Some dynamite gospel this week that leans heavily on the influencers, but we won’t let that lock us in. We’ll be cutting a broad swath across the Americana landscape, with deeper gospel tracks from some of the greats like the Selah Jubilee Singers, the rollicking Reverend Robert Ballinger, The Bronzeman, and some other greats you may or may not know. But we’ll also share tracks from the next generation secular branding with just a taste of gospel in their music: Johnny Taylor, Edwin Hawkins, and Curtis Mayfield. We’ll also share a couple of Marty Stuart gospel tracks in another look at the deepest roots from the past century. So grab the headphones and get ready for a revival without beating you about the head with any false fundamentalism. All for our favorite listeners, beaming down from the ether on KOWS Community Radio.
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Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
99-1/2 Won't Do [Live]
The Gospel Music Of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives [Live]
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Mighty Mo Rodgers
Blues Is My Wailin' Wall
Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
4
R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders
Wait On Jesus
Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1]
5
Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers
Walk With Me
20 Gospel Greats
6
The Impressions
Meeting Over Yonder
Gospel
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Johnnie Taylor
Soul Heaven
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]
8
Gospel Hummingbirds
Don't Move the Mountain
Blind Pig Records 20th Aniversary Collection [disk 1]
9
The Staple Singers
Hammer and Nails
Hammer and Nails
10
The Staple Singers
New-Born Soul
Hammer and Nails
11
Skylarks
My Life Is In His Hands
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
12
Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Singing in My Soul
The Gospel of Blues
13
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
God's Mighty Hand
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
14
Mahalia Jackson
I Will Move On Up A Little Higher
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
15
The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
I Want To Ride That Glory Train
Shakin' The Rafters
16
The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Jesus, Lover Of My Soul
Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers
17
Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir
Jesus, Lover Of My Soul
Do Not Pass Me By Vol. II
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Reverend Robert Ballinger
So Glad
1950s Gospel Classics
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Reverend Robert Ballinger
Walking The Road
1950s Gospel Classics
20
Spirit Of Memphis
Atomic Telephone
Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
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Selah Jubilee Singers
Royal Telephone
Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
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The Golden Nuggets
Gospel Train
Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi
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Samuel Patterson
This Train
Americana Roots Songbook: Gospel
24
The Bronzemen
De Gospel Train
The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)
25
Ernest Carter And The Hymn Trio
The Gospel Train
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture
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Soul Stirrers
Last Mile Of The Way
Gospel Music
27
Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls
Living in the Last Days
Living in the Last Days
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Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
Just A Little Talk With Jesus [Live]
The Gospel Music Of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives [Live]
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R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders
Wait On Jesus
Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1]
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Clefs of Harmony
Baptized
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
There’s hardly a branch or root extension of American music that is not somehow connected the gospel. The themes of love, betrayal, birth, death, and the soul’s redemption have all long been played out repeatedly in the pulpit each and every Sunday. Thoughts and prayers are easily spent when the hard work isn’t as palpable to deal with. This week’s show blends the gospel of the Baptist, Pentacostal and Church of Christ as they were the big leader of the rafter shakers on the way to “Beulah Land” with a little bit of swing and country favorites. Tune in for music that runs the gospel gamut from the Soul Satisfiers of Philadelphia and the Gospel Songbirds to Sister Oda Mae Terrell and the country pairings of the Chuck Wagon Gang, Mac Wiseman, Kitty Wells, and of course, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Deeper Roots revisits some gospel classics in another Friday morning blend of the past 100 years of America’s music. Here on KOWS Community Radio. Free Speech. No Bull.
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Rev.Willingham And The Swanee Quintet
That's The Spirit
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983
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Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny
Swing You Sinners
Let's Get Happy Together
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Tony Bennett
Sing You Sinners [#]
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
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The Brothers Comatose
Modern Day Sinners
Respect The Van
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Billy Ward & The Dominoes
Little Black Train
Vol. 4-21 Hits
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The Robins
That's What The Good Book Says
Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
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Freddie & The Hitch Hikers
Sinners
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
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Gospel Songbirds
The Bible Is Right
The Best Of Nashboro Gospel
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Sister O. M. Terrell
The Bible's Right
Country Gospel 1946-1953
11
Sister O.M. Terrell
I'm Going To That City
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Look In The Good Book Brother
Sister On Tour
13
Soul Satisfiers Of Philadelphia
Run On Home And Live With God
Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1
14
The Swan Silvertones
Sinner Man
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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The Soul Stirrers
Sinner Run To Jesus (Take 1)
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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The Weavers
Sinner Man
Wasn't That A Time – Disc 2 – This Land Is Your Land
We go back to the church for a rousing celebration for the converted and soon-to-be-faithful. That’s right, we’re in the pews and joining in the hymnal, at least for this two hours, as Sunday morning forgiveness will always follow Saturday night’s sinner’s baptismal. We’re going to hear the echoes of the past century’s gospel songs with a general theme of being saved and born again…and there is certainly plenty to go around whether that’s southern Baptist, Appalachian harmonies or classic African American celebratory gospel. We’ve got it this morning including The Dixie Hummingbirds, Hank Williams, Carl Story, Lonnie Farris, and some contemporary selections from Shannon McNally, Bob Dylan and Solomon Burke. Let’s join in, you the faithful congregation of Deeper Roots from the past century of America’s music, for two hours celebrating that incredible wellspring of gospel sounds.
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LaVern Baker
Saved
Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
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The Mighty Clouds Of Joy
Saved [Album Version]
Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
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The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
I Want To Ride That Glory Train
Shakin' The Rafters
5
The Dixie Hummingbirds
You Don't Have Nothing
Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
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The Dixie Hummingbirds
I've Been Born Again
Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
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The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Get Away Jordan
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
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The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi
Soul You Save
I'll Make It Alright
9
Nina Simone
Save Me
Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
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Louis Armstrong
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
Rhythm Saved The World
11
Rev. Lonnie Farris
I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me
Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
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The Staple Singers
Somebody Saved Me
Uncloudy Day
13
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Just Wanna See His Face
Spirit Of The Century
14
Marty Stuart
Somebody Saved Me
Souls' Chapel
15
Carl Story
God Saved My Soul
1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
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Wilburn Brothers
Don't Go Home Unsaved
1962-1963 (Warped 6302)
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Hank Williams
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
I Saw The Light
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Buck Owens
Jesus Saved Me
Dust On Mother's Bible
19
Brenda Lee
Saved
Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2
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Bobby Charles
Save Me, Jesus (mono single version)
Bobby Charles
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Solomon Burke
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
Make Do With What You Got
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Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez
Him Who Saved Me
The New Bye & Bye
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Bob Dylan
Saved
Saved
24
Eugene Smith
Saved
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
There’s no telling where this week’s show could lead because we’ve got the musical evangelists, pentacostals, and Baptists right alongside those charming bluesmen and rock and rollers to turn up the heat. We’ve got a burning revival of rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and God-fearing country and hillbilly sounds to take us into the weekend. Hooligans and bible-thumping holy rollers are pushing their way through the doors today and we’re here to tell you that we’re not gonna take anyone telling he or she what they can do with their bodies. Today’s performers will feature Sister Rosetta, Brother Claude, The Louvins, Hank Jr., Moon Mullican, and Jerry Lee Lewis…and that’s just a taste. Join us on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Muddy Waters
I've Got My Mojo Working, Pt. 2
At Newport 1960 [Live] [Bonus Tracks]
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Don't Let Go
A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
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Moon Mullican
Well Oh Well
Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
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Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
Race with the Devil
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 2
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Johnny David
Race With The Devil
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
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The Million Dollar Quartet
Old Time Religion
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
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Brother Claude Ely
Send Down The Rain
Satan Get Back
9
Brother Claude Ely
Stop That Train
Satan Get Back
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Eddie Noack
Ain't The Reaping Ever Done
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
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Jack Leonard
A Visit From The Devil
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
12
Hank Williams Jr.
Endless Sleep
Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
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Ray Winfree
Devil Hang Me High
Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
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The Four Internes
I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map
The Best Of King Gospel
15
Howlin' Wolf
Killing Floor
The Real Folk Blues
16
John Lee Hooker
Boogie Chillen'
King Of The Boogie
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The Gospelaires
Can I Get A Witness
Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
18
The Midnighters
Sexy Ways
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
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Louis Jordan
Mop! Mop! (aka Mop-Mop)
Number Ones
20
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
When I Move to the Sky
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
21
The Harmonizing Four
Oh Sinner
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Stay On the Right Side
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
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The Louvin Brothers
There's A Higher Power
Satan Is Real
24
Jimmy Walker
High Geared Daddy
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
25
Dallas Wilson & His Western Troubadours
Hi-Steppin' Daddy
Hillbilly Bop Boogie And Honky Tonk Blues Volume 4
26
Bill Carlisle
Bell Clappin' Mama
Hillbilly Blues
27
Ralph Hart And The Texas Musical Harts
Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
28
Hartman's Heartbreakers
Give It To Me, Daddy
Hillbilly Blues
29
Eddie Cochran
Somethin' Else
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
Classic pairings with some rocking gospel from Elvis, country and bluegrass classics, some sacred steel, tradition, and some of the richest black gospel performances from the past century, with the focus being on those performers who put the passion into the ‘word’. The roots of rock, jazz, blues, and country are closer to the surface than you’d imagine and we’re here to share it with you: The Golden Gate Quartet, Willie and Bobbie Nelson, The Jordanaires, Nina Simone, and a couple dozen others here to celebrate and evangelize through great music. Deeper Roots heads back through the church and barn doors from the past century where the power of music tells a story in all it’s glory. Join us!
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Big Mama Thornton
Wade in the Water
This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
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Apostles Of Music
Wade In the Water
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
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Josh White
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono)
The Elektra Years – disc 1
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The Jordaniares
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
The Jordaniares Gospel
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Elvis Presley
By and By
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
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Willie and Bobbie Nelson
In The Sweet By And By
Farther Along
8
Selah Jubilee Singers
I'll Fly Away
Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
9
Bonnie Owens
I'll Fly Away
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
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The Haden Triplets
I'll Fly Away
The Family Songbook
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Marie Knight
Milky White Way
Hallelujah What A Song!
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Elvis Presley
Milky White Way
His Hand In Mine
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Lonnie Johnson
The Old Rugged Cross
Stompin' At The Penny
14
George Jones
The Old Rugged Cross
24 Greatest Gospel Hits
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Ray Price
Rock of Ages
K-Tel Presents Country Gospel Classics
16
The Jordanaires
Rock Of Ages
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
17
The Byrds
Farther Along
The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 4
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Connie Smith
08. Farther Along
Connie Smith 1965-1966
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Aubrey Ghent
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
The Best Of Sacred Steel
20
Willie Nelson And Patsy Cline
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
The Essential Guide To Gospel
21
Bruce Cockburn
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Christmas
22
Mahalia Jackson
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection
23
The Golden Gate Quartet
Golden Gate Gospel Train
CD 1 the Old Days
24
The Staple Singers
This Train
Freedom Highway
25
Peter, Paul & Mary
This Train
Peter, Paul & Mary
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Nina Simone
Trouble in Mind
Hear Music Volume 8
27
Jorma Kaukonen
Trouble In Mind
River Of Time
28
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Bedside of a Neighbor
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
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The Cox Family
Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor
Everybody's Reaching out for Someone
30
Johnny Cash
Life's Railway To Heaven
Life Unheard
31
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway To Heaven
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
32
Reverend Robert Ballinger
How I Got Over
1950s Gospel Classics
33
The Williams Family
How I Got Over
Great Gospel – Maybe the Last Time
34
Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
More influential gospel sounds this morning on Deeper Roots. We take a dip into the country, bluegrass, and folk extensions whose roots are buried in 19th and early 20th century European American musical traditions. It’s a mixed bag with contributions from the Protestant, Baptist, and Black Gospel hymnals and songbooks. And don’t forget the quiet bubbling influences of popular music, the logical extension of selling the message…a kind of backroads Madison Avenue. We’re focused on country gospel today with the usual giants of country music: George Jones, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, and The Louvins…but we’ll also hear from the bluegrass contingent including Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe, and Flatt and Scruggs. A heavenly time where we share music that would weave its way into the fabric of America’s music including rock, soul, country, and Americana. Tune in on Friday mornings.
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Ernest Carter And The Hymn Trio
The Gospel Train
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture
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Kitty Wells
(I've Got My) One Way Ticket to the Sky
Lonely Street/Dust On the Bible
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The Louvin Brothers
The Gospel Way
Close Harmony [Disc 1]
5
Sons of the Pioneers
The Gospel Train
Songs of the Prairie – CD4
6
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
On That Gospel Ship
All The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2]
7
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Gospel Plow
Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
8
Ricky Skaggs
Children Go
Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
9
George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Let's All Go Down To The River
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
10
Carl Story
Old Country Baptizing
1957-1959 (Warped 5891F)
11
The Oak Ridge Boys
That Old Country Church
Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection [Disc 2]
12
Johnny Cash
In The Sweet By And By
Gospel Glory
13
Kitty Wells
Lonesome Valley
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
14
Red Foley
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
15
King's Sacred Quartette
Turn Your Radio On
Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
16
Buck Owens
Pray Every Day
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
17
Merle Haggard & The Carter Family
Precious Memories
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
18
Connie Smith
Over the Next Hill We'll Be Home
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
19
Don Gibson
Canaan's Land
The Complete Recordings 1952-1962
20
Flatt & Scruggs
I'm On My Way To Canaan's Land
Foggy Mountain Gospel
21
The Bluegrass Band
Lord Build Me A Cabin In Glory
Shine Hallelujah Shine Vol 1
22
Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
I'm Finding Joy in My Savior's Love
Gospel Radio Gems
23
The Whitstein Brothers
The Christian Life
Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins
24
The Louvin Brothers
Preach The Gospel
Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings
25
Johnny Cash
Unclouded Day
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
26
Hazel Dickens
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
27
Martha Carson
Satisfied
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
28
Hank Williams Sr.
I Saw the Light
Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
29
Cowboy Copas
Four Books In The Bible
Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
30
Grandpa Jones
Come and Dine
Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
31
The Cox Family
There Will Be Singing
Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout – Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang
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The Delmore Brothers
Gospel Cannonball
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
33
Brother Claude Ely
There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
34
Ernest Martin And His Gospel Melody Makers
When The Wrath Of God Comes Down
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture
From the hills of Appalachia to the urban church pews of the East, North, South, and West…we’ve got camp meeting celebrations, old time religion, with biblical strains where voices raised above the fray brought solace to the masses. And speaking of voices, tune in for some of the very best gospel spanning bluegrass, tradition, soul, and black gospel from heaven’s radio. The Davis Sisters, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Aretha, The Blue Sky Boys, and Ralph Stanley are on the docket alongside The Carter Family, John Fogerty and Willie and Bobbie Nelson. Some brand new Americana surfaces to keep the kettle warm in the kitchen…Friday mornings with a dash of Billy Sunday’s crowd gatherings. It’s a Sunday meeting on a Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Ola Belle Reed
Uncloudy Day
Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
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The Swanee River Boys
Uncloudy Day
More Southern Gospel Classics
4
Charlie Parr
Jubilee
Charlie Parr
5
Rose Maddox
Turn Your Radio On
Hillbilly Jamboree
6
John Fogerty
Workin' on a Building
The Blue Ridge Rangers
7
Alison Krauss
Down To The River To Pray
A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
8
Chuck Wagon Gang/Gatlin Brothers
Heaven's Jubilee
70th Anniversary
9
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
Old Time Religion
Farther Along
10
Odetta
Meeting At The Building
7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
11
Mississippi John Hurt
Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 3
12
Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Manzarene Dreams
13
Reverend Gary Davis
Crucifixion
Heroes of the Blues – the very best of Re. Gary Davis
14
Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist
There's A Meeting Here Tonight
2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
15
The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin
Jubilee
I'll Find A Way
16
Jorma Kaukonen
Have More Faith In Jesus
The Land Of Heroes
17
The Carter Family
Meeting in the Air
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 5)
18
Aretha Franklin
How I Got Over
Amazing Grace (The Complete Recordings – [Disc 1])
19
Bruce Cockburn
Twelve Gates To The City
Bone On Bone
20
The Charioteers
Jubilee
Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water
21
The Davis Sisters
Get Right With God
Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
22
Grandpa Jones
Old Camp Meeting Time
An American Original
23
Mac Wiseman
Old Camp Meeting Time
Grassroots To Bluegrass
24
Blue Sky Boys
Old Fashioned Meeting
The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807)
25
The Blue Sky Boys
Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies
Something Got A Hold Of Me
26
Edwin Hawkins Singers
Oh Happy Day
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
27
John Fogerty
Somewhere Listening (For My Name)
The Blue Ridge Rangers
28
Ralph Stanley
Angel Band
Bluegrass Today [Disc 1]
29
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Up Above My Head
My Native Home
30
Leonard De Paur Infantry Chorus
In That Great Gettin' Up Morning [Album Version]
The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
Another gospel celebration, this time with a mix of country, bluegrass, classic black gospel, and a very special blending from the annals of rock n’ roll. We’re calling this roots celebration “Gospel Cross-Currents” and it makes its way through a mix of fifties country gospel of Fern Jones and Bonnie Owens and some recent country releases of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with folk, bluegrass and black gospel of the early century. Tune in for Mac Wiseman, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis, the Alphabetical Four, and Sister Lottie Peavy. Deeper Roots celebrates each Friday morning on KOWS and Friday evening on KWTF.
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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Good News
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
3
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Keep on the Firing Line
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
4
Carl Story
Keep on the Firing Line
1942-1947 (Warped 4780)
5
Browns Ferry Four
Keep On The Firing Line
Goodbye, Babylon – Goodbye, Babylon [Disc 5]
6
Precious Bryant
Sit Down Servant
The Truth
7
Jackson Browne & David Lindley
Sit Down Servant
Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
8
Mike Farris
Sit Down Servant
Salvation in Lights
9
Bad Livers
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Dust On The Bible
10
Mac Wiseman
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Most Requested
11
Michelle Lanchester w/Sweet Honey In The Rock
I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior)
African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
12
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin
If You See My Savior
Lost Time
13
Porter Wagoner/Willie Nelson
Family Bible
Unplugged
14
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Family Bible
Lost In The Ozone
15
Lyle Lovett
I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Smile: Songs From The Movies
16
Willie Nelson
Sweet Bye and Bye
Old Time Religion
17
Elizabeth Cotten
Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes
18
Alphabetical Four
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
19
Bonnie Owens
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
20
Fern Jones
By And By
The Glory Road
21
Elvis Presley
By and By
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
22
Paul Butterfield's Better Days
Nobody's Fault But Mine
'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back'
23
Sister Lottie Peavy
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950
The music of Albert E. Brumley resides in a shadowy corner of country gospel, but when it’s given the light of day, the glow is blinding. He was a shape note music composer and publisher whose southern gospel pieces are familiar to many. There’s not a lot of information about Albert but the musical legacy of his “I’ll Fly Away”, “Rank Strangers”, and “Turn Your Radio On” are masterpieces of the genre made popular by everyone from The Carters to Bill Monroe and Aretha Franklin to Alan Jackson and Kanye West. We’ll spend time with his music today, sharing numerous interpretations for you on a Friday morning in Sebastopol, live from KOWS studio at the UMC in the heart of town.
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Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones
Turn Your Radio On
70th Anniversary
3
The Dillards
Introduction
There Is A Time: 1963-70
4
The Dillards
I'll Fly Away
There Is A Time: 1963-70
5
The Humbard Family
I'll Fly Away [Album Version]
Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
6
Stamps-Baxter Quartet
When We Sing Around The Throne Eternal
Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music
7
The Del McCoury Band
The Lord Is Writing Down Names
The Promised Land
8
The Del McCoury Band
It's Surprising What The Lord Can Do
The Promised Land
9
Clinch Mountain Boys/Jim Lauderdale/Ralph Stanley
This World Is Not My Home
I Feel Like Singing Today
10
Fern Jones
This World Is Not My Home
The Glory Road
11
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming
Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc One
12
The Louvin Brothers
He Set Me Free
Close Harmony [Disc 6]
13
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Standing By the River
Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc 4
14
The Country Gentlemen
Rank Strangers To Me
The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3]
15
Ricky Skaggs
Rank Stranger
Bluegrass Rules!
16
Leon Redbone
If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven
Double Time
17
Elvis Presley
If We Never Meet Again
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
18
Doc Watson
I'll Meet You In The Morning
Milestones [Disc 2]
19
Albert E. Brumley, Jr./Merle Haggard
I'll Meet You in the Morning
Two Old Friends
20
Johnnie and Jack
I Heard My Name on the Radio
1947-1950 (Warped 4720)
21
Coon Creek Girls
Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood
Flowers In The Wildwood
22
Rangers Quartet
I've Found A Hiding Place
Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music
23
Marty Stuart
Lord, Give Me Just a Little More Time
Souls' Chapel
24
Mac Wiseman
By the Side of the Road
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
25
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
By The Side Of The Road
Beyond The Shadows
26
The Del McCoury Band
I'll Put On A Crown And Walk Around
The Promised Land
27
The Del McCoury Band
It's An Unfriendly World
The Promised Land
28
Merle Travis
If We Never Meet Again
Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
29
The Kingsmen
I'd Rather Be An Old-Time Christian
Crossroads: Southern Roots
30
Jimmie Davis
'Twill Be Sweet When We Meet
Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
31
Carl Story
I've Found a Hiding Place
Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
32
Wade Bowen
I'll Fly Away
Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother
33
Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
I'll Fly Away
Down From The Mountain: Live Concert Performances By The Artists & Musicians Of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
The first of two gospel Friday mornings coming up on Deeper Roots in June. This week, we’ll follow a ‘heavenly’ theme. The Christian vision of afterlife’s reward is expressed in music on a Friday morning in West County (of all places). There will be country and black gospel sounds emanating from the UMC in downtown Sebastopol on KOWS radio as we share performances about heaven including the electric voices of Marion Williams and Marie Knight; the rocking celebration of the good book from Sister Rosetta and Brother Claude Ely; and country gospel enlightenment from Willie and Bobbie Nelson. This one is worth the wait and worth it’s weight in heavenly gold. Tune in!
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford
It's A Highway To Heaven
Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
3
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Shout All Over God's Heaven
Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
4
The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
Heaven Belongs To You
Shakin' The Rafters
5
The Staple Singers
What Are They Doing? (In Heaven Today)
Amen/Why
6
Washington Phillips
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
7
Mahalia Jackson
A City Called Heaven
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
8
Mahalia Jackson
Walk Over God's Heaven
16 Most Requested Songs
9
Clara Ward
When We All Get To Heaven
The Very Greatest
10
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Walk All Over To God's Heaven
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
11
Original Gospel Stars
I Want To Go To Heaven
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
12
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Canaan's Land
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
13
Mother McCollum
When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
14
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
When We All Get To Heaven
Farther Along
15
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway to Heaven
Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
16
Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys
I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven
King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
17
Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
Walk Over God's Heaven
New Country December 1994
18
The Stanley Brothers
Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight) [Album Version]
The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
19
Jimmy Martin
Little Angels In Heaven
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
20
Ethel Davenport & Ehel Davenport Singers
Heavenly Express
Powerhouse Gospel
21
The Staple Singers
On My Way To Heaven
Four Classic Albums
22
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Pure Religion
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
23
Sister Cally Fancy
Goin' On To Heaven In The Sanctified Way
Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2]
24
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Heaven Is Not My Home
Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
25
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beams of Heaven
The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
26
Marie Knight
Seal Of Heaven
Hallelujah What A Song!
27
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Heaven I Heard So Much About It
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983
28
Dorothy Love Coates
When I Reach My Heavenly Home
The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
