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The Year in Music 1959

December 2, 2023 Dave

Popular culture in 1959 was marked by a dynamic mix of artistic and societal shifts. The music scene was dominated by the rise of rock and roll shaping the sound of the era. It found itself rising above the simple adult contemporary and country sounds of the day. Iconic films such as “Some Like It Hot” and “Ben-Hur” showcased a diverse range of storytelling and cinematic styles and cultural narratives found a place in television, with shows like “The Twilight Zone” captivating audiences with thought-provoking and imaginative storytelling. The boomers were reaching their teen years, the space race was launched and a torch was about to be passed in Washington. Our show today spins the top tracks from each of the pop, country, R&B and rock charts reflecting a year of cultural transition, encapsulating the tension between traditional values and the evolving influences of a changing world. Everyone from Johnny Horton and Marty Robbins to Lloyd Price, The Fleetwoods, and Bobby Darin…all in one two hour show on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
3	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
4	Johnny Horton	When It's Springtime In Alaska	Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1]
5	Bobby Darin	Mack The Knife	As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 2]
6	Bobby Darin	Dream Lover	As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 1]
7	Paul Anka	Lonely Boy	His All Time Greatest Hits – 30th Anniversary Collection
8	Frankie Avalon	Venus	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
9	The Spacemen	The Clouds	Teen Beat 1
10	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	Greatest Hits: The Original ABC-Paramount Recordings
11	Lloyd Price	Personality	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
12	Elvis Presley	(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
13	Bo Diddley	Say Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
14	Ray Charles	What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
15	James Brown	Try Me	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
16	Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
17	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	Definitive Collection: The Drifters [Disc 1]
18	Brook Benton	Its Just A Matter Of Time	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)
19	Lenny Martin & the Orchestra/The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	Doo Wop Box Disc 3
20	Chuck Berry	Back in the U.S.A.	The Chess Box Disc 2
21	Chuck Berry	Almost Grown	The Chess Box Disc 2
22	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	The Brill Building Sound Disc 1
23	Dion & The Belmonts	A Teenager In Love	Greatest Hits
24	The Browns	The Three Bells	Classic Country
25	The Platters	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	All-Time Greatest Hits
26	The Fleetwoods	Come Softly To Me	Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
27	Johnny Mathis	Misty	Your Hit Parade -1959
28	Della Reese	Don't You Know	Solid Gold Soul 1959
29	The Drifters	Dance With Me	The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1]
30	Phil Phillips	Sea Of Love	Heatin' Up
31	Jackie Wilson	That's Why ( I Love You So )	Lonely Teardrops
32	Johnny Cash	I Got Stripes	Songs Of Our Soil
33	Stonewall Jackson	Waterloo	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
34	Brenda Lee	Sweet Nothin4s	Miss Dynamite
35	Ronnie Hawkins	Mary Lou	The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
36	Jim Reeves	Billy Bayou	Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times

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Jump Blues Party

November 18, 2023 Dave

Jump blues was the precursor to rock, emerging in post-war America. You can count Chuck Berry and Little Richard among those who were heavily influenced by jump blues. This lively and rhythmically driven music genre is characterized by the fusion of elements from jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues with a nod to big band. Urban migration led to this blending of musical styles and seemed to foster a faster and more electrified sound. Our show today zeroes in on some of the most influential performers in the realm of jump blues including Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Lucky Millinder, and Jimmy Witherspoon. It’s a Friday morning house party once again on KOWS Community Radio’s Deeper Roots with your host Dave Stroud with some bluesy licks, upbeat tempos and joyful vocals.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Rushing	Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today	Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
3	Bull Moose Jackson	Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
4	Bull Moose Jackson	Keep You're Big Mouth Shut	Bad Man Jackson
5	Wynonie Harris	Wasn't That Good	Lovin' Machine
6	Wynonie Harris	Bloodshot Eyes	Lovin' Machine
7	Amos Milburn	House Party (Tonight)	Amos Milburn Rocks
8	Amos Milburn	Down The Road Apiece	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
9	Amos Milburn	Let's Have A Party	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
10	Johnny Otis	Baby Baby Blues	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
11	Johnny Otis	Good Ole Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 34
12	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Silent George	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
13	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Shorty's Got to Go	Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 4
14	Louis Jordan	Saturday Night Fish Fry	Artist's Choice: Joni Mitchell
15	Louis Jordan	Salt Pork, W. Va.	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
16	Roy Brown, Professor Longhair & Dave Bartholomew	Cadillac Baby	Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B – Disc A
17	Roy Brown, Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It	Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B – Disc C
18	Big Joe Turner	Morning, Noon and Night	Big Joe Rocks
19	Big Joe Turner	Feeling Happy	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
20	T-Bone Walker	Come Back to Me Baby Blues	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
21	T-Bone Walker	Street Walking Woman	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
22	Jimmy Witherspoon	K.C. Loving	The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2]
23	Jimmy Witherspoon	Bar Fly Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
24	Paul Gayten	Music Goes Round And Round	Roots of Rock 'n' Roll – Rough and Rowdy, Vol. 3
25	Paul Gayten	For You My Love	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
26	Dave Bartholomew	Shrimp And Gumbo	1952-1955
27	Tiny Bradshaw	I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
28	Joe Liggins	Going Back To New Orleans	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
29	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
30	Joe Liggins	Rag Mop	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
31	Bill Haley & the Comets	Farewell, So Long, Goodbye	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
32	Louis Jordan	Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
33	Wynonie Harris	Lollipop Mama	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
34	The Treniers	Go! Go! Go!	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie

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Goin’ Home

November 10, 2023 Dave

Our theme of ‘returning home’ explores not just the physical place but also a reflection of our identities, memories, and the tension between the past and the present. Returning to one’s roots is often fraught with challenges and our understanding of home is deeply intertwined with our personal growth and the changing world around us. This week we’ll be pouring through memories and nostalgia to try to find the meaning of home. Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again” introduces characters who yearn for their pasts and the comforts of home, but the reality often falls short of their memories and would serve as a guidepost for our theme today. We’ll share gospel from the Gospel Hummingbirds, classic Americana from John Prine, country tradition from Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, and the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Big Maybelle, and Bruce Springsteen. We’re heading down that road to home in today’s show.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	My Darlin' Hometown	Fair & Square
3	John Fogerty	Goin' Back Home	Eye Of The Zombie
4	Gospel Hummingbirds	I'm Going Home	Taking Flight
5	Bill Kirchen	Somebody's Going Home	Transatlanticana
6	Big Maybelle	Going Home Baby	The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
7	Howlin' Wolf	Going Back Home	Blues From Hell
8	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	I Want To Go Home	Sunny Road
9	Charles Brown	Homesick Blues	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 2]
10	Mickey & Sylvia	I'm Going Home	The Best of King Curtis (1952-1961) (Disc 2)
11	Mississippi John Hurt	Avalon, My Home Town	Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live]
12	Jack Guthrie	Oklahoma Hills	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3]
13	Woody Guthrie	I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore	Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3)
14	Hank Williams	I'm Going Home	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
15	Hazel Dickens	West Virginia, My Home	Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1]
16	Bruce Springsteen	My Oklahoma Home	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
17	Maria Muldaur	My Tennessee Mountain Home	Maria Muldaur
18	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster
19	Jimmy Martin	Homesick	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5]
20	The Louvin Brothers	I'm Ready To Go Home	Satan Is Real
21	Dolly Parton	Tennessee Homesick Blues	I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1
22	Charlie Rich	I Feel Like Going Home	The Silver Fox
23	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Sing Me Back Home (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
24	Randy Newman	Going Home	Bad Love
25	The Charioteers & Frank Sinatra	I've Got A Home In That Rock	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
26	Leon Redbone	I'm Going Home	Up A Lazy River
27	Bobby Bare	Homesick	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
28	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Down The Old Road To Home	Same Train, A Different Time
29	Steve Earle	Hometown Blues	Train a Comin'
30	Ricky Skaggs	Little Cabin Home On The Hills	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics

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Jubilee Theme

November 7, 2023 Dave

It’s theme time on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on Deeper Roots and we’ll take you pretty deep today, exploring songs of jubilation and celebration. Our theme revolves around the term ‘jubilee’ and it’s meaning, at least over the past century. While its etymology is centuries deep, with roots in the Old Testament and the Hebrew word ‘yobhel’ which refers to the ram’s horn which was sounded on the Day of Atonement, there are also the jubilee references to the freeing of slaves well into the 19th century. it speaks to anniversaries, rejoicing, and freedom. We could go much deeper but what better way to celebrate than with music, and there are plenty of Americana examples that tell of jubilees. We’ll hear from country favorites like The Sons of the Pioneers, Tyler Childers, and Joe Maphis alongside early century rhythm jazz and rhythm greats like Dinah Washington, Ivie Anderson, and Benny Goodman in this week’s show. Join us

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roy Clark	Alabama Jubilee	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
3	Benny Carter	Jubilee Program Intro	Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946
4	Benny Carter	Jubilee Jump	Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946
5	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	Jubilee	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
6	Big Joe Turner	Jumpin' At The Jubilee	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2]
7	The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin	Jubilee	I'll Find A Way
8	Dinah Washington	There'll Be a Jubilee (from "In the Land of Hi-Fi")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
9	Helen Humes	Jubilee	He May Be Your Man
10	The Andrews Sisters	There'll Be a Jubilee	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
11	Ivie Anderson	Let's Have a Jubilee	Cocktail Hour
12	Mildred Bailey With Benny Goodman & His V-Disc All Stars	There'll Be A Jubilee	The Women of WW2 [V 4]
13	Ashley Monroe & The Americans	Jubilee	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
14	Kathy Mattea and Friends	Jubilee	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
15	Dave Alvin	Jubilee Train	Romeo's Escape
16	The Blasters	Jubilee Train	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
17	The Devil Makes Three	There'll Be A Jubilee	Redemption & Ruin
18	Riders in the Sky	Cowboy Jubilee	Best of the West
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Cowboy Jubilee	The Lost Masters
20	Sons of the Pioneers	Barnyard Jubilee	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
21	Joe Maphis	Nashville Jubilee	Country Guitar Thunder
22	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Hanna	Bayou Jubilee	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
23	Elizabeth Mitchell Y Daniel Littleton	Jubilee	Putumayo Presents American Folk
24	The War and Treaty	Jubilee	Hearts Town
25	Arkansas Dave	Jubilee	Arkansas Dave
26	Charlie Parr	Jubilee	Charlie Parr
27	Tyler Childers	Jubilee	Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?
28	JD McPherson	Jubilee	Undivided Heart & Soul
29	Carolyn Hester	Swing And Turn Jubilee [Album Version]	Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music)
30	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Jubilee	Out of Sight
31	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	Alabama Jubilee	Chasin' Rainbows
32	Doc Watson	Alabama Jubilee	Good Deal!

Making Believe

October 21, 2023 Dave

Fresh from a couple of weeks away, we’re going for the easy listening, classic pieces from the Great American Songbook. Join Dave Stroud on a dream-laden journey on the waters of the past century of America’s music as he pairs up some of the classic ballads and torch songs from the past. Mostly crooners but there’s plenty of jazz and pop standards to celebrate. We’ll hear pairings from The Mills Brothers and Les Paul & Mary Ford, Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan, Rosemary Clooney and Leon Redbone, Etta James, Billie Holiday, and Peggy Lee. That’s the short list. We’ll hear versions of “Fever”, “Dream”, “Smile”, “April in Paris” and “Autumn Leaves” in a show that reminds us that so many of these pop standards hold up well when put to the test of time. Drop by on a Friday morning where there’s whispering grasses among the autumn leaves here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Peggy Lee	Bali Ha'i	American Beauty
3	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
4	April Stevens	I'm Making Believe	Teach Me Tiger
5	Betty Carter/Ray Charles	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
6	Natalie Cole	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	De-Lovely
7	Tony Bennett	Smile	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 2
8	Nat King Cole	Smile	30 Greatest Hits Disc 1
9	Nat King Cole	Autumn Leaves	Sings For Two In Love (And More)
10	Roger Williams	Autumn Leaves	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
11	Clem Snide	Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	Sweetheart
12	The Ink Spots	I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire	Your Hit Parade – 1941
13	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
14	Ringo Starr	Whispering Grass	Sentimental Journey
15	The Mills Brothers	April In Paris	The Very Best Of The Mills Brothers [Disc 2]
16	Frank Sinatra	April in Paris	Come Fly with Me [Capitol]
17	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	When You're Smiling	When you're smiling
18	Frank Sinatra	When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)	Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More
19	Frank Sinatra	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter	Songs For Young Lovers & Swing Easy!
20	Sarah Vaughan	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)	Great American Songbook
21	Rosemary Clooney	When You Wish Upon A Star	Tenderly
22	Leon Redbone	When You Wish Upon A Star	From Branch To Branch
23	Elvis Presley	Fever	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
24	Peggy Lee	Fever	Kuties And Krooners
25	Dean Martin	Dream	Late at Night with Dean Martin
26	The Pied Pipers	Dream	Dreams From The Sunny Side Of The Street [Disc 1]
27	The Righteous Brothers	Ebb Tide	Lifetime Of Romance: Falling In Love [Disc 1]
28	Lenny Welch	Ebb Tide	Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
29	Etta James	Stormy Weather	At Last!
30	Sarah Vaughan	Stormy Weather	Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2]
31	Les Paul & Mary Ford	My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii	Lovers' Luau
32	The Mills Brothers	My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5
33	Billie Holiday	I'll Be Seeing You	Stealing Beauty

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Silver Screen Country

September 25, 2023 Dave

From those blue shadows on the trail that were only imagined in black and white to the notion of good guys with tall white hats chasing down the bad guys across the expanse of the Alabama Hills where Hollywood carved out a little piece of the West…we’re going to go riding down some musical canyons with some of the great musical cowboys of the silver screen. Fewer of us are around that once followed the serial antics of Gene and Smiley or Roy and Dale on Saturday morning reruns of flickering cowboy ‘mysteries’ where music played a big part of the story. After all, a clean shaven singing cowboy with a scarf, white hat and a twinkle in his eye was much more appealing than what the reality was…I think that’s a safe assumption. Tune in for music from Gene Autry, The Sons of the Pioneers, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter and over a dozen others as Dave Stroud spins the shellacs from the 30s, 40s and 50s…and we might even track down later covers that tip the cap here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Artistry In Western Swing	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
3	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Red River Valley	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
4	Roy Rogers	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
5	Roy Rogers	Roll On Texas Moon	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
6	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
7	Gene Autry	Dust	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
8	Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys	What It Means To Be Blue	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
9	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
10	Johnny Cash	The Rebel Johnny Yuma	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
11	Rex Allen	Ridin' Down the Canyon V-3	Riding All Day
12	Dick Reinhart	Hot Rod Baby	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
13	Dickson Hall	Cowboy	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
14	Johnny Western	Ballad Of Paladin	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
15	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
16	Lorne Greene	Bonanza	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
17	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
18	Gene Autry	Back In The Saddle Again	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
19	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
20	Bob Wills	Dusty Skies	Columbia Historic Edition
21	Pee Wee King	Texas Toni Lee	Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin'
22	Johnny Bond	Ridin' Down To Santa Fe	Southern Belle [Disc 2]
23	Tex Ritter	High Noon	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	James Stewart	The Legend Of Shenandoah	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
25	Rick Nelson	My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin)	Legacy [Disc 1]
26	Marty Robbins	The Hanging Tree	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
27	Gene Autry	Ridin' Down The Canyon	Columbia Historic Edition
28	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 2] – Cool Water)
29	Frankie Laine	Gunfight At O.K. Corral	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
30	Rex Allen	Cowboy's Heaven	Sings Melodies of the Plains
31	Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers	I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
32	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Shadows On the Trail	Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites
33	Marty Robbins	Song Of The Bandit	The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982
34	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Going Back To My Texas Home	Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1
35	Dick Curless	I Ride an Old Paint	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
36	Sara Watkins	Blue Shadows On the Trail (feat. Nickel Creek)	Under the Pepper Tree
37	Colter Wall	I Ride an Old Paint: Leavin' Cheyenne	Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs

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Labor Day 2023

September 3, 2023 Dave

We’ve got a Labor Day collection of songs…songs celebrating working men and women and these are songs of both honor and protest, taking us back to the Great Depression when work was hard to find. We’ll also be celebrating the core fight for organizing…whether you’re fighting for the day-to-day pressure of producing faster and better in front of a computer or you’re steaming lattes for the hurried throngs, you have a right to organize and much of the music we’ll share today reinforces the concept. While unions are demonized with threats of offshoring…you know it will be done either way. Music today will include Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Paul Robeson, Bruce Springsteen and a whole host of others. Tune in on kowsfm.com/listen or download our app.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bing Crosby	Brother Can You Spare A Dime?	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Flokways
4	Pete Seeger	Which Side Are You On?	The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
5	Natalie Merchant	Which Side Are You On?	Coal Country Music
6	The Almanac Singers	Talking Union [Album Version]	The Essential Pete Seeger
7	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
8	Pete Seeger	Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues	An Anthology of Folk Music
9	Woody Guthrie	Union Maid (Excerpt)	Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3)
10	Pete Seeger	Union Maid	The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
11	David, Bill, And Billy Ray Johnson	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad	Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways
12	Bruce Springsteen	We Shall Overcome	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
13	Bobbie McGee	Bread and Roses	Unknown
14	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Hard Times Come Again No More	Songs Of The Civil War
15	Dorsey Dixon	Hard Times In Here	The Best Of The HighTone Years
16	Dorsey Dixon	Hard Times In Here	The Best Of The HighTone Years
17	Nanci Griffith	Hard Times (Come Again No More)	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
18	Mavis Staples	We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
19	Justin Townes Earle	Down In The Valley	Coal Country Music
20	Bob Dylan	Maggie's Farm	The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
21	Tom T. Hall	I'm a Coal Mining Man	Coal Country Music
22	Bruce Springsteen	Pay Me My Money Down	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
23	Bruce Springsteen	Factory	Darkness on the Edge of Town
24	Bruce Springsteen	Youngstown	The Ghost of Tom Joad
25	Pete Seeger	If I Had A Hammer	The Essential Pete Seeger
26	Steve Earle	Steve's Hammer (For Pete)	Washington Square Serenade
27	Valentine Pringle	John Henry	The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 4]
28	Elvis Presley	Big Boss Man	Artist of the Century Disc 2
29	Blind Boy Fuller	Working Man Blues	Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937
30	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	1913 Massacre	Hard Travelin'
31	Woody Guthrie	Farmer-Labor Train	Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3)
32	Randy Newman	Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
33	Randy Newman	Every Man a King	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1

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Two Glasses Joe

August 25, 2023 Dave

We’re heading on over to the Alibi Room, or Red’s Recovery Room, or whatever your local watering hole might be named and we’ll be doing so with the idea that the hair of the dog is what’s in order this Friday morning, recalling if we can the previous night’s bar hop celebrating country music’s favorite songs of cigareets, whiskey and wild wild women. Songs about whiskey and the glasses on the bar where stories and faces go from long to bright as the jukebox fires up. We’ll hear some classic songs from Webb Pierce, George Jones, Roger Miller and Merle Haggard alongside some contemporary sounds from the late Bill Staines, Chris Stapleton, and Dale Watson, all celebrating Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam, and Maker’s Mark…alongside a little bit of scotch and rye…neat or on the rocks. The honky tonk joints we’ll visit will likely have sawdust on the floor and a well-worn bar. Tune for the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cal Smith	The Lord Knows I'm Drinking	20 Hits
3	Ernest Tubb	Two Glasses Joe	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
4	[dialogue]	…People Condemn Whiskey…	Heartworn Highways
5	Johnny Bush	Whiskey River	Country USA 1972
6	Dale Watson	Whiskey or God	Blackjack
7	Merle Haggard	The Bottle Let Me Down	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
8	Bill Staines	Rye Whiskey Joe	Just Play One Tune More
9	Misisipi Mike Wolf	Whiskey Warm and Mellow	The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
10	Marty Stuart/Travis Tritt	The Whiskey Ain't Workin'	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
11	Willie Nelson	Whiskey River	Shotgun Willie
12	Chris Stapleton	Tennessee Whiskey	Traveller
13	Tex Ritter	Rye Whiskey	High Noon
14	Merle Haggard	I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink	20 Hits
15	Webb Pierce	There Stands The Glass	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
16	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Whiskey in the Jar	Shady Grove
17	Blue Mountain	Little Stream Of Whiskey	Roots
18	Osborne Brothers	Hey Hey Bartender	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
19	Dale Watson	Hair Of The Dog	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
20	Dale Watson	Wine Don't Lie	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
21	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
22	Hank Thompson	Scotch And Soda	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
23	George Jones	Tennessee Whiskey	Legendary Country Singers
24	Hayes Carll	Knockin' Over Whiskeys	Trouble In Mind
25	The Bootleg Honeys	Little Whiskey	Paint It Red
26	Emmylou Harris	Bottle Let Me Down	Pieces Of The Sky
27	Joe Ely	Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn	New Country January 1995
28	Red Ingle & His Natural Seven	Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
29	Jerry Lee Lewis	It Was The Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)	A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
30	David Luning	Whiskey Bottle	Just Drop On By
31	Hank Williams Jr.	Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound	Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
33	Chris Stapleton	Whiskey Sunrise	Starting Over

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

Hair’s On Fire

August 23, 2023 Dave

It’s summer and what better time to roll out the scorchers; vocals with an emphasis on big beats, screamin’ guitars and performances that sweat quite profusely in the noonday sun. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be digging through the archives of early rock, rhythm & blues and rockabilly for some tumultuous and head-splitting numbers from the past. Songs that woke up the neighbors if only played at a moderate level and woe be the terrified fifties’ parents when they heard the hi-fi blaring these songs from the youngster’s room. We’ve put together a collection of wildcat tamers, killer dillers, and not a bit of filler in the show today that will leave you breathless. Among those sparking the fuel that could set the hair on fire are Tarheel Slim, Jimmy Breedlove, Chan Romero, Big Mama Thornton, and the one and only Richard Penniman. Tune in for another Friday morning collection of the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chan Romero	The Hippy Hippy Shake	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Jimmy Lloyd	I Got A Rocket In My Pocket	Rocket In My Pocket
4	Dale Hawkins	Wildcat Tamer	Wildcat Tamer
5	Art Wood	Hey Jibbo	60 Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection
6	Jimmy Breedlove	Killer Diller	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 9]
7	Tarheel Slim	Number 9 Train	The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011]
8	Tarheel Slim & Little Ann	Can't Stay Away From You (W. Little Ann)	The Robin & Fire Years
9	Little Richard	Lucille	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
10	Little Richard	Good Golly Miss Molly	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
11	Little Richard	Rip It Up	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
12	Big Mama Thornton	They Call Me Big Mama	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
13	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
14	Elvis Presley	My Baby Left Me	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
15	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Rocket In My Pocket
16	Gene Vincent	Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me	The Screaming End: The Best Of Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
17	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
18	Billy Lee Riley	Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll	Sun Rockabilly Meltdown [Disc 2]
19	Johnny Burnette	Rock Billy Boogie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
20	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A Rollin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
21	Freddy Cannon	Tallahassee Lassie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
22	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Frenzy	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
23	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put A Spell On You	Heatin' Up
24	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Workin' (But It Just Won't Work On You)	Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
25	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
26	Wynonie Harris	Lovin' Machine	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
27	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
28	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
29	Buster Brown	Raise A Ruckus Tonight	Rhythm & Western Volume 7 – Jambalaya
30	The Midnighters	Sexy Ways	60 Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection
31	Dorothy Ellis	Drill Daddy, Drill	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
32	LaVern Baker	Voodoo Voodoo	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
33	Keely Smith/Louis Prima/Sam Butera & the Witnesses	Jump, Jive, An' Wail	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
34	Ronnie Dee	Action Packed	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
35	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls Of Fire	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour – Best Of The Second Series
36	Gene Vincent	Race With the Devil	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
37	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
38	Larry Williams	Bony Maronie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
39	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3

African American Gospel, Americana, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Theme Time

Saved!

August 13, 2023 Dave

We go back to the church for a rousing celebration for the converted and soon-to-be-faithful. That’s right, we’re in the pews and joining in the hymnal, at least for this two hours, as Sunday morning forgiveness will always follow Saturday night’s sinner’s baptismal. We’re going to hear the echoes of the past century’s gospel songs with a general theme of being saved and born again…and there is certainly plenty to go around whether that’s southern Baptist, Appalachian harmonies or classic African American celebratory gospel. We’ve got it this morning including The Dixie Hummingbirds, Hank Williams, Carl Story, Lonnie Farris, and some contemporary selections from Shannon McNally, Bob Dylan and Solomon Burke. Let’s join in, you the faithful congregation of Deeper Roots from the past century of America’s music, for two hours celebrating that incredible wellspring of gospel sounds.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	LaVern Baker	Saved	Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
3	The Mighty Clouds Of Joy	Saved [Album Version]	Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
4	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
5	The Dixie Hummingbirds	You Don't Have Nothing	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
6	The Dixie Hummingbirds	I've Been Born Again	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
7	The Original Gospel Harmonettes	Get Away Jordan	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
8	The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi	Soul You Save	I'll Make It Alright
9	Nina Simone	Save Me	Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
10	Louis Armstrong	I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music	Rhythm Saved The World
11	Rev. Lonnie Farris	I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me	Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
12	The Staple Singers	Somebody Saved Me	Uncloudy Day
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Just Wanna See His Face	Spirit Of The Century
14	Marty Stuart	Somebody Saved Me	Souls' Chapel
15	Carl Story	God Saved My Soul	1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
16	Wilburn Brothers	Don't Go Home Unsaved	1962-1963 (Warped 6302)
17	Hank Williams	Wealth Won't Save Your Soul	I Saw The Light
18	Buck Owens	Jesus Saved Me	Dust On Mother's Bible
19	Brenda Lee	Saved	Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2
20	Bobby Charles	Save Me, Jesus (mono single version)	Bobby Charles
21	Solomon Burke	Wealth Won't Save Your Soul	Make Do With What You Got
22	Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez	Him Who Saved Me	The New Bye & Bye
23	Bob Dylan	Saved	Saved
24	Eugene Smith	Saved	The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
25	Shannon McNally	Save Me Jesus	Small Town Talk
26	The Staple Singers	Good News	Uncloudy Day
27	The Band	Saved	Moondog Matinee
28	Aretha Franklin	Save Me	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Five Blind Boys of Mississippi	Save a Seat for Me	20th Century Masters – The Best Of

A Century of America's Music