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Brand New Day

January 8, 2022 Dave

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joe Liggins	Brand New Deal In Mobile	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
3	Fletcher Smith	Brand New Neighborhood	Stompin' 12
4	George Green	Brand New Rockin' Chair	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
5	Al Harrison	Brand New Money	Fool Mule
6	Barrel House Blott & Lee	Brand New Man	Dapper Dan
7	Fats Domino	Brand New Baby	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
8	Wayne Hancock	Brand New Cadillac	That's What Daddy Wants
9	The Payments	Brand New Automobile	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
10	Lightnin' Hopkins	Brand New Lock	Po' Lightnin'
11	Lead Belly	I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford	Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
12	Ruthie Foster	Brand New Day	Promise of a Brand New Day
13	Al Kooper	Brand New Day (Bonus Track)	You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
14	Dion	Brand New Morning	Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
15	Gary Stewart	Brand New Whiskey	An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
16	Mel Tillis	Brand New Mister Me	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	The Everly Brothers	Brand New Heartache	The Everly Brothers
18	Dave Edmunds	Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets	Get It
19	Gram Parsons	Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
20	Emmylou Harris	Brand New Dance	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
21	Tex Ritter	You're Always Brand New	High Noon
22	Don Henley	The Brand New Tennessee Waltz	Cass County (Deluxe)
23	Steve Earle	Brand New Companion	Townes
24	Dave Alvin	Brand New Heart	Blue Blvd
25	Greg Brown	Brand New '64 Dodge	Poet Game
26	Jesse Winchester	Brand New Tennesse Waltz	Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage
27	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters	Brand New Start	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
28	Modern Hicks	Brand New	Tornado Alley
29	Melanie	Brand New Key	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
30	Will Kimbrough	Brand New Song	Americanitis
31	Leftover Salmon	Brand New Good Old Days	Brand New Good Old Days
32	Elvis Presley	There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon	Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
33	Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers	Brand New Day (LP Version)	Set Me Free
34	James Brown	Papa's Got A Brand New Bag	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
35	Slim Harpo	Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1

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Who We Lost 2021

January 1, 2022 Dave

New Year’s Eve will bring a look back at those we’ve lost this past year. 2021 was another year of COVID-19 with a couple of variants slipping into and out of the world. We wait patiently, for the most part, for vaccines and adult behavior to work. Unfortunately, there is a selfishness about our species that cannot be denied. This year’s losses have no boundaries musically: everyone from Biz Markie to Stephen Sondheim, Vicente Fernandez to Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Price to Stonewall Jackson. Performers of our lifetime. We go into 2022 having hope. Join Dave Stroud for a musical look back.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Monkees	Some of Shelly's Blues	Listen to the Band Disc 4
3	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
4	Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
5	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1]
7	Gerry & The Pacemakers	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	The Classic 60's Collection: 1964
8	Lloyd Price	Just Because	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
9	B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling	20 Greatest Hits
10	Nanci Griffith	Late Night Grande Hotel	Late Night Grande Hotel
11	Rusty Young	Down Home	Waitin' For The Sun
12	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins)	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
13	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die	1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
14	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
15	Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman	Old Time Medley	Chambergrass
16	J.D. Crowe & The New South	Old Home Place	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
17	The Osborne Brothers	Rocky Top	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
18	Tom T. Hall	Ballad of Forty Dollars	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
19	Stonewall Jackson	I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964)	Singles
20	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce)	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
21	Taj Mahal	Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
22	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Lost In The Ozone	Lost In The Ozone
23	Gram Parsons	Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT)	G.P. / Grievous Angel
24	The Kingsmen	Louie, Louie	Louie Louie
25	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	Forty Licks [Disc 1]
26	ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin'	Greatest Hits
27	Johnny Ventura	Filete	Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha
28	Vicente Fernandez	Volver Volver	The Rose & The Briar
29	Johnny Pacheco	El Esencia Del Guaguanco	Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats
30	The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An	Pure Disco
31	Dave Frishberg	Van Lingle Mungo	Baseball's Greatest Hits
32	Jill Corey	Love Me to Pieces	Your Hit Parade – The '50s
33	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
34	Claude Bolling	It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1
35	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
36	Jay & The Americans	Cara Mia	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
37	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson)	Gold Disc 1
38	Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter	Trojan Reggae
39	Biz Markie	Just a Friend	Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie
40	Original Cast	Tonight	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
41	Chuck E. Weiss	Anthem for Old Souls	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
42	Pat Martino	Just Friends	Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3]
43	Peter, Paul and Mary	Have You Been to Jail for Justice?	In These Times
44	Patrick Sky	Many A Mile	Best Of The Troubadours
45	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	Captain Marvel	Light as a Feather (Disc 1)
46	New York Dolls	Puss 'n' Boots	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story
47	The Ramones	Baby, I Love You	End of the Century

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Dustbin Dynamite

October 8, 2021 Dave

A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ronnie Dee	Action Packed	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Bobby Troup	Seventh Son	Make Mine Mondo
4	Rock-A-Tones	One More Chance	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
5	Annette Funicello	Bikini Beach Party	Good Old Summertime
6	Red Prysock	Hand Clappin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
7	Jim Backus & Friend	Delicious	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8	The Interiors	Voodoo Doll	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
9	The Bikinis	Crazy Vibrations	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
10	Gary Warren	Midnight Rain	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
11	The Three Suns	Tequila	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
12	The Invaders	Shock Treatment	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
13	Freddie & The Hitch Hikers	Sinners	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
14	The Duals	Lover's Satellite	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
15	Sparkle Moore	Skull & Crossbones	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
16	Mamie Van Doren	Seperate The Men From The Boys	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
17	Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies)	Camel Walk	Make Mine Mondo
18	Rusty Draper & Lola Dee	Scratch My Back	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
19	Tarheel Slim	Number Nine Train	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
20	Robin Hood Brians	Dis A Itty Bit	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
21	Tony Casanova	Boogie Woogie Feeling	Make Mine Mondo
22	Don & The Galaxiex	Avalanche	Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
23	Jan & Dean	Surf Route 101	Popsicle
24	Bobby Fry	Grandchus	Make Mine Mondo
25	Si Zentner	Walk on the Wild Side	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
26	Johnny Durain & The Cytones	Shang-Dang-Doo	Make Mine Mondo
27	The Surfaris	Surfer Joe [Long Version]	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1
28	Voice Farm	Come On-A My House	Bigger Cooler Weirder
29	Mouse	A Public Execution	Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
30	The Bobbettes	I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1)	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
31	13th Floor Elevators	You're Gonna Miss Me	Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
32	Bob Callaway	Tick Tock	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
33	The Tornadoes	Maleguena	Bustin' Surfboards
34	Little Carolyn Sue	I Hate Men	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1
35	Martin Denny	Cool	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
36	Ann-Margret	Let Me Entertain You	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence

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Guitar Routes

October 4, 2021 Dave

It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic. That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock. We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Truett & George	Ghost Dance	Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
3	Lonnie Johnson	Swing Out Rhythm	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
4	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
5	Blind Blake	Southern Rag	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
6	Robert Johnson	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
7	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Little Queen Of Spades	Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters
8	Les Paul Trio	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
9	Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders	Indiana March	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
10	Slim Gaillard	Minuet In Vout	Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts
11	Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band	Blue Guitar Stomp	Hillibilly Boogie!
12	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51)
13	Les Paul	Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
14	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Railroadin'	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
15	Chet Atkins	Carolina Shout	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
16	Richard Thompson	New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel	Strict Tempo!
17	Richard Thompson	Rockin' in Rhythm	Strict Tempo!
18	John Fahey	I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
19	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey
20	Bert Jansch	On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix]	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
21	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years
22	Roy Clark	Riders in the Sky	The Roy Clark Anthology
23	Doc Watson	Dill Pickle Rag	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
24	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	American Roots Music (Disc One-Country)
25	Jorma Kaukonen	There's A Table Sitting In Heaven	Stars In My Crown
26	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
27	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits
28	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Coal Miner's Daughter
29	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman	All-Time Greatest Hits
30	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil in Disguise	Artist of the Century Disc 2
31	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Honey Hush	Tear It Up
32	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Texas Flood	Texas Flood
33	Gary Moore	Parisienne Walkways	While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2]

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Country Boogie Woogie

September 12, 2021 Dave

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20^th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
3	Al Dexter & His Troopers	Saturday Night Boogie	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Hardrock Gunter	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys	Crazy About The Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
6	Hank Snow	Rhumba Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
7	Johnny Tyler	Oakie Boogie	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
8	Sheb Wooley	Mule Boogie	Country & Western Nuggets
9	Johnny Bond	Alabama Boogie Boy	Put Me To Bed
10	Bob Newman	Hangover Boogie	Crossroads In Cowtown
11	Skeets McDonald	The Southland Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
12	Dale Watson	Texas Boogie	Cheatin' Heart Attack
13	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Stratosphere Boogie	Stratosphere Boogie
14	Merle Travis	Merle's Boogie Woogie	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
16	Kate Mackenzie	Pan American Boogie	Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1
17	Doc Watson	Freight Train Boogie	Songs From Home
18	Red Foley	Hobo Boogie	The Essential Recordings
19	The Delmore Brothers	Peach Street Boogie	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15
20	Sonny Burgess	We Wanna Boogie	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
21	Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five	Wooly Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
23	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
24	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Rock Billy Boogie	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
25	Asleep at the Wheel	08 Boogie Back to Texas	10
26	Tiny Hill	Milk Bucket Boogie	Country Music On the Mercury Label
27	Little Jimmy Dickens	You Better Not Do That	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
28	Little Jimmy Dickens	Buddy's Boogie	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
29	Porky Freeman	Boogie Woogie Boy	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blackberry Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	False Hearted Girl	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
33	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Shot-Gun Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]

Groove Juice Special

August 20, 2021 Dave

Not exactly sure what ‘groove juice’ is, but for the purposes of our show full of sass and novelty, we’ll just suggest you make it what you want it. It’s a whimsical, sometimes bawdy, morning collection of the past 100 years of jazz, folk, country, and pop (with a little who-knows-what-that-is thrown in). We’ve got poodles, big feet, Ovaltine, four leaf clovers, rabbits, and tattoos included with the subject matter today. Songs that are as delectable as they are incredible. We’ve got Skeets McDonald, Robert Crumb, Mae West, Groucho Marx, Dorothy Shay (the Park Avenue Hillbilly), and a couple dozen others for your Friday morning. Oh yeah, and some Johnny Cash and Slim Gaillard as well. So tune into KRJF Community Radio this week for all you can handle.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue [Live]	16 Biggest Hits
3	Geraint Watkins	Bouffant	In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition
4	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
5	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
6	Harry "The Hipster" Gibson	Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
7	Tampa Red & Big Maceo	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
8	Johnny Buckett	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
9	Jimmie Davis	The Poodle Dog Song	Doggone Country
10	Sam Butera & the Witnesses	French Poodle	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin
11	Hank Penny	Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
12	Skeets McDonald	The Tattooed Lady	Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story
13	Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
14	The Hoosier Hot Shots	I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)	Rural Rhythm 1935-42
15	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
16	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	Fats Waller Greatest Hits
17	Dave Van Ronk	Your Feet's Too Big	Sweet & Lowdown
18	Dave Van Ronk	Would You Like to Swing on a Star?	Sunday Street
19	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	Hula Melody (Radio Broadcast)	R. Crumb's Music Sampler
20	Fiddlin' Ian McCamy Quartette	Schottische	R. Crumb's Music Sampler
21	Al Miller	I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
22	Bo Carter	She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes	The Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues & Hokum
23	Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon	I'm Gonna Steal You (BP 8040, 12920-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
24	Ben Selvin Orchestra	Who's Your Little Who Zis	Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s
25	Dorothy Shay	Feudin & Fightin	47 Your Hit Parade
26	Eileen Barton	If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd 've Baked A Cake)	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
27	Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters	Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)	47 Your Hit Parade
28	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
29	John Fogerty	Honey Do	Deja Vu All Over Again
30	Louis Prima	I Wanna Be Like You	The Jungle Book (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered]
31	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	I Want to Be Evil	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
32	Hank Penny	The Mink on her Back	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]

Lefty Merle Willie Hank & Hank

August 13, 2021 Dave

It’s a songwriter’s showcase this morning on Deeper Roots. Country music songwriters Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, and Hank Williams are highlighted in a show that features covers by their contemporaries (and a few from the recent past) including Iris DeMent, Ernest Tubb, Billy Walker, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and at least two dozen others. Our show pays tribute to some amazing stalwarts who literally defined the country ‘voice’ and story. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all of planet earth on all your favorite services including OpenRadio.app, TuneIn.com, RadioGarden.io and, our web site, kowsfm.com. Good morning!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	I Want to Be With You Always	The Missing Years
3	Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters	I Want To Be With You Always	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
4	Brennen Leigh	I Love You A Thousand Ways	Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell
5	George Jones	If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)	Sings Country and Western Hits
6	Keith Whitley	I Never Go Around Mirrors	The Rounder Records Story
7	Merle Haggard	My Baby's Just Like Money	Roots, Vol. 1
8	Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright	Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright)	The List
9	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (Album)	Word To The Wise
10	Iris DeMent	Big City	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
11	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You	The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2
12	Dale Watson	Mama Tried	More Great Moments of Vinyl History
13	Ray Price	Night Life	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
14	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Country
15	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Three Days	Absolute Torch and Twang
16	The Little Willies	I Gotta Get Drunk	The Little Willies
17	The Secret Sisters	Why Don't You Love Me	The Secret Sisters
18	Bob Dylan	I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
19	Buckwheat Zydeco	Hey, Good Lookin'	Menagerie
20	Sleepy LaBeef	I Saw the Light	Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook
21	Jerry Lee Lewis	You Win Again	The Definitive Collection
22	Taj Mahal	Mind Your Own Business	Senor Blues
23	Elvis Costello	He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version)	Almost Blue
24	Rhiannon Giddens	She's Got You	Tomorrow Is My Turn
25	Patsy Cline	Why Can't He Be You	The Patsy Cline Collection
26	Dottie West	Me Today And Her Tomorrow	The Essential Dottie West
27	Bobby Bare	I'd Fight The World	The Best Of Bobby Bare
28	Jamey Johnson	Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)	Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
29	Al Green & Lyle Lovett	Funny How Time Slips Away	Rhythm Country & Blues

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The Sin Game

August 7, 2021 Dave

Sinners, singing and swinging is the theme we’re bringing you as we approach the dog days of summer in yet another season of COVID. In a show refactored for these new and dangerous times we raise the level of the gospel message with influential performers from the past century like Blind Willie Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, The Louvin Brothers, and some contemporary interpretations to remind us that Jesus did, indeed, rock the jukebox with a steady roll. Gospel’s rhythm is the rhythm of rock ‘n roll but these songs also carry a message for all you sinners out there. Don’t let the devil ride the devil’s slide into Satan’s burning hell…all songs with a pressing message and a sense of sermon. You can tune us in Friday evenings on 92.5 FM in Sonoma County or streaming to the world at kowsfm.com.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Brozman	Devil's Slide	Devil's Slide
3	The Louvin Brothers	Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
4	Singers of United Sacred Harp Musical Assoc led by Maud Quinn	Sinner's Friend	Southern Journey, Vol. 10: And Glory Shone Around
5	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	The Essential Guide To Gospel
6	Robert Plant	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Band Of Joy
7	Golden Gate Quartet	God's Gonna Cut 'em Down	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
8	Sonny Treadway	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Sacred Steel Guitar
9	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Freedom Road	Higher Ground
10	Reverend Robert Ballinger And The Gospel Chimes	John Saw	How Sweet it Was
11	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Devil Has Thrown Him Down	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
12	The Harmonizing Four	Oh Sinner	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
13	The Swan Silvertones	Sinner Man	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
14	The Silver Quintette	Sinner's Crossroads	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
15	The Soul Stirrers	Sinner Run To Jesus (Take 1)	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
16	Johnny Cash	God's Gonna Cut You Down	American V: A Hundred Highways
17	Elder Charles Beck	Rock And Roll Sermon – Part 1	Document Shortcuts Vol. 1 "God Don't Like It"
18	The White Stripes	Seven Nation Army	Elephant
19	The Almanac Singers	Get Thee Behind Me, Satan	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
20	The Louvin Brothers	What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul	Close Harmony [Disc 8]
21	The Louvin Brothers	Satan Lied to Me	Long Play Collection
22	Fern Jones	Strange Things Happening Every Day	The Glory Road
23	Brother Claude Ely	You Took The Wrong Road Again	Satan Get Back
24	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road
25	Lonnie Johnson	Devil's Got The Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
26	Mavis And The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
27	Piney Grove Spiritual Singers of Milledgeville, Ga	Get Back Satan	The Pitch/Gusman Records Story
28	Gospel Supremes	Sinner Man	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
29	Reverend Gary Davis	Pure Religion	Harlem Street Singer
30	Flying Clouds of Augusta, Ga	Don't Let The Devil Ride	The Pitch/Gusman Records Story
31	Blind Willie Johnson	If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Disc 1)
32	Tony Bennett	Sing You Sinners [#]	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
33	Brother Claude Ely	There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Oldies, Theme Time, Urban Jazz

Dope Head Blues

July 31, 2021 Dave

It’s one of the novelty topics but that’s only whistling in the graveyard now, isn’t it? An episode of vipers and wild nights backstage, a reflection of the party atmosphere and the debauchery that would often take place after long nights of performing and jiving. We’ll also touch on the devil’s weed, as it was once known before the recognition of Victorian sensibilities was ejected in favor of common sense. The music will include primarily blues and jazz but we’ll also dip into some later novelty sounds to keep us all honest with the topics of coke, opium, marijuana, and pills on the agenda. Sweet bath house sounds from Bette Midler, wistful sounds from Phil Lawrence and Dan Hicks take center stage alongside the music of The Cats & The Fiddle, Fats Waller, Barney Bigard, and Cab Calloway. Quite a lineup and quite a topic surrounded by junkies, reefers, hadacol concoctions, and mellow stuff…so we hope you’ll drop by on a Friday morning in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willie Mabon	Got To Have Some	I'm The Fixer : The Best Of The USA Records Sessions
3	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
4	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
5	The Spirits of Rhythm	Junk Man	Cocaine Blues
6	Cleo Brown	The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow	The Legendary Cleo Brown
7	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 6
8	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Junco Partner	Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953
9	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Long Comma Viper	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
10	Phil Lawrence	Viper's Dream	Mandolin Heaven
11	Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys	You're a Viper	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
12	Louis Armstrong	Song Of The Vipers [Album Version]	Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
13	Lalo Guerrero	Marihuana Boogie	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
14	Bette Midler	Marahuana	Songs For The New Depression
15	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
16	Fats Waller	The Reefer Song	Last Testament His Final Recor
17	Barney Bigard Sextet	Sweet Marihuana Brown	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
18	Larry Adler	Smoking Reefers	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
19	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
20	Johnny Cash	Leave That Junk Alone	The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 2]
21	Hot Lips Page	Feelin' High And Happy	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
22	Ella Fitzgerald	When I Get Low I Get High	Cryin' Mood
23	Cab Calloway	Kickin' The Gong Around	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
24	Julia Lee	Pipe Dreams	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]
25	Tampa Red	That Stuff Is Here	Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard
26	Cedar Creek Sheik	Don't Use That Stuff	Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
27	Dick Justice	Cocaine	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
28	Reverend Gary Davis	Cocaine Blues	Blues And Ragtime
29	Charley Jordan	Just A Spoonful	Cocaine Blues
30	Slim & Slam	Chinatown, My Chinatown	Cocaine Blues
31	Dr. John	Junko Partner	The Ultimate Dr. John
32	The Treniers	Hadacole (That's All)	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Theme Time

The River In Music

July 10, 2021 Dave

There are no more essential metaphors to be had in the American story than that of the river. The river is nature’s alliance with mankind and its muse in prose, poetry and song. It is the stuff of dreams, the movement of the clock in Her terms, the news of the day when the banks are breached, and the symbol of biblical ventures of time and home. So we’ll be taking to the river on a Friday in July to feel the warmth of the surface knowing full well that the undercurrent is treacherous and cold beneath the hull. Music this week includes the stories of the Great Flood of 1927 with Barbecue Bob, the baptismal elements from Alison Krauss and Irma Thomas, Central Valley memories from Dave Alvin by way of Merle Haggard, and the poetry of river sounding chants and Paul Robeson’s muscle. Tune in as we drift our way down the Mississippi and beyond on Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
3	Charles Colman & William Eaton	River Sounding Chant	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
4	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	American Songbook Series: Jerome Kern
5	Marian Anderson	Deep River	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
6	Mavis Staples	In The Mississippi River (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
7	Johnny Cash	Big River	Original Greatest Hits
8	The Carter Family	River Of Jordan	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
9	Alison Krauss	Down to the River to Pray	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
10	Delmore Brothers	Happy on the Mississippi Shores	Brown's Ferry Blues
11	Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Billy May	River Of No Return	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
12	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	Lazy River	The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
13	Snooks Eaglin	Going to the River	Complete Imperial Recordings
14	Fats Domino	Going to the River	This Is Gold Disc 1
15	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
16	Robert Hicks	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
17	Slocan Ramblers	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	Queen City Jubilee
18	Joe Shores	Mississippi Sounding Calls [A-1]	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
19	Jimmie Rodgers	Miss The Mississippi And You	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
20	Leon Redbone	Mississippi River Blues	Double Time
21	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Swanee River	Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford
22	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	One More River	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
23	Irma Thomas With Henry Butler	River Is Waiting	Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues
24	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival
25	Dave Alvin	Kern River	West of the West
26	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
27	Doc & Merle Watson	Deep River Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
28	Jorma Kaukonen	Red River Blues	Blue Country Heart
29	Johnny Rivers	Big River	The Memphis Sun Recordings
30	The New Christy Minstrels	Mighty Mississippi	Ramblin'
31	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West

A Century of America's Music