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Jumpin’ Jack

June 15, 2019 Dave

Free form provides our weekly exploration a wider berth in which to stretch our wings. And that’s precisely why I take a free form journey every week or so on Deeper Roots. This week we’ll be featuring at least two tracks from the great Ella Mae Morse, some R&B and Doo Wop from The Cardinals and Ruth Brown, a rare track you may never hear elsewhere featuring the late, great Dr. John, and selected tracks from John Prine, Nat King Cole, The Orlons, and a golden classic country favorite from George Jones. We’re just scratching the surface as we sail through two hours of gospel, tradition, pop, rock, country, bluegrass (inhale), blues, and jazz. Don’t miss this week’s Friday stroll on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Mae Morse	Jumpin' Jack	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
3	Ruth Brown	Daddy Daddy	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 2]
4	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
5	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
6	Dr. John	Let's Make A Better World (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
7	Big Joe Turner	Hide and Seek	Big Joe Rocks
8	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Everyday	The Gospel of Blues
9	The Clara Ward Singers	Traveling Shoes	Meetin' Tonight!
10	Maria Muldaur	Travelin' Shoes	Waitress In a Donut Shop
11	Blind Alfred Reed	You Must Unload	Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
12	Ry Cooder	You Must Unload	The Prodigal Son
13	Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna	El Watusi	Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul
14	Orlons	The Wah-Watusi	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 1
15	Ricky Nelson	Travelin' Man	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
16	J.J. Cale	Travelin' Light	Troubadour
17	Billie Holiday w/Paul Whiteman	Travelin' Light	Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 1]
18	Nat King Cole	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
19	Bert Kaempfert	Wimoweh	That Happy Feeling
20	S.A. Solomon Linda'S Original Evening Birds	Mbube	The Secret Museum Of Mankind Vol. 4: Ethnic Music Classics (1925 – 48)
21	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Travelin' Blues	Same Train, A Different Time
22	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Papa's on the House Top	Lost Time
23	Dave Alvin	Don't Look Now	West of the West
24	John Prine/Susan Tedeschi	Color of the Blues	For Better, Or Worse
25	George Jones	Color Of The Blues	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
26	Steve Earle	Hillbilly Highway	Guitar Town
27	Steve Earle; The Milk Carton Kids	Custer	Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
28	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
29	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Travelin'	Playback Disc 6
30	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
31	Cousin Joe	How Come My Dog Don't Bark?	…..From New Orleans'

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Gospel Crosscurrents

June 1, 2019 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	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
24	Brother Claude Ely	I'm Crying Holy Unto The Lord	Satan Get Back
25	Bad Livers	Crying Holy Unto The Lord	Dust On The Bible
26	The Jordaniares	Dig a Little Deeper	The Jordaniares Gospel
27	Mahalia Jackson	Dig A Little Deeper	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
28	Johnny Cash	Where We'll Never Grow Old	Unearthed Volume Four. My Mother's Hymn Book
29	Patty Griffin	Never Grow Old	Downtown Church
30	Johnny Cash & The Carter Family	Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
31	Aaron Neville	Were You There	Gospel Roots
32	Jessi Colter	His Eye Is On The Sparrow [Album Version]	Out Of The Ashes
33	The Staple Singers	This May Be The Last Time	Swing Low

Hello Operator

March 3, 2019 Dave

Long before we were graced with the voices of SAM, Siri, or Alexa, and before we could carry our smart devices around like a wallet or clutch…there were the women and men who served us from behind the receiver: the telephone operator. Maybe they didn’t have the answer to everything but they could connect us to about anyone anywhere in the world. But it usually cost more than we were willing to admit. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes on the theme of the telephone operator, the long distance connector, and the person with a soul…and usually a quick hangup if there were not enough coins to drop in the pay phone. It was the penalty for human interaction I guess. We’ll let Jorma, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, and Eddie Floyd take us on a trip back to rotary dials and party lines in this week’s episode, live from the Santa Rosa studios at KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mary Wells	Operator	Looking Back 1961-1964
3	Dusty Owens	Hello Operator	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
4	Rusty McDonald	Call Operator 210	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
5	Hank Snow	I Just Telephoned Upstairs	The Chronogical Classics 1951-1952 (Warped 5244)
6	Bonnie Guitar	Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
7	Wanda Jackson	Between The Window And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
8	The Blue Sky Boys	The Royal Telephone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
9	Johnny Burnette	Operator	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 9
10	Howard Crockett	Please Answer The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
11	Jorma Kaukonen	Operator	River Of Time
12	The Band	Long Distance Operator	A Musical History [Disc 2]
13	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
14	The Jordaniares	I Telephoned Upstairs	The Jordaniares Gospel
15	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
16	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
17	Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	The Atomic Telephone	The Best Of King Gospel
18	Sister Wynona Carr	Don't Miss That Train	Dragnet For Jesus
19	Johnny Otis	Call Operator 210	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
20	Tony & Tyrone	Please Operator	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
21	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Operator	Soul Grooves
22	The Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
23	Eddie Floyd	634-5789	Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd
24	Ry Cooder	634-5789	Borderline
25	Tommy Tutone	867-5309/Jenny	Radio Hits of the '80s
26	Rosanne Cash	Radio Operator	Black Cadillac
27	Jim Croce	Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)	Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
28	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
29	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
30	Bob Gaddy	Operator	The Classic Old Town Records
31	Effie Smith	Dial That Telephone (07-27-51)	1945-1953
32	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)

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Carl Sandburg’s Songbag Pt 2

December 1, 2018 Dave

We had so much fun with our first installment a few months back that we thought it was worth a second installment…well, that and the depth and breadth of the American Songbag certainly lends itself to doing so. It doesn’t hurt either that it fits our deeper roots sensibilities so well. This installment finds us meandering about those classic songs whose topics include mellow blues ballads, hobo songs, Mexican border songs (how appropriate), tarnished love tales, and the ‘road to heaven’. Helping us through our sets we’ll be featuring an interesting collection of performers: Dave Van Ronk, Dock Boggs, Rosanne Cash, and Peter Case. A host of others will join in the fun on Community Radio for Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Van Ronk	Willie The Weeper	Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
3	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Willie the Weeper	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
4	Dan Zanes	Roll The Chariot	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
5	Josh White	Barbara Allen	Best Of Josh White
6	Delmore Brothers	Frozen Girl	Brown's Ferry Blues
7	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	Country Blues
8	The Carter Family	My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Instrumental)	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
9	Tony Rice	House Carpenter	Church Street Blues
10	Hylo Brown	Pretty Fair Maiden	Legends & Tall Tales
11	Ola Belle Reed, John Miller, Burl Kilby	The Orphan Girl	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
12	David Rawlings	Midnight Train	Poor David's Almanack
13	Arlo Guthrie	Gypsy Davy	Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
14	Peter Case	Roving Gambler	Sings Like Hell
15	Rosanne Cash	Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow	The List
16	Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield	Old American Songs (Set One): Zion's Walls	Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
17	Louis Armstrong	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Louis And The Good Book
18	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Things That I used to do (and I Don't Do No More)	The Gospel Truth
19	The Robinson Children	I Ain't Gwine Study About War No More	Swinging Gospel Sounds (1935-1942)
20	The Bronzemen	Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again	The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)
21	Septeto Habanero	Cielito Lindo	Cuba. Por La Musica
22	Los Panchos	La Cucaracha – La Adelita	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
23	Dan Zanes	Lo Que Digo	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
24	Kathy Reid-Naiman	Pretty Betty Martin	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
25	Laurie Lewis	Weevily Wheat	Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
26	Dan Zanes	Cuckoo Waltz	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
27	Tom Paxton	Times A-Getting Hard, Boys	Seeds – The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Disc 2 Of 2 – Friends Of Pete)
28	Bobby Bare	Times Are Gettin' Hard	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
29	Ronnie Gilbert	Lincoln And Liberty	Songs Of The Civil War
30	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	The Boll Weevil	Penny's Farm
31	Dave Van Ronk	Gamblers Blues	Dust Bowl Blues Essential American Folk

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Music of Albert E. Brumley Sr.

November 17, 2018 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	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?"
34	NRBQ	Down In My Heart	Stay With We
35	Lyle Lovett	I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord	Smile: Songs From The Movies

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Eight to the Bar

November 3, 2018 Dave

It’s a free form collection that knows no boundaries. Dynamic sounds from the past century of America’s music including tracks from Kinky Friedman, Hank Snow, Clara Ward, The Charioteers, and a host of others from every corner. We’ll be sharing The Old Spinning Wheel, a parlor song; songs about a baseball and silver screen legend; and gospel from the deeper wells. Join Dave Stroud for another Deeper Roots evening on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar	Get Happy
3	El Pauling & Royal Abbit	Send Me Somebody	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
4	Freddie King	Please Send Me Someone To Love	King Of The Blues
5	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
6	Nina Simone	Children Go Where I Send You	The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
7	The Charioteers	Walk Together Children	Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water
8	The Original Gospel Harmonettes	Just To Behold His Face	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
9	Clara Ward And The Ward Sisters	You Must Have Good Religion	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
10	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Plastic Jesus	Set Two
11	Wanda Jackson	No Wedding Bells For Joe (2002 Digital Remaster)	Wanda Jackson
12	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
13	Laura Nyro	Wedding Bell Blues	Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2)
14	The Del-Vikings	I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)	Hit The Road Jack- The ABC-Paramount Story
15	Kinky Friedman	Marilyn and Joe	Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman
16	Simon & Garfunkel	Mrs. Robinson	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
17	Blackjack Wayne	Holding Hands For Joe	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
18	Hank Williams	No, No Joe	Beyond The Sunset
19	Ernie K-Doe	Popeye Joe	Absolutely the Best
20	The Howlin' Brothers	World Spinning Round	Trouble
21	Hank Snow	The Old Spinning Wheel (Chet Atkins)	The Singing Ranger Disc 1 of 4
22	The Beau Hunks	The Old Spinning Wheel	The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music [Disc 2]
23	C.W. Stoneking	I'm The Jungle Man	Gon' Boogaloo
24	Duke Ellington	Jungle Jamboree	The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31)
25	Eddie Cantor	Hungry Women	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
26	Dwight Yoakam	Send Me the Pillow	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
27	Fatso Bentley	June-teenth Jamboree	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
28	Duke Ellington	Mood Indigo	The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31)
29	Blue Lu Barker	Where's Joe	Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949)
30	Gloria Lynne	Cool Daddy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
31	Little Richard	Send Me Some Lovin'	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
32	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Black Slacks	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
33	Steve Earle & the Dukes	Ain't Nobody's Daddy Now	Terraplane
34	Sam Cooke	You Send Me	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964

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The Arhoolie Label

October 27, 2018 Dave

There are a handful of record labels that subscribe to the ‘deeper roots’ dogma. And our show tries to cover all of them. But East Bay’s own Arhoolie, whose catalog was recently acquired by Smithsonian Folkways is a very special example, maybe the premiere example, of what it means to dig deeper. Founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz, a German transplant who moved to the States in 1947, Arhoolie was founded on the principle that the best music could be found by traveling the backroads. And that is precisely how it got started, with a recording device in his trunk and an ear for the sublime. Join us this Friday evening as we explore just a hint of the music you’ll find on a landmark roots label.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Mama Thornton	Wade in the Water	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
3	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
4	Mance Lipscomb	Jack O' Diamonds	Texas Songster
5	Snooks Eaglin	Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
6	K.C. Douglas	High Water Rising	Mercury Blues
7	Lightnin' Hopkins	Lightning Boogie	Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1
8	Big Joe Williams	Shake Your Boogie	Shake Your Boogie
9	R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods	Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
10	Paramount Singers	There's A Leak In This Old Building	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
11	The Campbell Brothers Feat. Katie Jackson	I Feel Good	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
12	Sonny Treadway	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Sacred Steel Guitar
13	Annie Mae & Fred McDowell	I'm Going Over The Hill	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
14	Sonny Treadway	Amazing Grace	Sacred Steel Guitar
15	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	Texas Law & Justice
16	Bill Neely	I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy	Texas Law & Justice
17	Del McCoury	Hey, Hey Bartender	16 Down Home Country Classics
18	Kirk Sutphin	Yellow Rose Of Texas	Masters of the Banjo
19	Laurie Lewis & Dudley Connell	The Johnson Boys	Masters of the Banjo
20	The Hodges Brothers	Bogue Chito Fling Ding	16 Down Home Country Classics
21	Rose Maddox	Single Girl	16 Down Home Country Classics
22	Maddox Bros. and Rose	I Want to Live and Love	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
23	Adolph Hofner	Dirty Dog	South Texas Swing
24	Lydia Mendoza	Amor En Duda	First Queen Of Tejano Music
25	Lydia Mendoza	A Ti Madre	First Queen Of Tejano Music
26	Lydia Mendoza	Amor Bonito	First Queen Of Tejano Music
27	Don Santiago Jiminez, Sr.	La Duena de la Llave	Tex Mex Fiesta
28	Flaco Jiminez	Un Mojado Sin Licencia	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
29	Clifton Chenier	Bogalusa Boogie	Bogalusa Boogie
30	Savoy Family Band	Two-Step de Amede	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
31	Pine Leaf Boys	Pine Grove Blues	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
32	HowellDevine	Can't Be Satisfied	Modern Sounds of Ancient Juju

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Great Gospel

September 8, 2018 Dave

Deeper Roots goes to the deeper wells of black American gospel which is one of the more powerful examples of bedrock sounds that we play here on our show. This show includes hand-picked classics such as “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Joshua Fit the Battle”, “Trouble in My Way”, and a medley of freedom classics from the SNCC Freedom Singers. It’s a mix of jubilee quartets, female gospel greats, sensational musical sermons, as well as Aretha, Sister Tharpe, Mahalia, and The Staples. Tune in for more….a whole lot more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Freedom Road	Higher Ground
3	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
4	Marie Knight	The Old Rugged Cross	Hallelujah What A Song!
5	Marie Knight	Walk With Me	The Great Gospel Women
6	SNCC Freedom Singers	Woke Up This Morning	Crossroads: Southern Roots
7	The Freedom Singers	Freedom Medley:Freedom Chant, Oh Freedom, This Little Light Of Mine	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
8	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	Free At Las'	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
9	Southern Sons	I'm Free At Last (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
10	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
11	Aretha Franklin	Precious Lord (Part One)	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
12	Marion Williams	Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares	The Great Gospel Women
13	Clara Ward Singers	Somebody Bigger Than You & I	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
14	Morris Brown Quartet	Climbing Up The Mountain	I Hear Music In The Air
15	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing	I Hear Music In The Air
16	The Swan Silvertones	Trouble In My Way	Love Lifted Me
17	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
18	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
19	Leonard de Paur conducting choir	We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
20	Gospel Tones	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
21	The Sensational Nightingales	Freedom After a While	Great Gospel – People Get Ready
22	Reverend Robert Ballinger	So Glad	1950s Gospel Classics
23	Mahalia Jackson	I'm on My Way To Canaan	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
24	The Trumpeteers	I'll Fly Away	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
25	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Stand By Me	Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
26	The Belleville A Cappella Choir of the Church of God and Saints of Christ	Great Camp Meeting… – Swing Low… – Steal Away – What Kind… – Oh Them… – I'm a Soldier… (Medley of Spirituals)	Southern Journey Vol 11: Honor the Lamb
27	The Staple Singers	Swing Down, Chariot	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28	The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
29	Golden Gate Quartet	God's Gonna Cut 'em Down	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
30	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
31	Southern Sons	Above My Head, I Hear The Music In The Air	I Hear Music In The Air
32	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes

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Lies and Liars

August 26, 2018 Dave

A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
3	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
6	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
7	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
8	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
9	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
10	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
11	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
12	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
13	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
14	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
15	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
16	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
17	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
18	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
19	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
20	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
21	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
22	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
23	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
24	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
25	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
26	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
27	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
28	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
29	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
30	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Gospel, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul

Tell Old Bill

July 14, 2018 Dave

We’ve got another free form collection of sounds for a Friday in Sonoma County. The July heat has us moving a little slower as everything around us appears to move at breakneck speed. So the idea is to help us find our center and we do that with sounds from the islands with Joe Keawe and Arthur Lyman, soul from the heart by Solomon Burke and Betty Everett, and some tradition with a mix of Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, and Bob Wills. We find our muse throughout with David Lindley and El Rayo-X. Join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Van Ronk	Tell Old Bill	Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
3	K.C. Douglas	Mercury Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
4	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
5	Warren Zevon	Gorilla, You're A Desperado	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]
6	Billy Butler & The Enchanters	I Can't Work No Longer	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
7	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone	Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
8	Chris Barber's Jazz Band	Petite Fleur (Little FLower)	Your Hit Parade -1959
9	Joanie Sommers	Johnny Get Angry	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
10	Arthur Lyman Group	Maui Chimes	The Best of the Arthur Lyman Group
11	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Tomi Tomi	Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
12	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
13	Dave Van Ronk	My Little Grass Shack (In Kealakekua, Hawaii)	A Chrestomathy [Disc 2]
14	Ry Cooder	Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)	Jazz (Remaster 2013)
15	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
17	Etta James	Something's Got a Hold on Me	Chess Blues Disc 4
18	Betty Everett	You're No Good	Something's Got A Hold On Me
19	Solomon Burke	If You Need Me	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
20	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
21	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
22	Wild Tchoupitoulas	Brother John	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
23	Nappy Brown	Goody Goody Gum Drop	Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
24	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
25	Johnny Cash	Cindy[w. Nick Cave]	Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs
26	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Get Along Home, Cindy	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 8
27	The Louvin Brothers	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
28	Jimmy Dean	Big Bad John (Uncensored Version)	Best of Answer Songs vol 3
29	Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin	Bye Bye Baby	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
30	Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers	Get Along Home, Miss Cindy	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
31	David Lindley & El Rayo-X	Texas Tango	Very Greasy
32	David Lindley	Mercury Blues	El Rayo-X

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