The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta. Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Gangster Of Love
Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics
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Lowell Fulson
Blue Shadows
Chess Blues Disc 4
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Shuffle
Living The Blues: Blues Greats
5
Ivory Joe Hunter
Boogin' In The Rain
The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
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Amos Milburn
One, Two, Three, Everybody
Amos Milburn Rocks
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Amos Milburn
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Amos Milburn Rocks
8
Floyd Dixon
Hey Bartender
Marshall Texas Is My Home
9
Big Jay McNeely
The Deacon's Hop
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
10
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
11
Johnny Guitar Watson
Mortorhead Baby
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
12
Little Esther And Willie Littlefield
Turn the Lights Down Low
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
13
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
14
Peppermint Harris
I Got Loaded
Loaded, Vol. 1
15
Jimmy McCracklin
The Walk
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
16
Little Willie Littlefield
K. C. Loving
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
17
T-Bone Walker
Stormy Monday
The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
18
Roy Milton
The Hucklebuck
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
19
Floyd Dixon
Call Operator 210
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
20
Johnny Otis
Baby Baby Blues
Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
21
Johnny Otis
Head Hunter
The Roots Of Frank Zappa
22
Etta James
Good Rockin Daddy
The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
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Pee Wee Crayton
Blues After Hours
ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
24
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
Driftin' Blues
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
We’ll be spending two hours on a century of hard work, little pay, striking it rich as well as failing to do so. Songs about working the mines, panning in the mother lode, welfare and pittance wages, as well as the country sounds of Merle’s Working Man Blues. Plenty to keep us reflecting on a lifetime of keeping afloat knowing full well that you can’t take it with you. Not necessarily money for nothing and kicks for free but we’ve also got songs about blowing it all on a Saturday night. Join us for music from Johnny Horton, Wynn Stewart, Tex Ritter, Merle, Hazel Dickens, Roy Orbison and a cast of the very best of performances from the past century here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Tex Williams
Money
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Howard Vokes
The Miner
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Tex Ritter
A Working Man's Prayer
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Doc Watson
Dream of the Miner's Child
1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
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Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter
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Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster)
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
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Lyle Lovett
Working Too Hard
My Baby Don't Tolerate
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Slaid Cleaves
Working Stiff
Unsung
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Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn
Living On The Welfare Check
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Buck Owens
Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
12
Johnny Paycheck
Take This Job And Shove It
Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
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Roy Orbison
Working for the Man
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
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Brennen Leigh
North To Alaska
Too Thin To Plow
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Mudcrutch
Six Days On the Road
Mudcrutch
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Wynn Stewart
Another Day, Another Dollar
California Country
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The Westport Kids
You Kaint Take It With You
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Billy Parker
It Takes A Lot Of Money
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Bobby Barnett
Workin' Man
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Arlie Duff
Money Hungry
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Faron Young
I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night
1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
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Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired
The Best Of Western Swing
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Jim Nesbitt
Working All My Life
Cash-A-Likes
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Marty Stuart
Hard Working Man
Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
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Dick Curless
I've Been Working On the Railroad
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
26
John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Saginaw Michigan
Standard Songs for Average People
27
Dolly Parton
9 To 5
Dolly [Disc 4]
28
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
29
Tom Waits
Heigh Ho
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3]
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Lee Dorsey
Working In A Coal Mine
Soul Mine
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Johnny Horton
North To Alaska
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
32
The Dwarf Chorus
Heigh-Ho
Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical
33
Adriana Caselotti
Whistle While You Work
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
Welcome to a common theme we share on Deeper Roots: an eclectic blend of stories featuring grifters, the gallows, the law and prison time. Today we’ll be mixing current events with the rule of law and the focus takes on historic anthems of good versus evil. Playlists will feature topics of blind justice, the fate of liars and thieves, and stories of false prophets and demagogues. We’ll welcome them in their own words with pearls of justice that even the January 6th looters, traitors and thieves cannot escape. It’s a cult…and neither democracy nor faith abide much by the cult of personality that’s soiling our Constitution. We’ve got tracks from Dr. John, Three Dog Night, Hugh Laurie, Booker T and Ted Hawkins this week. Join us here on Deeper Roots for an expose about “Fear and Loathing at Mar-a-Lago”.
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Booker T. & The MG's
Hang 'Em High
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Can't Tear It Up Enuff
T-Bird Rhythm
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Ted Hawkins
The Constitution
Happy Hour
5
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
6
The Louvin Brothers
Cash On The Barrelhead
Close Harmony [Disc 3]
7
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Call The Police
Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands
8
Ray Lum
A Trader Is
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
9
Bill Phillips
The Yankee Trader
Bill Phillips 1958-1961
10
Dr. John
Trader John
The Blues Biography
11
Three Dog Night
Liar
The Complete Hit Singles
12
Julia Lee
Lies
Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
13
JD McPherson
Mother Of Lies
Let The Good Times Roll
14
Julie London
Little White Lies
36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
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Jackie Greene
About Cell Block #9
Sweet Somewhere Bound
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Bill Carter with The Cooper Brothers
Jailer Man
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
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Buck Owens
In the Jailhouse Now
Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
18
Hugh Laurie
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
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Elton Britt
Uranium Fever
Atomic Platters
20
Sam Hinton
Old Man Atom
Atomic Platters
21
Dan Reeder
2016 Election Song
Every Which Way (Deluxe Edition)
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Fay Simmons
You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb
Atomic Platters
23
Fred Kirby
When That Hell Bomb Falls
Atomic Platters
24
George Kent
I Always Did Like Leavenworth
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
Break out the libations! Deeper Roots celebrates it’s ten year anniversary on Sonoma County Community Radio and today’s show takes some time to celebrate the blend of sounds we’ve featured with the focus being on our first ten shows. I’ll be grabbing some of my very favorites from those early playlists and sharing them with everyone this morning. Great sounds featured include a trip to Chickashay with Roy Rogers, gospel tradition from Fern Jones, jitterbugging with The Roosevelts, some Duke, Fats, The Louvins, and, of course, Miss Morse (Ella Mae, that is). I’ll look back at some of the shows featured, the many sites visited and the folks that dropped by along the way. A little nostalgia on a Friday morning on KOWS radio and Saturday morning on KRJF and KWTF.
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Geraint Watkins
Go West
Dial 'W' for Watkins
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Mae West
I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love
The Mae West Collection
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Roy Rogers with Country Washburne
My Chickashay Girl
26 All-Time Country Classics
5
Patsy Montana
My Poncho Pony
Cowgirl's Best
6
Bob Wills
The Devil Ain't Lazy
Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
7
Doug Sahm
(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone
Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
8
The Louvin Brothers
Cash On The Barrelhead
Capitol Country Music Classics
9
The Louvin Brothers
The Great Atomic Power
Hand-Picked
10
Kitty Wells
Amigo's Guitar
Greatest Songs
11
Lefty Frizzell
Saginaw, Michigan
Look What Thoughts Will Do
12
The Americans
Sweet and Low
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
13
The Ink Spots
Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)
Greatest Hits
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Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends
(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It
Blues Classics 1945-1949
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Duke Ellingtion
Take The "A" Train
Stompin' At The Savoy
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The Roosevelts
Jitterbug Special
The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister
100 Ans De Jazz
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Nina Simone
Children Go Where I Send You
The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
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Gospel Hebrews
Jesus Is All Over Me
Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
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Fern Jones
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
The Glory Road
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Shout Sister Shout
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
What a decade. The Sixties. There was, of course, the mainlining of rock that took place, The Beatles, The Stones, Dylan, folk-rock, a rediscovery of tradition and the blues…and then there was something that had been bubbling underneath the pop, gospel, jazz, and rock elements. It would come to be called ‘soul’ and the sixties urban explosion out of a post-war northern cities like Chicago and (especially) Detroit, gave us something uniquely American. And the sixties charts were brimming with Motown, funk, cold sweat, and brassy ballads with a back beat and synchronicity of voice that established itself for good. The Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Chuck Jackson, Mary Wells, The Temptations, The Impressions…the list goes on…all of these acts and hundreds of others staked their claim to the charts, easily competing (if not comfortably sharing) with the British wave and psychedlic sounds that had stormed the gates. Join Dave Stroud for a taste of 60s soul.
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The Miracles
Shop Around [National Hit Version]
The 35th Anniversary Collection
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Ike & Tina Turner
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Birth Of Soul: 3
4
Sugar Pie DeSanto
A Little Taste of Soul
A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
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Chuck Jackson
Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
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Sam Cooke
Send Me Some Lovin'
The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
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Mary Wells
Bye Bye Baby
Looking Back 1961-1964
8
The Impressions
I'm So Proud
Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
9
The Supremes
Come See About Me
Gold Disc 1
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Mary Wells
My Guy
Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
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Brenda Holloway
Every Little Bit Hurts
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
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The Tams
What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am)
Classic Rock: 1964 A Go Go
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Jimmy Hughes
Steal Away
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
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King Curtis
Soul Serenade
Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
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The Funk Brothers
Too Many Fish in the Sea
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Funk Brothers
Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!
A little bit of surf…just a bit…and some folk favorites right alongside some local performers in this week’s episode brought your way directly from the KOWS Studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Our theme is the Golden State where the living may be costly but the core soul is one of progressive culture and hard work: whether that’s in the fields, behind the desk, in the service industry, or on the road. This week’s show focuses on California, from the LA Freeway to the Streets of Bakersfield, on up to Lodi and the Monterey Bay. The past century has found the state a popular subject of song and we’ve got some favorites and off-the-wall nuggets just for you this Friday morning including tracks from Dave Alvin, Albert Hammond, and Red River Dave. Tune in.
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The Sound Of The City
KSFO 560 – San Francisco
78s
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Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
4
Danny Sorentino
Sonoma County Stars
Real Music (Disc 1)
5
Kyle Martin
Santa Rosa
Kyle Martin
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Charley Crockett
The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa)
The Valley
7
Lowell Levinger
Hippie From Olema
Get Together- Youngblood Classics
8
Kevin Russell
California Cottonfields
Trouble In Mind
9
John Hartford
California Earthquake
Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
10
Norman Greenbaum
Petaluma
Spirit In The Sky – The Best of Norman Greenbaum
11
Neil Young
California Sunset
Old Ways
12
Joe Jones
California Sun
You Heard It Here First!
13
Roy Orbison
California Blue
Mystery Girl
14
The Beach Boys
California
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 4
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The Beach Boys
California Girls
20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
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Jan & Dean
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
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Eric Clapton
San Francisco Bay Blues
Unplugged
18
Dave Alvin
Out in California
Interstate City
19
Various Artists
Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles #2
1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
20
The Mamas & The Papas
California Dreamin'
Southern California With Fond Memories
21
Joni Mitchell
California
Hits
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America
Ventura Highway
Southern California With Fond Memories
23
Lucinda Williams
Here in California
Treasures left behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
24
Buck Owens
Streets of Bakersfield
The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
25
Randy Newman
I Love L.A.
Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
26
Albert Hammond
It Never Rains In California
Southern California With Fond Memories
27
The Ink Spots
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
Greatest Hits
28
The Four Preps
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
Southern California With Fond Memories
29
Red River Dave
California Hippie Murders
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
30
John Fogerty
Lodi
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection
From sunrise to sunset and then back. This Friday morning we take a journey on the roller coaster of life on the big blue marble using music as our rails. We’ll rise and shine in the cold grey light before dawn and follow summer rain with the summer wind as sundown approaches. This week’s theme is a fusion of sunrise, sundown and a misty moonlight rhapsody featuring the music of Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Chet and Les, Bobby Bare, Mahalia Jackson and a couple dozen others. We’ll take you from dawn to midnight as we bring on the best of America’s music from digital, vinyl and ethereal dustbins of the past 100 years. Join us once more for music from long ago, today, and far away here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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The Browns
The Three Bells
30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4
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Nick Lowe
Cold Grey Light of Dawn
Dig My Mood
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Emmylou Harris
Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
Roses in the Snow
5
Chet Atkins & Les Paul
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Chester & Lester
6
Luther Dickinson
Hurry up Sunrise
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II
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Norah Jones
Sunrise
Feels Like Home
8
Bruce Cockburn
Sunrise on the Mississippi
Dart to the Heart
9
Doris Day
I Got The Sun In The Morning
Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
10
Geoff Muldaur
Livin' In The Sunlight (Lovin' in the Moonlight)
Is Having Wonderful Time
11
Petra Haden
Sunshine Life for Me (with Lenny Pickett)
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
12
Ray Charles
You Are My Sunshine
Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
13
The Statler Brothers
You're My Sunshine
Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times
14
Willie Nelson
Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version)
Naked Willie
15
Lyle Lovett
Summer Wind
Smile: Songs From The Movies
16
Johnny Rivers
Summer Rain
Best Of Johnny Rivers
17
Roger Miller
In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)
Super Hits
18
Robbie Fulks
Rose of the Summer
Gone Away Backward
19
The Mavericks
Summertime (When I'm With You)
Mono
20
Dale Hawkins
Summertime Down South
Wildcat Tamer
21
Slim Willett And His Hired Hands
Come Sundown
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
22
Bobby Bare
Come Sundown
1970
23
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Lonesome Sundown
Echo
24
J.J. Cale
Long About Sundown
Stay Around
25
Cab Calloway
Moonlight Rhapsody
1932-1934
26
Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
Let's Dream In The Moonlight
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
27
Dean Martin
In The Misty Moonlight
The Great Dean Martin
28
Maria Muldaur
Moonlight
Love Wants to Dance
29
Smokey Wood
Moonlight in Oklahoma
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
Hot weather this week and we’ll be sweatin’ out the oldies in the KOWS Studio this coming Friday. Summer may be just around the corner but we’re running hot already here in Sonoma County. Today’s show features a ‘double play’ collection of traditions and covers, focusing primarily on gospel tradition and contemporary covers. Brook Benton, Josh White, Wilson Pickett, Neko Case, and Hank Williams are among the performers we’ll be featuring this week. Covers of the Gambler’s Blues, Stormy Weather, Denomination Blues, and more coming your way from the studios located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.
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Freddie King
Trouble In Mind
King Of The Blues
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Mavis Staples Levon Helm
Trouble In My Mind
Carry Me Home
4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Trouble In My Mind
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
5
Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Manzarene Dreams
6
Rodney Crowell
Denomination Blues
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
7
Josh White
St. James Infirmary
Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love
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Bobby "Blue" Bland
St. James Infirmary
Mississippi Blues
9
Blind Alfred Reed
You Must Unload
Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
10
Ry Cooder
You Must Unload
The Prodigal Son
11
Louis Armstrong
Shadrack
Louis And The Good Book
12
Brook Benton
Shadrack
Mercury 1962
13
CBS Trumpeteers
Milky White Way
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
14
Elvis Presley
Milky White Way
His Hand In Mine
15
Shades of Blue
Oh How Happy
Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
16
Carlene Carter
Oh How Happy
Carlene Carter/Blue Nun
17
Jeff Lynne
Stormy Weather
Armchair Theatre
18
Ethel Waters
Stormy Weather
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
19
Aaron Neville
I Saw The Light
Gospel Roots
20
Hank Williams
I Saw The Light
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21
Arizona Dranes
John Said He Saw A Number
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
22
Neko Case
John Saw That Number
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
23
Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
24
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Big Boss Man
Playback Disc 5
25
Wilson Pickett
Three-Time Loser
A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
We make a big tip of the hat to an institutional…who turns 77 years old this coming week. John Cameron Fogerty grew up in these parts, growing up in El Cerrito to a second grade teacher and linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette. He was a part-time Army reservist who, after completing his gig in 1968, formed a band with brother Tom called The Golliwogs and then, eventually, Creedence Clearwater. A talented songwriter clearly influenced by the core elements of gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, country, and (certainly) rock ‘n roll, John’s catalog of music, his distinctive vocals, and driving melodies are immediately recognizable, if not for Doug Clifford’s percussive direction, then for the rhythm and twang that took a Northern California ensemble sound into the mossy swamps and humid climes of the deeper South. Through a messy transition to his solo career to his late career recognition, John Fogerty is a legend and our show today takes some time to reflect…with music from contemporaries, solo efforts new and old, and most certainly a collection of Creedence classics. Tune in.
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John Fogerty
Don't You Wish It Was True
Revival
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The Golliwogs
Action USA Promotional Spot
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
4
The Golliwogs
You Better Be Careful
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
5
The Golliwogs
Fight Fire
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
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John Fogerty
Down On The Corner
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
7
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Midnight Special
Hot Stuff
8
Big Silver
Wrote A Song For Everyone
Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty
9
Irma Thomas
River Is Waiting
Simply Grand
10
John Jorgenson
Lookin Out My Back Door
Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty
11
Earl Scruggs/John Fogerty
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Earl Scruggs and Friends
12
John Fogerty
Have You Ever Seen the Rain (with Alan Jackson)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
13
Juan Gabriel
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)
Quiero Creedence
14
John Fogerty
The Old Man Down The Road
Centerfield
15
Marc Cohn
Long As I Can See The Light
Listening Booth: 1970
16
Ted Hawkins
Long As I Can See The Light
The Next Hundred Years
17
John Fogerty
Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
18
John Fogerty
Deja Vu (All Over Again)
Deja Vu All Over Again
19
Carl Perkins
All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty)
Go Cat Go
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bad Moon Rising
The London Sessions 1973
21
Elvis Presley
Proud Mary [#]
An Afternoon in the Garden
22
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Lodi
At The Ryman [Live]
23
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River
Green River
24
Buddy Guy
Change In The Weather
Feels Like Rain
25
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Hey Tonight
Pendulum
26
John Fogerty
Blue Moon Nights
Blue Moon Swamp
27
Dr. John; John Fogerty
New Orleans
The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music Disc 2
