess Box Disc 1
4	Mickey & Sylvia	Love Will Make You Fail in School	Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School
5	The 5 Royales	School Girl	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
6	Smiley Lewis	School Days Are Back Again	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	High School Confidential	36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
8	Johnny & The Jammers	School Day Blues	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
9	Johnny Burnette	Skippin' School	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
10	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997)	Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe)
11	Rick Nelson	Back to Schooldays	The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1]
12	Dave Edmunds	Back to School Days	Single Trax 1970-1981
13	Dave Edmunds	High School Nights	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
14	Billy Harlan	School House Rock	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
15	Wynn Stewart	School Bus Love Affair	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
16	Toni Rossini	(Meet Me) After School	Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
17	Nicky & The Nobles	School Bells	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
18	Bobby Rydell	Swingin' School	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
19	The Beach Boys	Be True to Your School	20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
20	Jan & Dean	The New Girl In School	Greatest Hits
21	Gary (U.S.) Bonds	School Is Out	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
22	Herbie Alpert & His Sextet	Summer School	Another Banana Split, please
23	Betty Grable	Don't Carry Tales Out Of School	The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2)
24	Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin	High School Baby	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
25	Nat King Cole Trio	You Don't Learn That In School	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
26	Paul Simon	Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard	Paul Simon
27	Taj Mahal	Good Morning Little School Girl	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
28	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Good Morning Schoolgirl	Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival
29	NRBQ	Still In School	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
30	James Intveld	High School Hellcats	Cry-Baby
31	The Ramones	Rock 'N' Roll High School	End of the Century
32	Wee Willie Harris	Back To School Again	Their Greatest Misses
33	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
34	Alex Chilton	The New Girl in School	A Man Called Destruction
35	Louis Jordan	School Days	Jivin' With Jordan
36	Tom Paxton	What Did You Learn In School Today?	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound

A Century of America's Music