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Deeper Roots Ragtime

February 27, 2016 Dave

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	The Hillbillies	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
4	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tangled Tales
5	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
6	Sol Ho'opi'i	Twelfth Street Rag	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
7	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Hawkins Rag	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
8	Sons of the Pioneers	'A' Rag	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
9	Leon McAuliffe	Twin Fiddle Rag	Tulsa Straight Ahead
10	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Down Home Rag	Shame On You
11	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tiger Rag	The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
12	Pearl Bailey	Johnson Rag	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
13	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Beaumont Rag	Songs For Rounders
14	David Miller	Jailhouse Rag	Old-Time Mountain Guitar
15	The McCormick Brothers	Bugle Call Rag	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
16	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
17	David Grisman	Black Mountain Rag	Early Dawg
18	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
19	Chet Atkins	Dill Pickle Rag	Reflections with Doc Watson
20	Duck Baker	Maple Leaf Rag	Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques
21	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
22	Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
23	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
24	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
25	Bill Neely	Deep Elm Blues	Texas Law & Justice
26	Buddy Jones	Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
27	Cliffie Stone	Jump Rope Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
28	Big Bill Broonzy	Down by the Riverside	Absolutely the Best
29	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
30	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
31	Fats Domino	Darktown Strutters' Ball	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
32	The Davis Sisters	Jesus Steps Right In	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
33	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	You've Got To Bear The Consequence	Shakin' The Rafters
34	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Pure Religion	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
35	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

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Roots of Doo Wop

December 12, 2015 Dave

The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Turbans	When You Dance	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
3	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
4	Heavenly Gospel Singers	The Prodigal Son	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5	The Heavenly Gospel Singers	When Was Jesus Born?	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
6	The Deep River Boys	Melody of Love	The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
7	The Charioteers	All God's Chillun Got Shoes	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
8	The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	Best of the Decca Years
9	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
10	Lewis Bronzville Five	Low Down Gal Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
11	The Ink Spots	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	40 Your Hit Parade
12	The Ink Spots	My Prayer	Greatest Hits
13	The Cats & The Fiddle	I Miss You So	The Very Best Of
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	We Cats Will Swing For You	The Very Best Of
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
16	The Delta Rhythm Boys	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Do You Care	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
18	Slim & Slam	The Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
19	Five Red Caps	Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
20	The Cap-Tans	I'm So Crazy For Love	Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
21	The Ravens	Count Every Star	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
22	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
23	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
24	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
25	The Toppers	If Money Grew on Trees	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
26	The Five Keys	The Glory of Love	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
27	The Orioles	It's Too Soon to Know	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
28	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
29	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
30	The Crows	Gee	Feelin Fine
31	The Flamingos	Would I Be Crying	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
32	The Flamingos	Golden Teardrops	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
33	The Five Satins	In The Still Of The Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
34	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
35	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
36	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1

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San Antone – KOWS August 10, 2015

August 11, 2015 Dave

We’re filling in once more for Mark Hogan and his Bluegrass and Old Time Hour. This week, we’ve put together another two hours of music that spans close to a full century…including Cliff Edwards from 1933, Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Lunceford, and Dave Van Ronk (just to name a few). There will be some themes and schemes built into our sets this evening including the story of Caldonia, the Texas town of San Antone, and heading down a dusty road of a century of America’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Charlie Gracie	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Angel on My Shoulder
3	Doug Sahm	Chicken and the Bop	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
4	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
5	Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band	Mama Was the Rose of San Antone	Swingin' by Request
6	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
7	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	San Antone	Running Wild
8	Les Paul	I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way (feat. Bing Crosby) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
9	Bobby Bare	Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning	Darker Than Light
10	Woody Guthrie	Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad)	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
11	Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin	I'm Going Down the Road	First Time Together
12	Doug Jayne	Running Lightly Down The Road	It Looks Like She's Going on a Trip
13	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
14	The Mills Brothers	Old-Fashioned Love	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3
15	Cliff Edwards	It's Only A Paper Moon	Columbia Records 25th
16	Frank Auburn Orchestra w/Benny Goodman	I Found a Million Dollar Baby	Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s
17	Jimmie Lunceford	Cement Mixer	Strictly Lunceford Blues In The Night
18	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
19	Ella Mae Morse	Forty Cups Of Coffee	The Morse Code [Disc 2]
20	Smiley Lewis	Cadonia's Party	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
21	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
22	B.B. King	Caldonia	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
23	Dave Van Ronk	Your Feet's Too Big	Sweet & Lowdown
24	Nat King Cole Trio	Honeysuckle Rose	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1]
25	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
26	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
27	The Blasters	Trouble Bound	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
28	The Staple Singers	This Train	Freedom Highway
29	The Fairfield Four	Hallelujah	Revival
30	Sam Cooke	Trouble Blues	The Rhythm And The Blues
31	Maria Muldaur	I Belong To That Band	Richland Woman Blues
32	Mother McCollum	Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!	Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
33	Emmylou Harris	When Halley Came To Jackson	Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1]
34	Arthur Alexander	Every Day I Have to Cry Some	Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter

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Wake Up! – KOWS August 8, 2015

August 8, 2015 Dave

It’s a joy to queue up a century of America’s music every other Saturday morning in West County…live from the heart and voice of West Sonoma County’s KOWS studios in downtown Occidental. A common theme will run through this morning’s show and it’s all about waking up: gospel’s Mahalia Jackson and When I Wake Up in Glory, Roy Milton and the Wake Up Blues, James Brown’s Get Up Offa That Thing … and more!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Junior Brown	Gotta Get Up Every Morning	Semi-Crazy
3	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
4	Dwight Yoakam	Little Sister	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (1 of 4)
5	The Mavericks	All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down	Music for All Occasions
6	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
7	The Band	Get Up Jake	A Musical History [Disc 3]
8	James Brown	Get Up Offa That Thing	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
9	Lavern Baker	Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head)	London American Label Year By Year 1956
10	Jimmy Murphy	Wake Me up Sweet Jesus	Electricity
11	Mahalia Jackson	When I Wake Up In Glory	The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
12	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
13	Reverend CL Franklin	Wings Of Faith	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
15	Charlie & His Orchestra	You're Driving Me Crazy	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
16	Bob Brozman	You're Driving Me Crazy	Devil's Slide
17	Big Joe Turner	Lipstick, Powder and Paint	Big Joe Rocks
18	Smiley Lewis	Hook Line & Sinker	Smiley Lewis Vol 1
19	Merrill Moore	Yes Indeed (EP Version)	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
20	The Carlisles	Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
21	Roy Milton	Waking Up Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
22	Ike & Tina Turner	Wake Up	Don't Play Me Cheap
23	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	5 Classic Albums
24	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	The Soul of Rock and Roll
25	Hank Garland	Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
26	The Knockouts	Darling Lorrane	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
27	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Poverty	The Definitive Collection
28	Townes Van Zandt	Snowin' On Raton (with James McMurtry)	Texas Rain
29	Jonathan Edwards	Mole	Tomorrow's Child
30	Elvis Presley	Somebody Bigger Than You and I	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
31	Kim McLean	Somebody Bigger Than You and I	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
32	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
33	Roy Zimmerman	The Faucet's On Fire	The Faucet's On Fire

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Ladies of Gospel

July 18, 2015 Dave

The influence of gospel music on the forms of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, and soul are fairly well documented. The elements of early black gospel music arose from a tradition of work songs, anthems, spirituals, hollers, and the stylized performance of hymns. The evolution of the form, particularly in the Church of God In Christ (COGIC), reveals a freedom of expression that made its listeners ‘move with the spirit’. We’ll hear from the ladies from the COGIC as well as the traditionalists that could bring in the masses to the church with their uplifting, sometimes roaring voices including Sister Ernestine Washington, Edna Gallmon Cooke, Sister Goldia Haynes, Mahalia Jackson, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Clara Ward Singers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
3	Sister Ernestine Washington	Jesus Is All The World To Me	Sister Ernestine Washington (1943-1948)
4	Sister Ernestine Washington	I Know The Lord Will Make A Way	Sister Ernestine Washington Vol. 2 (1954-c.1958)
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Teach Me To Be Right	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
6	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Gospel Train
7	Marie Knight	Marie Knight – Tharpe and Singing	Interview
8	Marie Knight	Gospel Train	Hallelujah What A Song!
9	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
10	Mahalia Jackson	I Have A Friend	Legend: The Best Of Mahalia Jackson [Disc 2]
11	Mahalia Jackson & Della Reese	Della Reese Interview
12	Della Reece And The Meditations	Hard To Get Along	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
13	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
14	Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir	Angels, Angels, Angels	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
15	Edna Gallmon Cooke And The Radio Four	Somebody Touched Me	How Sweet it Was
16	Sister Goldia Haynes	This Old World	The Great Gospel Women
17	Lucy Smith	O What A Time	The Great Gospel Women
18	Shirley Caesar	I'd Rather Serve Jesus	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
19	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
20	Jessie Mae Renfro	I Must Tell Jesus	The Great Gospel Women
21	Sister Lucille Barbee	Where Could I Go	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
22	Sister Emily Bram	Each Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
23	Bessie Griffin And The Caravans	Let Us Run	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
24	Candi Staton & The Jewel Gospel Trio	Jesus Is Listening	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
25	Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith	When I Lay This Body Down	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
26	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
27	Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers	Rock My Soul	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
28	Clara Ward (With Unidentified Group)	Peace In The Valley	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
29	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
30	Dorothy Love Coates	No Hiding Place	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
31	Albertina Walker	Albertina Walker Interview	Interview
32	Albertina Walker	Put a Little Love In Your Heart	Platinum Gospel-Albertina Walker
33	Albertina Walker & The Caravans	How Do You Feel	Precious Lord Gospel Gold
34	Marion Williams	He's A High Class Physician	How Sweet it Was
35	Thomas A. Dorsey with Marion Williams	If We Never Needed The Lord Before [Album Version]	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
36	Bunk Johnson/Ernestine Washington	Where Could I Go	Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel

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Dirty Dog – KOWS July 11, 2015

July 11, 2015 Dave

West County is the place to be in summer. The inland heat is pulling in the right amount of tempered cool from the coast…and Deeper Roots sounds will ride the wave on a Saturday morning. Join us for music from Arlo Guthrie, Chubby Newsome, Jimmie Revard, Mahalia Jackson, and more. The sounds we’ll hear come from country, country swing, classic gospel, mountain tradition, and just a little bit of the blues so please join us as we fill the airwaves with classic roots music on a Saturday morning, live from the KOWS studios in Occidental.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Burnette	Let's Think About Living	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 3
3	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
4	Hank Snow	Music Makin' Mama From Memphis	The Essential Hank Snow
5	Asleep at the Wheel	What's the Matter With the Mill (with Pokey LaFarge)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
6	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Back Home In Indiana (LP Version)	Tiffany Transcriptions& Vol. 9
7	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Coming Back Home	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
8	Jimmie Revard	Dirty Dog	Western Swing: 40 Bootstompers
9	Jimmie Revard	Holdin' The Sack	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
10	The Louvin Brothers	I'm Ready To Go Home	Satan Is Real
11	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	Little Birdie	Ralph Stanley 1971-1973
12	Doc & Merle Watson	Corrina, Corrina	Then And Now/Two Days In November
13	Jimmie Driftwood	Soldier's Joy	Americana, Vol. 1
14	The Rice Brothers	Soldier's Joy	The Rice Brothers
15	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Django and Jimmie
16	Willie Nelson & the Offenders	A Moment Isn't Very Long	Me and the Drummer
17	Red Simpson	Don't Fall Asleep At The Wheel	Lonesome Highway Songs
18	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	So Long It's Been Good to Know You	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
19	Johnny Cash	Hey Porter	The Mystery Of Life
20	Elvis Presley	Memphis Tennessee	Artist of the Century Disc 2
21	Floyd Dixon	Oooh Little Girl	Marshall Texas Is My Home
22	Bob Dylan	It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry (take 9)	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Ser [UK] Disc 2
23	Chubby Newsome	Toodle Luddle Baby	Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
24	Anthony Butler	Judgement's Coming Soon	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
25	Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
26	Mahalia Jackson	I'm On My Way	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
27	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' For My Baby	Blues From Hell
28	Tampa Red	Crying Won't Help You	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
29	Hadda Brooks	He's Coming Home	Jump Back Honey:Complete OKeh Sessions
30	The Four Lads	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Around the World 1)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
31	Ivie Anderson	I Got It Bad	The Collection
32	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
33	Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band	Chevrolet	Greatest Hits
34	John Hiatt	Memphis in the Meantime	Bring the Family

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The Railroad Blues

January 25, 2015 Dave

The railroad is the muse for the morning here in Occidental as the show uses the theme of the railroad: the stories of those who built it, the promise of the golden sunrise that awaits at our destination, the sorrow of a love taken away by rail, and the lonesome whistle from some far away valley. As an aside, did you know that Occidental itself was once a bustling community where the train would haul off the timber and bring tourists from San Francisco and cities beyond?

Join us for the sacred and the secular, including Peter Rowan, ELVIS PRESLEY, Kevin Russell, Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers, Furry Lewis, and many others as we explore the genres of bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country, and so much more.
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Deeper Roots on KOWS – January 10, 2015

January 10, 2015 Dave

Deeper Roots on KOWS - January 2015 — Deeper Roots on KOWS – January 2015

Another beautiful winter Saturday morning in West Sonoma County and it’s time for a collection of hot blues, country gospel, early rock, early century pop, and swinging country on Deeper Roots… everything from Eddie Cantor’s 1922 song about a trapeze and Blind Willie McTell covering Jimmie Rodgers around mid-century, to a track from 2014 from a new band out of New Orleans called Hurray For The Riff Raff…another reason our tag line reads “A Century of America’s Music”. Join Dave Stroud on a brisk Saturday morning from the KOWS studios in downtown Occidental, California.

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Gospel and Guitar

December 26, 2014 Dave

Our show this week will focus on the fire and brimstone of the gospel guitar, including the slide guitar of Blind Willie Johnson, the evangelists like Sister O. M. Terrell, the rhythmic sounds of the Two Gospel Keys, and we’ll also devote a large block of time to the sounds of that splinter genre ‘sacred steel’. While a number of bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell or Gary Davis would use the guitar for an occasional reminder of their faith or to play guest in tent revivals, many of the performers we’ll hear in our show this coming Friday on KWTF will show the best example of the use of guitar as an integral part of the church service itself. Join Dave Stroud for another evening of Deeper Roots.

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Deeper Thomas Dorsey

November 19, 2014 Dave

It’s another two hours celebrating the best of the last century of America’s music on Deeper Roots. In this week’s episode, Dave Stroud will be exploring the secular side of Thomas Dorsey, as Dorsey performed early century blues as Georgia Tom, and then more about Dorsey’s sacred side as the Reverend Thomas Dorsey in the mid-to-late century. As the Great Depression brought chaos to the lives of many, including the performers of the day, Dorsey finalized a lifelong transition from the secular to the sacred, although there is clear evidence that personal misfortune had its hand in the move. The evening’s playlist includes excerpts from Dorsey interviews, music by contemporaries and those who were influenced by his music, as well as pieces performed by Dorsey as Georgia Tom, featuring Tampa Red on guitar. Johnny Cash, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Kansas City Kitty, Clara Ward, and Sweet Honey in The Rock are among the acts who we’ll hear in a show called “Deeper Thomas Dorsey”.

A Century of America's Music