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Rhythm & Blues Jezebels

May 12, 2023 Dave

Wild and sassy sounds from the archives of 40s and 50s rhythm & blues featuring some of the female dynamos of the genre coming your way on a Friday morning here on Deeper Roots. We’ll be featuring some great performances from the catalog of Jubilee Records (those Jubilee Jezebels) and a host of peers including some early scorchers from Little Sylvia (Robinson), Big Maybelle, Viola Watkins, Fay Simmons, and Ruth Brown. For the first three or four decades of the recorded blues and jazz, women played a major part in black music’s popularity and there was a resurgent ‘boom’ post-war that played a bigger part than we imagined in that tidal wave of wild rhythm beat that would become rock and soul. These are some classic tracks that don’t always get the attention they deserve…but they will here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning on KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happen Every Day	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
3	Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells)	Sweet Man	Blues Women
4	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
5	The Enchanters	Boogie Woogie Daddy	Jubilee Jezebels
6	Enchanters	Housewife Blues	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
7	Jeanne Gayle	Bim Bam Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
8	Little Sylvia	Drive Daddy Drive	Jubilee Jezebels
9	Little Sylvia	Everything I Need But You	Jubilee Jezebels
10	Little Sylvia	Ain't Gonna Do It	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
11	Viola Watkins	It Must Be Love	Jubilee Jezebels
12	Viola Watkins	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
13	Viola Watkins	Really Real	Jubilee Jezebels
14	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr Percy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
15	Mabel Scott	Mr Fine	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
16	LaVern Baker	Voodoo Voodoo	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
17	Edna McGriff	Oh Little Daddy	Stompin' 34
18	Edna McGriff	I'll Surrender Anytime	Jubilee Jezebels
19	Edna McGriff & The Tomcats	Mambo Baby	Rumba Gone Mambo
20	Big Maybelle	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
21	Big Maybelle	Ring Dang Dilly	The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
22	Big Maybelle	Hair Dressin' Women	ABC Of The Blues Vol 29
23	Ruth Brown	Smooth Operator	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
24	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
25	Fay Simmons	Ella Weaver	Dapper Dan
26	Fay Simmons	Hangin' Around	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
27	Patti Jerome	No Mama, No Papa	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
28	Linda Hopkins	Rock And Roll Blues	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
29	Carol Fran	Knock Knock	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
30	Carol Fran	I'm Gonna Try	Cat Scratchin'
31	Carole Fran	You Can't Stop Me	Jubilee Jezebels
32	Marie Knight	Grasshopper Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
34	Dolly Cooper	Tell Me, Tell Me	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
35	Ella Mae Morse	How Can You Leave A Man Like This?	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
36	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama	From The Ghetto

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Payday Saturday Night

April 29, 2023 Dave

The pickins are thin until payday rolls around. Money is short and there’s none to spare. Although we’ve been wanting to save for a rainy day, the cupboards still need fillin’ and we also need enough to have some fun. If that eagle flies on Friday then Saturday night is when the time is right. This week we’ll be banking on that combined theme of payday, money and taxes. Belly up to the barroom country sounds of Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell and The Sons of the Pioneers and then find some rhythm and blues with The Fiestas, The Harlem Hamfats, Bobby Charles and Dom Flemons. It’s all about cashing out every couple of weeks and spreading thin with savings being thinner. We’ve got greenbacks, dollar down payments, songs about payday, the taxman and that almighty dollar to remind us that, as Peter Case points out, that “there’s two kinds of justice everybody knows, one for folks up on the hill and one for the others down below”.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Zeke Clements	Payday Saturday Night	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
3	The Sons Of The Pioneers	When Payday Rolls Around	Symphonies Of The Sage
4	Lefty Frizzell	When Payday Comes Around	1950-1951 (Warped 5061)
5	Faron Young	I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2)
6	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	Very Best of: 1958 – 1962
7	Dan Hicks	Payday Blues [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
8	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
9	The Fiestas	Dollar Bill (stereo)	Oh So Fine (Ace)
10	Hank Penny	Taxes, Taxes	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
11	Johnny Cash	After Taxes	I Would Like to See You Again
12	Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely's Trio	I Paid My Income Tax Today	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
13	The Harlem Hamfats	Sales Tax On It	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
14	Stan Farlow	1040 Blues	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
15	Mississippi John Hurt	Payday	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
16	Lucious Curtis	Payday	Deep River of Song: Mississippi – Blues Lineage
17	Bobby Charles	Nickles, Dimes and Dollars	Timeless
18	The Limeliters	A Dollar Down	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
19	Oscar Brand	A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore	A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3
20	Freddie Hart And The Heartbeats	That Almighty Dollar	Age of WorryFrom Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 19601970
21	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
22	Aloe Blacc	I Need A Dollar	I Need A Dollar
23	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
24	Roomful Of Blues	Money Talks	Dressed Up To Get Messed Up
25	Dom Flemons	Big Money Blues	Traveling Wildfire
26	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	For The Love Of Money	If You Don't Know Me By Now
27	The Lovin' Spoonful	Money	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
28	Sierra Ferrell	Silver Dollar	Long Time Coming
29	Van Morrison	Greenback Dollar	Moving On Skiffle
30	The Kingston Trio	Greenback Dollar	Capitol Collector's Series
31	Randy Newman	It's Money That Matters	Land of Dreams
32	Mel Blanc	Money	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
33	Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis	The Money Song	Cocktail Hour Disc 1

Georgia Peaches

April 2, 2023 Dave

This week’s show takes us across the landscape of the state of Georgia and then reminisces about ladies that share her name. No genre is off limits and no era too far in the past is excluded in this latest Deeper Roots show that takes on a theme. We’re also hoping that the will of the people is not interfered with in a state that’s struggling to awaken; a lumbering giant of democracy still haunted (and celebrated at the highest levels) by plantation politics. Our music this week will feature some tradition from Georgia’s own Jake Xerxes Fussell, country tunes from Lefty Frizzell and Charley Crockett, jazz from Nina Simone and Joe Venuti, and we’ll visit a Georgia Camp Meeting and One More Sunday in Savannah. Tune in for a collection of tunes about a state of mind and some fine women who share the name of a southern state where peaches and a darker past prosper. Tune in on Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
3	The Mills Brothers	That's Georgia	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
4	The Boswell Sisters	The Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
5	The Andrews Sisters	Atlanta G.A.	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 3]
6	Kacey Musgraves	When It's Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia	Wanted: One Good Cowboy
7	Waylon Jennings	Cedartown, Georgia	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
8	Charley Crockett	All the Way from Atlanta	The Man from Waco
9	Ryan Bingham	Long Way from Georgia	Mescalito
10	Tony Joe White	Rainy Night in Georgia	Collected [CD1]
11	Joan Osborne	Midnight Train to Georgia	Breakfast In Bed
12	Art Kahn's Orchestra v. Chick Bullock	Two Tickets To Georgia	Victor Young & Brunswick Studio Orchestra (1932-1934)
13	Nina Simone	One More Sunday In Savannah	The Tomato Collection [Disc 1]
14	Little Feat	Oh, Atlanta	Feats Don't Fail Me Now
15	Alison Krauss	Oh, Atlanta	Now That I've Found You
16	Dirty Cello	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	By Request
17	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
18	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Georgia Buck	Jake Xerxes Fussell
19	Johnny Gimble	Sweet Georgia Brown (Featuring Merle Haggard)	Celebrating With Friends
20	Mac Wiseman	The Georgia Mail	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
21	Boz Scaggs	Georgia	Silk Degrees
22	Charley Crockett	Help Me Georgia	Lonesome As A Shadow
23	Duke Robillard	Sweet Georgia Brown	After Hours Swing Sessions
24	Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang	Georgia On My Mind	The Best Of Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang
25	Justin Townes Earle	South Georgia Sugar Babe	The Good Life
26	Robbie Fulks	Georgia Hard	Georgia Hard
27	Iris DeMent	Waycross Georgia	Workin' On A World
28	Hank Penny	Tell Me All About Georgia	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
29	Eartha Kitt	Atlanta Blues	The RCA Recordings 1953-1958
30	Five Red Caps	Atlanta G.A.	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)

Drive In Music

March 18, 2023 Dave

Memories of summer nights where the aroma of popcorn, car exhaust and nature fused as the car windows steamed up and the tin can speaker sounds synchronized with the silver screen…at the drive in movie. For the decades of the fifties, sixties, and seventies you could bring a car load of friends and find your spot across the little hills that pointed you skyward towards the glow of a billboard of dreams. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll visit some performances that include on-screen legends as well as legends that tried to make music outside of their lane. Some that we’ll hear from succeeded and some…well…went back to their day job. Tune in for music from Robert Mitchum, Bette Davis, Jack Webb, Marilyn Monroe, and a couple dozen others on a fun little romp on another Friday episode of Deeper Roots on KOWS 92.5 FM.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
3	Ray Davies	Oklahoma U.S.A.	Our Country: Americana Act II
4	Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae	Oklahoma	Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
5	Robert Preston & Company	Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
6	Lucille Ball/Bea Arthur	Bosom Buddies – Mame	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
7	Kirk Douglas	And The Moon Grew Brighter	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
8	James Stewart	The Legend Of Shenandoah	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
9	Robert Mitchum	Ballad of Thunder Road	That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings
10	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin' Star	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
11	Bill Hayes	Message from James Dean	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3
12	Varetta Dillard	I Miss You Jimmy (Tribute to James Dean)	Got You On My Mind
13	Eagles	James Dean	The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
14	Dooley Wilson	As Time Goes By – from Casablanca	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
15	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
16	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
17	Jack Webb	Try a Little Tenderness	Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off!
18	Clint Eastwood	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive	Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
19	Gene Pitney	(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance	Anthology: 1961-1968
20	Tony Perkins	Moonlight Swim (Bonus Track)	On a Rainy Afternoon
21	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
22	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
23	Elvis Presley	Wooden Heart	G.I. Blues
24	Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
25	Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan	Get Along Home, Cindy	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
26	Fess Parker	Ballad Of Davy Crockett	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
27	James Stewart	You Can`t Get Far Without A Railroad	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
28	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
29	Dean Martin	King Of The Five Card Stud	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
30	Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons	King Tut	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 2]
31	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain	Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
32	Garland Jeffreys	35 Millimeter Dreams	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rockabilly, Theme Time

Streets of Bakersfield

March 6, 2023 Dave

It was Nashville West but with a decidedly more amount of midwestern flavoring. Bakersfield was the terminus of most of the migrant traffic from the dust bowl where the hope for a better life was not always fulfilled. So many landed square on the Central Valley and for those who grew up it became a whirlwind post-war prosperity that was familiar: oil drilling, agriculture, almond orchards, cattle raising, and a transportation industry to support it. Those who were raised on country swing and the classic country sounds coming out of Nashville were lucky given Bakersfield’s proximity to the studios of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We’ll hear from many of them, digging into the early years of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart and a host of other performers who made that blend of rough country, trucking songs, and honky-tonk swing what it would become.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
3	Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys	Have I Got A Chance With You	Swingbillies
4	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
5	Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky	A Dear John Letter	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
6	Bud Hobbs	Louisiana Swing	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
7	Billy Mize	Who Will Buy the Wine	Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me	Maddox Brothers & Rose
9	Alvadean Coker	We're Gonna Bop	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
10	Tommy Collins	What'cha Gonna Do Now?	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
11	Ferlin Husky	I Feel Better All Over	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Bill Carter	I Wanna Feel Good	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
15	Johnny Bond	Three Or Four Nights	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Herb Henson	Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
17	Wynn Stewart	Playboy	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
18	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
19	Buck Owens	The Key's In The Mailbox	Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
20	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
21	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
22	Ferlin Husky	Six Days on the Road	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
23	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
24	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
25	Bonnie Owens	Just for the Children's Sake	Warped 6534 – Bonnie Owens – 1964 – 1966
26	Bobby Austin	Apartment #9	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
27	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
28	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
29	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
30	Abe Mulkey	Packed Up And Shoved Off	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
31	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
32	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
33	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
34	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
35	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield [With Dwight Yoakam]	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
36	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly

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Songs of Harlan Howard

February 5, 2023 Dave

Harlan Howard is said to have coined the term “three chords and the truth”. He’s also the guy that gave Willie Nelson his first job as a songwriter after the two met up at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville in 1960. Harlan was a well-established songwriter in Nashville by then and would go on to become one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation, having penned over 4,000 songs. To lead off next month’s release of Willie Nelson’s 73rd solo album, a tribute to Howard called “I Don’t Know A Thing About Love”, Deeper Roots will share a small sampling of Harlan Howard’s music. Songs that played a big part in defining the Golden Age of Country Music featuring the likes of Waylon Jennings, Skeeter Davis, Jan Howard, Buck Owens, and Patsy Cline. We’ll also hear a couple of Harlan’s own performances as well. Friday morning country on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Porter Wagoner	Harlan Howard Medley	1964-1965 (Warped 6508)
3	The Collins Kids	Soda Poppin' Around	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
4	Al Brumley	Someone's Gonna Get Hurt	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
5	Herb Henson	Up the Path and in My Door	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
6	Wanda Jackson	Just A Queen For A Day	Wanda Jackson
7	Buck Owens	Above and Beyond	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
8	Ray Price	Heartaches By The Number	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
9	Harlan Howard	Be Just a Little Meaner	1959-1963
10	Harlan Howard	She Called Me Baby	1959-1963
11	Patsy Cline	He Called Me Baby	The Patsy Cline Collection
12	Patsy Cline	I Fall to Pieces	12 Greatest Hits
13	Patsy Cline	When I Get Thru With You (You'll Love Me Too)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
14	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up on Your Way Down	1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
15	Kay Starr	Foolin' Around	Capitol Collectors Series
16	The Kingston Trio	Everglades	Capitol Collector's Series
17	Skeeter Davis	Where I Ought To Be	The Essential Skeeter Davis
18	George Jones	You Comb Her Hair	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
19	Patsy Cline	That's How A Heartache Begins	The Patsy Cline Collection
20	Waylon Jennings	The Chokin' Kind	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
21	Nanci Griffith	The Streets of Baltimore (feat. John Prine)	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
22	Emmylou Harris/George Jones	All Fall Down	Friends in High Places
23	Willie Nelson	Busted	I Don't Know A Thing About Love
24	Ray Charles	Busted	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
25	Lefty Frizzell	She's Gone, Gone, Gone	Look What Thoughts Will Do
26	Jan Howard	Evil on Your Mind	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
27	Waylon Jennings	What Makes a Man Wander	Folk Country
28	The Time Jumpers	Someone Had To Teach You	The Time Jumpers
29	Candi Staton	He Called Me Baby	Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
30	Rosanne Cash Featuring Elvis Costello	Heartaches By The Number (Feat. Elvis Costello)	The List
31	The Mavericks	Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)	From Hell to Paradise
32	Rodney Crowell	Above And Beyond (The Call Of Love)	Playlist: The Very Best Of Rodney Crowell
33	Connie Smith	I Don't Believe That's How You Feel	Long Line of Heartaches
34	The Mavericks	Ain't Found Nobody	What a Crying Shame

Trippin’ On The Instrumentals

February 3, 2023 Dave

We’re going silent today. Vocals-wise, anyway. Tune in Friday morning for the best rock instrumentals from the late fifties through the sixties as we journey through a slick set of the very best from Santo and Johnny to Mason Williams with our core focus being on the wild chart sounds of Duane Eddy, Sandy Nelson, The Tornados, Link Wray and more teen beat, pop and rock favorites from a particularly fertile time for rock n’ roll. Whether they were riffing on classic sounds of the past or blasting off into the outer stratosphere with sounds of space and surf, the instrumentals peppered the charts with themes for the time, owing more to roots than we appreciate. Join the fun on KOWS’ Friday mornings at 9 Pacific on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bill Justis	Raunchy	Teen Beat Volume 4
3	Chuck Berry	Deep Feeling (Instrumental)	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
4	Perez Prado Orchestra	Patricia	Teen Beat 2
5	The Champs	Tequila	Teen Beat 1
6	The Champs	El Rancho Rock	Teen Beat 2
7	Link Wray & The Wraymen	Rumble	Rumble! The Best Of Link Wray
8	Santo & Johnny	Sleep Walk	Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S
9	The Viscounts	Harlem Nocturne	Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S
10	Duane Eddy	Rebel-'Rouser	Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S
11	Bill Black's Combo	Smokie Pt 1	Teen Beat Volume 4
12	Preston Epps	Bongo Rock	Teen Beat 1
13	Sandy Nelson	Teen Beat	Teen Beat 1
14	Chet Atkins	Boo Boo Stick Beat	Teen Beat 2
15	The Tornados	Telstar	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
16	The String-A-Longs	Wheels	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
17	Jorgen Ingmann	Apache	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
18	B. Bumble & the Stingers	Bumble Boogie	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
19	Dave "Baby" Cortez	Rinky Dink	Teen Beat Volume 4
20	King Curtis & The Noble Knights	Soul Twist	Teen Beat 2
21	The Rockin' Rebels	Wild Weekend	Teen Beat 1
22	Routers	Let's Go (Pony)	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
23	Sandy Nelson	…And Then There Were Drums	Their Greatest Misses
24	Booker T. & The MG's	Green Onions	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
25	Mongo Santamarma Orchestra	Watermelon Man	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
26	The Centurians	Bullwinkle Pt 2	Teen Beat Volume 4
27	Lonnie Mack	Memphis	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
28	King Curtis	Soul Serenade	Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
29	The T-Bones	No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
30	Ramsey Lewis Trio	The "In" Crowd	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
31	Herb Alpert	The Work Song	Definitive Hits
32	Young-Holt Trio	Wack Wack	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
33	Booker T. & The MG's	Hip Hug-Her	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
34	Cannonball Adderley	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
35	Young-Holt Unlimited	Soulful Strut	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
36	Hugh Masekela	Grazing In The Grass	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
37	Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
38	Mason Williams	Classical Gas	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2

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

Sinner’s Playground

January 21, 2023 Dave

The landscape this morning is smothered in ominous clouds as the music we have for you features the gospel beat with a blend of suggestive celebratory, suspicious, and devil-may-care songs. We’ve got the fire and brimstone bible-thumping sounds of Brother Claude Ely, some classic gospel warnings from The Golden Gate Quartet, a pastiche of British Clerkenwell nuggets from The Real Tuesday Weld, The Weavers, Lonnie Johnson, and a whole lot more. An eclectic blend of songs of Satan, dark nights, and sinner’s bemoaning their dirty little religion on another Friday morning collection of sounds on Deeper Roots. Tune in. The ground is saturated with blues, gospel, country, and even some hillbillies from hell…just for you.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Harry James & His Orchestra/Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest/Dalton Rizzotto & Orchestra	The Devil Sat Down And Cried	Best Of The Big Bands
3	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
4	Warren Zevon	Dirty Little Religion	Life'll Kill Ya
5	Kane Welch Kaplin	Satan's Paradise	Lost John Dean
6	Johnny Cash	Rusty Cage	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American
7	Lonnie Johnson	Devil's Got The Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
8	Bob Brozman	Devil's Slide	Devil's Slide
9	The Real Tuesday Weld	It's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It	I, Lucifer
10	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Changes	The Great Gospel Women Vol. 2
11	The Real Tuesday Weld	The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid	I, Lucifer
12	The Gospeleers	The Devil's Gonna Get You	Black Vocal Groups Vol. 5 (1923-1941)
13	Brother Claude Ely	Farther On	Satan Get Back
14	Steve Earle	Devil's Right Hand	Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2)
15	Uncle Tupelo	Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down	March 16-20, 1992
16	The Louvin Brothers	Satan And The Saint	The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks
17	Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws	Dance Of The Dodo Bird	The Best Of Western Swing
18	Chiwetel Ejiofor	I Want To Be Evil (Original Version)	Kinky Boots
19	The Robins	That Old Black Magic	Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
20	The Swan Silvertones	Sinner Man	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
21	The Weavers	Sinner Man	Traveling on With The Weavers
22	The Harmonizing Four	Oh Sinner	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
23	Jesse Winchester	Evil Angel	Gentleman Of Leisure
24	Calexico	Sinner in the Sea	Algiers
25	Jimmy Minor	Satan's Chauffeur	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26	Rusty Dean	Sinner Beware	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
27	Fern Jones	This World Is Not My Home	The Glory Road
28	Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette	Sinner's Crossroads	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
29	The Flamingos	The Sinner (El Pecador)	Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of
30	Daniel Lanois	Sleeping in the Devil's Bed	For the Beauty of Wynona
31	C.W. Stoneking	We Gon' Boogaloo	Gon' Boogaloo
32	The Real Tuesday Weld	(Still) Terminally Ambivalent Over You	I, Lucifer
33	Howlin' Wolf	Evil	Chess Blues Disc 2
34	Freddie & The Hitch Hikers	Sinners	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Modern Americana, Oldies, Theme Time

Classic Country Covers

January 14, 2023 Dave

It may be Friday the 13th, but we won’t be bothered with the superstitious. Instead, we’ll go with traditional and popular country nuggets as our topics with some couplings of contemporary and vintage. We’ve gathered a collection of modern country covers from the likes of Rosanne Cash, Solitaire Miles, Charley Crockett, Chuck Mead and others and we’ll be coupling them up with originals and favorites from the distant past. Merle Travis, Red Foley, Hank Williams, and The Louvin Brothers take the stage from a dream-filled past. We’re celebrating country classics from fifties, sixties and seventies and having fun doing it while kicking back. You don’t need to be wearing pretentious boots and hats to appreciate the easy sway of classic country … you just need to close your eyes and appreciate the performances … well, unless you’re driving.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Band	Long Black Veil	Music From Big Pink
3	Rosanne Cash Featuring Jeff Tweedy	Long Black Veil (Feat. Jeff Tweedy)	The List
4	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
5	Johnny Bond	Goodbye Old Paint	Standard Transcriptions
6	Pharis and Jason Romero	Goodbye Old Paint	A Wanderer I'll Stay
7	McKinley James	Who Will The Next Fool Be	Who Will The Next Fool Be (Single)
8	Charlie Rich	Who Will the Next Fool Be	Sun Ballads 1953-62
9	Johnny Cash	We Must Believe In Magic	The Adventures Of Johnny Cash
10	Matt Urmy	We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement)	Out of the Ashes
11	The Malpass Brothers	Hello Walls	The Malpass Brothers
12	Willie Nelson	Hello Walls	Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS
13	Henson Cargill	Skip a Rope	Skip a Rope
14	Charley Crockett	Skip A Rope	Music City USA
15	Kevin Russell	Are You Teasing Me	Plain Dirt Fashion
16	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Capitol Country Music Classics
17	Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys	Anytime	Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
18	Chuck Mead	Anytime	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
19	Dirty Cello	Sixteen Tons	I May Not Be Perfect
20	Merle Travis	Sixteen Tons	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
21	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra feat. Tex Williams	Crazy 'Cause I Love You	That's What I Like About The West
22	Solitaire Miles	Crazy Cause I Love You	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
23	Whitney Rose	There's A Tear In My Beer	Heartbreaker of the Year
24	Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.	There's A Tear In My Beer	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
25	Solitaire Miles	I Hear You Talkin'	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
26	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	I Hear You Talkin'	The Tiffany Transcriptions Volume 1
27	Hank Williams	You're Gonna Change	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11
28	Tom Petty	You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
29	Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Back At The Quonset Hut
30	Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood
31	Red Foley	Tennessee Border	Tennessee Saturday Night
32	Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys	Tennessee Border	Back At The Quonset Hut
33	BR5-49	The Price of Love	This Is BR549
34	The Everly Brothers	The Price of Love	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2

Who We Lost 2022

January 1, 2023 Dave

The river of time flows on as our sturdy yet terminal transport is like any raft, a fragile one as our bindings become untethered. Let’s tip our hats and remember those who, over the past century, have contributed to American culture. This morning’s show is about the performers, the songwriters, the session musicians, and those behind the scenes who made a lasting contribution. We thank them as 2022 comes to a close. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our final Deeper Roots show of 2022, as we look ahead to the new year that is filled with so much promise.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robert Gordon	The Way I Walk	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
3	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	Rave On: The Coral Story
4	Little Richard	Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE)	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
5	Ronnie Hawkins	Wild Little Willy	Ronnie Hawkins
6	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls Of Fire	30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4
7	Sandy Nelson	&And Then There Were Drums	Their Greatest Misses
8	Loretta Lynn	The Pill	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
9	The Judds	Why Not Me	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
10	Jody Miller	Queen Of The House	All-Time Country Hits 1
11	C.W. McCall	Convoy	Super Hits Of The '70s – Have A Nice Day, Vol. 15
12	Mickey Gilley	Room Full Of Roses	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
13	Bill Staines	Rompin' Rovin' Days	Journey Home
14	Bobbie Nelson	Death Ray Boogie	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
15	The Ronettes	Be My Baby	The Best of the Ronettes
16	Bobby Rydell	Forget Him	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967
17	Adam Wade	The Writing On The Wall	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
18	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
19	The Ventures	Perfidia	Teen Beat, Volume 3
20	Brian Hyland	Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini	Another Banana Split, please
21	Dwayne Hickman	Don't Send a Rabbit	Great Googly Moo: Silly Songs from the American Charts
22	Robert Morse	I Believe In You	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
23	The Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy? (SUSAN JACKS)	Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s
24	The Spinners	I'll Be Around	One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1
25	The Seekers	I'll Never Find Another You	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
26	Mary McCaslin	Last Cannonball	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
27	Paul Siebel	Louise	Woodsmoke and Oranges
28	Kelly Joe Phelps	Lead Me On	Lead Me On
29	Judy Henske	High Flying Bird	Troubadours Of The Folk Era Volume Two (Rhino)
30	The Green Fields of America	Down By the Tanyard Side (SONG)	The Green Fields of America
31	The Young Rascals	Good Lovin' (DINO DANELLI)	Red, White & Rock Disc 3
32	Syl Johnson	I Resign From Your Love	Welcome To The Club
33	The Isley Brothers	This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
34	Mable John	Your Good Thing (Is About To End)	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
35	Betty Davis	Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him	Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23
36	Ramsey Lewis Trio	Wade In The Water	The Greatest Hits
37	The Blues Project	Lost In The Shuffle	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story
38	Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band	Mercedes Benz	Pearl
39	Fleetwood Mac	Everywhere	Greatest Hits [Reprise]
40	Olivia Newton-John	Hopelessly Devoted To You	Grease
41	Irene Cara	Fame	Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980
42	Meat Loaf	Paradise by the Dashboard Light	Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 2
43	Procol Harum	Whiter Shade of Pale	The Big Chill
44	Julee Cruise	Floating	Floating into the Night

A Century of America's Music