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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

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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

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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

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The Year in Americana 2022

December 10, 2022 Dave

This week’s show looks back at the year 2022 with a focus on the umbrella genre known as Americana. We’ll be digging deep into the releases that mattered last year, sharing some of the fresh new releases that made an impression. There are the singer/songwriters, the old hands with fresh perspectives, as well as those who have taken tradition and dressed it up fresh for the party. We’ll hear tracks from some of the very best albums of the year, including a few off the beaten one. Some great sounds coming your way from Aoife O’Donovan, The Black Keys, Tami Neilson, and Hurray for the Riff Raff. Pour yourself a cup of your favorite fresh brew, put on the headphones, and find yourself some new favorites from under that big tent they call ‘Americana’ on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Courtney Marie Andrews	These Are The Good Old Days	Loose Future
3	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Frolic	Good and Green Again
4	Neko Case	Hold On, Hold On	Wild Creatures
5	John Craigie	Distance	Mermaid Salt
6	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Nightqueen	Life On Earth
7	Eliza Gilkyson	Don't Stop Lovin' Me	Songs From the River Wind
8	Tami Neilson feat. Willie Nelson	Beyond The Stars	Kingmaker
9	Mary Gauthier	Fall Apart World	Dark Enough to See the Stars
10	Calexico	El Mirador	El Mirador
11	Aoife O'Donovan	Prodigal Daughter	Age of Apathy
12	Father John Misty	Goodbye Mr. Blue	Chlok and the Next 20th Century
13	Tommy McLain	Somebody (Radio Edit)	I Ran Down Every Dream
14	Leeroy Stagger	Does Anybody Live Here?	Dystopian Weekends
15	Dr. John	End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville	Things Happen That Way
16	The Cactus Blossoms	Ballad of an Unknown	One Day
17	Charley Crockett	I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
18	Charley Crockett	The Man from Waco	The Man from Waco
19	Angel Olsen & Sturgill Simpson	Big Time	Big Time
20	Melissa Carper	Hit or Miss	Ramblin' Soul
21	Jake Blount	Didn't It Rain	The New Faith
22	Tyler Childers	Way of the Triune God	Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?
23	David Quinn	Cornbread and Chili	Country Fresh
24	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Can't Let Go	Raise The Roof
25	The Black Keys	It Ain't Over	Dropout Boogie
26	Willi Carlisle	Vanlife (Radio Edit)	Peculiar, Missouri
27	Miko Marks The Resurrectors	Trouble	Feel Like Going Home

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Wild in the Streets

December 4, 2022 Dave

December’s arrived and we’re going to get ourselves warmed up for the Hot Stove League, New Year’s Eve, football playoffs, reindeer on the roof and all the rest of it. But our show today will take on a common thread: songs about ‘the street’ or streets or boulevards, avenues … only the surface streets, not the highways. Dave’s picked out a collection of songs that are sure to stir emotion bringing home music that take on the ‘street’ topics from the genres of country, early pop, rock, folk, blues and all the rest. We’ll hear from Dylan, The Ink Spots, Tony Rice, Charlie Spand, the Orlons and a couple dozen others taking on an eclectic blend of songs where the streets as the muse. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio’s KOWS 92.5 FM, streaming to all of planet earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Deeper Roots brings you a morning of sounds from the locales of Easy Street, Lonely Street and 4th Street…directly from Orchard and 7th.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Various Artists	Wild In the Streets Trailer	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
3	Garland Jeffreys	Wild in the Streets	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
4	Orlons	South Street	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
5	The Royals	Fifth Street Blues	The Very Best of the Royals & the Midnighters
6	Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles	Decatur Street	Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles
7	Eddie Floyd	Soul Street	Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd
8	Glories	Dark End Of The Street	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
9	Bobby Womack	Across 110th Street	Jackie Brown OST
10	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Lonely Street	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
11	Little Ann	One Way Street	Funk Soul Sisters
12	Charlie Spand	Hastings Street	Black Swan Sampler
13	Jack Teagarden	Basin Street Blues	An Introduction To Jack Teagarden
14	Cab Calloway	Beale Street Mama	Best Of The Big Bands
15	The Ink Spots	Street Of Dreams	Greatest Hits
16	The Boswell Sisters	Forty-Second Street	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
17	Julie London	Easy Street	Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl
18	Dean Martin	On the Street Where You Live	Swingin' with Dino
19	Keely Smith w. Billy May Orchestra	On The Sunny Side Of The Street	Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls
20	George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson	On Green Dolphin Street	The Swingin's Mutual!
21	T-Bone Walker	Street Walking Woman	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
22	Bob Dylan	Positively 4th Street	Biograph Disc 2
23	Bruce Springsteen	Streets of Philadelphia	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24	The Doobie Brothers	Takin' It To The Streets	Takin' It To The Streets
25	Utah Phillips	Larimer Street	The Telling Takes Me Home
26	Gram Parsons	Streets Of Baltimore	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 1] – GP
27	Buck Owens	Streets of Laredo	I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
28	Buck Owens	Streets Of Bakersfield	Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
29	Tony Rice	Church Street Blues	Church Street Blues
30	Simon & Garfunkel	The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
31	Matys Brothers	Crazy Street	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
32	Leonard Cohen	Boogie Street	The Future/Ten New Songs

Session Masters: Guitar

November 28, 2022 Dave

When trying to put together a Deeper Roots episode that covered the great session masters from the past one hundred years it became exceedingly clear that the show would need to be broken up into multiple parts. Percussion, keyboards, brass, bass and all the rest will follow but this week we’re going to focus on the string masters; those guitar stars who account for the bulk of Top 30 hits that graced our lives over the second half of the 20th century. They include Hank Garland, Grady Martin, James Burton, Joe Messina, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Johnson and, of course, Tommy Tedesco. There are many others who deserve the recognition but our show is only a two hour show and, even at that, picking only three or four examples per performer doesn’t do it justice. We’re going to give credit where it’s due…those who stood in the shadows.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
3	Jimmy Lloyd	I Got A Rocket In My Pocket	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
4	Elvis Presley	A Big Hunk O' Love	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
5	Little Jimmy Dickens	(I Got) A Hole In My Pocket	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
6	Simon Crum	Stand Up, Sit Down, Shut Your Mouth	Country & Western Nuggets
7	Bobby Helms	Jingle Bell Rock	Making Merry
8	Dale Hawkins	Susie-Q	The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
9	Ricky Nelson	Stood Up	Legacy [Disc 1]
10	Jim & Joe	Fireball Mail	James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
11	Gram Parsons	Return Of The Grievous Angel	G.P. / Grievous Angel
12	Buffalo Springfield	A Child's Claim To Fame	Buffalo Springfield Again
13	Elvis Presley	Please Don't Drag That String Around	Grady Martin
14	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country
15	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Grady Martin
16	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
17	Willie Nelson	On The Road Again	Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2]
18	The Champs	Tequila	Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S
19	Rick Nelson	Hello Mary Lou	Greatest Love Songs
20	The Beach Boys	I Get Around	All Summer Long
21	Wayne Newton	Danke Schoen	Wild, Cool & Swingin'
22	Elvis Presley	What'd I Say	Elvis' Gold Records (Volume 4)
23	J. Livingston & R. Evans	Bonanza	Television's Greatest Hits Volume I
24	Jerry Goldsmith	Twilight Zone Overture – Twilight Zone: The Movie	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
25	Sam Cooke	Bring It On Home to Me	Best of Answer Songs vol 4
26	Jack Nitzsche	The Lonely Surfer	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2
27	The 5th Dimension	Wedding Bell Blues	Greatest Hits on Earth
28	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	Searching For My Love	Chess Uptown Soul
29	Aretha Franklin	Do Right Woman, Do Right Man	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
30	Leon Russell	Tight Rope	Retrospective
31	The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
32	The Temptations	Ain't Too Proud to Beg	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
33	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	Your Precious Love	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
34	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through	Gold Disc 1

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Oldies, Theme Time

Loretta & Jerry

November 6, 2022 Dave

This past October, we lost a couple of very important ties to two whose stars shone bright in both the Golden Age of Country and the Golden Age of Rock ‘n Roll. We’ll take on a dual tribute to the passing of Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis. The torch has surely passed but their fire burned white hot as their stars rose, both sharing controversy and almost overnight fame. They also continued to perform into their later years, teaming up with songwriters and performers who were relevant to new generations, but true to their core calling. Our first hour take time to visit Loretta Lynn’s humble but no-nonsense storytelling and the second hour will take us into the whirlwind of unapologetic badassness that was Jerry Lee Lewis.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Loretta Lynn	You Ain't Woman Enough	Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1]
3	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter (Recitation)	Still Woman Enough
4	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
5	Loretta Lynn,Margo Price	One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price)	One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price)
6	Loretta Lynn & Jack White	Portland Oregon	Van Lear Rose
7	Loretta Lynn	The Pill	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
8	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	After the Fire Is Gone	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
9	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn	Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn)	A Tribute To A Legend
10	Ernest Tubb/Loretta Lynn	Thanks a Lot	Legendary: It's Been So Long, Darling
11	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly	Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3]
12	Loretta Lynn	She's Got You	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
13	Loretta Lynn	Success	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
14	Loretta Lynn	This Old House	Van Lear Rose
15	Loretta Lynn	First City	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
16	Loretta Lynn	Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)	Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1]
17	Loretta Lynn	In the Sweet Bye and Bye	All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 1]
18	Jerry Lee Lewis/Jimmy Page	Rock and Roll	Last Man Standing
19	Jerry Lee Lewis	Crazy Arms	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
20	Jerry Lee Lewis	End Of The Road	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
21	Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
22	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	High School Confidential	Sun Recordings Greatest Hits
24	Jerry Lee Lewis	Breathless	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
25	Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins	I Saw The Light (With Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins)	The Survivors
26	Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins	Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On (With Jerry Lee Lewis)	The Survivors
27	The Million Dollar Quartet	You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
28	Jerry Lee Lewis	What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)	The Definitive Collection
29	Jerry Lee Lewis	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
30	Jerry Lee Lewis	Milkshake Mademoiselle	Good Old Summertime
31	Jerry Lee Lewis	Bad Moon Rising	Mean Old Man
32	Jerry Lee Lewis	Wild One	18 Original Sun Greatest Hits
33	Bruce Springsteen/Jerry Lee Lewis	Pink Cadillac	Last Man Standing
34	Jerry Lee Lewis	Big Blue Diamond	Southern Roots

A Century of America's Music